September 23

September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 99 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

38 – Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.^[1]
1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy.
1338 – The Battle of Arnemuiden, in which a French force defeats the English, is the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first naval battle in which gunpowder artillery is used.^[2]
1409 – The Battle of Kherlen is the second significant victory over Ming dynasty China by the Mongols since 1368.
1459 – The Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is won by the Yorkists.^[3]
1561 – King Philip II of Spain issues cedula, ordering a halt to colonizing efforts in Florida.^[4]

1601–1900

1779 – American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USS Bonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.^[5]
1803 – Second Anglo-Maratha War: The Battle of Assaye is fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.^[6]
1821 – Tripolitsa, Greece, is captured by Greek rebels during the Greek War of Independence.
1846 – Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.
1868 – The Grito de Lares occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
1879 – The Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society is founded.^[7]
1884 – On the night of 23-24 September, the steamship Arctique runs aground near Cape Virgenes leading to the discovery of nearby placer gold, beginning the Tierra del Fuego gold rush.^[8]
1899 – The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.

1901–present

1905 – Norway and Sweden sign the Karlstad Treaty, peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
1913 – The United Mine Workers of America launch a strike which eventually escalated into the Colorado Coalfield War.^[9]
1942 – World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
1950 – Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 is the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II.
1973 – Argentine general election: Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
1983 – Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.
2004 – Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.
2008 – Matti Saari kills ten people at a school in Finland before committing suicide.^[10]

Births

Pre-1600

63 BC – Augustus, Roman emperor (d. 14 AD)^[11]
1158 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)
1215 – Kublai Khan, Mongolian emperor (d. 1294)
1495 – Bagrat III of Imereti, King of Imereti (d. 1565)
1597 – Francesco Barberini, Catholic cardinal (d. 1679)
1598 – Eleonore Gonzaga, Italian wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)^[12]

1601–1900

1642 – Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1678)
1647 – Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1720)
1650 – Jeremy Collier, English bishop and theologian (d. 1726)
1713 – Ferdinand VI of Spain (d. 1759)
1740 – Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813)
1756 – John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (d. 1836)^[13]
1771 – Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (d. 1840)
1778 – Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1811)
1781 – Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1860)
1791 – Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (d. 1865)
1791 – Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (d. 1813)
1800 – William Holmes McGuffey, American author and academic (d. 1873)
1819 – Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (d. 1896)
1823 – John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (d. 1902)
1838 – Victoria Woodhull, American journalist and activist (d. 1927)
1851 – Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1930)
1852 – James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (d. 1917)
1852 – William Stewart Halsted, American physician and surgeon (d. 1922)
1853 – Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen (d. 1923)
1861 – Robert Bosch, German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH (d. 1942)
1863 – Mary Church Terrell, American author and activist (d. 1954)
1865 – Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (d. 1933)
1865 – Emma Orczy, Hungarian-English author and playwright (d. 1947)
1865 – Suzanne Valadon, French model and painter (d. 1938)
1867 – John Lomax, American teacher, musicologist, and folklorist (d. 1948)
1869 – Mary Mallon, American cook and typhoid carrier (d. 1938)^[14]
1876 – Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 1968)
1880 – John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish biologist, physician, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1889 – Walter Lippmann, American journalist and publisher, co-founded The New Republic (d. 1974)
1890 – Friedrich Paulus, German general (d. 1957)
1895 – Miron Merzhanov, Russian architect and engineer (d. 1975)
1895 – Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1897 – Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (d. 1994)
1897 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1984)
1898 – Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician (d. 1977)
1899 – Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States (d. 1977)
1899 – Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (d. 1988)
1900 – Bill Stone, English soldier (d. 2009)

1901–present

1901 – Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
1902 – Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and academic (d. 2003)
1903 – Cec Fifield, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1957)
1904 – Arthur Folwell, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator (d. 1966)
1906 – Charles Ritchie, Canadian diplomat, High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
1907 – Tiny Bradshaw, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1958)
1907 – Anne Desclos, French journalist and author (d. 1998)^[15]
1907 – Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (d. 1976)
1908 – Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Indian poet, academic, and politician (d. 1974)
1909 – Lorenc Antoni, Kosovo-Albanian composer and conductor (d. 1991)
1910 – Jakob Streit, Swiss anthroposophist and author (d. 2009)
1911 – Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
1912 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (d. 2005)
1912 – Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (d. 1980)
1913 – Carl-Henning Pedersen, Danish painter and sculptor (d. 2007)
1915 – Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (d. 2003)
1915 – Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
1916 – Aldo Moro, Italian academic and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1978)
1917 – El Santo, Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk icon (d. 1984)
1917 – Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (d. 2006)
1920 – Mickey Rooney, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2014)^[16]
1923 – Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (d. 2016)
1923 – Vello Helk, Estonian-Danish historian and author (d. 2014)
1924 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and publisher (d. 1978)
1925 – Denis C. Twitchett, English historian and scholar (d. 2006)
1926 – André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (d. 2013)
1926 – John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1967)^[16]
1928 – Frank Foster, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2011)
1928 – Roger Grimsby, American journalist and actor (d. 1995)
1930 – Sehba Akhtar, Pakistani poet and songwriter (d. 1996)
1930 – Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (d. 1987)
1930 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2004)^[16]
1931 – Hilly Kristal, American businessman, founded CBGB (d. 2007)
1931 – Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (d. 2013)
1931 – Gerald Merrithew, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2004)
1932 – Georg Keßler, German footballer and manager
1933 – Lloyd J. Old, American immunologist and academic (d. 2011)
1934 – Per Olov Enquist, Swedish journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2020)
1935 – Prem Chopra, Pakistani-Indian actor
1935 – Les McCann, American soul-jazz singer and pianist (d. 2023)
1935 – Ron Tindall, English-Australian footballer, cricketer, and manager (d. 2012)
1936 – George Eastham, English footballer
1936 – Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 91st President of Peru (d. 2006)
1936 – Sylvain Saudan, Swiss skier
1936 – Tareq Suheimat, Jordanian physician, general, and politician (d. 2014)
1937 – Jacques Poulin, Canadian author and translator
1938 – Romy Schneider, German-French actress (d. 1982)
1939 – Henry Blofeld, English cricketer and journalist
1939 – Roy Buchanan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988)
1939 – Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham, English politician
1939 – Sonny Vaccaro, American businessman
1940 – Michel Temer, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 25th Vice President of Brazil
1940 – Dick Thornett, Australian rugby player and water polo player (d. 2011)
1941 – George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (d. 1971)
1941 – Simon Nolet, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1941 – Norma Winstone, English singer-songwriter
1942 – Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican-American businesswoman and politician, 12th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
1942 – Colin Low, Baron Low of Dalston, Scottish scholar and politician
1942 – David Renneberg, Australian cricketer
1943 – Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter^[17]
1943 – Marty Schottenheimer, American football player and coach (d. 2021)
1944 – Eric Bogle, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 – Igor Ivanov, Russian politician and diplomat, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1945 – Alan Old, English rugby player
1945 – Paul Petersen, American actor, singer, author, and activist^[17]
1946 – Franz Fischler, Austrian politician
1946 – Bernard Maris, French economist and journalist (d. 2015)
1946 – Genista McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh, English politician
1946 – Davorin Popović, Bosnian singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
1946 – Anne Wheeler, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 – Christian Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player
1947 – Mary Kay Place, American actress^[17]
1947 – Neal Smith, American drummer and songwriter
1948 – Dan Toler, American guitarist (d. 2013)^[16]
1949 – Floella Benjamin, Trinidadian-English actress, academic, and politician
1949 – Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist^[17]
1949 – Kostas Tournas, Greek singer-songwriter
1950 – George Garzone, American saxophonist and educator
1951 – Steven Springer, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2012)
1952 – Mark Bego, American author
1952 – Anshuman Gaekwad, Indian cricketer
1952 – Dennis Lamp, American baseball player
1952 – Kim Duk-soo, Korean musician^[18]
1952 – Jim Morrison, American baseball player and manager
1953 – Nicholas Witchell, English journalist
1954 – Charlie Barnett, American actor (d. 1996)
1954 – Cherie Blair, English lawyer and academic
1956 – Peter David, American author, actor, and screenwriter
1956 – Tom Hogan, Australian cricketer
1956 – Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer (d. 2020)
1957 – Rosalind Chao, American actress^[17]
1958 – Danielle Dax, English singer-songwriter and producer
1958 – Khaled El Sheikh, Bahraini singer-songwriter
1958 – Tony Fossas, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
1958 – Marvin Lewis, American football player and coach
1958 – Larry Mize, American golfer
1959 – Jason Alexander, American actor, singer, and voice artist^[17]
1959 – Frank Cottrell-Boyce, English author and screenwriter
1959 – Hans Nijman, Dutch mixed martial artist and wrestler (d. 2014)
1959 – Chris O'Sullivan, Australian rugby league player
1959 – Elizabeth Peña, American actress (d. 2014)^[16]
1959 – Karen Pierce, English diplomat
1960 – Kurt Beyer, American wrestler
1960 – Luis Moya, Spanish race car driver
1961 – Chi McBride, American actor^[17]
1961 – William C. McCool, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)
1962 – Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist (d. 2019)^[19]
1963 – Anne-Marie Cadieux, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
1963 – Alex Proyas, Egyptian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Clayton Blackmore, Welsh footballer and manager
1964 – Josefa Idem, German-born Italian kayaker^[20]
1964 – Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer-songwriter
1964 – Larry Krystkowiak, American basketball player and coach
1964 – Katie Mitchell, English director and producer
1964 – Julian Parkhill, English biologist and academic
1964 – Bill Phillips, American businessman and author
1965 – Mark Woodforde, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
1966 – Pete Harnisch, American baseball player and coach
1967 – LisaRaye McCoy, American actress, model, fashion designer, and First Lady of the Turks and Caicos Islands^[16]
1967 – Chris Wilder, English footballer and manager
1968 – Yvette Fielding, English actress and producer
1968 – Adam Price, Welsh politician
1969 – Donald Audette, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Patrick Fiori, French singer-songwriter
1969 – Jan Suchopárek, Czech footballer and manager
1970 – Adrian Brunker, Australian rugby player
1970 – Lucia Cifarelli, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1970 – Ani DiFranco, American singer-songwriter and guitarist^[17]
1970 – Giorgos Koltsidas, Greek footballer
1971 – Moin Khan, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1971 – Eric Montross, American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2023)
1971 – Sean Spicer, American political aide, 30th White House Press Secretary
1972 – Sam Bettens, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist^[17]
1972 – Alistair Campbell, Zimbabwean cricketer
1972 – Jermaine Dupri, American rapper and producer^[17]
1972 – Karl Pilkington, English actor and producer
1973 – Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist
1973 – Vangelis Krios, Greek footballer and coach
1974 – Ben Duckworth, Australian rugby league player
1974 – Matt Hardy, American wrestler
1974 – Layzie Bone, American rapper
1975 – Kim Dong-moon, South Korean badminton player
1975 – Chris Hawkins, English journalist and producer
1975 – Eric Miller, Irish rugby player, footballer, and coach
1975 – Vitali Yeremeyev, Kazakhstani ice hockey player^[21]
1976 – Sarah Blasko, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1976 – Robert James-Collier, English actor^[22]
1976 – Kip Pardue, American actor and model
1976 – Valeriy Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer
1976 – Volodymyr Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer
1977 – Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Dmitri Kulikov, Estonian footballer
1977 – Fabio Ongaro, Italian rugby player
1977 – Rachael Yamagata, American singer-songwriter and pianist^[23]
1978 – Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (d. 2013)
1978 – Anthony Mackie, American actor^[17]
1979 – Ricky Davis, American basketball player
1979 – Bryant McKinnie, American football player
1979 – Fábio Simplício, Brazilian footballer
1979 – Lote Tuqiri, Fijian-Australian rugby player
1981 – Robert Doornbos, Dutch racing driver
1981 – Helen Richardson-Walsh, English field hockey player
1982 – Mait Künnap, Estonian tennis player
1982 – Shyla Stylez, Canadian pornographic actress (d. 2017)
1983 – Shane del Rosario, American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (d. 2013)
1983 – Joffrey Lupul, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Patrick Ehelechner, German ice hockey player
1984 – Matt Kemp, American baseball player
1984 – Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch-American entertainer^[24]
1985 – Joba Chamberlain, American baseball player^[25]
1985 – Chris Johnson, American football player^[26]
1985 – Cush Jumbo, British actress^[17]
1985 – Lukáš Kašpar, Czech ice hockey player
1985 – Hasan Minhaj, American comedian, actor, and television host^[16]
1986 – Martin Cranie, English footballer
1986 – Chris Volstad, American baseball player^[27]
1987 – Skylar Astin, American actor and singer^[17]
1988 – Juan Martín del Potro, Argentinian tennis player^[28]
1988 – Kairi Sane, Japanese wrestler^[29]
1988 – Yannick Weber, Swiss ice hockey player
1989 – Brandon Jennings, American basketball player
1989 – Taniela Lasalo, Australian rugby league player
1991 – Lee Alexander, Scottish footballer^[30]
1991 – Key, South Korean singer and entertainer^[31]
1991 – Melanie Oudin, American tennis player^[32]
1992 – Angel Garza, Mexican wrestler^[33]
1993 – Petteri Lindbohm, Finnish ice hockey player^[34]
1994 – Lee Mi-joo, South Korean singer and entertainer^[35]
1996 – Napheesa Collier, American basketball player^[36]
1997 – John Collins, American basketball player^[37]
1999 – Song Yu-qi, Chinese singer^[38]

Deaths

Pre-1600

788 – Ælfwald I, king of Northumbria
965 – Al-Mutanabbi, Arab poet (b. 915)
1193 – Robert de Sablé, French knight
1241 – Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)
1253 – Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
1267 – Beatrice of Provence, countess regnant of Provence (b. 1234)
1386 – Dan I of Wallachia
1390 – John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)
1448 – Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (b. 1373)
1461 – Charles, Prince of Viana, King of Navarre (b. 1421)
1508 – Beatrice of Naples, queen consort of Hungary (b. 1457)
1535 – Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1513)
1571 – John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522)
1573 – Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)

1601–1900

1605 – Pontus de Tyard, French priest and poet (b. 1521)
1675 – Valentin Conrart, French author, founded the Académie française (b. 1603)
1728 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1655)
1738 – Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (b. 1668)
1764 – Robert Dodsley, English poet and playwright (b. 1703)
1773 – Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)
1789 – John Rogers, American lawyer and politician (b. 1723)
1835 – Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
1851 – Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)^[39]
1846 – John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)
1850 – José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)
1870 – Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)
1871 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786)
1873 – Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
1877 – Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811)
1889 – Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)
1896 – Emmanuel Benner, French artist (b. 1836)^[40]
1900 – William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)

1901–present

1913 – Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
1917 – Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
1929 – Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1939 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)
1939 – Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)^[41]
1940 – Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)
1943 – Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
1944 – Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)
1950 – Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
1951 – Siegfried Bettmann, German engineer (b. 1863)^[42]
1958 – Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876)
1967 – Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (b. 1879)
1968 – Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (b. 1887)
1971 – James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (b. 1888)
1973 – Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1974 – Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
1974 – Robbie McIntosh, Scottish drummer (b. 1950)
1978 – Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (b. 1950)
1979 – Catherine Lacey, English actress (b. 1904)
1981 – Chief Dan George, Canadian actor, author, and poet (b. 1899)^[43]
1987 – Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1927)
1988 – Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian-Serbian explorer and author (b. 1912)
1992 – Ivar Ivask, Estonian poet and scholar (b. 1927)
1992 – Glendon Swarthout, American author and academic (b. 1918)
1992 – James Van Fleet, American general (b. 1892)
1994 – Jerry Barber, American golfer (b. 1916)
1994 – Robert Bloch, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
1994 – Madeleine Renaud, French actress (b. 1900)
1997 – Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (b. 1906)
1998 – Ray Bowden, English footballer (b. 1909)
1998 – Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943)
1999 – Ivan Goff, Australian-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
2000 – Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player and manager (b. 1947)
2000 – Carl Rowan, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
2000 – Raoul Berger, American attorney and law professor (b. 1901)
2001 – Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (b. 1928)
2003 – Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and journalist (b. 1937)
2004 – Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
2005 – Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (b. 1933)
2006 – Malcolm Arnold, English trumpet player and composer (b. 1921)
2006 – Etta Baker, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)
2008 – Peter Leonard, Australian journalist (b. 1942)
2008 – Loren Pope, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
2009 – Paul B. Fay, American sailor and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1918)
2010 – Malcolm Douglas, Australian hunter and television host (b. 1941)
2012 – Henry Champ, Canadian journalist and academic (b. 1937)
2012 – Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Minister of Defence for Russia (b. 1948)
2012 – Roberto Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player and coach (b. 1941)
2012 – Corrie Sanders, South African boxer (b. 1966)
2012 – Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (b. 1920)
2013 – Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj, Syrian colonel and politician (b. 1925)
2013 – Gil Dozier, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1934)
2013 – Ruth Patrick, American botanist and immunologist (b. 1907)
2014 – A. W. Davis, American basketball player and coach (b. 1943)
2014 – Irven DeVore, American anthropologist and biologist (b. 1934)
2014 – Don Manoukian, American football player and wrestler (b. 1934)
2014 – Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (b. 1913)
2015 – Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher (b. 1930)
2018 – Charles Kuen Kao, Hong Kong-American-British electrical engineer and physicist (b. 1933)^[44]
2018 – Gary Kurtz, American film producer (b. 1940)^[45]
2018 – Jane Fortune, American author, journalist, and philanthropist (b.1942)^[46]
2020 – Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (b. 1927)^[47]
2021 – John Elliott, Australian businessman (b. 1941)^[48]
2021 – Nino Vaccarella, Italian race car driver (b. 1933)^[49]

Holidays and observances

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