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August 23
Day of the year
For places named 23 August, see 23 August (disambiguation).
August 23 is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 130 days remain until the end of the year.
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Pre-1600
- 30 BC – After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, the eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.[citation needed]
- 79 – Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.[1]
- 476 – Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic - Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops.
- 1244 – Siege of Jerusalem: The city's citadel, the Tower of David, surrenders to the Khwarazmiyya.
- 1268 – The Battle of Tagliacozzo marks the fall of the Hohenstaufen family from the Imperial and Sicilian thrones, and leading to the new chapter of Angevin domination in Southern Italy.
- 1328 – Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers.
- 1382 – Siege of Moscow: The Golden Horde led by Tokhtamysh lays siege to the capital of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.
- 1514 – The Battle of Chaldiran ends with a decisive victory for the Sultan Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the Shah Ismail I, founder of the Safavid dynasty.[2]
- 1521 – Christian II of Denmark is deposed as king of Sweden and Gustav Vasa is elected regent.
- 1541 – French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.
- 1572 – French Wars of Religion: Mob violence against thousands of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre.
- 1595 – Long Turkish War: Wallachian prince Michael the Brave confronts the Ottoman army in the Battle of Călugăreni and achieves a tactical victory.[citation needed]
- 1600 – Battle of Gifu Castle: The eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the western Japanese clans loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading to the destruction of Gifu Castle and serving as a prelude to the Battle of Sekigahara.
1601–1900
- 1628 – George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham, is assassinated by John Felton.
- 1655 – Battle of Sobota: The Swedish Empire led by Charles X Gustav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
- 1703 – Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: King George III delivers his Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St James's stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
- 1782 – British forces under Edward Despard complete the reconquest of the Black River settlements on the Mosquito Coast from the Spanish.[3]
- 1784 – Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
- 1799 – Napoleon I of France leaves Egypt for France en route to seizing power.
- 1813 – At the Battle of Großbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army.
- 1831 – Nat Turner's rebellion of enslaved Virginians is suppressed.[4]
- 1839 – The United Kingdom captures Hong Kong as a base as it prepares for the First Opium War with Qing China.
- 1864 – American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
- 1866 – The Austro-Prussian War ends with the Treaty of Prague.
- 1873 – The Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London opens.
- 1898 – The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
1901–present
- 1904 – The automobile tire chain is patented.
- 1914 – World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
- 1914 – World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
- 1921 – British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary; of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
- 1923 – Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter perform the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
- 1927 – Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
- 1929 – Hebron Massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine occur, continuing until the next day, resulting in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
- 1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret protocol to the pact, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania are divided into German and Soviet "spheres of influence".[5]
- 1942 – World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
- 1943 – World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Red Army for the second time after the Battle of Kursk.[6]
- 1944 – World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allied forces.
- 1944 – World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is later arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.
- 1944 – Freckleton air disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
- 1945 – World War II: Soviet–Japanese War: The USSR State Defense Committee issues Decree no. 9898cc "About Receiving, Accommodation, and Labor Utilization of the Japanese Army Prisoners of War".
- 1946 – Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
- 1948 – The World Council of Churches is formed by 147 churches from 44 countries.
- 1954 – The first flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft takes place.
- 1954 – The Cruise of the Kings, a royal cruise organised by the Queen Consort of Greece, Frederica of Hanover, departs from Marseille, France.[7]
- 1958 – Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
- 1966 – Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
- 1970 – Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
- 1973 – A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term "Stockholm syndrome".
- 1975 – The start of the Wave Hill walk-off by Gurindji people in Australia, lasting eight years, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 Paul Kelly song and an annual celebration.[8]
- 1975 – The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Detroit, Michigan
- 1985 – Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.
- 1989 – Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands.
- 1990 – Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
- 1990 – Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1990 – West and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3.
- 1991 – The World Wide Web is opened to the public.
- 1994 – Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
- 2000 – Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
- 2006 – Natascha Kampusch, who had been abducted at the age of ten, escapes from her captor Wolfgang Přiklopil, after eight years of captivity.
- 2007 – The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
- 2010 – The Manila hostage crisis occurred near the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines killing 9 people including the perpetrator while injuring 9 others.[9]
- 2011 – A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in Washington, D.C. and the resulted damage is estimated at 200 million–300 million USD.
- 2011 – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the Libyan Civil War.
- 2012 – A hot-air balloon crashes near the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, killing six people and injuring 28 others.
- 2013 – A riot at the Palmasola prison complex in Santa Cruz, Bolivia kills 31 people.
- 2023 – Chandrayaan-3 mission initiated first Moon landing in Indian history.[10]
- 2023 – A business jet carrying key leadership members of the Russian private military company Wagner Group crashes, killing all ten people on-board.[11]
Pre-1600
- 1482 – Jo Gwang-jo, Korean philosopher (d. 1520)
- 1486 – Sigismund von Herberstein, Slovenian historian and diplomat (d. 1566)
- 1498 – Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal (d. 1500)
- 1524 – François Hotman, French lawyer and jurist (d. 1590)
- 1579 – Thomas Dempster, Scottish scholar and historian (d. 1625)
1601–1900
- 1623 – Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, theologian, and historian (d. 1675)
- 1724 – Abraham Yates Jr., American lawyer and civil servant (d. 1796)
- 1741 – Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer (d. 1788)
- 1754 – Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)[12]
- 1768 – Astley Cooper, British surgeon and anatomist (d. 1841)[13]
- 1769 – Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic (d. 1832)
- 1783 – William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge (d. 1852)
- 1785 – Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (d. 1819)
- 1800 – Evangelos Zappas, Greek patriot, philanthropist, and businessman (d. 1865)[14]
- 1805 – Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician (d. 1893)
- 1814 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (d. 1877)
- 1829 – Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian (d. 1920)
- 1843 – William Southam, Canadian publisher (d. 1932)
- 1846 – Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor (d. 1923)
- 1847 – Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927)
- 1849 – William Ernest Henley, English poet and critic (d. 1903)
- 1850 – John Cockburn, Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia (d. 1929)
- 1852 – Radha Gobinda Kar, Indian physician and philanthropist (d. 1918)
- 1852 – Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician, 15th President of Colombia (d. 1913)
- 1852 – Arnold Toynbee, English economist and historian (d. 1883)[15]
- 1854 – Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1925)
- 1864 – Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek lawyer, jurist, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1936)
- 1867 – Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and academic (d. 1948)
- 1868 – Edgar Lee Masters, American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright (d. 1950)
- 1872 – Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Andhra (d. 1957)
- 1875 – William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (d. 1966)
- 1875 – Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1946)
- 1877 – István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and academic (d. 1959)
- 1880 – Alexander Grin, Russian sailor and author (d. 1932)
- 1882 – Volin, Russia anarchist intellectual (d. 1945)[16]
- 1883 – Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1953)
- 1884 – Will Cuppy, American author and critic (d. 1949)
- 1884 – Ogden L. Mills, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1937)
- 1890 – Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (d. 1971)
- 1891 – Roy Agnew, Australian pianist and composer (d. 1944)
- 1891 – Minna Craucher, Finnish socialite and spy (d. 1932)[17][18]
- 1894 – John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier (d. 1959)
- 1897 – Henry F. Pringle, American historian and journalist (d. 1958)
- 1900 – Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist (d. 2001)
- 1900 – Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator (d. 1991)
- 1900 – Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist (d. 1978)
1901–present
- 1901 – Guy Bush, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
- 1901 – John Sherman Cooper, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany (d. 1991)
- 1904 – William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (d. 1982)
- 1905 – Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (d. 1982)
- 1905 – Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (d. 1951)
- 1906 – Zoltan Sarosy, Hungarian-Canadian chess master (d. 2017)
- 1908 – Hannah Frank, Scottish sculptor and illustrator (d. 2008)
- 1909 – Syd Buller, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1970)
- 1910 – Lonny Frey, American baseball player and soldier (d. 2009)
- 1910 – Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (d. 1979)
- 1911 – Betty Robinson, American sprinter (d. 1999)[19]
- 1911 – J.V. Cunningham, American poet, literary critic, and translator (d. 1985)[20]
- 1912 – Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1996)[21]
- 1912 – Igor Troubetzkoy, Russian aristocrat and race car driver (d. 2008)
- 1913 – Bob Crosby, American swing singer and bandleader (d. 1993)
- 1917 – Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
- 1919 – Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist (d. 1984)
- 1921 – Kenneth Arrow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
- 1921 – Sam Cook, English cricketer and umpire (d. 1996)
- 1922 – Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet and academic (d. 2007)
- 1922 – Jean Darling, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
- 1922 – George Kell, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)[22]
- 1924 – Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (d. 2005)
- 1924 – Robert Solow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2023)
- 1925 – Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (d. 2008)
- 1926 – Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2006)
- 1926 – Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
- 1927 – Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator (d. 2017)
- 1927 – Allan Kaprow, American painter and author (d. 2006)
- 1927 – Martial Solal, Algerian-French pianist and composer
- 1928 – Marian Seldes, American actress (d. 2014)
- 1929 – Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (d. 2009)
- 1929 – Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (d. 1997)
- 1929 – Vera Miles, American actress[22]
- 1929 – Peter Thomson, Australian golfer (d. 2018)
- 1930 – Michel Rocard, French civil servant and politician, 160th Prime Minister of France (d. 2016)
- 1931 – Barbara Eden, American actress and singer[23]
- 1931 – Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1932 – Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (d. 1978)
- 1932 – Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean soldier and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (d. 2013)
- 1932 – Mark Russell, American comedian and pianist[23]
- 1933 – Robert Curl, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2022)[24]
- 1933 – Don Talbot, Australian swim coach and administrator (d. 2020)
- 1933 – Pete Wilson, American commander and politician, 36th Governor of California
- 1934 – Sonny Jurgensen, American football player and sportscaster[22]
- 1935 – Roy Strong, English historian, curator, and author
- 1936 – Rudy Lewis, American R&B singer (d. 1964)
- 1936 – Henry Lee Lucas, American murderer (d. 2001)
- 1936 – Chuck Brown, American musician, "The Godfather of Go-Go" (d. 2012)[25]
- 1938 – Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (d. 2014)
- 1938 – Roger Greenaway, English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1940 – Galen Rowell, American mountaineer and photographer (d. 2002)
- 1940 – Richard Sanders, American actor and screenwriter[23]
- 1941 – Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve, British philosopher, academic, and politician
- 1942 – Nancy Richey, American tennis player
- 1943 – Dale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours, English businessman and politician
- 1943 – Nelson DeMille, American lieutenant and author
- 1943 – Peter Lilley, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
- 1943 – Pino Presti, Italian bass player, composer, conductor, and producer
- 1943 – Rodney Alcala, American serial killer, rapist, and kidnapper (d. 2021)[26][27]
- 1944 – Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th Surgeon General of the United States
- 1945 – Rayfield Wright, American football player and coach
- 1946 – Keith Moon, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1978)[22]
- 1947 – David Robb, Scottish actor[23]
- 1947 – Willy Russell, English playwright and composer
- 1947 – Linda Thompson, English folk-rock singer-songwriter[23]
- 1948 – Atef Bseiso, Palestinian intelligence officer (d. 1992)
- 1948 – Andrei Pleșu, Romanian journalist and politician, 95th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1948 – Rudy Ruettiger, American football player
- 1948 – Lev Zeleny, Russian physicist and academic
- 1949 – Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician
- 1949 – Shelley Long, American actress[23]
- 1949 – Rick Springfield, Australian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor[23]
- 1950 – Luigi Delneri, Italian footballer and manager
- 1951 – Mark Hudson, American record producer and musician[23]
- 1951 – Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2014)
- 1951 – Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (d. 2004)
- 1951 – Queen Noor of Jordan[28]
- 1952 – Santillana, Spanish footballer
- 1952 – Georgios Paraschos, Greek footballer and manager
- 1953 – Bobby G, English singer-songwriter
- 1954 – Charles Busch, American actor and screenwriter
- 1954 – Halimah Yacob, Singaporean unionist and politician, 9th Speaker and 8th President of Singapore
- 1955 – David Learner, British actor
- 1956 – Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (d. 1991)
- 1956 – Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian educator and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture
- 1956 – Skipp Sudduth, American actor[23]
- 1957 – Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician
- 1958 – Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player and manager
- 1959 – Edwyn Collins, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1959 – George Kalovelonis, Greek tennis player and coach
- 1960 – Gary Hoey, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1961 – Dean DeLeo, American guitarist and songwriter[23]
- 1961 – Alexandre Desplat, French composer and conductor
- 1961 – Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iranian commander and politician, 54th Mayor of Tehran
- 1961 – Gary Mabbutt, English footballer
- 1961 – Hitomi Takahashi, Japanese actress
- 1962 – Martin Cauchon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 46th Canadian Minister of Justice
- 1962 – Shaun Ryder, English singer-songwriter and actor
- 1963 – Park Chan-wook, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1963 – Glória Pires, Brazilian actress
- 1963 – Richard Illingworth, English cricketer and umpire
- 1963 – Kenny Wallace, American race car driver
- 1964 – Ray Ferraro, Canadian ice hockey player and broadcaster[29]
- 1964 – Kong Hee, Singaporean minister and criminal
- 1965 – Roger Avary, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1966 – Rik Smits, Dutch-American basketball player
- 1967 – Jim Murphy, Scottish lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe
- 1967 – Richard Petrie, New Zealand cricketer
- 1968 – Laura Claycomb, American soprano
- 1968 – Chris DiMarco, American golfer
- 1968 – Cortez Kennedy, American football player (d. 2017)[30]
- 1969 – Tinus Linee, South African rugby player and coach (d. 2014)
- 1969 – Jack Lopresti, English soldier and politician
- 1969 – Jeremy Schaap, American journalist and author
- 1969 – Keith Tyson, English painter and illustrator
- 1970 – Lawrence Frank, American basketball player and coach
- 1970 – Jason Hetherington, Australian rugby league player
- 1970 – Jay Mohr, American actor, producer, and screenwriter[23]
- 1970 – River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993)[22]
- 1971 – Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer and manager
- 1971 – Tim Gutberlet, German footballer
- 1971 – Gretchen Whitmer, 49th Governor of Michigan
- 1972 – Mark Butcher, English cricketer and singer
- 1972 – Raul Casanova, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
- 1972 – Anthony Calvillo, Canadian football player
- 1972 – Martin Grainger, English footballer and manager
- 1972 – Manuel Vidrio, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager
- 1973 – Casey Blake, American baseball player
- 1973 – Kerry Walmsley, New Zealand cricketer
- 1974 – Lexi Alexander, American film and television director
- 1974 – Mark Bellhorn, American baseball player
- 1974 – Benjamin Limo, Kenyan runner
- 1974 – Konstantin Novoselov, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1974 – Ray Park, Scottish actor and stuntman[23]
- 1975 – Eliza Carthy, English folk musician
- 1975 – Sean Marks, New Zealand basketball player and manager
- 1975 – Jarkko Ruutu, Finnish ice hockey player[31]
- 1976 – Scott Caan, American actor[23]
- 1976 – Pat Garrity, American basketball player and executive
- 1976 – Melanie Gabriel, English singer[32]
- 1977 – Douglas Sequeira, Costa Rican footballer and manager
- 1977 – Jared Fogle, American spokesman and criminal
- 1978 – Kobe Bryant, American basketball player and businessman (d. 2020)[22]
- 1978 – Julian Casablancas, American singer-songwriter and producer[23]
- 1978 – Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (d. 2014)
- 1978 – Andrew Rannells, American actor and singer[22]
- 1979 – Jessica Bibby, Australian basketball player
- 1979 – Saskia Clark, English sailor
- 1979 – Edgar Sosa, Mexican boxer
- 1979 – Zuzana Váleková, Slovak tennis player
- 1980 – Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player
- 1980 – Nadine Jolie Courtney, American journalist, reality personality and author
- 1980 – Joanne Froggatt, English actress[23]
- 1980 – Rex Grossman, American football player
- 1980 – Nenad Vučković, Serbian handball player
- 1981 – Carlos Cuéllar, Spanish footballer
- 1981 – Jaime Lee Kirchner, American actress[23]
- 1981 – Stephan Loboué, Ivorian footballer
- 1982 – Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer[22]
- 1982 – Scott Palguta, American soccer player
- 1982 – Cristian Tudor, Romanian footballer (d. 2012)
- 1983 – James Collins, Welsh footballer
- 1983 – Athena Farrokhzad, Iranian-Swedish poet, playwright, and critic
- 1983 – Sun Mingming, Chinese basketball player
- 1983 – Tony Moll, American football player
- 1983 – Fiona Onasanya, British politician and criminal[33]
- 1983 – Bruno Spengler, Canadian race car driver
- 1984 – Glen Johnson, English footballer
- 1984 – Eric Tai, New Zealand rugby player and actor
- 1985 – Valeria Lukyanova, Moldovan-Ukrainian model and singer
- 1986 – Sky Blu, American rapper and DJ[23]
- 1986 – Neil Cicierega, American comedian and musician
- 1986 – Ayron Jones, American musician[34]
- 1986 – Brett Morris, Australian rugby league player
- 1986 – Josh Morris, Australian rugby league player
- 1987 – Darren Collison, American basketball player[35]
- 1988 – Olga Govortsova, Belarusian tennis player
- 1988 – Carl Hagelin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1988 – Jeremy Lin, American basketball player
- 1988 – Kim Matula, American actress[23]
- 1988 – Miles Mikolas, American baseball player[36]
- 1989 – Lianne La Havas, British singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
- 1989 – Trixie Mattel, American drag queen, actor, and country singer[37]
- 1989 – Heiko Schwarz, German footballer
- 1989 – TeddyLoid, Japanese musician[38]
- 1990 – Seth Curry, American basketball player
- 1990 – Mike Yastrzemski, American baseball player[39]
- 1992 – Nicola Docherty, Scottish footballer[40]
- 1993 – Taylor Decker, American football player[41]
- 1993 – Tyler Glasnow, American baseball player[42]
- 1993 – Iván López, Spanish professional footballer
- 1994 – August Ames, Canadian pornographic actress (d. 2017)
- 1994 – Jusuf Nurkić, Bosnian basketball player[43]
- 1995 – Gabriela Lee, Romanian tennis player[44][45]
- 1995 – Cameron Norrie, British tennis player[46]
- 1997 – Lil Yachty, American rapper and singer[47]
- 1998 – P. J. Washington, American basketball player[48]
Pre-1600
- 30 BC – Caesarion, Egyptian king (b. 47 BC)
- 30 BC – Marcus Antonius Antyllus, Roman soldier (b. 47 BC)
- 93 – Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general and politician (b. AD 40)
- 406 – Radagaisus, Gothic king
- 634 – Abu Bakr, Arabian caliph (b. 573)
- 992 – Volkold, bishop of Meissen[49]
- 1106 – Magnus, Duke of Saxony (b. 1045)
- 1176 – Emperor Rokujō of Japan (b. 1164)
- 1305 – William Wallace, Scottish knight and rebel leader (b. c.1270)[50]
- 1328 – Nicolaas Zannekin, Flemish peasant leader (in the battle of Cassel)
- 1329 – Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)
- 1335 – Heilwige Bloemardinne, Christian mystic (b. c. 1265)
- 1348 – John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1363 – Chen Youliang, founder of the Dahan regime (b. 1320)
- 1367 – Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz, Spanish cardinal (b. 1310)
- 1478 – Johannes Pullois, Franco-Flemish composer (b. c. 1420?)
- 1481 – Thomas de Littleton, English judge and legal author (b. c. 1407)
- 1498 – Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, eldest daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (b. 1470)
- 1507 – Jean Molinet, French poet and composer (b. 1435)
- 1519 – Philibert Berthelier, Swiss soldier (b. 1465)
- 1540 – Guillaume Budé, French philosopher and scholar (b. 1467)
- 1568 – Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (b. 1495)
- 1574 – Ebussuud Efendi, Turkish lawyer and jurist (b. 1490)
- 1591 – Luis de León, Spanish poet and academic (b. 1527)
1601–1900
- 1618 – Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1585)
- 1628 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1592)
- 1652 – John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English soldier and politician (b. 1600)
- 1706 – Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
- 1723 – Increase Mather, American minister and author (b. 1639)
- 1806 – Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
- 1813 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
- 1819 – Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)
- 1831 – Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)
- 1831 – August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
- 1853 – Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
- 1867 – Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
- 1880 – William Thompson, British boxer (b. 1811)
- 1892 – Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
- 1900 – Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
1901–present
- 1924 – Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)
- 1926 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
- 1927 – Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)
- 1927 – Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1888)
- 1933 – Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
- 1937 – Albert Roussel, French composer (b. 1869)[51]
- 1944 – Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)
- 1944 – Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter and illustrator (b. 1879)
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