World History of November 29

1901 Death

"Francesc Pi i Margall, Spanish federalist and republican politician and theorist (born 1824)"

🌍 Historical Events

528
Antioch suffers its second major earthquake in two years, killing thousands and destroying its remaining edifice.
561
Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.
618
The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan.
903
The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeats the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama.
1114
A large earthquake damages the areas of the Crusaders in the Middle East. Antioch, Mamistra, Marash and Edessa are hit by the shocks.
1549
The papal conclave of 1549-50 begins.
1612
The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.
1729
Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
1732
The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.
1776
During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
1777
San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
1781
The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 54 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance, beginning the Zong massacre.
1783
A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
1807
John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil.
1830
An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
1847
The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
1847
Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
1850
The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.
1863
American Civil War: Union forces under General Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from an attack by Confederate forces under General James Longstreet in the Battle of Fort Sanders during the Siege of Knoxville.
1864
Colorado War: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants at Sand Creek inside Colorado Territory.
1864
American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Spring Hill during the Franklin-Nashville campaign.
1872
The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
1877
Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
1890
The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
1899
FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish and world football's most iconic and strongest teams.
1920
The Armenian Revolutionary Committee declares Armenia to be a Soviet Socialist Republic, starting 71 years of Soviet rule in Armenia
1929
U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
1943
The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).
1944
Albania is liberated by the Partisans.
1945
The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
1947
The United Nations General Assembly approve the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
1947
French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam during the First Indochina War.
1952
U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
1961
Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
1963
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1963
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
1963
"I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.
1967
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
1972
Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
1982
Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the best-selling music album of all time.
1986
The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.
1987
North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew.
2007
The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
2009
Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington.
2013
LAM Mozambique Airlines 470 crashes in the Bwabata National Park in a pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 33 people on board.
2025
The Government of Jordan officially announces the launch of the Amra City development project during a site visit by the Prime Minister.

🐣 Notable Births

826
William of Septimania, Frankish nobleman (died 850)
1310
John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, English Baron (died 1361)
1338
Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1368)
1422
Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont, English Baron (died 1460)
1463
Andrea della Valle, Italian cardinal (died 1534)
1528
Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, English politician (died 1592)
1627
John Ray, English biologist and botanist (died 1705)
1690
Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (died 1747)
1705
Michael Christian Festing, English violinist and composer (died 1752)
1752
The Public Universal Friend, American evangelist (died 1819)
1762
Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (died 1833)
1781
Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet and philosopher (died 1865)
1797
Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (died 1848)
1798
Alexander Brullov, Russian painter and architect, designed the Pulkovo Observatory (died 1877)
1798
Hamilton Rowan Gamble, American jurist and politician (died 1864)
1799
Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and academic (died 1888)
1802
Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and author (died 1827)
1803
Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and physicist (died 1853)
1803
Gottfried Semper, German architect and academic, designed the Semper Opera House (died 1879)
1816
Morrison Waite, American jurist and politician, 7th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1888)
1817
William Ellery Channing, American poet and author (died 1901)
1818
George Brown, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 10th Premier of West Canada (died 1880)
1823
La Fayette Grover, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Oregon (died 1911)
1825
Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and psychologist (died 1893)
1827
William Crichton, Scottish engineer and shipbuilder (died 1889)
1831
Frederick Townsend Ward, American sailor and soldier (died 1862)
1832
Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (died 1888)
1835
Empress Dowager Cixi of China (died 1908)
1843
Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer (died 1932)
1849
John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer (died 1945)
1856
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (died 1921)
1857
Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (died 1911)
1861
Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer (died 1917)
1873
Suzan Rose Benedict, American mathematician and academic (died 1942)
1874
Francis Dodd, Welsh-English painter and academic (died 1949)
1874
Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1955)
1876
Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming (died 1977)
1879
Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer (died 1963)
1881
Artur Phleps, Romanian-German general (died 1944)
1882
Henri Fabre, French pilot and engineer (died 1984)
1891
Julius Raab, Austrian engineer and politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (died 1964)
1895
Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (died 1976)
1895
William Tubman, Liberian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Liberia (died 1971)
1898
C. S. Lewis, British novelist, poet, and critic (died 1963)
1899
Andrija Artuković, Croatian Minister of Interior (died 1988)
1899
Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, oldest Italian person ever (died 2017)
1900
Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII (died 1988)
1904
Margaret Barr, Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (died 1991)
1905
Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop and theologian (died 1991)
1906
Barbara C. Freeman, English writer and poet (died 1999)
1908
Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American pastor and politician (died 1972)
1910
Elizabeth Choy, Malaysian-Singaporean educator and politician (died 2006)
1910
Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian actor and director (died 1961)
1915
Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (died 2008)
1915
Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (died 1967)
1916
Fran Ryan, American actress and comedian (died 2000)
1917
Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French director and screenwriter (died 2017)
1917
Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1983)
1918
Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet (died 2007)
1919
Mildred Rebstock, American medicinal chemist (died 2011)
1919
Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the IFBB (died 2013)
1920
Yegor Ligachyov, Russian engineer and politician (died 2021)
1920
Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (died 2014)
1921
Jackie Stallone, American astrologer and wrestling promoter (died 2020)
1922
Michael Howard, English-American historian, author, and academic (died 2019)
1923
Chuck Daigh, American race car driver (died 2008)
1925
Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (died 2015)
1926
Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisian lawyer and politician, President of Tunisia (died 2019)
1927
Vin Scully, American sportscaster and game show host (died 2022)
1928
Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter and educator (died 2021)
1928
Paul Simon, American soldier and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (died 2003)
1929
Derek Jameson, English journalist and radio host (died 2012)
1929
Woo Yong-gak, North Korean soldier (died 2012)
1930
Shirley Porter, English politician, Lord Mayor of Westminster
1930
Vladimir Šenauer, Croatian footballer (died 2013)
1930
Alan Lee Williams, English academic and politician
1931
Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (died 1997)
1932
Ed Bickert, Canadian jazz guitarist (died 2019)
1932
Jacques Chirac, French soldier and politician, 22nd President of France (died 2019)
1932
John Gary, American singer and television host (died 1998)
1932
Pierre Toubert, French historian (died 2025)
1933
John Mayall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2024)
1933
James Rosenquist, American painter and illustrator (died 2017)
1934
Willie Morris, American writer (died 1999)
1935
Thomas J. O'Brien, American bishop (died 2018)
1936
Gregory Gillespie, American painter (died 2000)
1936
Bill Jenkins, American politician
1937
Eric Barnes, English footballer (died 2014)
1938
Johnny Crossan, Northern Irish footballer, author and sports analyst
1939
Peter Bergman, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (died 2012)
1939
Meco, American record producer and musician (died 2023)
1940
Denny Doherty, Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and actor (died 2007)
1940
Oscar Espinosa Chepe, Cuban-Spanish economist and journalist (died 2013)
1940
Chuck Mangione, American horn player and composer (died 2025)
1940
Janet Smith, English lawyer and judge
1940
Henry T. Yang, Taiwanese/Chinese-American engineer and academic
1941
Bill Freehan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021)
1942
Michael Craze, British actor (died 1998)
1942
Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and academic (died 1995)
1942
John Grillo, English actor and playwright
1943
Bobbi Martin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)
1943
Sue Miller, American novelist and short story writer
1944
Felix Cavaliere, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1945
Csaba Pléh, Hungarian psychologist and linguist
1946
Suzy Chaffee, American skier
1946
Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947
Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (died 1992)
1947
Ronnie Montrose, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2012)
1948
Yōichi Masuzoe, Japanese politician
1949
Jerry Lawler, American wrestler and sportscaster
1949
Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2016)
1949
Steve Smith, American lawyer and politician (died 2014)
1950
Marie Laberge, Canadian actress, educator and writer
1950
Kevin O'Donnell Jr., American author (died 2012)
1951
Barry Goudreau, American guitarist and songwriter
1951
Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1999)
1952
John D. Barrow, English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician (died 2020)
1952
Jeff Fahey, American actor and producer
1953
Alex Grey, American visual artist and author
1953
Vlado Kreslin, Slovenian singer-songwriter
1953
Christine Pascal, French actress, writer and director (died 1996)
1954
Joel Coen, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1954
Chirlane McCray, American writer, editor, and activist
1955
Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian, actor, and television host
1955
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somali politician, 8th president of Somalia
1956
Hinton Battle, German-American actor, dancer, and choreographer (died 2024)
1956
Yvonne Fovargue, English lawyer and politician
1957
Janet Napolitano, American politician, lawyer, and university administrator
1957
Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker
1958
Michael Dempsey, Zimbabwean-English bass player
1958
John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaian historian and politician, 4th President of Ghana
1959
Richard Borcherds, South African-English mathematician and academic
1959
Neal Broten, American ice hockey player
1959
Rahm Emanuel, American businessman and politician, 55th Mayor of Chicago
1960
Marco Bucci, Italian discus thrower (died 2013)
1960
Cathy Moriarty, American actress
1961
Kim Delaney, American actress
1961
Tom Sizemore, American actor (died 2023)
1962
Ronny Jordan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2014)
1962
Andrew McCarthy, American actor and director
1963
Will Downing, American singer-songwriter and producer
1963
Lalit Modi, Indian businessman
1964
Don Cheadle, American actor and producer
1964
Ken Monkou, Dutch footballer
1965
Lauren Child, English author
1965
Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian and actress
1966
John Layfield, American wrestler, football player, and news commentator
1966
Dru Pagliassotti, American author
1966
Sophia Rosenfeld, American author
1967
Fernando Ramos da Silva, Brazilian actor (died 1987)
1967
Charles Smith, American basketball player
1967
Rebecca Wolff, American author and poet
1968
Dee Brown, American basketball player and executive
1968
Jonathan Knight, American singer
1968
Andy Melville, Welsh footballer
1968
Iolanda Nanni, Italian politician (died 2018)
1969
Tomas Brolin, Swedish footballer
1969
Mariano Rivera, Panamanian-American baseball player
1970
Larry Joe Campbell, American actor and director
1970
Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer and coach
1971
David E. Campbell, Canadian political scientist
1971
Steve May, American soldier and politician
1971
Gena Lee Nolin, American actress and model
1972
Brian Baumgartner, American actor and producer
1972
Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player and sportscaster
1973
Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer and manager
1973
Fredrik Norrena, Finnish ice hockey player
1974
Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player (died 2011)
1974
Sarah Jones, American actress and playwright
1974
Jedediah Purdy, American legal scholar and cultural commentator
1975
Craig Ireland, Scottish footballer
1975
Scott McCulloch, Scottish footballer
1976
Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (died 2020)
1976
Anna Faris, American actress
1977
Andy Beshear, American attorney and politician, 63rd Governor of Kentucky
1977
Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater
1978
Lauren German, American actress
1978
Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer
1979
Adam Barrett, English footballer
1979
The Game, American rapper
1980
Janina Gavankar, American actress and singer
1980
Dean Howell, English footballer
1981
Fawad Khan, Pakistani actor, model and singer
1981
Jon Klassen, Canadian writer and illustrator
1982
Lucas Black, American actor
1982
Gemma Chan, English actress
1983
Franchesca Ramsey, American comedian
1983
Aylin Tezel, German actress
1983
Tanisha Wright, American basketball player and coach
1984
Ji Hyun-woo, South Korean actor and musician
1985
Shannon Brown, American basketball player
1985
Dominic Roma, English footballer
1986
Asa Hall, English footballer
1987
Wayne Ellington, American basketball player and coach
1988
Abby Bishop, Australian basketball player
1988
Dana Brooke, American wrestler and bodybuilder
1988
Damon Harrison, American football player
1988
Bradley Hudson-Odoi, Ghanaian footballer
1988
Russell Wilson, American football player
1989
Adam Chapman, Northern Irish footballer
1990
Diego Boneta, Mexican actor and singer
1990
Sheldon Richardson, American football player
1990
Andrej Šustr, Czech ice hockey player
1990
Yacouba Sylla, French footballer
1991
Becky James, Welsh cyclist
1992
Ben Nugent, English footballer
1993
Stefon Diggs, American football player
1994
Shaun Lane, Australian rugby league player
1994
Julius Randle, American basketball player
1995
Laura Marano, American actress and singer
1995
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, English swimmer
1997
Nick Richards, Jamaican basketball player
1998
MJ Melendez, American baseball player
1998
Ye Qiuyu, Chinese tennis player
1998
Lovie Simone, American actress
2002
Yunus Musah, American soccer player

🕯️ Notable Deaths

521
Jacob of Serugh, Syrian poet and theologian (born 451)
524
Ahkal Moʼ Nahb I, ruler of Palenque (born 465)
561
Chlothar I, Frankish king (born 497)
835
Muhammad al-Jawad, the ninth of the Twelve Imams (born 811)
1253
Otto II, duke of Bavaria (born 1206)
1268
Clement IV, pope of the Catholic Church (born 1190)
1314
Philip IV, king of France (born 1268)
1330
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1287)
1342
Michael of Cesena, Italian general, priest, and theologian (born 1270)
1378
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1316)
1530
Thomas Wolsey, English cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (born 1473)
1577
Cuthbert Mayne, English priest (born 1543)
1590
Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (born 1547)
1594
Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet (born 1533)
1626
Ernst von Mansfeld, German commander (born 1580)
1628
John Felton, English soldier and assassin of the Duke of Buckingham (born c. 1595)
1632
Frederick V, Elector Palatine (born 1596)
1643
William Cartwright, English priest and playwright (born 1611)
1643
Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (born 1567)
1646
Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (born 1565)
1661
Brian Walton, English bishop and scholar (born 1600)
1695
James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (born 1619)
1699
Patrick Gordon, Scottish-Russian general (born 1635)
1759
Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (born 1687)
1780
Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1717)
1797
Samuel Langdon, American pastor, theologian, and academic (born 1723)
1830
Charles-Simon Catel, French composer and educator (born 1773)
1846
Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish composer and educator (born 1778)
1847
Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (born 1802)
1872
Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (born 1780)
1894
Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (born 1820)
1901
Francesc Pi i Margall, Spanish federalist and republican politician and theorist (born 1824)
1918
Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince (born 1881)
1924
Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (born 1858)
1927
George Giffen, Australian cricketer (born 1859)
1932
Abdullah Cevdet, Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic (born 1869)
1939
Philipp Scheidemann, German lawyer and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (born 1865)
1941
Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler (born 1884)
1942
Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (born 1916)
1942
Ron Middleton (VC), Australian bomber pilot and Victoria Cross Recipient (born 1916)
1950
Walter Beech, American aviator and early aviation entrepreneur (born 1891)
1953
Sam De Grasse, Canadian-American actor (born 1875)
1954
Dink Johnson, American pianist, clarinet player, and drummer (born 1892)
1957
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist and composer (born 1897)
1967
Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1886)
1970
Robert T. Frederick, American general (born 1907)
1972
Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (born 1888)
1974
Peng Dehuai, Chinese Communist military leader (born 1898)
1975
Graham Hill plane crash Tony Brise, English race car driver (born 1952) Graham Hill, English race car driver and businessman (born 1929)
1980
Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist, co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement (born 1897)
1981
Natalie Wood, American actress (born 1938)
1982
Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (born 1908)
1984
Nora Thompson Dean, American Lenape educator and author (born 1907)
1986
Cary Grant, English-American actor (born 1904)
1987
Irene Handl, English actress (born 1901)
1991
Ralph Bellamy, American actor (born 1904)
1991
Joe Bonson, English footballer (born 1936)
1992
Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician and academic (born 1906)
1993
J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (born 1904)
1996
Dan Flavin, American sculptor and illustrator (born 1933)
1996
Denis Jenkinson, English journalist and author (born 1920)
1997
Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit (born 1918)
1998
George Van Eps, American swing and mainstream jazz guitarist (born 1913)
1998
Robin Ray, English broadcaster, actor, and musician (born 1934)
1999
Germán Arciniegas, Colombian historian, author and journalist (born 1900)
1999
John Berry, American-French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1917)
1999
Gene Rayburn, American game show panelist and host (born 1917)
1999
Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier (born 1918)
2000
Ilmar Laaban, Estonian-Swedish poet and publicist (born 1921)
2001
Mic Christopher, American-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1969)
2001
George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and music producer (born 1943)
2001
John Knowles, American novelist (born 1926)
2002
Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1921)
2003
Rudi Martinus van Dijk, Dutch composer (born 1932)
2004
John Drew Barrymore, American actor (born 1932)
2004
Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach (born 1911)
2004
Jack Shields, Canadian member of Parliament (born 1929)
2005
David Di Tommaso, French footballer (born 1979)
2006
Allen Carr, English-Spanish accountant and author (born 1934)
2006
Ernie Tagg, English footballer (born 1917)
2007
James Barber, Canadian chef and author (born 1923)
2007
Ralph Beard, American basketball player (born 1927)
2007
Henry Hyde, American lawyer and politician (born 1924)
2008
Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (born 1918)
2009
Robert Holdstock, English author (born 1948)
2009
Zuhair Al-Karmi, Palestinian author, scientific programs presenter on TV (born 1922).
2009
Tamara Lisitsian, Soviet film director and screenwriter (born 1923)
2010
Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet and author (born 1937)
2010
Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (born 1915)
2010
S. Sivanayagam, Sri Lankan journalist and author (born 1930)
2010
Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician (born 1940)
2010
Maurice Wilkes, English physicist and computer scientist (born 1913)
2011
Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian (born 1969)
2011
Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (born 1936)
2012
Joelmir Beting, Brazilian journalist (born 1936)
2012
Sherab Palden Beru, Tibetan painter (born 1911)
2013
Oliver Cheatham, American singer-songwriter (born 1948)
2013
Colin Eglin, South African soldier and politician (born 1925)
2013
Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist (born 1936)
2013
Brian Torrey Scott, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1976)
2014
Dwayne Alons, American general and politician (born 1946)
2014
Dick Bresciani, American businessman (born 1938)
2014
Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator (born 1934)
2015
Joseph F. Girzone, American Catholic priest and author (born 1930)
2015
Joe Marston, Australian footballer and manager (born 1926)
2015
Christopher Middleton, British poet and translator (born 1926)
2015
O'tkir Sultonov, Uzbek lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (born 1939)
2016
Luis Alberto Monge, Costa Rican politician, 39th President of Costa Rica (born 1925)
2016
Ruta Šaca-Marjaša, Latvian lawyer, writer and politician (born 1927)
2017
Slobodan Praljak, Croatian general (born 1945)
2019
Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1918)
2020
Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (born 1978)
2021
Kinza Clodumar, Nauruan politician, 7th President of Nauru (born 1945)
2021
Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer (born 1925)
2021
LaMarr Hoyt, Major League Baseball player, 1983 AL Cy Young Award winner (born 1955)
2022
Derek Granger, British film and television producer and screenwriter (born 1921)
2022
Tapunuu Niko Lee Hang, Samoan politician (born 1953/1954)
2023
Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state (born 1923)
2023
Taichi Yamada, Japanese screenwriter and novelist (born 1934)
2024
Marshall Brickman, Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1939)
2024
Will Cullen Hart, American musician (born 1971)
2024
Wayne Northrop, American actor (born 1947)