December 10
December 10 this yearin various calendars Akan Kuruyaw Armenian 23 Kʿaloch 1476 Aztec Tozoztontli 9, 10 Ehēcatl Babylonian 29 Arakhsamna, 2337 SE Balinese pawukon Luang, Pepet, Pasah, Menala, Umanis, Paniron, Wraspati of Gumbreg, Uma, Dangu, Duka Bengali 25 Ogrohayon , BS 1433 Chinese Yang Earth Horse ・Horn Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 11 , Day 2Daxue , 12 days until Dongzhi )Common Era 10 December 2026 CE Coptic 1 Koiak , AM 1743Egyptian 28 Pharmuthi , 2775 NE Ethiopian 1 Tākḫśāś, 2019 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade II, Nonidi de Frimaire de l'Année 235 de la République Gregorian 10 December , AD 2026 Hebrew 30 Kislev , AM 5787 Hindu Mūla ・Śūla Mārgaśīrṣa , 1948 SE Pratipada , Śukla pakṣa of Mārgaśīrṣa , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5127 KY ・1,872,919 Icelandic Fimmtudagur, 18 Ýlir 2026 Islamic 29 Jumada al-thani , AH 1448tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W50-4 Japanese 2 Shimotsuki , Reiwa 8Taisetsu , 12 days until Tōji ) Julian 27 November , AD 2026 (AM 7535)Julian day 2461385 Korean 2 Jwidal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.14.3.2 15 Mac , 10 Ik Roman ante diem V Kalendas Decembres , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 19 Azar , SH 1405 Tibetan 2 mgo, me pho rta
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Day of the year
December 10 is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 21 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
1901 – The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel 's death.1902 – The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt .1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War , becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field.1907 – The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students, protesting against the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected, clash with 400 police officers.1909 – Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature .1932 – Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy .1936 – Abdication Crisis : Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication 1941 – World War II : The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya .1941 – World War II: Battle of the Philippines : Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon .
1942 – World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust ) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations .1948 – The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations .1949 – Chinese Civil War : The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu , the last Kuomintang -held city in mainland China , forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan .1953 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in Literature .1963 – Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy , under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah .1963 – An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
1968 – Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery ", is carried out in Tokyo.1978 – Arab–Israeli conflict : Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize .1979 – Kaohsiung Incident : Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.1983 – Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín .1984 – United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture .1989 – Mongolian Revolution : At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union .1991 – The Nagorno-Karabakh independence referendum is held, with 99.98% voting in favor of independence.1991 – Nursultan Nazarbayev is sworn in as the 1st President of Kazakhstan .1991 – The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic is renamed into the Republic of Kazakhstan .
1992 – Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan establishes the Marriage Fund in the United Arab Emirates in response to rising wedding prices.1993 – The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland . The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield , which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.1994 – Rwandan genocide : Maurice Baril , military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations , recommends that UNAMIR stand down.1995 – The Israeli army withdraws from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord .1996 – The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela .1999 – Helen Clark is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand , the second woman to hold the post and the first following an election.2005 – Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes at Port Harcourt International Airport in Nigeria , killing 108 people.2014 – Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein is killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya ) in Ramallah .2015 – Rojava conflict : The Syrian Democratic Council is established in Dêrik , forming the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria.2016 – Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul , Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others.2017 – ISIL is defeated in Iraq .2019 – The Ostrava hospital attack in the Czech Republic results in eight deaths, including the perpetrator.2021 – A widespread, deadly, and violent tornado outbreak slams the Central , Midwestern , and Southern regions of the United States . Eighty-nine people are killed by the tornadoes, with most of the fatalities occurring in Kentucky , where a single tornado kills 57 people, and injures hundreds of others. Another tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois strikes an Amazon warehouse , killing six workers.Births
1610 – Adriaen van Ostade , Dutch painter (died 1685)1654 – Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole , Italian painter (died 1719)1658 – Lancelot Blackburne , Archbishop of York (died 1743)1713 – Johann Nicolaus Mempel , German cantor and organist (died 1747)1751 – George Shaw , English botanist and zoologist (died 1813)1776 – Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (died 1848)1783 – María Bibiana Benítez , Puerto Rican poet and playwright (died 1873)1787 – Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet , American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf (died 1851)1804 – Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi , German mathematician and academic (died 1851)1805 – William Lloyd Garrison , American journalist and activist, founded The Liberator 1805 – Joseph Škoda , Czech medical doctor, dermatologist and academic (died 1881)
1811 – Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer , American poet, biographer, and editor (died 1894)1815 – Ada Lovelace , English mathematician and computer scientist (died 1852)1821 – Nikolay Nekrasov , Russian poet and critic (died 1877)1822 – César Franck , Belgian organist and composer (died 1890)1824 – George MacDonald , Scottish minister, author, and poet (died 1905)1827 – Eugene O'Keefe , Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 1913)1830 – Emily Dickinson , American poet (died 1886)1851 – Melvil Dewey , American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System (died 1931)1866 – Louis Bolk , Dutch anatomist and biologist (died 1930)1870 – Jadunath Sarkar , Indian historian (died 1958)1870 – Adolf Loos , Austrian architect and theoretician (died 1933)
1870 – Pierre Louÿs , Belgian-French author and poet (died 1925)
1878 – C. Rajagopalachari , Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India (died 1972)1878 – Mohammad Ali Jauhar , Indian Muslim activist (died 1931)
1882 – Otto Neurath , Austrian sociologist and philosopher (died 1945)1882 – Shigenori Tōgō , Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 1950)
1883 – Giovanni Messe , Italian field marshal and politician (died 1968)1885 – Elizabeth Baker , American economist and academic (died 1973)1885 – Marios Varvoglis , Greek composer and conductor (died 1967)
1886 – Victor McLaglen , English-American actor (died 1959)1889 – Ray Collins , American actor (died 1965)1890 – László Bárdossy , Hungarian politician and diplomat, 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1946)1891 – Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis , English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (died 1969)1891 – Arlie Mucks , American discus thrower and shot putter (died 1967)
1891 – Nelly Sachs , German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
1896 – Torsten Bergström , Swedish actor and director (died 1948)1903 – Una Merkel , American actress (died 1986)1904 – Antonín Novotný , Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic , General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (died 1975)1906 – Harold Adamson , American lyricist (died 1980)1906 – Jules Ladoumègue , French runner (died 1973)
1907 – Rumer Godden , English author and poet (died 1998)1907 – Lucien Laurent , French footballer and coach (died 2005)
1907 – Amedeo Nazzari , Italian actor (died 1979)
1908 – Olivier Messiaen , French composer and ornithologist (died 1992)1909 – Hermes Pan , American dancer and choreographer (died 1990)1910 – Ambrosio Padilla , Filipino basketball player and politician (died 1996)1911 – Chet Huntley , American journalist (died 1974)1912 – Philip Hart , American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (died 1976)1912 – Tetsuji Takechi , Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author (died 1988)
1912 – René Toribio , Guadeloupean politician (died 1990)
1913 – Pannonica de Koenigswarter , English-American jazz patron and writer (died 1988)1913 – Morton Gould , American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1996)
1913 – Harry Locke , English actor (died 1987)
1913 – Ray Nance , American trumpeter, violinist, and singer (died 1976)
1914 – Dorothy Lamour , American actress and singer (died 1996)1915 – Nicky Barr , Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (died 2006)1916 – Walt Arfons , American race car driver (died 2013)1918 – Anne Gwynne , American actress (died 2003)1918 – Anatoli Tarasov , Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 1995)
1919 – Alexander Courage , American composer and conductor (died 2008)1920 – Clarice Lispector , Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (died 1977)1920 – Reginald Rose , American screenwriter and producer (died 2002)
1921 – Toh Chin Chye , Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2012)1922 – Agnes Nixon , American television writer and director (died 2016)1923 – Harold Gould , American actor (died 2010)1923 – Clorindo Testa , Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (died 2013)
1924 – Ken Albers , American singer and musician (died 2007)1924 – Michael Manley , Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (died 1997)
1925 – Carolyn Kizer , American poet and academic (died 2014)1926 – Guitar Slim , American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)1927 – Bob Farrell , American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (died 2015)1927 – Danny Matt , German-Israeli general (died 2013)
1928 – Barbara Nichols , American actress (died 1976)1930 – Wayne D. Anderson , American baseball player and coach (died 2013)1930 – Ray Felix , American basketball player (died 1991)
1930 – Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling , English farmer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
1931 – Peter Baker , English-South African footballer and manager (died 2016)1933 – Philip R. Craig , American author (died 2007)1933 – Mako Iwamatsu , Japanese actor (died 2006)
1934 – Howard Martin Temin , American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)1935 – Terry Allcock , English footballer and cricketer (died 2024)1935 – Jaromil Jireš , Czech director and screenwriter (died 2001)
1936 – Howard Smith , American journalist, director, and producer (died 2014)1938 – Bill Dunk , Australian golfer1938 – Yuri Temirkanov , Russian viola player and conductor (died 2023)
1939 – Dick Bavetta , American basketball player and referee1939 – Barry Cunliffe , English archaeologist and academic
1941 – Ken Campbell , English actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2008)1941 – Fionnula Flanagan , Irish actress and producer
1941 – Tommy Kirk , American actor (died 2021)
1941 – Tommy Rettig , American child actor (died 1996)
1941 – Kyu Sakamoto , Japanese singer and actor (died 1985)
1942 – Ann Gloag , Scottish nurse and businesswoman1944 – Andris Bērziņš , Latvian businessman and politician, 8th President of Latvia 1944 – John Birt, Baron Birt , English businessman
1944 – Steve Renko , American baseball player
1945 – Mukhtar Altynbayev , Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan 1946 – Douglas Kenney , American satirist (died 1980)1947 – Rasul Guliyev , Azerbaijani engineer and politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan 1948 – Dušan Bajević , Bosnian footballer and manager1948 – Jessica Cleaves , American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
1948 – Jasuben Shilpi , Indian sculptor (died 2013)
1949 – Yasmin Alibhai-Brown , Ugandan-English journalist and author1949 – David Perdue , American politician
1950 – John Boozman , American football player, lawyer, and politician1950 – Simon Owen , New Zealand golfer
1951 – Johnny Rodriguez , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2025)1952 – Clive Anderson , English lawyer and television host1952 – Susan Dey , American actress
1952 – Greg Mortimer , Australian geologist and mountaineer
1952 – Greg Laurie , American author and pastor
1952 – Paul Varul , Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice
1953 – Chris Bury , American journalist and academic1954 – Eudine Barriteau , Barbadian economist and academic1954 – Price Cobb , American race car driver and manager
1954 – Jack Hues , English singer-songwriter and musician
1956 – Rod Blagojevich , American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois 1956 – Roberto Cassinelli , Italian lawyer and politician
1956 – Jan van Dijk , Dutch footballer and manager
1957 – Michael Clarke Duncan , American actor (died 2012)1957 – Paul Hardcastle , English composer and producer
1957 – Prem Rawat , Indian-American guru and educator
1958 – Cornelia Funke , German-American author1958 – Kathryn Stott , English pianist and academic
1959 – Mark Aguirre , American basketball player and coach1959 – Udi Aloni , American-Israeli director and author
1959 – Kevin Ash , English journalist and author (died 2013)
1959 – Wolf Hoffmann , German guitarist
1960 – Kenneth Branagh , British actor director, producer, and screenwriter1960 – Kōichi Satō , Japanese actor
1961 – Mark McKoy , Canadian hurdler and sprinter1961 – Nia Peeples , American singer and actress
1962 – Rakhat Aliyev , Kazakh politician and diplomat (died 2015)1962 – John de Wolf , Dutch footballer and manager
1963 – Jahangir Khan , Pakistani squash player1964 – Stephen Billington , English actor1964 – Stef Blok , Dutch banker and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior
1964 – Bobby Flay , American chef and author
1964 – Edith González , Mexican actress (died 2019)
1965 – Greg Giraldo , American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2010)1965 – J Mascis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1965 – Stephanie Morgenstern , Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Rein Ahas , Estonian geographer and academic1966 – Robin Brooke , New Zealand rugby player
1966 – Mel Rojas , Dominican baseball player
1966 – Penelope Trunk , American writer
1968 – Yōko Oginome , Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress1969 – Darren Berry , Australian cricketer and coach1969 – Rob Blake , Canadian ice hockey player and executive
1970 – Kevin Sharp , American singer-songwriter (died 2014)1970 – Bryant Stith , American basketball player and coach
1972 – Donavon Frankenreiter , American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist1972 – Brian Molko , British-Belgian singer-songwriter
1973 – Rusty LaRue , American basketball player and coach1973 – Gabriela Spanic , Venezuelan actress
1974 – Meg White , American drummer1975 – Steve Bradley , American wrestler (died 2008)1975 – Emmanuelle Chriqui , Canadian actress
1975 – Josip Skoko , Australian footballer
1976 – Shane Byrne , English motorcycle racer1978 – Anna Jesień , Polish hurdler1978 – Summer Phoenix , American actress
1979 – Matt Bentley , American wrestler1979 – Iain Brunnschweiler , English cricketer
1979 – Yang Jianping , Chinese recurve archer
1980 – Sarah Chang , American violinist1981 – Taufik Batisah , Singaporean singer1981 – Rene Bourque , Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Fábio Rochemback , Brazilian footballer
1982 – Claudia Hoffmann , German sprinter1982 – Sultan Kösen , Turkish farmer, tallest living person
1983 – Patrick Flueger , American actor1983 – Xavier Samuel , Australian actor
1984 – JTG , American wrestler1985 – Charlie Adam , Scottish footballer1985 – Roman Červenka , Czech ice hockey player
1985 – Matt Forte , American football player
1985 – Trésor Mputu , Congolese footballer
1985 – Raven-Symoné , American actress, singer, and dancer
1985 – Lê Công Vinh , Vietnamese footballer
1986 – Kahlil Bell , American football player1987 – Gonzalo Higuaín , French-Argentinian footballer1988 – Wilfried Bony , Ivorian footballer1988 – Neven Subotić , Serbian footballer
1989 – Marion Maréchal-Le Pen , French politician1989 – Tom Sexton , Australian-Irish rugby player
1990 – Kazenga LuaLua , Congolese-English footballer1990 – Sakiko Matsui , Japanese singer and actress
1990 – Wil Myers , American baseball player
1990 – Teyana Taylor , American singer, songwriter, choreographer, and actress
1990 – Shoya Tomizawa , Japanese motorcycle racer (died 2010)
1991 – KiKi Layne , American actress1991 – Eric Reid , American football player
1991 – Dion Waiters , American basketball player
1992 – Carlos Rodón , American baseball player1992 – Melissa Roxburgh , Canadian-American actress
1994 – Richard Kennar , Samoan rugby league player1994 – Matti Klinga , Finnish footballer
1995 – Tacko Fall , Senegalese basketball player1996 – Joe Burrow , American football player1996 – Kang Daniel , South Korean singer and entrepreneur
1997 – Viktoriia Savtsova , Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer1998 – Lucia Bronzetti , Italian tennis player1999 – Reiss Nelson , English footballer2000 – Jeremie Frimpong , Dutch footballer2001 – Coby Mayo , American professional baseball player2005 – Ivan Demidov , Russian ice hockey playerDeaths
Pre-1600
925 – Sancho I , king of Pamplona 949 – Herman I, Duke of Swabia 990 – Folcmar , bishop of Utrecht 1041 – Michael IV the Paphlagonian , Byzantine emperor (born 1010)1081 – Nikephoros III Botaneiates , deposed Byzantine Emperor (born c.1002)1113 – Radwan , ruler of Aleppo1310 – Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (born 1271)1454 – Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo , Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.1475 – Paolo Uccello , Italian painter (born 1397)1508 – René II, Duke of Lorraine (born 1451)1541 – Thomas Culpeper , English courtier (born 1514)1541 – Francis Dereham , English courtier (born c. 1513)
1561 – Caspar Schwenckfeld , German theologian and writer1618 – Giulio Caccini , Italian composer and educator (born 1551)1626 – Edmund Gunter , English mathematician and academic (born 1581)1665 – Tarquinio Merula , Italian organist, violinist, and composer (born 1594)1736 – António Manoel de Vilhena , Portuguese soldier and politician (born 1663)1791 – Jacob Frank , Polish religious leader (born 1726)1831 – Thomas Johann Seebeck , German physicist and academic (born 1770)1850 – Józef Bem , Polish general and physicist (born 1794)1850 – François Sulpice Beudant , French mineralogist and geologist (born 1787)
1865 – Leopold I of Belgium (born 1790)1867 – Sakamoto Ryōma , Japanese samurai and politician (born 1836)1896 – Alfred Nobel , Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (born 1833)1909 – Red Cloud , American tribal chief (of the Oglala nation ) (born 1822)1911 – Joseph Dalton Hooker , English botanist and explorer (born 1817)1917 – Mackenzie Bowell , English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1823)1920 – Horace Elgin Dodge , American businessman, co-founded Dodge (born 1868)1922 – Clement Lindley Wragge , English meteorologist and author (born 1852)1926 – Nikola Pašić , Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (born 1845)1928 – Charles Rennie Mackintosh , Scottish architect and painter (born 1868)1929 – Harry Crosby , American publisher and poet (born 1898)1932 – Joseph Carruthers , Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (born 1857)1936 – Bobby Abel , English cricketer (born 1857)1936 – Luigi Pirandello , Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867)
1939 – John Grieb , American gymnast and triathlete (born 1879)1941 – Colin Kelly , American captain and pilot (born 1915)1944 – John Brunt , English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1922)1945 – Theodor Dannecker , German captain (born 1913)1946 – Walter Johnson , American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1887)1946 – Damon Runyon , American newspaperman and short story writer (born 1884)
1948 – Na Hye-sok , South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (born 1896)1951 – Algernon Blackwood , English author and playwright (born 1869)1953 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali , Indian-English scholar and translator (born 1872)1956 – David Shimoni , Russian-Israeli poet and translator (born 1891)1957 – Napoleon Zervas , Greek general (born 1891)1958 – Adolfo Camarillo , American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (born 1864)1963 – K. M. Panikkar , Indian historian and diplomat (born 1894)1967 – Otis Redding , American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1941)1968 – Karl Barth , Swiss theologian and author (born 1886)1968 – George Forrest , Northern Irish lawyer and politician (born 1921)
1968 – Thomas Merton , American monk and author (born 1915)
1970 – Chen Qiyou , Chinese politician and revolutionary (born 1892)1972 – Mark Van Doren , American poet, critic, and academic (born 1894)1973 – Wolf V. Vishniac , German-American microbiologist and academic (born 1922)1974 – Toshinari Shōji , Japanese general (born 1890)1977 – Adolph Rupp , American basketball player and coach (born 1901)1978 – Ed Wood , American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924)1979 – Ann Dvorak , American actress (born 1911)1982 – Freeman Gosden , American actor and screenwriter (born 1899)1987 – Jascha Heifetz , Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (born 1901)1988 – Richard S. Castellano , American actor (born 1933)1988 – Johnny Lawrence , English cricketer and coach (born 1911)
1988 – Dorothy de Rothschild , English philanthropist and activist (born 1895)
1990 – Armand Hammer , American businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (born 1898)1991 – Greta Kempton , Austrian-American painter and academic (born 1901)1992 – Dan Maskell , English tennis player and sportscaster (born 1908)1993 – Alice Tully , American soprano (born 1902)1994 – Keith Joseph , English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (born 1918)1994 – Alex Wilson , Canadian-American sprinter (born 1905)
1995 – Darren Robinson , American rapper (born 1967)1996 – Faron Young , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1932)1999 – Rick Danko , Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (born 1943)1999 – Franjo Tuđman , Croatian general and politician, 1st President of Croatia (born 1922)
1999 – Woodrow Borah , American historian of Spanish America (born 1912)
2000 – Marie Windsor , American actress (born 1919)2001 – Ashok Kumar , Indian actor, singer, and producer (born 1911)2002 – Andres Küng , Swedish journalist and politician (born 1945)2002 – Ian MacNaughton , Scottish actor, director, and producer (born 1925)
2003 – Sean McClory , Irish actor and director (born 1924)2004 – Gary Webb , American journalist and author (born 1955)2005 – Mary Jackson , American actress (born 1910)2005 – Eugene McCarthy , American poet, academic, and politician (born 1916)
2005 – Richard Pryor , American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)
2006 – Olivia Coolidge , English-American author and educator (born 1908)2006 – Augusto Pinochet , Chilean general and dictator, 30th President of Chile (born 1915)
2007 – Vitali Hakko , Turkish businessman, founded Vakko (born 1913)2009 – Vladimir Teplyakov , Russian soldier and physicist (born 1925)2010 – John Fenn , American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)2010 – J. Michael Hagopian , Armenian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1913)
2010 – MacKenzie Miller , American horse trainer and breeder (born 1921)
2012 – Iajuddin Ahmed , Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (born 1931)2012 – Antonio Cubillo , Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1930)
2012 – Tommy Roberts , English fashion designer (born 1942)
2013 – Alan Coleman , English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)2013 – Jim Hall , American guitarist and composer (born 1930)
2013 – Don Lund , American baseball player and coach (born 1923)
2013 – Srikanta Wadiyar , Indian politician and the titular Maharaja of Mysore (born 1946)
2014 – Ralph Giordano , German author and publicist (born 1923)2014 – Robert B. Oakley , American diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan (born 1931)
2014 – Bob Solinger , Canadian ice hockey player (born 1925)
2014 – Judy Baar Topinka , American journalist and politician (born 1944)
2014 – Gerard Vianen , Dutch cyclist (born 1944)
2015 – Ron Bouchard , American race car driver and businessman (born 1948)2015 – Denis Héroux , Canadian director and producer (born 1940)
2015 – Arnold Peralta , Honduran footballer (born 1989)
2015 – Dolph Schayes , American basketball player and coach (born 1928)
2017 – Bruce Brown , American filmmaker (born 1937)2017 – Max Clifford , British publicist (born 1943)
2017 – Charles M. Green Jr. , American Internet personality (born 1950)
2017 – Curtis W. Harris , American minister (born 1924)
2019 – Philip McKeon , American actor (born 1964)2019 – Gershon Kingsley , American composer and musician (born 1922)
2019 – Emily Mason , American painter (born 1932)
2020 – Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr. , American actor and wrestler (born 1958)2020 – Joseph Safra , Lebanese-Brazilian financier (born 1938)
2020 – Carol Sutton , American actress (born 1944)
2020 – Barbara Windsor , English actress (born 1937)
2021 – Michael Nesmith , American musician (The Monkees ), songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist (born 1942)2023 – Julian Carroll , American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky (born 1931)2024 – Rocky Colavito , American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1933)2024 – Michael Cole , American actor (born 1940)
2024 – Kreskin , American mentalist (born 1935)
2024 – S. M. Krishna , Indian politician and statesman, Minister of External Affairs , 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka , 19th Governor of Maharashtra (born 1932)
2025 – Jeffery Garcia , American stand-up comedian and voice actor (born 1975)