June 15
June 15 this yearin various calendars Akan Monodwo Armenian 30 Margach 1475 Aztec Teotleco 16, 1 Cuetzpalin Babylonian 28 Ayaru, 2337 SE Balinese pawukon Luang, Pepet, Kajeng, Jaya, Pon, Maulu, Coma of Dunggulan, Kala, Erangan, Pati Bengali 1 Asharh , BS 1433 Chinese Yang Metal Monkey ・Net Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 5 , Day 1 (Mangzhong , 6 days until Xiazhi )Common Era 15 June 2026 CE Coptic 8 Paoni , AM 1742Egyptian 30 Phaophi , 2775 NE Ethiopian 8 Sanē, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade III, Septidi de Prairial de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 15 June , AD 2026 Hebrew 30 Sivan , AM 5786 Hindu Mṛgaśiras ・Śūla Solar: 1 Āṣāḍha , 1948 SE Lunisolar: Amāvasyā , Kṛishna pakṣa of Adhika Jyeṣṭha , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5127 KY ・1,872,741 Icelandic Mánudagur, 24 Skerpla 2026 Islamic 29 Dhu al-Hijjah , AH 1447 (using tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W25-1 Japanese 1 Satsuki , Reiwa 8 (Bōshu , 6 days until Geshi ) Julian 2 June , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461207 Korean 1 Maldal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.13.12.4 17 Zotz , 1 Kan Roman ante diem IV Nonas Iunias , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 25 Khordad , SH 1405 Tibetan 30 sa ga, me pho rta 2153 or 1772 or 1000
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Day of the year
June 15 is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 199 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
844 – Louis II is crowned as king of Italy at Rome by pope Sergius II .
923 – Battle of Soissons : King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy .
1184 – The naval Battle of Fimreite is won by the Birkebeiner pretender Sverre Sigurdsson . Sigurdsson takes the Norwegian throne and King Magnus V of Norway is killed.
1215 – King John of England puts his seal to Magna Carta .
1219 – Northern Crusades : Danish victory at the Battle of Lindanise (modern-day Tallinn ) establishes the Danish Duchy of Estonia .
1246 – With the death of Frederick II, Duke of Austria , the Babenberg dynasty ends in Austria.
1285 – The Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice conclude a treaty . Apart from agreeing on a ten year truce, the Venetians are alloted a commercial quarter in Constantinople and are restored to earlier privileges.
1310 – The Tiepolo conspiracy , seeking to seize power in the Republic of Venice , is thwarted after bloody street clashes in Venice. The suppression of the revolt will lead to the creation of the Council of Ten .
1312 – At the Battle of Rozgony , King Charles I of Hungary wins a decisive victory over the family of Palatine Amade Aba .
1389 – The Ottomans under Sultan Murad I defeat a Serb army under Lazar of Serbia in the battle of Kosovo . Both leaders are killed in the battle.
1410 – In a decisive battle at Onon River , the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor .
1410 – Ottoman Interregnum : Süleyman Çelebi defeats his brother Musa Çelebi outside the Byzantine capital, Constantinople .
1520 – Pope Leo X threatens to excommunicate Martin Luther in Exsurge Domine .
1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots , and her new husband Bothwell are confronted by disgruntled Scottish nobles in the encounter at Carberry Hill . The stand-off ends with the surrender of queen Mary.
1901–present
1904 – A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
1919 – John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden , County Galway , Ireland.
1920 – Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites , Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
1940 – World War II : Operation Aerial begins: Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
1944 – World War II: The United States invades Saipan , capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate .
1944 – In the Saskatchewan general election , the CCF , led by Tommy Douglas , is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
1972 – Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku , Vietnam (then South Vietnam ) and kills 81 people.
1977 – After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections take place in Spain .
1988 – The Ariane 4 rocket is launched on its maiden flight .
1991 – In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century , killing over 800 people.
1992 – The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.
1996 – The Troubles : The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonates a powerful truck bomb in the middle of Manchester, England, devastating the city centre and injuring 200 people.
2013 – A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta , killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others.
Births
1601–1900
1605 – Thomas Randolph , English poet and playwright (died 1635)
1623 – Cornelis de Witt , Dutch politician (died 1672)
1624 – Hiob Ludolf , German orientalist and philologist (died 1704)
1640 – Bernard Lamy , French mathematician and theologian (died 1715)
1645 – Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin , English politician (died 1712)
1749 – Georg Joseph Vogler , German organist, composer, and theorist (died 1814)
1754 – Juan José Elhuyar , Spanish chemist and mineralogist (died 1796)
1755 – Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy , French chemist and entomologist (died 1809)
1763 – Franz Danzi , German cellist, composer, and conductor (died 1826)
1763 – Kobayashi Issa , Japanese priest and poet (died 1827)
1765 – Henry Thomas Colebrooke , English orientalist (died 1837)
1767 – Rachel Jackson , American wife of Andrew Jackson (died 1828)
1777 – David Daniel Davis , Welsh physician and academic (died 1841)
1789 – Josiah Henson , American minister, author, and activist (died 1883)
1790 – Charles-Amédée Kohler , Swiss chocolatier (died 1874)
1792 – Thomas Mitchell , Scottish-Australian colonel and explorer (died 1855)
1801 – Benjamin Wright Raymond , American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (died 1883)
1805 – William B. Ogden , American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (died 1877)
1809 – François-Xavier Garneau , Canadian poet and historian (died 1866)
1822 – Alfonso Corti , Italian anatomist (died 1876)
1835 – Adah Isaacs Menken , American actress, painter, and poet (died 1868)
1843 – Edvard Grieg , Norwegian pianist and composer (died 1907)
1848 – Gheevarghese Mar Gregorios of Parumala , Indian bishop and saint (died 1902)
1872 – Thomas William Burgess , English swimmer and water polo player (died 1950)
1875 – Herman Smith-Johannsen , Norwegian-Canadian skier (died 1987)
1878 – Margaret Abbott , Indian-American golfer (died 1955)
1881 – Kesago Nakajima , Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army (died 1945)
1884 – Harry Langdon , American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1944)
1886 – Frank Clement , British racing driver (died 1970)
1888 – Martin D'Arcy , English Jesuit priest (died 1976)
1888 – Ramón López Velarde , Mexican poet and author (died 1921)
1890 – Georg Wüst , German oceanographer and academic (died 1977)
1894 – Robert Russell Bennett , American composer and conductor (died 1981)
1894 – Nikolai Chebotaryov , Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1947)
1898 – Hubertus Strughold , German-American physiologist and academic (died 1986)
1900 – Gotthard Günther , German philosopher and academic (died 1984)
1900 – Otto Luening , German-American composer and conductor (died 1996)
1901–present
1901 – Elmar Lohk , Russian-Estonian architect (died 1963)
1902 – Erik Erikson , German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst (died 1994)
1906 – Gordon Welchman , English-American mathematician and author (died 1985)
1906 – Léon Degrelle , Belgian SS officer (died 1994)
1907 – James Robertson Justice , English actor and educator (died 1975)
1909 – Elena Nikolaidi , Greek-American soprano and educator (died 2002)
1910 – David Rose , English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1990)
1911 – Wilbert Awdry , English author, created The Railway Series , the basis for Thomas the Tank Engine (died 1997)
1913 – Tom Adair , American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter (died 1988)
1914 – Yuri Andropov , Russian politician (died 1984)
1914 – Saul Steinberg , Romanian-American cartoonist (died 1999)
1914 – Hilda Terry , American cartoonist (died 2006)
1915 – Nini Theilade , Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator (died 2018)
1915 – Thomas Huckle Weller , American biologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
1916 – Olga Erteszek , Polish-American fashion designer (died 1989)
1916 – Horacio Salgán , Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2016)
1916 – Herbert A. Simon , American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2001)
1917 – John Fenn , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2010)
1917 – Michalis Genitsaris , Greek singer-songwriter (died 2005)
1917 – Lash LaRue , American actor and producer (died 1996)
1918 – François Tombalbaye , Chadian politician, 1st President of Chad (died 1975)
1920 – Keith Andrews , American race car driver (died 1957)
1920 – Amy Clampitt , American poet (died 1994)
1920 – Alla Kazanskaya , Russian actress (died 2008)
1920 – Sam Sniderman , Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (died 2012)
1920 – Alberto Sordi , Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2003)
1921 – Erroll Garner , American pianist and composer (died 1977)
1922 – Jaki Byard , American pianist and composer (died 1999)
1923 – Erland Josephson , Swedish actor and director (died 2012)
1923 – Ninian Stephen , English-Australian lieutenant, judge, and politician, 20th Governor-General of Australia (died 2017)
1924 – Hédi Fried , Swedish author and psychologist (died 2022)
1924 – Ezer Weizman , Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (died 2005)
1925 – Richard Baker , English journalist and author (died 2018)
1925 – Attilâ İlhan , Turkish poet, author, and critic (died 2005)
1926 – Alfred Duraiappah , Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (died 1975)
1927 – Ross Andru , American illustrator (died 1993)
1927 – Ibn-e-Insha , Indian-Pakistani poet and author (died 1978)
1927 – Hugo Pratt , Italian author and illustrator (died 1995)
1930 – Miguel Méndez , American author and academic (died 2013)
1930 – Marcel Pronovost , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
1931 – Joseph Gilbert , English air marshal
1932 – David Alliance, Baron Alliance , Iranian-English businessman and politician (died 2025)
1932 – Mario Cuomo , American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of New York (died 2015)
1932 – Zia Fariduddin Dagar , Indian singer (died 2013)
1932 – Bernie Faloney , American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (died 1999)
1933 – Mohammad-Ali Rajai , Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (died 1981)
1933 – Predrag Koraksić Corax , Serbian political caricaturist (died 2026)
1934 – Ruby Nash Garnett , American R&B singer
1936 – William Levada , American cardinal (died 2019)
1937 – Pierre Billon , Swiss-Canadian author and screenwriter
1937 – Leon Coates , English composer (died 2023)
1937 – Ray Coleman , former editor-in-chief of Melody Maker, author of several music biographies (died 1996)
1937 – Waylon Jennings , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
1938 – Tony Oxley , British free-jazz and avant-garde drummer (died 2023)
1938 – Billy Williams , American baseball player and coach
1939 – Ward Connerly , American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute
1939 – Brian Jacques , British author (died 2011))
1941 – Neal Adams , American illustrator (died 2022)
1941 – Harry Nilsson , American singer-songwriter (died 1994)
1942 – Ian Greenberg , Canadian broadcaster, founded Astral Media (died 2022)
1942 – John E. McLaughlin , American diplomat
1942 – Peter Norman , Australian sprinter (died 2006)
1943 – Johnny Hallyday , French singer and actor (died 2017)
1943 – Poul Nyrup Rasmussen , Danish politician, 38th Prime Minister of Denmark
1944 – Robert D. Keppel , American police officer and academic (died 2021)
1945 – Miriam Defensor Santiago , Filipino judge and politician (died 2016)
1945 – Robert Sarah , Guinean cardinal
1945 – Lawrence Wilkerson , American colonel
1946 – Noddy Holder , English rock singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
1946 – John Horner , American paleontologist and academic
1946 – Demis Roussos , Egyptian-Greek singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2015)
1947 – Alain Aspect , French physicist (Nobel Prize 2022 for experiments with entangled photons)
1947 – John Hoagland , American photographer and journalist (died 1984)
1948 – Mike Holmgren , American football player and coach
1948 – Alan Huckle , English politician and diplomat, Governor of Anguilla
1948 – Henry McLeish , Scottish footballer, academic, and politician, 2nd First Minister of Scotland
1949 – Dusty Baker , American baseball player and manager
1949 – Simon Callow , English actor and director
1949 – Russell Hitchcock , Australian singer-songwriter
1949 – Jim Varney , American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (died 2000)
1950 – Uğur Erdener , Turkish ophthalmologist and professor
1950 – Juliana Azumah-Mensah , Ghanaian nurse and politician
1950 – Deney Terrio , American choreographer and television host
1950 – Lakshmi Mittal , Indian-English businessman
1951 – Jane Amsterdam , American magazine and newspaper editor (Manhattan, inc. , New York Post )
1951 – Vance A. Larson , American painter (died 2000)
1951 – John Redwood , English politician, Secretary of State for Wales
1951 – Steve Walsh , American rock singer-songwriter and musician
1952 – Satya Pal Jain , Indian lawyer and politician, Additional Solicitor General of India
1953 – Vilma Bardauskienė , Lithuanian long jumper
1953 – Eje Elgh , Swedish racing driver and sportscaster
1953 – Xi Jinping , Chinese engineer and politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China
1953 – Raphael Wallfisch , English cellist and educator
1954 – Jim Belushi , American actor
1954 – Terri Gibbs , American country music singer and keyboard player
1954 – Paul Rusesabagina , Rwandan humanitarian
1954 – Zdeňka Šilhavá , Czech discus thrower and shot putter
1954 – Beverley Whitfield , Australian swimmer (died 1996)
1955 – Polly Draper , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1955 – Julie Hagerty , American model and actress
1956 – Yevgeny Kiselyov , Russian-Ukrainian journalist
1956 – Lance Parrish , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1957 – Brett Butler , American baseball player and coach
1958 – Wade Boggs , American baseball player
1958 – Riccardo Paletti , Italian racing driver (died 1982)
1959 – Alan Brazil , Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1959 – Eileen Davidson , American model and actress
1960 – Michèle Laroque , French actress, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Marieke van Doorn , Dutch field hockey player and coach
1961 – Dave McAuley , Northern Irish boxer and sportscaster
1961 – Scott Norton , American wrestler
1962 – Brad Armstrong , American wrestler (died 2012)
1962 – Chris Morris , English actor, satirist, director, and producer
1962 – Andrea Rost , Hungarian soprano
1963 – Mario Gosselin , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1963 – Helen Hunt , American actress, director, and producer
1963 – Lourdes Valera , Venezuelan actress (died 2012)
1964 – Courteney Cox , American actress and producer
1964 – Michael Laudrup , Danish footballer and manager
1965 – Annelies Bredael , Belgian rower
1965 – Karim Massimov , Kazakhstani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
1965 – Adam Smith , American lawyer and politician
1966 – Raimonds Vējonis , Latvian politician, 9th President of Latvia
1968 – Károly Güttler , Hungarian swimmer
1969 – Jesse Bélanger , Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Ice Cube , American rapper, producer, and actor
1969 – Idalis DeLeón , American singer and actress
1969 – Nasos Galakteros , Greek basketball player
1969 – Oliver Kahn , German footballer and sportscaster
1969 – Maurice Odumbe , Kenyan cricketer
1969 – Cédric Pioline , French tennis player
1970 – Christian Bauman , American soldier and author
1970 – David Bayssari , Australian rugby league player
1970 – Gaëlle Méchaly , French soprano
1970 – Leah Remini , American actress and producer
1970 – Žan Tabak , Croatian basketball player and coach
1971 – Christos Myriounis , Greek basketball player
1971 – Jake Busey , American actor, musician, and film producer
1972 – Justin Leonard , American golfer
1972 – Andy Pettitte , American baseball player
1973 – Tore Andre Flo , Norwegian footballer and coach
1973 – Neil Patrick Harris , American actor and singer
1973 – Pia Miranda , Australian actress
1973 – Greg Vaughan , American actor and model
1976 – Jiří Ryba , Czech decathlete
1977 – Michael Doleac , American basketball player and manager
1978 – Wilfred Bouma , Dutch footballer
1978 – Zach Day , American baseball player
1979 – Yulia Nestsiarenka , Belarusian sprinter
1979 – Christian Rahn , German footballer
1979 – Charles Zwolsman Jr. , Dutch racing driver
1980 – David Lyons , Australian rugby player
1981 – John Paintsil , Ghanaian footballer
1982 – Mike Delany , New Zealand rugby player
1982 – Abdur Razzak , Bangladeshi cricketer
1983 – Laura Imbruglia , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983 – Josh McGuire , Canadian fencer
1984 – Luke Hodge , Australian footballer
1984 – Eva Hrdinová , Czech tennis player
1984 – Tim Lincecum , American baseball player
1984 – Edison Toloza , Colombian footballer
1985 – Ashley Nicole Black , American comedian, actress, and writer
1986 – James Maloney , Australian rugby league player
1986 – Trevor Plouffe , American baseball player
1989 – Bayley , American wrestler
1989 – Víctor Cabedo , Spanish cyclist (died 2012)
1989 – Bryan Clauson , American race car driver (died 2016)
1989 – Lewis Hancox , English graphic novelist, social media personality and filmmaker
1991 – Jessie Ennis , American actress, director, and writer
1992 – Michał Kopczyński , Polish footballer
1992 – Mohamed Salah , Egyptian footballer
1992 – Dafne Schippers , Dutch heptathlete and sprinter
1993 – Cooper Kupp , American football player
1993 – Irfan Hadžić , Bosnian footballer
1994 – Iñaki Williams , Basque-Ghanaian footballer
1996 – Aurora , Norwegian singer-songwriter
1996 – Tia-Adana Belle , Barbadian athlete
1996 – Hoshi , South Korean singer and dancer
1997 – Madison Kocian , American gymnast
2003 – Pablo Barrios , Spanish footballer
Deaths
Pre-1600
923 – Robert I of France (born 866)
948 – Romanos I Lekapenos , Byzantine Emperor (born c. 870)
952 – Murong Yanchao , Chinese general
960 – Eadburh of Winchester , English princess and saint
970 – Adalbert , bishop of Passau
991 – Theophanu , Byzantine wife of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 960)
1073 – Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (born 1034)
1184 – Magnus Erlingsson , King of Norway (born 1156)
1189 – Minamoto no Yoshitsune , Japanese general (born 1159)
1246 – Frederick II, Duke of Austria (born 1219)
1337 – Angelo da Clareno , Italian Franciscan and leader of a group of Fraticelli (born 1247)
1341 – Andronikos III Palaiologos , Byzantine emperor (born 1297)
1381 – John Cavendish , English lawyer and judge (born 1346)
1381 – Wat Tyler , English rebel leader (born 1341)
1383 – John VI Kantakouzenos , Byzantine emperor (born 1292)
1383 – Matthew Kantakouzenos , Byzantine emperor
1389 – Lazar of Serbia (born 1329)
1389 – Murad I , Ottoman Sultan (born 1319)
1389 – Miloš Obilić , Serbian knight.
1416 – John, Duke of Berry (born 1340)
1467 – Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (born 1396)
1521 – Tamás Bakócz , Hungarian cardinal (born 1442)
1601–1900
1614 – Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton , English courtier and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1540)
1724 – Henry Sacheverell , English minister and politician (born 1674)
1768 – James Short , Scottish mathematician and optician (born 1710)
1772 – Louis-Claude Daquin , French organist and composer (born 1694)
1844 – Thomas Campbell , Scottish poet and academic (born 1777)
1849 – James K. Polk , American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (born 1795)
1858 – Ary Scheffer , Dutch-French painter and academic (born 1795)
1881 – Franjo Krežma , Croatian violinist and composer (born 1862)
1888 – Frederick III, German Emperor (born 1831)
1889 – Mihai Eminescu , Romanian journalist, author, and poet (born 1850)
1890 – Unryū Kyūkichi , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (born 1822)
1901–present
1917 – Kristian Birkeland , Norwegian physicist and academic (born 1867)
1934 – Alfred Bruneau , French cellist and composer (born 1857)
1938 – Ernst Ludwig Kirchner , German painter and illustrator (born 1880)
1941 – Otfrid Foerster , German neurologist and physician (born 1873)
1941 – Evelyn Underhill , English mystic and author (born 1875)
1945 – Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein , Austrian diplomat
1949 – Frank Elbridge Webb , American engineer and presidential candidate (born 1869)
1961 – Giulio Cabianca , Italian racing driver (born 1923)
1961 – Peyami Safa , Turkish journalist and author (born 1899)
1962 – Alfred Cortot , Swiss pianist and conductor (born 1877)
1967 – Tatu Kolehmainen , Finnish runner (born 1885)
1968 – Sam Crawford , American baseball player, coach, and umpire (born 1880)
1968 – Wes Montgomery , American guitarist and songwriter (born 1925)
1971 – Wendell Meredith Stanley , American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
1976 – Jimmy Dykes , American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1896)
1984 – Meredith Willson , American playwright, composer, and conductor (born 1902)
1985 – Andy Stanfield , American sprinter (born 1927)
1989 – Maurice Bellemare , Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1912)
1989 – Ray McAnally , Irish actor (born 1926)
1991 – Happy Chandler , American businessman and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky (born 1898)
1991 – Arthur Lewis , Saint Lucian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
1992 – Chuck Menville , American animator, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)
1992 – Brett Whiteley , Australian painter (born 1939)
1993 – John Connally , American commander, lawyer, and politician, 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1917)
1993 – James Hunt , English racing driver and sportscaster (born 1947)
1994 – Manos Hatzidakis , Greek composer and theorist (born 1925)
1995 – John Vincent Atanasoff , American physicist and inventor, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (born 1903)
1996 – Ella Fitzgerald , American singer and actress (born 1917)
1996 – Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet , Scottish general and politician (born 1911)
1996 – Dick Murdoch , American wrestler (born 1946)
1999 – Omer Côté , Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1906)
2000 – Jules Roy , French author, poet, and playwright (born 1907)
2001 – Henri Alekan , French cinematographer (born 1909)
2002 – Choi Hong Hi , South Korean general and martial artist, founded Taekwondo (born 1918)
2003 – Hume Cronyn , Canadian-American actor (born 1911)
2004 – Ahmet Piriştina , Turkish politician and mayor of İzmir (born 1952)
2005 – Suzanne Flon , French actress (born 1918)
2006 – Raymond Devos , Belgian-French comedian and clown (born 1922)
2006 – Herb Pearson , New Zealand cricketer (born 1910)
2007 – Hugo Corro , Argentine boxer (born 1953)
2008 – Ray Getliffe , Canadian ice hockey player (born 1914)
2011 – Bill Haast , American herpetologist and academic (born 1910)
2012 – Phillip D. Cagan , American economist and author (born 1927)
2012 – Barry MacKay , American tennis player and sportscaster (born 1935)
2012 – Israel Nogueda Otero , Mexican economist and politician, 10th Governor of Guerrero (born 1935)
2012 – Jerry Tubbs , American football player and coach (born 1935)
2013 – Heinz Flohe , German footballer and manager (born 1948)
2013 – José Froilán González , Argentinian racing driver (born 1922)
2013 – Dennis O'Rourke , Australian director and producer (born 1945)
2013 – Kenneth G. Wilson , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936)
2014 – Jacques Bergerac , French actor and businessman (born 1927)
2019 – Franco Zeffirelli , Italian film director (born 1923)
2023 – Glenda Jackson , English actress and politician (born 1936)
2024 – James Kent , American chef (born 1979)
2024 – Matija Sarkic , English-born Montenegrin footballer (born 1997)