February 22
February 22 this yearin various calendars Akan Fokwasi Armenian 7 Areg 1475 Aztec Tecuilhuitontli 3, 5 Ozomahtli Babylonian 4 Shabatu, 2336 SE Balinese pawukon Luang, Pepet, Pasah, Jaya, Keliwon, Tungleh, Redite of Bala, Kala, Nohan, Duka Bengali 9 Falgun , BS 1432 Chinese Yin Fire Rabbit ・Hairy Head Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 1 , Day 6Yushui , 11 days until Jingzhe )Common Era 22 February 2026 CE Coptic 15 Meshir , AM 1742Egyptian 12 Epiphi , 2774 NE Ethiopian 15 Yakātit, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade I, Quartidi de Ventôse de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 22 February , AD 2026 Hebrew 5 Adar , AM 5786 Hindu Aśvinī ・Śukla Phālguna , 1947 SE Pañcamī , Śukla pakṣa of Phālguna , 2082 VE Rāudra ・5126 KY ・1,872,628 Icelandic Sunnudagur, 1 Góa 2025 Islamic 5 Ramadan , AH 1447tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W08-7 Japanese 6 Mutsuki , Reiwa 8Usui , 11 days until Keichitsu ) Julian 9 February , AD 2026 (AM 7534)Julian day 2461094 Korean 6 Horangidal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.13.6.11 9 Kayab , 5 Chuen Roman ante diem V Idus Februarias , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 3 Esfand , SH 1404 Tibetan 5 mchu, me pho rta
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Day of the year
February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 312 days remain until the end of the year (313 in leap years ).
Events
1632 – Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany , the dedicatee, receives the first printed copy of Galileo 's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems 1651 – St. Peter's Flood : A storm surge floods the Frisian coast , drowning 15,000 people.1744 – War of the Austrian Succession : The Battle of Toulon causes several Royal Navy captains to be court-martialed , and the Articles of War to be amended.1770 – British customs officer Ebenezer Richardson fires blindly into a crowd during a protest in North End, Boston , fatally wounding 11-year-old Christopher Seider ; the first American fatality of the American Revolution .1797 – The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard , Wales.1819 – By the Adams–Onís Treaty , Spain sells Florida to the United States for five million U.S. dollars.1847 – Mexican–American War : The Battle of Buena Vista : Five thousand American troops defeat 15,000 Mexican troops.1848 – The French Revolution of 1848 , which would lead to the establishment of the French Second Republic , begins.1856 – The United States Republican Party opens its first national convention in Pittsburgh .1862 – American Civil War : Jefferson Davis is officially inaugurated for a six-year term as the President of the Confederate States of America in Richmond, Virginia . He was previously inaugurated as a provisional president on February 18, 1861.1872 – The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio , nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.1879 – In Utica, New York , Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.1881 – Cleopatra's Needle Central Park , New York.1889 – President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota , South Dakota , Montana and Washington as U.S. states .1899 – Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War . The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.1904 – The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina ; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.1909 – The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet , led by USS Connecticut , return to the United States after a voyage around the world.1921 – After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia .[ citation needed ] 1942 – World War II : President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines as the Japanese victory becomes inevitable.1943 – World War II: Members of the White Rose resistance, Sophie Scholl , Hans Scholl , and Christoph Probst are executed in Nazi Germany .1943 – Yankee Clipper Tagus in Lisbon, killing 24.
1944 – World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen , Arnhem , Enschede and Deventer , resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.1944 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog .
1946 – The "Long Telegram ", proposing how the United States should deal with the Soviet Union, arrives from the US embassy in Moscow.1957 – Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam survives a communist shooting assassination attempt in Buôn Ma Thuột .1958 – Following a plebiscite in both countries the previous day, Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic .1959 – Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500 .1972 – The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others.1973 – Cold War : Following President Richard Nixon 's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.1974 – The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore , Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh .1974 – Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon , but commits suicide after being wounded by police.
1979 – Saint Lucia gains independence from the United Kingdom.1980 – Miracle on Ice : In Lake Placid, New York , the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3.1983 – The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders Eugene O'Neill Theatre .1986 – Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines .1994 – Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.1995 – The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.1997 – In Roslin, Midlothian , British scientists announce that an adult sheep named Dolly has been successfully cloned .2002 – Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush.2005 – The 6.4 M w Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe ), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.2006 – At approximately 6:44 a.m. local Iraqi time , explosions occurred at the al-Askari Shrine in Samarra , Iraq. The attack on the shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam , caused the escalation of sectarian tensions in Iraq into a full-scale civil war .2006 – The Securitas depot robbery was the UK's largest heist. Almost £53m (about $92.5 million or €78 million) was stolen from a Securitas depot in Tonbridge , Kent .
2011 – New Zealand's second deadliest earthquake, the 2011 Christchurch earthquake , kills 185 people.2011 – Bahraini uprising : Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.
2012 – A train crash in Buenos Aires , Argentina, kills 51 people and injures 700 others.2014 – President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine is impeached by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by a vote of 328–0, fulfilling a major goal of the Euromaidan rebellion.2015 – A ferry carrying 100 passengers capsizes in the Padma River , killing 70 people.2018 – A man throws a grenade at the U.S. embassy in Podgorica , Montenegro. He dies at the scene from a second explosion, with no one else hurt.2022 – Twosday , the name given to Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 2:22:22, occurs.Births
1631 – Peder Syv , Danish historian (died 1702)1649 – Bon Boullogne , French painter (died 1717)1715 – Charles-Nicolas Cochin , French artist (died 1790)1732 – George Washington , American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (died 1799)1749 – Johann Nikolaus Forkel , German musicologist and theorist (died 1818)1778 – Rembrandt Peale , American painter and curator (died 1860)1788 – Arthur Schopenhauer , German philosopher and author (died 1860)1796 – Alexis Bachelot , French priest and missionary (died 1837)1796 – Adolphe Quetelet , Belgian mathematician, astronomer, and sociologist (died 1874)
1805 – Sarah Fuller Flower Adams , English poet and hymnwriter (died 1848)1806 – Józef Kremer , Polish historian and philosopher (died 1875)1817 – Carl Wilhelm Borchardt , German mathematician and academic (died 1880)1819 – James Russell Lowell , American poet and critic (died 1891)1824 – Pierre Janssen , French astronomer and mathematician (died 1907)1825 – Jean-Baptiste Salpointe , French-American archbishop (died 1898)1836 – Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya , Indian scholar and academic (died 1906)1840 – August Bebel , German theorist and politician (died 1913)1849 – Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin , Russian mathematician and academic (died 1915)1857 – Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell , English general, co-founded The Scout Association (died 1941)1857 – Heinrich Hertz , German physicist, philosopher, and academic (died 1894)
1860 – Mary W. Bacheler , American physician and Baptist medical missionary (died 1939)1861 – Lewis Akeley , American academic (died 1961)1863 – Charles McLean Andrews , American historian, author, and academic (died 1943)1864 – Jules Renard , French author and playwright (died 1910)1874 – Bill Klem , American baseball player and umpire (died 1951)1876 – Zitkala-Sa , American author and activist (died 1938)1879 – Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted , Danish chemist and academic (died 1947)1880 – Eric Lemming , Swedish athlete (died 1930)1881 – Joseph B. Ely , American lawyer and politician, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts (died 1956)1881 – Albin Prepeluh , Slovenian journalist and politician (died 1937)
1882 – Eric Gill , English sculptor and illustrator (died 1940)1883 – Marguerite Clark , American actress (died 1940)1886 – Hugo Ball , German author and poet (died 1927)1887 – Savielly Tartakower , Polish journalist, author, and chess player (died 1956)1887 – Pat Sullivan , Australian-American animator and producer (died 1933)
1888 – Owen Brewster , American captain and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (died 1961)1889 – Olave Baden-Powell , English scout leader, first World Chief Guide (died 1977)1889 – R. G. Collingwood , English historian and philosopher (died 1943)
1891 – Vlas Chubar , Russian economist and politician (died 1939)1892 – Edna St. Vincent Millay , American poet and playwright (died 1950)1895 – Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre , Peruvian politician (died 1979)1897 – Karol Świerczewski , Polish general (died 1947)1899 – George O'Hara , American actor and screenwriter (died 1966)1900 – Luis Buñuel , Spanish-Mexican director and producer (died 1983)1903 – Morley Callaghan , Canadian author and playwright (died 1990)1903 – Frank P. Ramsey , English economist, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1930)
1906 – Constance Stokes , Australian painter (died 1991)1907 – Sheldon Leonard , American actor, director, and producer (died 1997)1907 – Robert Young , American actor (died 1998)
1908 – Rómulo Betancourt , Venezuelan politician, 56th President of Venezuela (died 1981)1908 – John Mills , English actor (died 2005)
1910 – George Hunt , English footballer (died 1996)1914 – Renato Dulbecco , Italian-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)1918 – Don Pardo , American radio and television announcer (died 2014)1918 – Robert Wadlow , American man, the tallest person in recorded history (died 1940)
1921 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa , Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (died 1996)1921 – Giulietta Masina , Italian actress (died 1994)
1921 – Marshall Teague , American race car driver (died 1959)
1922 – Zenaida Manfugás , Cuban pianist (died 2012)1922 – Joe Wilder , American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (died 2014)
1923 – François Cavanna , French author and editor (died 2014)1923 – Bleddyn Williams , Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (died 2009)
1926 – Kenneth Williams , English actor and screenwriter (died 1988)1927 – Florencio Campomanes , Filipino political scientist and chess player (died 2010)1927 – Guy Mitchell , American singer (died 1999)
1928 – Clarence 13X , American religious leader, founded the Nation of Gods and Earths (died 1969)1928 – Texas Johnny Brown , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
1928 – Paul Dooley , American actor
1928 – Bruce Forsyth , English singer and television host (died 2017)
1928 – Thomas E. Kurtz , American computer scientist and educator (died 2024)
1929 – James Hong , American actor and director1929 – Rebecca Schull , American stage, film, and television actress
1930 – Marni Nixon , American soprano and actress (died 2016)1932 – Ted Kennedy , American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2009)1933 – Sheila Hancock , English actress and author1933 – Katharine, Duchess of Kent (died 2025)
1933 – Bobby Smith , English footballer (died 2010)
1936 – J. Michael Bishop , American microbiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2026)1937 – Tommy Aaron , American golfer1937 – Joanna Russ , American author and activist (died 2011)
1938 – Tony Macedo , Gibraltarian born English footballer1938 – Ishmael Reed , American poet, novelist, essayist
1940 – Judy Cornwell , English actress1941 – Hipólito Mejía , Dominican politician, 52nd President of the Dominican Republic 1942 – Christine Keeler , English model and dancer (died 2017)1943 – Terry Eagleton , English philosopher and critic1943 – Horst Köhler , Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany (died 2025)
1943 – Dick Van Arsdale , American basketball player (died 2024)
1943 – Tom Van Arsdale , American basketball player
1943 – Otoya Yamaguchi , Japanese assassin of Inejiro Asanuma (died 1960)
1944 – Jonathan Demme , American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2017)1944 – Mick Green , English guitarist (died 2010)
1944 – Robert Kardashian , American lawyer and businessman (died 2003)
1944 – Christopher Meyer , English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (died 2022)
1944 – Tom Okker , Dutch tennis player and painter
1945 – Oliver , American pop singer (died 2000)1946 – Nagima Aitkhozhina , Kazakh biologist (died 2020)1946 – Kresten Bjerre , Danish footballer and manager (died 2014)
1947 – Pirjo Honkasalo , Finnish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter1947 – Frank Van Dun , Belgian philosopher and theorist
1948 – John Ashton , American actor (died 2024)1948 – Dennis Awtrey , American basketball player
1949 – John Duncan , Scottish footballer and manager (died 2022)1949 – Niki Lauda , Austrian racing driver (died 2019)
1949 – Olga Morozova , Russian tennis player and coach
1950 – Julius Erving , American basketball player and sportscaster1950 – Lenny Kuhr , Dutch singer-songwriter
1950 – Miou-Miou , French actress
1950 – Genesis P-Orridge , English singer-songwriter (died 2020)
1950 – Julie Walters , English actress and author
1951 – Ellen Greene , American singer and actress1952 – Bill Frist , American physician and politician1952 – Joaquim Pina Moura , Portuguese Minister of Economy and Treasury and MP (died 2020)
1952 – Saufatu Sopoanga , Tuvaluan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (died 2020)
1953 – Nigel Planer , English actor and screenwriter1955 – David Axelrod , American journalist and political adviser1955 – Tim Young , Canadian ice hockey player
1957 – Willie Smits , Dutch microbiologist and engineer1958 – Richard Greenberg , American playwright and television writer (died 2025)1959 – Jiří Čunek , Czech politician1959 – Kyle MacLachlan , American actor
1959 – Bronwyn Oliver , Australian sculptor (died 2006)
1959 – Harry Leary , American BMX racer (died 2024)
1960 – Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde , Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1961 – Akira Takasaki , Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer1962 – Steve Irwin , Australian zoologist and television host (died 2006)1963 – Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis , English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Transport 1963 – Devon Malcolm , Jamaican-English cricketer
1963 – Vijay Singh , Fijian-American golfer
1964 – Andy Gray , English footballer and manager1965 – Chris Dudley , American basketball player1965 – Kieren Fallon , Irish jockey
1965 – Pat LaFontaine , American ice hockey player
1966 – Rachel Dratch , American actress and comedian1967 – Paul Lieberstein , American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer1967 – Psicosis II , Mexican wrestler
1968 – Shawn Graham , Canadian politician, 31st Premier of New Brunswick 1968 – Jeri Ryan , American model and actress
1968 – Kazuhiro Sasaki , Japanese baseball player
1968 – Jayson Williams , American basketball player and sportscaster
1969 – Thomas Jane , American actor1969 – Clinton Kelly , American TV personality and author
1969 – Brian Laudrup , Danish footballer and sportscaster
1969 – Marc Wilmots , Belgian footballer and manager
1971 – Lea Salonga , Filipino actress and singer1972 – Michael Chang , American tennis player and coach1972 – Claudia Pechstein , German speed skater
1972 – Haim Revivo , Israeli footballer
1972 – Ben Sasse , American politician and college administrator
1973 – Philippe Gaumont , French cyclist (died 2013)1973 – Juninho Paulista , Brazilian footballer
1973 – Scott Phillips , American musician and songwriter
1974 – James Blunt , English singer-songwriter and guitarist1975 – Drew Barrymore , American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter1977 – Hakan Yakin , Swiss footballer1979 – Brett Emerton , Australian footballer1979 – Lee Na-young , South Korean actress
1980 – Jeanette Biedermann , German singer-songwriter and actress1983 – Brian Duensing , American baseball player1983 – Clint McKay , Australian cricketer
1983 – Iliza Shlesinger , American stand-up comedian, actress and television host
1983 – Shaun Tait , Australian cricketer
1984 – Tommy Bowe , Irish rugby player1984 – Branislav Ivanović , Serbian footballer
1985 – Hamer Bouazza , Algerian footballer1985 – Georgios Printezis , Greek basketball player
1985 – Zach Roerig , American actor
1986 – Rajon Rondo , American basketball player1987 – Han Hyo-joo , South Korean actress and model1987 – Sergio Romero , Argentine footballer
1988 – Jonathan Borlée , Belgian sprinter1989 – Franco Vázquez , Argentine footballer1991 – Khalil Mack , American football player1992 – Dixon Machado , Venezuelan baseball player1994 – Nam Joo-hyuk , South Korean model and actor1994 – Elfrid Payton , American basketball player
1995 – Devonte' Graham , American basketball player1996 – Kia Nurse , Canadian basketball player1997 – Jerome Robinson , American basketball player1997 – Ilya Samsonov , Russian ice hockey player
1999 – Harry Brook , English cricketerDeaths
Pre-1600
556 – Maximianus , Bishop of Ravenna (born 499)606 – Sabinian , Pope of the Catholic Church793 – Sicga , Anglo-Saxon nobleman and regicide845 – Wang , Chinese Empress dowager954 – Guo Wei , Chinese Emperor (born 904)965 – Otto , Duke of Burgundy (born 944)970 – García I , King of Pamplona 978 – Lambert , Count of Chalon (born 930)1071 – Arnulf III , Count of Flanders1072 – Peter Damian , Italian cardinal1079 – John of Fécamp , Italian Benedictine abbot1111 – Roger Borsa , King of Sicily (born 1078)1297 – Margaret of Cortona , Italian penitent (born 1247)1371 – David II , King of Scotland (born 1324)1452 – William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas (born 1425)1500 – Gerhard VI , German nobleman (born 1430)1511 – Henry , Duke of Cornwall (born 1511)1512 – Amerigo Vespucci , Italian cartographer and explorer (born 1454)1627 – Olivier van Noort , Dutch explorer (born 1558)1674 – Jean Chapelain , French poet and critic (born 1595)1680 – La Voisin , French occultist (born 1640)1690 – Charles Le Brun , French painter and theorist (born 1619)1731 – Frederik Ruysch , Dutch physician and anatomist (born 1638)1732 – Francis Atterbury , English bishop (born 1663)1770 – Christopher Seider , first American killed in the American Revolution (born 1758)1799 – Heshen , Chinese politician (born 1750)1816 – Adam Ferguson , Scottish historian and philosopher (born 1723)1875 – Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot , French painter and illustrator (born 1796)1875 – Charles Lyell , Scottish geologist (born 1797)
1888 – Anna Kingsford , English physician and activist (born 1846)1890 – John Jacob Astor III , American businessman and philanthropist (born 1822)1890 – Carl Bloch , Danish painter and academic (born 1834)
1897 – Charles Blondin , French tightrope walker and acrobat (born 1824)1898 – Heungseon Daewongun , Korean king (born 1820)1903 – Hugo Wolf , Austrian composer (born 1860)1904 – Leslie Stephen , English historian, author, and critic (born 1832)1913 – Ferdinand de Saussure , Swiss linguist and author (born 1857)1913 – Francisco I. Madero , Mexican president and author (born 1873)
1923 – Théophile Delcassé , French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1852)1932 – Harriet Converse Moody , American businesswoman and arts patron (born 1857)1939 – Antonio Machado , Spanish-French poet and author (born 1875)1942 – Stefan Zweig , Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (born 1881)1943 – Christoph Probst , German activist (born 1919)1943 – Hans Scholl , German activist (born 1918)
1943 – Sophie Scholl , German activist (born 1921)
1944 – Kasturba Gandhi , Indian activist (born 1869)1944 – Fritz Schmenkel , anti-Nazi German who joined Soviet partisans (born 1916)
1945 – Osip Brik , Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (born 1888)1958 – Abul Kalam Azad , Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (born 1888)1960 – Paul-Émile Borduas , Canadian-French painter and critic (born 1905)1961 – Nick LaRocca , American trumpet player and composer (born 1889)1965 – Felix Frankfurter , Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (born 1882)1971 – Frédéric Mariotti , French actor (born 1883)1973 – Jean-Jacques Bertrand , Canadian lawyer and politician, 21st Premier of Quebec (born 1916)1973 – Elizabeth Bowen , Anglo-Irish author (born 1899)
1973 – Katina Paxinou , Greek actress (born 1900)
1973 – Winthrop Rockefeller , American colonel and politician, 37th Governor of Arkansas (born 1912)
1976 – Angela Baddeley , English actress (born 1904)1976 – Florence Ballard , American singer (born 1943)
1980 – Oskar Kokoschka , Austrian painter, poet and playwright (born 1886)1982 – Josh Malihabadi , Indian-Pakistani poet and author (born 1898)1983 – Adrian Boult , English conductor (born 1889)1983 – Romain Maes , Belgian cyclist (born 1913)
1985 – Salvador Espriu , Spanish author, poet, and playwright (born 1913)1985 – Efrem Zimbalist , Russian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1889)
1986 – John Donnelly , Australian rugby league player (born 1955)1987 – David Susskind , American talk show host and producer (born 1920)1987 – Andy Warhol , American painter and photographer (born 1928)
1992 – Markos Vafiadis , Greek general and politician (born 1906)1994 – Papa John Creach , American violinist (born 1917)1995 – Ed Flanders , American actor (born 1934)1997 – Joseph Aiuppa , American gangster (born 1907)1998 – Abraham A. Ribicoff , American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (born 1910)1999 – William Bronk , American poet and academic (born 1918)1999 – Menno Oosting , Dutch tennis player (born 1964)
2002 – Chuck Jones , American animator, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912)2002 – Jonas Savimbi , Angolan general, founded UNITA (born 1934)
2004 – Andy Seminick , American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1920)2005 – Lee Eun-ju , South Korean actress and singer (born 1980)2005 – Simone Simon , French actress (born 1910)
2006 – S. Rajaratnam , Singaporean politician, 1st Senior Minister of Singapore (born 1915)2007 – George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe , English politician, Leader of the House of Lords (born 1918)2007 – Dennis Johnson , American basketball player and coach (born 1954)
2012 – Sukhbir , Indian author and poet (born 1925)2012 – Frank Carson , Irish-English comedian and actor (born 1926)
2012 – Marie Colvin , American journalist (born 1956)
2012 – Rémi Ochlik , French photographer and journalist (born 1983)
2013 – Atje Keulen-Deelstra , Dutch speed skater (born 1938)2013 – Jean-Louis Michon , French-Swiss scholar and translator (born 1924)
2013 – Wolfgang Sawallisch , German pianist and conductor (born 1923)
2014 – Charlotte Dawson , New Zealand–Australian television host (born 1966)2014 – Trebor Jay Tichenor , American pianist and composer (born 1940)
2014 – Leo Vroman , Dutch-American hematologist, poet, and illustrator (born 1915)
2015 – Chris Rainbow , Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (born 1946)2019 – Brody Stevens , American comedian and actor (born 1970)2019 – Morgan Woodward , American actor (born 1925)
2021 – Lawrence Ferlinghetti , American poet, painter (born 1919)2024 – John Lowe , English musician, pianist for The Quarrymen (born 1942)2026 – Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (born 1966)