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December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 25 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1060 – Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
- 1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kiev under Danylo of Halych and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
- 1534 – The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
- 1648 – Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge".
- 1704 – Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.
- 1745 – Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.
- 1768 – The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
- 1790 – The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1865 – The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.
- 1877 – The first edition of the Washington Post is published.
- 1884 – The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
- 1897 – London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
- 1904 – Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
- 1907 – A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
- 1916 – World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
- 1917 – Finland declares independence from Russia.
- 1917 – Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
- 1917 – World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53.
- 1921 – The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
- 1922 – One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
- 1928 – The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
- 1933 – U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.
- 1941 – World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War.
- 1947 – The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
- 1953 – Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
- 1956 – A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
- 1957 – Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
- 1967 – Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.
- 1969 – Meredith Hunter is killed by Hells Angels during a Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in California.
- 1971 – Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India following New Delhi's recognition of Bangladesh.
- 1973 – The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3.)
- 1975 – The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.
- 1977 – South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
- 1978 – Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.
- 1982 – The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombed a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland. It killed eleven soldiers and six civilians.
- 1988 – The Australian Capital Territory is granted self-government.
- 1989 – The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.
- 1991 – In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People's Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city since May.
- 1992 – The Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.
- 1997 – A Russian Antonov An-124 cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
- 2005 – Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou, China.
- 2005 – An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 84 on board and 44 more on the ground.
- 2006 – NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
- 2008 – The 2008 Greek riots break out upon the killing of a 15-year-old boy, Alexandros Grigoropoulos, by a police officer.
Births
- 846 – Hasan al-Askari, Imam of the Twelver Shia (d. 874)
- 1285 – Ferdinand IV of Castile, King of Castile and León (d. 1312)
- 1421 – Henry VI of England, King of England (d. 1471)
- 1478 – Baldassare Castiglione, Italian courtier, diplomat, and author (d. 1529)
- 1550 – Orazio Vecchi, Italian composer (d. 1605)
- 1586 – Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1670)
- 1608 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1670)
- 1637 – Edmund Andros, English politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (d. 1714)
- 1640 – Claude Fleury, French historian and author (d. 1723)
- 1642 – Johann Christoph Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1703)
- 1685 – Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, wife of Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1712)
- 1721 – James Elphinston, Scottish philologist and educator (d. 1809)
- 1721 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French minister and politician (d. 1794)
- 1752 – Gabriel Duvall, American jurist and politician (d. 1844)
- 1778 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850)
- 1792 – William II of the Netherlands, King of the Netherlands (d. 1849)
- 1803 – Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony, Queen consort of Spain (d. 1829)
- 1805 – Adolf Reubke, German organ builder (d. 1875)
- 1805 – Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861)
- 1812 – Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1884)
- 1823 – Max Müller, German-English philologist and orientalist (d. 1900)
- 1833 – John S. Mosby, American colonel (d. 1916)
- 1841 – Frédéric Bazille, French painter and soldier (d. 1870)
- 1849 – August von Mackensen, German field marshal (d. 1945)
- 1853 – Haraprasad Shastri, Indian historian and scholar (d. 1931)
- 1863 – Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (d. 1914)
- 1872 – Arthur Henry Adams, Australian journalist and author (d. 1936)
- 1872 – William S. Hart, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
- 1874 – Lucien Démanet, French gymnast (d. 1979)
- 1875 – Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (d. 1946)
- 1875 – Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (d. 1941)
- 1876 – Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (d. 1932)
- 1884 – Cornelia Meigs, American author, playwright, and academic (d. 1973)
- 1886 – Joyce Kilmer, American soldier, author, and poet (d. 1918)
- 1887 – Lynn Fontanne, English-American actress (d. 1983)
- 1887 – Joseph Lamb, American pianist and composer (d. 1960)
- 1888 – Will Hay, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1949)
- 1890 – Dion Fortune, Welsh occultist, psychologist, and author (d. 1946)
- 1890 – Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (d. 1951)
- 1890 – Rudolf Schlichter, German painter (d. 1955)
- 1892 – Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian captain, poet, and author (d. 1969)
- 1893 – Homer N. Wallin, American admiral (d. 1984)
- 1896 – Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (d. 1983)
- 1898 – Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (d. 1995)
- 1898 – Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
- 1900 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress and singer (d. 1974)
- 1903 – Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)
- 1904 – Ève Curie, French-American journalist and pianist (d. 2007)
- 1905 – Elizabeth Yates, American author (d. 2001)
- 1908 – Pierre Graber, Swiss lawyer and politician, 69th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2003)
- 1908 – Baby Face Nelson, American gangster (d. 1934)
- 1909 – Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (d. 2002)
- 1910 – David M. Potter, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1971)
- 1913 – Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host (d. 2005)
- 1913 – Eleanor Holm, American swimmer (d. 2004)
- 1916 – Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot (d. 1943)
- 1916 – Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland (d. 1982)
- 1916 – Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (d. 1986)
- 1917 – Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese politician (d. 1977)
- 1917 – Irv Robbins, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (d. 2008)
- 1919 – Skippy Baxter, American figure skater (d. 2012)
- 1919 – Paul de Man, Belgian-American philosopher, critic, and academic (d. 1983)
- 1920 – Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (d. 2012)
- 1920 – Peter Dimmock, English sportscaster
- 1920 – George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
- 1921 – Otto Graham, American football player and coach (d. 2003)
- 1921 – Piero Piccioni, Italian lawyer, pianist, and composer (d. 2004)
- 1922 – John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944)
- 1922 – Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician
- 1924 – Wally Cox, American actor (d. 1973)
- 1928 – Stanley Clinton Davis, Baron Clinton-Davis, English politician
- 1928 – Bobby Van, American actor and singer (d. 1980)
- 1929 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German-Austrian cellist and conductor
- 1929 – Frank Springer, American illustrator (d. 2009)
- 1929 – Alain Tanner, Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1930 – Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 2000)
- 1931 – Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1996)
- 1932 – Kamleshwar, Indian author, screenwriter, and critic (d. 2007)
- 1933 – Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (d. 2010)
- 1933 – Donald J. Kutyna, American general
- 1934 – Nick Bockwinkel, American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor
- 1935 – Jean Lapointe, Canadian actor, singer, and politician
- 1936 – Bill Ashton, English saxophonist and composer
- 1936 – Kenneth Copeland, American evangelist and author
- 1937 – Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-American soccer player (d. 2006)
- 1938 – Patrick Bauchau, Belgian-American actor
- 1940 – Lawrence Bergman, Canadian politician
- 1940 – Richard Edlund, American visual effects designer
- 1941 – Richard Speck, American murderer (d. 1991)
- 1941 – Bill Thomas, American academic and politician
- 1941 – Wende Wagner, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1942 – Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright
- 1942 – Robb Royer, American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter (Bread and The Pleasure Fair)
- 1943 – Mike Smith, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Dave Clark Five) (d. 2008)
- 1945 – Larry Bowa, American baseball player and manager
- 1945 – Dan Harrington, American poker player
- 1945 – Shekhar Kapur, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1946 – Frankie Beverly, American singer-songwriter and producer (Maze)
- 1946 – Willy van der Kuijlen, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1947 – Lawrence Cannon, Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1947 – Henk van Woerden, Dutch-South African painter and author (d. 2005)
- 1947 – Miroslav Vitouš, Czech-American bassist and songwriter (Weather Report)
- 1948 – Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German actor and singer
- 1948 – Don Nickles, American politician
- 1948 – Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver
- 1948 – JoBeth Williams, American actress, singer, and director
- 1949 – Linda Barnes, American author
- 1949 – Linda Creed, American singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
- 1949 – Doug Marlette, American cartoonist (d. 2007)
- 1949 – Gregory Venables, English-Argentinian bishop
- 1950 – Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer
- 1950 – Helen Liddell, Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
- 1950 – Karlheinz Subklewe, German footballer
- 1951 – Wendy Ellis Somes, English ballerina
- 1951 – Gerry Francis, English footballer and manager
- 1951 – Maurice Hope, Caribbean-English boxer
- 1952 – Chuck Baker, American baseball player
- 1952 – Nicolas Bréhal, French author and critic
- 1952 – Charles Bronson, English boxer and criminal
- 1952 – Edward Etzel, American target shooter
- 1952 – Joe Harris, American football player
- 1952 – Christian Kulik, Polish-German footballer
- 1952 – Craig Newmark, American computer programmer and businessman, founded Craigslist
- 1952 – Shio Satō, Japanese illustrator (d. 2010)
- 1952 – Jeff Schneider, American baseball player
- 1952 – David L. Spector, American biologist and academic
- 1953 – Gary Goodman, Australian cricketer and coach
- 1953 – Geoff Hoon, English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe
- 1953 – Tom Hulce, American actor, singer, and producer
- 1953 – Masami Kurumada, Japanese author and illustrator
- 1953 – Kin Shriner, American actor
- 1953 – Gary Ward, American baseball player and coach
- 1955 – Anne Begg, Scottish educator and politician
- 1955 – Rick Buckler, English drummer (The Jam, The Highliners, and Time UK)
- 1955 – Steven Wright, American actor and screenwriter
- 1956 – Peter Buck, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (R.E.M., Hindu Love Gods, The Minus 5, Tuatara, Tired Pony, and The Baseball Project)
- 1956 – Hans Kammerlander, Italian mountaineer
- 1956 – Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Quiet Riot) (d. 1982)
- 1957 – Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Sound and The Outsiders) (d. 1999)
- 1958 – Nick Park, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1959 – Stephen Hepburn, English politician
- 1959 – Satoru Iwata, Japanese businessman
- 1961 – David Lovering, American drummer (Pixies, The Martinis, and Cracker)
- 1961 – Manuel Reuter, German race car driver
- 1962 – Janine Turner, American actress
- 1962 – Ben Watt, English singer-songwriter, producer, and radio host (Everything but the Girl)
- 1963 – Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor and producer
- 1965 – Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1966 – Natascha Badmann, Swiss triathlete
- 1967 – Judd Apatow, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1967 – Hacken Lee, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
- 1967 – Arnaldo Mesa, Cuban boxer (d. 2012)
- 1967 – Lucia Rijker, Dutch boxer and actress
- 1969 – Torri Higginson, Canadian actress
- 1970 – Isabelle Arnould, Belgian swimmer
- 1970 – Ulf Ekberg, Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Ace of Base)
- 1970 – Adrian Fenty, American lawyer and politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia
- 1970 – Jeff Rouse, American swimmer
- 1970 – Michaela Schaffrath, German actress
- 1971 – Craig Brewer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1971 – Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
- 1971 – Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese singer and voice actor
- 1971 – Carole Thate, Dutch field hockey player
- 1971 – Ryan White, American AIDS victim (d. 1990)
- 1972 – Heather Mizeur, American politician
- 1972 – Mónica Santa María, Peruvian model and television host (d. 1994)
- 1972 – Rick Short, American baseball player
- 1974 – Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist
- 1974 – Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 – Noel Clarke, English actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1975 – Adrian García Arias, Mexican footballer
- 1976 – Colleen Haskell, American actress and producer
- 1976 – Alicia Machado, Venezuelan actress and singer, Miss Universe 1996
- 1976 – Lindsay Price, American actress and singer
- 1977 – Kevin Cash, American baseball player and coach
- 1977 – Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer and coach
- 1977 – Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer
- 1978 – K. D. Aubert, American model and actress
- 1978 – Chris Başak, American baseball player
- 1978 – Darrell Jackson, American football player
- 1978 – Ramiro Pez, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
- 1979 – Tim Cahill, Australian footballer
- 1979 – Yanina González, Paraguayan model, Miss Paraguay 2004
- 1980 – Steve Lovell, English footballer
- 1980 – Ehren Wassermann, American baseball player
- 1981 – Federico Balzaretti, Italian footballer
- 1982 – Ryan Carnes, American actor
- 1982 – Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist
- 1982 – Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1982 – Susie Wolff, Scottish race car driver
- 1984 – Syndric Steptoe, American football player
- 1985 – Shannon Bobbitt, American basketball player
- 1985 – Aristeidis Grigoriadis, Greek swimmer
- 1985 – Dulce María, Mexican singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (RBD and Jeans)
- 1985 – Rudra Pratap Singh, Indian cricketer
- 1986 – Sean Edwards, English race car driver (d. 2013)
- 1986 – Georgia Horsley, English model, Miss England 2007
- 1986 – Matt Niskanen, American ice hockey player
- 1988 – Sandra Nurmsalu, Estonian singer and violinist (Urban Symphony)
- 1988 – Nils Petersen, German footballer
- 1989 – Felix Schiller, German footballer
- 1990 – Tamira Paszek, Austrian tennis player
- 1992 – Britt Assombalonga, Congolese footballer
- 1992 – Johnny Manziel, American football player
- 1993 – Pedro Rafael Amado Mendes, Portuguese footballer
- 1995 – Joy Gruttmann, German singer
- 1996 – Stefanie Scott, American actress and singer
- 2000 – Pablo Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish son of Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca
Deaths
- 343 – Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (b. 270)
- 672 – Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Arab rebel leader (b. 710)
- 1185 – Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)
- 1352 – Pope Clement VI (b. 1291)
- 1562 – Jan van Scorel Dutch painter (b. 1495)
- 1618 – Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
- 1658 – Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (b. 1601)
- 1675 – John Lightfoot, English priest, academic, and scholar (b. 1602)
- 1716 – Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642)
- 1718 – Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674)
- 1746 – Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665)
- 1771 – Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682)
- 1779 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
- 1788 – Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (b. 1714)
- 1855 – William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789)
- 1867 – Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794)
- 1868 – August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821)
- 1878 – Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter (b. 1814)
- 1879 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (b. 1814)
- 1882 – Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
- 1882 – Anthony Trollope, English author (b. 1815)
- 1889 – Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
- 1892 – Werner von Siemens, German businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
- 1920 – Rosalia Lombardo, Italian pneumonia victim (b. 1918)
- 1921 – Jesse Carleton, American golfer (b. 1862)
- 1924 – Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
- 1934 – Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1863)
- 1949 – Lead Belly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1888)
- 1951 – Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
- 1955 – Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
- 1956 – B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
- 1956 – John Geiger, American rower (b. 1873)
- 1961 – Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
- 1964 – Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
- 1964 – Consuelo Vanderbilt, American wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (b. 1877)
- 1972 – Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)
- 1976 – João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
- 1982 – K. Kailasapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and academic (b. 1933)
- 1982 – Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan politician (b. 1927)
- 1983 – Lucienne Boyer, French singer (b. 1903)
- 1985 – Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (b. 1917)
- 1988 – Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Traveling Wilburys) (b. 1936)
- 1989 – Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1989 – Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (b. 1902)
- 1989 – John Payne, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1912)
- 1990 – Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
- 1990 – Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1903)
- 1991 – Mimi Smith, English nurse, aunt of John Lennon (b. 1906)
- 1991 – Richard Stone, English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
- 1993 – Don Ameche, American actor and singer (b. 1908)
- 1994 – Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (b. 1922)
- 1996 – Pete Rozelle, American businessman (b. 1926)
- 1997 – Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (b. 1918)
- 1998 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor (b. 1921)
- 2000 – Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (b. 1920)
- 2000 – Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1942)
- 2001 – Peter Blake, New Zealand sailor and environmentalist (b. 1948)
- 2001 – Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (b. 1923)
- 2002 – Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1923)
- 2003 – Hans Hotter, German opera singer (b. 1909)
- 2003 – Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan general and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1918)
- 2003 – Jerry Tuite, American wrestler (b. 1966)
- 2004 – Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- 2005 – Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932)
- 2005 – Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean politician, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923)
- 2005 – Danny Williams, South African singer (b. 1942)
- 2005 – William P. Yarborough, American general (b. 1912)
- 2006 – John Feeney, New Zealand director and producer (b. 1922)
- 2006 – Betty Moschona, Greek actress (b. 1927)
- 2007 – Katy French, Swiss-Irish model (b. 1983)
- 2010 – Mark Dailey, American-Canadian journalist (b. 1953)
- 2011 – Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
- 2012 – Pulpit, American race horse (b. 1994)
- 2012 – Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1961)
- 2012 – Mike Boyette, American wrestler (b. 1943)
- 2012 – Jan Carew, Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Ed Cassidy, American drummer (Spirit and Rising Sons) (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Eta Cohen, English violinist, educator, and author (b. 1916)
- 2012 – Bim Diederich, Luxembourgian cyclist (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Keitani Graham, Micronesian wrestler (b. 1980)
- 2012 – Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (Hawkwind and Widowmaker) (b. 1951)
- 2012 – Giovanni Sostero, Italian astronomer (b. 1964)
- 2012 – Pedro Vaz, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (b. 1963)
- 2013 – Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French author, poet, and critic (b. 1939)
- 2013 – Louis Jacobson, Irish cricketer (b. 1918)
- 2013 – Tom Krause, Finnish opera singer and actor (b. 1934)
- 2013 – Alan Robinson, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1948)
- 2013 – Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (b. 1926)
- 2013 – M. K. Turk, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
- 2013 – Louis Waldon, American actor (b. 1934)
- 2013 – Kate Williamson, American actress (b. 1931)
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