December 23
December 23 this yearin various calendars Akan Kwawukuo Armenian 6 Arach 1476 Aztec Huei Tozoztli 2, 10 Cuāuhtli Babylonian 13 Kislimu, 2337 SE Balinese pawukon Luang, Pepet, Beteng, Sri, Wage, Was, Buda of Warigadian, Ludra, Ogan, Pati Bengali 8 Poush , BS 1433 Chinese Yin Metal Goat ・Wall Mansion Fire Horse Year, Month 11 , Day 15Dongzhi , 13 days until Xiaohan )Common Era 23 December 2026 CE Coptic 14 Koiak , AM 1743Egyptian 11 Pachon , 2775 NE Ethiopian 14 Tākḫśāś, 2019 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade I, Duodi de Nivôse de l'Année 235 de la République Gregorian 23 December , AD 2026 Hebrew 13 Tevet , AM 5787 Hindu Rohiṇi ・Śubha Pauṣa , 1948 SE Caturdaśī , Śukla pakṣa of Mārgaśīrṣa , 2083 VE Rāudra ・5127 KY ・1,872,932 Icelandic Miðvikudagur, 1 Mörsugur 2026 Islamic 13 Rajab , AH 1448tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W52-3 Japanese 15 Shimotsuki , Reiwa 8Tōji , 13 days until Shōkan ) Julian 10 December , AD 2026 (AM 7535)Julian day 2461398 Korean 15 Jwidal , 4359 DE Maya 13.0.14.3.15 8 Kankin , 10 Men Roman ante diem IV Idus Decembres , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 2 Dey , SH 1405 Tibetan 14 mgo, me pho rta
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Day of the year
December 23 is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; eight days remain until the end of the year.
Events
1905 – The Tampere conference , where Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin meet for the first time, is held in Tampere, Finland .1913 – The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson , creating the Federal Reserve System .1914 – World War I : Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt .1914 – World War I: During the Battle of Sarikamish , Ottoman forces mistook one another for Russian troops. The following friendly fire incident leaves 2,000 Ottomans dead and many more wounded.1916 – World War I: Battle of Magdhaba : Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula .1919 – Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom, allowing women to serve as lawyers, civil servants, and in other professions, as well as to serve on juries.1936 – Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty .1936 – Spanish Civil War : The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon .
1941 – World War II : After 15 days of fighting , the Imperial Japanese Army occupies Wake Island .1947 – The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories .1948 – Seven Japanese military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed by Allied occupation authorities at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.1950 – Korean War : General Walton Walker dies in a jeep accident and is replaced by General Matthew Ridgway in the Eighth United States Army .1954 – First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray .1955 – The first film adaptation of Väinö Linna 's novel The Unknown Soldier Edvin Laine , premieres.1960 – Hilkka Saarinen née Pylkkänen is murdered in the so-called "oven homicide " case in Krootila, Kokemäki , Finland.1968 – The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea .1970 – The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan , New York, New York is topped out at 417 metres (1,368 ft) , making it the tallest building in the world.1970 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state .
1972 – The Immaculate Reception is caught by Franco Harris to win the Pittsburgh Steelers their first ever playoff victory, after defeating the Oakland Raiders .1972 – A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.1972 – The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism.
1978 – Alitalia Flight 4128 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea while on approach to Falcone Borsellino Airport in Palermo , Italy, killing 108.1979 – Soviet–Afghan War : Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul , the Afghan capital.1984 – After experiencing an engine fire, Aeroflot Flight 3519 attempts to make an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport but crashes, killing 110 of the 111 people on board.1986 – Voyager Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager , lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.1990 – History of Slovenia : In a referendum , 88.5% of Slovenia 's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia .2002 – A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.2003 – An explosion at the PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field in Kai County , Chongqing , China, kills at least 234.2005 – An Antonov An-140 , Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku , Azerbaijan, to Aktau , Kazakhstan, heading across the Caspian Sea , crashes, killing 23 people.2007 – An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.2008 – A coup d'état occurs in Guinea hours after the death of President Lansana Conté .2015 – A bomb explodes at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport , killing one airport cleaner. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks claim responsibility for the attack four days later.2023 – A series of massacres targeting Berom civilians unfold in the Plateau State in Nigeria , killing over 200 people and further injuring over 500. No group claims responsibility.2025 – The crash of Harmony Jets Flight 185 killed all eight people on board, including the Libyan Army chief Mohammed al-Haddad in Ankara , Turkey.Births
Pre-1600
968 – Emperor Zhenzong of Song , emperor of the Song dynasty (died 1022)1173 – Louis I , duke of Bavaria (died 1231)1513 – Thomas Smith , English scholar and diplomat (died 1577)1525 – John Albert I , duke of Mecklenburg (died 1576)1573 – Giovanni Battista Crespi , Italian painter, sculptor and architect (died 1632)1582 – Severo Bonini , Italian organist and composer (died 1663)1544 – Anna of Saxony , only child and heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony (died 1577)1597 – Martin Opitz , German poet and composer (died 1639)1605 – Tianqi Emperor , Chinese emperor (died 1627)1613 – Carl Gustaf Wrangel , Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (died 1676)1621 – Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham , English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (died 1682)1621 – Edmund Berry Godfrey , English lawyer and judge (died 1678)
1689 – Joseph Bodin de Boismortier , French composer (died 1755)1690 – Pamheiba , Indian emperor (died 1751)1713 – Maruyama Gondazaemon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (died 1749)1732 – Richard Arkwright , English businessman and inventor, invented the Water frame and Spinning frame (died 1792)1750 – Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (died 1827)1758 – Nathan Wilson , American soldier and politician (died 1834)1766 – Wilhelm Hisinger , Swedish physicist and chemist (died 1852)1777 – Alexander I of Russia (died 1825)1782 – William Armstrong , American lawyer, civil servant, politician, and businessperson (died 1865)1790 – Jean-François Champollion , French philologist, orientalist, and scholar (died 1832)1793 – Dost Mohammad Khan , emir of Afghanistan (died 1863)1804 – Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve , French author, critic, and academic (died 1869)1805 – Joseph Smith , American religious leader, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (died 1844)1807 – Anthony Mary Claret , Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop and missionary (died 1870)1810 – Edward Blyth , English zoologist (died 1873)1810 – Karl Richard Lepsius , German Egyptologist (died 1884)
1812 – Samuel Smiles , Scottish-English author (died 1904)1812 – Henri-Alexandre Wallon , French historian and statesman (died 1904)
1819 – Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate , Dutch pastor and poet (died 1889)1822 – Wilhelm Bauer , German engineer (died 1875)1828 – Mathilde Wesendonck , German poet and author (died 1902)1839 – János Murkovics , Slovene-Hungarian author and educator (died 1917)1843 – Richard Conner , American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1924)1854 – Henry B. Guppy , English botanist and author (died 1926)1861 – Edgar P. Rucker , American lawyer, politician, and businessman (died 1908)1865 – James M. Canty , American educator, school administrator, and businessperson (died 1964)1867 – Madam C. J. Walker , American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 1919)1870 – John Marin , American painter (died 1953)1878 – Stephen Timoshenko , Ukrainian-American engineer and academic (died 1972)1885 – Pierre Brissaud , French illustrator, painter, and engraver (died 1964)1894 – Arthur Gilligan , English cricketer (died 1976)1895 – Nola Luxford , New Zealand-American actress and broadcaster (died 1994)1896 – Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa , Italian lieutenant and author (died 1957)1900 – Merle Barwis , American-Canadian supercentenarian (died 2014)1900 – Marie Bell , French actress and stage director (died 1985)
1900 – Otto Soglow , American cartoonist (died 1975) 1901 – Viktor Gutić , Croatian fascist official (died 1947)1902 – Norman Maclean , American author and academic (died 1990)1902 – Charan Singh , Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (died 1987)
1907 – Manuel Lopes , Cape Verdean author and poet (died 2005)1907 – James Roosevelt , American general and politician (died 1991)
1907 – Avraham Stern , Polish Zionist leader (died 1942)
1908 – Gertrude Bancroft , American economist (died 1985)1908 – Yousuf Karsh , Armenian-Canadian photographer (died 2002)1910 – Kurt Meyer , German SS general and convicted war criminal (died 1961)1911 – James Gregory , American actor (died 2002)1911 – Niels Kaj Jerne , English-Danish physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1994)
1912 – Anna J. Harrison , American organic chemist and academic (died 1998)1916 – Dino Risi , Italian director and screenwriter (died 2008)1918 – José Greco , Italian-American dancer and choreographer (died 2000)1918 – Helmut Schmidt , German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (died 2015)
1919 – Kenneth M. Taylor , American general and pilot (died 2006)1921 – Guy Beaulne , Canadian actor and director (died 2001)1922 – Micheline Ostermeyer , French discus thrower, shot putter, and pianist (died 2001)1923 – Onofre Marimón , Argentinian race car driver (died 1954)1923 – Günther Schifter , Austrian journalist and radio host (died 2008)
1923 – James Stockdale , American admiral and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2005)
1924 – Bob Kurland , American basketball player and politician (died 2013)1925 – Duncan Hallas , English author and politician (died 2002)1925 – Rayner Unwin , English publisher (died 2000)
1926 – Robert Bly , American poet and essayist (died 2021)1926 – Harold Dorman , American singer-songwriter (died 1988)
1929 – Chet Baker , American jazz trumpet player, flugelhorn player, and singer (died 1988)1929 – Dick Weber , American professional bowler (died 2005)
1931 – Ronnie Schell , American comedian and actor (died 2026)1932 – Richard Clark Barkley , American soldier, academic, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to East Germany (died 2015)1933 – Akihito , Emperor of Japan1933 – Noella Leduc , American baseball player (died 2014)
1935 – Paul Hornung , American football player and sportscaster (died 2020)1935 – Johnny Kidd , English singer-songwriter (died 1966)
1935 – Abdul Ghani Minhat , Malaysian footballer and manager (died 2012)
1935 – Esther Phillips , American R&B singer (died 1984)
1936 – Frederic Forrest , American actor (died 2023)1936 – Bobby Ross , American football player and coach
1936 – Willie Wood , American football player (died 2020)
1937 – Barney Rosenzweig , American screenwriter and producer1937 – Nelson Shanks , American painter, historian, and educator (died 2015)
1938 – Bob Kahn , American computer scientist and engineer, co-developed the Transmission Control Protocol 1939 – Nancy Graves , American sculptor and painter (died 1995)1940 – Mamnoon Hussain , Pakistani businessman and politician, 12th President of Pakistan (died 2021)1940 – Jorma Kaukonen , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1940 – Robert Labine , Canadian politician (died 2021)
1940 – Jeanie Lambe , Scottish jazz singer (died 2020)
1940 – Kevin Longbottom , Australian rugby league player (died 1986)
1940 – Eugene Record , American soul singer-songwriter (died 2005)
1941 – Peter Davis , English businessman1941 – Tim Hardin , American folk singer-songwriter and musician (died 1980)
1942 – Quentin Bryce , Australian lawyer and politician, 25th Governor-General of Australia 1943 – Ron Allen , American baseball player1943 – Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov , Russian-French mathematician and academic
1943 – Terry Peder Rasmussen , American serial killer (died 2010)
1943 – Harry Shearer , American actor, voice artist, and comedian
1943 – Queen Silvia of Sweden
1944 – Wesley Clark , American general1945 – Adly Mansour , Egyptian lawyer, judge, and politician, President of Egypt 1945 – Geoffrey Wheatcroft , English journalist and author
1946 – Robbie Dupree , American singer-songwriter1946 – Edita Gruberová , Slovak soprano and actress (died 2021)
1946 – Susan Lucci , American actress
1946 – John Sullivan , English screenwriter, producer, and composer (died 2011)
1947 – Bill Rodgers , American runner1948 – David Davis , English politician, Minister of State for Europe 1948 – Jim Ferguson , American guitarist, composer, and journalist
1948 – Jack Ham , American football player and sportscaster
1948 – Rick Wohlhuter , American runner
1949 – Adrian Belew , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1949 – Reinhold Weege , American screenwriter and producer (died 2012)
1950 – Michael C. Burgess , American obstetrician and politician1950 – Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt , English general
1950 – Vicente del Bosque , Spanish footballer and manager
1950 – Ilchi Lee , South Korean author and educator
1951 – Anthony Phillips , English guitarist and songwriter1952 – William Kristol , American journalist, publisher, activist, and pundit1953 – Andres Alver , Estonian architect and academic1953 – Gerrit W. Gong , American religious leader and academic
1954 – Raivo Järvi , Estonian radio host and politician (died 2012)1954 – Brian Teacher , American tennis player
1955 – Carol Ann Duffy , Scottish poet and playwright1955 – Grace Knight , English-Australian singer-songwriter
1956 – Michele Alboreto , Italian race car driver (died 2001)1956 – Dave Murray , English guitarist and songwriter
1957 – Dan Bigras , Canadian singer-songwriter1957 – Peter Wynn , Australian rugby league player and businessman
1958 – Joan Severance , American actress1958 – Victoria Williams , American singer-songwriter
1961 – Ezzat el Kamhawi , Egyptian journalist and author1961 – Ketan J. Patel , Kenyan-English biologist and academic
1961 – Carol Smillie , Scottish model and actress
1961 – Lorna Tolentino , Filipino actress and producer
1962 – Bertrand Gachot , Belgian race car driver1962 – Stefan Hell , Romanian-German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1962 – Kang Je-gyu , South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
1962 – Keiji Mutoh , Japanese wrestler and actor
1963 – Jim Harbaugh , American football player and coach1963 – Jess Harnell , American singer-songwriter and voice actor
1963 – Donna Tartt , American author
1963 – Ante Zelck , German businessman
1964 – Eddie Vedder , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1966 – Badi Assad , Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist1967 – Carla Bruni , Italian-French singer-songwriter and model1967 – Otis Grant , Jamaican-Canadian boxer, coach, and manager
1968 – Karyn Bryant , American journalist, actress, producer, and screenwriter1968 – Barry Kooser , American painter and animator
1968 – Manuel Rivera-Ortiz , Puerto Rican-American photographer
1968 – René Tretschok , German footballer and manager
1970 – Catriona LeMay Doan , Canadian speed skater and sportscaster1970 – Karine Polwart , Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 – Corey Haim , Canadian actor (died 2010)1971 – Jo Johnson , English banker, journalist, and politician
1971 – Tara Palmer-Tomkinson , English model, actress, and author (died 2017)
1972 – Morgan , Italian singer-songwriter and composer1972 – Christian Potenza , Canadian actor, voice actor and singer
1974 – Agustín Delgado , Ecuadorian footballer and politician1974 – Mieszko Talarczyk , Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2004)
1975 – Lady Starlight , American singer-songwriter1976 – Joanna Hayes , American hurdler and coach1976 – Brad Lidge , American baseball player
1976 – Jamie Noble , American wrestler and producer
1976 – Mikael Samuelsson , Swedish ice hockey player
1977 – Matt Baker , English television presenter1977 – Alge Crumpler , American football player
1977 – Tore Johansen , Norwegian trumpeter and composer
1977 – Jari Mäenpää , Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978 – Esthero , Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer1978 – Aleš Kotalík , Czech ice hockey player
1978 – Víctor Martínez , Venezuelan baseball player
1979 – Johan Franzén , Swedish ice hockey player1979 – Scott Gomez , American ice hockey player
1979 – Holly Madison , American model, television personality, and actress
1979 – Megan Mayhew Bergman , American author and educator
1979 – Kenny Miller , Scottish footballer
1979 – Yukifumi Murakami , Japanese javelin thrower
1980 – Cody Ross , American baseball player1981 – Maritza Correia , Puerto Rican-American swimmer1981 – Yuriorkis Gamboa , Cuban boxer
1981 – Hiro Fujiwara , Japanese manga artist
1981 – Agnes Milowka , Polish-Australian diver, explorer, photographer, and author (died 2011)
1981 – Mario Santana , Argentine footballer
1982 – Zbyněk Michálek , Czech ice hockey player1982 – Shaone Morrisonn , Canadian-Croatian ice hockey player
1982 – Thomas Rohregger , Austrian cyclist
1983 – Michael Chopra , English footballer1983 – Lisa Dobriskey , English runner
1983 – Hanley Ramírez , Dominican baseball player
1984 – Dudu Aharon , Israeli singer-songwriter1984 – Bernard Pollard , American football player
1984 – Josh Satin , American baseball player
1984 – Sebastian Werle , German rugby player
1985 – Dev Hynes (also known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion), English singer, songwriter, producer, and composer1985 – Harry Judd , English drummer and songwriter
1985 – Alison Sudol , American actress and singer-songwriter
1986 – Thomas Bourgin , French motorcycle racer (died 2013)1986 – Beau Champion , Australian rugby league player
1986 – Balázs Dzsudzsák , Hungarian footballer
1986 – T. J. Oshie , American ice hockey player
1987 – Tommaso Bellazzini , Italian footballer1987 – Owen Franks , New Zealand rugby player
1987 – Jori Lehterä , Finnish ice hockey player
1988 – Mallory Hagan , American beauty queen, Miss America 2013 1989 – David Szymanski , American video game developer1990 – Brice Dja Djédjé , Ivorian footballer1990 – Mitch Haniger , American baseball player
1990 – Anna Maria Perez de Tagle , American actress and singer
1991 – Kyren Wilson , English snooker player1992 – Spencer Daniels , American actor1992 – Mbwana Samatta , Tanzanian footballer
1992 – Jeff Schlupp , German footballer
1994 – Reed Alexander , American actor1996 – Bartosz Kapustka , Polish footballer1999 – Samuel Lino , Brazilian footballer2000 – Victor Boniface , Nigerian footballer2002 – Finn Wolfhard , Canadian actor and musicianDeaths
Pre-1600
423 – Ming Yuan Di , ruler of Northern Wei (born 392)484 – Huneric , Vandal king668 – Gabriel of Beth Qustan , bishop and saint (born 594)679 – Dagobert II , Frankish king (probable; b. 650)761 – Gaubald , Frankish bishop (born 700)889 – Solomon II , bishop of Constance 910 – Naum of Preslav , Bulgarian missionary and scholar918 – Conrad I , king of East Francia (born 890)940 – Ar-Radi , Abbasid caliph (born 909)1172 – Ugo Ventimiglia , Italian cardinal1193 – Thorlak , patron saint of Iceland (born 1133)1230 – Berengaria of Navarre , queen of England (born 1165)1304 – Matilda of Habsburg , duchess regent of Bavaria (born 1253)1383 – Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia (born 1320)1384 – Thomas Preljubović , ruler of Epirus1392 – Isabella of Castile , duchess of York (born 1355)1556 – Nicholas Udall , English cleric, playwright, and educator (born 1504)1572 – Johann Sylvan , German theologian (executed; date of birth unknown)1575 – Akiyama Nobutomo , Japanese samurai (born 1531)1588 – Henry I , duke of Guise (born 1550)1631 – Michael Drayton , English poet and playwright (born 1563)1638 – Barbara Longhi , Italian painter (born 1552)1646 – François Maynard , French poet and academic (born 1582)1652 – John Cotton , English minister and theologian (born 1585)1675 – Caesar, duc de Choiseul , French general and diplomat (born 1602)1722 – Pierre Varignon , French mathematician and academic (born 1654)1761 – Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell , Scottish spy (born 1725)1771 – Marie-Marguerite d'Youville , Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (born 1701)1779 – Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol , English admiral and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (born 1724)1789 – Charles-Michel de l'Épée , French priest and educator (born 1712)1795 – Henry Clinton , English general and politician (born 1730)1805 – Pehr Osbeck , Swedish explorer and author (born 1723)1834 – Thomas Robert Malthus , English economist and demographer (born 1766)1884 – John Chisum , American businessman and poker player (born 1824)1889 – Constance Naden , English poet and philosopher (born 1858)1892 – Frederick Tracy Dent , Brigadier General in the Regular United States Army, brother in law to President Ulysses S. Grant .1902 – Frederick Temple , English archbishop and academic (born 1821)1906 – Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo , last emperor of the Gaza Empire (born c.1850)1912 – Otto Schoetensack , German anthropologist and academic (born 1850)1926 – Swami Shraddhanand , Indian monk, missionary, and educator (born 1856)1930 – Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay , Turkish lieutenant and educator (born 1906)1931 – Wilson Bentley , American meteorologist and photographer (born 1865)1939 – Anthony Fokker , Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (born 1890)1946 – John A. Sampson , American gynecologist and academic (born 1873)1948 – Executions resulting from convictions at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal
1950 – Vincenzo Tommasini , Italian composer (born 1878)1953 – Lavrentiy Beria , Soviet general and politician, head of the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (born 1899)1954 – René Iché , French soldier and sculptor (born 1897)1961 – Carolyn Sherwin Bailey , American author (born 1875)1961 – Kurt Meyer , German SS general and convicted war criminal (born 1910)
1970 – Charles Ruggles , American actor (born 1886)1970 – Aleksander Warma , Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (born 1890)
1972 – Andrei Tupolev , Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-104 (born 1888)1973 – Irna Phillips , American screenwriter, created Guiding Light As the World Turns
1979 – Peggy Guggenheim , American-Italian art collector (born 1898)1982 – Jack Webb , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1920)1983 – Colin Middleton , Irish painter and illustrator (born 1910)1984 – Joan Lindsay , Australian author and playwright (born 1896)1992 – Vincent Fourcade , French interior designer (born 1934)1994 – Sebastian Shaw , English actor, director, and playwright (born 1905)1995 – Patric Knowles , English actor (born 1911)1998 – Joe Orlando , Italian-American author and illustrator (born 1927)2000 – Billy Barty , American actor (born 1924)2000 – Victor Borge , Danish-American comedian, pianist, and conductor (born 1909)
2001 – Bola Ige , Nigerian lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Oyo State (born 1930)2004 – P. V. Narasimha Rao , Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (born 1921)2005 – Lajos Baróti , Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1914)2005 – Yao Wenyuan , Chinese writer and politician, member of the Gang of Four (born 1931)
2006 – Charlie Drake , English actor (born 1925)2006 – Timothy J. Tobias , American pianist and composer (born 1952)
2006 – Johnny Vincent , English footballer (born 1947)
2007 – William Francis Ganong, Jr. , American physiologist and academic (born 1924)2007 – Michael Kidd , American dancer and choreographer (born 1915)
2007 – Oscar Peterson , Canadian pianist and composer (born 1925)
2009 – Robert L. Howard , American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1939)2009 – Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme , Tibetan general and politician (born 1910)
2009 – Edward Schillebeeckx , Belgian theologian and academic (born 1914)
2010 – Fred Hargesheimer , American soldier and pilot (born 1916)2010 – K. Karunakaran , Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (born 1918)
2011 – Aydın Menderes , Turkish economist and politician (born 1946)2012 – Jean Harris , American educator and murderer (born 1923)2012 – Eduardo Maiorino , Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (born 1979)
2013 – Chryssa , Greek-American sculptor (born 1933)2013 – Mikhail Kalashnikov , Russian general and weapons designer, designed the AK-47 rifle (born 1919)
2013 – Yusef Lateef , American saxophonist, composer, and educator (born 1920)
2013 – Ricky Lawson , American drummer and composer (born 1954)
2013 – G. S. Shivarudrappa , Indian poet and educator (born 1926)
2013 – Robert W. Wilson , American philanthropist and art collector (born 1928)
2014 – Edward Greenspan , Canadian lawyer and author (born 1944)2014 – Robert V. Hogg , American statistician and academic (born 1924)
2015 – Alfred G. Gilman , American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1941)2015 – Don Howe , English footballer and manager (born 1935)
2015 – Jean-Marie Pelt , French biologist, pharmacist, and academic (born 1933)
2015 – Bülent Ulusu , Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1923)
2017 – Maurice Hayes , Irish educator and politician (born 1927)2020 – Leslie West , American singer and guitarist (born 1945)2021 – Joan Didion , American writer (born 1934)2022 – Brandon Montrell , American TikTok personality and stand-up comedian (born 1979)2023 – William Pope.L , American performance artist (born 1955)2024 – Shyam Benegal , Indian director and screenwriter (born 1934)2024 – Dési Bouterse , Surinamese general and politician, 9th President of Suriname (born 1945)
2024 – Sophie Hediger , Swiss snowboarder (born 1998)