October 17 in History

An explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza kills hundreds of Palestinians during the Gaza war.

Drug dealers in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico force the government to back down on an arrest.

The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon.

The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.

A mass shooting and bombing at Kerch Polytechnic College in Crimea kills 21 people including the attacker and injures 70 others.

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the last foothold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Raqqa, marking the end of the Battle of Raqqa.

A fire that lasted over 15 hours destroyed almost one third of the East Tower of the Parque Central Urban Complex in Caracas, Venezuela.

Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi is assassinated by Hamdi Quran, a member of the PFLP, thus becoming the highest-ranking Israeli to be killed by a Palestinian.

The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.

Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.

Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who explode two bombs, during a Ramlila Hindu celebration in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, killing 41 people.

The 6.9 Mw Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing 63.

The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary.

Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people.

As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.

Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Department of Education Organization Act creates the U.S. Department of Education.

The hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued.

OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.

FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.

The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence is stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo.

The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.

The 1964–65 New York World's Fair closes after two years and more than 51 million attendees.

Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.

The first attempt of the apartheid analogy by Ahmad Shukeiri.

The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, England.

Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace demanding President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council.

A large demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.

The Burma Railway (Burma–Thailand Railway) is completed.

Nazi Holocaust in Poland: Sobibór extermination camp is closed.

World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first U.S. Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.

The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg is found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.

Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.

Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.

Leeds United F.C. founded at Salem Chapel, Holbeck after the winding up of Leeds City F.C. for making illegal payments to players during World War I

Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.

Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.

Aboriginal Australians kill nineteen Europeans in the Cullin-la-ringo massacre.

First The Open Championship (referred to in North America as the British Open).

Riots start, which lead to a massacre in Aleppo.

Eight people die in the London Beer Flood.

The silver deposits of Agua Amarga are discovered in Chile becoming in the following years instrumental for the Patriots to finance the Chilean War of Independence.

Former leader of the Haitian Revolution, Emperor Jacques I, is assassinated after an oppressive rule.

War of the Second Coalition: Britain takes control of the Dutch colony of Curaçao.

Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria, ending the War of the First Coalition.

American Revolutionary War: British General Charles, Earl Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.

American Revolutionary War: British General John Burgoyne surrenders his army at Saratoga, New York.

Premiere in Milan of the opera Ascanio in Alba, composed by Mozart at age 15.

Great Northern War: Russia defeats Sweden in the Battle of Kostianvirta in Pälkäne.

Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to Louis XIV of France for 40,000 pounds.

The nine regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered.

French king Louis XIII is crowned in Reims Cathedral.

Kepler's Supernova is observed in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

Poczta Polska, the Polish postal service, is founded.

Anti-Catholic posters appear in Paris and other cities supporting Huldrych Zwingli's position on the Mass.

The University of Greifswald is established as the second oldest university in northern Europe.

An Ottoman army defeats a Hungarian army at the Second Battle of Kosovo.

The English capture King David II of Scotland at Neville's Cross and imprison him for eleven years.

London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.

Empress Wu Zetian establishes the Zhou Dynasty of China.

Matthew Knies, American professional ice hockey player

Lily, Australian-South Korean singer

Thomas Strudwick, British motorcycle road racer

Robert Williams III, American basketball player

Jake DeBrusk, Canadian ice hockey player

Jamal Adams, American football player

Ha-seong Kim, South Korean baseball player

Kenneth Omeruo, Nigerian footballer

Vincent Poirier, French basketball player

Jacob Artist, American actor, singer, and dancer

Sam Concepcion, Filipino musician and dancer

Anthony Gill, American basketball player

Keerthy Suresh, Indian actress

Brenda Asnicar, Argentine actress

Paolo Campinoti, Italian footballer

Maica García Godoy, Spanish water polo player

Ronald González Tabilo, Chilean footballer

Saki Kumagai, Japanese footballer

Patrick Lambie, South African rugby player

Débora García, Spanish footballer

Oleksandr Isakov, Ukrainian swimmer

Sophie Luck, Australian actress

Charles Oliveira, Brazilian mixed martial artist

David Timor, Spanish footballer

Sergiy Gladyr, Ukrainian basketball player

Tori Matsuzaka, Japanese actor and model

Marina Salas, Spanish actress

Bea Alonzo, Filipino actress and singer

Jarosław Fojut, Polish footballer

Elliot Grandin, French footballer

Hideto Takahashi, Japanese footballer

Alexandre Bonnet, French footballer

Antoni Bou, Spanish motorcyclist

Aija Brumermane, Latvian basketball player

Constant Djakpa, Ivorian footballer

Yannick Ponsero, French figure skater

Nicolás Richotti, Argentine basketball player

Carlos González, Venezuelan baseball player

Max Irons, English-Irish actor

Collins John, Dutch footballer

Tomokazu Nagira, Japanese footballer

Sami Lepistö, Finnish ice hockey player

Chris Lowell, American actor

Giovanni Marchese, Italian footballer

Randall Munroe, American author and illustrator

Luke Rockhold, American mixed martial artist

Anja Eline Skybakmoen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bandleader

Gottfrid Svartholm, Swedish computer specialist

Jared Tallent, Australian race walker

Michelle Ang, New Zealand actress

Milica Brozovic, Serbian-Russian figure skater

Felicity Jones, English actress

Toshihiro Matsushita, Japanese footballer

Riki Miura, Japanese actor

Junichi Miyashita, Japanese swimmer

Ivan Saenko, Russian footballer

Mitch Talbot, American baseball player

Vitali Teleš, Estonian footballer

Rubén Ramírez, Argentine footballer

Nick Riewoldt, Australian footballer

Marion Rolland, French skier

Horacio Cervantes, Mexican footballer

Kurumi Enomoto, Japanese singer-songwriter

Holly Holm, American mixed martial artist

Tsubasa Imai, Japanese singer, actor, and dancer

Ben Rothwell, American mixed-martial artist

Yekaterina Gamova, Russian volleyball player

Mohammad Hafeez, Pakistani cricketer

Isaac Mina, Ecuadorian footballer

Angel Parker, American actress

Alessandro Piccolo, Italian race car driver

Justin Shenkarow, American actor

Marcela Bovio, Mexican singer-songwriter and violinist

Alexandros Nikolaidis, Greek martial artist (died 2022)

Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver

Kostas Tsartsaris, Greek basketball player

Jerry Flannery, Irish rugby player and coach

Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spanish politician

Erin Karpluk, Canadian actress

Chuka Umunna, English lawyer and politician

Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer

Alimi Ballard, American actor and producer

Bryan Bertino, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Walter Calderón, Ecuadorian footballer

Marko Antonio Cortés Mendoza, Mexican politician

Ryan McGinley, American photographer

André Villas-Boas, Portuguese footballer and manager

Sebastián Abreu, Uruguayan footballer

Seth Etherton, American baseball player

Carlos Loret de Mola, Mexican journalist

Kevin Maher, English-Irish footballer and coach

Jericó Abramo Masso, Mexican politician

Francis Bouillon, American-Canadian ice hockey player

Vina Morales, Filipino actress and singer

Ariel Levy, American journalist and author

Matthew Macfadyen, English actor

Obdulio Ávila Mayo, Mexican politician

Bárbara Paz, Brazilian actress

Janne Puurtinen, Finnish keyboard player

John Rocker, American baseball player

Darío Sala, Argentine footballer

Gabriel Silberstein, Chilean tennis player

Dhondup Wangchen, Chinese director and producer

Rubén Garcés, Panamanian basketball player

Andrea Tarozzi, Italian footballer and coach

Bhagwant Mann, Indian Politician

Eminem, American rapper, producer, and actor

Sharon Leal, American actress

Musashi, Japanese karateka and kickboxer

Tarkan, German-Turkish singer

Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer-songwriter and dancer

Kim Ljung, Norwegian singer-songwriter and bass player

Martin Heinrich, American politician

Derrick Plourde, American drummer (died 2005)

Blues Saraceno, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer

John Mabry, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

J. C. MacKenzie, Canadian actor

Ernie Els, South African golfer and sportscaster

Jesús Ángel García, Spanish racewalker

Wood Harris, American actor

Wyclef Jean, Haitian-American rapper, producer, and actor

Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter

Alejandra Ávalos, Mexican artist

Graeme Le Saux, English footballer and sportscaster

Ziggy Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor

David Robertson, Scottish footballer and manager

René Dif, Danish musician

Pedro González Vera, Chilean footballer

Simon Segars, English businessman

Nathalie Tauziat, French tennis player

Shaun Edwards, English rugby player and coach

Danny Ferry, American basketball player and manager

Mark Gatiss, English actor, screenwriter and novelist

Tommy Kendall, American race car driver and sportscaster

Aravinda de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer

Rhys Muldoon, Australian actor

Margarita Liborio Arrazola, Mexican politician

Gregg Wallace, English television presenter

Sergio Goycochea, Argentinian footballer and journalist

Toby Young, English journalist and academic

Glenn Braggs, American baseball player

Jay Humphries, American basketball player

Mike Judge, American animator, director, screenwriter, producer and actor

David Means, American short story writer

Guy Henry, English actor

Rob Marshall, American director, producer, and choreographer

Bernie Nolan, Irish singer (died 2013)

Philippe Sands, American lawyer and academic

Mustafa Aberchán, Spanish politician

Ron Drummond, American author and scholar

Francisco Flores Pérez, Salvadorian politician, President of El Salvador (died 2016)

Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Eugenio Hernández Flores, Mexican politician

Norm Macdonald, Canadian actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter (died 2021)

Mark Peel, Australian historian and academic

Richard Roeper, American journalist and critic

Howard Alden, American guitarist

Alan Jackson, American singer-songwriter

Sandra Mozarowsky, Spanish actress (died 1977)

Craig Murray, British diplomat

Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Greek folk singer

Nelson Barrera, Mexican baseball player (died 2002)

Lawrence Bender, American actor and producer

Antonio Galdo, Italian journalist

Steve McMichael, American football player, wrestler, and sportscaster (died 2025)

Pino Palladino, Welsh bassist

Vincent Van Patten, American tennis player and actor

Fran Cosmo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mae Jemison, American physician, academic, and astronaut

Pat McCrory, American businessman and politician, 74th Governor of North Carolina

Ken Morrow, American ice hockey player and executive

Stephen Palumbi, American academic and author

Georgios Alogoskoufis, Greek economist, academic, and politician, Greek Minister of Finance

Mike Bratz, American basketball player

Carlos Buhler, American mountaineer

Joseph Bowie, American trombonist and bandleader

Domenico Penzo, Italian footballer

Dirk Beheydt, Belgian footballer

Annie Borckink, Dutch speed skater

Roger Pontare, Swedish singer

Shari Ulrich, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and violinist

Philippe Barbarin, French cardinal

Sandra Reemer, Indo-Dutch singer (died 2017)

Howard Rollins, American actor (died 1996)

Owen Arthur, Barbadian economist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Barbados (died 2020)

Bill Hudson, American musician and actor

Osvaldo Castro, Chilean footballer

Robert Jordan, American soldier and author (died 2007)

Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress (died 2018)

George Wendt, American actor and comedian (died 2025)

Omar Azziman, adviser to the King of Morocco

Gene Green, American lawyer and politician

Michael McKean, American singer-songwriter, actor, and director

Robert Post, American educator and academic

Ronni Chasen, American publicist (died 2010)

Michael Hossack, American drummer (died 2012)

Manuel "Flaco" Ibáñez, Mexican actor and comedian

Akira Kushida, Japanese vocalist

Cameron Mackintosh, English producer and manager

Adam Michnik, Polish journalist and historian

Julio Miranda, Argentine politician (died 2021)

Drusilla Modjeska, English-Australian author and critic

Daniela Payssé, Uruguayan politician (died 2018)

José Perramón, Spanish handball player

Jaime Ravinet, Chilean politician

Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter

Rüdiger Wittig, German geobotanist and ecologist

Ángel Cristo, Spanish circus performer (died 2010)

Ignacio Rupérez, Spanish diplomat and journalist (died 2015)

Steve Jones, American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2017)

Gary Puckett, American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist

Earl Thomas Conley, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)

Paul Ellison, American musician

Jim Seals, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and violinist (died 2022)

Stephen Kovacevich, American pianist and conductor

Jim Smith, English footballer and manager (died 2019)

Peter Stringfellow, English businessman (died 2018)

Oliver Rackham, English botanist and academic (died 2015)

António Calvário, Portuguese singer and artist

Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (died 2007)

Les Murray, Australian anthologist, poet, and critic (died 2019)

José María Álvarez del Manzano, Spanish politician

Aida Navarro, Venezuelan mezzo-soprano

Renato Prada Oropeza, Bolivian-Mexican scientist (died 2011)

Paxton Whitehead, English actor (died 2023)

Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (died 2013)

Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese-American seismologist and academic

Santiago Navarro, Spanish basketball player (died 1993)

Bert Nievera, Filipino-American singer (died 2018)

Sydney Chapman, English architect and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (died 2014)

Michael Eavis, English farmer, founded the Glastonbury Festival

Carlos Pairetti, Argentine racing driver (died 2022)

Alan Garner, English author and playwright

Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (died 2005)

Rico Rodriguez, Jamaican trombonist (died 2015)

William Anders, Hong Kong-American general and astronaut (died 2024)

The Singing Nun, Belgian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and nun (died 1985)

Paul Anderson, American weightlifter (died 1994)

José Alencar, Brazilian businessman and politician (died 2011)

Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and playwright (died 2012)

Anatoly Pristavkin, Russian writer (died 2008)

Ismail Akbay, Turkish physicist and engineer (died 2003)

Robert Atkins, American physician and cardiologist, created the Atkins diet (died 2003)

Mário Wilson, Mozambican footballer and manager (died 2016)

Santiago Stevenson, Panamanian singer and minister (died 2007)

Alejandro Végh Villegas, Uruguayan politician (died 2017)

Julie Adams, American actress (died 2019)

Beverly Garland, American actress (died 2008)

Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver (died 2011)

Harry Carpenter, English sportscaster (died 2010)

Don Coryell, American football player and coach (died 2010)

Anton Geiser, Croatian SS officer (died 2012)

Giacomo Mari, Italian footballer (died 1991)

Rolando Panerai, Italian baritone (died 2019)

Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (died 2004)

Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (died 2001)

Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (died 2001)

Pierre Juneau, Canadian broadcaster and politician, co-founded the Montreal World Film Festival (died 2012)

Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (died 2012)

Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russian-Israeli gymnast (died 2001)

George Mackay Brown, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (died 1996)

Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (died 2007)

Montgomery Clift, American actor (died 1966)

Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (died 2010)

Zully Moreno, Argentine actress (died 1999)

Isaak Khalatnikov, Ukrainian-Russian theoretical physicist and academic (died 2021)

Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (died 2014)

Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician (died 2005)

Rita Hayworth, American actress, singer and dancer (died 1987)

Luis Alberto Solari, Uruguayan artist (died 1993)

Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills (died 2014)

Alfred Benlloch Llorach, Spanish inventor (died 2013)

Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer (died 1999)

Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer (died 2022)

Aimo Koivunen, Finnish soldier and corporal (died 1989)

Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor (died 2014)

Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (died 1991)

Adele Stimmel Chase, American painter and sculptor (died 2000)

José López Rega, Argentinean politician (died 1989)

Arthur Miller, American playwright and screenwriter (died 2005)

Jerry Siegel, American author and illustrator (died 1996)

Robert Lowery, American actor (died 1971)

Marian Marsh, Trinidadian-American actress and environmentalist (died 2006)

Faik Türün, Turkish general (died 2003)

Pope John Paul I (died 1978)

Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (died 2001)

Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1982)

Marina Núñez del Prado, Bolivian sculptor (died 1995)

Ester Wier, American author (died 2000)

Cozy Cole, American drummer (died 1981)

Leopoldo Panero, Spanish poet (died 1962)

Joaquín Satrústegui, Spanish lawyer and politician (died 1992)

Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (died 2007)

Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress (died 1988)

Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player (died 1980)

Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1969)

John Marley, American actor (died 1984)

Paul Derringer, American baseball player (died 1987)

Andrey Tikhonov, Soviet mathematician (died 1993)

Leopoldo Benites, Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the United Nations General Assembly (died 1996)

Andrei Grechko, Soviet general (died 1976)

Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (died 1940)

Irene Ryan, American actress (died 1973)

Emma Gamboa Alvarado, Costa Rican educator (died 1973)

C. C. van Asch van Wijck, Dutch artist and sculptor (died 1932)

Jean Arthur, American actress (died 1991)

Yvor Winters, American critic and poet (died 1968)

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese violinist and educator (died 1998)

Eileen Sedgwick, American actress (died 1991)

Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author and poet (died 1971)

Roman Petrovich, Russian prince (died 1978)

Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, President of Guatemala (1958–1963) (died 1982)

Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (died 1958)

Prince René, Italian Prince of Denmark (died 1962)

Pablo de Rokha, Chilean poet (died 1968)

Raffaele Bendandi, Italian clockmaker and seismologist (died 1979)

Theodor Eicke, German SS general (died 1943)

Herbert Howells, English organist, composer, and educator (died 1983)

Roy Kilner, English cricketer (died 1928)

Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author (died 1988)

Spring Byington, American actress (died 1971)

Alexander Neill, Scottish educator (died 1973)

Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (died 1966)

Haritina Korotkevich, Russian war heroine (died 1904)

Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (died 1959)

Jesús Reyes Ferreira, Mexican artist and art collector (died 1977)

Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, Spanish politician and 17th Duke of Alba (died 1953)

Hippolyte Aucouturier, French road cyclist (died 1944)

Segundo de Chomón, Spanish cinematographer, director, and screenwriter (died 1929)

Bhaskarbuwa Bakhale, Hindustani classical vocalist

Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan architect who designed the Casa Martí (died 1956)

James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (died 1950)

Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (died 1943)

Henry Campbell Black, founder of Black's Law Dictionary (died 1927)

Childe Hassam, American painter and illustrator (died 1935)

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (died 1920)

John J. Gardner, American politician (died 1921)

Gustave Schlumberger, French historian (died 1929)

André Gill, French caricaturist (died 1885)

Louis-Léon Cugnot, French sculptor (died 1894)

Paul Haenlein, German mechanical engineer (died 1905)

José E. Días, Paraguayan general (died 1867)

Aureliano Maestre de San Juan, Spanish scientist (died 1890)

Alexander Gardner, Scottish photographer (died 1882)

Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and scholar (died 1898)

Yakiv Holovatsky, Ukrainian historian, scholar, and poet (died 1888)

Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (died 1837)

Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American pastor and educator (died 1876)

Adolphe-Félix Cals, French painter (died 1880)

Ferenc Deák, Hungarian politician (died 1876)

Juan Lavalle, Argentine politician (died 1841)

John Bowring, English polyglot and governor of Hong Kong (died 1826)

Christen Smith, Norwegian scientist (died 1816)

Fructuoso Rivera, first president of Uruguay (died 1854)

Johann Friedrich Meckel, German anatomist (died 1833)

Richard Mentor Johnson, American politician, ninth Vice President of the United States (died 1850)

Louis Charles, French prince of the blood (died 1808)

José Andrés Pacheco de Melo, Argentine statesman and priest (died approx. 1820)

Sophie von Dönhoff, morganatic spouse by bigamy to King Frederick William II of Prussia (died 1838)

Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French economist and philosopher (died 1825)

Andrey Voronikhin, Russian architect and painter (died 1814)

Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger, German Baroque artist (died 1803)

Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, French composer and academic (died 1817)

John Wilkes, English journalist and politician (died 1797)

Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Italian harpsichord player and composer (died 1795)

Jacques Cazotte, French author and academic (died 1792)

Jupiter Hammon, American poet (died 1806)

Domenico Zipoli, Italian missionary and composer (died 1726)

Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (died 1646)

Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian minister, theologian, and academic (died 1687)

Nathan Field, English dramatist and actor (died 1620)

Johann Gerhard, German theologian and academic (died 1637)

Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (died 1621)

Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (died 1642)

Irene di Spilimbergo, Italian Renaissance poet and painter (died 1559)

Alonso de Orozco Mena, Spanish Roman Catholic priest (died 1591)

Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (died 1560)

Ivo of Kermartin, French priest and saint (died 1303)

Lý Nam Đế, first emperor of Vietnam (died 548)

Mitzi Gaynor, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1931)

Toshiyuki Nishida, Japanese actor (born 1947)

Andrew Schally, Polish-American endocrinologist (born 1926)

Elijah Cummings, American politician and civil rights advocate (born 1951)

Gord Downie, Canadian musician (born 1964)

Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (born 1926)

Howard Kendall, English footballer and manager (born 1946)

Anne-Marie Lizin, Belgian lawyer and politician (born 1949)

Tom Smith, American businessman and politician (born 1947)

Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (born 1937)

Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (born 1943)

Tom Shaw, American bishop (born 1945)

Berndt von Staden, German diplomat, German Ambassador to the United States (born 1919)

Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (born 1926)

Terry Fogerty, English rugby player and coach (born 1944)

Arthur Maxwell House, Canadian neurologist and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (born 1926)

Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (born 1928)

Rene Simpson, Canadian-American tennis player (born 1966)

Milija Aleksic, English-South African footballer (born 1951)

Émile Allais, French skier (born 1912)

Henry Friedlander, German-American historian and author (born 1930)

Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co-founded Energy Conversion Devices (born 1922)

Kōji Wakamatsu, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1936)

Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman (born 1919)

Norma Fox Mazer, American author and educator (born 1931)

Vic Mizzy, American composer (born 1916)

Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (born 1955)

Levi Stubbs, American singer (born 1936)

Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (born 1923)

Joey Bishop, American actor and talk show host (born 1918)

Teresa Brewer, American singer (born 1931)

Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic (born 1939)

Daniel Emilfork, Chilean-French actor (born 1924)

Christopher Glenn, American journalist (born 1938)

Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (born 1952)

Derek Bell, Irish harpist and composer (born 1935)

Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (born 1915)

Micheline Ostermeyer, French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (born 1922)

Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli historian, general, and politician, Tourism Minister of Israel (born 1926)

Leo Nomellini, Italian-American football player and wrestler (born 1924)

Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet (born 1964)

Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician and physicist (born 1915)

Joan Hickson, English actress (born 1906)

Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (born 1920)

Larry Jennings, American magician and author (born 1933)

Chris Acland, English musician and drummer of Lush (born 1966)

Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1963)

Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (born 1912)

Orestis Laskos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1908)

Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (born 1919)

Abdul Malek Ukil, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (born 1925)

Raymond Aron, French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (born 1905)

Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (born 1927)

Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (born 1895)

Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (born 1887)

S. J. Perelman, American humorist and screenwriter (born 1904)

John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (born 1898)

Eugenio Mendoza, Venezuelan business tycoon (born 1909)

George Clark, American race car driver (born 1890)

Giovanni Gronchi, Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (born 1887)

Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (born 1926)

Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1914)

George, Crown Prince of Serbia (born 1887)

Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (born 1921)

Vola Vale, American actress (born 1897)

Quincy Wright, American political scientist and academic (born 1890)

Puyi, Chinese emperor (born 1906)

Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (born 1883)

Wieland Wagner, German director and manager (born 1917)

Bart King, American cricketer (born 1873)

Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (born 1865)

Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (born 1882)

Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (born 1896)

Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (born 1876)

Wilhelmina Hay Abbott, Scottish suffragist and feminist (born 1884)

Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (born 1920)

Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (born 1873)

Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (born 1869)

Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (born 1854)

J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (born 1862)

Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (born 1884)

Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (born 1853)

Michael Fitzgerald (Irish republican) died on Hunger Strike (born 1881)

Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (born 1886)

Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (born 1819)

Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (born 1808)

Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (born 1828)

Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (born 1824)

Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (born 1775)

Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (born 1810)

Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (born 1778)

Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (born 1782)

Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian commander and politician, Governor-General of Haiti (born 1758)

Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss painter and illustrator (born 1723)

Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral (born 1705)

William Cookworthy, English pharmacist and minister (born 1705)

Pierre François le Courayer, French-English theologian and author (born 1681)

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (born 1683)

Geoffrey Shakerley (1619–1696), English politician (born 1619)

Margaret Mary Alacoque, French mystic (born 1647)

Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (born 1630)

Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (born 1601)

John Pitts, English priest and scholar (born 1560)

Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1541)

Philip Sidney, English courtier, poet, and general (born 1554)

Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (born 1511)

Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (born 1498)

Hernando Alonso, Spanish conquistador, first Jew executed in the New World

John Scott of Scott's Hall, Warden of the Cinque Ports

Nicolas Grenon, French composer (born 1375)

John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray

Maurice de Moravia, Earl of Strathearn

Beatrice of Falkenburg, German queen consort (born c. 1254)

Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir, Icelandic aristocrat and poet

Al-Musta'in, Abbasid caliph (born 836)

Pope Boniface II

Agrippina the Elder, Roman wife of Germanicus (born 14 BC)