April 15 — On This Day

The Lateran Council condemned the Council of Hieria and anathematized its iconoclastic rulings.

Lateran Council (769) · Council of Hieria · Anathema · Iconoclasm

Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscard.

Bari · Byzantine Empire · Siege of Bari · Robert Guiscard

Timur defeats Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde at the Battle of the Terek River. The Golden Horde capital city, Sarai, is razed to the ground and Timur installs a puppet ruler on the throne.

Timur · Tokhtamysh · Battle of the Terek River · Sarai (city)

Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English forces, ending English domination in Northern France.

Battle of Formigny · Hundred Years' War

Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.

Battle of Rain · Sweden · Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden · Holy Roman Empire · Thirty Years' War

Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.

Irish Confederate Wars · Confederate Ireland · Battle of Kilrush · Royalist

The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.

Yamasee War · Yamasee War · Province of Carolina

Foundation of the Kingdom of Corsica

Kingdom of Corsica (1736)

Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.

Serse · Italian opera · George Frideric Handel

Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London.

Samuel Johnson · A Dictionary of the English Language

Preliminary articles of peace ending the American Revolutionary War (or American War of Independence) are ratified.

American Revolutionary War

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded the American School for the Deaf, the first American school for deaf students, in Hartford, Connecticut.

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet · Laurent Clerc · American School for the Deaf · Hartford, Connecticut

President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln · President Lincoln's 75,000 Volunteers · American Civil War

President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President upon Lincoln's death.

Abraham Lincoln · John Wilkes Booth · Andrew Johnson

The General Electric Company is formed.

General Electric

Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.

1896 Summer Olympics · Athens

Philippine-American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.

Philippine-American War · Filipino people · Siege of Catubig · Catubig, Northern Samar · Philippines

Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Triangle Fraternity · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.

RMS Titanic · Sinking of the RMS Titanic · Atlantic Ocean · Iceberg

Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.

South Braintree, Massachusetts · Anarchism · Sacco and Vanzetti

U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.

John B. Kendrick · Wyoming · Teapot Dome scandal

Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.

Insulin · Diabetes mellitus

Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.

Rand McNally · Road atlas

First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.

1936-39 Arab revolt in Palestine · Mandatory Palestine

In the Belfast Blitz, two-hundred bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing around one thousand people.

Belfast Blitz · Luftwaffe · Belfast

The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta: Its people and defenders" by King George VI.

George Cross · Malta · George VI

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is liberated.

Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.

Jackie Robinson · History of the Brooklyn Dodgers · Baseball color line

McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois

McDonald's · Ray Kroc · Des Plaines, Illinois

At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

Shaw University · Raleigh, North Carolina · Ella Baker · Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee · Civil Rights Movement

The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.

EC-121 shootdown incident · North Korea · United States Navy · Sea of Japan

During the Cambodian Civil War, massacres of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong river into South Vietnam.

Cambodian Civil War · Vietnamese Cambodians · Mekong · South Vietnam

The United States launches Operation El Dorado Canyon, its bombing raids against Libyan targets in response to a bombing in West Germany that killed two U.S. servicemen.

Operation El Dorado Canyon · History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi

Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans.

Hillsborough disaster · Hillsborough Stadium · Sheffield Wednesday F.C. · Liverpool F.C.

Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China.

Hu Yaobang · Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing three people and injuring 264 others.

Boston Marathon bombings · 2013 Boston Marathon · Boston · Massachusetts

In the worst massacre of the South Sudanese Civil War, at least 200 civilians were gunned down after seeking refuge in houses of worship as well as hospitals.

2014 Bentiu massacre · South Sudanese Civil War

Gaius Maecenas, Roman politician (d. 8 BC)

Gaius Maecenas

Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1329)

Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine

Henry IV of England (d. 1413)

Henry IV of England

John Paston, English noble (d. 1479)

John Paston (died 1479)

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect (d. 1519)

Leonardo da Vinci

Guru Nanak, the first Sikh guru (d. 1539)

Guru Nanak · Sikh

Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (d. 1626)

Pietro Cataldi

Guru Arjan Dev, fifth Sikh leader (d. 1606)

Guru Arjan Dev

Claudius Salmasius, French author and scholar (d. 1653)

Claudius Salmasius

Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Catholic cardinal (d. 1675)

Francesco Maria Brancaccio

Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician and geographer (d. 1722)

Robert Sibbald

Suleiman II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1691)

Suleiman II

Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)

Christian V of Denmark

Catherine I of Russia (d. 1727)

Catherine I of Russia

Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (d. 1758)

Johann Friedrich Fasch

Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1783)

Leonhard Euler

William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1790)

William Cullen

Charles Willson Peale, American painter and soldier (d. 1827)

Charles Willson Peale

Nicolas Chopin, French-Polish educator (d. 1844)

Nicolas Chopin

Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French biologist and zoologist (d. 1844)

Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, German astronomer and academic (d. 1864)

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve

James Clark Ross, English captain and explorer (d. 1862)

James Clark Ross

William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (d. 1892)

William Champ · Premier of Tasmania

Hermann Grassmann, German linguist and mathematician (d. 1877)

Hermann Grassmann

William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1885)

William Crowther (Australian politician) · Premier of Tasmania

Jean Danjou, French captain (d. 1863)

Jean Danjou

Wilhelm Busch, German poet, painter, and illustrator (d. 1908)

Wilhelm Busch

Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company Ltd (d. 1919)

Joseph E. Seagram · Seagram

Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (d. 1916)

Henry James

Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (d. 1910)

Jean Moréas

Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (d. 1917)

Émile Durkheim

Bliss Carman, Canadian-British poet and playwright (d. 1929)

Bliss Carman

George Harrison Shull, American botanist and geneticist (d. 1954)

George Harrison Shull

Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)

Johannes Stark · Nobel Prize in Physics

James J. Jeffries, American boxer and promoter (d. 1953)

James J. Jeffries

Georg Kolbe, German sculptor (d. 1947)

Georg Kolbe

Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (d. 1956)

Robert Walser (writer)

Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet (d. 1980)

Melville Henry Cane

Stanley Bruce, Australian captain and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)

Stanley Bruce · Prime Minister of Australia

Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general (d. 1947)

Tadeusz Kutrzeba

Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (d. 1921)

Nikolay Gumilyov

William Forgan Smith, Scottish-Australian politician, 24th Premier of Queensland (d. 1953)

William Forgan Smith · Premier of Queensland

Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (d. 1904)

Maximilian Kronberger

Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (d. 1975)

Thomas Hart Benton (painter)

A. Philip Randolph, American activist (d. 1979)

A. Philip Randolph

Percy Shaw, English businessman, invented the cat's eye (d. 1976)

Percy Shaw · Cat's eye (road)

Theo Osterkamp, German general and pilot (d. 1975)

Theo Osterkamp

Corrie ten Boom, Dutch-American clocksmith Nazi resister, and author (d. 1983)

Corrie ten Boom · Dutch Resistance

Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician, 7th Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1971)

Nikita Khrushchev · Premier of the Soviet Union

Bessie Smith, African-American singer and actress (d. 1937)

Bessie Smith

Clark McConachy, New Zealand snooker player (d. 1980)

Clark McConachy

Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)

Nikolay Semyonov · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Harry Edward, Guyanese-English sprinter (d. 1973)

Harry Edward

Joe Davis, English snooker player (d. 1978)

Joe Davis

Ajoy Mukherjee, Indian politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (d. 1986)

Ajoy Mukherjee · Chief Minister of West Bengal

René Pleven, French businessman and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1993)

René Pleven · Prime Minister of France

Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist (d. 2002)

Fernando Pessa

John Williams, English-American actor (d. 1983)

John Williams (actor)

Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1948)

Arshile Gorky

Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)

Nikolaas Tinbergen · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

eden ahbez, Scottish-American songwriter and recording artist (d. 1995)

Eden ahbez

Lita Grey, American actress (d. 1995)

Lita Grey

Sulo Bärlund, Finnish shot putter (d. 1986)

Sulo Bärlund

Miguel Najdorf, Polish-Argentinian chess player and theoretician (d. 1997)

Miguel Najdorf

William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1998)

William Congdon

Kim Il-sung, North Korean general and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of North Korea (d. 1994)

Kim Il-sung · List of leaders of North Korea

Elizabeth Catlett, African-American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2012)

Elizabeth Catlett

Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman (d. 1982)

Alfred S. Bloomingdale

Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)

Helene Hanff

Hans Conried, American actor (d. 1982)

Hans Conried

James Kee, American lawyer and politician (d. 1989)

James Kee

Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2007)

Hans Billian

Alberto Breccia, Uruguayan-Argentinian author and illustrator (d. 1993)

Alberto Breccia

Godfrey Stafford, English-South African physicist and academic (d. 2013)

Godfrey Stafford

Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2012)

Thomas Szasz

Richard von Weizsäcker, German soldier and politician, 6th President of Germany (d. 2015)

Richard von Weizsäcker · President of Germany

Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian-Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1995)

Georgy Beregovoy

Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (d. 2009)

Angelo DiGeorge

Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor (d. 2013)

Michael Ansara

Hasrat Jaipuri, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1999)

Hasrat Jaipuri

Harold Washington, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (d. 1987)

Harold Washington · Mayor of Chicago

Graham Whitehead, English racing driver (d. 1981)

Graham Whitehead

Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (d. 1966)

Artur Alliksaar

Robert DePugh, American activist, founded the Minutemen (an anti-Communist organization) (d. 2009)

Robert DePugh · Minutemen (anti-Communist organization)

M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1980)

M. Canagaratnam

Neville Marriner, English violinist and conductor (d. 2016)

Neville Marriner

George Shuffler, American guitarist (d. 2014)

George Shuffler

Robert Mills, American physicist and academic (d. 1999)

Robert Mills (physicist)

Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2008)

Gérald Beaudoin

Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (d. 2015)

Adrian Cadbury

Georges Descrières, French actor (d. 2013)

Georges Descrières

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Icelandic educator and politician, 4th President of Iceland

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir · President of Iceland

Kenneth Bloomfield, Northern Irish civil servant

Kenneth Bloomfield

Tomas Tranströmer, Swedish poet, translator, and psychologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)

Tomas Tranströmer · Nobel Prize in Literature

Roy Clark, American musician and television personality

Roy Clark

David Hamilton, English-French photographer and director (d. 2016)

David Hamilton (photographer)

Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress and producer (d. 1995)

Elizabeth Montgomery

Stavros Paravas, Greek actor and producer (d. 2008)

Stavros Paravas

Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist

Raymond Poulidor

Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1978)

Bob Luman

Claudia Cardinale, Italian actress

Claudia Cardinale

Hso Khan Pha, Burmese-Canadian geologist and politician (d. 2016)

Hso Khan Pha

Marty Wilde, English singer-songwriter and actor

Marty Wilde

Jeffrey Archer, English author, playwright, and politician

Jeffrey Archer

Penelope Coelen, South African actress, model, beauty queen and 1958 Miss World

Penelope Coelen · Miss World

Willie Davis, American baseball player and actor (d. 2010)

Willie Davis (baseball)

Robert Lacroix, Canadian economist and academic

Robert Lacroix

Howard Berman, American lawyer and politician

Howard Berman

Francis X. DiLorenzo, American bishop

Francis X. DiLorenzo

Walt Hazzard, American basketball player and coach (d. 2011)

Walt Hazzard

Kenneth Lay, American businessman (d. 2006)

Kenneth Lay

Tim Lankester, English economist and academic

Tim Lankester

Pınar Kür, Turkish author, playwright, and academic

Pınar Kür

Robert Lefkowitz, American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate

Robert Lefkowitz · Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater, English politician

Veronica Linklater, Baroness Linklater

Hugh Thompson, Jr., American soldier and pilot (d. 2006)

Hugh Thompson, Jr.

Dzhokhar Dudayev, Russian-Chechen general and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (d. 1996)

Dzhokhar Dudayev · President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Dave Edmunds, Welsh singer, guitarist, and producer

Dave Edmunds

John Lloyd, Scottish journalist and author

John Lloyd (journalist)

Pete Rouse, American politician, White House Chief of Staff

Pete Rouse · White House Chief of Staff

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American screenwriter and producer

Linda Bloodworth-Thomason

Martin Broughton, English businessman

Martin Broughton

Lois Chiles, American model and actress

Lois Chiles

Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor

Jeffrey DeMunn

David Omand, English civil servant and academic

David Omand

Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish nurse and politician, Swedish Minister for Social Security

Cristina Husmark Pehrsson · Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Sweden)

Woolly Wolstenholme, English singer and keyboard player (d. 2010)

Woolly Wolstenholme

Christopher Brown, English historian, curator, and academic

Christopher Brown (museum director)

Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor (d. 2003)

Michael Kamen

Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer-songwriter and actress

Alla Pugacheva

Craig Zadan, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Craig Zadan

Josiane Balasko, French actress, director, and screenwriter

Josiane Balasko

Amy Wright, American actress

Amy Wright

Karel Kroupa, Czech football player

Karel Kroupa

Heloise, American journalist and author

Heloise (columnist)

John L. Phillips, American captain and astronaut

John L. Phillips

Stuart Prebble, English journalist and producer

Stuart Prebble

Marsha Ivins, American engineer and astronaut

Marsha Ivins

Kym Gyngell, Australian actor, comedian, and screenwriter

Kym Gyngell

Brian Muir, English sculptor and set designer

Brian Muir (sculptor)

Avital Ronell, Czech-American philosopher and academic

Avital Ronell

Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (d. 1997)

Dodi Fayed

Michael Cooper, American basketball player and coach

Michael Cooper

Evelyn Ashford, American runner and coach

Evelyn Ashford

Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Keith Acton

John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer

John Bracewell

Memos Ioannou, Greek basketball player and coach

Memos Ioannou

Benjamin Zephaniah, English actor, author, poet, and playwright

Benjamin Zephaniah

Fruit Chan, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter

Fruit Chan

Kevin Lowe, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

Kevin Lowe

Emma Thompson, English actress, comedian, author, activist and screenwriter

Emma Thompson

Pierre Aubry, Canadian ice hockey player

Pierre Aubry

Susanne Bier, Danish director and screenwriter

Susanne Bier

Pedro Delgado, Spanish cyclist and sportscaster

Pedro Delgado

Tony Jones, English snooker player

Tony Jones (snooker player)

Neil Carmichael, English academic and politician

Neil Carmichael (Conservative politician)

Carol W. Greider, American molecular biologist

Carol W. Greider

Dawn Wright, American geographer and oceanographer

Dawn Wright

Nawal El Moutawakel, Moroccan athlete and politician

Nawal El Moutawakel

Tom Kane, American voice actor

Tom Kane

Alex Crawford, Nigerian-South African journalist

Alex Crawford

Manzoor Elahi, Pakistani cricketer

Manzoor Elahi

Bobby Pepper, American journalist

Bobby Pepper

Manoj Prabhakar, Indian cricketer and sportscaster

Manoj Prabhakar

Andre Joubert, South African rugby player

Andre Joubert

Kevin Stevens, American ice hockey player

Kevin Stevens

Samantha Fox, English singer-songwriter and actress

Samantha Fox

Mott Green, American businessman (d. 2013)

Mott Green

Frankie Poullain, Scottish bass player and songwriter

Frankie Poullain

Dara Torres, American swimmer and journalist

Dara Torres

Ben Clarke, English rugby player and coach

Ben Clarke

Brahim Lahlafi, Moroccan-French runner

Brahim Lahlafi

Ed O'Brien, English guitarist

Ed O'Brien

Jeromy Burnitz, American baseball player

Jeromy Burnitz

Kaisa Roose, Estonian pianist and conductor

Kaisa Roose

Jimmy Waite, Canadian-German ice hockey player and coach

Jimmy Waite

Chris Huffins, American decathlete and coach

Chris Huffins

Philippe Carbonneau, French rugby player

Philippe Carbonneau

Jason Sehorn, American football player

Jason Sehorn

Josia Thugwane, South African runner

Josia Thugwane

Karl Turner, English lawyer and politician

Karl Turner (British politician)

Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (d. 2009)

Arturo Gatti

Lou Romano, American animator and voice actor

Lou Romano

Kim Min-kyo, South Korean actor and director

Kim Min-kyo

Danny Pino, American actor and screenwriter

Danny Pino

Mike Quinn, American football player

Mike Quinn

Douglas Spain, American actor, director, and producer

Douglas Spain

Tim Thomas, American ice hockey player

Tim Thomas (ice hockey)

Sarah Teichmann, German-American biophysicist and immunologist

Sarah Teichmann

Jason Bonsignore, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Jason Bonsignore

Darius Regelskis, Lithuanian footballer

Darius Regelskis

Kęstutis Šeštokas, Lithuanian basketball player

Kęstutis Šeštokas

Steve Williams, English rower

Steve Williams (rower)

Sudarsan Pattnaik, Indian sculptor

Sudarsan Pattnaik

Brian Pothier, American ice hockey player

Brian Pothier

Jamie Wall, English racing driver

Jamie Wall

Milton Bradley, American baseball player

Milton Bradley (baseball)

Tim Corcoran, American baseball player

Tim Corcoran (pitcher)

Luis Fonsi, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and dancer

Luis Fonsi

David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1912)

David Brand · Premier of Western Australia

James Foster, English cricketer

James Foster (cricketer, born 1980)

Raül López, Spanish basketball player

Raül López

Willie Mason, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player

Willie Mason

Aida Mollenkamp, American chef and author

Aida Mollenkamp

Billy Yates, American football player

Billy Yates (American football)

Andrés D'Alessandro, Argentinian footballer

Andrés D'Alessandro

Michael Aubrey, American baseball player

Michael Aubrey

Anthony Green, American singer-songwriter

Anthony Green (musician)

Seth Rogen, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Seth Rogen

Alice Braga, Brazilian actress

Alice Braga

Matt Cardle, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Matt Cardle

Dudu Cearense, Brazilian footballer

Dudu Cearense

Andreas Fransson, Swedish skier (d. 2014)

Andreas Fransson

Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian ice hockey player

Ilya Kovalchuk

Martin Pedersen, Danish cyclist

Martin Pedersen (cyclist)

Antonio Cromartie, American football player

Antonio Cromartie

Cam Janssen, American ice hockey player

Cam Janssen

Daniel Paille, Canadian ice hockey player

Daniel Paille

Ryan Hamilton, Canadian ice hockey player

Ryan Hamilton

Tom Heaton, English footballer

Tom Heaton

Sylvain Marveaux, French footballer

Sylvain Marveaux

Blake Ayshford, Australian rugby league player

Blake Ayshford

Steven Defour, Belgian footballer

Steven Defour

Chris Tillman, American baseball pitcher

Chris Tillman

Emma Watson, English actress

Emma Watson

Daiki Arioka, Japanese idol, singer, and actor

Daiki Arioka

Javier Fernández López, Spanish figure skater

Javier Fernández López

Maisie Williams, English actress

Maisie Williams

Denis Shapovalov, Canadian tennis player

Denis Shapovalov

Suiko, emperor of Japan (b. 554)

Empress Suiko · Japan

Liu Bin, emperor of Southern Han (b. 920)

Liu Bin (Southern Han) · Southern Han

Lin Yanyu, Chinese court official and eunuch

Lin Yanyu · Eunuch

Godwin, Earl of Wessex (b. 1001)

Godwin, Earl of Wessex

Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare (b. 1094)

Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare

Adolf of Altena, German archbishop (b. 1157)

Adolf of Altena

Richard Poore, English ecclesiastic

Richard Poore

Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek philosopher and translator (b. 1355)

Manuel Chrysoloras

Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1377)

Filippo Brunelleschi

John IV of Chalon-Arlay, Prince of Orange (b. 1443)

John IV of Chalon-Arlay

Roxelana, wife of Suleiman the Magnificent (b. c. 1500)

Roxelana · Suleiman the Magnificent

Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (b. 1546)

Robert Persons

George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1580)

George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore · Secretary of State (England)

Patriarch Joseph of Moscow, Russian patriarch

Patriarch Joseph of Moscow

Simon Dach, German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1605)

Simon Dach

Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, French wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1635)

Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon · Louis XIV of France

Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1676)

Jacopo Riccati

Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (b. 1682)

Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll · Lord President of the Court of Session

William Oldys, English historian and author (b. 1696)

William Oldys

Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1679)

Peder Horrebow

Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian chemist and physicist (b. 1711)

Mikhail Lomonosov

Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (b. 1711)

Giuseppe Bonno

Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1718)

Ignacije Szentmartony

Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)

Arthur Aikin

Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)

Sylvester Jordan

Abraham Lincoln, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)

Abraham Lincoln · President of the United States

Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)

Matthew Arnold

Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)

Father Damien

Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician

Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui

Victims of the RMS Titanic disaster Thomas Andrews, Irish businessman and shipbuilder (b. 1873) John Jacob Astor IV, American colonel, businessman, and author (b. 1864) Archibald Butt, American general and journalist (b. 1865) Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author (b. 1875) Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (b. 1865) Henry B. Harris, American producer and manager (b. 1866) Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (b. 1878) James Paul Moody, English sailor and sixth officer (b. 1887) William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor and first officer (b. 1873) Jack Phillips, English telegraphist (b. 1887) Edward Smith, English captain (b. 1850) William Thomas Stead, English journalist (b. 1849) Ida Straus, German-American businesswoman (b. 1849) Isidor Straus, German-American businessman and politician (b. 1845) John Thayer, American cricketer (b. 1862) Henry Tingle Wilde, English chief officer (b. 1872)

Sinking of the RMS Titanic · Thomas Andrews (shipbuilder) · John Jacob Astor IV · Archibald Butt · Jacques Futrelle

János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)

János Murkovics

Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)

Gaston Leroux

César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)

César Vallejo

Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)

Robert Musil

Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)

Aristarkh Lentulov

Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)

Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin

Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)

Hermann Florstedt · SS

Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)

Radola Gajda

Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)

Wallace Beery

Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)

Clara Blandick

Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)

Arsenio Lacson · Mayor of Manila

Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)

Edward Greeves, Jr.

Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of East Pakistan

Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury · East Pakistan

Totò, Italian comedian (b. 1898)

Totò

Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (b. 1915)

Gurgen Boryan

Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian author and critic (b. 1886)

Friedebert Tuglas

Raymond Bailey, American actor and soldier (b. 1904)

Raymond Bailey

Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)

Jean-Paul Sartre · Nobel Prize in Literature

Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedian and magician (b. 1921)

Tommy Cooper

Jean Genet, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1910)

Jean Genet

Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)

Kenneth Williams

Hu Yaobang, Chinese soldier and politician (b. 1915)

Hu Yaobang

Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (b. 1905)

Greta Garbo

Leslie Charteris, English author and screenwriter (b. 1907)

Leslie Charteris

John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geophysicist and geologist (b. 1908)

John Tuzo Wilson

William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1912)

William Congdon

Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1925)

Pol Pot · Prime Minister of Cambodia

Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (b. 1944)

Harvey Postlethwaite

Edward Gorey, American poet and illustrator (b. 1925)

Edward Gorey

Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (b. 1951)

Joey Ramone

Damon Knight, American author and critic (b. 1922)

Damon Knight

Byron White, American football player, lawyer, and jurist, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1917)

Byron White · United States Deputy Attorney General

Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese illustrator (b. 1934)

Mitsuteru Yokoyama

Brant Parker, American illustrator (b. 1920)

Brant Parker

Krister Stendahl, Swedish bishop, theologian, and scholar (b. 1921)

Krister Stendahl

Clement Freud, German-English journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1924)

Clement Freud

László Tisza, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (b. 1907)

László Tisza

Salih Neftçi, Turkish economist and author (b. 1947)

Salih Neftçi

Jack Herer, American author and activist (b. 1939)

Jack Herer

Michael Pataki, American actor and director (b. 1938)

Michael Pataki

Vittorio Arrigoni, Italian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1975)

Vittorio Arrigoni

Paul Bogart, American director and producer (b. 1919)

Paul Bogart

Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player (b. 1968)

Dwayne Schintzius

Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1930)

Benjamin Fain

Richard LeParmentier, American-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1946)

Richard LeParmentier

Jean-François Paillard, French conductor (b. 1928)

Jean-François Paillard

John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (b. 1919)

John Houbolt

Eliseo Verón, Argentinian sociologist and academic (b. 1935)

Eliseo Verón

Jonathan Crombie, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1966)

Jonathan Crombie

Surya Bahadur Thapa, Nepalese politician, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1928)

Surya Bahadur Thapa · Prime Minister of Nepal

Clifton James, American actor (b. 1920)

Clifton James

Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, last person verified born in the 19th century (b. 1899)

Emma Morano · Supercentenarian