| Year | People / Celebrity Name | People / Celebrity Profession | Country |
|---|
| 1126 | William IX | Duke of Aquitaine and poet |  France |
| 1162 | Baldwin III of Jerusalem | king of Jerusalem |  Israel |
| 1280 | Margaret II, Countess of Flanders | Countess of Flanders | France |
| 1307 | Temur Oljeytu Khan | Second leader of the Yuan Dynasty |  Mongolia |
| 1576 | Guilielmus Xylander | German classical scholar |  Germany |
| 1598 | Anna of Habsburg | Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Poland and Sweden |  Austria |
| 1645 | Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg | Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg | Germany |
| 1686 | William Dugdale | English antiquarian | -flag.jpg) United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1722 | Bartholomew Roberts | Welsh pirate | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1752 | Henriette-Anne of France | Daughter of king Louis XV | France |
| 1755 | Montesquieu | French writer | France |
| 1758 | Thomas Ripley (architect) | English architect | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1772 | Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein | Prince of Liechtenstein |  Liechtenstein |
| 1782 | Friedrich Christoph Oetinger | German theologian | Germany |
| 1783 | James Nares | English composer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1816 | Jean Paul Egide Martini | French composer | France |
| 1829 | Pope Leo XII | Pope |  Italy |
| 1837 | Aleksandr Pushkin | Russian author |  Russia |
| 1857 | David Thompson (explorer) | Canadian explorer |  Canada |
| 1865 | Heinrich Lenz | German physicist | Germany |
| 1868 | Sir David Brewster | Scottish physicist | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1879 | Honore Daumier | French painter, illustrator, and sculptor | France |
| 1887 | Ellen Wood (author) | English novelist | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1891 | Sofia Kovalevskaya | Russian mathematician | Russia |
| 1904 | John A. Roche | Served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois | -flag.jpg) United States(USA) |
| 1906 | Ezra Butler Eddy | Canadian businessman, industrialist and politician | Canada |
| 1912 | Joseph Lister | English surgeon | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1913 | Konstantinos Tsiklitiras | Greek Olympic champion |  Greece |
| 1917 | John William Waterhouse | British painter | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1918 | Ernesto Teodoro Moneta | Italian pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize | Italy |
| 1918 | Abd-ul-Hamid II | 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire |  Turkey |
| 1923 | Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen | German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate | Germany |
| 1925 | Aristide Bruant | French cabaret singer, comedian, and nightclub owner | France |
| 1932 | Edgar Wallace | English writer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1939 | Pope Pius XI | Pope | Italy |
| 1944 | E. M. Antoniadi | Greek astronomer | Greece |
| 1945 | Anacleto Diaz | Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court |  Philippines |
| 1948 | Ewart Astill | English cricketer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1949 | Abe Iso | Japanese politician |  Japan |
| 1949 | Abe Isoo | Japanese Christian socialist, parliamentarian and pacifist | Japan |
| 1952 | Henry Drysdale Dakin | British-American biochemist, known for the Dakin-West reaction | United States(USA) |
| 1957 | Laura Ingalls Wilder | American author | United States(USA) |
| 1960 | Aloysius Stepinac | Croatian Catholic cardinal who was Archbishop of Zagreb |  Croatia |
| 1964 | Eugen Sanger | Austrian-German aerospace engineer | Germany |
| 1966 | Billy Rose | American impresario, theatrical showman and lyricist | United States(USA) |
| 1966 | J. F. C. Fuller | British Army officer, military historian and strategist | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1967 | Armand Serrano | Filipino animator | Philippines |
| 1975 | Nikos Kavvadias | Greek poet and writer | Greece |
| 1979 | Edvard Kardelj | Yugoslav communist political leader, economist, partisan, publicist |  Serbia |
| 1984 | David Von Erich | American professional wrestler | United States(USA) |
| 1985 | Anton Karas | Viennese zither player | Austria |
| 1985 | Johnny Mokan | American baseball player | United States(USA) |
| 1987 | Sadequain | World renowned Pakistani artist |  Pakistan |
| 1990 | Bill Sherwood | American musician, screenwriter and film director | United States(USA) |
| 1992 | Alex Haley | African-American writer | United States(USA) |
| 1993 | Fred Hollows | Ophthalmologist who became known for his work in restoring eyesight for countless thousands of people in Australia and many other countries |  Australia |
| 1995 | Paul Monette | American author, poet and activist | United States(USA) |
| 2000 | Jim Varney | American actor and comedian | United States(USA) |
| 2001 | Abraham Beame | American politician | United States(USA) |
| 2001 | Lewis Arquette | American film actor, writer and producer | United States(USA) |
| 2001 | Buddy Tate | Jazz saxophonist and clarinetist | United States(USA) |
| 2002 | General Vernon Walters | U.S. military officer, diplomat | United States(USA) |
| 2002 | Traudl Junge | Adolf Hitlers youngest personal private secretary | Germany |
| 2002 | Dave Van Ronk | Folk singer | United States(USA) |
| 2003 | Edgar de Evia | American photographer | United States(USA) |
| 2003 | Curt Hennig | American professional wrestler | United States(USA) |
| 2003 | Ron Ziegler | White House Press Secretary | United States(USA) |
| 2003 | Clark MacGregor | Republican U.S. Representative | United States(USA) |
| 2003 | Albert J. Ruffo | Politician, philanthropist, educator, lawyer and football coach | United States(USA) |
| 2004 | Guy Provost | French Canadian actor | Canada |
| 2005 | Arthur Miller | American playwright | United States(USA) |
| 2006 | J Dilla | American record producer | United States(USA) |
| 2006 | Dick Harmon | Americas top golf instructors | United States(USA) |
| 2007 | Jung Da Bin | Korean actress |  South Korea |
| 2007 | Ned Austin | American character actor | United States(USA) |
| 2008 | Roy Scheider | Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated American actor | United States(USA) |
| 2008 | Steve Gerber | American comic book writer | United States(USA) |
| 2008 | Adeline Geo-Karis | Republican politician and a member of the Illinois Senate for the 31st District | United States(USA) |
| 2009 | Leila Hadley | American travel writer and socialite | United States(USA) |
| 2009 | Jeremy Lusk | American freestyle motocross racer | United States(USA) |
| 2010 | Charles Wilson (Texas politician) | American politician | United States(USA) |
| 2010 | Frederick C. Weyand | U.S. Army General | United States(USA) |
| 2010 | Fred Schaus | American basketball player | United States(USA) |
| 2011 | Jozef Zycinski | Polish philosopher, publicist, Roman Catholic metropolitan archbishop of Lublin |  Poland |
| 2012 | John Kenneth Small | American football linebacker | United States(USA) |
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