January 11
January 11 this yearin various calendars Akan Fokwasi Armenian 25 Arach 1475 Aztec Toxcatl 1, 2 Ātl Babylonian 21 Kislimu, 2336 SE Balinese pawukon Menga, Pasah, Sri, Pon, Tungleh, Redite of Tambir, Ludra, Urungan, Suka Bengali 27 Poush , BS 1432 Chinese Yin Wood Rooster ・Room Mansion Wood Snake Year, Month 11 , Day 23Xiaohan , 9 days until Dahan )Common Era 11 January 2026 CE Coptic 3 Tobi , AM 1742Egyptian 30 Pachon , 2774 NE Ethiopian 3 Ṭer, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade III, Duodi de Nivôse de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 11 January , AD 2026 Hebrew 22 Tevet , AM 5786 Hindu Citrā ・Sukarman Pauṣa , 1947 SE Aṣṭamī , Kṛishna pakṣa of Pauṣa , 2082 VE Siddhārthin ・5126 KY ・1,872,586 Icelandic Sunnudagur, 19 Mörsugur 2025 Islamic 22 Rajab , AH 1447tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W02-7 Japanese 23 Shimotsuki , Reiwa 8Shōkan , 9 days until Daikan ) Julian 29 December , AD 2025 (AM 7535)Julian day 2461052 Korean 23 Jwidal , 4358 DE Maya 13.0.13.4.9 7 Muan , 2 Muluc Roman ante diem IV Kalendas Ianuarias , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 21 Dey , SH 1404 Tibetan 23 mgo, shing mo sbrul
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Day of the year
January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 354 days remain until the end of the year (355 in leap years ).
Events
1908 – Grand Canyon National Monument is created.1912 – Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts , go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.1914 – The Karluk Canadian Arctic Expedition , sinks after being crushed by ice .1917 – The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs, possibly as a result of German sabotage .1922 – Leonard Thompson becomes the first person to be injected with insulin.1923 – Occupation of the Ruhr : Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.1927 – Louis B. Mayer , head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , at a banquet in Los Angeles, California .1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California .1942 – World War II : Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur , the capital of the Federated Malay States.1942 – World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo , Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan )
1943 – The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty .1943 – Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City .
1946 – Enver Hoxha , Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania , declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.1949 – The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.1957 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal .1959 – 36 people are killed when Lufthansa Flight 502 crashes on approach to Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport in Brazil.1961 – Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River , linking New York City 's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens , opens to road traffic.1962 – Cold War : While tied to its pier in Polyarny , the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.1962 – An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
1964 – Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry , M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service 1966 – The Tbilisi Metro is opened.1972 – East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh .1973 – Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.1977 – The first episode of Finnish children's TV show Pikku Kakkonen Yle TV2 .1983 – United Airlines Flight 2885 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport , killing three.1986 – The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.1994 – The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin .1995 – 51 people are killed in a plane crash in María La Baja , Colombia.1996 – Space Shuttle program : STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour 1998 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria .2003 – Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois 's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.2013 – One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer , Somalia .2020 – COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei : Municipal health officials in Wuhan announce the first recorded death from COVID-19 .Births
1624 – Bastiaan Govertsz van der Leeuw , Dutch painter (died 1680)1630 – John Rogers , English-American minister, physician, and academic (died 1684)1638 – Nicolas Steno , Danish bishop and anatomist (died 1686)1642 – Johann Friedrich Alberti , German organist and composer (died 1710)1650 – Diana Glauber , Dutch-German painter (died 1721)1671 – François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie , French general and diplomat (died 1745)1755 – Alexander Hamilton , Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1804)1757 – Samuel Bentham , English engineer and architect (died 1831)1760 – Oliver Wolcott Jr. , American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury , 24th Governor of Connecticut (died 1833)1777 – Vincenzo Borg , Maltese merchant and rebel leader (died 1837)1786 – Joseph Jackson Lister , English physicist (died 1869)1788 – William Thomas Brande , English chemist and academic (died 1866)1800 – Ányos Jedlik , Hungarian physicist and engineer (died 1895)1807 – Ezra Cornell , American businessman and philanthropist, founded Western Union and Cornell University (died 1874)1814 – James Paget , English surgeon and pathologist (died 1899)1814 – Socrates Nelson , American businessman and politician (died 1867)
1815 – John A. Macdonald , Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (died 1891)1825 – Bayard Taylor , American poet, author, and critic (died 1878)1839 – Eugenio María de Hostos , Puerto Rican lawyer, philosopher, and sociologist (died 1903)1842 – William James , American psychologist and philosopher (died 1910)1843 – Adolf Eberle , German painter (died 1914)1845 – Albert Victor Bäcklund , Swedish mathematician and physicist (died 1912)1850 – Joseph Charles Arthur , American pathologist and mycologist (died 1942)1852 – Constantin Fehrenbach , German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Weimar Germany (died 1926)1853 – Georgios Jakobides , Greek painter and sculptor (died 1932)1856 – Christian Sinding , Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1941)1857 – Fred Archer , English jockey (died 1886)1858 – Harry Gordon Selfridge , American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (died 1947)1859 – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston , English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (died 1925)1864 – Thomas Dixon, Jr. , American minister, lawyer, and politician (died 1946)1867 – John Ernest Adamson , English educationalist and Director of Education of the Colony of Transvaal (died 1950)1867 – Edward B. Titchener , English psychologist and academic (died 1927)
1868 – Cai Yuanpei , Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician (died 1940)1870 – Alexander Stirling Calder , American sculptor and educator (died 1945)1872 – G. W. Pierce , American physicist and academic (died 1956)1873 – John Callan O'Laughlin , American soldier and journalist (died 1949)1874 – Alfonso Quiñónez Molina , Salvadoran politician, physician, and three-time president of El Salvador (died 1950)1875 – Reinhold Glière , Russian composer and academic (died 1956)1876 – Elmer Flick , American baseball player (died 1971)1876 – Thomas Hicks , American runner (died 1952)
1878 – Theodoros Pangalos , Greek general and politician, President of Greece (died 1952)1885 – Alice Paul , American activist and suffragist (died 1977)1886 – George Zucco , British actor (died 1960)1887 – Aldo Leopold , American ecologist and author (died 1948)1888 – Joseph B. Keenan , American jurist and politician (died 1954)1889 – Calvin Bridges , American geneticist and academic (died 1938)1890 – Max Carey , American baseball player and manager (died 1976)1890 – Oswald de Andrade , Brazilian poet and critic (died 1954)
1891 – Andrew Sockalexis , American runner (died 1919)1893 – Ellinor Aiki , Estonian painter (died 1969)1893 – Charles Fraser , Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1981)
1893 – Anthony M. Rud , American journalist and author (died 1942)
1895 – Laurens Hammond , American engineer and businessman, founded the Hammond Clock Company (died 1973)1897 – Bernard DeVoto , American historian and author (died 1955)1897 – August Heissmeyer , German SS officer (died 1979)
1899 – Eva Le Gallienne , English-American actress, director, and producer (died 1991)1901 – Kwon Ki-ok , Korean pilot (died 1988)1902 – Maurice Duruflé , French organist and composer (died 1986)1903 – Alan Paton , South African author and activist (died 1988)1905 – Clyde Kluckhohn , American anthropologist and theorist (died 1960)1906 – Albert Hofmann , Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD (died 2008)1907 – Pierre Mendès France , French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France (died 1982)1907 – Abraham Joshua Heschel , Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (died 1972)
1908 – Lionel Stander , American actor and activist (died 1994)1910 – Arthur Lambourn , New Zealand rugby player (died 1999)1910 – Shane Paltridge , Australian soldier and politician (died 1966)
1911 – Tommy Duncan , American singer-songwriter (died 1967)1911 – Nora Heysen , Australian painter (died 2003)
1911 – Zenkō Suzuki , Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (died 2004)
1912 – Don "Red" Barry , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1980)1913 – Karl Stegger , Danish actor (died 1980)1915 – Luise Krüger , German javelin thrower (died 2001)1915 – Paddy Mayne , British colonel and lawyer (died 1955)
1916 – Bernard Blier , Argentinian-French actor (died 1989)1917 – John Robarts , Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (died 1982)1918 – Robert C. O'Brien , American author and journalist (died 1973)1918 – Spencer Walklate , Australian rugby league player and soldier (died 1945)
1920 – Mick McManus , English wrestler (died 2013)1921 – Gory Guerrero , American wrestler and trainer (died 1990)1921 – Juanita M. Kreps , American economist and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Commerce (died 2010)
1923 – Jerome Bixby , American author and screenwriter (died 1998)1923 – Ernst Nolte , German historian and philosopher (died 2016)
1923 – Carroll Shelby , American race car driver, engineer, and businessman, founded Carroll Shelby International (died 2012)
1924 – Roger Guillemin , French-American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)1924 – Sam B. Hall, Jr. , American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1994)
1924 – Slim Harpo , American blues singer-songwriter and musician (died 1970)
1925 – Grant Tinker , American television producer, co-founded MTM Enterprises (died 2016)1926 – Lev Dyomin , Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1998)1928 – David L. Wolper , American director and producer (died 2010)1929 – Dmitri Bruns , Estonian architect and theorist (died 2020)1930 – Ron Mulock , Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (died 2014)1930 – Rod Taylor , Australian-American actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
1931 – Betty Churcher , Australian painter, historian, and curator (died 2015)1931 – Mary Rodgers , American composer and author (died 2014)
1932 – Alfonso Arau , Mexican actor and director1933 – Goldie Hill , American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)1934 – Jean Chrétien , Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Canada 1934 – Mitchell Ryan , American actor (died 2022)
1936 – Eva Hesse , German-American sculptor and educator (died 1970)1937 – Felix Silla , Italian character actor, circus performer, voice artist, and stuntman (died 2021)1938 – Arthur Scargill , English miner, activist, and politician1939 – Anne Heggtveit , Canadian alpine skier1940 – Andres Tarand , Estonian geographer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Estonia 1941 – Abdullah the Butcher , Canadian professional wrestler1941 – Gérson , Brazilian footballer
1942 – Bud Acton , American basketball player1942 – Clarence Clemons , American saxophonist and actor (died 2011)
1944 – Mohammed Abdul-Hayy , Sudanese poet and academic (died 1989)1944 – Shibu Soren , Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand (died 2025)
1945 – Christine Kaufmann , German actress, author, and businesswoman (died 2017)1946 – Naomi Judd , American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2022)1946 – Tony Kaye , English progressive rock keyboard player and songwriter
1946 – John Piper , American theologian and author
1947 – Hamish Macdonald , New Zealand rugby player1948 – Fritz Bohla , German footballer and manager1948 – Joe Harper , Scottish footballer and manager
1948 – Wajima Hiroshi , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 54th Yokozuna (died 2018)
1948 – Madeline Manning , American runner and coach
1948 – Terry Williams , Welsh drummer
1949 – Daryl Braithwaite , Australian singer-songwriter1949 – Chris Ford , American basketball player and coach (died 2023)
1949 – Mohammad Reza Rahimi , Iranian lawyer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran
1951 – Charlie Huhn , American rock singer and guitarist1951 – Willie Maddren , English footballer and manager (died 2000)
1951 – Philip Tartaglia , Scottish archbishop (died 2021)
1952 – Bille Brown , Australian actor and playwright (died 2013)1952 – Ben Crenshaw , American golfer and architect
1952 – Michael Forshaw , Australian lawyer and politician
1952 – Diana Gabaldon , American author
1952 – Lee Ritenour , American guitarist, composer, and producer
1953 – Graham Allen , English politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1953 – Kostas Skandalidis , Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Agricultural Development and Food
1954 – Jaak Aaviksoo , Estonian physicist and politician, 26th Estonian Minister of Defence 1954 – Kailash Satyarthi , Indian engineer, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1956 – David Grant , Australian rugby league player (died 1994)1956 – Big Bank Hank , American rapper (died 2014)
1956 – Robert Earl Keen , American singer-songwriter
1956 – Phyllis Logan , Scottish actress
1957 – Darryl Dawkins , American basketball player and coach (died 2015)1957 – Peter Moore , Australian rules footballer and coach
1957 – Bryan Robson , English footballer and manager
1958 – Vicki Peterson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1959 – Brett Bodine , American NASCAR driver1961 – Jasper Fforde , English author1961 – Lars-Erik Torph , Swedish racing driver (died 1989)
1961 – Karl von Habsburg , Austrian politician, Head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
1962 – Chris Bryant , Welsh politician, Minister of State for Europe 1962 – Kim Coles , American actress and comedian
1963 – Tracy Caulkins , American-Australian swimmer1963 – Jason Connery , Italian-born British actor and director
1963 – Petra Schneider , German swimmer
1964 – Albert Dupontel , French actor and director1965 – Mascarita Sagrada , Mexican wrestler1965 – Aleksey Zhukov , Russian footballer and coach
1968 – Anders Borg , Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Finance 1968 – Tom Dumont , American guitarist and producer
1968 – Steve Mavin , Australian rugby league player
1969 – Manny Acta , Dominican-American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster1970 – Manfredi Beninati , Italian painter and sculptor1970 – Malcolm D. Lee , American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
1971 – Mary J. Blige , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress1971 – Jeff Orford , Australian rugby league player
1972 Amanda Peet , American actress and playwright1973 – Rahul Dravid , Indian cricketer1973 – Rockmond Dunbar , American actor
1974 – Roman Görtz , German footballer1974 – Jens Nowotny , German footballer
1975 – Dan Luger , English rugby player and coach1975 – Matteo Renzi , Italian politician, 56th Prime Minister of Italy
1976 – Efthimios Rentzias , Greek basketball player1977 – Anni Friesinger-Postma , German speed skater1977 – Shane Kelly , Australian rugby league player
1977 – Olexiy Lukashevych , Ukrainian long jumper
1978 – Vallo Allingu , Estonian basketball player1978 – Holly Brisley , Australian actress
1978 – Michael Duff , Irish footballer
1978 – Emile Heskey , English footballer
1979 – Darren Lynn Bousman , American director and screenwriter1979 – Michael Lorenz , German footballer
1979 – Terence Morris , American basketball player
1979 – Siti Nurhaliza , Malaysian singer-songwriter and businesswoman
1980 – Josh Hannay , Australian rugby league player and coach1980 – Damien Wilkins , American basketball player
1982 – Tony Allen , American basketball player1982 – Clint Greenshields , Australian-French rugby league player
1982 – Son Ye-jin , South Korean actress
1983 – André Myhrer , Swedish skier1983 – Ted Richards , Australian rules footballer
1983 – Adrian Sutil , German racing driver
1984 – Kevin Boss , American football player1984 – Dario Krešić , Croatian footballer
1984 – Matt Mullenweg , American web developer and businessman, co-created WordPress
1984 – Stijn Schaars , Dutch footballer
1984 – Glenn Stewart , Australian rugby league player
1985 – Dennis Dixon , American football player1985 – Newton Faulkner , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985 – Aja Naomi King , American actress
1987 – Scotty Cranmer , American BMX rider1987 – Danuta Kozák , Hungarian sprint canoer
1987 – Daniel Semenzato , Italian footballer
1987 – Jamie Vardy , English footballer
1987 – Kim Young-kwang , South Korean actor and model
1988 – Epiphanny Prince , American-Russian basketball player1989 – Demario Davis , American football player1990 – Malik Jackson , American football player1991 – Andrea Bertolacci , Italian footballer1992 – Dani Carvajal , Spanish footballer1992 – Lee Seung-hoon , South Korean rapper and dancer
1993 – Chris Boucher , Saint Lucian-Canadian basketball player1993 – Park Junghwan , South Korean Go player
1993 – Michael Keane , English footballer
1993 – Will Keane , Irish footballer
1995 – Nick Solak , American baseball player1996 – Leroy Sané , German footballer1997 – Cody Simpson , Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor1998 – Thomas Mikaele , New Zealand rugby league player1999 – Jeanette Hegg Duestad , Norwegian sport shooter1999 – Lim Sung-jin , South Korean volleyball player
1999 – Brandon Wakeham , Australian-Fijian rugby league player
2000 – Lee Chae-yeon , South Korean singer-songwriter2002 – Elly De La Cruz , Dominican baseball playerDeaths
Pre-1600
140 – Pope Hyginus , Bishop of Rome (born 74)705 – Pope John VI (born 655)782 – Emperor Kōnin of Japan (born 709)812 – Staurakios , Byzantine emperor844 – Michael I Rangabe , Byzantine emperor (born 770)887 – Boso of Provence , Frankish nobleman 937 – Cao , empress of Later Tang 937 – Li Chongmei , prince of Later Tang
937 – Li Congke , emperor of Later Tang (born 885)
937 – Liu , empress of Later Tang
1055 – Constantine IX Monomachos , Byzantine emperor (born 1000)1068 – Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen 1083 – Otto of Nordheim (born 1020)1266 – Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania 1344 – Thomas Charlton , Bishop of Hereford and Lord Chancellor of Ireland1372 – Eleanor of Lancaster , English noblewoman (born 1318)1396 – Isidore Glabas , Metropolitan bishop of Thessalonica (born c. 1341)1397 – Skirgaila , Grand Duke of Lithuania1494 – Domenico Ghirlandaio , Italian painter (born 1449)1495 – Pedro González de Mendoza , Spanish cardinal (born 1428)1546 – Gaudenzio Ferrari , Italian painter and sculptor (born c. 1471)1554 – Min Bin , king of Arakan (born 1493)1641 – Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar , Spanish poet and painter (born 1583)1696 – Charles Albanel , French priest, missionary, and explorer (born 1616)1703 – Johann Georg Graevius , German scholar and critic (born 1632)1713 – Pierre Jurieu , French priest and theologian (born 1637)1735 – Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje (born 1670)1753 – Hans Sloane , Irish-English physician and academic (born 1660)1757 – Louis Bertrand Castel , French mathematician and philosopher (born 1688)1762 – Louis-François Roubiliac , French-English sculptor (born 1695)1763 – Caspar Abel , German poet, historian, and theologian (born 1676)1771 – Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens , French philosopher and author (born 1704)1788 – François Joseph Paul de Grasse , French admiral (born 1722)1791 – William Williams Pantycelyn , Welsh composer and poet (born 1717)1798 – Heraclius II of Georgia (born 1720)1801 – Domenico Cimarosa , Italian composer and educator (born 1749)1824 – Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry , Anglo-Irish politician and peer (born 1736)1836 – John Molson , Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company (born 1763)1843 – Francis Scott Key , American lawyer, author, and songwriter (born 1779)1866 – Gustavus Vaughan Brooke , Irish actor (born 1818)1866 – John Woolley , English minister and academic (born 1816)
1867 – Stuart Donaldson , English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (born 1812)1882 – Theodor Schwann , German physiologist and biologist (born 1810)1891 – Georges-Eugène Haussmann , French urban planner (born 1809)1902 – Johnny Briggs , English cricketer and rugby player (born 1862)1904 – William Sawyer , Canadian merchant and politician (born 1815)1914 – Carl Jacobsen , Danish brewer and philanthropist (born 1842)1920 – Steinar Schjøtt , Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (born 1844)1923 – Constantine I of Greece (born 1868)1928 – Thomas Hardy , English novelist and poet (born 1840)1929 – Elfrida Andrée , Swedish organist, composer, and conductor (born 1841)1931 – James Milton Carroll , American pastor, historian, and author (born 1852)1937 – Nuri Conker , Turkish colonel and politician (born 1882)1941 – Emanuel Lasker , German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (born 1868)1944 – Galeazzo Ciano , Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1903)1947 – Eva Tanguay , Canadian singer (born 1879)1952 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny , French general (born 1889)1952 – Aureliano Pertile , Italian tenor and educator (born 1885)
1953 – Noe Zhordania , Georgian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Georgia (born 1868)1953 – Roberta Fulbright , American businesswoman (born 1874)
1954 – Oscar Straus , Austrian composer (born 1870)1957 – Robert Garran , Australian lawyer and politician, Solicitor-General of Australia (born 1867)1961 – Elena Gerhardt , German soprano and actress (born 1883)1963 – Arthur Nock , English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (born 1902)1965 – Wally Pipp , American baseball player (born 1893)1966 – Alberto Giacometti , Swiss sculptor and painter (born 1901)1966 – Lal Bahadur Shastri , Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (born 1904)
1968 – Moshe Zvi Segal , Israeli linguist and scholar (born 1876)1969 – Richmal Crompton , English author and educator (born 1890)1972 – Padraic Colum , Irish poet and playwright (born 1881)1975 – Max Lorenz , German tenor and actor (born 1901)1980 – Barbara Pym , English author (born 1913)1981 – Beulah Bondi , American actress (born 1889)1985 – Edward Buzzell , American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1895)1985 – William McKell , Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia (born 1891)
1986 – Sid Chaplin , English author and screenwriter (born 1916)1986 – Andrzej Czok , Polish mountaineer (born 1948)
1987 – Albert Ferber , Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1911)1988 – Pappy Boyington , American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1912)1988 – Isidor Isaac Rabi , Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)
1989 – Ray Moore , English radio host (born 1942)1990 – Carolyn Haywood , American author and illustrator (born 1898)1991 – Carl David Anderson , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)1994 – Helmut Poppendick , German physician (born 1902)1995 – Josef Gingold , Belarusian-American violinist and educator (born 1909)1995 – Onat Kutlar , Turkish author and poet (born 1936)
1995 – Lewis Nixon , U.S. Army captain (born 1918)
1995 – Theodor Wisch , German general (born 1907)
1996 – Roger Crozier , Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1942)1999 – Fabrizio De André , Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1940)1999 – Naomi Mitchison , Scottish author and poet (born 1897)
1999 – Brian Moore , Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (born 1921)
2000 – Ivan Combe , American businessman, invented Clearasil (born 1911)2000 – Bob Lemon , American baseball player and manager (born 1920)
2000 – Betty Archdale , English-Australian cricketer and educator (born 1907)
2001 – Denys Lasdun , English architect, co-designed the Royal National Theatre (born 1914)2002 – Henri Verneuil , French-Armenian director and playwright (born 1920)2003 – Jože Pučnik , Slovenian sociologist and politician (born 1932)2004 – Spalding Gray , American actor, writer, and performance artist (born 1941 )2007 – Solveig Dommartin , French-German actress (born 1961)2007 – Robert Anton Wilson , American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (born 1932)
2008 – Edmund Hillary , New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (born 1919)2008 – Carl Karcher , American businessman, co-founded Carl's Jr. (born 1917)
2010 – Miep Gies , Austrian-Dutch humanitarian (born 1909)2010 – Éric Rohmer , French director, screenwriter, and critic (born 1920)
2011 – David Nelson , American actor, director, and producer (born 1936)2012 – Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan , Iranian physicist and academic (born 1980)2012 – Gilles Jacquier , French journalist and photographer (born 1968)
2012 – Edgar Kaiser, Jr , American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1942)
2012 – Wally Osterkorn , American basketball player (born 1928)
2012 – Steven Rawlings , English astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1961)
2012 – David Whitaker , English composer and conductor (born 1931)
2013 – Guido Forti , Italian businessman, founded the Forti Racing Team (born 1940)2013 – Nguyễn Khánh , Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam (born 1927)
2013 – Mariangela Melato , Italian actress (born 1941)
2013 – Tom Parry Jones , Welsh chemist, invented the breathalyzer (born 1935)
2013 – Alemayehu Shumye , Ethiopian runner (born 1988)
2013 – Aaron Swartz , American programmer and activist (born 1986)
2014 – Keiko Awaji , Japanese actress (born 1933)2014 – Muhammad Habibur Rahman , Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (born 1928)
2014 – Chai Trong-rong , Taiwanese educator and politician (born 1935)
2014 – Ariel Sharon , Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1928)
2015 – Jenő Buzánszky , Hungarian footballer and coach (born 1925)2015 – Anita Ekberg , Swedish-Italian model and actress (born 1931)
2015 – Chashi Nazrul Islam , Bangladeshi director and producer (born 1941)
2015 – Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle , American neuroscientist and academic (born 1918)
2016 – Monte Irvin , American baseball player (born 1919)2016 – David Margulies , American actor (born 1937)
2017 – Adenan Satem , Malaysian politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak , Malaysia (born 1944)2018 – Edgar Ray Killen , American murderer (born 1925)2019 – Michael Atiyah , British-Lebanese mathematician (born 1929)2023 – Carole Cook , American actress and singer (born 1924)2026 – Richard Codey , American politician, 53rd Governor of New Jersey (born 1946)