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Day of the year
February 21
is the 52nd day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar
; 313 days remain until the end of the year (314 in
leap years
).
Events
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Pre-1600
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1601?1900
[
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- 1613
–
Mikhail I
is unanimously elected
Tsar
by a
national assembly
, beginning the
Romanov dynasty
of
Imperial Russia
.
- 1797
– A force of 1,400 French soldiers
invaded Britain
at
Fishguard
in support of the
Society of United Irishmen
. They were defeated by 500 British reservists.
- 1804
– The first self-propelling
steam locomotive
makes its outing at the
Pen-y-Darren Ironworks
in Wales.
- 1808
– Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at
Abborfors
in eastern Finland, thus beginning the
Finnish War
, in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country (i.e. Finland) to Russia.
- 1828
– Initial issue of the
Cherokee Phoenix
is the first periodical to use the
Cherokee syllabary
invented by
Sequoyah
.
- 1842
– John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the
sewing machine
.
- 1848
–
Karl Marx
and
Friedrich Engels
publish
The Communist Manifesto
.
- 1861
–
Mariehamn
, the capital city of
Aland
, is founded.
[2]
- 1862
–
American Civil War
:
Battle of Valverde
is fought near
Fort Craig
in
New Mexico Territory
.
- 1874
– The
Oakland Daily Tribune
publishes its first edition.
- 1878
– The first
telephone directory
is issued in
New Haven, Connecticut
.
- 1885
– The newly completed
Washington Monument
is dedicated.
- 1896
– An Englishman raised in Australia,
Bob Fitzsimmons
, fought an Irishman,
Peter Maher
, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the
1896 World Heavyweight Championship
in
boxing
.
1901?present
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- 1913
–
Ioannina
is incorporated into the
Greek state
after the
Balkan Wars
.
- 1916
–
World War I
: In France, the
Battle of Verdun
begins.
- 1918
– The last
Carolina parakeet
dies in captivity at the
Cincinnati Zoo
.
- 1919
– German socialist
Kurt Eisner
is
assassinated
. His death results in the establishment of the
Bavarian Soviet Republic
and parliament and government fleeing
Munich
, Germany.
- 1921
–
Constituent Assembly
of the
Democratic Republic of Georgia
adopts the country's first constitution.
- 1921 –
Rez? Sh?h
takes control of Tehran during a
successful coup
.
- 1925
–
The New Yorker
publishes its first issue.
- 1929
– In the first battle of the
Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong
against the
Nationalist government
of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.
- 1937
– The
League of Nations
bans foreign national "
volunteers
" in the
Spanish Civil War
.
- 1945
–
World War II
: During the
Battle of Iwo Jima
, Japanese
kamikaze
planes sink the escort carrier
USS
Bismarck Sea
and damage the
USS
Saratoga
.
- 1945 – World War II: the
Brazilian Expeditionary Force
defeat the German forces in the
Battle of Monte Castello
on the
Italian front
.
- 1947
– In New York City,
Edwin Land
demonstrates the first "
instant camera
", the
Polaroid Land Camera
, to a meeting of the
Optical Society of America
.
- 1948
–
NASCAR
is incorporated.
- 1952
– The British government, under
Winston Churchill
, abolishes
identity cards
in the UK to "set the people free".
- 1952 – The
Bengali Language Movement
protests occur at the
University of Dhaka
in
East Pakistan
(now
Bangladesh
).
- 1958
– The CND symbol, aka
peace symbol
, commissioned by the
Direct Action Committee
in protest against the
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
, is designed and completed by
Gerald Holtom
.
- 1971
– The
Convention on Psychotropic Substances
is signed at
Vienna
.
- 1972
– United States President
Richard Nixon
visits China to normalize
Sino-American relations
.
- 1972 – The
Soviet
uncrewed
spaceship
Luna 20
lands on the Moon.
- 1973
– Over the
Sinai Desert
, Israeli
fighter aircraft
shoot down
Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114
jet killing 108 people.
- 1974
– The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the
Suez Canal
pursuant to a truce with
Egypt
.
- 1975
–
Watergate scandal
: Former
United States Attorney General
John N. Mitchell
and former
White House
aides
H. R. Haldeman
and
John Ehrlichman
are sentenced to prison.
- 1994
–
Aldrich Ames
is arrested by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
for selling national secrets to the
Soviet Union
in
Arlington County, Virginia
.
[4]
- 1995
–
Steve Fossett
lands in
Leader, Saskatchewan
, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a
balloon
.
- 2013
– At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following
several bombings
in the
Indian
city of
Hyderabad
.
- 2022
– In the
Russo-Ukrainian crisis
Russian President
Vladimir Putin
declares the
Luhansk People's Republic
and
Donetsk People's Republic
as independent from
Ukraine
, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the
United Nations
.
[5]
Births
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]
Pre-1600
[
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]
1601?1900
[
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]
- 1609
–
Raimondo Montecuccoli
, Italian military commander (d. 1680)
- 1621
–
Rebecca Nurse
, Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch (d. 1692)
- 1705
–
Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke
, English admiral and politician (d. 1781)
- 1728
–
Peter III of Russia
(d. 1762)
- 1783
–
Catharina of Wurttemberg
(d. 1835)
- 1788
–
Francis Ronalds
, British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working
electric telegraph
(d. 1873)
- 1791
–
Carl Czerny
, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1857)
- 1794
–
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
, Mexican general and politician, 8th
President of Mexico
(d. 1876)
- 1801
–
John Henry Newman
, English cardinal (d. 1890)
- 1817
–
Jose Zorrilla
, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1893)
- 1821
–
Charles Scribner I
, American publisher, founded
Charles Scribner's Sons
(d. 1871)
- 1836
–
Leo Delibes
, French pianist and composer (d. 1891)
- 1844
–
Charles-Marie Widor
, French organist and composer (d. 1937)
- 1860
–
Goscombe John
, Welsh-English sculptor and academic (d. 1952)
- 1865
–
John Haden Badley
, English author and educator, founded the
Bedales School
(d. 1967)
- 1867
–
Otto Hermann Kahn
, German banker and philanthropist (d. 1934)
- 1875
–
Jeanne Calment
, French super-centenarian, oldest verified person ever (d. 1997)
- 1878
–
Mirra Alfassa
, French-Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973)
[6]
- 1881
–
Kenneth J. Alford
, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (d. 1945)
- 1885
–
Sacha Guitry
, Russian-French actor, director, and playwright (d. 1957)
- 1887
–
Korechika Anami
, Japanese general and politician, 54th
Japanese Minister of War
(d. 1945)
- 1888
–
Clemence Dane
, English author and playwright (d. 1965)
[7]
- 1892
–
Harry Stack Sullivan
, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1949)
- 1893
–
Celia Lovsky
, Austrian-American actress (d. 1979)
- 1893 –
Andres Segovia
, Spanish guitarist (d. 1987)
- 1894
–
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
, Indian chemist and academic (d. 1955)
- 1895
–
Henrik Dam
, Danish biochemist and physiologist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d. 1976)
- 1896
–
Nirala
, Indian poet and author (d. 1961)
- 1900
–
Jeanne Aubert
, French singer and actress (d. 1988)
[8]
1901?present
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]
- 1902
–
Arthur Nock
, English theologian and academic (d. 1963)
- 1903
–
Anais Nin
, French-American essayist and memoirist (d. 1977)
[9]
- 1903 –
Raymond Queneau
, French poet and author (d. 1976)
- 1907
–
W. H. Auden
, English-American poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1973)
[10]
- 1909
–
Hans Erni
, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2015)
- 1910
–
Douglas Bader
, English captain and pilot (d. 1982)
- 1912
–
Arline Judge
, American actress and singer (d. 1974)
- 1914
–
Ilmari Juutilainen
, Finnish soldier and pilot (d. 1999)
- 1914 –
Zachary Scott
, American actor (d. 1965)
- 1914 –
Jean Tatlock
, American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1944)
- 1915
–
Claudia Jones
, Trinidad-British journalist and activist (d. 1964)
- 1915 –
Ann Sheridan
, American actress and singer (d. 1967)
- 1915 –
Anton Vratu?a
, Prime Minister of Slovenia (d. 2017)
- 1917
–
Lucille Bremer
, American actress and dancer (d. 1996)
- 1917 –
Tadd Dameron
, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)
- 1921
–
Zden?k Miler
, Czech animator (d. 2011)
[11]
- 1921 –
John Rawls
, American philosopher and academic (d. 2002)
- 1921 –
Richard T. Whitcomb
, American aeronautical engineer (d. 2009)
- 1924
–
Dorothy Blum
, American computer scientist and cryptanalyst (d. 1980)
- 1924 –
Thelma Estrin
, American computer scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
- 1924 –
Robert Mugabe
, Zimbabwean educator and politician, 2nd
President of Zimbabwe
(d. 2019)
- 1925
–
Sam Peckinpah
, American director and screenwriter (d. 1984)
[12]
- 1925 –
Jack Ramsay
, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2014)
- 1927
–
Erma Bombeck
, American journalist and author (d. 1996)
[9]
- 1929
–
Chespirito
, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
- 1933
–
Bob Rafelson
, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2022)
[13]
- 1933 –
Nina Simone
, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2003)
[14]
- 1934
–
Rue McClanahan
, American actress (d. 2010)
[9]
- 1935
–
Richard A. Lupoff
, American author (d. 2020)
- 1935 –
Mark McManus
, Scottish actor (d. 1994)
[15]
- 1936
–
Barbara Jordan
, American lawyer and politician (d. 1996)
- 1937
–
Ron Clarke
, Australian runner and politician,
Mayor of the Gold Coast
(d. 2015)
- 1937 –
Harald V of Norway
[9]
- 1937 –
Gary Lockwood
, American actor
[16]
- 1938
–
Bobby Charles
, American singer-songwriter (d. 2020)
- 1940
–
Peter Gethin
, English racing driver (d. 2011)
[17]
- 1940 –
John Lewis
, American activist and politician (d. 2020)
[9]
- 1942
–
Tony Martin
, Trinidadian-American historian and academic (d. 2013)
- 1942 –
Margarethe von Trotta
, German actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1943
–
David Geffen
, American businessman, co-founded
DreamWorks
and
Geffen Records
[16]
- 1945
–
Maurice Bembridge
, English golfer
- 1946
–
Tyne Daly
, American actress and singer
[16]
- 1946 –
Anthony Daniels
, English actor and producer
[16]
- 1946 –
Alan Rickman
, English actor and director (d. 2016)
[18]
- 1946 –
Bob Ryan
, American journalist and author
- 1947
–
Johnny Echols
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1947 –
Olympia Snowe
, American politician
- 1949
–
Frank Brunner
, American illustrator
- 1949 –
Jerry Harrison
, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
[16]
- 1949 –
Ronnie Hellstrom
, Swedish footballer (d. 2022)
- 1950
–
Sahle-Work Zewde
, Ethiopian politician and diplomat, 5th
President of Ethiopia
[19]
- 1951
–
Vince Welnick
, American keyboard player (d. 2006)
- 1952
–
Jean-Jacques Burnel
, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
- 1952 –
Vitaly Churkin
, Russian diplomat, former
Ambassador of Russia to the United Nations
(d. 2017)
- 1953
–
Christine Ebersole
, American actress and singer
[16]
- 1953 –
William Petersen
, American actor and producer
[16]
- 1954
–
Christina Rees
, British politician
[20]
- 1955
–
Kelsey Grammer
, American actor, singer, and producer
[16]
- 1958
–
Jake Burns
, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1958 –
Mary Chapin Carpenter
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
[16]
- 1958 –
Kim Coates
, Canadian-American actor
[16]
- 1958 –
Jack Coleman
, American actor
[16]
- 1958 –
Alan Trammell
, American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1959
–
Jose Maria Cano
, Spanish singer-songwriter and painter
- 1960
–
Plamen Oresharski
, Bulgarian economist and politician, 52nd
Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- 1961
–
Christopher Atkins
, American actor and businessman
[16]
- 1961 –
Elliot Hirshman
, American psychologist and academic
[21]
- 1962
–
Chuck Palahniuk
, American novelist and journalist
- 1962 –
David Foster Wallace
, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2008)
[22]
- 1963
–
William Baldwin
, American actor
[16]
- 1963 –
Ranking Roger
, English singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2019)
[23]
- 1963 –
Greg Turner
, New Zealand golfer
[24]
- 1964
–
Mark Kelly
, American astronaut and politician
- 1964 –
Scott Kelly
, American astronaut
- 1965
–
Mark Ferguson
, Australian journalist
- 1967
–
Leroy Burrell
, American runner and coach
- 1967 –
Sari Essayah
, Finnish athlete and politician
- 1969
–
James Dean Bradfield
, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1969 –
Aunjanue Ellis
, American actress and producer
[16]
- 1969 –
Petra Kronberger
, Austrian skier
- 1969 –
Tony Meola
, American soccer player and manager
- 1969 –
Cathy Richardson
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1970
–
Michael Slater
, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1971
–
Pierre Fulke
, Swedish golfer
[25]
- 1973
–
Heri Joensen
, Faroese singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1973 –
Brian Rolston
, American ice hockey player and coach
- 1974
–
Ivan Campo
, Spanish footballer
- 1975
–
Scott Miller
, Australian swimmer
- 1976
–
Michael McIntyre
, English comedian, actor and television presenter
- 1976 –
Ryan Smyth
, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977
–
Steve Francis
, American basketball player
- 1977 –
Rhiannon Giddens
, American musician
[26]
- 1978
–
Erick Barkley
, American basketball player
[27]
- 1979
–
Tituss Burgess
, American actor and singer
[16]
- 1979 –
Carlito
, Puerto Rican wrestler
[28]
- 1979 –
Pascal Chimbonda
, Guadeloupean-French footballer
[29]
- 1979 –
Jennifer Love Hewitt
, American actress and producer
[16]
- 1979 –
Jordan Peele
, American actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter
[16]
- 1980
–
Brad Fast
, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 –
Tiziano Ferro
, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1980 –
Brendan Sexton III
, American actor
[16]
- 1980 –
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
, 5th
King of Bhutan
- 1981
–
Tsuyoshi Wada
, Japanese baseball player
[30]
- 1982
–
Andre Barrett
, American basketball player
- 1982 –
Chantal Claret
, American singer-songwriter
- 1982 –
Tebogo Jacko Magubane
, South African DJ and producer
- 1983
–
Braylon Edwards
, American football player
- 1983 –
Franklin Gutierrez
, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1983 –
Melanie Laurent
, French actress
- 1984
–
Andrew Ellis
, New Zealand rugby player
- 1984 –
David Odonkor
, German footballer
- 1984 –
Marco Paoloni
, Italian footballer
- 1984 –
James Wisniewski
, American ice hockey player
- 1985
–
Georgios Samaras
, Greek footballer
- 1986
–
Charlotte Church
, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress
[16]
- 1987
–
Eniola Aluko
, English footballer
[31]
- 1987 –
Ashley Greene
, American actress
[16]
- 1987 –
Elliot Page
, Canadian actor
[32]
- 1988
–
Donte Greene
, American basketball player
[33]
- 1989
–
Corbin Bleu
, American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter
[34]
- 1989 –
Ian Cole
, American ice hockey player
[35]
- 1989 –
Federico Fernandez
, Argentine footballer
[36]
- 1989 –
Jake Muzzin
, Canadian ice hockey player
[37]
- 1990
–
Mattias Tedenby
, Swedish ice hockey player
[38]
- 1991
–
Joe Alwyn
, English actor
[39]
- 1991 –
Riyad Mahrez
, Algerian footballer
- 1991 –
Ji So-yun
, South Korean footballer
- 1991 –
Devon Travis
, American baseball player
[40]
- 1992
–
Phil Jones
, English footballer
[41]
- 1993
–
Steve Leo Beleck
, Cameroonian footballer
- 1993 –
Davy Klaassen
, Dutch footballer
- 1994
–
Tang Haochen
, Chinese tennis player
[42]
- 1994 –
Hayley Orrantia
, American actress and singer-songwriter
[16]
- 1994 –
Wendy
, South Korean singer
[43]
- 1996
–
Noah Rubin
, American tennis player
[44]
- 1996 –
Sophie Turner
, English actress
[45]
- 1999
–
Metawin Opas-iamkajorn
, Thai actor and singer
[46]
Deaths
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Pre-1600
[
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]
- 4 AD
–
Gaius Caesar
, Roman
consul
and grandson of
Augustus
(b. 20 BC)
- 675
–
Randoald of Grandval
,
prior
of the
Benedictine
monastery
of
Grandval
- 1184
–
Minamoto no Yoshinaka
, Japanese
sh?gun
(b. 1154)
- 1211
–
Aymon de Briancon
, archbishop of Tarentaise and crusader
[47]
- 1267
–
Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus
- 1437
–
James I of Scotland
(b. 1394; assassinated)
[48]
- 1471
–
Jan Rokycana
, Czech bishop and theologian (b. 1396)
- 1513
–
Pope Julius II
(b. 1443)
- 1543
–
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
, Somalian general (b. 1507)
- 1554
–
Hieronymus Bock
, German botanist and physician (b. 1498)
- 1572
–
Cho Shik
, Korean poet and scholar (b. 1501)
- 1590
–
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick
, English nobleman and general (b. 1528)
- 1595
–
Robert Southwell
, English priest and poet (b. 1561)
1601?1900
[
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]
- 1677
–
Baruch Spinoza
, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1632)
- 1715
–
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore
, English politician (b. 1637)
- 1730
–
Pope Benedict XIII
(b. 1649)
- 1821
–
Georg Friedrich von Martens
, German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)
- 1824
–
Eugene de Beauharnais
, French general (b. 1781)
- 1829
–
Kittur Chennamma
, Indian queen and freedom fighter (b. 1778)
[49]
- 1846
–
Emperor Nink?
of Japan (b. 1800)
- 1862
–
Justinus Kerner
, German poet and physician (b. 1786)
- 1888
–
William Weston
, English-Australian politician, 3rd
Premier of Tasmania
(b. 1804)
- 1891
–
James Timberlake
, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
1901?present
[
edit
]
- 1918
–
Incas
,
last known
Carolina parakeet
(h.
fl.
1885
)
[50]
[51]
- 1919
–
Kurt Eisner
, German journalist and politician,
Minister-President of Bavaria
(b. 1867)
- 1926
–
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
, Dutch physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1853)
- 1934
–
Augusto Cesar Sandino
, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
- 1938
–
George Ellery Hale
, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
- 1941
–
Frederick Banting
, Canadian physician and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1891)
[52]
- 1944
–
Ferenc Szisz
, Hungarian-French racing driver (b. 1873)
- 1945
–
Eric Liddell
, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
- 1946
–
Jose Streel
, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
- 1947
–
Fannie Charles Dillon
, American composer (b. 1881)
[53]
- 1958
–
Duncan Edwards
, English footballer (b. 1936)
- 1965
–
Malcolm X
, American minister and activist (b. 1925)
[54]
- 1967
–
Charles Beaumont
, American author and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- 1968
–
Howard Florey
, Australian pathologist and pharmacologist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1898)
[55]
- 1972
–
Zhang Guohua
, Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)
- 1972 –
Bronislava Nijinska
, Russian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
- 1972 –
Eugene Tisserant
, French cardinal (b. 1884)
- 1974
–
Tim Horton
, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded
Tim Hortons
(b. 1930)
- 1980
–
Alfred Andersch
, German-Swiss author (b. 1914)
- 1982
–
Gershom Scholem
, German-Israeli historian and philosopher (b. 1897)
- 1984
–
Mikhail Sholokhov
, Russian novelist and short story writer,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1905)
- 1985
–
Louis Hayward
, South African-American actor (b. 1909)
- 1986
–
Helen Hooven Santmyer
, American novelist (b. 1895)
- 1991
–
Dorothy Auchterlonie Green
, Australian poet, critic, and academic (b. 1915)
- 1991 –
Nutan
, Indian actress (b. 1936)
[56]
- 1993
–
Inge Lehmann
, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (b. 1888)
- 1994
–
Johannes Steinhoff
, German general and pilot (b. 1913)
- 1995
–
Robert Bolt
, English dramatist (b. 1924)
[57]
- 1996
–
Morton Gould
, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
- 1999
–
Gertrude B. Elion
, American biochemist and pharmacologist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1918)
- 1999 –
Ilmari Juutilainen
, Finnish soldier and pilot (b. 1914)
- 1999 –
Wilmer Mizell
, American baseball player and politician (b. 1930)
- 2002
–
John Thaw
, English actor and producer (b. 1942)
- 2004
–
John Charles
, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1931)
- 2005
–
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
, Cuban author, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1929)
- 2005 –
Zdzisław Beksi?ski
, Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1929)
- 2008
–
Ben Chapman
, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2011
–
Dwayne McDuffie
, American author and screenwriter, co-founded
Milestone Media
(b. 1962)
- 2011 –
Bernard Nathanson
, American physician and activist (b. 1926)
- 2012
–
H. M. Darmstandler
, American general (b. 1922)
- 2013
–
Hasse Jeppson
, Swedish footballer (b. 1925)
- 2014
–
Hector Maestri
, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1935)
- 2014 –
Matthew Robinson
, Australian snowboarder (b. 1985)
- 2014 –
Cornelius Schnauber
, German?American historian, playwright, and academic (b. 1939)
- 2015
–
Aleksei Gubarev
, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1931)
- 2015 –
Sadeq Tabatabaei
, Iranian journalist and politician (b. 1943)
[58]
- 2015 –
Clark Terry
, American trumpet player, composer, and educator (b. 1920)
- 2016
–
Eric Brown
, Scottish-English captain and pilot (b. 1919)
- 2017
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Jeanne Martin Cisse
, Guinean teacher and politician (b. 1926)
[59]
- 2018
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Billy Graham
, American evangelist (b. 1918)
[60]
- 2019
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Stanley Donen
, American film director (b. 1924)
[61]
- 2019 –
Peter Tork
, American musician and actor (b. 1942)
[62]
- 2021
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Mireya Arboleda
, Colombian classical pianist (b. 1928)
[63]
- 2021 –
Kevin Dann
, Australian rugby league player (b. 1958)
[64]
- 2024
–
John Bahnsen
, United States Army brigadier general and decorated veteran of the Vietnam War (b. 1934)
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