February 12th
The February 12 is the 43rd day of the Gregorian calendar , so stay 322 days (323 days in leap years) by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 881 : The East Franconian King Charles the Fat is crowned Roman Emperor by Pope John VIII .
- 1111 : In Rome, King Henry V is to be crowned emperor by Pope Paschal II . The announcement of the Sutri agreement on February 9th on the investiture dispute triggered serious tumults and outbreaks of violence that led to the coronation being abandoned.
- 1429 : The Hundred Years' War takes place during the siege of Orléans to the Battle of the Herrings .
- 1541 : The Spanish conquistador Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago del Nuevo Extremo , today's Santiago de Chile , the first city on Chilean soil.
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- 1554 : Lady Jane Gray , who has claimed the throne of England under the influence of her father Henry Gray, 1st Duke of Suffolk , and her father-in-law John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland , is taken on by orders of Queen Mary I. executed together with her husband for treason in the Tower in London.
- 1619 : The Spanish navigator Bartolomé García de Nodal and his brother Gonzalo discover a group of islands in the Pacific south-west of Cape Horn and name them the Diego Ramírez Islands after the geographer of the expedition .
- 1700 : An invasion of the Saxon Army in Livonia without a declaration of war becomes the first hostile act in the outbreak of the Great Northern War .
- 1713 : After Sultan Ahmed III. of the political intrigues of Charles XII. Having grown tired of him, he has the Swedish king, who fled to the Ottoman Empire after a Russian campaign in 1709, arrested by the Janissaries .
- 1733 : The English general James Oglethorpe founded the city of Savannah and with it the colony of Georgia with 114 people .
- 1736 : After relinquishing the Duchy of Lorraine , for which he received the Grand Duchy of Tuscany as compensation , Grand Duke Franz I was able to marry Stephan Maria Theresa , Archduchess of Austria and future Queen of Hungary and Bohemia .
- 1742 : The Wittelsbacher Karl Albrecht of Bavaria is crowned as Charles VII during the Austrian War of Succession as Roman-German Emperor.
- 1771 : With the death of his father Adolf Friedrich , Gustav III. King of Sweden . As a result, he strengthens the royal power in the country by introducing enlightened absolutism .
- 1772 : The French navigator and explorer Yves Joseph de Kerguelen de Trémarec discovered the Kerguelen archipelago in the Indian Ocean north of the Antarctic continent.
- 1817 : In the Chilean struggle for independence , the rebels under Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín defeat the Spanish royalist troops at the Battle of Chacabuco . This ends the Spanish Reconquista of Chile .
- 1818 : Chile proclaims its independence from Spain .
- 1825 : Some Muskogee Indian chiefs sign a treaty giving up most of the tribal areas in Georgia . The contract is canceled a year later by US President John Quincy Adams , but the governor of Georgia ignores the cancellation and begins to drive out the Indians .
- 1832 : The previously to Spain belonging Galapagos Islands are from Ecuador under President Juan José Flores annexed. Spain is not interested in the islands and does not oppose annexation .
- 1862 : The Battle of Fort Donelson begins in Tennessee during the American Civil War . It lasts until February 16.
- 1867 : For the establishment of the North German Confederation as a state is by universal suffrage , a constituent Reichstag elected. The majority after the Reichstag election is the National Liberal Party together with the liberal-conservative Free Conservatives .
- 1887 : The Mediterranean Entente comes into being through an agreement that Great Britain and Italy conclude through the mediation of the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck . The contracting parties want to preserve the status quo in the Mediterranean .
- 1899 : In the German-Spanish treaty , the German Empire acquires the islands of the Karolinen , Marianen and Palau islands in the Pacific from Spain against payment of 17 million marks.
- 1909 : A group around WEB Du Bois founds the American civil rights organization National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
- 1912 : The last Chinese Emperor Puyi from the Qing Dynasty is forced to abdicate by Prime Minister Yuan Shikai at the height of the Xinhai Revolution . With the Benevolent Treaty , he will continue to receive titles and honors in the Chinese Republic . Yuan Shikai replaces Sun Yat-sen as President of the Republic.
- 1934 : When the police and the Christian Social Home Guard wanted to search the Hotel Schiff in Linz for weapons, the Social Democratic Republican Protection Association under the local commander Richard Bernaschek opened fire. Thus begins in Austria the February uprising the Social Democrats against the Austro-fascist regime of Engelbert Dollfuss .
- 1938 : At a meeting on the Obersalzberg in Berchtesgaden , the German Chancellor Adolf Hitler forced the Berchtesgaden Agreement on Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg , according to which he had to accept the National Socialist Arthur Seyß-Inquart as Minister of the Interior and Security in his cabinet. It is the first step towards the end of Austrofascism and the annexation of Austria to the German Reich.
- 1945 : The conservative Greek government and the left-wing resistance movement EAM end the battle for Athens that has been raging since December 3rd with the Varkiza Agreement . In it they agree, among other things, on the disarmament and demobilization of the People's Liberation Army ELAS , which, however, subsequently opposes these measures.
- 1946 : With the sinking of the submarine U 3514 , Operation Deadlight , which has been in progress since November 27, for the destruction of all functional German submarines by the British Royal Navy and the Polish Navy, ends .
- 1947 : The first edition of the newspaper Junge Welt appears in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany as an organ of the Free German Youth (FDJ).
- 1953 : Great Britain and the Kingdom of Egypt agree to hold elections in Sudan , which should also provide information on whether the country under British influence continues to belong to Egypt or wants to be independent.
- 1968 : After the French culture minister André Malraux canceled subsidies for the Cinémathèque française in order to have Henri Langlois sacked , the first demonstration for the film institute took place - with François Truffaut , Claude Jade and Jean-Pierre Léaud at the helm. Further demonstrations eventually lead to the May riots in Paris .
- 1971 : Bhutan gains full sovereignty from India .
- 1979 : The first world climate conference opens in Geneva
- 1990 : The two adventurers Arved Fuchs and Reinhold Messner end with the achievement of Scott Base after 92 days and 2,800 kilometers walk her over the South Pole runny Antarctica -Durchquerung.
- 1997 : Hwang Jang-yop , high-ranking official of the North Korean Communist Party, seeks political asylum at the South Korean embassy in Beijing.
- 1999 : The impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton in the US Senate come to an end after his Lewinsky affair . No two-thirds majority is required for a guilty verdict on account of perjury or obstruction of punishment .
- 2012 : Duisburg's Lord Mayor Adolf Sauerland , who was criticized in connection with the Love Parade accident , is voted out of office in a referendum.
- 2017 : Frank-Walter Steinmeier is elected 12th Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany in the first ballot in the 16th Federal Assembly
economy
- 1851 : Edward Hammond Hargraves finds gold in Summer Hills Creek, New South Wales, Australia . The news triggers a gold rush .
- 1884 : Lewis Edson Waterman receives US patent number 293545 for the fountain pen he invented .
- 1950 : The European Broadcasting Union is founded in Torquay , UK .
science and technology
- 1784 : Urs Jakob Chan performs the first Swiss unmanned hot air balloon flight in Solothurn by
- 1855 : Michigan State University is founded in East Lansing .
- 1903 : The expedition ship Antarctic of the Swedish polar explorer Otto Nordenskjöld , trapped in the pack ice , sinks in the Weddell Sea . The entire crew reached Paulet Island after sixteen days , from where they were rescued ten months later.
- 1908 : The Great Race around the World to Paris starts in New York . Participants in the well-known automobile race include the German Hans Koeppen and the American George Schuster. The race lasts until the end of July and leads across America, Asia and Europe.
- 1914 : Quarry workers discover the 14,000 year old remains of two modern humans ( Homo sapiens ) in Germany and a dog buried with them in the double grave of Oberkassel .
- 1941 : In Oxford, a police officer is the first patient to be treated with penicillin .
- 1961 : The Soviet Union sends the Venera 1 space probe on a journey to Venus . Radio contact with her is lost after a week.
- 1966 : The German Society for General Medicine and Family Medicine (DEGAM) is founded in Bonn .
- 1973 : The Federal Institute for Population Research located in Wiesbaden is founded by a decree of the Federal Ministry of the Interior , led by Hans-Dietrich Genscher .
- 2001 : The US space probe NEAR Shoemaker successfully lands on the surface of the asteroid Eros after a year in orbit .
- 2005 : In contrast to the first flight, the second launch of the new European Ariane 5 ECA rocket is successful.
Culture
- 1776 : On the Ettersberg in Weimar, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote his first poem entitled Wanderer's Night Song and added it to a letter to Charlotte von Stein .
- 1797 : The imperial hymn by Joseph Haydn with the text by Lorenz Leopold Haschka is performed in all Viennese theaters on the occasion of the birthday of Emperor Franz II , in the Burgtheater in the presence of the emperor himself. The popular hymn is a deliberate alternative to the French revolutionary Marseillaise .
- 1863 : In Covent Garden in London which takes place premiere of the opera The Armourers of Nantes by Michael William Balfe .
- 1912 : The shooting of the silent film Der Totentanz by Urban Gad with Asta Nielsen in the lead role begins in the newly built “glass house” in Neubabelsberg , from which Studio Babelsberg later emerged .
- 1920 : The operetta The Last Waltz by Oscar Straus with the libretto by Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald is premiered in the Berlin Theater in Berlin . Not least because of the skill of the female lead actress Fritzi Massary , the play is a success.
- 1924 : The Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin is premiered at the Aeolian Hall in Manhattan, New York, with the composer at the piano. The experiment in modern music , the attempt to combine jazz and classical music, receives very different reviews.
- 1929 : The President of MGM Studios, Louis B. Mayer , creates the Academy Award of Merit , which is to be presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .
- 1978 : The Iranian Carpet Museum is opened in Tehran .
- 2005 : Christo and Jeanne-Claude open the art installation The Gates in Central Park in New York .
society
- 1267 : The papal cardinal legate Guido assures the creation of the school at the church of St. Maria Magdalena at the request of the council and citizens of the city of Wroclaw .
- 1339 : In the Republic of Venice , the Council of Ten prohibits the wearing of masks , even during Carnival .
- 1449 : Siegmund , Archduke of Austria and Regent of Tyrol and Upper Austria, marries his first wife Eleanor of Scotland .
- 1490 : 16-year-old Isabella d'Este , daughter of the Duke of Ferrara and granddaughter of the King of Naples, is married to Gianfrancesco II Gonzaga , Marquis of Mantua . Under her patronage, the Court of Mantua developed into one of the cultural centers of Europe.
- 1951 : The Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi marries 18-year-old Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiary in the Golestan Palace in Tehran .
religion
- 1049 : Pope Leo IX. is crowned in the Lateran and begins his pontificate . At his express request, he will also be confirmed beforehand by the people by acclamation .
- 1858 : In Japan , fummies are abolished. By entering them publicly, in case of doubt, it was possible to prove that there was no adherence to Christianity .
- 1931 : Vatican Radio broadcasts the message Qui arcano Dei Consiglio from Pope Pius XI at 4:30 p.m. and thus starts transmitting, initially on a trial basis.
Disasters
- 1944 : The sinking of the British troop carrier Khedive Ismail by the Japanese submarine I-27 in the Indian Ocean kills 1,297; only 214 survivors are saved. I-27 is sunk by the destroyer HMS Petard that same day ; only one member of the Japanese occupation survives.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- 1994 : King Harald V of Norway opens the XVII. Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , with his son Haakon lighting the Olympic flame. Cross-country skier Vegard Ulvang speaks the Olympic oath .
- 2010 : The XXI. Winter Olympics in Vancouver are opened by Michaëlle Jean . Hayley Wickenheiser takes the Olympic oath for the athletes, Michel Verrault for the judges. The Olympic flame is lit by Wayne Gretzky , Nancy Greene , Steve Nash and Catriona LeMay Doan .
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 41 : Britannicus , Roman heir to the throne
- 661 : Ōku no Himemiko , Japanese poet and princess
- 1074 : Conrad III. , King of Germany and Italy
- 1218 : Kujō Yoritsune , fourth Shogun of Japan
- 1322 : Johann Heinrich , Count of Tyrol and Margrave of Moravia
- 1438 : Adolf , Duke of Geldern
- 1443 : Giovanni II Bentivoglio , Italian nobleman and despot
- 1450 : Yejong , 8th King of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea
- 1480 : Friedrich II. , Duke of Liegnitz and Brieg
- 1496 : Sebastian Schertlin von Burtenbach , German Landsknechtsführer
- 1536 : Leonardo Donà , 90th Doge of Venice
- 1541 : Johann Bauhin , Swiss doctor and botanist
- 1567 : Thomas Campion , English poet and composer
- 1577 : Dorothea Augusta von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel , Abbess of the Gandersheim Monastery
- 1599 : Friedrich , Duke of Saxony-Altenburg and Duke of Jülich-Kleve-Berg
- 1603 : Friedrich Wilhelm II. , Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- 1618 : Olof Verelius , Swedish linguist and antiquarian
- 1637 : Jan Swammerdam , Dutch scientist
- 1640 : Theodorus Rijcke , Dutch historian and rhetorician
- 1644 : Jakob Ammann , Swiss Mennonite preacher
- 1653 : Siface (originally Giovanni Francesco Grossi), Italian singer and castrato
- 1661 : Paul Anton , German theologian
- 1663 : Cotton Mather , New England Puritan
- 1665 : Rudolf Jacob Camerarius , German botanist and physician
- 1682 : Wilhelm Ludwig von Bissing , Prussian major general
- 1685 : George Hadley , British lawyer, amateur physicist and meteorologist
18th century
- 1702 : Johann Joseph Resler , Austrian baroque sculptor
- 1705 : Johann Elias Bach , German composer
- 1706 : Johann Joseph Christian , German sculptor and wood carver
- 1714 : Sebastian Sailer , German Premonstratensian, preacher and writer
- 1725 : Johann Jakob Dusch , German poet
- 1728 : Étienne-Louis Boullée , French architect
- 1732 : Albrecht von Mülinen , mayor of Bern
- 1734 : Johanna Melber , citizen of Frankfurt, aunt Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1735 : Maria Christina von Sachsen , lady of the star cross and princess abbess of the free worldly imperial monastery in Remiremont
- 1737 : Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm von Zollikofer , Prussian major general
- 1750 : Friedrich Christoph Jonathan Fischer , German historian and legal scholar
- 1752 : Dorothea Ackermann , German actress
- 1752 : John Smith , American politician
- 1753 : François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers , French admiral
- 1755 : David Ross , American politician
- 1756 : James Schureman , American politician
- 1757 : Ferdinand Ludolph Friedrich von Angern , German politician
- 1760 : Johann Ladislaus Dussek , Czech pianist and composer
- 1768 : Franz II , last Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, Emperor of Austria
- 1768 : Joseph von Hazzi , German administrative lawyer, Bavarian civil servant and co-founder of modern Bavarian surveying
- 1773 : Jacques Dupré , American politician, governor of the state of Louisiana
- 1775 : Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams , U.S. First Lady
- 1777 : Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué , German romantic poet
- 1785 : Pierre Louis Dulong , French medic, physicist and chemist
- 1787 : Heinrich August Blochmann , German author and agricultural reformer
- 1788 : Karl von Reichenbach , German industrialist, chemist, natural scientist and philosopher
- 1791 : Peter Cooper , American industrialist, inventor, and philanthropist
- 1792 : Johann Ludwig Bleuler , Swiss painter and publisher
- 1794 : Carl von Ochs , major general in Hesse and politician
- 1794 : Alexander Dmitrijewitsch Petrov , Russian chess player
- 1798 : Friedrich Theodor Schubert , Russian officer and geodesist
- 1800 : John Edward Gray , British zoologist, described himself as the world's first philatelist
19th century
1801-1850
- 1803 : Landaff Andrews , American politician, member of the US House of Representatives for the state of Kentucky
- 1809 : Charles Darwin , British naturalist
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- 1809 : Abraham Lincoln , 16th President of the United States of America
- 1811 : Bertha von Redern , German painter
- 1813 : James Dwight Dana , American geologist, mineralogist, and zoologist
- 1813 : Otto Ludwig , German writer
- 1814 : Jenny Marx , German socialist and wife of Karl Marx
- 1817 : Conrad Baker , American politician, lieutenant governor, and governor of the state of Indiana
- 1818 : Wassili Sternberg , Russian painter
- 1823 : Christian Friedrich Arnold , German architect and academy professor
- 1823 : Richard Belcredi , Austrian politician
- 1825 : Josef Pohl , Austrian chemist
- 1827 : Alexander Wilhelm Gottschalg , Thuringian cantor, organist and composer
- 1828 : Jakob Joseph Adam , Swiss politician
- 1828 : George Meredith , British writer and poet
- 1829 : Léonce Cohen , French composer
- 1833 : Iwan Stebut , Russian agronomist
- 1837 : Carl Gangolf Kayser , Austrian architect
- 1837 : Thomas Moran , American landscape painter ( Hudson River School )
- 1838 : Kaspar Kögler , German painter and writer
- 1842 : Julius Scharlach , German lawyer and entrepreneur
- 1844 : Julius Haagn , Austrian politician, businessman and gymnastics specialist
- 1845 : Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher , German classical philologist
- 1846 : Giuseppe Buonamici , Italian composer
- 1847 : Philipp zu Eulenburg , German diplomat
- 1850 : William Morris Davis , American geologist, meteorologist, and geographer
1851-1900
- 1851 : Eugen Böhm von Bawerk , Austrian economist
- 1852 : Gottfried Friedrich Aly , German classical philologist and school politician
- 1854 : Roderich Stintzing , German medic
- 1856 : Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli , Austrian military leader in the First World War
- 1857 : Eugène Atget , French photographer
- 1861 : Lou Andreas-Salomé , German writer, narrator and essayist
- 1862 : Brito Camacho , Portuguese politician
- 1863 : Vilhelm Dybwad , Norwegian lawyer and writer
- 1865 : Rudolf Aderhold , German mycologist
- 1865 : Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer , Polish writer, poet and playwright
- 1868 : Herbert Austin Fricker , Canadian choir director, organist, music educator and composer
- 1868 : Kiến Phúc , seventh emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty
- 1869 : André Pirro , French musicologist and organist
- 1870 : Hugo Stinnes , German industrialist and politician
- 1872 : Conrad Heese , German lawyer and councilor
- 1872 : Diedrich Speckmann , German writer
- 1873 : Abram Andrew , American politician, member of the US House of Representatives for the state of Massachusetts
- 1874 : Heinrich Albert , German lawyer, politician, Reich Minister
- 1877 : Luiza Andaluz , Portuguese nun
- 1879 : Urban Gad , Danish screenwriter and director
- 1879 : Juan Esteban Montero Rodríguez , Chilean politician
- 1879 : Helena Roerich , Russian writer
- 1879 : José Luis Sánchez Besa , Chilean aviation pioneer
- 1880 : Eugen Fürstenberger , German gymnast
- 1881 : Anna Pawlowna Pawlowa , Russian master dancer of classical ballet
- 1883 : Alexandra Ramm-Pfemfert , German-Russian translator, publicist and gallery owner
- 1884 : Max Beckmann , German painter and graphic artist
- 1885 : Dmitri Michejewitsch Melkich , Russian composer
- 1885 : Julius Streicher , German politician and propagandist, owner and publisher of the propaganda paper Der Stürmer , war criminal
- 1887 : Edelmiro Julián Farrell , Argentine President
- 1888 : Anders Oscar Ahlgren , Swedish wrestler
- 1888 : Hans von Sponeck , German officer, lieutenant general in the Wehrmacht in World War II
- 1889 : Anton Hoppe , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1889 : Carl Röver , German politician, NSDAP Reich Governor in Bremen and Oldenburg, General of the SA
- 1890 : Ernst Arnold , Austrian composer and singer
- 1890 : Charles Cellérier , Swiss Protestant clergyman
- 1891 : Ernst-Christoph Brühler , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag and parliamentary group leader
- 1891 : Naoki Sanjūgo , Japanese writer
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- 1892 : Theodor Plievier , German writer
- 1892 : Aniela Szlemińska , Polish singer and vocal teacher
- 1893 : Waddy Kuehl , American football player
- 1893 : Marcel Minnaert , Belgian astronomer
- 1895 : Thorleif Auerdahl , Norwegian poet
- 1895 : Kristian Djurhuus , Faroese politician
- 1897 : Břetislav Bakala , Czech conductor, choir director and composer
- 1897 : Erwin Hoffstätter , German rower
- 1898 : Hansi Burg , German-Austrian actress
- 1898 : Roy Harris , American composer
- 1899 : Erich Nehlhans , chairman of the Jewish community in Berlin
- 1899 : Irnfried von Wechmar , German officer and journalist
- 1900 : Pink Anderson , American blues musician
- 1900 : Rudolph Schmitt , German clarinetist
- 1900 : Wassili Iwanowitsch Tschuikow , Soviet marshal and politician
20th century
1901-1925
- 1902 : Jean Georges Baer , Swiss naturalist
- 1902 : Will Glahé , German accordionist, composer and band leader
- 1902 : Heinz Kükelhaus , German travel journalist, novelist and adventurer
- 1903 : Fernand Oubradous , French bassoonist and composer
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- 1903 : Georges Simenon , Belgian writer ( Commissioner Maigret )
- 1904 : Rudolf Platte , German actor
- 1905 : Walter Frank , German historian, anti-Semite and National Socialist, President of the Reich Institute for the History of New Germany
- 1905 : Édouard Pignon , French painter
- 1905 : Federica Montseny , Spanish writer and anarchist
- 1907 : Louis Klemantaski , British racing car driver and photographer
- 1908 : Jacques Herbrand , French logician
- 1908 : Olga Benario-Prestes , German-Brazilian communist revolutionary
- 1909 : Sigmund Rascher , German doctor, war criminal
- 1909 : Zoran Mušič , Slovenian painter and graphic artist
- 1910 : Enrique Anderson Imbert , Argentine literary critic and writer
- 1910 : Gunnar Höckert , Finnish athlete, Olympic champion
- 1911 : Elizabeth B. Andrews , American politician
- 1911 : Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh , Irish President
- 1911 : Hans Habe , German journalist, writer and screenwriter
- 1911 : Kurt Planck , Austrian police lawyer
- 1911 : Hermine Schröder , German athlete
- 1912 : Keith Bissell , Canadian composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1912 : Takeda Taijun , Japanese writer
- 1913 : Anni Steuer , German athlete
- 1913 : Walter Smetak , Swiss composer
- 1914 : Henry Primakoff , Russian-American theoretical physicist
- 1914 : Nello Celio , Swiss politician
- 1915 : Vasily Nikolajewitsch Aschajew , Soviet writer
- 1915 : Alfons Auer , German moral theologian
- 1915 : Lorne Greene , Canadian actor
- 1915 : Walter Ohm , German radio play and theater director
- 1917 : Al Cervi , American basketball player
- 1917 : Karl Wilhelm Struve , German prehistoric and early historian
- 1917 : Joseph Wresinski , French clergyman and founder of the ATD Fourth World human rights movement
- 1918 : Franz Leitner , Austrian politician, Righteous Among the Nations
- 1918 : Julian Seymour Schwinger , American physicist
- 1919 : Russell Ackoff , American organizational theorist
- 1919 : Ernst-Joachim Gießmann , German politician, minister for higher education and technical schools in the GDR
- 1919 : Ferruccio Valcareggi , Italian football player and coach
- 1920 : Bob Shad , American music producer
- 1920 : Jack Turner , American racing car driver
- 1921 : Kathleen Antonelli , American programmer
- 1921 : Günter Aust , German art historian
- 1921 : Hans Koller , Austrian jazz musician and painter
- 1922 : Gustl Bayrhammer , German actor
- 1923 : Reinhard Federmann , Austrian writer
- 1923 : Franco Zeffirelli , Italian director and set designer
1926-1950
- 1926 : Rolf Brem , Swiss sculptor, draftsman and graphic artist
- 1926 : Buddy Childers , American jazz trumpeter
- 1926 : Tite Curet Alonso , Puerto Rican composer
- 1926 : Charles Van Doren , American quiz show candidate
- 1926 : Hans-Georg Noack , German author for children and young people
- 1926 : Werner Walde , German politician
- 1927 : Paul Bühlmann , Swiss folk actor
- 1927 : Gottfried Pohlan , German motorcycle racer
- 1928 : Andreas E. Beurmann , German musicologist, composer and physicist
- 1928 : Heinz Baumann , German actor
- 1928 : James Cohn , American composer
- 1928 : Horst Köbbert , German singer and moderator
- 1928 : Alexander Papendiek , German actor
- 1928 : Jürgen Thormann , German actor
- 1929 : Willi Gerdau , German soccer player
- 1930 : Arlen Specter , American Senator
- 1930 : Gerhard Rühm , Austrian writer, composer and visual artist
- 1930 : Herbert Nachbar , German writer
- 1930 : Herbert Tachezi , Austrian composer and organist
- 1930 : Wieland Förster , German sculptor
- 1931 : Herbert F. Schubert , German dancer and choreographer
- 1931 : Janwillem van de Wetering , Dutch writer
- 1932 : Ivan Abajiev , Bulgarian weightlifter and trainer
- 1932 : Astrid of Norway , daughter of King Olav V.
- 1933 : Carlos Alberto Peronace , Argentine chess problem composer
- 1934 : Nurhan Atasoy , Turkish art historian
- 1934 : Anne O. Krueger , American professor and Deputy Director General of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF )
- 1934 : Bill Russell , American basketball player
- 1936 : Benjamin Ben Eliezer , Israeli politician and general
- 1936 : Fang Lizhi , Chinese professor of astrophysics
- 1936 : Joe Don Baker , American actor
- 1936 : Martial Raysse , French artist of the Nouveau Réalisme
- 1937 : Hans Dieter Baroth , German writer
- 1937 : Horst Tautenhahn , German soccer player
- 1939 : Peter-Wolf Ascher , Austrian neurosurgeon
- 1939 : Ray Manzarek , American musician
- 1939 : Ulrich Böhme , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1939 : Jürgen Vahlberg , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1940 : Bashir Ahmad , Scottish politician
- 1940 : Rufin Anthony , Pakistani bishop
- 1940 : Wolfgang Solz , German football player
- 1940 : Pastor Vega , Cuban director
- 1941 : Binjamin Wilkomirski , Swiss author
- 1941 : Bruno Lawrence , British musician and actor
- 1941 : Christoph Höhne , German athlete
- 1942 : Ehud Barak , Israeli general and politician, Prime Minister
- 1943 : Rainer Eppelmann , German politician and opposition activist in the GDR
- 1943 : Manfred Schaefer , Australian soccer player and coach
- 1943 : Manfred Schell , German trade unionist
- 1944 : Ortwin Runde , German politician
- 1944 : Claudia Mori , Italian singer and actress
- 1945 : Jann-Peter Janssen , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1945 : Maud Adams , Swedish actress
- 1945 : Thilo Sarrazin , German politician
- 1946 : Harald Irmscher , German soccer player and coach
- 1946 : Walter Westrupp , German cabaret musician
- 1947 : Ajda Pekkan , Turkish singer and actress
- 1948 : Bernd Franke , German football player
- 1948 : Clemens Bollen , German politician
- 1948 : Detlev Meyer , German poet
- 1948 : Raymond Kurzweil , American computer pioneer and author
- 1949 : Barbara Honigmann , German writer and painter
- 1949 : Fergus Slattery , Irish rugby player
- 1950 : Maulana Badruddin Ajmal , Indian politician
- 1950 : Angelo Branduardi , Italian musician
- 1950 : Steve Hackett , British musician
- 1950 : Bernie Paul , Austrian singer
1951-1975
- 1951 : Karl A. Lamers , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1952 : Patrick Gaillard , French Formula 1 racing driver
- 1952 : Anton Himstedt , German sculptor
- 1952 : Heinz-Josef Koitka , German soccer goalkeeper
- 1952 : Simon MacCorkindale , British actor
- 1952 : Michael McDonald , American rock singer and keyboarder
- 1952 : Henry Rono , Kenyan athlete
- 1953 : Irene Abel , German gymnast
- 1953 : Ellika Frisell , Swedish folk musician
- 1953 : Johann Hauser , German politician
- 1953 : Helmut Wechselberger , Austrian cyclist
- 1954 : Phil Zimmermann , American cryptologist
- 1955 : Andreas Amende , German politician
- 1955 : Bill Laswell , American bassist and composer, arranger and producer
- 1955 : Dragan Mikerević , Bosnian Serb politician
- 1955 : Werner Raupp , German historian of theology and philosophy
- 1955 : Grażyna Werner , German-Polish quiz player
- 1956 : Arsenio Hall , American actor and comedian
- 1956 : Stanislav Moša , Czech director, librettist and theater director
- 1956 : Brian Robertson , British musician ( Thin Lizzy , Motörhead )
- 1958 : Grant McLennan , Australian singer and songwriter
- 1959 : Omar Hakim , American drummer
- 1960 : Bert Smaak , Dutch drummer
- 1961 : Salvador Mejía , Mexican television producer
- 1962 : Uschi Fellner , Austrian journalist
- 1962 : Stig-Arne Gunnestad , Norwegian curler
- 1963 : Claudio Amendola , Italian actor and film producer
- 1963 : John Michael Higgins , American actor and voice actor
- 1963 : Rüdiger Vollborn , German soccer player
- 1964 : Geir Andersen , Norwegian skier
- 1964 : Stéphane Franke , German athlete
- 1964 : Mikael Källman , Finnish handball player
- 1965 : Geworg Dabaghjan , Armenian duduk player
- 1965 : Christine Elise , American actress
- 1966 : Jörg Ahmann , German volleyball player
- 1966 : Thomas Gimbel , German actor and director
- 1966 : Leszek Pękalski , Polish serial killer
- 1967 : Anita Wachter , Austrian ski racer
- 1968 : Josh Brolin , American actor
- 1969 : Darren Aronofsky , American film director and screenwriter
- 1969 : Anneli Drecker , Norwegian singer and actress
- 1969 : Steve Backley , British athlete
- 1969 : Meja , Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1959 : Johnny Mowlem , British racing car driver
- 1969 : Hong Myung-bo , South Korean soccer player
- 1970 : Armando Luis Gallop , American DJ and music producer
- 1971 : Ryan Conner , American porn actress
- 1971 : Paul Hayden Desser , Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1971 : Benjamin Sadler , German actor
- 1972 : Valeria Mazza , Argentine model
- 1972 : Sophie Zelmani , Swedish musician
- 1973 : Stefan Adam , German handball player
- 1973 : Magnus Arvidsson , Swedish football player
- 1973 : Daniel Krauss , German actor
- 1973 : Gianni Romme , Dutch speed skater
- 1973 : Tara Strong , Canadian voice actress and actress
- 1974 : Martin Annen , Swiss bobsleigh driver
- 1974 : Toranosuke Takagi , Japanese racing car driver
- 1975 : Jen Armbruster , American goalball player
- 1975 : Sylvain White , French film director
1976-2000
- 1976 : Carsten Mahnecke , German handball player
- 1976 : Silvia Saint , Czech porn actress
- 1977 : Raylene , American porn actress
- 1977 : Liv Sansoz , French mountaineer and sport climber
- 1977 : Özlem Topçu , German journalist
- 1978 : Matías Cenci , Argentine-Italian football player
- 1979 : Leopold Hurt , German composer
- 1979 : Jesse Spencer , Australian actor
- 1980 : Juan Carlos Ferrero , Spanish tennis player
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- 1980 : Christina Ricci , American actress
- 1980 : Antonia Schmale , German soccer player
- 1981 : Raúl Entrerríos , Spanish handball player
- 1982 : Julius Aghahowa , Nigerian soccer player
- 1982 : Markus Feulner , German soccer player
- 1982 : Harez Habib , Afghan footballer
- 1982 : Bobi Wine , Ugandan politician and musician
- 1982 : Matías Carlos Schulz , Argentine handball player
- 1982 : Louis Tsatoumas , Greek long jumper
- 1984 : Muhammad Asyraf Bin Mohd Ridzuan , Malay Imam
- 1984 : Alexandra Dahlström , Swedish actress
- 1984 : Arthur Gómez , Gambian football player
- 1984 : Caterine Ibargüen , Colombian athlete
- 1984 : Brad Keselowski , American racing car driver
- 1984 : Davide Ricci Bitti , Italian racing cyclist
- 1984 : Peter Utaka , Nigerian soccer player
- 1985 : Shamsuddin Amiri , Afghan football goalkeeper
- 1985 : Saskia Burmeister , Australian actress
- 1985 : Hauptai Puha , New Zealand dart player
- 1986 : Hanny Allston , Australian orienteer
- 1986 : Marcel Heller , German soccer player
- 1987 : Meghan Agosta , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 : Claire-Hope Ashitey , British actress
- 1987 : Jérémy Chardy , French tennis player
- 1987 : Claudia Ciesla , German film actress and photo model
- 1987 : Antonín Hájek , Czech ski jumper
- 1987 : Philipp Reuter , German handball player
- 1987 : Ewald Wurzinger , Austrian journalist
- 1988 : Scott Durant , British rower
- 1988 : Nicolás Otamendi , Argentinian football player
- 1988 : Anselmo Ramon , Brazilian soccer player
- 1989 : Patrick Wolf , German soccer player
- 1989 : Ron-Robert Zieler , German soccer goalkeeper
- 1991 : Casey Abrams , American singer
- 1991 : Patrick Herrmann , German soccer player
- 1993 : Benik Afobe , English soccer player
- 1993 : Rafinha , Brazilian soccer player
- 1994 : Luiz Gustavo , Brazilian soccer player
- 1995 : Amina Dagi , Austrian model
- 1996 : Brooke Austin , American tennis player
- 1997 : Nikita Nagorny , Russian artistic gymnast
- 1998 : River Radamus , American ski racer
21st century
- 2001 : Greta Stegemann , German soccer player
- 2002 : Katharina Haferkamp , German volleyball player
- 2002 : Mohamed Ihattaren , Dutch-Moroccan football player
Died
Before the 16th century
- 901 : Antonios II. Kauleas , Patriarch of Constantinople
- 991 : En'yū , 64th Emperor of Japan
- 1128 : Tugtakin , Atabeg of Damascus
- 1202 : Ludan , Scottish pilgrim, saint of the Catholic Church
- 1218 : Alix of Courtenay , Countess of Joigny and Angoulême
- 1219 : Robert von Courson , English cardinal, papal legate and chancellor of the University of Paris
- 1242 : Henry VII , Roman-German king
- 1247 : Ermesinde , Countess of Luxembourg, la Roche and Durbuy
- 1263 : Walter von Geroldseck , Roman Catholic Bishop of Strasbourg
- 1266 : Walter de Cantilupe , Bishop of Worcester
- 1273 : Heinrich IV. Von Geroldseck , Bishop of Strasbourg
- 1280 : Nicholas of Ely , English clergyman and politician
- 1284 : Humfried von Montfort , Lord of Tire and Beirut
- 1371 : Gerlach von Nassau , Archbishop of Mainz
- 1378 : Alexej Biakont , Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia
- 1387 : Peter Jelito , Bishop of Chur, Bishop of Leitomischl, Archbishop of Magdeburg and Bishop of Olmütz
- 1479 : Eleanor , Queen of Navarre
- 1486 : Margaretha II of Austria , Electress of Saxony
16th Century
- 1512 : Burkhart Engelberg , Augsburg stonemason and master builder
- 1515 : Philip II of Daun , Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cologne from 1508 to 1515
- 1517 : Catherine of Navarre , Queen of Navarre, Countess of Foix and Bigorre, Vice Countess of Béarn and Co-Princess of Andorre
- 1538 : Albrecht Altdorfer , German painter, engraver and master builder
- 1548 : Hermann Bonnus , Protestant reformer
- 1554 : Jane Gray , Queen of England
- 1559 : Ottheinrich , Count Palatine of Pfalz-Neuburg and Elector of the Palatinate
- 1571 : Nicholas Throckmorton , English agent, diplomat and politician
- 1576 : Johann Albrecht I , Duke of Mecklenburg
- 1578 : Catherine of Castile , Archduchess of Austria and Princess of Spain
- 1588 : Joachim I. von Alvensleben , scholar and reformer
- 1594 : Johannes Bugenhagen the Younger , German Lutheran theologian
17th century
- 1612 : Jodocus Hondius , Flemish cartographer and publisher of atlases and maps
- 1612 : Johannes Neldel , German rhetorician, logician, legal scholar and philosopher
- 1624 : Siegfried von Kollonitsch , imperial general
- 1627 : Charles I , Austrian nobleman, first Prince of Liechtenstein
- 1640 : Michael Altenburg , German theologian and composer
- 1651 : Johann Jacob Pock , German stonemason and sculptor
- 1653 : Siface (originally Giovanni Francesco Grossi), Italian singer and castrato
- 1658 : Konrad Carpzov , German legal scholar and statesman
- 1659 : Magdalena Sibylle of Prussia , Electress of Saxony
- 1661 : August Buchner , German poet and literary theorist
- 1665 : Wolfgang Ebner , German organist, conductor and composer
- 1670 : Niklaus Dachselhofer , mayor of Bern
- 1671 : Hans Gudewerdt the Younger , German-Danish carver
- 1673 : Johann Philipp von Schönborn , Archbishop of Mainz, Bishop of Würzburg
- 1684 : Pietro Andrea Ziani , Italian organist and composer
- 1690 : Charles Le Brun , French painter and ornamental artist
- 1691 : Lorenz of the Resurrection , French Carmelite, spiritual writer and mystic
- 1692 : Hendrik Hamel , Dutch navigator
18th century
- 1706 : Balthasar Kindermann , German poet
- 1712 : Maria Adelaide of Savoy , Duchess of Burgundy and Dauphine of France, mother of Louis XV.
- 1713 : Jahandar Shah , Indian Grand Mughal
- 1719 : Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt , Swedish general
- 1728 : Agostino Steffani , Italian composer, diplomat and clergyman
- 1730 : Luca Carlevarijs , Italian painter
- 1731 : Gelasius Hieber , Bavarian preacher
- 1737 : Benjamin Schmolck , German hymn poet
- 1749 : Valentin Ernst Löscher , Lutheran theologian, superintendent in Dresden
- 1759 : Muhammad I. ar-Rashid , Bey of Tunis
- 1762 : Laurent Belissen , French late Baroque composer
- 1763 : Pierre Carlet de Marivaux , French writer
- 1765 : Christoph von Steiger , mayor of Bern
- 1771 : Adolf Friedrich , King of Sweden
- 1776 : Georg Johann Ludwig Vogel , German orientalist and Protestant theologian
- 1779 : Henrik Filip Johnsen , Swedish composer
- 1787 : Rugjer Josip Bošković , mathematician and astronomer
- 1798 : Stanislaus II August , last king of Poland
- 1799 : Franz Xaver Duschk , Czech composer
- 1799 : Lazzaro Spallanzani , Italian scientist
19th century
- 1801 : Jean d'Arcet , French chemist
- 1804 : Immanuel Kant , German philosopher
- 1806 : Andreas Stütz , Austrian geologist and mineralogist
- 1807 : David Roentgen , German artisan
- 1825 : Friedrich Meisner , German educator and natural scientist
- 1827 : Friedrich Reinhard Ricklefs , German classical philologist and grammar school director
- 1834 : Friedrich Schleiermacher , German Protestant theologian and philosopher
- 1837 : Ludwig Börne , German writer
- 1837 : Carl Traugott Kreyssig , German lawyer
- 1837 : Edward Turner , British chemist
- 1838 : Uwe Jens Lornsen , German publicist
- 1847 : Johann Friedrich Bahrdt , German writer
- 1853 : Heinrich Leonhard Heubner , Lutheran theologian
- 1856 : Alexandre Montfort , French composer
- 1858 : Gustav Albert Wegmann , architect, bricklayer
- 1861 : André Hippolyte Chelard , French composer
- 1869 : Hans Adolf Karl von Bülow , Prussian Minister of State
- 1869 : Mehmed Fuad Pascha , Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
- 1880 : Carl von Holtei , German writer, actor, theater director and theater director
- 1884 : Aaron Bernstein , German writer
- 1886 : Marie von Augustin , Austrian painter and writer
- 1886 : Horatio Seymour , American politician
- 1886 : Randolph Caldecott , British illustrator
- 1890 : Nicolay Ahlmann , German politician
- 1892 : Hermann Rudolph Aubert , German physiologist
- 1894 : Hans von Bülow , German piano virtuoso, conductor and Kapellmeister
- 1896 : Gaspard André , French architect
- 1896 : Ambroise Thomas , French composer
- 1898 : Miklós Barabás , Hungarian painter
20th century
1901-1950
- 1905 : Marcel Schwob , French writer
- 1907 : Peter Johannes de Neui , journeyman blacksmith and one of the most important missionaries of the northwest German Baptists
- 1908 : Karl Kloß , German trade unionist
- 1910 : Otto Andreae , German entrepreneur and art patron
- 1912 : Enno Sander , German revolutionary from 1848 and American pharmacist
- 1912 : Gerhard Armauer Hansen , Norwegian doctor and zoologist
- 1915 : Émile Waldteufel , Alsatian musician and composer
- 1915 : Fanny Crosby , American poet of sacred texts
- 1916 : Richard Dedekind , German mathematician
- 1918 : Viktor Böhmert , German journalist, free trader and economist
- 1920 : Adolf Frey , Swiss writer and literary historian
- 1920 : Émile Sauret , French violin virtuoso and composer
- 1927 : Agnes Karll , German nursing reformer
- 1927 : Ludwig Kandler , German portrait, history and genre painter
- 1929 : Albert von Schrenck-Notzing , German physician and parapsychologist
- 1933 : Henri Duparc , French composer
- 1933 : William Robertson, 1st Baronet , British Field Marshal, Chief of the Imperial General Staff
- 1934 : Leo von Dobschütz , Prussian major general
- 1935 : Auguste Escoffier , French master chef
- 1936 : Ibra Charles Blackwood , American politician
- 1938 : Paolo Troubetzkoy , Italian-Russian sculptor
- 1939 : Hubert Klausner , NSDAP Gauleiter and Governor of Carinthia
- 1940 : Selwyn Edge , British racing car driver
- 1941 : Oskar Dressel , German chemist and researcher
- 1942 : Grant Wood , American painter
- 1943 : Kurata Hyakuzō , Japanese writer
- 1945 : Paul Johannes Schlesinger , Austrian politician
- 1945 : Arkadius Maria Wilhelm Spieker , German friar and missionary
- 1946 : Adolf Lorenz , Austrian orthopedist and father of the behavioral scientist Konrad Lorenz
- 1947 : Kurt Lewin , American psychologist
- 1947 : Otto Lüer , German architect
- 1948 : Robert Kronfeld , Austrian glider pilot
- 1949 : Hasan al-Bannā , Egyptian teacher and founder of the Muslim Brotherhood
- 1950 : Dirk Coster , Dutch physicist
1951-1975
- 1951 : Marc de Ranse , French composer, organist, conductor and music teacher
- 1952 : Ernst Zahn , Swiss writer
- 1953 : Carl Froelich , German film pioneer and director
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- 1954 : Dsiga Wertow , Soviet filmmaker
- 1955 : Julius Bab , German writer
- 1957 : Johannes Anker Larsen , Danish writer
- 1958 : Douglas Rayner Hartree , British mathematician and physicist
- 1958 : Petr Bezruč , Czech writer and poet
- 1959 : George Antheil , American composer and pianist
- 1959 : Johannes Eckert , Frankfurt original
- 1960 : Oskar Anderson , German statistician and economist
- 1960 : Jean-Michel Atlan , French philosopher, painter and illustrator
- 1960 : Louis Audouin-Dubreuil , French officer
- 1960 : Oskar von Hindenburg , son of Reich President Paul von Hindenburg
- 1960 : Roelof Klein , Dutch rower
- 1961 : Walter Stoeckel , German gynecologist
- 1962 : Emil Abegg , Swiss Indologist
- 1964 : Arthur W. Upfield , British-Australian crime novelist
- 1964 : Gerald Brousseau Gardner , English colonial administrator, author, occultist and the founder of the Wicca religion
- 1964 : Willy Schmidt-Gentner , German film composer
- 1965 : Elise Aulinger , German folk actress
- 1965 : Wilhelm Pramme , German painter, resin painter and member of the Wernigerode artists' colony
- 1966 : Wilhelm Röpke , German economist and social philosopher, is considered one of the fathers of the social market economy
- 1966 : Elio Vittorini , Italian writer
- 1967 : Bernhard Villinger , German doctor, athlete, film pioneer and researcher
- 1968 : Maria Caspar-Filser , German painter
- 1970 : Ishman Bracey , American blues singer and guitarist
- 1970 : Otto Gauß , German organist and composer
- 1971 : Josef Adamczyk , German politician
- 1971 : Harold Farncomb , Australian naval officer and lawyer
- 1973 : Benjamin Frankel , English composer
1976-2000
- 1976 : Sal Mineo , American actor and singer
- 1976 : Flérida de Nolasco , Dominican literary and musicologist
- 1976 : Clifton Williams , American composer, horn player and music teacher
- 1978 : Kurt Angstmann , German politician
- 1979 : Jean Renoir , French director
- 1980 : Hasan Balyuzi , Persian Baha'i scholar
- 1983 : Eubie Blake , American pianist and composer
- 1983 : Kurt Mothes , German botanist
- 1984 : Franz Dusika , Austrian cyclist
- 1984 : Johannes Messner , Austrian theologian, legal scholar and politician
- 1984 : Julio Cortázar , Argentine writer
- 1987 : Dennis Poore , British racing car driver
- 1987 : Rudolf Henz , Austrian writer, program director of ORF
- 1988 : John Gordon Bennett , American racing car driver
- 1988 : Adolf Bieringer , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1989 : Thomas Bernhard , Austrian writer
- 1991 : Wilhelm Brinkmann , German field handball player
- 1993 : James Bulger , British murder victim
- 1994 : Donald Judd , American painter, sculptor, and architect
- 1995 : Nat Holman , American basketball player and coach
- 1996 : Shiba Ryōtarō , Japanese writer
- 1998 : Gardner Ackley , American economist and diplomat
- 1998 : Georges Riquier , French actor
- 1999 : Heinz Schubert , German actor
- 2000 : Tom Landry , American football player and coach
- 2000 : Charles M. Schulz , American comic artist (Peanuts)
- 2000 : Screamin 'Jay Hawkins , American singer
21st century
- 2001 : Kristina Söderbaum , Swedish-German film actress and photographer
- 2005 : Alfred Sirven , French industrialist
- 2005 : Brian Kelly , American film and television actor
- 2005 : Dorothy Stang , American nun, civil rights activist, and environmental activist
- 2005 : Karl-Heinz Tuschel , German author, poet and cabaret writer
- 2005 : Marinus van der Goes van Naters , Dutch politician
- 2005 : Sammi Smith , American singer
- 2007 : Georg Buschner , German soccer player and coach
- 2007 : Jeane Flieser , German painter
- 2007 : Peggy Gilbert , American jazz saxophonist and band leader
- 2008 : Imad Mughniyya , Lebanese terrorist, co-founder of Hezbollah
- 2008 : Badri Patarkatsishvili , Georgian entrepreneur
- 2008 : Monica Morell , Swiss pop singer
- 2009 : Domenica Niehoff , German prostitute and street worker
- 2009 : Alison Des Forges , American historian and human rights activist
- 2010 : Katharina Adler , German journalist and publicist
- 2010 : Siluvaimathu Teresanathan Amalnather , Indian Bishop of Tuticorin
- 2010 : Bill Arigoni , Swiss politician
- 2010 : Werner Krämer , German soccer player
- 2010 : Nodar Kumaritashvili , Georgian luge rider
- 2011 : Peter Alexander , Austrian singer and actor, entertainer and show master
- 2011 : Hans Bucka , German physicist and university professor
- 2011 : Edgar Burkart , German football official
- 2011 : Mato Damjanović , Croatian chess grandmaster
- 2011 : Kenneth Mars , American actor and voice actor
- 2012 : David Kelly , Irish film and stage actor
- 2014 : Sid Caesar , American jazz saxophonist and actor
- 2014 : Josef Röhrig , German soccer player
- 2014 : Corrado Viciani , Italian football player and coach
- 2015 , Movita Castaneda , American actress
- 2015 : Jean Lechantre , French football player and coach
- 2015 : Ernest J. Sternglass , American physicist
- 2015 : Steve Strange , British musician
- 2016 : Joachim Specht , German writer
- 2016 : Walter Wittmann , Swiss economist and journalist.
- 2017 : Al Jarreau , American jazz singer and songwriter
- 2017 : Albert Malbois , French clergyman and Roman Catholic Bishop of Corbeil
- 2018 : Willkit Greuèl , German theater actor and director
- 2018 : Louise Latham , American actress
- 2018 : Ursula B. Marvin , US geologist, mineralogist and science historian
- 2018 : Heinz Rudolf Unger , Austrian writer
- 2019 : Gordon Banks , British football goalkeeper
- 2019 : WEB Griffin , American writer
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Valentin Ernst Löscher , German senior consistorial councilor and superintendent in Dresden (Protestant)
- Friedrich Schleiermacher , German theologian and philosopher (Protestant)
- More information about the day
The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .
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