December 29

Events

=Pre-1600=

1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church.{{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0-8146-2324-7 |pages=307–308}}
1503 – The Battle of Garigliano was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo.{{cite book |last1=Oman |first1=Charles |title=A History of the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-315-12171-0 |chapter=Battle of the Garigliano (December 29, 1503)}}

=1601–1900=

1607 – According to John Smith, Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan leader Wahunsenacawh, successfully pleads for his life after tribal leaders attempt to execute him.{{cite book |first=Clifton |last=Daniel |title=Chronicle of America |publisher=Chronicle publication |year=1989 |page=47 |isbn=0-13-133745-9}}
1778 – American Revolutionary War: British forces under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell defeat American forces under Major General Robert Howe and capture the port city of Savannah, Georgia.{{cite journal |last1=Lawrence |first1=Alexander A. |title=General Robert Howe and the British Capture of Savannah in 1778 |journal=The Georgia Historical Quarterly |date=1952 |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=303–327 |jstor=40577396 |issn=0016-8297}}
1812 – {{USS|Constitution}}, under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures {{HMS|Java|1811|6}} off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.{{cite book |last1=Brodine |first1=Charles E. |title=Interpreting Old Ironsides: An Illustrated Guide to USS Constitution |date=2007 |publisher=Naval Historical Center, Dept. of the Navy |isbn=978-0-945274-54-4 |pages=102–104}}
1835 – The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.{{cite journal |last1=Vipperman |first1=Carl J. |title=The Bungled Treaty of New Echota: The Failure of Cherokee Removal, 1836-1838 |journal=The Georgia Historical Quarterly |date=1989 |volume=73 |issue=3 |pages=540–558 |jstor=40582016 |issn=0016-8297}}
1845 – The United States annexes the Republic of Texas and admits it as the 28th state.{{cite book |last1=O'Neill |first1=R. |title=Texas War of Independence |date=2011 |publisher=Rosen Publishing Group |page=85 |isbn=978-1-4488-1332-2}}
1860 – The launch of {{HMS|Warrior|1860|6}}, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.{{cite book |last1=Davies |first1=Wyn |title=HMS Warrior: Ironclad Frigate 1860 |date=2011 |publisher=Seaforth |isbn=978-1-84832-095-6 |pages=6, 9, 19}}
1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou ends in a Union defeat as forces under General William T. Sherman are repulsed with heavy losses by Confederate troops under General John C. Pemberton.{{cite web |title=Chickasaw Bayou |url=https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battles-detail.htm?battleCode=ms003 |website=NPS.gov |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=November 30, 2024}}
1874 – The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.{{cite book |last1=López Sánchez |first1=Carmina |editor1-last=Müller |editor1-first=Frank Lorenz |editor2-last=Mehrkens |editor2-first=Heidi |title=Sons and Heirs: Succession and Political culture in Nineteenth-century Europe |date=2015 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-1-137-45498-0 |pages=147–159}}
1876 – The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.{{cite journal |last1=Aldrich |first1=Mark |title=Engineering Success and Disaster: American Railroad Bridges, 1840-1900 |journal=Railroad History |date=1999 |issue=180 |pages=31–72 |jstor=43522104 |issn=0090-7847}}
1890 – Wounded Knee Massacre: On Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.{{cite journal |last1=PRATT |first1=SCOTT L. |title=Wounded Knee and the Prospect of Pluralism |journal=The Journal of Speculative Philosophy |date=2005 |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=150–166 |doi=10.2307/25670562 |jstor=25670562 |issn=0891-625X}}

=1901–present=

1911 – Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.{{cite book |last1=Batbai︠a︡r |first1=T︠S︡. |last2=Kumar Soni |first2=Sharad |title=Modern Mongolia: A Concise History |date=2007 |publisher=Pentagon Press |isbn=978-81-8274-267-3 |pages=15–16 |edition=3rd rev. & enl.}}
1913 – Cecil B. DeMille starts filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man.{{cite book |last1=Birchard |first1=Robert |title=Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood |date=2004 |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-2636-4 |page=8}}
1930 – Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.{{cite news |last1=Fyzie |first1=Faiyaz Ahmad |title=Allama Iqbal, his two-nation theory and the ideas in his poetry that were anti-national |url=https://theprint.in/opinion/allama-iqbal-his-two-nation-theory-and-the-ideas-in-his-poetry-that-were-anti-national/763177/ |access-date=8 December 2022 |work=ThePrint |date=9 November 2021}}
1934 – Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.{{cite journal |last1=Nevins |first1=Allan |title=Japan Denounces the Naval Treaty |journal=Current History |date=1935 |volume=41 |issue=5 |pages=581–585 |jstor=45337519 |issn=2641-080X}}{{cite journal |last1=Watt |first1=D. C. |title=The Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 1935: An Interim Judgment |journal=The Journal of Modern History |date=June 1956 |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=155–175 |doi=10.1086/237885 |s2cid=154892871}}
1937 – The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.{{cite book |last1=O'Leary |first1=Philip |title=Gaelic Prose in the Irish Free State, 1922-1939 |date=2004 |publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press |isbn=978-0-271-03010-4 |page=19}}
1940 – In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians during World War II.{{cite journal |last1=Allbeson |first1=Tom |title=Visualizing Wartime Destruction and Postwar Reconstruction: Herbert Mason's Photograph of St. Paul's Reevaluated |journal=The Journal of Modern History |date=September 2015 |volume=87 |issue=3 |pages=532–578 |doi=10.1086/682677 |s2cid=146192502 |url=https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/107159/1/Allbeson%20-%20Visualizing%20Wartime%20Destruction%20and%20Postwar%20Reconstruction.pdf}}
1972 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.{{cite web |last1=Ranter |first1=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1 N310EA Everglades, FL |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19721229-0 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=8 December 2022}}
1975 – A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring more than 75.{{cite book |editor1-last=Martin |editor1-first=Gus |title=The SAGE Encyclopedia of Terrorism |date=2011 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-1-4129-8017-3 |page=341 |edition=2nd |volume=1}}
1989 – Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.{{cite news |last1=Niland |first1=Lauren |title=29 December 1989: Václav Havel becomes president of Czechoslovakia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2011/dec/19/from-the-archive-vaclav-havel-president-1989 |access-date=5 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=19 December 2011}}
1989 – The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble.{{cite web |website=Yahoo Finance UK |url=http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=%5EN225&b=1&a=00&c=1980&e=1&d=00&f=1992&g=m |title=Nikkei 225 Historical prices, Nikkei 225 stocks |access-date=27 September 2019}}.
1992 – Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.{{cite book |last1=Figueiredo |first1=Argelina Cheibub |editor1-last=Llanos |editor1-first=Mariana |editor2-last=Marsteintredet |editor2-first=Leiv |title=Presidential Breakdowns in Latin America: Causes and Outcomes of Executive Instability in Developing Democracies |date=2010 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-0-230-10581-2 |page=115 |edition=1st}}
1994 – Turkish Airlines Flight 278 (a Boeing 737-400) crashes on approach to Van Ferit Melen Airport in Van, Turkey, killing 57 of the 76 people on board.{{Cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19941229-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-4Y0 TC-JES Van Airport (VAN) |last=Ranter |first=Harro |website=aviation-safety.net |access-date=21 August 2019}}
1996 – Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.{{cite news |last1=Darling |first1=Juanita |title=Signing of Accord Ends 35-Year Civil War in Guatemala |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-12-30-mn-13866-story.html |access-date=5 December 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=30 December 1996}}
1998 – Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the Cambodian genocide that claimed over one million lives.{{cite journal |last1=Koiwai |first1=Mayura |title=Regional report: Cambodia |journal=Peacekeeping & International Relations |date=January 1999 |volume=28 |issue=1 |page=14 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/1cedf89778b3c314246bbf97d0f1f22a/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=32034 |access-date=12 December 2022 |language=en |via=ProQuest}}
2003 – The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.{{cite web |url=http://www.galdu.org/govat/doc/nordisk_samekonvensjon.pdf |title=Nordisk samekonvensjon |access-date=2014-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070411023150/http://www.galdu.org/govat/doc/nordisk_samekonvensjon.pdf |archive-date=11 April 2007 |language=sv}}
2006 – The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.{{cite news |last1=Thornton |first1=Philip |title=Britain pays off final instalment of US loan - after 61 years |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/britain-pays-off-final-instalment-of-us-loan-after-61-years-430118.html |access-date=9 December 2022 |work=The Independent |date=29 December 2006 |language=en}}
2012 – A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.{{cite news |title=Russian passenger jet crashes at Moscow's Vnukovo airport |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/29/russian-passenger-jet-crashes-moscow-vnukovo |access-date=9 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=29 December 2012 |language=en}}
2013 – A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.{{cite news |last1=Karpov |first1=Sergei |title=Suicide bomber kills at least 16 at Russian train station |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-blast-idUSBRE9BS02S20131229 |access-date=9 December 2022 |work=Reuters |date=29 December 2013 |language=en}}
2013 – Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher suffers a massive head injury while skiing in the French Alps.{{Cite news |title=Schumacher injured in skiing accident |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/25542340 |access-date=17 May 2021}}
2020 – A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits near the town of Petrinja in Sisak-Moslavina County, Croatia, killing seven people.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55474230.amp |title=Croatia earthquake: Seven dead as rescuers search rubble for survivors |work=BBC News |date=29 December 2020 |language=en-GB |access-date=21 March 2022}}
2024 – Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashes into a wall in Muan, South Korea, killing 179 of the 181 occupants. It is the worst aircraft accident on South Korean soil in history.{{Cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/28/asia/south-korea-plane-crash-intl-hnk/index.html |title=More than 170 killed after South Korean jet crash-lands at airport |publisher=CNN |date=2024-12-29 |access-date=2024-12-29 |author1=Yoonjung Seo |author2=Gawon Bae |author3=James Leggeu-min |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241229141458/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/28/asia/south-korea-plane-crash-intl-hnk/index.html |archive-date=2024-12-29}}

Births

=Pre-1600=

1536 – Henry VI, German nobleman (died 1572){{cite book |last1=Schmidt |first1=Berthold |title=Burggraf Heinrich IV zu Meissen, Oberstkanzler der Krone Böhmen und seine Regierung im Vogtlande |date=1888 |publisher=Griesbach |page=55 |language=de}}
1550 – García de Silva Figueroa, Spanish diplomat and traveller (died 1624){{citation |language=fr |title=Silva y Figueroa, García de (1550-1624) forme internationale}} {{BNF|122425443}}

=1601–1900=

1633 – Johannes Zollikofer, Swiss vicar (died 1692){{cite journal |last1=Postma |first1=Ferenc |last2=Verheij |first2=Arian |title=In Signum Benevoli Affectus I. Seven Album Inscriptions by Menasseh Ben Israel |journal=Zutot |date=2009 |volume=6 |issue=1 |page=46 |doi=10.1163/187502109790213023 |url=http://real.mtak.hu/53920/1/isba_mbi_2009.pdf}}
1709 – Elizabeth Petrovna, Russian empress (died 1762){{Cite encyclopedia|title=Elizabeth|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-empress-of-Russia|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=May 12, 2025}}
1721 – Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV (died 1764){{cite journal |last1=Gordon |first1=Alden R. |title=Searching for the Elusive Madame de Pompadour |journal=Eighteenth-Century Studies |date=2003 |volume=37 |issue=1 |page=95 |doi=10.1353/ecs.2003.0062 |jstor=25098031 |s2cid=144477737 |issn=0013-2586}}
1746 – Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader (died 1805){{cite journal |last1=Bonnici |first1=Alfred |title=Letters by archpriest S. Cassar to his village commanders during the French occupation of Gozo |journal=The PSM Journal |date=December 1999 |volume=28 |issue=3 |page=4 |url=https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/76490 |access-date=12 December 2022}}
1766 – Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric (died 1843){{cite book |last1=Day |first1=Lance |last2=McNeil |first2=Ian |title=Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology |date=11 September 2002 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-65019-4 |page=786 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FmoTeX3aGl4C&dq=Charles+Macintosh+29+december+1766&pg=PA786}}
1788 – Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Danish antiquarian (died 1865){{cite book |last1=Spjeldnaes |first1=Nils |editor1-last=Gillispie |editor1-first=Charles Coulston |title=Dictionary of Scientific Biography |date=1981 |publisher=Scribner |isbn=0-684-16962-2 |pages=357–358 |volume=13}}
1796 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (died 1877){{cite journal |last1=Salie |first1=Hans |last2=Oesper |first2=Ralph E. |title=Poggendorff and Poggendorff |journal=Isis |date=October 1966 |volume=57 |issue=3 |pages=389–392 |doi=10.1086/350147 |s2cid=143598386}}
1800 – Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer (died 1860){{cite ANB |last1=Kauffman |first1=George B. |title=Goodyear, Charles (1800-1860), inventor |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1000653}}
1804 – John Langdon Sibley, American librarian (died 1885){{cite book |last1=Harris |first1=Michael H. |last2=Harmeling |first2=Deborah |editor1-last=Wynar |editor1-first=Bohdan S. |title=Dictionary of American Library Biography |date=1978 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=0-87287-180-0 |pages=487–489}}
1808 – Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (died 1875){{CongBio|name=JOHNSON, Andrew |id=J000116 |inline=YES}}
1809 – George Washington Baines, American politician, journalist and educator (died 1882){{cite book |author=President of the United States |author-link=President of the United States |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHQ5AQAAMAAJ |title=Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States |publisher=Office of the Federal Register |publication-place=Washington, DC |year=1965 |page=1221 |chapter=Remarks in Raleigh at North Carolina State College, October 6, 1964 |via=Google Books}}
1809 – William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1898){{cite ODNB |last1=Matthew |first1=H. C. G. |title=Gladstone, William Ewart (1809–1898), prime minister and author |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/10787}}
1809 – Albert Pike, American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist, and general (died 1891){{Cite web|url=http://www.masonicinfo.com/pikesphilosophy.htm|title=Pike's Philosophy|author=Roscoe Pound|author-link=Roscoe Pound|year=1915|access-date=May 4, 2025}}
1811 – Francisco Palau, Catalan Discalced Carmelite friar and priest (died 1872){{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0-8146-2324-7 |page=116}}
1816 – Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (died 1895){{cite journal |last1=Lüderitz |first1=Berndt |title=History |journal=Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology |date=December 2004 |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=221–222 |doi=10.1023/B:JICE.0000048574.16990.8c |pmid=15548890 |s2cid=195692415}}
1843 – Elisabeth of Wied (died 1916){{Cite web|url=https://lccn.loc.gov/n84181329|title=Sylva, Carmen|publisher=Library of Congress Authorities|access-date=Apr 30, 2025}}
1844 – Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and first president of Indian National Congress (died 1906){{cite news |title=Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee: कांग्रेस के पहले अध्यक्ष, अंग्रेजी शासन को देश के लिए मानते थे अच्छा |url=https://www.aajtak.in/education/history/story/womesh-chunder-bonnerjee-elected-as-the-first-president-of-congress-party-tedu-578928-2018-12-29 |access-date=7 November 2022 |work=आज तक |date=29 December 2018 |language=hi}}
1855 – August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet (died 1927){{cite book |last1=Hasselblatt |first1=Cornelius |editor1-last=Arnold |editor1-first=Heinz Ludwig |title=KINDLERS LITERATUR LEXIKON (KLL) |date=2020 |publisher=J B METZLER |isbn=978-3-476-05728-0 |language=de |chapter=Kitzberg, August}}
1856 – Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic (died 1894){{cite journal |last1=Mooney |first1=John |last2=Monna |first2=A. F. |last3=Dijk |first3=Gerrit |last4=Sher |first4=R. B. |title=The mathematical tourist |journal=The Mathematical Intelligencer |date=December 1994 |volume=16 |issue=1 |page=52 |doi=10.1007/BF03026616 |s2cid=189885425}}
1857 – Sydney Young, English chemist (died 1937){{cite journal |last1=Atkins |first1=William Ringrose Gelston |title=Sydney Young, 1857-1937 |journal=Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=1 January 1936 |volume=2 |issue=6 |pages=370–379 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1938.0021}}
1859 – Venustiano Carranza, Mexican soldier and politician, 37th President of Mexico (died 1920){{cite journal |journal=Encyclopedia of World Biography Online |date=1998 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631001172/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=7da9a76d |access-date=7 November 2022 |format=Collection |title=Venustiano Carranza}}
1870 – Earl Gregg Swem, American historian, bibliographer and librarian (died 1965){{cite book |last1=Wessels |first1=Michael B. |editor1-last=Wynar |editor1-first=Bohdan S. |title=Dictionary of American Library Biography |date=1978 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=0-87287-180-0 |pages=511–512}}
1874 – François Brandt, Dutch rower and bishop (died 1949){{Cite web|url=https://roglo.eu/roglo?p=francois;n=brandt;oc=1|title=François Brandt|access-date=May 13, 2025}}
1876 – Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (died 1973){{cite Grove |last1=Anderson |first1=Robert |title=Casals, Pablo |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05061}}
1876 – Lionel Tertis, English violist (died 1975){{cite Grove |first=Watson |last=Forbes |title=Tertis, Lionel |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.27716 |date=2001}}
1879 – Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (died 1936){{cite ANB |last1=O'Neil |first1=William D. |title=Mitchell, Billy (1879-1936), army officer, air war pioneer, and air policy advocate |date=October 2007 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0600441}}
1881 – Scott Leary, American swimmer (died 1958){{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/scott-leary-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170039/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/scott-leary-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=Scott Leary|access-date=Apr 22, 2025}}
1881 – Jess Willard, American boxer (died 1968){{cite ANB |last1=Davis |first1=Luckett V. |title=Willard, Jess (1881-1968), world heavyweight boxing champion |date=June 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1900882}}
1885 – Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (died 1921){{Cite web|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12725085g|title=Ungern-Sternberg, Roman Fedorovitch von (1885-1921)|website=Bnf.fr|language=fr|access-date=May 13, 2025}}
1886 – Norman Hallows, English runner and captain (died 1968){{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69103|title=Norman Hallows|website=olympedia.org|access-date=May 13, 2025}}
1886 – Georg Hermann Struve, German astronomer (died 1933){{cite book |last1=Sokolovskaya |first1=Z. K. |editor1-last=Gillispie |editor1-first=Charles Coulston |title=Dictionary of Scientific Biography |date=1981 |publisher=Scribner |isbn=0-684-16962-2 |page=113 |volume=13}}
1892 – Aku Korhonen, Finnish actor (died 1960){{Danskefilm|TYPE=p|9196|Aku Korhonen}}
1894 – J. Lister Hill, American politician (died 1984){{CongBio |id=H000598 |name=HILL, Joseph Lister |inline=YES}}
1895 – Oswald Freisler, German lawyer and author (died 1939){{Cite web|url=https://persondata.toolforge.org/p/Oswald_Freisler|title=Oswald Freisler|language=de|access-date=May 13, 2025}}
1896 – David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (died 1974){{cite journal |last1=O'Connor |first1=Francis V. |title=Siqueiros, David Alfaro |journal=Grove Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T078971}}
1899 – Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (died 1992){{Cite web|url=http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/69112/76500/100020/8473166.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305034759/http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/69112/76500/100020/8473166.html |language=zh|script-title=zh:聂荣臻：要善于与人共事，不要强加于人|trans-title=Nie Rongzhen: Be good at working with others, don't impose your will on others|access-date=May 13, 2025|archive-date=5 March 2019 }}

=1901–present=

1902 – Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1957){{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/stewane01.html|title=Nels Stewart|access-date=May 13, 2025}}
1903 – Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter (died 1962){{cite journal |title=Portinari, Candido |journal=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |date=31 October 2011 |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00144842}}
1904 – Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (died 1994){{cite news |title=Who is Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa? Know all about Indian novelist honoured by Google through doodle |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/google-doodle-honours-kuppali-venkatappa-puttappa-know-more-about-indian-novelist/993654/ |access-date=9 December 2022 |work=Financial Express |date=29 December 2017}}
1908 – Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (died 1993){{cite journal |last1=Mohr |first1=Jürgen |title=Gollwitzer, Helmut |journal=Religion Past and Present |date=2011 |doi=10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_08831 |publisher=Brill}}
1908 – Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author (died 1992){{cite ODNB |last1=Horrocks |first1=Sally M. |title=Pyke, Magnus Alfred (1908–1992), food scientist, author, and broadcaster |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/51288}}
1910 – Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013){{cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Ning |title=Ronald H. Coase, December 29, 1910–September 2, 2013 |journal=Man and the Economy |date=7 January 2014 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=125–140 |doi=10.1515/me-2014-0009 |s2cid=199573916}}
1911 – Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (died 1988){{cite book |last1=Szasz |first1=Ferenc Morton |title=British Scientists and the Manhattan Project: The Los Alamos Years |date=1992 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-1-349-12731-3 |page=87}}
1914 – Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic (died 1976){{cite news |title=Zainul Abedin's birth centenary event starts |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/zainul-abedins-birth-centenary-event-starts-56215 |access-date=5 January 2016 |work=The Daily Star |date=20 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105161823/http://www.thedailystar.net/zainul-abedins-birth-centenary-event-starts-56215 |archive-date=5 January 2016 |url-status=live}}
1914 – Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (died 1989){{cite news |title=Musician's Death at 74 Reveals He Was a Woman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/02/us/musician-s-death-at-74-reveals-he-was-a-woman.html |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=2 February 1989}}
1914 – Albert Tucker, Australian painter and illustrator (died 1999){{cite journal |last1=Haese |first1=Richard |title=Tucker, Albert |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T086480}}
1915 – Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach (died 1996){{Cite web|url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1490|title=Bill Osmanski|access-date=May 13, 2025}}
1915 – Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (died 1965){{cite book |last1=Williams Glover |first1=Emma |editor1-last=Powell |editor1-first=William S. |title=Dictionary of North Carolina Biography |date=2000 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |isbn=978-0-8078-6700-6 |pages=264–265 |volume=5}}
1915 – Jo Van Fleet, American actress (died 1996){{cite web |url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/catherin_j_vanfleet_born_1915_327352 |title=The Birth of Cathrin Vanfleet |website=Online database of California birth records, 1905-1995 |access-date=7 November 2022}}
1917 – Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (died 1998){{cite news |last1=Merl |first1=Jean |title=From the Archives: Mayor Who Reshaped L.A. Dies |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-tom-bradley-19980930-story.html |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=30 September 1998}}
1917 – Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (died 2005){{cite news |title=Ramanand Sagar is dead |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-ramanand-sagar-is-dead-1001902 |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=DNA India |date=25 September 2015}}
1919 – Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (died 2014){{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2002 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000024279/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=6c5f89f4 |access-date=12 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Alfred de Grazia}}
1919 – Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer (died 2013){{cite Grove |last1=Costa |first1=Roberta |title=Vlad, Roman |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.29558}}
1920 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-American actress, singer and poet (died 1995){{cite news |title=Actress Viveca Lindfors dead at 74 |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/10/26/Actress-Viveca-Lindfors-dead-at-74/3520814680000/ |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=UPI |date=26 October 1995}}
1921 – Robert C. Baker, American inventor and professor (died 2006){{Cite web|url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March06/Baker_obit.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060711092410/http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/March06/Baker_obit.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-07-11|title=Robert C. Baker, creator of chicken nuggets and Cornell chicken barbecue sauce, dies at 84|date=Mar 16, 2006|access-date=Apr 28, 2025}}
1921 – Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (died 2014){{cite news |last1=Yardley |first1=William |title=Dobrica Cosic, First Friend Then Foe of Serbia's Milosevic, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/22/world/europe/dobrica-cosic-first-friend-then-foe-of-serbias-milosevic-dies-at-92.html |access-date=17 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=21 May 2014}}
1921 – Michael Horne, English structural engineer, scientist and academic (died 2000){{cite journal |last1=Bryan |first1=E.R. |title=Michael Rex Horne, O.B.E. 29 December 1921 — 6 January 2000: Elected F.R.S. 1981 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=January 2001 |volume=47 |pages=279–292 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2001.0016 |s2cid=57647981}}
1922 – Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (died 2014){{cite news |last1=Burnett |first1=James H. III |title=Little Joe Cook recalls high notes of doo-wop fame |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2012/10/19/doo-wop-singer-little-joe-cook-approaches-with-style/Vx441imDMOo6WLRAPmr5MO/story.html |access-date=12 December 2022 |work=The Boston Globe |date=20 October 2012}}
1922 – William Gaddis, American author and academic (died 1998){{cite ANB |last1=Peschel |first1=Bill |title=Gaddis, William (29 December 1922–16 December 1998), novelist |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1603402}}
1923 – Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, French mathematician and physicist (died 2025){{Cite news|author=David Larousserie|date=Feb 12, 2025|title=La mort d'Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, pionnière des études sur les ondes gravitationnelles|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2025/02/12/la-mort-d-yvonne-choquet-bruhat-pionniere-des-etudes-sur-les-ondes-gravitationnelles_6543990_3382.html|trans-title=The death of Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, pioneer in gravitational wave studies|work=Le Monde|language=fr|access-date=May 13, 2025}}
1923 – Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (died 1986){{cite book |editor1-last=Juang |editor1-first=Richard M. |editor2-last=Morrissette |editor2-first=Noelle |title=Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: A Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia |date=2008 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-446-2 |page=366 |volume=1}}
1923 – Lily Ebert, Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor (died 2024){{Cite news |last=Lindner |first=Emmett |date=October 9, 2024 |title=Lily Ebert, Holocaust Survivor, Author and TikTok Star, Dies at 100 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/books/lily-ebert-dead.html |access-date=October 11, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}
1923 – Morton Estrin, American pianist and educator (died 2017){{cite book |editor1-last=Cummings |editor1-first=David M. |title=International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory: In the Classical and Light Classical fields |date=2000 |publisher=International Biographical Centre |isbn=978-0-948875-53-3 |page=187 |edition=17th, 2000/2001}}
1923 – Dina Merrill, American actress, game show panelist, socialite, heiress, and businesswoman (died 2017){{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Dina Merrill obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/25/dina-merrill-obituary |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=25 May 2017}}
1923 – Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian author and Holocaust survivor (died 2012){{cite news |last1=Hevesi |first1=Dennis |title=Shlomo Venezia Dies at 88; Wrote of Auschwitz Horror |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/books/shlomo-venezia-auschwitz-sonderkommando-and-survivor-dies-at-88.html |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=7 October 2012}}
1924 – Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (died 2012){{cite news |last1=Jr |first1=Robert D. Hershey |title=Joe Allbritton, TV and Banking Titan, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/business/joe-allbritton-tv-and-banking-titan-dies-at-87.html |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=13 December 2012}}
1924 – Kim Song-ae, Korean politician (died 2014){{cite web |url=http://nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/theme/viewPeople.do?nkpmno=933 |title=북한정보포털 | 인물 |language=ko}}
1925 – Pete Dye, American golfer and architect (died 2020){{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Pete Dye, 'Picasso' of Golf Course Design, Is Dead at 94 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/sports/golf/pete-dye-dead.html |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=9 January 2020}}
1927 – Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (died 1985){{Cite web|url=http://legacy.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=159|title=Andy Stanfield|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003024808/http://legacy.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=159 |access-date=May 13, 2025|archive-date=3 October 2022 }}
1928 – Bernard Cribbins, British actor (died 2022){{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62330478 |title=Dr_Who_and_Wombles_Star_Bernard_Cribbins_Dies |work=BBC News |date=28 July 2022 |access-date=July 28, 2022}}
1929 – Matt Murphy, American guitarist (died 2018){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/matt-guitar-murphy-mn0000327100|title=Matt "Guitar" Murphy|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=May 14, 2025}}
1931 – Yi Ku, Korean prince (died 2005){{Cite web|url=http://www.imperialhouse.kr/sub02/sub02_01_05.php|language=ko|script-title=ko:회은황태손(懷慇皇太孫李玖, 1931~2005)|access-date=Apr 28, 2025}}
1931 – Stasys Stonkus, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (died 2012){{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/stasys-stonkus-1.html|title=Stasys Stonkus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000426/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/stasys-stonkus-1.html |access-date=May 14, 2025|archive-date=18 April 2020 }}
1932 – Inga Swenson, American actress and singer (died 2023){{cite book |title=Almanac of Famous People |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |issn=1040-127X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1601058061/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=c91a1bd3 |access-date=12 December 2022 |chapter=Inga Swenson}}
1933 – Samuel Brittan, English journalist and author (died 2020){{cite news |last1=Keegan |first1=William |title=Sir Samuel Brittan obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/oct/19/sir-samuel-brittan-obituary |access-date=12 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=19 October 2020 |language=en}}
1934 – Ed Flanders, American actor (died 1995){{cite book |chapter=Ed Flanders |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1618000659/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=12588054 |title=Newsmakers |publisher=Gale |access-date=12 December 2022 |date=1995 |issn=0899-0417}}
1936 – Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and producer (died 2017){{cite ANB |last1=Johnson |first1=Victoria E. |title=Moore, Mary Tyler (29 Dec. 1936–25 Jan. 2017), actress and producer in television, film, and theater |date=2020 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.013.369374}}
1936 – Ray Nitschke, American football player (died 1998){{cite ANB |last1=Brewster |first1=Keith |title=Nitschke, Ray (1936-1998), football player |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1900923}}
1937 – Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, founded AutoNation (died 2018){{cite news |last1=Scheiber |first1=Noam |title=H. Wayne Huizenga, Owner of Teams and a Business Empire, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/obituaries/h-wayne-huizenga-entrepreneur-and-team-owner-is-dead-at-80.html |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=23 March 2018}}
1937 – Barbara Steele, English actress{{Cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/91022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115225023/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/91022|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-15|title=STEELE, Barbara|access-date=Apr 28, 2025}}
1938 – Harvey Smith, English horse rider and sportscaster{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12759|title=Harvey Smith|access-date=May 14, 2025}}
1938 – Jon Voight, American actor and producer{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2014 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000131849/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=fbe3693f |access-date=12 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Jon Voight}}
1939 – Ed Bruce, American country music singer-songwriter (died 2021){{cite magazine |last1=Freeman |first1=Jon |title=Ed Bruce, 'Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys' Songwriter, Dead at 81 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/ed-bruce-songwriter-dead-obit-1111961/ |access-date=1 November 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=8 January 2021}}
1940 – Fred Hansen, American pole vaulter{{Cite web|url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=2512&Gender=M|title=Fred Hansen|access-date=May 1, 2025}}
1941 – Ray Thomas, English singer-songwriter and flute player (died 2018){{cite news |last1=Sweeting |first1=Adam |title=Ray Thomas obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jan/09/ray-thomas-obituary |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=9 January 2018}}
1942 – Dinah Christie, English-Canadian actress and singer{{Cite web|url=https://citizenfreak.com/artists/92988-christie-dinah|title=Christie, Dinah|access-date=May 28, 2025}}
1942 – Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor (died 2012){{cite news |last1=Nazir |first1=Asjad |title=Rajesh Khanna obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jul/29/rajesh-khanna |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=29 July 2012}}
1942 – Dorothy Morkis, American equestrian{{Cite web |title=Dorothy Morkis |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/11414 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=25 March 2024}}
1942 – Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, Honduran cardinal{{Cite web|url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_rodriguez-mardiaga_oa.html|title=RODRÍGUEZ MARADIAGA Card. Óscar Andrés, S.D.B.|website=Vatican.va|access-date=May 14, 2025}}
1943 – Bill Aucoin, American talent manager (died 2010){{cite news |last1=Wiegand |first1=Chris |title=Bill Aucoin obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jul/25/bill-aucoin-obituary-manager-kiss-rock-band |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=25 July 2010}}
1943 – Molly Bang, American author and illustrator{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2006 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000004913/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=5be335c7 |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Molly Garrett Bang}}
1943 – Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 1999){{cite Grove |last1=McDonald |first1=Chris |title=Band, the |date=25 July 2013 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2240142}}
1944 – Andrew Foster, British public servant{{Cite web|url=http://www.debretts.com:80/people/biographies/browse/f/3841/Andrew%20William%20FOSTER.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227122022/http://www.debretts.com:80/people/biographies/browse/f/3841/Andrew%20William%20FOSTER.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-12-27|title=Sir Andrew Foster|access-date=Apr 18, 2025}}
1944 – Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricketer{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/rodney-redmond-38244|title=Rodney Redmond|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=May 9, 2025}}
1944 – Gerard Windsor, Australian author and literary critic{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2002 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000107195/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=48bccc7a |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Gerard (Charles) Windsor}}
1945 – Birendra of Nepal, King of Nepal from 1972 to 2001 (died 2001){{Cite encyclopedia|title=Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva|url=https://snl.no/Birendra_Bir_Bikram_Shah_Deva|encyclopedia=Great Norwegian Encyclopedia|date=25 November 2024 |language=no|access-date=May 6, 2025}}
1945 – Keith Milow, British artist{{cite journal |last1=Lewis |first1=Adrian |title=Milow, Keith |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T058325}}
1946 – Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress (died 2025){{Cite news |last=Farber |first=Jim |date=January 30, 2025 |title=Marianne Faithfull, a Pop Star Turned Survivor, Is Dead at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/arts/music/marianne-faithfull-dead.html |access-date=January 30, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=Muze UK |isbn=0-333-74134-X |page=1832 |edition=3rd |volume=3}}
1946 – Laffit Pincay, Jr., Panamanian jockey{{Cite web|url=https://entities.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjxxpFw4hfPDGGcVDW4bd.html|title=Laffit Pincay, Jr.|publisher=OCLC|access-date=May 9, 2025}}
1946 – Paul Trible, American attorney, politician and academic administrator{{CongBio |id=T000367 |name=TRIBLE, Paul Seward, Jr. |inline=YES}}
1947 – Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (died 2012){{cite book |title=American Men & Women of Science |date=2008 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K3099024221/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=12619b64 |access-date=12 December 2022 |chapter=Richard E. Crandall}}
1947 – Ted Danson, American actor and producer{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2013 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650008605/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=582fa6e9 |access-date=12 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Ted Danson}}
1947 – Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet{{cite journal |last1=Svede |first1=Mark Allen |title=Lapin, Leonhard |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T049321}} (died 2022)
1947 – Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (died 1998){{cite ODNB |last1=Elliott |first1=Paul |title=Powell, Colin Trevor [Cozy] (1947–1998), rock musician |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/69722}}
1947 – David Tanner, English rower and coach{{Cite web|url=https://worldrowing.com/athlete/10798|title=Sir David TANNER|publisher=World Rowing|access-date=May 14, 2025}}
1947 – Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, director, and production manager (died 1998){{cite news |last1=Vallance |first1=Tom |title=Obituaries: Vincent Winter |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituaries-vincent-winter-1186802.html |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=The Independent |date=23 November 1998}}
1948 – Jacky Clark Chisholm, American gospel singer{{cite book |title=Contemporary Black Biography |date=2018 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606008467/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=37770c35 |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Jacky Clark Chisholm |volume=150}}
1948 – Peter Robinson, Northern Irish politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland{{cite book |editor1-last=Riches |editor1-first=Christopher |editor2-last=Kavanagh |editor2-first=Dennis |title=A Dictionary of Political Biography |date=2013 |isbn=978-0-19-175108-0 |edition=2nd |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199569137.001.0001/acref-9780199569137-e-872 |chapter=Robinson, Peter David |publisher=Oxford University Press |url-access=subscription}}
1949 – Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer and actor{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/syed-kirmani-30116|title=Syed Kirmani|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=May 1, 2025}}
1949 – Ian Livingstone, English fantasy author and entrepreneur{{Cite web|url=https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?5365|title=Ian Livingstone|publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Database|access-date=Apr 18, 2025}}
1949 – David Topliss, English rugby league player and coach (died 2008){{cite news |title=David Topliss |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2159424/David-Topliss.html |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=The Telegraph |date=19 June 2008 |url-access=subscription}}
1950 – Jon Polito, American actor (died 2016){{cite news |last1=Gilbey |first1=Ryan |title=Jon Polito obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/04/jon-polito-obituary |access-date=17 November 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=4 September 2016}}
1951 – Willem de Blécourt, Dutch historical anthropologist{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2015 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000313419/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=b2e1741f |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Willem de Blécourt}}
1951 – Yvonne Elliman, American singer-songwriter and actress{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for December 29, 2022 includes celebrities Diego Luna, Alison Brie |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/12/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-29-2022-includes-celebrities-diego-luna-alison-brie.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=28 December 2023 |date=29 December 2022}}
1951 – Mike deGruy, American documentary filmmaker (died 2012){{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1395814/|title=Michael deGruy(1951-2012)|website=IMDb |access-date=Apr 22, 2025}}
1951 – Georges Thurston, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2007){{Cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=bb412699-2f70-45d1-8e34-fbb463ea8e20&k=97669|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111323/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=bb412699-2f70-45d1-8e34-fbb463ea8e20&k=97669|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-29|title=Georges Thurston - aka Boule Noire - dead at age 55|author=Alan Hustak|access-date=Apr 29, 2025}}
1952 – Gelsey Kirkland, American ballerina and choreographer{{cite book |title=Almanac of Famous People |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |issn=1040-127X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1601047243/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=61726594 |access-date=17 November 2022 |chapter=Gelsey Kirkland}}
1953 – Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/612755-Gali-Atari|title=Gali Atari|publisher=Discogs|access-date=Apr 23, 2025}}
1953 – Thomas Bach, German fencer, lawyer and sports administrator; 9th President of the International Olympic Committee{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympics.com/ioc/mr-thomas-bach|title=Mr Thomas BACH|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=May 14, 2025}}
1953 – Alan Rusbridger, Zambian-English journalist and academic{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2014 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000085836/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=adea6871 |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Alan Rusbridger}}
1953 – Kate Schmidt, American javelin thrower and coach{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14343314|title=Kate SCHMIDT|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=May 14, 2025}}
1953 – Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (died 2005){{cite news |title=Timeline: Tookie's Path to Death Row |url=https://www.npr.org/2005/12/13/5047269/timeline-tookies-path-to-death-row |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=NPR |date=13 December 2005}}
1953 – Charlayne Woodard, American actress and playwright{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/charlaine-woodard-65558|title=Charlaine Woodard|publisher=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=May 14, 2025}}
1954 – Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician{{Cite journal|url=https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/dmvm-1993-0306/html|title=Alfried Krupp-Förderpreis für junge Hochschullehrer|journal=Mitteilungen der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung |date=Apr 17, 2014|volume=1 |issue=3 |doi=10.1515/dmvm-1993-0306 |language=de|access-date=Apr 18, 2025}}
1954 – Norihito, Prince Takamado of Japan (died 2002){{Cite web|url=http://student.delta.edu/christopherschmandt/project02/Imperial%20Family.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728043726/http://student.delta.edu/christopherschmandt/project02/Imperial%20Family.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-07-28|title=The Imperial Family|access-date=May 2, 2025}}
1954 – Mike Parry, English broadcaster and former journalist{{Cite web|url=https://entities.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxWWpM9DRKwqjBb3dFR8C.html|title=Mike Parry|publisher=OCLC|location=|access-date=Apr 30, 2025}}
1954 – Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000836960|title=Roger Voudouris|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=Apr 30, 2025}}
1955 – Chris Goodall, English businessman and author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000202584/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=3026c44e |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Chris Goodall}}
1955 – Donald D. Hoffman, American quantitative psychologist and author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2019 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000133601/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=f718c99f |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Donald D. Hoffman}}
1956 – Zaki Chehab, Lebanese-British journalist{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000200423/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=d2a8457b |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Zaki Chehab}}
1956 – Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian and radio host{{Cite web|url=https://www.film.ru/person/fred-macaulay|title=Fred MacAulay|publisher=Film.ru|language=ru|script-title=ru:Фред Маколэй|access-date=Apr 30, 2025}}
1956 – Katy Munger, American writer{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2014 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000306176/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=150f0d36 |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Katy Munger}}
1957 – Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer (died 2017){{cite news |last1=Barnes |first1=Brooks |title=Brad Grey, Former Chairman of Paramount Pictures, Dies at 59 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/business/media/brad-grey-former-chairman-of-paramount-pictures-dies-at-59.html |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=16 May 2017}}
1957 – Oliver Hirschbiegel, German actor, director, and producer{{Cite web|url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6p126z5#resources|title=Hirschbiegel, Oliver|publisher=SNAC|access-date=May 14, 2025}}
1957 – Paul Rudnick, American author, playwright, and screenwriter{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2017 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000112064/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=d48a0175 |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Paul Rudnick}}
1958 – Tyrone Benskin, English-Canadian actor, theatre director and politician{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=17912 |nolist=yes |2=Mr. Tyrone Benskin, M.P.}}
1958 – Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut{{cite book |last1=Cavallaro |first1=Umberto |title=Women Spacefarers: Sixty different paths to Space |date=2017 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |isbn=978-3-319-34048-7 |page=169}}
1959 – Patricia Clarkson, American actress{{cite book |chapter=Patricia Clarkson |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1618004112/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=230ec211 |title=Newsmakers |publisher=Gale |access-date=17 November 2022 |date=2005 |issn=0899-0417}}
1959 – Keith Crossan, Irish rugby player{{Cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/9419.html|title=Keith Crossan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007123008/http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/9419.html |access-date=May 14, 2025|archive-date=7 October 2019 }}
1959 – Ann Demeulemeester, Belgian fashion designer{{cite book |chapter=Ann Demeulemeester |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1613000071/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=ee716880 |title=Contemporary Fashion |publisher=Gale |access-date=17 November 2022 |date=2002 |isbn=978-1-55862-173-2}}
1959 – Martin Moran, American actor and author{{Cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/martin-moran-74737 |title=Martin Moran |publisher=Internet Broadway Database |access-date=April 23, 2025}}
1959 – Milton Ottey, Jamaican-Canadian high jumper and coach{{Cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14356899|title=Milton OTTEY|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=May 14, 2025}}
1959 – Paula Poundstone, American comedian and author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2007 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000173175/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=c4d691f6 |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Paula Poundstone}}
1960 – Katerina Didaskalou, Greek actress{{Cite web|url=https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/277369-katerina-didaskalou/galerie/|title=Katerina Didaskalou|language=cs|access-date=Apr 23, 2025}}
1960 – Brian A. Hopkins, American author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2003 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000132213/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=683a4530 |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Brian A. Hopkins}}
1960 – David Boon, Australian cricketer{{Cite web |title=David Boon Profile - Cricket Player Australia | Stats, Records, Video |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/david-boon-4169 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}
1960 – Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Congolese militia leader, founded the Union of Congolese Patriots{{cite book |title=Contemporary Black Biography |date=2013 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606005767/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=c680a58b |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Thomas Lubanga |volume=104}}
1960 – David Gilbert, Australian cricketer{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/dave-gilbert-5385|title=Dave Gilbert|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=May 9, 2025}}
1960 – Michael James Pappas, American politician{{CongBio |id=P000049 |name=PAPPAS, Michael James |inline=YES}}
1961 – Kevin Granata, American engineer and academic (died 2007){{cite journal |last1=Marras |first1=William S. |last2=Stokes |first2=Ian A. F. |last3=Abel |first3=Mark F. |title=Kevin Granata, PhD (December 29, 1961–April 16, 2007) |journal=Spine |date=July 2007 |volume=32 |issue=16 |page=1699 |doi=10.1097/BRS.0b013e318124ffb8}}
1961 – Richard Horton, English physician and journalist{{Cite web|url=https://isni.oclc.org/cbs/DB=1.2//CMD?ACT=SRCH&IKT=8006&TRM=ISN%3A0000000082134926&TERMS_OF_USE_AGREED=Y&terms_of_use_agree=send&COOKIE=U50,KENDUSER,I28,B0028++++++,SY,NISNI,D1.2,E664a5150-c,A,H1,,3-28,,30-41,,43-59,,65-70,,74-75,R208.87.239.201,FY|title=Horton, Richard|publisher=International Standard Name Identifier|access-date=May 14, 2025}}
1961 – Jim Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist{{Cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/the_jesus_and_mary_chain-barbed_wire_disses|title=The Jesus and Mary Chain|author=Cam Lindsay|date=Mar 20, 2017|publisher=Exclaim!|access-date=May 14, 2025|quote=His younger brother Jim is born three years later on December 29, 1961.}}
1961 – Iliya Valov, Bulgarian football player (d. 2024){{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/iliya-valov/|title=Iliya Valov|access-date=May 28, 2025}}
1962 – Leza Lowitz, American author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2016 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000321877/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=1a38975b |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Leza Lowitz}}
1962 – Carles Puigdemont, Catalan politician and journalist, former president{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2017 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650010799/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=df287a8e |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Carles Puigdemont}}
1962 – Wynton Rufer, New Zealand footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.fussballdaten.de/person/wynton-rufer/|title=Wynton Rufer|website=fussballdaten.de|language=de|access-date=May 9, 2025}}
1962 – Devon White, Jamaican-American baseball player{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/devon-white-124164|title=Devon White #22|website=MLB.com|access-date=May 19, 2025}}
1963 – Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiards player{{AZBilliards|title=Francisco Bustamante|url=http://www.azbilliards.com/person/francisco-bustamante/|access-date=Apr 24, 2025}}
1963 – Des Foy, English rugby player{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Des-Foy/summary.html|title=Des Foy|access-date=May 19, 2025}}
1963 – Ulf Kristersson, Swedish politician, Leader of the Swedish Moderate Party and 35th Prime Minister of Sweden{{cite book |title=Britannica History & Society |date=2023 |publisher=Britannica |url=https://britannica.com/biography/Ulf-Kristersson |access-date=2 January 2024 |format=Collection |chapter=Ulf Kristersson}}
1963 – Dave McKean, English illustrator, photographer, director, and pianist{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mckean_dave.htm|title=Dave McKean|publisher=Lambiek|access-date=May 19, 2025}}
1963 – Sean Payton, American football player and coach{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2022 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650005555/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=2a783cf1 |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Sean Payton}}
1963 – Liisa Savijarvi, Canadian skier{{Cite web|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/liisa-savijarvi/|title=Liisa Savijarvi|date=18 September 2011 |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|access-date=May 19, 2025}}
1964 – Michael Cudlitz, American actor{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2010 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650006843/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=66d04f78 |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Michael Cudlitz}}
1964 – Josh Harris, American investor and sports team owner{{cite web |title=Commanders notch first playoff berth under Harris |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/12/30/washington-commanders |website=Sports Business Journal |access-date=December 30, 2024 |date=December 30, 2024}}
1964 – Shingo Tsurumi, Japanese actor{{Cite web|url=https://www.horipro.co.jp/tsurumishingo/|publisher=Horipro|language=ja|script-title=ja:鶴見辰吾|access-date=Apr 22, 2025}}
1965 – Dexter Holland, American musician, singer, songwriter, and biologist
1965 – John Newton, American actor{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2010 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609027205/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=275eacd2 |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=John Newton |series=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide |volume=100}}
1965 – Martin Offiah, English rugby league player and sportscaster{{Cite web|url=https://x.com/martinoffiah/status/681426212439355393|title=Post|author=Martin Offiah|author-link=Martin Offiah|date=Dec 28, 2015|publisher=Twitter|access-date=May 19, 2025|quote=I'm 50 tomorrow mate. So your mum was born the day before me in 1965 go figure.}}
1966 – Laurent Boudouani, French boxer{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/laurent-boudouani-1.html|title=Laurent Boudouani|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417201013/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/laurent-boudouani-1.html |access-date=May 19, 2025|archive-date=17 April 2020 }}
1966 – Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer and coach{{Cite web|url=https://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-54826.html|title=STEFANO ERANIO|language=es|access-date=May 28, 2025}}
1966 – Jason Gould, American actor and singer
1966 – Christian Kracht, Swiss author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2016 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000319225/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=84c8b0b2 |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Christian Kracht}}
1966 – Jeff Luhnow, American businessman{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/160562/|title=Jeff Luhnow|access-date=May 20, 2025}}
1966 – Danilo Pérez, Panamanian pianist and composer{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/danilo-p%C3%A9rez-mn0000670875|title=Danilo Pérez|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=May 19, 2025}}
1967 – Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian-American journalist{{Cite web|url=http://amarillo.com/stories/070601/ent_risingstar.shtml#.WpMkYHbgqUl|title=Rising star Banfield just being herself|author=Michael Granberry|date=Jul 6, 2001|location=Dallas|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225210222/http://amarillo.com/stories/070601/ent_risingstar.shtml#.WpMkYHbgqUl |access-date=May 20, 2025|archive-date=25 February 2018 }}
1967 – Chris Barnes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist{{Cite web|url=http://www.tombofthemutilated.net/Chris-Barnes-Cannibal-Corpse-Biography.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509141047/http://www.tombofthemutilated.net/Chris-Barnes-Cannibal-Corpse-Biography.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-05-09|title=Biography of Chris Barnes|author=Tyler Watson|date=Feb 18, 2007|access-date=May 1, 2025}}
1967 – Lilly Wachowski, American director, screenwriter and producer{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/11/lilly-wachowski-profile-gender-sense8-matrix |title=Lilly Wachowski: putting gender on the agenda in life and film |work=The Guardian |first1=Steve |last1=Rose |date=11 May 2016 |access-date=2 November 2018}}
1968 – Li Bun-hui, North Korean table tennis player{{Cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LIBUN01|title=Bun-Hui Li|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203123602/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LIBUN01 |access-date=May 9, 2025|archive-date=3 December 2016 }}
1968 – James Mouton, American baseball player{{cite book |title=Who's Who Among African Americans |date=2021 |publisher=Gale |issn=1081-1400 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1645533788/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=9bde8279 |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=James Raleigh Mouton}}
1969 – Jason Cook, English footballer{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 |date=2015 |publisher=G2 Entertainment |isbn=978-1-78281-167-1 |page=183 |edition=1st}}
1969 – Jennifer Ehle, American actress{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2009 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609025385/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=bd850d63 |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Jennifer Ehle |series=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide |volume=92}}
1969 – Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver and journalist{{Cite web|url=http://www.allanmcnish.com/output/biography.asp|title=Biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828085037/http://www.allanmcnish.com/output/biography.asp |access-date=May 9, 2025|archive-date=28 August 2008 }}
1969 – José Antonio Noriega, Mexican footballer{{NFT player|10832/Jose_Antonio_Noriega|Noriega, José Antonio|accessdate=May 1, 2025}}
1969 – Scott Patterson, American financial journalist and author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000202412/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=20375fef |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Scott Patterson}}
1970 – Enrico Chiesa, Italian footballer and manager{{TuttoCalciatori|Chiesa_Enrico|CHIESA ENRICO|access-date=May 20, 2025}}
1970 – Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television host{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mother-tongue/familyhistory/3354585/Family-detective.html|title=Family detective|date=8 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208204711/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mother-tongue/familyhistory/3354585/Family-detective.html |access-date=May 21, 2025|archive-date=8 December 2019 }}
1970 – Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese race car driver{{Cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/hidetoshi-mitsusada/|title=Hidetoshi Mitsusada|access-date=May 2, 2025}}
1970 – Glen Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist{{Cite web|url=https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/385971-glen-phillips/biografie/|title=Glen Phillips|language=cs|access-date=May 2, 2025}}
1970 – Kevin Weisman, American actor{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2009 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609024957/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=594bf874 |access-date=17 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Kevin Weisman |series=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide |volume=89}}
1971 – Besnik Hasi, Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player{{NFT player|68|Besnik Hasi}}
1971 – Mike Pesca, American radio journalist and podcaster{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2020 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000332134/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=b968e239 |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Mike Pesca}}
1971 – Um Sang-hyun, South Korean voice actor{{Cite web|url=https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/187467-sang-hyeon-eom/biografie/|title=Sang-hyeon Eom|language=cs|access-date=Apr 24, 2025}}
1971 – Margot Thien, American swimmer{{Cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/margot-thien-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204021656/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/margot-thien-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-12-04|title=Margot Thien|access-date=Apr 22, 2025}}
1972 – Andreas Dackell, Swedish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Andreas Dackell |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/andreas-dackell-8465090 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=28 December 2023}}
1972 – Jason Kreis, American soccer player and manager{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/jason-kreis/|title=Jason Kreis|publisher=Major League Soccer|access-date=Apr 30, 2025}}
1972 – Jude Law, English actor{{cite book |chapter=Jude Law |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1618002980/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=0da7e7ba |title=Newsmakers |publisher=Gale |access-date=8 November 2022 |date=2000 |issn=0899-0417}}
1972 – Leonor Varela, Chilean-American model and actress{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemapassion.com/biographie-Leonor-Varela-1975.php|title=Léonor Varela|language=fr|access-date=Apr 23, 2025}}
1973 – Pimp C, American rapper and producer (UGK) (died 2007){{Cite web|url=https://boxden.com/showthread.php?t=1018261|title=Dec 13 - OBITUARY for: Mr. Chad Lamont Butler"Pimp C"|year=2007|access-date=Apr 24, 2025}}
1973 – Theo Epstein, American businessman{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2003 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650003044/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=18fb69a2 |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Theo Epstein}}
1973 – Jenny Lawson, American journalist and author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2016 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000305612/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=7f37f4bc |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Jenny Lawson}}
1974 – Asheru, American rapper and producer{{Cite web|url=https://data.carnegiehall.org/names/107705/about|title=Asheru|access-date=Apr 30, 2025}}
1974 – O'Neil Bell, Jamaican boxer (died 2015){{Cite web|url=http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/bell-oneil.htm|title=O'Neil Bell|access-date=Apr 25, 2025}}
1974 – Maria Dizzia, American actress
1974 – Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress and writer{{cite news |title=Happy Birthday Twinkle Khanna, Sprinkling Stardust @41 |url=https://www.ndtv.com/photos/entertainment/happy-birthday-twinkle-khanna-sprinkling-stardust-41-21212#photo-269461 |access-date=8 November 2022 |work=NDTV |date=29 December 2015}}
1974 – Mahal, Filipino actress, comedian and vlogger (died 2021){{Cite web |title=Diminutive comedienne Mahal dies at 46 |url=https://www.pep.ph/news/local/160445/mahal-dies-a734-20210831 |access-date=10 March 2022 |website=PEP.ph}}
1974 – Mekhi Phifer, American actor{{cite web |title=Celebrity Birthdays: Happy Birthday, Lee Daniels! |url=https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/f2expn/celebrity-birthdays-happy-birthday-lee-daniels/kgieoe |publisher=BET |access-date=28 December 2022 |date=29 December 2013}}
1974 – Richie Sexson, American baseball player and coach{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/richie-sexson-122027|title=Richie Sexson #44|website=MLB.com|access-date=May 21, 2025}}
1974 – Ryan Shore, Canadian composer and producer{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2008 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609023743/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=a7069b47 |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Ryan Shore |series=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide |volume=83}}
1975 – Shawn Hatosy, American actor{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2006 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609019781/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=33ce6a43 |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Shawn Hatosy |series=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide |volume=66}}
1975 – Jaret Wright, American baseball player{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jaret-wright-124605|title=Jaret Wright #27|website=MLB.com|access-date=May 21, 2025}}
1976 – Kate Ford, English actress{{Cite web|url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/name/564218/|title=Kate Ford|publisher=Kinopoisk|language=ru|script-title=ru:Кейт Форд|access-date=May 4, 2025}}
1976 – Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Filip Kuba |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/filip-kuba-8462225 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=28 December 2023}}
1976 – Danny McBride, American actor, producer and screenwriter{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650007567/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=e5d4e89b |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Danny McBride}}
1977 – Jimmy Journell, American baseball player{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jimmy-journell-407867|title=Jimmy Journell|website=MLB.com|access-date=May 21, 2025}}
1977 – Katherine Moennig, American actress{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/katherine-moennig/bio/191998/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415234852/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/katherine-moennig/bio/191998/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-04-15|title=Katherine Moennig|access-date=May 1, 2025}}
1978 – Alexis Amore, Peruvian-American porn actress and director{{Cite web|url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/name/667336/|title=Alexis Amore|publisher=Kinopoisk|language=ru|script-title=ru:Алексис Аморе|access-date=Apr 25, 2025}}
1978 – Jake Berry, English lawyer and politician{{Cite news|author1=Alice Thomson|author-link1=Alice Thomson|author2=Steven Swinford|date=Oct 31, 2020|title=Jake Berry: 'I have one political job left in me . . . and it's to help the north rise again'|url=https://www./uk/society/article/jake-berry-i-have-one-political-job-left-in-me-and-its-to-help-the-north-rise-again-030m8nls0|work=The Times|access-date=May 21, 2025}}
1978 – Matthew Carr, Australian footballer{{Cite web|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/M/Matthew_Carr.html|title=Matthew Carr|access-date=May 21, 2025}}
1978 – Kieron Dyer, English footballer and coach{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 |date=2015 |publisher=G2 Entertainment |isbn=978-1-78281-167-1 |page=252 |edition=1st}}
1978 – Danny Higginbotham, English footballer and journalist{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 |date=2015 |publisher=G2 Entertainment |isbn=978-1-78281-167-1 |page=390 |edition=1st}}
1978 – Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed martial artist{{Cite web|url=https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Mitsuhiro-Ishida-2225|title=Mitsuhiro Ishida|website=Sherdog|access-date=May 21, 2025}}
1978 – LaToya London, American singer and actress{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/latoya-london-506890|title=LaToya London|publisher=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=Apr 23, 2025}}
1978 – Angelo Taylor, American hurdler and sprinter{{Cite web|url=http://www.angelotaylorusa.com/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915112205/http://www.angelotaylorusa.com/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-09-15|title=Angelo Taylor|access-date=May 1, 2025}}
1979 – Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director and producer{{cite book |last1=Berumen |first1=Frank Javier Garcia |title=Latino Image Makers in Hollywood: Performers, Filmmakers and Films since the 1960s |date=2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1411-3 |page=308}}
1979 – Yuki Morisaki, Japanese chef and television host{{Cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/526846/|title=Yuki Morisaki|date=5 April 2025 |publisher=Oricon|language=ja|script-title=ja:森崎友紀|access-date=Apr 25, 2025}}
1979 – Moe Oshikiri, Japanese model and actress{{Cite web|url=https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/291124-moe-osikiri/biografie/|title=Moe Ošikiri|language=cs|access-date=May 21, 2025}}
1979 – George Parros, American ice hockey player{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/george-parros-8468095|title=George Parros|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=May 8, 2025}}
1979 – Reihan Salam, American political commentator, columnist and author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2010 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000191162/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=26da79e9 |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Reihan Salam}}
1979 – Ariel Schrag, American cartoonist and screenwriter{{Cite web|url=https://www.nli.org.il/en/authorities/987007341738105171|title=Schrag, Ariel|publisher=National Library of Israel|access-date=Apr 29, 2025}}
1981 – Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater and sportscaster{{cite book |chapter=Shizuka Arakawa |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1618004354/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=336e5725 |title=Newsmakers |publisher=Gale |access-date=8 November 2022 |date=2006 |issn=0899-0417}}
1981 – Janice Lynn Mather, Bahamian-Canadian author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2019 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000330882/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=fc72e43d |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Janice Lynn Mather}}
1981 – Shaun Suisham, American football player{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/suishsha01.htm|title=Shaun Suisham|publisher=Pro Football Reference|access-date=May 8, 2025}}
1981 – Anna Woltz, Dutch author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2016 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000321966/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=58e79c9d |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Anna Woltz}}
1981 – Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko, Estonian footballer{{Cite web|url=http://www.lpfp.pt/liga_sagres/pages/jogador.aspx?epoca=20092010&clube=u_leiria&jogador=3442|title=Zahovaiko (Leiria)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220094845/http://www.lpfp.pt/liga_sagres/pages/jogador.aspx?epoca=20092010&clube=u_leiria&jogador=3442 |language=pt|access-date=May 8, 2025|archive-date=20 February 2010 }}
1982 – Alison Brie, American actress{{cite web |title=Celebrate Alison Brie with the 'GLOW' Goddess's Hottest Shots Ever |url=https://www.maxim.com/women/alison-brie-birthday-2016-12/ |publisher=Maxim |access-date=28 December 2022 |date=29 December 2017}}
1982 – Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Canadian singer{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/artist/1933174-Gabrielle-Destroismaisons|title=Gabrielle Destroismaisons|publisher=Discogs|access-date=Apr 23, 2025}}
1982 – Brian Hill, Canadian swimmer{{Cite web|url=http://paralympic.ca/athletes/37950|title=Brian Hill|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016055439/http://paralympic.ca/athletes/37950 |access-date=May 21, 2025|archive-date=16 October 2014 }}
1982 – Dale Morris, Australian footballer{{Cite web|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/Dale_Morris.html|title=Dale Morris|access-date=May 21, 2025}}
1982 – Norbert Siedler, Austrian race car driver{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Norbert_Siedler/|title=Norbert Siedler|access-date=May 8, 2025}}
1982 – Julia Wertz, American cartoonist, writer and urban explorer{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2018 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000328710/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=47a524c2 |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Julia Wertz}}
1983 – Jessica Andrews, American singer and songwriter
1983 – James Kelly, Australian footballer{{Cite web|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/J/James_Kelly.html|title=James Kelly|access-date=May 22, 2025}}
1983 – Gonzalo Olave, Chilean actor (died 2009){{Cite web|url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/name/2274084/|title=Gonzalo Olave|publisher=Kinopoisk|language=ru|access-date=Apr 23, 2025}}
1983 – Angela Scanlon, Irish television presenter and general television personality{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/angela_scanlon|title=Angela Scanlon|website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=May 1, 2025}}
1984 – Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, American playwright{{cite book |title=Contemporary Black Biography |date=2017 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606007930/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=7170f1ed |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Branden Jacobs-Jenkins |volume=139}}
1984 – Brenton Lawrence, Australian rugby league player{{Cite web|url=http://www.seaeagles.com.au/team/profiles/brenton_lawrence_1.html|title=Brenton Lawrence|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807095857/http://www.seaeagles.com.au/team/profiles/brenton_lawrence_1.html |access-date=May 8, 2025|archive-date=7 August 2016 }}
1984 – Reimo Tamm, Estonian basketball player{{Cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/138970-reimo-tamm|title=Reimo Tamm|access-date=May 22, 2025}}
1985 – Wang Ji-hye, South Korean actress{{Cite web|url=https://cinefox.com/actor/view?isb=Y&movieman_seq=10569|title=Wang Ji-hye|language=ko|access-date=Apr 23, 2025}}
1985 – Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2010 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650007200/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=3c7cdffd |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Alexa Ray Joel}}
1986 – Joe Anyon, former English footballer{{Cite web|url=https://fbref.com/en/players/1794a512/Joe-Anyon|title=Joe Anyon|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 28, 2025}}
1986 – Derek Ryan, American ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Derek Ryan |url=https://www.nhl.com/oilers/player/derek-ryan-8478585 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=28 December 2023}}
1987 – Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor
1987 – Juliana Huxtable, American artist{{Cite news|url=https://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2014/01/09/juliana-huxtables-birthday-party-house-ladosha#toggle-gdpr|title=Juliana Huxtable's Birthday Party with House of Ladosha|date=Jan 9, 2014|access-date=May 22, 2025}}
1987 – Yuhi Sekiguchi, Japanese race car driver{{Cite web|url=https://51gt3.com/en/racer/yuhi-sekiguchi|title=Yuhi Sekiguchi|access-date=May 22, 2025}}
1988 – Eric Berry, American football player{{cite book |title=Contemporary Black Biography |date=2015 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606007144/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=054437fd |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Eric Berry |volume=125}}
1988 – Christen Press, American footballer{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2019 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650011710/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=54007996 |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Christen Press}}
1988 – Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player{{Cite web |title=Agnes Szavay | Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/311872/name |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association}}
1989 – Jane Levy, American actress{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2021 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650012358/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=01f324c7 |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Jane Levy}}
1989 – Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2014 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650009584/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=af16c3e5 |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Kei Nishikori}}
1989 – Harri Säteri, Finnish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Harri Sateri |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/harri-sateri-8474667 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=28 December 2023}}
1990 – Allen Kim, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (U-KISS){{Cite web|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/p-et-tp0-20110827-826123.html|date=Aug 27, 2011|publisher=Nikkan Sports|language=ja|script-title=ja:Ｕ－ＫＩＳＳ脱退キボムが「アレン」で活動|trans-title=Kibum, who left U-KISS, is active in "Allen"|access-date=Apr 23, 2025}}
1991 – Steven Caulker, English footballer{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 |date=2015 |publisher=G2 Entertainment |isbn=978-1-78281-167-1 |page=153 |edition=1st}}
1991 – Patrick Feeney, American sprinter{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/patrick-feeney-14373686 |title=Patrick FEENEY |website=worldathletics.org}}
1992 – Mislav Oršić, Croatian footballer{{cite web |title=Mislav Oršić |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mislav-orsic/85764/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=29 December 2024}}
1992 – Katsuhiro Suzuki, Japanese actor and model{{Cite web|url=https://www.douban.com/personage/27503023/|publisher=Douban|language=zh|script-title=zh:铃木胜大 Katsuhiko Suzuki|access-date=Apr 23, 2025}}
1993 – Travis Head, Australian cricketer{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/travis-head-530011|title=Travis Head|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=May 22, 2025}}
1993 – Gabby May, Canadian artistic gymnast{{cite web |title=Gabrielle May - Women's Gymnastics |url=https://uicflames.com/sports/womens-gymnastics/roster/gabrielle-may/2154 |website=UIC Athletics |access-date=26 May 2020}}
1994 – Kristel Fulgar, Filipino actress{{Cite web|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/2020/12/30/fresh-scoops/kristel-fulgar-celebrates-26th-birthday-190709|title=Kristel Fulgar celebrates 26th birthday amid pandemic|date=Dec 30, 2020|website=Abs-cbn.com|access-date=Apr 22, 2025}}
1994 – Princess Kako of Akishino, Japanese princess{{Cite web|url=https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history03.html|title=Their Imperial Highnesses Crown Prince and Crown Princess Akishino and their family|publisher=Imperial House of Japan|access-date=Apr 18, 2025}}
1995 – Myles Garrett, American football player{{cite web |title=Myles Garrett |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3122132/myles-garrett |publisher=ESPN |access-date=28 December 2022}}
1995 – Rina Ikoma, Japanese singer and actress (Nogizaka46 and AKB48){{Cite web|url=http://www.nogizaka46.com/member/detail/ikomarina.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526163557/http://www.nogizaka46.com/member/detail/ikomarina.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-05-26|title=Rina Ikoma|language=ja|script-title=ja:生駒里奈|access-date=Apr 23, 2025}}
1995 – Ross Lynch, American singer and actor{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2020 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650012231/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=3862dc37 |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Ross Lynch}}
1996 – Sana Minatozaki, Japanese singer{{cite web |title=TWICE(Profile) |url=http://twice.jype.com/profile.asp |website=JYP Entertainment - Twice |publisher=JYP Entertainment |access-date=26 October 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190530110026/http://twice.jype.com/profile.asp |archive-date=30 May 2019}}
1996 – Dylan Minnette, American actor, musician and singer{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2012 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609031774/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=45940dcc |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Dylan Minnette |series=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide |volume=123}}
1997 – Felix Keisinger, German skeleton racer{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/athlete/262668|title=Felix Keisinger|date=3 January 2025 |publisher=International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation|access-date=May 8, 2025}}
1998 – Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2010 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609026714/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=90083ffc |access-date=8 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick |series=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide}}
1998 – Victor Osimhen, Nigerian footballer{{cite web |title=Victor Osimhen |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/victor-james-osimhen/425645/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=29 December 2024}}
1998 – Brandon Thomas-Asante, Ghanaian footballer{{cite web |title=Brandon Thomas-Asante |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/brandon-thomas-asante/452353/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=29 December 2024}}
1999 – Andreas Skov Olsen, Danish footballer{{cite web |title=A. Skov Olsen |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/andreas-skov-olsen/490969/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=29 December 2024}}
1999 – Francisco Trincão, Portuguese footballer{{cite web |title=Francisco Trincão |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/67454/Trinc%C3%A3o/overview |website=Premier League |access-date=29 December 2024}}
2000 – Orkun Kökçü, Dutch-Turkish footballer{{cite web |title=Orkun Kökçü |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/orkun-kokcu/506333/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=29 December 2024}}
2000 – Julio Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player{{cite web |title=Julio Rodriguez |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/julio-rodriguez-677594 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=28 December 2022}}
2000 – Eliot Vassamillet, Belgian singer{{Cite web|url=https://www.deezer.com/en/artist/712581/biography|title=Eliot|publisher=Deezer|access-date=May 22, 2025}}
2006 – Ethan Mbappé, French footballer{{cite web |title=E. Mbappé |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ethan-lottin/704242/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=29 December 2024}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

721 – Empress Genmei of Japan (b. 660){{Cite web|url=https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00719959&tree=LEO|title=Genmei tenno|website=Genealogics.org|access-date=May 22, 2025}}
1170 – Thomas Becket, English archbishop and saint (born 1118){{cite ODNB |last1=Barlow |first1=Frank |title=Becket, Thomas [St Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London] (1120?–1170), archbishop of Canterbury |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/27201}}
1208 – Emperor Zhangzong of Jin (born 1168){{cite book |last1=Franke |first1=Herbert |editor1-last=Franke |editor1-first=Herbert |editor2-last=Twitchett |editor2-first=Denis C. |title=The Cambridge History of China |date=1994 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-24331-5 |page=249 |volume=6}}
1380 – Elizabeth of Poland, queen consort of Hungary (born 1305){{cite book |title=Realm of St. Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary |first=Pál |last=Engel |publisher=I.B. Tauris |year=2005 |page=137}}
1550 – Bhuvanaikabahu VII, King of Kotte (born 1468){{cite book |last1=Queyroz |first1=Fernão de |title=The Temporal and Spiritual Conquest of Ceylon |date=1975 |publisher=AMS Press |isbn=0-404-09630-1 |pages=292–293}}
1563 – Sebastian Castellio, French preacher and theologian (born 1515){{cite book |last1=Guggisberg |first1=Hans R. |title=Sebastian Castellio, 1515-1563: Humanist and Defender of Religious Toleration in a Confessional Age |date=2002 |publisher=Ashgate |isbn=978-0-7546-3019-7 |page=201}}

=1601–1900=

1606 – Stephen Bocskai, Prince of Transylvania (born 1557){{cite journal |last1=WORMSER |first1=MORITZ |title=Coins and Medals of Transylvania in New York Collections |journal=American Journal of Numismatics |date=1914 |volume=48 |pages=163–164 |jstor=43587813 |issn=2381-4594}}
1634 – John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (b. 1612){{Cite web|url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bwazy.html|title=Jan Olbracht Cardinal Waza (Wazy), S.J. †|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|access-date=May 27, 2025}}
1661 – Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (born 1594){{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Saint-Amant, Marc Antoine de Gérard, Sieur de |volume=23 |page=1014}}
1689 – Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (born 1624){{cite ODNB |last1=Cook |first1=Harold J. |title=Sydenham, Thomas (bap. 1624, d. 1689), physician |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/26864}}
1720 – Maria Margaretha Kirch, German astronomer and educator (born 1670){{cite journal |journal=Encyclopedia of World Biography Online |date=2000 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631007532/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=b174962a |access-date=7 November 2022 |format=Collection |title=Maria Winckelmann Kirch |volume=20}}
1731 – Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (born 1685){{cite Grove |last1=Jeans |first1=Susi |last2=Gouk |first2=Penelope |title=Taylor, Brook |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.27582}}
1737 – Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659){{Cite web|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Saurin/|title=Joseph Saurin|website=MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive|access-date=May 27, 2025}}
1772 – Ernst Johann von Biron, 7th duke of Courland and Semigallia (born 1690){{Cite encyclopedia|title=Ernst Johann, Reichsgraf von Biron|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernst-Johann-Reichsgraf-von-Biron#tab=active~checked%2Citems~checked&title=Ernst%20Johann%2C%20Reichsgraf%20von%20Biron%20--%20Britannica%20Online%20Encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=May 28, 2025}}
1785 – Johann Heinrich Rolle, German composer (born 1716){{cite Grove |last1=Bauman |first1=Thomas |last2=Pyatt |first2=Janet B. |title=Rolle, Johann Heinrich |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23711}}
1785 – Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (born 1742){{cite book |last1=Bliksrud |first1=Liv |title=Norsk biografisk leksikon |date=29 June 2022 |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Johan_Herman_Wessel |access-date=12 December 2022 |language=no |chapter=Johan Herman Wessel}}
1807 – Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (born 1750){{cite book |last1=Bernardo |first1=Luís Miguel |title=Histórias da Luz e das Cores, Volume 1 |date=2009 |publisher=Universidade do Porto |isbn=978-972-8025-87-8 |pages=550–554 |edition=2a. |language=pt}}
1815 – Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789){{Cite web|url=https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/baartman-sara-saartjie-1789-1815/|title=Saartjie (Sara) Baartman (1789-1815)|date=Apr 22, 2025|website=BlackPast.org|access-date=May 27, 2025}}
1825 – Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (born 1748){{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Simon |title=David, Jacques-Louis |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T021541 |isbn=978-1-884446-05-4}}
1834 – Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist (born 1766){{Cite encyclopedia|title=Thomas Robert Malthus summary|url=https://www.britannica.com/summary/Thomas-Malthus|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=May 4, 2025}}
1838 – Søren Christian Sommerfelt, Norwegian priest and botanist (born 1794){{cite encyclopedia |title=Søren Christian Sommerfelt |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |date=22 December 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Søren_Christian_Sommerfelt_-_prest |language=no |access-date=17 March 2024}}
1887 – Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805){{Cite web|url=http://www.utlib.ee/ekollekt/eeva/index.php?lang=en&do=autor&aid=126|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309060408/http://www.utlib.ee/ekollekt/eeva/index.php?lang=en&do=autor&aid=126|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-03-09|title=Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1805 – 1887)|access-date=May 27, 2025}}
1890 – Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (born 1826){{cite book |title=Notable Native Americans |date=1995 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-8103-9638-8 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1626000020/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=d67dd871 |access-date=7 November 2022 |chapter=Big Foot}}
1890 – Octave Feuillet, French novelist and dramatist (born 1821){{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Feuillet, Octave |volume=10 |pages=304-305 |first=Edmund William |last=Gosse}}
1891 – Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (born 1823){{cite book |last1=Chang |first1=Sooyoung |title=Academic Genealogy of Mathematicians |date=2011 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-4282-29-1 |page=32}}
1894 – Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (born 1830){{cite ODNB |last1=Duguid |first1=Lindsay |title=Rossetti, Christina Georgina (1830–1894), poet |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/24139}}
1896 – Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist (born 1824){{Cite Jewish Encyclopedia|title=BACHRACH, JACOB BEN MOSES|url=https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2309-bachrach-jacob-ben-moses|author=Louis Ginzberg and Gotthard Deutsch|volume= 2|page=423}}
1897 – William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (born 1812){{cite ANB |last1=Barnhill |first1=Georgia B. |title=Linton, William James (1812-1897), wood engraver, printer, and poet |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1700526}}
1898 – Ilia Solomonovich Abelman, Russian astronomer (born 1866){{Cite Jewish Encyclopedia|title=ABELMAN, ILIA SOLOMONOVICH|url=https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/231-abelman-ilia-solomonovich|author=Herman Rosenthal|volume=1|page=52}}
1900 – John Henry Leech, English entomologist (born 1862){{cite book |last1=South |first1=Richard |title=Catalogue of the Collection of Palæarctic Butterflies Formed by the Late John Henry Leech, and Presented to the Trustees of the British Museum by His Mother, Mrs. Eliza Leech |date=1902 |publisher=British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology |page=iii}}

=1901–present=

1905 – Charles Yerkes, American financier (born 1837){{cite ANB |last1=Salsbury |first1=Stephen |title=Yerkes, Charles Tyson (1837-1905), investment banker and traction entrepreneur |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1001789}}
1910 – Samuel Butcher, Anglo-Irish classical scholar and politician (born 1850){{cite ODNB |last1=Prothero |first1=G. W. |first2=Roger T. |last2=Stearn |title=Butcher, Samuel Henry (1850–1910), classical scholar |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32205}}
1910 – Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (born 1872){{cite ODNB |last1=Vamplew |first1=Wray |title=Doherty, (Hugh) Lawrence [Laurie] |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32851}}
1911 – Rosamund Marriott Watson, English poet, author and critic (born 1860){{cite ODNB |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/58579 |first1=Linda K. |last1=Hughes |title=Watson, Rosamund Marriott [née Rosamund Ball; pseuds. Graham R. Tomson, R. Armytage] |date=2004}}
1915 – Tom Shevlin, collegiate athlete and businessman (born 1883){{Cite web|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016078401.html|title=Shevlin, Thomas Leonard, 1883-1915|publisher=Library of Congress Linked Data Service|access-date=May 28, 2025}}
1918 – Abby Leach, American educator (born 1855){{cite journal |last1=Briggs |first1=Ward |title=Abby Leach (1855-1918) |journal=The Classical World |date=1996 |volume=90 |issue=2/3 |pages=97–105 |doi=10.2307/4351924 |jstor=4351924}}
1919 – William Osler, Canadian physician and professor (born 1849){{cite ODNB |first1=W. F. |last1=Bynum |title=Osler, Sir William, baronet (1849–1919), physician |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/35340}}
1921 – Hermann Paul, German philologist, linguist and lexicographer (born 1846){{cite journal |last1=Reis |first1=Marga |author-link=Marga Reis |title=Hermann Paul |journal=Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur |date=1978 |volume=1978 |issue=100 |page=173 |doi=10.1515/bgsl.1978.1978.100.159 |s2cid=201828354 |language=de}}
1924 – Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1845){{cite journal |last1=Senn |first1=Alfred |title=Carl Spittelers Dichtersprache |journal=The German Quarterly |date=May 1959 |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=187–198 |doi=10.2307/401859 |jstor=401859}}
1925 – Félix Vallotton, Swiss-French painter (born 1865){{cite journal |last1=Neff |first1=John Hallmark |title=Felix Vallotton: A Forgotten Master Painter |journal=Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts |date=June 1976 |volume=54 |issue=4 |page=166 |doi=10.1086/DIA41504576 |s2cid=192689405}}
1926 – Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (born 1875){{cite journal |title=Rilke, Rainer [René] (Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef) Maria |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T072164}}
1929 – Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (born 1846){{cite journal |journal=Encyclopedia of World Biography Online |date=2009 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631009278/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=8fbcc7a1 |access-date=7 November 2022 |format=Collection |title=Wilhelm Maybach |volume=29}}
1929 – Edward Christopher Williams, American librarian (born 1871){{cite book |last1=Josey |first1=E. J. |editor1-last=Wynar |editor1-first=Bohdan S. |title=Dictionary of American Library Biography |date=1978 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=0-87287-180-0 |pages=552–553}}
1936 – Willem Siebenhaar, Dutch-Australian activist (born 1863){{Cite web|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/siebenhaar-willem-13193|title=Willem Siebenhaar (1863–1936)|author1=Edward Duyker|author-link1=Edward Duyker|author2=Naomi Segal|publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography|access-date=May 28, 2025}}
1937 – Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (born 1878){{cite ANB |last1=Gale |first1=Robert L. |title=Marquis, Don (1878-1937), columnist, short-story writer, and poet |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1601062}}
1937 – Alma Tell, American actress (born 1898){{Cite book|author=Allan R. Ellenberger|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|url={{Google books|8bOJCgAAQBAJ|page=208|plainurl=yes}}|page=208}}
1939 – Kelly Miller, American mathematician, sociologist, essayist, newspaper columnist and author (born 1863){{cite ANB |last1=Winston |first1=Michael R. |title=Miller, Kelly (1863-1939), educator and essayist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1500478}}
1939 – Madeleine Pelletier, French psychiatrist, feminist and political activist (born 1874){{cite journal |last1=Mitchell |first1=Claudine |title=Madeleine Pelletier (1874–1939): The Politics of Sexual Oppression |journal=Feminist Review |date=November 1989 |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=72–92 |doi=10.1057/fr.1989.31 |s2cid=143944956}}
1940 – Stephen Birch, American businessman (born 1873){{cite book |last1=Ingham |first1=John N. |title=Biographical dictionary of American business leaders |date=1983 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-313-23907-6 |page=75 |volume=1}}
1941 – Louis Eilshemius, American painter (born 1864){{cite journal |last1=Karlstrom |first1=Paul J. |title=Eilshemius, Louis M(ichel) |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T025707}}
1941 – Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (born 1873){{cite journal |last1=Hodge |first1=William Vallance Douglas |title=Tullio Levi-Civita, 1873-1941 |journal=Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=30 November 1942 |volume=4 |issue=11 |pages=151–165 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1942.0013 |doi-access=free}}
1943 – Art Young, American cartoonist and writer (born 1866){{cite ANB |last1=Harvey |first1=Robert C. |title=Young, Arthur Henry (1866-1943), cartoonist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1601815}}
1944 – Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (born 1910){{cite journal |last1=Burds |first1=Jeffrey |title=The Soviet War against 'Fifth Columnists': The Case of Chechnya, 1942—4 |journal=Journal of Contemporary History |date=April 2007 |volume=42 |issue=2 |page=307 |doi=10.1177/0022009407075545 |s2cid=159523593}}
1945 – Beulah Dark Cloud, American actress (born 1887){{cite book |last1=Berumen |first1=Frank Javier Garcia |title=American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-3647-4 |page=25}}
1946 – Mirko Breyer, Croatian writer, bibliographer, and antiquarian (born 1863){{Cite web|url=https://narod.hr/vjera-i-kultura/kultura/23-listopada-1863-roden-mirko-breyer-prvak-hrvatske-bibliografije|title=23. listopada 1863. – rođen Mirko Breyer, prvak hrvatske bibliografije|author=Nikola Banić|date=Oct 23, 2016|language=hr|trans-title=October 23, 1863 – Mirko Breyer, champion of Croatian bibliography, was born|access-date=Apr 28, 2025}}
1946 – Camillo Schumann, German composer and organist (born 1872){{cite book |title=Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2420010737/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=c126745e |access-date=7 November 2022 |chapter=Camillo Schumann}}
1948 – Harry Farjeon, British composer and music teacher (born 1878){{cite book |title=Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2420003354/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=614cc7c7 |access-date=7 November 2022 |chapter=Harry Farjeon}}
1949 – Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (born 1883){{cite ANB |last1=Vicary |first1=Elizabeth Zoe |title=Dennett, Tyler Wilbur (1883-1949), historian, government official, and college president |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1400140}}
1952 – Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1897){{cite Grove |last1=Collier |first1=James Lincoln |title=Henderson, Fletcher |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.12781}}
1952 – Beryl Rubinstein, American pianist, composer and teacher (born 1898){{cite Grove |last1=Finn |first1=Robert |title=Rubinstein, Beryl |date=25 May 2016 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2292930}}
1954 – William Merriam Burton, American chemist (born 1865){{cite web |title=William Burton | Lemelson |url=https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/william-burton |website=lemelson.mit.edu |access-date=7 November 2022}}
1956 – Miles Vandahurst Lynk, American physician and author (born 1871){{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2003 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000122810/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=9db4debf |access-date=7 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Miles V(andahurst) Lynk}}
1958 – Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (born 1895){{cite Grove |last1=Palfy |first1=Barbara |title=Humphrey, Doris |date=2 June 2011 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2103470}}
1959 – Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (born 1903){{cite Grove |last1=Hurd |first1=Michael |title=Milford, Robin |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.18673}}
1960 – Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (born 1862){{cite ODNB |last1=Moult |first1=Thomas |last2=Dayananda |first2=James Y. |title=Phillpotts, Eden (1862–1960), writer |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/35518}}
1965 – Frank Nugent, American screenwriter, journalist and film reviewer (born 1908){{cite news |title=Frank S. Nugent, Screen Writer t And Former Film Critic, Dead; Credits Included 'Quiet Man' and 'Mister Roberts'-Reviewed for Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/12/31/archives/frank-s-nugent-screen-writer-t-and-former-film-critic-dead-credits.html |access-date=7 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=31 December 1965 |page=21}}
1965 – Kōsaku Yamada, Japanese composer and conductor (born 1886){{cite Grove |last1=Kanazawa |first1=Masakata |title=Yamada, Kósçak (opera) |date=2002 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O907001}}
1967 – Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1890){{cite Grove |last1=Johnson |first1=Carl |title=Whiteman, Paul |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.30223}}
1968 – Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (born 1904){{cite ODNB |last1=Crombie |first1=I. M. |title=Farrer, Austin Marsden (1904–1968), philosopher, theologian, and biblical scholar |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/33092}}
1970 – William King Gregory, American zoologist and anatomist (born 1876){{cite ANB |last1=Root |first1=Nina J. |title=Gregory, William King (1876-1970), paleontologist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1302317}}
1970 – Marie Menken, American director and painter (born 1909){{cite news |title=Marie Menken, 61, Early Leader In Underground Movies, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/12/31/archives/marie-menken-61-early-leader-in-underground-movies-dies.html |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=31 December 1970}}
1971 – John Marshall Harlan II, American lawyer and jurist (born 1899){{cite ANB |last1=Dorsen |first1=Norman |title=Harlan, John Marshall (1899-1971), lawyer and Supreme Court justice |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1101026}}
1972 – Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (born 1903){{cite journal |last1=Cooper |first1=Philip |title=Cornell, Joseph |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T019548}}
1972 – Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (born 1903){{Cite web|url=https://www.vimaorthodoxias.gr/nea/oi-ierapostoloi-deichnoyn-to-dromo-stoys-ischyroys/|date=Jun 28, 2023|language=el|script-title=el:Οι ιεραπόστολοι δείχνουν το δρόμο στους ισχυρούς|trans-title=Missionaries Show the Way to the Powerful|access-date=May 8, 2025}}
1975 – Euell Gibbons, American author and naturalist (born 1911){{cite ANB |last1=Vicary |first1=Elizabeth Zoe |title=Gibbons, Euell Theophilus (1911-1975), author and naturalist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1302575}}
1976 – Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (born 1954){{cite news |title=Van Damme, Belgian Track Star, Dies After Car Crash in France |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/12/30/archives/van-damme-belgian-track-star-dies-after-car-crash-in-france.html |access-date=2 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=30 December 1976}}
1979 – F. Edward Hébert, American journalist and politician (born 1901){{CongBio |id=H000437 |name=HÉBERT, Felix Edward |inline=YES}}
1979 – Richard Tecwyn Williams, Welsh biochemist (born 1909){{cite journal |last1=Neuberger |first1=Albert |last2=Smith |first2=R. L. |title=Richard Tecwyn Williams, 20 February 1909 - 29 December 1979 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=1 November 1982 |volume=28 |pages=685–717 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1982.0026 |s2cid=86261072}}
1980 – Tim Hardin, American singer-songwriter (born 1941){{Cite web|url=https://www.songsinger.info/th/biograph.html|title=Tim Hardin Biography|access-date=May 1, 2025}}
1980 – Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (born 1899){{cite news |last1=Austin |first1=Anthony |title=RUSSIANS BURY NADEZHDA MANDELSTAM |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/03/world/russians-bury-nadezhda-mandelstam.html |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=3 January 1981}}
1980 – Irvin F. Westheimer, American businessman and social reformer (born 1879){{cite book |title=Almanac of Famous People |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |issn=1040-127X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1601068804/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=ee3a634f |access-date=7 November 2022 |chapter=Irvin Ferdinand Westheimer}}
1981 – Philip Handler, American nutritionist, and biochemist (born 1917){{cite news |last1=Sullivan |first1=Walter |title=DR. PHILIP HANDLER IS DEAD AT 64; EX-HEAD OF ACADEMY OF SCIENCES |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/30/obituaries/dr-philip-handler-is-dead-at-64-ex-head-of-academy-of-sciences.html |access-date=7 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=30 December 1981}}
1981 – Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (born 1893){{cite journal |last1=Możejko |first1=Edward |title=On the Edge of Reason: The Writing of Miroslav Krleža |journal=World Literature Today |date=1983 |volume=57 |issue=1 |pages=24–30 |doi=10.2307/40138480 |jstor=40138480}}
1984 – Indus Arthur, American actress and singer (born 1941){{Cite web|url=https://entities.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJrGyFVrqDp37khM7k7vHC.html|title=Indus Arthur|publisher=OCLC|access-date=Apr 23, 2025}}
1984 – P. H. Polk, American photographer (born 1898){{cite journal |last1=Holloway |first1=Camara Dia |title=Polk, P(rentice) H(erman) |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=26 May 2010 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T2087080}}
1984 – Leo Robin, American composer, lyricist and songwriter (born 1900){{cite book |title=Almanac of Famous People |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |issn=1040-127X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1601054193/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=2c8bde20 |access-date=5 November 2022 |chapter=Leo Robin}}
1986 – Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1894){{cite news |title=HAROLD MACMILLAN DIES AT 92; WAS PRIME MINISTER OF BRITAIN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/30/obituaries/harold-macmillan-dies-at-92-was-prime-minister-of-britain.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=30 December 1986}}
1986 – Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1932){{cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=Walter |title=ANDREI TARKOVSKY, DIRECTOR AND SOVIET EMIGRE, DIES AT 54 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/30/obituaries/andrei-tarkovsky-director-and-soviet-emigre-dies-at-54.html |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=30 December 1986}}
1987 – Jun Ishikawa, Japanese author (born 1899){{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000124115/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=c7fbe3db |access-date=5 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Jun Ishikawa}}
1987 – Wilbert E. Moore, American sociologist (born 1914){{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2003 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000070096/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=643c49f4 |access-date=5 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Wilbert E(llis) Moore}}
1988 – Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (born 1940){{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Victoria |title=Beuttler - Formula 1's LGBT+ pioneer |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/56141363 |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=BBC Sport |date=21 February 2021}}
1988 – Ieuan Maddock, Welsh scientist and nuclear researcher (born 1917){{cite journal |last1=Duckworth |first1=W. E. |title=Ieuan Maddock, 29 March 1917 - 29 December 1988 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=1 November 1991 |volume=37 |pages=321–340 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1991.0016 |jstor=770032 |s2cid=71268985}}
1989 – Süreyya Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish lawyer and jurist (born 1903){{Cite web|url=https://ataturkansiklopedisi.gov.tr/detay/9/S%C3%BCreyya_A%C4%9Fao%C4%9Flu_(1903-1989)|title=Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903-1989)|author=Selma Yel|date=Aug 7, 2023|language=tr|access-date=May 1, 2025}}
1992 – Vivienne Segal, American actress and singer (born 1897){{cite Grove |last1=Goldstein |first1=Howard |title=Segal, Vivienne |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47948}}
1993 – Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor (born 1930){{Cite web|url=https://www.peoples.ru/art/cinema/actor/mkrchyan/|language=ru|script-title=ru:Фрунзик Мкртчян / Phrunzik Mkrchyan|access-date=Apr 23, 2025}}
1994 – Frank Thring, Australian actor (born 1926){{cite AuDB |first=Peter |last=Fitzpatrick |title=Thring, Francis William (Frank) (1926–1994) |volume=19 |edition= |year=2021 |id2=thring-francis-william-frank-19779 |access-date=5 November 2022}}
1995 – Lita Grey, American actress (born 1908){{Cite web|url=https://www.virtual-history.com/movie/person/4904/lita-grey|title=Lita Grey (1908 - 1995)|location=|access-date=Apr 23, 2025}}
1995 – Hans Henkemans, Dutch pianist, composer and psychiatrist (born 1913){{cite Grove |last1=Ryker |first1=Harrison |title=Henkemans, Hans |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.12791}}
1996 – Pennar Davies, Welsh clergyman and author (born 1911){{cite news |last1=Stephens |first1=Meic |title=Obituary: Pennar Davies |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-pennar-davies-1281297.html |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The Independent |date=2 January 1997}}
1996 – Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1906){{cite news |title=Mireille, French Songwriter, 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/30/arts/mireille-french-songwriter-90.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The New York Times |agency=Reuters |date=30 December 1996}}
1996 – Peggy Herbison, Scottish politician (born 1907){{cite ODNB |last1=Dalyell |first1=Tam |title=Herbison, Margaret McCrorie [Peggy] (1907–1996), politician |date=22 September 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/64016}}
1998 – Ralph Siu, American scholar, military and civil servant, and author (born 1917){{cite news |last1=Estrada |first1=Louie |title=RALPH SIU, DEVELOPER OF 'PANETICS,' DIES AT 80 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/12/31/ralph-siu-developer-of-panetics-dies-at-80/d1d087a9-d466-45e1-bc90-fe4a8061015a/ |access-date=5 November 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=31 December 1998}}
1998 – Don Taylor, American actor and film director (born 1920){{cite news |last1=Oliver |first1=Myrna |title=Don Taylor; Actor in War Films, Director |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-31-mn-59371-story.html |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=31 December 1998}}
1999 – Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (born 1906){{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Terence |title=Sir Leon Radzinowicz |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jan/01/guardianobituaries |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=1 January 2000}}
2001 – Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (born 1908){{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Martin |title=Takashi Asahina |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/takashi-asahina-9198620.html |access-date=2 November 2022 |work=The Independent |date=11 January 2002}}
2001 – Cássia Eller, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1962){{Cite web|url=http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EDR71017-5856,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150506172146/http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EDR71017-5856,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-05-06|title=Saiba mais sobre a cantora Cássia Eller|language=pt|trans-title=Learn more about the singer Cássia Eller|access-date=Apr 25, 2025}}
2001 – György Kepes, Hungarian painter, photographer, designer, educator and art theorist (born 1906){{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Ken |title=Gyorgy Kepes Is Dead at 95; Artist and Aesthetic Theorist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/10/arts/gyorgy-kepes-is-dead-at-95-artist-and-aesthetic-theorist.html |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=10 January 2002}}
2002 – Lloyd Barbee, American lawyer and politician (born 1925){{cite web |title=Barbee, Lloyd A. 1925-2003 |url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS1741 |website=Dictionary of Wisconsin History |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society |access-date=5 November 2022 |date=3 August 2012}}
2002 – Ralph Clanton, American actor (born 1914){{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/ralph-clanton-78098|title=Ralph Clanton|publisher=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=Apr 25, 2025}}
2003 – Earl Hindman, American actor (born 1942){{Cite web|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=BIC&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CK1609013868&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-BIC&asid=78ea1cd7|title=Earl Hindman|publisher=Gale|access-date=Apr 25, 2025}}
2003 – Dinsdale Landen, English actor (born 1932){{cite news |last1=Barker |first1=Dennis |title=Obituary: Dinsdale Landen |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/dec/31/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=31 December 2003}}
2003 – Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (born 1928){{cite news |last1=Barker |first1=Dennis |title=Obituary: Bob Monkhouse |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/dec/30/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=30 December 2003}}
2004 – Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912){{cite journal |last1=Snyder |first1=Solomon H. |title=Julius Axelrod (1912–2004) |journal=Nature |date=February 2005 |volume=433 |issue=7026 |page=593 |doi=10.1038/433593a |pmid=15703735 |s2cid=4413335 |doi-access=free}}
2004 – Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (born 1916){{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burkhke01.shtml|title=Ken Burkhart|publisher=Baseball Reference|access-date=May 8, 2025}}
2004 – Peter Davison, American poet, essayist, teacher, lecturer, editor and publisher (born 1928){{cite magazine |title=Peter Davison (1928-2004) |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/12/peter-davison-1928-2004/303707/ |access-date=7 November 2022 |magazine=The Atlantic |date=December 2004}}
2004 – Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress and screenwriter (born 1947){{Cite web|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/liddy-holloway/biography|title=Liddy Holloway|publisher=NZ on Screen|access-date=Apr 28, 2025}}
2005 – Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-English psychotherapist and author (born 1922){{Cite web|url=https://www.gbpev.de/gerda-boyesen-eine-kurzbiografie/|title=Gerda Boyesen – eine Kurzbiografie|author=Thomas Haudel|author2=Ebba Boyesen|language=de|trans-title=Gerda Boyesen – a short biography|access-date=Apr 28, 2025}}
2005 – Cyril Philips, British historian and academic director (born 1912){{cite news |last1=Yapp |first1=M. E. |title=Professor Sir Cyril Philips |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-sir-cyril-philips-523619.html |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The Independent |date=19 January 2006}}
2005 – Basil William Robinson, British art scholar and author (born 1912){{cite journal |last1=Hillenbrand |first1=Robert |last2=Bivar |first2=David |last3=Stronach |first3=David |last4=Crowe |first4=Yolande |title=Obituaries |journal=Iran |date=January 2006 |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=v–xiv |doi=10.1080/05786967.2006.11834678 |s2cid=218558465}}
2007 – Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (born 1972){{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 |date=2015 |publisher=G2 Entertainment |isbn=978-1-78281-167-1 |page=640 |edition=1st}}
2007 – Phil Dusenberry, American advertising executive (born 1936){{cite news |last1=Story |first1=Louise |title=Philip B. Dusenberry, 71, Adman, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/business/media/31dusenberry.html?ref=business |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=31 December 2007}}
2007 – Kevin Greening, English radio host (born 1962){{Cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3115066.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524101744/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3115066.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-05-24|title=Kevin Greening|date=Jan 1, 2008|access-date=Apr 23, 2025}}
2008 – Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (born 1938){{cite news |last1=Keepnews |first1=Peter |title=Freddie Hubbard, Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 70 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/arts/music/30hubbard.html |access-date=2 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=30 December 2008}}
2008 – Victor H. Krulak, American soldier (born 1913){{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Victor H. Krulak, Marine Behind U.S. Landing Craft, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/obituaries/05krulak.html |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=5 January 2009}}
2009 – Janina Bauman, Polish journalist and writer (born 1926){{cite journal |last1=Tester |first1=Keith |title=Introduction to a Special Section: Remembering Janina Bauman |journal=Thesis Eleven |date=November 2011 |volume=107 |issue=1 |pages=66–69 |doi=10.1177/0725513611421478 |s2cid=147135052}}
2009 – David Levine, American artist and illustrator (born 1926){{cite news |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce |title=David Levine, Biting Caricaturist, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/arts/design/30levine.html |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=29 December 2009}}
2009 – Steve Williams, American football player and wrestler (born 1960){{Cite web|url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=237|title=Steve Williams|access-date=Apr 30, 2025}}
2010 – Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (born 1956){{cite news |url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/dec/30/avi-cohen-obituary |title=Avi Cohen Obituary |date=30 December 2010 |work=The Guardian |first1=Brian |last1=Glanville |access-date=5 November 2022}}
2010 – Bill Erwin, American actor and cartoonist (born 1914){{cite news |title=Obituary: Bill Erwin, Seinfeld's grumpy old man |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2011/01/04/obituary_bill_erwin_seinfelds_grumpy_old_man.html |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=Toronto Star |agency=Associated Press |date=4 January 2011}}
2011 – Constance Bartlett Hieatt, American scholar (born 1928){{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000045333/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=5d6e20d5 |access-date=5 November 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Constance B(artlett) Hieatt}}
2012 – Mike Auldridge, American singer and guitarist (born 1938){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000478847|title=Mike Auldridge|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=May 1, 2025}}
2012 – Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1946){{cite news |last1=Frith |first1=David |title=Tony Greig obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/dec/30/tony-greig |access-date=2 November 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=30 December 2012}}
2012 – Roland Griffiths-Marsh, Malaysian-Australian soldier and author (born 1923){{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/au/obituaries/theage-au/name/roland-griffiths-marsh-obituary?id=44428144#fbLoggedOut|title=Roland Griffiths-Marsh Obituary|date=Jan 4, 2013|website=Legacy.com|access-date=Apr 22, 2025}}
2012 – Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (born 1927){{Cite web|url=http://pennsylvania.obituaries.funeral.com/2012/12/30/edward-meneeley-jr/|title=Edward S. Meneeley, Jr.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531090200/http://pennsylvania.obituaries.funeral.com/2012/12/30/edward-meneeley-jr/ |access-date=May 6, 2025|archive-date=31 May 2014 }}
2012 – Ben Overton, American jurist (born 1926){{Cite web|url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2012/12/former-florida-supreme-court-justice-overton-dies.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103233341/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2012/12/former-florida-supreme-court-justice-overton-dies.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-03|title=Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Overton dies|date=Dec 30, 2012|access-date=Apr 21, 2025}}
2012 – William Rees-Mogg, British newspaper journalist (born 1928){{cite news |last1=Bates |first1=Stephen |title=Lord Rees-Mogg obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/dec/29/william-rees-mogg-obituary |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=29 December 2012}}
2012 – Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican footballer and manager (born 1936){{Cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/17991/Salvador_Reyes.html|title=Salvador Reyes|access-date=Apr 21, 2025}}
2012 – Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (born 1935){{Cite web|url=https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=419843|title=Paulo Rocha|publisher=Swedish Film Database|language=sv|access-date=May 6, 2025}}
2012 – Bruce Stark, American cartoonist (born 1933){{Cite web|url=https://www.invaluable.com/artist/xxln9wk1ls/#ARTIST_DETAIL_INFO|title=About Bruce Stark|access-date=May 6, 2025}}
2012 – Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (born 1918){{Cite web|url=https://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btoka.html|title=Archbishop Ignacy Marcin Tokarczuk †|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|access-date=Apr 21, 2025}}
2013 – C. T. Hsia, Chinese-American critic and scholar (born 1921){{cite news |last1=Yardley |first1=William |title=C. T. Hsia, Who Brought Chinese Literature to the West, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/books/c-t-hsia-scholar-of-chinese-literature-dies-at-92.html |access-date=1 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=9 January 2014}}
2013 – Paul Comstive, English footballer (born 1961){{Cite web|url=https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/10903829.ex-bolton-wanderers-midfielder-paul-comstive-dies-aged-52/|title=Ex-Bolton Wanderers midfielder Paul Comstive dies, aged 52|date=30 December 2013 |access-date=Apr 23, 2025}}
2013 – Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (born 1978){{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=August |title=School of Seven Bells' Benjamin Curtis dies at 35 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-school-of-seven-bells-benjamin-curtis-dies-at-35-20131230-story.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=31 December 2013}}
2013 – Connie Dierking, American basketball player (born 1936){{cite news |title=Connie Dierking, 77, Journeyman Who Was Linked to N.B.A. Greats, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/01/sports/basketball/connie-dierking-dies-at-77-part-of-wilt-chamberlain-trade.html |access-date=2 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=1 January 2014}}
2013 – Wojciech Kilar, Polish classical and film music composer (born 1932){{cite news |date=29 December 2013 |title=Od pół roku Kilar zmagał się z nowotworem |url=http://www.idziemy.pl/kultura/od-pol-roku-kilar-zmagal-sie-z-nowotworem/ |newspaper=Tygodnik Idziemy |access-date=13 January 2013 |language=pl}}
2013 – Besik Kudukhov, Russian wrestler (born 1986){{Cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/besik-kudukhov-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131914/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/besik-kudukhov-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-03-04|title=Besik Kudukhov|access-date=Apr 22, 2025}}
2013 – Jagadish Mohanty, Indian author and translator (born 1951){{Cite web|url=http://lifeandlegends.com/sarojini-sahoo-translations-jagadish-mohanty/|title=Sarojini Sahoo: Translations by Jagadish Mohanty|date=Jun 11, 2014|access-date=May 8, 2025}}
2013 – Mike O'Connor, German-American journalist (born 1946){{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-mike-oconnor-20131231-story.html#axzz2p2NraEQk|title=Mike O'Connor dies at 67; advocate for journalists in Mexico|author=Richard Fausset|date=Dec 30, 2013|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=Apr 29, 2025}}
2014 – Syed Hamid, Indian academic and diplomat (born 1920){{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Eminent-Muslim-educationist-Saiyid-Hamid-dead/articleshow/45682694.cms|title=Eminent Muslim educationist Saiyid Hamid dead|author=Eram Agha|date=Dec 30, 2014|work=The Times of India|access-date=Apr 30, 2025}}
2014 – Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (born 1922){{cite news |last1=Velloor |first1=Ravi |title=Hotelier and patriarch of Hong Kong's Harilela clan dies at age 92 |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hotelier-and-patriarch-of-hong-kongs-harilela-clan-dies-at-age-92 |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The Straits Times |date=31 December 2014}}
2014 – Odd Iversen, Norwegian footballer (born 1945){{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/odd-iversen/|title=Odd Iversen|access-date=May 4, 2025}}
2014 – Juanito Remulla, Sr., Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (born 1933){{cite news |last1=Cinco |first1=Bong Lozada, Maricar |title=Former Cavite governor Juanito 'Johnny' Remulla dies |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/660386/former-cavite-governor-juanito-johnny-remulla-dies |access-date=31 October 2022 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=29 December 2014}}
2015 – Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (born 1922){{cite news |title=Former army chief General OP Malhotra passes away at 93 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/former-army-chief-general-op-malhotra-passes-away-at-93/story-czfHaiZh63dRJfmAEfgDTI.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=30 December 2015}}
2015 – Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (born 1968){{cite news |title=Pavel Srnicek: Goalkeeper who won fans' hearts |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/pavel-srnicek-goalkeeper-who-won-fans-hearts-and-helped-take-newcastle-to-within-sight-of-the-a6791456.html |work=The Independent |access-date=30 June 2020 |date=30 December 2015 |first1=Ivan |last1=Ponting}}
2015 – Kim Yang-gon, North Korean politician (born 1942){{Cite news|author=|date=Jan 9, 2016|title=Kim Yang-gon: North Korean official who helped to maintain the state's precarious diplomatic ties with Seoul|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/kim-yanggon-north-korean-official-who-helped-to-maintain-the-state-s-precarious-diplomatic-ties-with-seoul-a6803476.html|work=The Independent|access-date=May 2, 2025}}
2016 – Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back (born 1977){{cite news |last1=Klingaman |first1=Mike |title=Keion Carpenter, former Woodlawn High, NFL player, dies at 39 |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/nfl/bal-keion-carpenter-former-woodlawn-high-nfl-player-dies-at-39-20161229-story.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=Baltimore Sun}}
2016 – LaVell Edwards, American football head coach (born 1930){{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=LaVell Edwards, Coach Who Led B.Y.U. to a Football Title, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/sports/football/lavell-edwards-dead-brigham-young-football-coach.html |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=30 December 2016}}
2017 – Peggy Cummins, Irish actress (born 1925){{cite news |last1=Michael Freedland |title=Peggy Cummins obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/09/peggy-cummins-obituary |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=9 January 2018}}
2017 – John C. Portman Jr., American neofuturistic architect and real estate developer (born 1924){{cite news |last1=McFadden |first1=Robert D. |title=John Portman, Architect Who Made Skylines Soar, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/30/obituaries/john-portman-dead.html |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=30 December 2017}}
2018 – Brian Garfield, American novelist, historian and screenwriter (born 1939){{cite news |last1=Seelye |first1=Katharine Q. |title=Brian Garfield, Prolific Author of 'Death Wish,' Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/06/obituaries/brian-garfield-dies-at-79.html |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=6 January 2019}}
2018 – Rosenda Monteros, Mexican actress (born 1935){{cite news |last1=Slotnik |first1=Daniel E. |title=Rosenda Monteros, Actress in 'The Magnificent Seven,' Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/07/obituaries/rosenda-monteros-dead.html |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=7 January 2019}}
2019 – Alasdair Gray, Scottish writer and artist (born 1934){{cite news |last1=Campbell |first1=James |title=Alasdair Gray obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/29/alasdair-gray-obituary |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=29 December 2019}}
2019 – Neil Innes, English writer, comedian and musician (born 1944){{cite news |last1=Welch |first1=Chris |title=Neil Innes obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/30/neil-innes-obituary |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=30 December 2019}}
2020 – Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (born 1922){{cite news |last1=Horwell |first1=Veronica |title=Pierre Cardin obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/dec/29/pierre-cardin-obituary |access-date=31 October 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=29 December 2020}}
2020 – Joe Louis Clark, American educator (born 1937){{Cite news |last=Langer |first=Emily |date=30 December 2020 |title=Joe Clark, New Jersey principal who inspired 'Lean on Me,' dies at 83 |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/joe-clark-dead/2020/12/30/df02c530-4aa0-11eb-a9f4-0e668b9772ba_story.html |access-date=18 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718024741if_/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/joe-clark-dead/2020/12/30/df02c530-4aa0-11eb-a9f4-0e668b9772ba_story.html |archive-date=18 July 2021}}
2020 – Alexi Laiho, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1979){{Cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/96710|title=Alexi Laiho|website=SecondHandSongs |access-date=May 5, 2025}}
2021 – Peter Klatzow, South African composer (born 1945){{cite book |title=Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2420006220/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=a5645658 |access-date=4 November 2022 |chapter=Peter James Leonard Klatzow}}
2022 – Pelé, Brazilian footballer (born 1940){{cite news |title=Pele: Brazil football legend dies aged 82 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42751517 |access-date=29 December 2022 |publisher=BBC}}
2022 – Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (born 1950){{cite web |title=Edgar Savisaar 31.05.1950 - 29.12.2022 |url=https://www.eesti.ca/edgar-savisaar-31051950-29122022-/article59855 |website=Estonian World Review |access-date=30 December 2022 |language=en |date=29 December 2022}}
2022 – Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer (born 1941){{cite web |title=Dame Vivienne Westwood, fashion designer, dies aged 81 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/dec/29/dame-vivienne-westwood-fashion-designer-dies-aged-81 |website=the Guardian |access-date=30 December 2022 |language=en |date=29 December 2022}}
2023 – Gil de Ferran, French-born Brazilian racing driver, CART champion (2000, 2001), 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner (born 1967)[https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/indy-500-winner-gil-de-ferran-dead-at-56/10561436/ 2003 Indy 500 winner Gil de Ferran dead at 56 ]
2024 – Aaron Brown, American journalist and academic (born 1948){{Cite news |last=Watkins |first=Ali |date=December 31, 2024 |title=Aaron Brown, CNN Anchor During the Sept. 11 Attacks, Dies at 76 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/business/media/aaron-brown-dead-911.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250101060045/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/business/media/aaron-brown-dead-911.html |archive-date=January 1, 2025 |access-date=January 3, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en}}
2024 – Jimmy Carter, American politician, 39th President of the United States (born 1924){{cite web |last1=Suggs |first1=Ernie |last2=Quinn |first2=Christopher |title=Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, 100, dies |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/former-us-president-jimmy-carter-100-dies/3ODQTR5NHVDTDF2SXOU34MKNZM/ |website=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=29 December 2024}}
2024 – Linda Lavin, American actress and singer (born 1937){{cite web |title=Linda Lavin Dies: 'Alice' Star & Tony-Winning Broadway Actor Was 87 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/linda-lavin-dead-alice-no-good-deed-tony-winner-1236243483/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=30 December 2024 |language=en |date=29 December 2024}}
2024 – Tomiko Itooka, Japanese supercentenarian (born 1908){{cite web |title=World's Oldest Person, Tomiko Itooka, Dies at 116 |url=https://longeviquest.com/2025/01/worlds-oldest-person-tomiko-itooka-dies-at-116/ |website=LongeviQuest |access-date=4 January 2025 |language=en |date=4 January 2025}}

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
Ebrulf{{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0-8146-2324-7 |page=90}}
Thomas Becket
Trophimus of Arles{{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0-8146-2324-7 |page=311}}
December 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Constitution Day (Ireland){{cite book |last1=Coffey |first1=Donal K. |title=Constitutionalism in Ireland, 1932–1938 |date=2018 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-3-030-09438-6 |page=215}}
Independence Day (Mongolia){{cite journal |last1=Troubat |first1=Nathalie |last2=Grünberger |first2=Klaus |title=Impact of survey design in the estimation of habitual food consumption |journal=Food Policy |date=October 2017 |volume=72 |page=137 |doi=10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.08.019}}
The fifth day of Christmas (Western Christianity){{cite web |last1=Pai |first1=Tanya |title=The 12 Days of Christmas: The story behind the holiday's most annoying carol |url=https://www.vox.com/21796404/12-days-of-christmas-explained |website=Vox |access-date=11 May 2025 |date=1 December 2020}}
The fourth day of Kwanzaa (United States){{cite web |title=Kwanzaa {{!}} History, Traditions, Dates, Symbols, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kwanzaa |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=11 May 2025 |language=en |date=25 April 2025}}

References

External links

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/29 BBC: On This Day]
{{NYT On this day|month=12|day=29}}
[https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/29 Historical Events on December 29]

Category:Days of December