February 22
The February 22 is the 53th day of the Gregorian calendar , so stay 312 days (in leap years 313 days) by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 794 : In a document on the Synod of Frankfurt the place is Frankfurt was first mentioned.
- 896 : Pope Formosus crowns Arnolf of Carinthia in Rome as Roman-German Emperor. Pope John IX declares Arnulf's coronation null and void two years later because Pope Stephan VI. declared all official acts of Formosus after his death at the funeral synod null and void.
- 1358 : Angry merchants, who were particularly hard hit by the turmoil of the Hundred Years War , invade the Paris palace under the leadership of the cloth merchant Étienne Marcel and murder the marshals of Champagne and Normandy in front of the Dauphin.
- 1371 : After the death of David II , Robert Stewart becomes King of Scotland . He founded the Stuart family .
- 1461 : In the Wars of the Roses , Margaret of Anjou and the troops of the House of Lancaster win the Second Battle of St. Albans and liberate her husband, King Henry VI. , from York captivity.
- 1495 : In the first Italian war, the troops of the French king Charles VIII conquer Naples, too, a few weeks after taking Rome . This leads to the founding of the League of Venice between Pope Alexander VI on March 31st . and several small Italian states.
- 1628 : Emperor Ferdinand II grants Elector Maximilian I of Bavaria the right to inherit his electoral dignity .
- 1744 : During the War of the Austrian Succession , there is a naval battle near Toulon . The British Mediterranean fleet and the fleet of allies France and Spain split up after a fierce battle without a clear winner.
- 1787 : The plan presented by Charles Alexandre de Calonne , the general controller of the finances of the French state, to cut the pensions of the nobility and to give them a share in taxes in order to avert the impending national bankruptcy, is based on the plan of Louis XVI. convened notables rejected.
- 1797 : At Fishguard in Wales , the last invasion of Great Britain to date takes place during the First Coalition War . 1,400 French soldiers arrived on four warships, however, feast on captured alcohol and become incapable of fighting.
- 1819 : The Adams-Onís Treaty , negotiated by the two foreign ministers John Quincy Adams and Luis de Onís, redefines the border between the viceroyalty of New Spain and the United States; Spain is selling its colonies of East and West Florida to the United States for $ 5 million . In return, they waive claims in Texas west of the Sabine River .
- 1828 : Russia under Tsar Nicholas I gains land in the Caucasus in the Treaty of Turkmanschai after the war against Persia under the Qajar ruler Fath Ali Shah .
- 1845 : The British East India Company purchases all Danish properties in India, including Tranquebar , for 1,125,000 Reichstaler .
- 1849 : The Danish denunciation of the Malmö armistice causes the Schleswig-Holstein War to flare up again.
- 1865 : During the American Civil War , Union troops take the port city of Wilmington in North Carolina, the last seaport of the Confederation .
- 1894 : Troops of the Partido Liberal de Honduras under Terencio Sierra conquer Tegucigalpa , the capital of Honduras , and help Policarpo Bonilla to become president. The previous president Domingo Vásquez of the Partido Conservador flees to El Salvador.
- 1924 : The parties of the Weimar coalition found the republic protection organization Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold in Magdeburg . As a result, over 3.5 million members join.
- 1943 : The siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst from the White Rose resistance group are sentenced to death by the People's Court under Roland Freisler and executed in the Munich-Stadelheim prison.
- 1944 : A bombing by American planes falls on the Dutch city of Nijmegen in. The attack, which killed around 800 people, should have targeted the German city of Kleve .
- 1944 : An Allied bombing raid against the German city of Salzwedel , which primarily involves railway facilities and industrial buildings, destroys the station area and kills around 300.
- 1946 : The US envoy in Moscow, George F. Kennan , explains in the Long Telegram on request why the Soviet Union is not an ally of the United States. In the X article , the content of the telegram was published in the following year in Foreign Affairs magazine and triggered discussions on further US foreign policy.
- 1953 : In the national elections in Austria , the SPÖ under Adolf Schärf becomes the party with the most votes. Due to electoral arithmetic, the ÖVP under Federal Chancellor Leopold Figl received one more mandate.
- 1967 : In Indonesia , President Sukarno , who was elected for life, resigns and is placed under house arrest. The background to this step remains unexplained. General Suharto becomes the new strong man .
- 1974 : Samuel Byck tries to hijack a plane at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in order to steer it into the White House and assassinate US President Richard Nixon . An airport employee and a pilot are killed in the attempt, before Byck commits suicide while the police storm the plane.
- 1979 : The Caribbean island of St. Lucia becomes independent from Great Britain as part of the Commonwealth of Nations .
- 1986 : The Philippine army chief Fidel Ramos calls on President Ferdinand Marcos to resign after his fraudulent election victory on February 7th, thus initiating the revolution against Marcos and the installation of Corazon Aquino as president.
- 1996 : French President Jacques Chirac announces the abolition of conscription from 1997.
- 1999 : More than 10,000 farmers demonstrate in Brussels against the proposed agrarian reform of the EU .
- 1999 : The governments of Bulgaria and Macedonia settle their long-standing language dispute in Sofia by signing a joint declaration. Bulgaria recognizes the Macedonian language and nation as independent, Macedonia wants to forego any influence on the Macedonian minority in Bulgaria in the future.
- 2002 : UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi is shot dead in a firefight with Angolan government troops, which leads to the end of the civil war in Angola , which has been going on since 1961 .
- 2006 : The Al-Askari Shrine in Samarra , Iraq , one of the most important shrines for Shiite Muslims, is badly damaged by an explosives attack. Because of the subsequent riots against Sunnis , they boycotted the talks on the formation of a government in Iraq .
economy
- 1879 : The Merchant Winfield Woolworth makes itself independent and opened in Utica , New York, his first five-cent store , but for which soon emerges a failure. But a ten-cent store opened a few weeks later became a successful business model.
- 1926 : As the first German car Bank is in Berlin under the company Ford Credit Company , the Ford Bank founded.
- 1996 : The real estate speculator Jürgen Schneider is extradited from the USA to Germany.
- 2012 : The PlayStation Vita handheld console , the successor to the PlayStation Portable , is released in Europe.
science and technology
- 1632 : In Florence, Galileo Galilei dedicates the book Dialogo (on the world systems) to Grand Duke Ferdinand II and presents him with the first printed copy.
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- 1635 : The Académie française is created in Paris by Cardinal Richelieu with the mandate to watch over the purity of the French language . The charter, a royal edict, is dated January 29th.
- 1784 : Wilhelm Herschel discovers the spiral galaxy NGC 3521 .
- 1828 : Friedrich Wöhler brings about the synthesis of urea from ammonium cyanate . For the first time he artificially gains an organic substance and refutes the widespread thesis that these can only be produced by living beings under the influence of the " vis vitalis ".
- 1853 : Washington University is founded in St. Louis , the 1904 site of the III. Summer Olympics and World's Fair in St. Louis will be.
- 1876 : The Johns Hopkins University is founded with the money from the legacy of the philanthropist Johns Hopkins in Baltimore as the first university in the United States to unite research and teaching on the model of German universities.
- 1902 : The German Gauss expedition led by polar explorer Erich von Drygalski discovered an unknown part of the mainland in the Antarctic , which was named Kaiser Wilhelm II Land in honor of the donor .
- 1904 : Argentina receives a building on Laurie Island that was built the previous year by a British Antarctic expedition . The country set up the Orcadas station , which has since been permanently inhabited , the first of the research stations in Antarctica .
- 1931 : One of today's two Italian sailing training ships, the Amerigo Vespucci , is launched in the royal naval shipyard in Castellammare di Stabia .
- 1987 : The first aircraft in the Airbus A320 family takes off with an Airbus A320 . This series of aircraft subsequently sold successfully around the world.
- 1997 : British embryologist Ian Wilmut's research on cloning Dolly the sheep is published in the journal Nature .
Culture
- 1722 : The opera Griselda by Giovanni Battista Bononcini is premiered at the King's Theater in London .
- 1734 : The opera The tragedy of Chrononhotonthologos by Henry Carey is premiered in London .
- 1825 : The first performance of the opera Der Holzdieb by Heinrich Marschner takes place at the Court Opera in Dresden .
- 1929 : The world premiere of the operetta Rosen aus Florida by Leo Fall takes place in Vienna .
- 1935 : Ari Leschnikoff , Robert Biberti and Erwin Bootz from the Comedian Harmonists are accepted into the Reichsmusikkammer , combined with the ban on performing with the "non-Aryans" Erich A. Collin , Harry Frommermann and Roman Cycowski . The “un-German” name Comedian Harmonists is also banned.
- 1935 : The Village Vanguard music club opens in New York .
- 1936 : The opera Judith by Natanael Berg is premiered at the Kungliga Teatern in Stockholm.
- 1946 The world premiere of the play "The Abyss in Herr Gerstenberg" by Axel von Ambesser at the Dresden State Theater - the West German premiere took place on May 3, 1946 at the Hamburg Kammerspiele .
- 1948 : The musical drama Die Nachtschwalbe by Boris Blacher is premiered in Leipzig.
- 1998 : Brazilian director Walter Salles wins the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival .
society
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- 1680 : The French potions and poison mixer Catherine Monvoisin , on whose property the remains of more than 2,500 babies were excavated, is sentenced to death at the stake by the Chambre ardente along with other people in the course of the poison affair and executed on the same day. The trial of Satanism and witchcraft exposed contacts to the highest circles and almost caused a scandal at the court of Louis XIV.
- 1857 : According to uncertain tradition, the first white sausages are served in the Gasthaus Zum Ewigen Licht in Munich .
religion
- 1198 : The elected Pope Innocent III. is enthroned .
- 1281 : The French Cardinal Simon de Brion is elected Pope by the Conclave in Viterbo and takes the name Martin IV .
- 1288 : With Girolamo Masci, the first Franciscan comes to the Holy See as Nicholas IV .
- 1300 : The Holy Year is brought into being and celebrated for the first time after Christmas. Pope Boniface VIII regulates the details in the Bull Antiquorum hat , including a complete indulgence for all sins for the pilgrims .
- 1901 : The Russian writer Lev Nikolajewitsch Tolstoy is expelled from the Russian Orthodox Church because of “blasphemous statements” in his novel Resurrection . There are crowds and demonstrations for Tolstoy in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
- 1940 : Tenzin Gyatso is enthroned as the XIV Dalai Lama at the age of 4½ .
- 1990 : The Bavarian Administrative Court decides that for women in the Oberammergau Passion Play , regardless of their marital status and age equality applies.
- 1996 : Pope John Paul II issues the decree Universi Dominici gregis on the conclave .
- 2005 : The Federal Court of Justice ruled that the word Catholic is not subject to any monopoly claims of the Roman Church .
Disasters
- 1890 : The dam breaks in the dam accident at Walnut Grove in Arizona , killing between 50 and 150 people in the tidal wave .
- 1901 : The American liner City of Rio de Janeiro sinks in San Francisco Bay after colliding with an underwater rock. 138 of the 220 people on board are killed. The sinking of the City of Rio de Janeiro is considered to be the worst shipwreck in the San Francisco Bay Area to date .
- 1960 : A firedamp and coal dust explosion in the Karl Marx hard coal works in Zwickau kills 123. It is the worst mining accident in the history of the GDR . ( Zwickau mine disaster in 1960 )
- 2005 : The 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Sarand , Iran kills more than 600 people.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Catastrophe .
Sports
- 1959 : Lee Petty and Johnny Beauchamp cross the finish line almost simultaneously in a lap maneuver during the first Daytona 500 race. Only three days later, Petty is awarded the victory after the finish photo decision.
- 1980 : The US national ice hockey team succeeds in the Miracle on Ice : In the final round of the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, they sensationally defeated the Soviet national ice hockey team 4: 3.
Entries of athletics world records can be found under the respective discipline under athletics .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 1161 : Innocent III. , Pope of the Roman Catholic Church
- 1283 : Thomas Bek , Bishop of the English Diocese of Lincoln
- 1403 : Charles VII , King of France
- 1440 : Ladislaus Postumus , Duke of Austria, King of Bohemia and Hungary
- 1500 : Rodolfo Pio , cardinal of the Catholic Church
- 1514 : Tahmasp I , Shah of Persia from the Safavid dynasty
- 1517 : Hieronymus Mencel , German Protestant theologian
- 1522 : Lampert Distelmeyer , electoral chancellor of the Mark Brandenburg
- 1550 : Karl , Count von Arenberg
- 1567 : Erich Hedemann , German lawyer
- 1645 : Johann Ambrosius Bach , German musician, father of Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1645 : Johann Christoph Bach the Elder , German musician, uncle of Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1690 : Daniele Farlati , Italian church historian and Jesuit
- 1691 : Johann Kaspar Wetzel , German Protestant theologian, hymnologist and hymn poet
18th century
- 1710 : Anne-Antoinette Champion , French lingerie manufacturer and wife of Denis Diderot
- 1715 : Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Younger , French engraver and etcher
- 1720 : Jürgen Christian Findorff , German peat colonizer, father of all peat farmers
- 1723 : Peter Anich , Austrian geodesist and cartographer, astronomer and designer of sundials and globes
- 1730 : Giovanni Ottavio Manciforte Sperelli , Italian lawyer and cardinal
- 1732 : George Washington , first American President, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, founding father of the USA
- 1749 : Johann Nikolaus Forkel , German musician and music historian
- 1759 : Claude-Jacques Lecourbe , French general
- 1760 : Sophie von Sachsen-Hildburghausen , Duchess of Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld
- 1761 : Erik Tulindberg , Finnish composer
- 1765 : Jacob Auch , German watchmaker, instrument maker and designer of calculating machines
- 1767 : Joseph Maria Christen , Swiss sculptor (date of baptism)
- 1772 : Josef Lipavský , Czech composer
- 1773 : Martin Friedrich Arendt , German botanist and archaeologist
- 1773 : Mathieu Ignace van Brée , Belgian painter, sculptor and architect
- 1778 : Franz Ludwig Catel , German wood sculptor and painter
- 1779 : Joachim Nicolas Eggert , Swedish composer and conductor
- 1785 : Jean Peltier , French physicist
- 1788 : Arthur Schopenhauer , German philosopher
- 1793 : Friedrich Harkort , German entrepreneur in the coal and steel industry, railway pioneer and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1795 : Karl Pfaff , German educator, historian and singer father
- 1796 : Adolphe Quetelet , Belgian mathematician, statistician and astronomer
- 1797 : Heinrich Steinweg , German-American piano maker (Steinway)
19th century
1801-1850
- 1804 : Paul Arnold , Hessian court architect and politician
- 1805 : Sarah Flower Adams , English poet
- 1810 : Frédéric Chopin , born February 22nd or March 1st, Polish composer and pianist
- 1810 : Holger Simon Paulli , Danish conductor and composer
- 1817 : Karl Wilhelm Borchardt , German mathematician
- 1817 : Niels Wilhelm Gade , Danish composer and conductor
- 1817 : Ottilie Wildermuth , German writer
- 1819 : Adolph Douai , German-American journalist, publisher and educator
- 1819 : James Russell Lowell , American poet, essayist, and diplomat
- 1821 : Ludmilla Assing , German-Italian writer
- 1822 : Adolf Kussmaul , German doctor and medical researcher
- 1824 : Jules Janssen , French astronomer
- 1825 : William Young Sellar , British classical scholar
- 1829 : Otto Agricola , German politician
- 1829 : Eduard Julius Ludwig von Lewinski , Prussian general
- 1832 : Rudolf Baxmann , German theologian
- 1832 : Alexander Meyer , German journalist, liberal, free trader and politician, MdL, MdR
- 1833 : Josef Foerster , Bohemian composer
- 1833 : Carl Ludwig Jessen , German naturalist painter, Frisian painter
- 1840 : August Bebel , German co-founder and leader of the social democratic labor movement and the SPD, MdR
- 1843 : Alexander Schnütgen , German theologian, priest and art collector
- 1844 : Louise Erhartt , German actress
- 1845 : Wilhelmina Koch , German composer
- 1845 : Karl Wilhelm Valentiner , German astronomer
- 1846 : Ella Adaïewsky , Russian pianist and composer
- 1846 : Erwin von Bary , German doctor and Africa traveler
- 1847 : Thornton Chase , American author
- 1847 : Sophie in Bavaria , Bavarian noblewoman, fiancee of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, Duchess of Alençon
- 1848 : Karl Grillenberger , German politician, Nuremberg workers leader, Member of the State Parliament, Member of the State Parliament
- 1850 : Fyodor Alexandrowitsch Wassiljew , Russian painter
1851-1900
- 1857 : Robert Baden-Powell , British cavalry general, founder of the scout movement
- 1857 : Heinrich Hertz , German physicist, was the first to detect electromagnetic waves
- 1858 : Gus Hill , American vaudeville artist and producer
- 1861 : Gustav Lange , Norwegian composer, violinist and music teacher
- 1861 : Hans Schöttler , German Protestant clergyman
- 1861 : Marie von Miller , German painter, wife of Oskar von Miller
- 1862 : Louise Dumont , German actress and theater director
- 1863 : Charles McLean Andrews , American historian and university professor
- 1863 : Wilhelm Blumenberg , German theologian and pastor
- 1863 : Rudolf Dietz , German homeland poet
- 1864 : Jules Renard , French writer
- 1865 : Otto Modersohn , German painter
- 1866 : Curt Grottewitz , German scientist, writer and Germanist
- 1868 : Antoinette Szumowska-Adamowska , Polish pianist and music teacher
- 1868 : Lars Gabriel Andersson , Swedish teacher and herpetologist
- 1868 : David Devant , British stage magician
- 1870 : Joseph-Jean Goulet , Canadian violinist, conductor and music teacher
- 1875 : Sophie Adelheid in Bavaria , first daughter of Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria and Maria José of Portugal
- 1875 : Hayunga Carman , Canadian music teacher
- 1876 : Ita Wegman , German doctor, co-founder of anthroposophic medicine
- 1878 : Hiram Abrams , American entrepreneur and first president of the United Artists film distributor
- 1878 : Walter Ritz , Swiss mathematician
- 1879 : Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted , Danish chemist and artist
- 1879 : Ernest Read , English composer and music teacher
- 1880 : Eric Lemming , Swedish javelin thrower, Olympic champion
- 1880 : Kurt Müller , German archaeologist
- 1881 : Josef Scheuber , Swiss clergyman and educator
- 1882 : Eric Gill , British sculptor, printmaker and typographer
- 1884 : Abe Attell , American boxer
- 1884 : York Bowen , British pianist and composer
- 1884 : William Buehler Seabrook , American writer, occultist, globetrotter and journalist
- 1886 : Hugo Ball , German author and biographer, co-founder of the Dada movement, pioneer of the phonetic poem
- 1888 : Gussy Holl , German actress and Diseuse
- 1888 : Leo Waibel , German geographer
- 1889 : Olave Baden-Powell , British co-founder of the Girl Scout Movement
- 1889 : Wilhelm Rudolph , German painter and graphic artist
- 1890 : Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich , British diplomat and author
- 1890 : Hinatsu Kōnosuke , Japanese poet, translator and literary scholar
- 1892 : Edna St. Vincent Millay , American poet and playwright
- 1894 : Katharina Schroth , German physiotherapist
- 1895 : Erwin Jürgens , German politician, MdL
- 1895 : Henri Lacroix , Canadian harmonica player
- 1895 : Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre , Peruvian politician, founder of the oldest Peruvian party ( APRA )
- 1897 : Otto Leichter , Austrian socialist, journalist and author
- 1898 : Anton de Kom , Surinamese nationalist, resistance fighter and anti-colonial author
- 1899 : Gustav Aufhammer , German crop scientist and plant breeder
- 1899 : Berthold Koch , German chess player
- 1900 : Luis Buñuel , Spanish film director
- 1900 : Meridel Le Sueur , American writer and suffragette
- 1900 : Seán Ó Faoláin , Irish writer
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : David Marcus , US-Israeli officer, first brigadier general in the Israeli army
- 1902 : Bruno Arno , German actor, cabaret artist, choreographer and dancer
- 1902 : Józef Chwedczuk , Polish organist and music teacher
- 1902 : Hal Holmes , American politician
- 1902 : Fritz Straßmann , German chemist, co-discoverer of nuclear fission
- 1902 : Herma Szabó , Austrian figure skater
- 1903 : Rudolf Beiswanger , German actor, radio announcer and theater director
- 1903 : Morley Callaghan , Canadian writer
- 1903 : Frank Plumpton Ramsey , British mathematician and logician
- 1903 : Just Scheu , German composer and librettist, actor and screenwriter
- 1903 : Alexis von Roenne , German officer, resistance fighter against National Socialism
- 1904 : Robert Thomas Ashmore , American politician
- 1904 : Clemens Lugowski , German Germanist
- 1904 : Ernst Jakob Henne , German motor sportsman
- 1904 : Stephanos I Sidarouss , Egyptian patriarch and cardinal
- 1906 : Aurelio Arturo , Colombian writer and poet
- 1906 : Egano Righi-Lambertini , Italian clergyman, Vatican diplomat, cardinal to the Curia
- 1907 : Theodore Annemann , American magician
- 1907 : Georg Braun , Austrian football player and coach
- 1907 : Georg Christian von Lobkowitz , Czechoslovak nobleman and racing car driver
- 1907 : Sheldon Leonard , American film and television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor
- 1907 : Heinrich Schneider , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister, President of the State Parliament, Member of the Bundestag
- 1907 : Rex Stewart , American jazz cornet player
- 1907 : Hermann Tomada , German sculptor
- 1907 : Robert Young , American actor
- 1908 : Rómulo Betancourt , Venezuelan President
- 1908 : John Mills , British actor
- 1908 : Paul Sixt , German Kapellmeister
- 1909 : Danny Biasone , American entrepreneur
- 1909 : Lotte Meyer , German actress
- 1910 : Wilfried Lange , German chess master and chess organizer
- 1913 : Hugh Garner , Canadian writer
- 1913 : Gregorio Walerstein , Mexican film producer and screenwriter
- 1914 : Renato Dulbecco , Italian-American biologist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1914 : Karl Otto Götz , known as KO Götz, German painter, representative of abstract art and Informel, poet of surrealism
- 1916 : Gertrud Burgsthaler-Schuster , Austrian opera singer
- 1917 : Louis Auriacombe , French conductor
- 1917 : Jane Bowles , American writer
- 1918 : Sid Abel , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1918 : George Constantine , American racing driver
- 1918 : Robert Wadlow , American man, greatest recorded person in history
- 1919 : Henri Arnoldus , Dutch author
- 1919 : Jiří Pauer , Czech composer
- 1920 : Maria Hellwig , German singer, presenter and entertainer
- 1920 : Karl-Heinz Schwab , German lawyer, professor of civil law and civil procedural law
- 1921 : Sune Andersson , Swedish national soccer player and coach
- 1921 : Jean-Bédel Bokassa , Central African President and Emperor
- 1921 : Giulietta Masina , Italian actress
- 1921 : Wayne C. Booth , American literary scholar
- 1922 : Andre Asriel , Austrian-German composer
- 1922 : Apostolos Santas , Greek resistance fighter against the German occupation in World War II
- 1922 : Marshall Teague , American racing car driver
- 1923 : Albino Aroso , Portuguese doctor and politician
- 1923 : Benno Erhard , German lawyer and politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1923 : Heimar Fischer-Gaaden , German portrait painter
- 1923 : Billy Mo , German jazz trumpeter and pop singer
- 1923 : Günter Möbus , German geologist
- 1923 : Heinz Singer , German handball player
- 1923 : Bleddyn Williams , Welsh rugby player
- 1923 : Norman Smith , British sound engineer
- 1924 : Herbert Schweiger , Austrian publicist
- 1925 : Philip Edward Archer , Ghanaian lawyer
- 1925 : Edward Gorey , American author and illustrator
- 1925 : Rupert Riedl , Austrian zoologist
1926-1950
- 1926 : Finn Gustavsen , Norwegian socialist and politician
- 1926 : Kenneth Williams , British actor and comedian
- 1927 : Florencio Campomanes , Filipino chess player and official
- 1927 : Ernst Huberty , Luxembourg sports journalist and television presenter on German television ( Mister Sportschau )
- 1928 : Hermann Hoffmann , German radio presenter and comedian
- 1928 : Axel Strøbye , Danish actor
- 1929 : James Hong , American actor, film producer, film director, and screenwriter
- 1929 : Helmut Rosenvald , Estonian composer and violinist
- 1929 : Anny Schlemm , German opera singer
- 1930 : Giuliano Montaldo , Italian filmmaker and director
- 1930 : Alfredo Sadel , Venezuelan singer and actor
- 1931 : Georg Brühl , German art historian, publicist and art collector
- 1932 : Edward "Ted" Kennedy , American politician, Senator from Massachusetts
- 1932 : Robert Opron , German architect and designer
- 1933 : Zygmunt Kamiński , German Bishop of Stettin-Cammin
- 1933 : Christopher Ondaatje , British-Canadian writer and entrepreneur
- 1933 : Peter Rohland , German songwriter and singer
- 1934 : George Lee Anderson , American baseball player and manager
- 1935 : Danilo Kiš , Serbian writer
- 1936 : John Michael Bishop , American virologist
- 1936 : Eduardo Cabrera , Cuban pianist, arranger and band leader
- 1936 : Ernie K-Doe , American singer
- 1936 : Martin Mußgnug , German politician, MdL
- 1936 : Marianne Rogée , German actress and voice actor
- 1936 : Gene Watts , American trombonist
- 1937 : Dubravko Detoni , Croatian composer, pianist and writer
- 1937 : Joanna Russ , American author and scientist
- 1937 : Rolf Schafstall , German soccer player and coach
- 1938 : Karin Dor , German actress
- 1938 : Christa Luft , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Economics Minister of the GDR
- 1938 : Predrag Ostojić , Yugoslav chess master
- 1939 : Rüdiger Minor , German Bishop of the Evangelical Methodist Church
- 1939 : Gōzō Yoshimasu , Japanese lyric poet
- 1940 : Jacques Andrieux , French football player
- 1940 : Jon Elster , Norwegian-American sociologist
- 1940 : Billy Name , American photographer and filmmaker
- 1940 : Chet Walker , American basketball player
- 1941 : Giorgos Arvanitis , Greek cameraman
- 1941 : Jack Darcus , Canadian director, screenwriter, painter, and writer
- 1941 : Günter Fischer , German politician, MdL
- 1941 : Hipólito Mejía , Dominican President
- 1941 : Jürgen Nöldner , German football player
- 1941 : Jean-Pierre Rouget , French racing car driver
- 1943 : Horst Köhler , German politician and economist, Federal President, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF )
- 1943 : Eduard Weniaminowitsch Limonow , Russian author and politician
- 1943 : Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière , French racing car driver and entrepreneur
- 1944 : Jorge de Bagration , Spanish racing car driver
- 1944 : Jonathan Demme , American film director
- 1944 : Tom Okker , Dutch tennis player
- 1944 : Jean-Louis Ricci , French racing car driver
- 1944 : Tucker Smallwood , American actor and author
- 1945 : Antje-Katrin Kühnemann , German TV presenter and doctor
- 1945 : Gerda Uhlemann , German athlete
- 1946 : Éric Marie Pierre Henri Aumonier , French bishop
- 1947 : Jean-Claude Depince , French racing car driver
- 1948 : John David Ashton , American actor
- 1948 : Felix Gutzwiller , Swiss politician
- 1949 : Klaus Amann , Austrian literary scholar
- 1949 : Alan Barnard , anthropologist and ethnologist
- 1949 : Manfred Deix , Austrian caricaturist and cartoonist
- 1949 : Niki Lauda , Austrian racing driver, entrepreneur and pilot
- 1949 : Luigi Taverna , Italian racing car driver
- 1949 : Joachim Witt , German musician
- 1950 : Aun Schaukat al-Chasauneh , Jordanian diplomat and lawyer
- 1950 : Julius Erving , American basketball player
- 1950 : Miou-Miou , French film actress
- 1950 : Simon Schobel , Romanian-German handball player and coach
- 1950 : Julie Walters , British actress
- 1950 : Peter Zwegat , German debt counselor, social worker and TV actor
1951-1976
- 1951 : Rolf-Dieter Krause , German television journalist
- 1951 : Mirko Smiljanic , radio and science journalist
- 1952 : Bernd August , German boxer
- 1952 : Thomas Wessinghage , German athlete
- 1953 : Evelin Kaufer , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1955 : David Axelrod , American political advisor
- 1956 : Eva Bulling-Schröter , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1956 : Detlef Kübeck , German athlete
- 1957 : Arsen Baschirowitsch Kanokow , President of Kabardino-Balkaria
- 1958 : Ehud Adam , Israeli major general
- 1958 : Almo Coppelli , Italian racing car driver
- 1958 : Torill Fjeldstad , Norwegian ski racer
- 1959 : Michail Naumowitsch Gurewitsch , Belgian chess master
- 1959 : Holger Hieronymus , German football player
- 1959 : Kyle MacLachlan , American actor
- 1959 : Hans Stefan Steinheuer , German chef
- 1959 : Margarethe Tiesel , Austrian actress
- 1960 : Tillmann Loch , German urologist and handball player
- 1961 : Cristina Anghelescu , Romanian violinist
- 1962 : Steve Irwin , Australian conservationist and documentary filmmaker
- 1962 : Alexander Bisenz , Austrian cabaret artist and painter
- 1963 : Andrew Adonis , British politician
- 1963 : Josef Novotny , Austrian composer and musician
- 1963 : Vijay Singh , Indian golfer
- 1964 : Gigi Fernández , American tennis player
- 1964 : Andy Gray , English football player and coach
- 1964 : William Tanui , Kenyan athlete, Olympic champion
- 1964 : Magnus Wislander , Swedish handball player and coach
- 1964 : Karin Kienzer , Austrian actress
- 1967 : Dmitri Iwanowitsch Dedow , Russian lawyer and judge
- 1967 : Dragan Đilas , Serbian politician and businessman
- 1967 : Avi Gabbay , Israeli manager and politician
- 1967 : Herwig Gössl , auxiliary bishop in Bamberg
- 1967 : Marianne Ihalainen , Finnish ice hockey player
- 1967 : Artūras Kasputis , Lithuanian cyclist
- 1967 : Hirotaka Okada , Japanese judoka
- 1967 : Alf Poier , Austrian songwriter and cabaret artist
- 1967 : Serghei Stroenco , Moldovan football player
- 1967 : Thomas Westphal , German politician
- 1968 : Bradley Nowell , American rock musician
- 1968 : Jeri Ryan , American actress
- 1968 : Ulrike Stanggassinger , German ski racer
- 1969 : Peter Auwärter , German table tennis player
- 1969 : Hans Klok , Dutch magician
- 1969 : Brian Laudrup , Danish football player
- 1969 : Marc Wilmots , Belgian football player and coach
- 1970 : Marc Nagel , German handball player and trainer
- 1970 : Wolfram Waibel jr. , Austrian sports shooter
- 1971 : Arnon Grunberg , Dutch author
- 1971 : Jason Marshall , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1971 : Lea Salonga , Filipino musical actress
- 1971 : Andrea Stella , Italian motorsport technician
- 1972 : Michael Chang , American tennis player
- 1972 : Kari Eisenhut , Swiss paraglider pilot
- 1972 : Claudia Pechstein , German speed skater, Olympic champion
- 1972 : Haim Revivo , Israeli soccer player
- 1972 : Markus Rühl , German bodybuilder
- 1972 : Rolando Villazón , Franco-Mexican opera singer
- 1973 : Artschil Arweladze , Georgian football player
- 1973 : Shota Arweladze , Georgian football player and coach
- 1973 : Plamen Kralew , Bulgarian racing driver
- 1973 : Anthony Pons , French racing car driver
- 1974 : James Blunt , British singer and songwriter
- 1974 : Pulsedriver , German trance DJ
- 1974 : Markus Schopp , Austrian soccer player
- 1975 : Drew Barrymore , American actress and film producer
- 1975 : Mathias Franzén , Swedish handball player and coach
- 1975 : Fele Martínez , Spanish actor
- 1975 : Thomas Meggle , German soccer player
1976-2000
- 1976 : Kenneth Åkesson , Norwegian guitarist and drummer
- 1976 : Christopher Isengwe , Tanzanian long-distance runner
- 1977 : Timo Rose , German director and producer
- 1977 : Julio Hernán Rossi , Italian-Argentinian football player
- 1977 : Hakan Yakin , Swiss football player of Turkish origin
- 1978 : Jenny Frost , British singer, dancer, television presenter and model
- 1979 : Brett Emerton , Australian soccer player
- 1979 : Christina Hecke , German actress
- 1980 : Kai Albrecht , German actor
- 1980 : Philippe Alméras , French racing car driver
- 1980 : Jeanette Biedermann , German actress, pop singer, voice actress and songwriter
- 1980 : Bosse , German guitarist and singer
- 1980 : Femke Maes , Belgian soccer player
- 1980 : Michael David Pate , German director
- 1980 : Christine Theiss , German kickboxer, world champion
- 1981 : Chakuza , Austrian rapper
- 1982 : Jacob Armen , American drummer
- 1982 : Jenna Haze , American porn actress and director
- 1983 : Mohamad Asfari , Syrian pool player
- 1984 : Branislav Ivanović , Serbian football player
- 1984 : Najib Naderi , Afghan soccer player
- 1985 : Hameur Bouazza , Algerian football player
- 1985 : Ross Hutchins , British tennis player
- 1985 : Zach Roerig , American actor
- 1986 : Rajon Rondo , American basketball player
- 1987 : Han Hyo-joo , South Korean actress
- 1987 : Enzo Pérez , Argentine soccer player
- 1987 : Sergio Romero , Argentine-Italian soccer player
- 1987 : Johannes Theobald , German racing driver
- 1988 : Efraín Juárez , Mexican soccer player
- 1990 : Christian Andree , German foil and epee fencer
- 1991 : Marc Endres , German soccer player
- 1993 : Matthias Hochegger , Austrian Nordic combined athlete
- 1995 : Moritz Preuss , German handball player
- 2000 : Adrian Stanilewicz , Polish-German football player
Died
Before the 16th century
- 440 : Thalassios , saint, hermit and ascetic from Kyrrhos / Syria
- 606 : Sabinianus , Pope
- 793 : Sicga , Anglo-Saxon nobleman from the Kingdom of Northumbria
- 970 : García I , King of Navarre
- 1071 : Arnulf III. , Count of Flanders and as Arnulf I. Count of Hainaut
- 1071 : William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford , administrator and counselor to William I of England
- 1078 : Johannes von Fécamp , Abbot of Fécamp
- 1090 : Rüdiger Huzmann , Bishop of Speyer
- 1111 : Roger Borsa , Duke of Apulia
- 1121 : Werner IV. "Von Grüningen" , Count of Maden, Count of Neckargau and Burgrave of Worms
- 1217 : Jehuda ben Samuel he-Chasid , German-Jewish scribe, philosopher and ethicist, forerunner of Hasidism
- 1225 : Bernard IV , Count of Comminges
- 1251 : William de Cantilupe , English nobleman
- 1274 : Ibn Mālik , Spanish-Arabic scholar
- 1288 : Adelheid von Katzenelnbogen , German nobleman
- 1296 : Heinrich V , Duke of Jauer, Liegnitz and Breslau
- 1297 : Margaret of Cortona , Franciscan saint of the Third Order
- 1321 : Dietrich von Rinteln , councilor and governor of Hanover
- 1371 : David II , King of Scotland
- 1393 : John Devereux, 1st Baron Devereux , English nobleman, courtier and military man
- 1469 : Maria of Savoy , Duchess of Milan
- 1481 : Charles I. d'Amboise , French nobleman
16th to 18th century
- 1503 : Giovanni Battista Orsini , Italian cardinal, administrator of the Archdiocese of Taranto, legate and administrator for Romagna, Bologna and the Mark of Ancona
- 1504 : Thomas von Blankenfelde , Mayor of Berlin
- 1512 : Amerigo Vespucci , Italian merchant, navigator, navigator and explorer (namesake of America)
- 1550 : Francesco III. Gonzaga , eldest son of Duke Federico II.
- 1564 : Johann Glandorp , German humanist, pedagogue, poet, Protestant theologian and reformer
- 1576 : Bernardino Gatti , Italian painter
- 1610 : Polykarp Leyser the Elder , German Lutheran theologian
- 1612 : García Guerra , Spanish Dominican, Archbishop of Mexico and Viceroy of New Spain
- 1622 : Heinrich Eckstorm , German Protestant theologian and educator
- 1624 : Heinrich Eckhard , German Lutheran theologian
- 1627 : Olivier van Noort , Dutch navigator
- 1628 : Pierre Dugua de Mons , French nobleman, entrepreneur and explorer
- 1629 : Hans Friedrich von Drachsdorf , German court marshal and captain
- 1668 : Johann Jakob Ulrich , Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
- 1671 : Adam Olearius , German writer and diplomat
- 1674 : Jean Chapelain , French writer
- 1680 : Catherine Monvoisin , French serial killer, alleged witch, main party in the so-called poison affair
- 1687 : Francesco Lana Terzi , Italian Jesuit, designer of a vacuum airship and braille
- 1707 : Giacinto Calandrucci , Sicilian painter
- 1709 : François Louis de Bourbon , Prince of Conti
- 1731 : Frederik Ruysch , Dutch anatomist and botanist
- 1735 : Georg Christian Joannis , German Protestant theologian and historian
- 1746 : Guillaume Coustou the Elder , French sculptor
- 1750 : Pietro Filippo Scarlatti , Italian composer, organist and choir director
- 1766 : Friedrich August von Finck , Prussian general
- 1777 : Archibald Bulloch , American lawyer, politician, and second governor of Georgia
- 1780 : Francesco III. d'Este , Duke of Reggio and Modena
- 1784 : Sophie Volland , French enlightened intellectual, lover of the French philosopher Denis Diderot
- 1791 : Johann Siegmund Mörl , German Protestant clergyman
- 1794 : Caspar Friedrich Wolff , German physiologist and anatomist
- 1796 : Johann Baptist Ambrosi , German theologian
- 1797 : Hieronymus Carl Friedrich von Münchhausen , German nobleman ( The Tales of Lies from Baron Münchhausen )
- 1800 : Even Hammer , Norwegian economist
19th century
- 1804 : Joseph Benda , Bohemian-German musician
- 1809 : Johann Ludwig von Cobenzl , Austrian statesman
- 1816 : Adam Ferguson , British Enlightenment historian and social ethicist from Scotland
- 1827 : Charles Willson Peale , American portrait and landscape painter
- 1828 : Samuel Gottlieb Wald , German Protestant theologian
- 1829 : Adam Albert von Neipperg , Austrian general and statesman
- 1830 : Carl Gottlob Heinrich Arndt , German clergyman and cathedral provost
- 1837 : Karl Christian Daniel Baurschmidt , German Protestant clergyman and pedagogue
- 1837 : Adolf Friedrich von Scheve , German lawyer
- 1845 : William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington , Irish-British naval officer, politician, mint master and postmaster general
- 1846 : Martin Stephan , German-American clergyman
- 1854 : Johann Gottlieb Kreyssig , German pedagogue and philologist
- 1869 : Wilhelm Floto , German comedy poet
- 1872 : Ferdinand Kommerell , German mathematician
- 1874 : Heinrich von Maltzan , German orientalist and writer
- 1875 : Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot , French landscape painter
- 1875 : Charles Lyell , British geologist
- 1877 : Eduard Gaertner , German landscape painter of the Biedermeier
- 1885 : Eduard Feodor Gloeckner , German lawyer and honorary citizen of Wittenberg
- 1888 : Jean-Delphin Alard , French violinist and composer
- 1889 : Hermann von Görtz-Wrisberg , German lawyer, finance expert and Brunswick State Minister
- 1890 : Carl Bloch , Danish painter
- 1893 : August Zillmer , German actuary
- 1894 : Michał Hórnik , Sorbian clergyman and author
- 1894 : Habbo Gerhard Lolling , German archaeologist
- 1898 : Paul Ludwig Bassenge , German lawyer, entrepreneur and politician, MdL
- 1900 : Ernst Christian Carl Kruse , German doctor and politician, MdL, MdR
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901 : Charles David Anderson , American plantation owner, businessman, lawyer, and general
- 1901 : George Francis FitzGerald , Irish physicist
- 1903 : Hugo Wolf , Austrian composer
- 1904 : Leslie Stephen , British cleric, writer and mountaineer
- 1906 : Edward Armitage , English botanist
- 1912 : Richard Andree , German geographer and ethnographer
- 1913 : Ferdinand de Saussure , Swiss linguist
- 1913 : Francisco Madero , Mexican revolutionary and president
- 1915 : Thor Lange , Danish writer and translator
- 1919 : Christian Dietrich , German Protestant clergyman, head of Swabian Altpietism
- 1919 : Perito Moreno , Argentine geographer, anthropologist and explorer
- 1921 : Hermann Vogel , German illustrator
- 1922 : Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Fjodorow , Soviet aircraft designer
- 1923 : Théophile Delcassé , French statesman, minister of war and foreign affairs
- 1923 : Damdiny Süchbaatar , Mongolian communist politician
- 1925 : Thomas Clifford Allbutt , British doctor
- 1927 : Judson Harmon , American politician
- 1930 : Carlo Perosi , Italian priest and cardinal to the curia
- 1932 : George MacFarlane , American singer and actor
- 1935 : Elisabeth Bernoulli , Swiss women's rights activist
- 1938 : Miguel Llobet , Spanish guitarist and composer
- 1939 : Antonio Machado , Spanish lyric poet
- 1940 : Albert Willimsky , German Roman Catholic priest, resistance fighter, martyr
- 1942 : August von Parseval , German airship builder
- 1943 : Dmitri Michejewitsch Melkich , Russian composer
- 1943 : Christoph Probst , German student and resistance fighter ( White Rose )
- 1943 : Hans Scholl , German student and resistance fighter ( White Rose )
- 1943 : Sophie Scholl , German student and resistance fighter ( White Rose )
- 1945 : Heinrich Angermeier , German politician
- 1945 : Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen , Danish sculptor
- 1946 : Johannes Andreas Jolles , Dutch literary scholar
- 1949 : Félix Hubert d'Hérelle , British-Canadian biologist
1951-2000
- 1953 : Albertine Assor , German deaconess
- 1956 : Hattie Carnegie , American jewelry and fashion designer
- 1959 : Robert Noorduyn , Dutch-American aircraft developer and manufacturer
- 1960 : Paul-Émile Borduas , Canadian painter
- 1961 : Nick LaRocca , American cornet player, band leader and jazz pioneer
- 1965 : Richard W. Leche , American politician
- 1966 : Hermann Haack , German cartographer
- 1967 : Fritz Erler , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1968 : Frank Ezra Adcock , British ancient historian
- 1968 : Peter Arno , American cartoonist
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- 1969 : Johannes Dieckmann , German journalist, President of the People's Chamber of the GDR and Deputy Chairman of the State Council of the GDR
- 1971 : Pierre Caron , French screenwriter, film director and producer
- 1971 : Henry Deyglun , Canadian actor, director and writer of French origin
- 1971 : Rudolf Mauersberger , German choir director and composer
- 1973 : Eduard Andorfer , Austrian art historian
- 1973 : Elizabeth Bowen , British writer
- 1975 : Adolf Hennecke , German miner
- 1975 : Oskar Perron , German mathematician
- 1976 : Michael Polanyi , Hungarian-British chemist and philosopher
- 1977 : Marcel Anghelescu , Romanian actor
- 1978 : Hal Borland , American writer
- 1978 : Joachim Büchner , German athlete
- 1980 : Jean André , French film architect and set designer
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- 1980 : Oskar Kokoschka , Austrian painter, graphic artist and writer of Expressionism and Viennese Modernism
- 1980 : Jerzy Lefeld , Polish composer, pianist and music teacher
- 1981 : Hans Arnold , German SPD politician
- 1981 : Curtis Bernhardt , German-American director
- 1981 : Guy Butler , British athlete, Olympic champion
- 1982 : Arie den Arend , Dutch composer and organist
- 1983 : Hermann Böhm , German motorcycle racer
- 1983 : Adrian Boult , British conductor
- 1983 : Romain Maes , Belgian racing cyclist
- 1984 : Wilhelm Müller , German field handball player
- 1985 : Emilie Kiep-Altenloh , German politician, MdR, MdL, MdB, co-founder of the Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband
- 1985 : Albert Volkmann , German problematic chess composer
- 1985 : Efrem Zimbalist , American violin virtuoso and composer, conductor and music teacher
- 1987 : Dorothea von Arronet , Baltic German painter, illustrator and graphic artist
- 1987 : Hildegard Domizlaff , German sculptor, woodcut and jewelry artist
- 1987 : Alberto Echagüe , Argentine singer and songwriter
- 1987 : Andy Warhol , American graphic designer, artist, filmmaker and publisher, co-founder and main exponent of American Pop Art
- 1989 : Moisés da Costa Amaral , East Timorese politician
- 1989 : Sándor Márai , Hungarian writer
- 1990 : Aida Tsunao , Japanese poet
- 1991 : Ladislav Fialka , Czechoslovak pantomime, actor, choreographer, theater director and professor
- 1992 : Tadeusz Łomnicki , Polish actor
- 1993 : Hugo Schrader , German actor
- 1994 : Papa John Creach , American violinist
- 1994 : Hans Hürlimann , Swiss politician
- 1994 : Lore Lorentz , German cabaret artist
- 1998 : José María de Areilza , Spanish diplomat and politician
- 1998 : Clemens Eich , German actor and writer
- 1998 : Abraham A. Ribicoff , American politician
- 1999 : Charles Gerhardt , American conductor and arranger, sound engineer and music producer
- 2000 : Hubert Aratym , Austrian painter
- 2000 : Violet Archer , Canadian composer
- 2000 : Antonio Arguedas Mendieta , Bolivian politician
- 2000 : Dieter Borkowski , German writer, journalist and historian
- 2000 : Louis Mennini , American composer and music teacher
21st century
- 2001 : John Aloysius Fahey , American fingerstyle guitarist and composer, musicologist, record label founder
- 2001 : Evelyn Holt , German actress
- 2002 : Raymond Firth , New Zealand ethnologist
- 2002 : Chuck Jones , American comic book artist and film director
- 2002 : Jonas Savimbi , Angolan politician and rebel leader
- 2002 : Barbara Valentin , Austrian actress
- 2002 : Ronnie Verrell , British jazz drummer
- 2003 : Kurt Gscheidle , German trade unionist, politician, Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister
- 2004 : Rolf Gillhausen , German reportage photographer and journalist
- 2004 : Roque Máspoli , Uruguayan football player and coach
- 2005 : Willi Bartels , German racing driver
- 2005 : Zdzisław Beksiński , Polish painter and graphic artist
- 2005 : Luigi Giussani , Italian Catholic priest ( Comunione e Liberazione ), papal honorary prelate
- 2005 : Lee Eun-ju , South Korean actress
- 2005 : Simone Simon , French actress
- 2006 : Hilde Domin , German poet
- 2007 : Lothar-Günther Buchheim , German writer, painter, art collector and publisher
- 2007 : Dennis Johnson , American basketball player
- 2008 : Hugo Assmann , Brazilian theologian
- 2008 : Candido Cannavò , Italian sports journalist
- 2009 : Günter Kochan , German composer
- 2009 : Leo Mülfarth , German author and university lecturer
- 2009 : Howard Zieff , American director
- 2010 : Karola Ágai , Hungarian opera singer (coloratura soprano)
- 2010 : Juan Ángel Belda Dardiñá , Spanish lawyer, priest and theologian, Bishop of Jaca, Bishop of León
- 2010 : Zdena Frýbová , Czech writer
- 2010 : Günter Freiherr von Gravenreuth , German lawyer and publisher
- 2010 : Margret van Munster , German actress
- 2012 : Marie Colvin , American journalist
- 2012 : Rémi Ochlik , French photographer
- 2013 : Ernst Breit , German trade union official
- 2013 : Wolfgang Sawallisch , German conductor
- 2015 : Konrad Toenz , Swiss radio journalist and television presenter
- 2016 : Douglas Slocombe , British cinematographer
- 2016 : Erika Stiska , German actress
- 2017 : Fritz Koenig , German sculptor
- 2017 : Martin Lüttge , German actor and director
- 2018 : Nanette Fabray , American actress
- 2018 : Valentin Michailowitsch Falin , Soviet diplomat
- 2018 : Herbert Kraus , Austrian economist
- 2018 : Richard Edward Taylor , Canadian physicist and Nobel Prize winner
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg , German messenger of faith in India (Protestant)
- Kathedra Petri (Catholic (not in Paris))
- Name days
- More information about the day
The list of days of remembrance and action contains further entries .
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