April 2
April 2 this yearin various calendars Akan Kuruyaw Armenian 16 Ahekani 1475 Aztec Tlaxochimaco 2, 5 Itzcuintli Babylonian 13 Adaru, 2336 SE Balinese pawukon Menga, Pasah, Laba, Wage, Paniron, Wraspati of Watugunung, Brahma, Urungan, Suka Bengali 19 Chaitro , BS 1432 Chinese Yang Fire Horse ・Horn Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 2 , Day 15Chunfen , 3 days until Qingming )Common Era 2 April 2026 CE Coptic 24 Paremhat , AM 1742Egyptian 21 Mesori , 2774 NE Ethiopian 24 Magābit, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade II, Tridi de Germinal de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 2 April , AD 2026 Hebrew 15 Nisan , AM 5786 Hindu Hasta ・Dhruva Caitra , 1947 SE Pūrṇimā , Śukla pakṣa of Caitra , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5126 KY ・1,872,667 Icelandic Fimmtudagur, 10 Einmánuður 2025 Islamic 14 Shawwal , AH 1447tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W14-4 Japanese 15 Kisaragi , Reiwa 8Shunbun , 3 days until Seimei ) Julian 20 March , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461133 Korean 15 Tokkidal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.13.8.10 3 Pop , 5 Oc Roman ante diem XIII Kalendas Apriles , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 13 Farvardin , SH 1405 Tibetan 16 dbo, me pho rta
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Day of the year
April 2 is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 273 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
1725 – J. S. Bach 's cantata Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden , BWV 6Easter Monday .1755 – Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on the west coast of India.1792 – The Coinage Act is passed by Congress, establishing the United States Mint .1800 – Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna .1801 – French Revolutionary Wars : In the Battle of Copenhagen a British Royal Navy squadron defeats a hastily assembled, smaller, mostly-volunteer Dano-Norwegian Navy at high cost, forcing Denmark out of the Second League of Armed Neutrality .1863 – American Civil War : The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia .1865 – American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia .1885 – Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake , killing nine.1911 – The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census .1912 – The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials .1917 – American entry into World War I : President Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.1921 – The Autonomous Government of Khorasan , a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran , is established.1930 – After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu , Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia .1969 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 crashes into the Polica mountain near Zawoja , Poland, killing 53.1975 – Vietnam War : Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.1976 – Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest .1979 – A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores , killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.1980 – United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.1982 – Falklands War : Argentina invades the Falkland Islands .1986 – Alabama governor George Wallace , a former segregationist , best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door ", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.1989 – Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana , Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.1991 – Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia .1992 – In New York , Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.1992 – Forty-two civilians are massacred in the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina .
2002 – Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem , into which armed Palestinians had retreated.2004 – Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid ; the attack is thwarted.2006 – Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.2011 – India wins the Cricket World Cup for the second time in history under the captaincy of MS Dhoni .2012 – A mass shooting at Oikos University in California leaves seven people dead and three injured.2012 – UTair Flight 120 crashes after takeoff from Roshchino International Airport in Tyumen , Russia, killing 33 and injuring 10.
2014 – A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.2015 – Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya , killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.2015 – Four men steal items worth up to £200 million from an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area in what has been called the "largest burglary in English legal history."
2020 – COVID-19 pandemic : The total number of confirmed cases reach one million.2021 – At least 49 people are killed in a train derailment in Taiwan after a truck accidentally rolls onto the track.2021 – A Capitol Police officer is killed and another injured when an attacker rams his car into a barricade outside the United States Capitol .
2024 – Viertola school shooting : A 12-year-old pupil is killed and two others injured by a shooter of the same age in Vantaa, Finland .2025 – Liberation Day tariffs : U.S. President Donald Trump announces sweeping worldwide tariffs.Births
1602 – Mary of Jesus of Ágreda , Franciscan abbess (died 1665)1618 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi , Italian mathematician and physicist (died 1663)1647 – Maria Sibylla Merian , German-Dutch botanist and illustrator (died 1717)1653 – Prince George of Denmark , Duke of Cumberland (died 1708)1696 – Francesca Cuzzoni , Italian operatic soprano (died 1778)1719 – Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim , German poet (died 1803)1725 – Giacomo Casanova , Italian explorer and author (died 1798)1755 – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin , French lawyer and politician (died 1826)1788 – Francisco Balagtas , Filipino poet and author (died 1862)1788 – Wilhelmine Reichard , German balloonist (died 1848)
1789 – Lucio Norberto Mansilla , Argentinian general and politician (died 1871)1792 – Francisco de Paula Santander , Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (died 1840)1797 – Samuel Bogart , Texas state legislator (died 1861)1798 – August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben , German poet and academic (died 1874)1805 – Hans Christian Andersen , Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (died 1875)1814 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow , American inventor (died 1879)1827 – William Holman Hunt , English soldier and painter (died 1910)1835 – Jacob Nash Victor , American engineer (died 1907)1838 – Léon Gambetta , French lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of France (died 1882)1840 – Émile Zola , French novelist, playwright, journalist (died 1902)1841 – Clément Ader , French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (died 1926)1842 – Dominic Savio , Italian Catholic saint, adolescent student of Saint John Bosco (died 1857)1861 – Iván Persa , Slovenian priest and author (died 1935)1862 – Nicholas Murray Butler , American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1947)1869 – Hughie Jennings , American baseball player and manager (died 1928)1870 – Edmund Dwyer-Gray , Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (died 1945)1875 – Walter Chrysler , American businessman, founded Chrysler (died 1940)1875 – William Donne , English cricketer and captain (died 1942)
1884 – J. C. Squire , English poet, author, and historian (died 1958)1888 – Neville Cardus , English cricket and music writer (died 1975)1891 – Jack Buchanan , Scottish entertainer (died 1957)1891 – Max Ernst , German painter, sculptor, and poet (died 1976)
1891 – Tristão de Bragança Cunha , Indian nationalist and anti-colonial activist from Goa (died 1958)
1896 – Johnny Golden , American golfer (died 1936)1898 – Harindranath Chattopadhyay , Indian poet, actor and politician (died 1990)1900 – Roberto Arlt , Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright (died 1942)1900 – Anis Fuleihan , Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1970)
1900 – Alfred Strange , English footballer (died 1978) 1902 – Jan Tschichold , German-Swiss graphic designer and typographer (died 1974)1902 – Menachem Mendel Schneerson , the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe (died 1994)
1903 – Lionel Chevrier , Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (died 1987)1906 – Alphonse-Marie Parent , Canadian priest and educator (died 1970)1907 – Harald Andersson , American-Swedish discus thrower (died 1985)1907 – Luke Appling , American baseball player and manager (died 1991)
1908 – Buddy Ebsen , American actor and dancer (died 2003)1910 – Paul Triquet , Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1980)1910 – Chico Xavier , Brazilian spiritual medium (died 2002)
1914 – Alec Guinness , English actor (died 2000)1919 – Delfo Cabrera , Argentinian runner and soldier (died 1981)1920 – Gerald Bouey , Canadian lieutenant and civil servant (died 2004)1920 – Jack Stokes , English animator and director (died 2013)
1920 – Jack Webb , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1982)
1922 – John C. Whitehead , American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (died 2015)1923 – Gloria Henry , actress (died 2021)1923 – Johnny Paton , Scottish footballer, coach, and manager (died 2015)
1923 – G. Spencer-Brown , English mathematician, psychologist, and author (died 2016)
1924 – Bobby Ávila , Mexican baseball player (died 2004)1925 – George MacDonald Fraser , Scottish author and screenwriter (died 2008)1925 – Hans Rosenthal , German radio and television host (died 1987)
1926 – Jack Brabham , Australian race car driver (died 2014)1926 – Rudra Rajasingham , Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (died 2006)
1927 – Carmen Basilio , American boxer and soldier (died 2012)1927 – Howard Callaway , American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army (died 2014)
1927 – Rita Gam , American actress (died 2016)
1928 – Serge Gainsbourg , French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (died 1991)1929 – Ed Dorn , American poet and educator (died 1999)1931 – Keith Hitchins , American historian (died 2020)1931 – Vladimir Kuznetsov , Russian javelin thrower (died 1986)
1932 – Edward Egan , American cardinal (died 2015)1933 – György Konrád , Hungarian sociologist and author (died 2019)1934 – Paul Cohen , American mathematician and theorist (died 2007)1934 – Brian Glover , English wrestler and actor (died 1997)
1934 – Carl Kasell , American journalist and game show host (died 2018)
1936 – Shaul Ladany , Serbian-Israeli race walker and engineer1937 – Dick Radatz , American baseball player (died 2005)1938 – John Larsson , Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army (died 2022)1938 – Booker Little , American trumpet player and composer (died 1961)
1938 – Al Weis , American baseball player
1939 – Marvin Gaye , American singer-songwriter (died 1984)1939 – Anthony Lake , American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor
1939 – Lise Thibault , Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
1940 – Donald Jackson , Canadian figure skater and coach1940 – Mike Hailwood , English motorcycle racer (died 1981)
1940 – Penelope Keith , English actress (died 2026)
1941 – Dr. Demento , American radio host1941 – Sonny Throckmorton , American country singer-songwriter
1942 – Leon Russell , American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2016)1942 – Roshan Seth , Indian-English actor
1943 – Caterina Bueno , Italian singer (died 2007)1943 – Larry Coryell , American jazz guitarist (died 2017)
1943 – Antonio Sabàto, Sr. , Italian actor (died 2021)
1944 – Bill Malinchak , American football player1945 – Jürgen Drews , German singer-songwriter1945 – Guy Fréquelin , French race car driver
1945 – Linda Hunt , American actress
1945 – Reggie Smith , American baseball player and coach
1945 – Don Sutton , American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2021)
1945 – Anne Waldman , American poet
1946 – Richard Collinge , New Zealand cricketer1947 – Paquita la del Barrio , Mexican singer, songwriter and actress (died 2025)1947 – Tua Forsström , Finnish writer
1947 – Emmylou Harris , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Camille Paglia , American author and critic
1948 – Roald Als , Danish author and illustrator1948 – Dimitris Mitropanos , Greek singer (died 2012)
1948 – Daniel Okrent , American journalist and author
1948 – Joan D. Vinge , American author
1949 – Paul Gambaccini , American-English radio and television host1949 – Bernd Müller , German footballer
1949 – Pamela Reed , American actress
1949 – David Robinson , American drummer
1950 – Lynn Westmoreland , American politician1951 – Ayako Okamoto , Japanese golfer1952 – Lennart Fagerlund , Swedish cyclist1953 – Jim Allister , Northern Irish lawyer and politician1953 – Rosemary Bryant Mariner , 20th and 21st-century U.S. Navy aviator (died 2019)
1953 – Malika Oufkir , Moroccan Berber writer
1953 – Debralee Scott , American actress (died 2005)
1953 – James Vance , American author and playwright (died 2017)
1954 – Gregory Abbott , American singer-songwriter and producer1954 – Donald Petrie , American actor and director
1955 – Michael Stone , Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary1957 – Caroline Dean , English biologist and academic1957 – Hank Steinbrenner , American businessman (died 2020)
1958 – Stefano Bettarello , Italian rugby player1958 – Larry Drew , American basketball player and coach
1959 – Gelindo Bordin , Italian runner1959 – David Frankel , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – Juha Kankkunen , Finnish race car driver
1959 – Yves Lavandier , French director and producer
1959 – Badou Ezzaki , Moroccan footballer and manager
1960 – Linford Christie , Jamaican-English sprinter1960 – Brad Jones , Australian race car driver
1960 – Pascale Nadeau , Canadian journalist
1961 – Buddy Jewell , American singer-songwriter1961 – Christopher Meloni , American actor
1961 – Keren Woodward , English singer-songwriter
1962 – Pierre Carles , French director and producer1962 – Billy Dean , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Clark Gregg , American actor
1963 – Karl Beattie , English director and producer1963 – Mike Gascoyne , English engineer
1964 – Pete Incaviglia , American baseball player and coach1964 – Jonathon Sharkey , American wrestler
1965 – Rodney King , American victim of police brutality (died 2012)1966 – Bill Romanowski , American football player and actor1966 – Teddy Sheringham , English international footballer and coach
1967 – Greg Camp , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1967 – Phil Demmel , American guitarist and songwriter
1969 – Ajay Devgn , Indian actor, director, and producer1971 – Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto , Brazilian footballer1971 – Jason Lewry , English cricketer
1971 – Todd Woodbridge , Australian tennis player and sportscaster
1972 – Eyal Berkovic , Israeli footballer1972 – Remo D'Souza , Indian choreographer and dancer
1972 – Calvin Davis , American sprinter and hurdler (died 2023)
1972 – Zane Lamprey , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Dmitry Lipartov , Russian footballer1973 – Roselyn Sánchez , Puerto Rican-American actress
1973 – Aleksejs Semjonovs , Latvian footballer
1974 – Tayfun Korkut , Turkish football manager and former player1975 – Nate Huffman , American basketball player (died 2015)1975 – Randy Livingston , American basketball player
1975 – Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski , German rower
1975 – Pattie Mallette , Canadian author and film producer
1975 – Pedro Pascal , Chilean and American actor
1976 – Andreas Anastasopoulos , Greek shot putter1976 – Rory Sabbatini , South African golfer
1977 – Per Elofsson , Swedish skier1977 – Michael Fassbender , German-Irish actor and producer
1977 – Hanno Pevkur , Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
1980 – Avi Benedi , Israeli singer and songwriter1980 – Adam Fleming , Scottish journalist
1980 – Gavin Heffernan , Canadian director and screenwriter
1980 – Ricky Hendrick , American race car driver (died 2004)
1980 – Wairangi Koopu , New Zealand rugby league player
1980 – Carlos Salcido , Mexican international footballer
1981 – Michael Clarke , Australian cricketer1981 – Kapil Sharma , Indian stand-up comedian, television presenter and actor
1982 – Marco Amelia , Italian footballer1982 – David Ferrer , Spanish tennis player
1983 – Arthur Boka , Ivorian footballer1983 – Maksym Mazuryk , Ukrainian pole vaulter
1984 – Engin Atsür , Turkish basketball player1984 – Nóra Barta , Hungarian diver
1984 – Jérémy Morel , French footballer
1984 – Miguel Ángel Moyá , Spanish footballer
1985 – Thom Evans , Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player1985 – Stéphane Lambiel , Swiss figure skater
1986 – Ibrahim Afellay , Dutch footballer1986 – Andris Biedriņš , Latvian basketball player
1986 – Drew Van Acker , American actor, model and producer
1987 – Pablo Aguilar , Paraguayan footballer1987 – Shane Lowry , Irish Professional Golfer, winner of the 2019 Open Championship and European Team Member for the 2021 and 2023 Ryder Cups
1988 – Ellen Adarna , Filipino actress, model and public figure1988 – Renée Good , American writer, poet and shooting victim (died 2026)
1988 – Jesse Plemons , American actor
1990 – Yevgeniya Kanayeva , Russian gymnast1990 – Miralem Pjanić , Bosnian footballer
1990 – Amr El Solia , Egyptian footballer
1991 – Quavo , American rapper1993 – Keshorn Walcott , Trinidadian javelin thrower1993 – Bruno Zuculini , Argentine footballer
1994 – Pascal Siakam , Cameroonian basketball player1995 – Zack Steffen , American soccer player1996 – Zach Bryan , American singer-songwriter1996 – André Onana , Cameroonian footballer
1997 – Dillon Bassett , American race car driver1997 – Abdelhak Nouri , Dutch footballer
1997 – Austin Riley , American baseball player
2000 – Rodrigo Riquelme , Spanish footballer2000 – Josip Stanišić , Croatian footballer
2002 – Emma Myers , American actress2004 – Diana Shnaider , Russian tennis player2005 – Adrián Liso , Spanish footballer2007 – Brenda Fruhvirtová , Czech tennis playerDeaths
Pre-1600
670 – Hasan ibn Ali the second Shia Imam (born 624)870 – Æbbe the Younger , Frankish abbess872 – Muflih al-Turki , Turkish general968 – Yuan Dezhao , Chinese chancellor (born 891)991 – Bardas Skleros , Byzantine general1118 – Baldwin I , king of Jerusalem1244 – Henrik Harpestræng , Danish botanical and medical author1272 – Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall , English husband of Sanchia of Provence (born 1209)1335 – Henry of Bohemia (born 1265)1412 – Ruy González de Clavijo , Spanish explorer and author1416 – Ferdinand I , king of Aragon (born 1379)1502 – Arthur , prince of Wales (born 1486)1507 – Francis of Paola , Italian friar and saint, founded the Order of the Minims (born 1416)1511 – Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe , German nobleman (born 1428)1640 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski , Polish author and poet (born 1595)1657 – Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1608)1657 – Jean-Jacques Olier , French priest, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice (born 1608)
1672 – Pedro Calungsod , Filipino missionary and saint (born 1654)1672 – Diego Luis de San Vitores , Spanish Jesuit missionary (born 1627)
1720 – Joseph Dudley , English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1647)1742 – James Douglas , Scottish physician and anatomist (born 1675)1747 – Johann Jacob Dillenius , German-English botanist and mycologist (born 1684)1754 – Thomas Carte , English historian and author (born 1686)1787 – Thomas Gage , English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (born 1719)1791 – Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau , French journalist and politician (born 1749)1801 – Thomas Dadford, Jr. , English engineer (born 1761)1803 – Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet , Scottish judge and politician (born 1721)1817 – Johann Heinrich Jung , German author and academic (born 1740)1827 – Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus , German physician and educator (born 1776)1845 – Philip Charles Durham , Scottish admiral and politician (born 1763)1865 – A. P. Hill , American general (born 1825)1872 – Samuel Morse , American painter and academic, invented the Morse code (born 1791)1891 – Albert Pike , American lawyer and general (born 1809)1891 – Ahmed Vefik Pasha , Greek playwright and politician, 249th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1823)
1894 – Achille Vianelli , Italian painter and academic (born 1803)1896 – Theodore Robinson , American painter and academic (born 1852)1914 – Paul Heyse , German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1830)1917 – Bryn Lewis , Welsh international rugby player (born 1891)1923 – Topal Osman , Turkish colonel (born 1883)1928 – Theodore William Richards , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1868)1930 – Zewditu I of Ethiopia (born 1876)1933 – Ranjitsinhji , Indian cricketer (born 1872)1936 – Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne , French general (born 1860)1942 – Édouard Estaunié , French novelist (born 1862)1948 – Sabahattin Ali , Turkish journalist, author, and poet (born 1907)1953 – Hugo Sperrle , German field marshal (born 1885)1954 – Hoyt Vandenberg , US Air Force general (born 1899)1966 – C. S. Forester , English novelist (born 1899)1972 – Franz Halder , German general (born 1884)1974 – Georges Pompidou , French banker and politician, 19th President of France (born 1911)1977 – Walter Wolf , German academic and politician (born 1907)1987 – Buddy Rich , American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1917)1989 – Manolis Angelopoulos , Greek singer (born 1939)1992 – Juanito , Spanish footballer and manager (born 1954)1992 – Jan van Aartsen , Dutch politician (born 1909)
1994 – Betty Furness , American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality (born 1916)1994 – Marc Fitch , British historian and philanthropist (born 1908)
1995 – Hannes Alfvén , Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)1997 – Tomoyuki Tanaka , Japanese director and producer (born 1910)1998 – Rob Pilatus , American-German singer-songwriter (born 1965)2001 – Charles Daudelin , Canadian sculptor and painter (born 1920)2002 – Levi Celerio , Filipino composer and songwriter (born 1910)2002 – John R. Pierce , American engineer and author (born 1910)
2003 – Edwin Starr , American singer-songwriter (born 1942)2004 – John Argyris , Greek computer scientist, engineer, and academic (born 1913)2005 – Lillian O'Donnell , American crime novelist (born 1926)2005 – Pope John Paul II (born 1920)
2006 – Lloyd Searwar , Guyanese anthologist and diplomat (born 1925)2007 – Henry L. Giclas , American astronomer and academic (born 1910)2008 – Yakup Satar , Turkish World War I veteran (born 1898)2009 – Albert Sanschagrin , Canadian bishop (born 1911)2009 – Bud Shank , American saxophonist and flute player (born 1926)
2010 – Chris Kanyon , American wrestler (born 1970)2011 – John C. Haas , American businessman and philanthropist (born 1918)2012 – Jesús Aguilarte , Venezuelan captain and politician (born 1959)2012 – Elizabeth Catlett , American-Mexican sculptor and illustrator (born 1915)
2012 – Mauricio Lasansky , American graphic designer and academic (born 1914)
2013 – Fred , French author and illustrator (born 1931)2013 – Jesús Franco , Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (born 1930)
2013 – Milo O'Shea , Irish-American actor (born 1926)
2014 – Urs Widmer , Swiss author and playwright (born 1938)2015 – Manoel de Oliveira , Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1908)2015 – Robert H. Schuller , American pastor and author (born 1926)
2015 – Steve Stevaert , Belgian businessman and politician, Governor of Limburg (born 1954)
2016 – Gallieno Ferri , Italian comic book artist and illustrator (born 1929)2016 – Robert Abajyan , Armenian sergeant (born 1996)
2017 – Alma Delia Fuentes , Mexican actress (born 1937)2021 – Simon Bainbridge , British composer (born 1952)2022 – Estelle Harris , American actress and comedian (born 1928)2024 – Jerry Abbott , American country music songwriter and record producer (born 1942)2024 – John Barth , American writer (born 1930)
2024 – Maryse Condé , Guadeloupean novelist, critic, and playwright (born 1934)
2024 – Christopher Durang , American playwright (born 1949)
2024 – Larry Lucchino , American attorney and baseball executive (born 1945)
2024 – John Sinclair , American poet (born 1941)
2024 – Juan Vicente Pérez , Venezuelan supercentenarian (born 1909)
2025 – Khamtai Siphandone , Laotian politician, 4th President of Laos (born 1924)