October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 86 days remaining until the end of the year.
105 BC – Battle of Arausio : The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus .69 BC – Battle of Tigranocerta : Forces of the Roman Republic led by Lucullus defeat the army of the Kingdom of Armenia led by King Tigranes the Great .23 – Rebels kill and decapitate the Xin dynasty emperor Wang Mang two days after the capital Chang'an is sacked during a peasant rebellion .404 – Byzantine Empress Eudoxia has her seventh and last pregnancy which ends in a miscarriage. She is left bleeding and dies of an infection shortly after.1539 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his army enter the Apalachee capital of Anhaica (present-day Tallahassee, Florida ) by force.1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar , this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.1600 – Jacopo Peri 's Euridice opera , receives its première performance in Florence , signifying the beginning of the Baroque Period 1683 – German immigrant families found Germantown in the colony of Pennsylvania , marking the first major immigration of German people to America.1723 – Benjamin Franklin arrives in Philadelphia at the age of 17.1762 – Seven Years' War : conclusion of the Battle of Manila between Britain and Spain, which resulted in the British occupation of Manila for the rest of the war.1777 – American Revolutionary War : General Sir Henry Clinton leads British forces in the capture of Continental Army Hudson River defenses in the Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery .1789 – French Revolution : Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October 1849 – The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.1854 – In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead starts shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.1876 – The American Library Association was founded.1884 – The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island .1889 – American inventor Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture .1903 – The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.1908 – Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia-Herzegovina , sparking a crisis .1910 – Eleftherios Venizelos is elected Prime Minister of Greece for the first time (seven times in total).1923 – The great powers of World War I withdraw from Istanbul .1927 – Opening of The Jazz Singer 1939 – World War II : Germany's invasion of Poland ends with the surrender of Polesia army after the Battle of Kock 1942 – World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River .1945 – Baseball : Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series .1973 – Egypt launches a coordinated attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War .1976 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Bridgetown , Barbados , after two bombs, placed on board by terrorists with connections to the CIA , exploded. All 73 people on board are killed.1976 – New Premier Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four and associates and ends the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China.
1976 – Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok , Thailand , to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom , by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.
1977 – In Alicante , Spain, fascists attack a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed.1977 – The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29 , designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
1979 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House .1981 – Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists.1985 – PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.1987 – Fiji becomes a republic .1995 – 51 Pegasi is discovered to be the second major star apart from the Sun to have a planet orbiting around it.2000 – Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns.2000 – Argentine vice president Carlos Álvarez resigns.
2002 – The French oil tanker Limburg Yemen .2007 – Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
1289 – Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)1459 – Martin Behaim , German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)1510 – John Caius , English physician, co-founded the Gonville and Caius College (d. 1573)1510 – Rowland Taylor , English priest and martyr (d. 1555)
1552 – Matteo Ricci , Italian priest and missionary (d. 1610)1573 – Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (d. 1624)1591 – Settimia Caccini , Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1638)1610 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier , French soldier (d. 1690)1716 – George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1771)1732 – John Broadwood , Scottish businessman, co-founded Broadwood and Sons (d. 1812)1738 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)1742 – Johan Herman Wessel , Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (d. 1755)1744 – James McGill , Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (d. 1813)1767 – Henri Christophe , Grenadian-Haitian king (d. 1820)1769 – Isaac Brock , English general and politician (d. 1812)1773 – John MacCulloch , Scottish geologist (d. 1835)1773 – Louis Philippe I , French king (d. 1850)
1801 – Hippolyte Carnot , French politician (d. 1888)1803 – Heinrich Wilhelm Dove , Polish-German physicist and meteorologist (d. 1879)1820 – James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont (d. 1892)1820 – Jenny Lind , Swedish soprano and actress (d. 1887)
1831 – Richard Dedekind , German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1916)1838 – Giuseppe Cesare Abba , Italian soldier, poet, and author (d. 1910)1846 – George Westinghouse , American engineer and businessman, founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company (d. 1914)1862 – Albert J. Beveridge , American historian and politician (d. 1927)1866 – Reginald Fessenden , Canadian inventor, invented radiotelephony (d. 1932)1874 – Frank G. Allen , American merchant and politician, 51st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950)1876 – Ernest Lapointe , Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1941)1882 – Karol Szymanowski , Polish pianist and composer (d. 1937)1886 – Edwin Fischer , Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)1887 – Le Corbusier , Swiss-French architect, designed the Philips Pavilion and Saint-Pierre, Firminy (d. 1965)1888 – Roland Garros , French soldier and pilot (d. 1918)1890 – Jan Grijseels , Dutch sprinter (d. 1961)1891 – Hendrik Adamson , Estonian poet and educator (d. 1946)1892 – Jackie Saunders , American actress and screenwriter (d. 1954)1893 – Meghnad Saha , Indian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1956)1895 – Caroline Gordon , American author and critic (d. 1981)1897 – Florence B. Seibert , American biochemist and academic (d. 1991)1900 – Willy Merkl , German mountaineer (d. 1934)1900 – Stan Nichols , English cricketer (d. 1961)
1901 – Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus , German zoologist (d. 1990)1903 – Ernest Walton , Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)1905 – Helen Wills , American tennis player and painter (d. 1998)1906 – Janet Gaynor , American actress and singer (d. 1984)1906 – Taffy O'Callaghan , Welsh footballer and coach (d. 1946)
1908 – Carole Lombard , American actress and singer (d. 1942)1908 – Sergei Sobolev , Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1989)
1910 – Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn , English politician, First Secretary of State (d. 2002)1912 – Perkins Bass , American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)1913 – Méret Oppenheim , German-Swiss painter and photographer (d. 1985)1914 – Thor Heyerdahl , Norwegian ethnographer and explorer (d. 2002)1914 – Joan Littlewood , English director and playwright (d. 2002)
1915 – Carolyn Goodman , American psychologist and activist (d. 2007)1915 – Humberto Sousa Medeiros , Cardinal Archbishop of Boston between 1970 and 1983 (d. 1983)
1915 – Alice Timander , Swedish dentist and actress (d. 2007)
1916 – Chiang Wei-kuo , Japanese-Chinese general (d. 1997)1917 – Fannie Lou Hamer , American activist (d. 1977)1918 – Goh Keng Swee , Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010)1918 – André Pilette , Belgian race car driver (d. 1993)
1920 – John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington , English lawyer and judge (d. 2005)1921 – Evgenii Landis , Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1997)1921 – Joseph Lowery , American minister and activist
1922 – Joe Frazier , American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)1922 – Teala Loring , American actress (d. 2007)
1923 – Yaşar Kemal , Turkish journalist and author (d. 2015)1925 – Shana Alexander , American journalist and author (d. 2005)1927 – Bill King , American sportscaster (d. 2005)1928 – Barbara Werle , American actress and singer (d. 2013)1929 – George Mattos , American pole vaulter (d. 2012)1930 – Hafez al-Assad , Syrian general and politician, 20th President of Syria (d. 2000)1930 – Richie Benaud , Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2015)
1931 – Nikolai Chernykh , Russian astronomer (d. 2004)1931 – Riccardo Giacconi , Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
1934 – Marshall Rosenberg , American psychologist and author (d. 2015)1935 – Bruno Sammartino , Italian-American wrestler1935 – Charito Solis , Filipino actress (d. 1998)
1936 – Julius L. Chambers , American lawyer, educator, and activist (d. 2013)1938 – Serge Nubret , Caribbean-French bodybuilder and actor (d. 2011)1939 – Melvyn Bragg , English journalist, author, and academic1939 – Jack Cullen , American baseball player
1939 – Richard Delgado , American lawyer and academic
1939 – Sheila Greibach , American computer scientist
1939 – John J. LaFalce , American captain, lawyer, and politician
1940 – Jan Keizer , Dutch footballer and referee1940 – Ellen Travolta , American actress
1941 – Paul Popham , American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1987)1942 – Dan Christensen , American painter (d. 2007)1942 – Britt Ekland , Swedish actress and singer
1942 – Fred Travalena , American comedian and actor (d. 2009)
1943 – Richard Caborn , English politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics 1943 – Michael Durrell , American actor
1943 – Alexander Maxovich Shilov , Russian painter
1943 – Cees Veerman , Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Cats ) (d. 2014)
1944 – Merzak Allouache , Algerian director and screenwriter1944 – Patrick Cordingley , English general
1944 – Boris Mikhailov , Russian ice hockey player and coach
1944 – Carlos Pace , Brazilian race car driver (d. 1977)
1945 – Ivan Graziani , Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)1946 – Millie , Jamaican singer-songwriter1946 – Lloyd Doggett , American lawyer and politician
1946 – Tony Greig , South African–English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2012)
1946 – Vinod Khanna , Indian actor and producer
1946 – Eddie Villanueva , Filipino evangelist and politician, founded the ZOE Broadcasting Network
1947 – Patxi Andión , Spanish singer-songwriter and actor1948 – Gerry Adams , Irish politician1948 – Glenn Branca , American guitarist and composer (Theoretical Girls )
1949 – Penny Junor , English journalist and author1949 – Leslie Moonves , American businessman
1949 – Nicolas Peyrac , French singer-songwriter and photographer
1950 – David Brin , American physicist and author1951 – Kevin Cronin , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (REO Speedwagon )1951 – Clive Rees , Singaporean-Welsh rugby player
1951 – Manfred Winkelhock , German race car driver (d. 1985)
1952 – Ayten Mutlu , Turkish poet and author1952 – Jürgen Schulz , German footballer
1953 – Klaas Bruinsma , Dutch drug lord (d. 1991)1953 – Rein Rannap , Estonian pianist and composer
1953 – Raul Rebane , Estonian journalist
1954 – Bill Buford , American author and journalist1954 – David Hidalgo , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Los Lobos , Latin Playboys , and Los Super Seven )
1954 – Darrell M. West , American political scientist, author, and academic
1955 – Tony Dungy , American football player and coach1956 – Sadiq al-Ahmar , Yemeni politician1956 – Kathleen Webb , American author and illustrator
1957 – Bruce Grobbelaar , Zimbabwean footballer and coach1959 – Turki bin Sultan , Saudi Arabian politician (d. 2012)1959 – Oil Can Boyd , American baseball player
1959 – Brian Higgins , American politician
1959 – Walter Ray Williams, Jr. , American bowler
1961 – Miyuki Matsuda , Japanese actress1961 – Paul Sansome , English footballer
1961 – Ben Summerskill , English businessman and journalist
1962 – David Baker , American biochemist and computational biologist1962 – Rich Yett , American baseball player
1963 – Sven Andersson , Swedish footballer and coach1963 – Jsu Garcia , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Elisabeth Shue , American actress
1964 – Ricky Berry , American basketball player (d. 1989)1964 – Mark Field , German-English lawyer and politician
1964 – Tom Jager , American swimmer and coach
1964 – Miltos Manetas , Greek painter
1964 – Knut Storberget , Norwegian lawyer and politician, Norwegian Minister of Justice
1964 – Matthew Sweet , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Community Trolls , Oh-OK , and The Thorns )
1965 – Peg O'Connor , American philosopher and academic1965 – Steve Scalise , American politician
1965 – Rubén Sierra , Puerto Rican baseball player
1966 – Jacqueline Obradors , American actress1966 – Niall Quinn , Irish footballer and manager
1967 – Kennet Andersson , Swedish footballer1967 – Svend Karlsen , Norwegian strongman and bodybuilder
1968 – Bjarne Goldbæk , Danish footballer and sportscaster1969 – Troy Shaw , English snooker player1970 – Amy Jo Johnson , American actress, singer, and gymnast1970 – Maria Kannegaard , Danish-Norwegian pianist
1970 – Shauna MacDonald , Canadian actress
1970 – Darren Oliver , American baseball player
1971 – Phil Bennett , English race car driver1971 – Lola Dueñas , Spanish actress
1971 – Takis Gonias , Greek footballer and manager
1971 – Alan Stubbs , English footballer, coach, and manager
1972 – Daniel Cavanagh , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Anathema )1972 – Anders Iwers , Swedish bass player (Tiamat , Cemetary , and Ceremonial Oath )
1972 – Mark Schwarzer , Australian footballer
1972 – Ryu Si-won , South Korean actor and singer
1972 – Ko So-young , South Korean actress
1973 – Jeff B. Davis , American comedian, actor, and singer1973 – Ioan Gruffudd , Welsh actor
1973 – Sylvain Legwinski , French footballer and manager
1973 – Rebecca Lobo , American basketball player and sportscaster
1974 – Walter Centeno , Costa Rican footballer1974 – Alexis Georgoulis , Greek actor and producer
1974 – Kenny Jönsson , Swedish ice hockey player and coach
1974 – Jeremy Sisto , American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1975 – Reon King , Guyanese cricketer1976 – Barbie Hsu , Taiwanese actress and singer1976 – Freddy García , Venezuelan baseball player
1976 – Magdalena Kučerová , Czech-German tennis player
1976 – Stefan Postma , Dutch footballer and coach
1977 – Daniel Brière , Canadian ice hockey player1977 – Melinda Doolittle , American singer-songwriter
1977 – Shimon Gershon , Israeli footballer
1977 – Jamie Laurie , American singer-songwriter (Flobots )
1977 – Vladimir Manchev , Bulgarian footballer
1977 – Wes Ramsey , American actor
1978 – Carolina Gynning , Swedish model, actress, and singer1978 – Ricky Hatton , English boxer and promoter
1978 – Pamela David , Argentinian model and actress
1979 – David Di Tommaso , French footballer (d. 2005)1979 – Richard Seymour , American football player
1979 – Lex Shrapnel , English actor
1979 – Pascal van Assendelft , Dutch sprinter
1980 – Arnaud Coyot , French cyclist (d. 2013)1980 – Abdoulaye Méïté , French footballer
1981 – Zurab Khizanishvili , Georgian footballer1981 – José Luis Perlaza , Ecuadorian footballer
1982 – Michael Arden , American actor and singer1982 – Levon Aronian , Armenian chess player
1982 – William Butler , American keyboard player and composer (Arcade Fire )
1982 – Meiyang Chаng , Indian actor and singer
1982 – Fábio Júnior dos Santos , Brazilian footballer
1982 – MC Lars , American rapper
1982 – Hideki Mutoh , Japanese race car driver
1982 – Paul Smith , English boxer
1982 – Bronagh Waugh , Northern Irish actress
1983 – Renata Voráčová , Czech tennis player1984 – Morné Morkel , South African cricketer1984 – Joanna Pacitti , American singer-songwriter and actress
1985 – Mitchell Cole , English footballer (d. 2012)1985 – Sylvia Fowles , American basketball player
1985 – Tarmo Kink , Estonian footballer
1986 – Tereza Kerndlová , Czech singer1986 – Meg Myers , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1986 – Mohammad Shukri , Malaysian cricketer
1986 – Olivia Thirlby , American actress
1987 – Joe Lewis , English footballer1988 – Maki Horikita , Japanese actress1989 – Pizzi , Portuguese footballer1989 – Tyler Ennis , Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Albert Ebossé Bodjongo , Cameroonian footballer (d. 2014)
1991 – Roshon Fegan , American actor, rapper, and dancer1992 – Taylor Paris , Canadian rugby player1993 – Adam Gemili , English sprinter1993 – Joe Rafferty , English-born Irish footballer
1998 – Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink , German actress and singer
404 – Aelia Eudoxia , Roman wife of Arcadius 836 – Saint Nicetas the Patrician , Byzantine general and monk (b. 762)869 – Ermentrude of Orléans (b. 823)877 – Charles the Bald , Roman emperor (b. 823)1014 – Samuel of Bulgaria (b. 958)1101 – Bruno of Cologne , German-Italian monk and saint, founded Carthusian Order (b. 1030)1173 – Engelbert III, Margrave of Istria 1413 – Dawit I of Ethiopia (b. 1382)1641 – Matthijs Quast , Dutch explorer1644 – Elisabeth of France (b. 1602)1660 – Paul Scarron , French poet and author (b. 1610)1661 – Guru Har Rai , Indian 7th Sikh guru (b. 1630)1688 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle , English soldier and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1652)1739 – Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné , French wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles (b. 1684)1762 – Francesco Manfredini , Italian violinist and composer (b. 1684)1819 – Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (b. 1751)1829 – Pierre Derbigny , French-American politician, 6th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)1836 – Johannes Jelgerhuis , Dutch painter and actor (b. 1770)1873 – Paweł Strzelecki , Polish-English geologist and explorer (b. 1797)1883 – Dục Đức , Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)1891 – Charles Stewart Parnell , Irish politician (b. 1846)1892 – Alfred, Lord Tennyson , English poet (b. 1809)1912 – Auguste Marie François Beernaert , Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)1942 – Siegmund Glücksmann , German-Jewish politician (b. 1884)1945 – Leonardo Conti , German SS officer (b. 1900)1947 – Leevi Madetoja , Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)1951 – Will Keith Kellogg , American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)1951 – Otto Fritz Meyerhof , German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
1953 – William Burns , Canadian lacrosse player (b. 1875)1959 – Bernard Berenson , American historian and author (b. 1865)1962 – Tod Browning , American actor, director, screenwriter (b. 1880)1968 – Phyllis Nicolson , English mathematician and physicist (b. 1917)1973 – Sidney Blackmer , American actor and singer (b. 1895)1973 – François Cevert , French race car driver (b. 1944)
1973 – Dick Laan , Dutch actor, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
1973 – Dennis Price , English actor (b. 1915)
1973 – Margaret Wilson , American author (b. 1882)
1974 – Helmuth Koinigg , Austrian race car driver (b. 1948)1976 – Gilbert Ryle , English philosopher and author (b. 1900)1977 – Danny Greene , American mobster (b. 1933)1979 – Elizabeth Bishop , American poet and author (b. 1911)1980 – Hattie Jacques , English actress (b. 1922)1980 – Jean Robic , French cyclist (b. 1921)
1981 – Anwar Sadat , Egyptian politician, 3rd President of Egypt , Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)1983 – Terence Cooke , American cardinal (b. 1921)1985 – Nelson Riddle , American composer, conductor, and bandleader (b. 1921)1986 – Alexander Kronrod , Russian mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1921)1989 – Bette Davis , American actress and singer (b. 1908)1991 – Igor Talkov , Russian singer-songwriter (b. 1956)1992 – Denholm Elliott , English-Spanish actor (b. 1922)1992 – Bill O'Reilly , Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1902)
1993 – Larry Walters , American truck driver and pilot (b. 1949)1995 – Benoît Chamoux , French mountaineer (b. 1961)1997 – Johnny Vander Meer , American baseball player and manager (b. 1914)1998 – Mark Belanger , American baseball player (b. 1944)1999 – Amália Rodrigues , Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)1999 – Gorilla Monsoon , American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1937)
2000 – Richard Farnsworth , American actor and stuntman (b. 1920)2001 – Arne Harris , American director and producer (b. 1934)2002 – Prince Claus of the Netherlands (b. 1926)2004 – Marvin Santiago . Puerto Rican singer and actor (b. 1947)2006 – Bertha Brouwer , Dutch sprinter (b. 1930)2006 – Eduardo Mignogna , Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2006 – Buck O'Neil , American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
2006 – Wilson Tucker , American author and critic (b. 1914)
2007 – Babasaheb Bhosale , Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 1921)2007 – Bud Ekins , American actor and stuntman (b. 1930)
2007 – Viet Nguyen , Vietnamese conjoined twin (b. 1981)
2007 – Laxmi Mall Singhvi , Indian scholar, jurist, and politician (b. 1931)
2008 – Peter Cox , Australian politician (b. 1925)2008 – Kim Ji-hoo , South Korean actor and model (b. 1985)
2009 – Douglas Campbell , Scottish-Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1922)2010 – Rhys Isaac , South-African-Australian historian and author (b. 1937)2010 – Antonie Kamerling , Dutch actor and singer (b. 1966)
2010 – Colette Renard , French actress and singer (b. 1924)
2010 – Piet Wijn , Dutch cartoonist (b. 1929)
2011 – Ahmed Jaber al-Qattan , Bahraini protester (b. 1994)2011 – Diane Cilento , Australian actress (b. 1933)
2012 – Chadli Bendjedid , Algerian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Algeria (b. 1929)2012 – Anthony John Cooke , English organist and composer (b. 1931)
2012 – Nick Curran , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Fabulous Thunderbirds ) (b. 1977)
2012 – Albert, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1943)
2012 – Joseph Meyer , American lawyer and politician, 19th Secretary of State of Wyoming (b. 1941)
2012 – B. Satya Narayan Reddy , Indian politician, 19th Governor of West Bengal (b. 1927)
2012 – J.J.C. Smart , English-Australian philosopher and academic (b. 1920)
2013 – Ulysses Curtis , American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1926)2013 – Rift Fournier , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1936)
2013 – Paul Rogers , English actor (b. 1917)
2013 – Mary Scales , American academic and politician (b. 1928)
2013 – Andy Stewart , Scottish-English politician (b. 1937)
2013 – Nico van Kampen , Dutch physicist and educator (b. 1921)
2014 – Vic Braden , American tennis player and coach (b. 1929)2014 – Igor Mitoraj , German-Polish sculptor (b. 1944)
2014 – Diane Nyland , Canadian actress, director and choreographer (b. 1944)
2014 – Marian Seldes , American actress and singer (b. 1928)
2014 – Serhiy Zakarlyuka , Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1976)
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