4. April
The April 4 is the 94th day of the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years ), thus remain 271 days by year end.
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Events
Politics and world events
- 1081 : Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Emperor of the Byzantine Empire by Patriarch Kosmas I , after Nikephorus III. has dethroned.
- 1251 : Mechthild von Baden marries Ulrich I, Count of Württemberg . The wedding is of great importance for the territorial development of Württemberg and Baden . Among other things, the future capital Stuttgart comes to Württemberg.
- 1297 : Pope Boniface VIII enfeoffs King James II of Aragón with the islands of Sardinia and Corsica .
- 1313 : Adolf von der Mark is appointed Prince-Bishop of Liège by Pope Clement V.
- 1408 : In the Constance arbitration award, to which Appenzell submitted after the defeat in the Battle of Bregenz , King Ruprecht I dissolves the federation created during the Appenzell Wars .
- 1525 : Near Leipheim , the Leipheimer Haufen , which rose up against the city of Ulm in the German Peasants' War, is smashed by a mercenary army of the Swabian Confederation under the leadership of Georg von Waldburg-Zeil .
- 1558 : Tsar Ivan IV transfers the land on the Kama in Siberia and its tributaries to the fur trader Anikita Stroganow for use.
- 1581 : Francis Drake is on behalf of Elizabeth I by the French ambassador Monsieur de Marchaumont aboard the Golden Hind in Deptford for his services especially during his circumnavigation to and his loyalty to the British Crown defeated knight .
- 1585 : A bridge built over the Scheldt by the Spaniards under Alessandro Farnese is completely destroyed by the Italian Federigo Giambelli during the siege of Antwerp .
- 1841 : US President William H. Harrison dies of pneumonia just 30 days after his inauguration . This makes him the US president with the shortest term in office to date and the first to die in office.
- 1849 : In the Hungarian Revolution , the rebels emerge victorious from the battle of Tápióbicske against the Austrian troops.
- 1850 : Shortly before California was admitted as a state to the United States , the southern Californian town of Los Angeles with 1,600 inhabitants was granted US town charter .
- 1860 : In Palermo , Sicily, a popular uprising breaks out against the rule of Francis II . Although this is quickly put down, it spreads rapidly over the entire kingdom of the two Sicilies , so that Giuseppe Garibaldi with the procession of the thousand can take the kingdom almost without resistance a month later and thus advance the Risorgimento .
- 1884 : Chile and Bolivia conclude an unlimited armistice agreement in the Treaty of Valparaíso in the saltpeter war . The coastal province with Antofagasta as its capital falls to the neighboring country. Bolivia becomes a landlocked country.
- 1900 : As a protest against the Boer War , the Belgian socialist Jean-Baptiste Sipido carried out a shooting attack on Albert Eduard , Prince of Wales , at Brussels Central Station , but it failed. The assassin was subsequently acquitted because of his young age, which led to diplomatic resentment between Belgium and Great Britain.
- 1925 : On behalf of Adolf Hitler , Julius Schreck founds a hall protection (SS) for NSDAP events , which is later named Schutzstaffel . This paramilitary organization currently consists of only eight men, but is expanding rapidly.
- 1929 : The “ prelate without leniency”, Federal Chancellor Ignaz Seipel , resigns in Austria after revolts by the socialists .
- 1932 : Alfons Paoli Schwartz returns from French Guiana as the last German prisoner of war of the First World War .
- 1933 : The Berliner Tageblatt publishes a front Pig items editorial made in the German press history, with which the sheet as the first newspaper equal switches off .
- 1939 : Ghazi I , King of Iraq , dies. Since his son Faisal II is still a minor, his uncle Abd ul-Ilah takes over the reign.
- 1941 : The Libyan city of Benghazi is captured by German-Italian armored units during the Africa campaign during World War II .
- 1945 : For Hungary , fighting in the Second World War ends with the complete occupation by Soviet troops . Hungarian units continue to fight on other fronts, however.
- 1945 : Three quarters of the Thuringian city of Nordhausen is destroyed in a British bombing raid. Over 8,800 people are killed.
- 1945 : The Third Czechoslovak Republic is founded
- 1949 : With the conclusion of the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, DC, the USA, Canada, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, Denmark, Norway and Iceland found NATO .
- 1958 : British opponents of nuclear weapons under the leadership of the organization Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament start the first Easter march in London , the Aldermaston March to the arms factory in Aldermaston . The peace sign designed by Gerald Holtom makes its first appearance.
- 1968 : Martin Luther King is assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis , Tennessee . The death of Martin Luther King subsequently led to nationwide uprisings in the United States. Two months later, James Earl Ray is arrested as a suspected perpetrator.
- 1979 : Former Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is executed despite international protests for allegedly inciting the murder of an opposition politician while in office.
- 1990 : King Baudouin of Belgium is declared incapacitated by parliament for two days because he does not want to sign a law to liberalize abortion .
- 1991 : After his election victory over the former dictator Mathieu Kérékou in March, Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo takes office as Benin's first freely elected president.
- 2001 : In Berlin, the German Federal Government appoints the Council for Sustainable Development to provide ongoing advice on questions of sustainability and sustainability strategy .
- 2002 : After the death of its leader Jonas Savimbi , the rebel organization UNITA concludes a ceasefire agreement with the Angolan armed forces , which ends the civil war in Angola that has been going on since 1975 .
- 2003 : US troops begin bombing the Iraqi capital of Baghdad in the Iraq war in preparation for conquering the city .
- 2005 : In Austria high-ranking members of the ruling party FPÖ announce their split as Bündnis Zukunft Österreich . The BZÖ becomes the first Austrian party to participate in a government without having previously participated in elections, the Federal Government Schüssel II .
- 2005 : Askar Akayev , who was deposed and fled on March 24 in the course of the tulip revolution, announces his resignation as President of Kyrgyzstan in Moscow .
economy
- 1847 : The Munich main station building burns down in a major fire .
- 1973 : The World Trade Center in New York City , designed and built by Minoru Yamasaki , is officially inaugurated, although it will not be completed until 1977.
- 1975 : Bill Gates and Paul Allen found a software company in Albuquerque , New Mexico, which later became one of the world's largest multinational corporations under the name Microsoft .
- 1994 : Marc Andreessen and James H. Clark found the software company Mosaic Communications Corporation .
science and technology
- 1460 : The University of Basel , founded by Pope Pius II , is ceremoniously opened. This makes it the oldest university in Switzerland.
- 1940 : The Finnish astronomer Liisi Oterma discovers the asteroid Kalm .
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- 1968 : Apollo 6 is the last time an unmanned Saturn V rocket is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of the Apollo program to test the configuration for a manned flight to the moon .
- 1983 : The Space Shuttle Challenger takes off on its maiden flight into space as part of the STS-6 mission . On board are the astronauts Paul J. Weitz , Karol J. Bobko , Donald H. Peterson and Story Musgrave .
- 1997 : The Biomedical Convention for the Protection of Human Dignity in the Application of Biology and Medicine is presented to the member states of the Council of Europe for signature in Oviedo, Spain .
Culture
- 1717 : The opera Tito Manlio by Attilio Ariosti has its world premiere at the King's Theater in London.
- 1847 : The Gran Teatre del Liceu opens in Barcelona , the second largest opera house in the world after the Teatro alla Scala in Milan .
- 1854 : Faust, originally not designed for the stage . The second part of the tragedy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe will be premiered in Hamburg.
- 1859 : The opera Dinorah ou Le pardon de Ploërmel by Giacomo Meyerbeer is premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
- 1875 : Bedřich Smetana's Die Moldau (Vltava) is premiered in Prague.
- 1892 : The Munich Secession Artists 'Association is formed as a spin-off from the Munich Artists ' Cooperative .
- 1896 : The first edition of the satirical weekly Simplicissimus appears. Although only around 1,000 copies of the first edition were sold, the magazine's popularity soon increased rapidly.
- 1941 : Ohm Krüger , a Nazi propaganda film , premieres in Berlin's Ufa-Palast am Zoo .
- 1960 : The American feature film Ben Hur , directed by William Wyler , wins eleven Academy Awards at the 1960 Academy Awards hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Bernhard Grzimek's film Serengeti Must Not Die receives an Oscar for best documentary film .
- 1963 : The crime museum opens on the newly founded ZDF as its first crime series .
- 1964 : With their singles Can't Buy Me Love , Twist and Shout , She Loves You , I Want to Hold Your Hand and Please Please Me, The Beatles occupy the first five places on the US singles chart . This event, never seen since then, is considered the climax of the “ British Invasion ”.
- 1972 : WDR broadcasts the first episode of the ZeitZeichen radio series , which focuses on historical events .
- 1981 : The British pop band Bucks Fizz wins the Eurovision Song Contest with Making Your Mind Up .
- 1990 : The first broadcast of the reportage magazine stern TV , moderated by Günther Jauch , is broadcast live on the private broadcaster RTL .
- 1996 : The British pop band Take That plays their last concert before they split up.
- 2014 : The German choreographer and dancer Jörg Weinöhl is appointed ballet director of the Graz Opera from the 2015/2016 season.
society
- 1775 : In Kempten (Allgäu) is Anna Maria Schwegelin as defendants in last German witch trial in court. However, the death sentence by burning for witchcraft is never carried out.
- 1906 : 24 days after the great Courrières mining disaster , the last survivor, Auguste Berton, is rescued.
- 1993 : From the prison Schwalmstadt an inmate is by his friend using a stolen from a barracks Fuchs - tank breaching four prison gates, free.
religion
- 1835 : Founding day of the Association of the Catholic Apostolate : founded by Vincenzo Pallotti , it was recognized on this day by Carlo Odescalchi, Cardinal Vicar of Rome.
- 2003 : Voodoo is officially recognized as a religion in Haiti . The priesthood has the same rights as the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church in baptisms , weddings and funerals .
Disasters
- 1905 : An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale in the Indian Kangra around 19,000 people fall victim.
- 1906 : After showing signs of activity for almost a year, Mount Vesuvius erupts . The volcanic eruption , which lasts until April 22nd and climaxes on April 8th, is the worst since 1631 and kills over 100 people.
- 1917 : The British passenger steamer City of Paris is sunk by the German submarine UC 35 near Cap d'Antibes on the Côte d'Azur . All 122 people on board are killed.
- 1974 : During the Super Outbreak , a total of 148 tornadoes raged through 13 US states in the South and Midwest the day before and today . The cyclones claim 315 lives and approximately $ 600 million in property damage.
- 1975 : In Saigon , 172 out of 328 people - most of the victims are Vietnamese children - died shortly after the launch of a Lockheed C-5A Galaxy operated by the United States Air Force .
- 1998 : A landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in southwestern Iran kills around 120 people.
Minor accidents are listed in the sub-articles of Disaster .
Sports
- 1909 : The Brazilian football club SC Internacional is founded in Porto Alegre .
Entries of track and field world records can be found under the respective discipline under track and field .
Born
Before the 18th century
- 188 : Caracalla , Roman Emperor
- 1339 : Matilda Plantagenet, Countess of Leicester , Duchess of Straubing-Holland
- 1395 : Georgios Trapezuntios , Venetian-Greek scholar
- 1423 : Johann III. , Count of Saarbrücken
- 1436 : Amalia , Princess of Saxony and Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut
- 1445 : Wiguleus Fröschl von Marzoll , German prince-bishop of Passau
- 1492 : Ambrosius Blarer , German Protestant theologian, hymn poet and reformer
- 1494 : Ambrosius Moibanus , German humanist, Protestant theologian and reformer
- 1508 : Ercole II. D'Este , Duke of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio
- 1515 : Ambrosius Lobwasser , German writer
- 1557 : Lev Sapieha , Polish-Lithuanian statesman
- 1614 : Henri II. De Lorraine , Duke of Guise, Archbishop of Reims, insurgent
- 1615 : Johannes Meisner , German Lutheran theologian
- 1618 : Ferrante III. Gonzaga , Duke of Guastalla
- 1640 : Gaspar Sanz , Spanish composer and guitarist
- 1648 : Grinling Gibbons , Dutch sculptor
- 1651 : Georg Friedrich Meinhart , German Protestant theologian
- 1661 : Louis Armand I. de Bourbon , Prince of Conti
- 1661 : Uejima Onitsura , Japanese poet
- 1688 : Joseph-Nicolas Delisle , French astronomer
- 1698 : Heinrich Valentin Beck , German cantor and composer
18th century
- 1707 : Hans Karl von Winterfeldt , Prussian general, close friend of Frederick the Great
- 1712 : Pyotr Grigoryevich Tschernyschow , Russian diplomat
- 1714 : Adam Stanisław Krasiński , Polish politician
- 1717 : Karl David Schuchardt , Saxon Evangelical Lutheran theologian and pastor, master's degree
- 1720 : Georg Michael Frank von La Roche , German politician
- 1729 : Franz de Paula Tomicich , theologian and director of the Graz University Library
- 1737 : Franz Joseph von Wurmbrand-Stuppach , Austrian diplomat
- 1742 : Carl Adolph von Brühl , Prussian general and prince educator
- 1749 : Charlotte Christine Buissine , Hessian civil servant's daughter , mistress of Landgrave Wilhelm IX. von Hessen-Kassel, later Elector Wilhelm I of Hessen
- 1752 : Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli , Italian composer
- 1755 : Christian Heinrich Spieß , German actor, playwright and author of trivial literature
- 1758 : John Hoppner , English painter
- 1758 : Pierre Paul Prud'hon , French painter
- 1759 : Christian Leberecht Vogel , German painter
- 1759 : Israel Smith , American lawyer, Vermont governor, and senator
- 1760 : Juan Manuel Olivares , Venezuelan composer
- 1762 : Stephen Storace , British composer
- 1771 : Pietro Pulli , Italian chemist
- 1773 : Étienne-Maurice Gérard , French general and statesman
- 1774 : Arnold Ignaz Ernst Ferdinand Cajetan Theodor , German writer and organist
- 1785 : Bettina von Arnim , German romantic writer
- 1792 : Thaddeus Stevens , American lawyer
- 1800 : Tokugawa Nariaki , daimyo of Mito
19th century
1801-1850
- 1802 : Dorothea Lynde Dix , American benefactress and reformer
- 1805 : Prosper-Louis-Pascal Guéranger , French founder of a new liturgical movement
- 1806 : Claiborne Fox Jackson , American politician
- 1809 : Benjamin Peirce , American mathematician and astronomer
- 1810 : James Freeman Clarke , American preacher and author
- 1812 : Giuseppe Gebler , Romanian-German composer
- 1812 : Theodor Schönemann , German mathematician
- 1817 : Émile Prudent , French pianist, composer and music teacher
- 1818 : Carl Steffeck , German painter and graphic artist
- 1819 : Gustav Kaupert , German sculptor
- 1819 : Maria II , Queen of Portugal
- 1820 : Mkrtitsch Chrimjan , Armenian church leader, publicist and writer
- 1820 : Gustav von Schlör , Bavarian State Minister for Trade and Public Works
- 1820 : Peter Taugwalder , Swiss mountaineer and mountain guide
- 1821 : Heinrich Band , German inventor ( bandoneons )
- 1821 : Linus Yale , American inventor ( cylinder lock )
- 1823 : Carl Wilhelm Siemens , German industrialist
- 1825 : Heinrich Hasselhorst , German painter and draftsman
- 1826 : Herrmann Julius Meyer , German publisher
- 1826 : Zénobe Gramme , Belgian electrician and designer
- 1831 : Joseph Pape , German lawyer and writer
- 1832 : Fedor Flinzer , German author, educator and illustrator
- 1832 : Josef Zítek , Bohemian architect
- 1833 : Karl Rath , German politician, member of the Württemberg state parliament
- 1834 : Helene in Bavaria , daughter of Duke Max Joseph in Bavaria
- 1834 : Joseph Joachim , Swiss writer
- 1835 : John Hughlings Jackson , British neurologist
- 1836 : Charles Jerome Hopkins , American composer
- 1837 : Smith Newell Penfield , American composer
- 1838 : James Black Groome , American politician
- 1838 : Samuel Spier , German fighter for democracy and social justice
- 1841 : Johann Traugott Sterzel , German paleontologist
- 1842 : Édouard Lucas , French mathematician
- 1843 : William Henry Jackson , American photographer
- 1843 : Hans Richter , German-Hungarian conductor
- 1845 : František Plesnivý , Bohemian architect
- 1846 : Edmund Harburger , German painter
- 1846 : Comte de Lautréamont , French writer
- 1846 : Raoul Pictet , Swiss physicist
- 1847 : Max Pommer , German architect and building contractor
- 1848 : Philipp Heinrich Ast , German shepherd and herbalist
- 1848 : Arturo Prat , Chilean naval hero
1851-1900
- 1851 : Hans Droysen , German classical philologist and historian
- 1852 : Elkan Bauer , Austrian composer
- 1852 : Paul von Krause , German lawyer and politician
- 1853 : Otto Stolten , German politician
- 1856 : Carl Johann Becker-Gundahl , German church painter and draftsman
- 1856 : Jesse F. Stallings , American lawyer and politician
- 1857 : Adolf Schenck , German geographer and botanist
- 1858 : Albert Samain , French lyric poet
- 1858 : Robert Stock , German telecommunications pioneer and entrepreneur from Berlin
- 1860 : Marie Villinger , one of the leading women of the Swiss workers' movement
- 1862 : Wilhelm Altmann , German music historian and librarian
- 1862 : Max Crone , German theologian and writer
- 1863 : Blanche Marchesi , French opera singer and vocal teacher
- 1865 : Zdzisław Lubomirski , Polish aristocrat, landowner and politician
- 1867 : Richard Adamík , Czech doctor and moral idealist
- 1867 : Victoria Cartier , Canadian organist and music teacher
- 1867 : Arnold Middendorf , official in Cologne and provost of the cathedral
- 1868 : Fredrik Wilhelm Gomnaes , Norwegian composer
- 1870 : Torii Ryūzō , Japanese anthropologist and archaeologist
- 1871 : Arthur Wehnelt , German physicist
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- 1874 : Otto Salzer , German mechanic and racing car driver
- 1875 : Max Mayrshofer , German painter
- 1875 : Pierre Monteux , French-American conductor
- 1876 : Maurice de Vlaminck , French painter
- 1878 : Walter Conrad Arensberg , American literary scholar and art collector
- 1879 : Aimo Kaarlo Cajander , Finnish forest scientist, geobotanist and politician
- 1880 : Georg Ludwig von Trapp , Austrian submarine commander and father of the singing Trapp family
- 1881 : Wilhelm Büning , German architect
- 1881 : Marie Madeleine , German writer
- 1882 : Noud Stempels , Dutch football player
- 1883 : Josip Mandić , Croatian composer
- 1884 : Yamamoto Isoroku , Japanese Grand Admiral
- 1885 : Hanns Klemm , German aircraft designer
- 1886 : Herbert von Beckerath , German economist
- 1887 : Frederick Attenborough , British academic
- 1887 : Richard Truckenbrodt , German ethnologist and teacher
- 1888 : Tris Speaker , American baseball player and manager
- 1889 : Hans-Jürgen von Arnim , German army officer
- 1889 : Ernestine von Trott zu Solz , founder of a therapeutic living and residential community
- 1890 : Emmy Zweybrück , Austrian-American craftsperson
- 1891 : Richard Euringer , German writer
- 1892 : Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth , German astronomer
- 1892 : Edith Södergran , Swedish writer
- 1893 : Douglas Clarke , British conductor, music educator and organist, pianist and composer
- 1893 : Heinrich Glasmeyer , German politician
- 1893 : Alois Schlögl , German agricultural functionary and politician
- 1894 : Walther Amelung , German doctor
- 1894 : Herbert Volck , German writer
- 1895 : Bruno Beye , German painter and graphic artist
- 1895 : Helen Dore Boylston , American writer
- 1896 : Robert E. Sherwood , American playwright and screenwriter
- 1897 : Leo Fiederer , German football player
- 1897 : Erich Münch , Swiss general
- 1898 : Marie Ahlers , German politician
- 1898 : Agnes Ayres , American actress
- 1898 : Theodor Habicht , German politician
- 1898 : Philipp Lersch , German psychologist
- 1900 : Waldemar Klingelhöfer , German war criminal
20th century
1901-1925
- 1901 : Adam Adrio , German university professor and musicologist
- 1902 : Robert Eberan von Eberhorst , Austrian designer
- 1902 : Stanley G. Weinbaum , American science fiction writer
- 1903 : Willy Rumpf , Minister of Finance in the GDR
- 1904 : Alexander Nikolajewitsch Afinogenow , writer and playwright
- 1904 : Arne Gunnar Walter Hülphers , Swedish jazz musician, pianist and conductor
- 1904 : Käthe von Nagy , Hungarian actress
- 1905 : Eugène Bozza , French composer
- 1905 : Hanns Diettrich , German sculptor
- 1906 : Charles Vincent Aubrun , French Romanist and Hispanicist
- 1908 : Willi Kürten , German hurdler
- 1910 : Barthélemy Boganda , Central African politician
- 1910 : Selma Grieme , German athlete
- 1911 : Václav Čtvrtek , Czech writer
- 1912 : Wilfried de Beauclair , German engineer and computer scientist
- 1913 : Cecil Gant , American blues singer and pianist
- 1913 : Frances Langford , American singer and actress
- 1914 : Marguerite Duras , French writer
- 1914 : Robert Gleichauf , German politician
- 1915 : Amedeo Biavati , Italian football player
- 1915 : Jan Drda , Czech prose writer and playwright
- 1915 : Lars Ahlin , Swedish writer
- 1915 : Muddy Waters , American blues musician
- 1918 : Joseph Ashbrook , American astronomer
- 1918 : Abbie Neal , American country musician
- 1921 : Leonhard Mahlein , German trade unionist, chairman of the IG Druck und Papier
- 1921 : Hans Schilling , German architect
- 1922 : Bigode , Brazilian soccer player
- 1922 : Robert Abplanalp , American inventor
- 1922 : Elmer Bernstein , American film music composer
- 1922 : Franček Brglez , Slovenian chess player
- 1923 : Rafael Arozarena Doblado , Spanish writer
- 1923 : Dorothy Hart , American actress
- 1924 : Bob Christie , American racing car driver
- 1924 : Victor Feldbrill , Canadian conductor and violinist
- 1924 : Hans-Heinrich Vangerow , German forester and historian
- 1925 : Dettmar Cramer , German soccer player and coach
- 1925 : Serge Dassault , French publisher and politician
- 1925 : César Keizer , Swiss cabaret artist
- 1925 : Johann Schröder , German mathematician
1926-1950
- 1927 : Aušra Augustinavičiūtė , Lithuanian psychologist and economist
- 1928 : Maya Angelou , American writer
- 1928 : Chocolate Armenteros , Cuban trumpeter
- 1928 : Monty Norman , British film music composer
- 1928 : Josef Rattner , Austrian psychologist
- 1928 : Bud Tingelstad , American racing car driver
- 1929 : Iso Baumer , Swiss linguist and religious scholar
- 1930 : Jagdish Chand Ajmani , Indian diplomat
- 1930 : Chlodwig Poth , German satirist, draftsman and caricaturist
- 1930 : Toni Stricker , Austrian composer and violinist
- 1931 : Bobby Ray Inman , US director of the NSA
- 1931 : Karl Obermayr , German folk actor
- 1931 : Egon Peffekoven , German shipbuilder and honorary commander of the Beuel city soldiers
- 1931 : Arthur Weisberg , American bassoonist, conductor, music teacher and composer
- 1932 : Clive Davis , American music manager and producer
- 1932 : Meisei Gotō , Japanese writer
- 1932 : Andrei Arsenjewitsch Tarkowski , Russian film director
- 1932 : Anthony Perkins , American actor
- 1932 : Richard Lugar , American politician, senior United States senator from Indiana, and peace activist
- 1933 : Frits Bolkestein , Dutch politician
- 1934 : Ian Berry , British photographer, member of the Magnum Photos photo agency
- 1934 : Joachim Latacz , German classical philologist
- 1935 : Dietger Hahn , German professor
- 1935 : François-Bernard Mâche , French composer
- 1936 : Hans Grodotzki , German athlete, Olympic medalist
- 1937 : Patrick Brooking , British officer
- 1937 : Lajos Portisch , Hungarian chess player
- 1937 : Thomas Mauch , German cameraman
- 1939 : Oscar Fulloné , Argentine soccer player and coach
- 1939 : Hugh Masekela , South African musician
- 1939 : Danny Thompson , British jazz double bass player
- 1940 : Richard Attwood , British racing car driver
- 1940 : Gustav-Adolf Stange , German lawyer and politician
- 1940 : Jochen Gerz , German artist
- 1940 : Michael Ruetz , German photographer
- 1940 : Robby Müller , Dutch cameraman
- 1941 : Angelica Domröse , German actress
- 1941 : Helme Heine , German children's book author, illustrator and designer
- 1941 : Rainer Eisfeld , German political scientist
- 1941 : Siegfried Schmalzriedt , German university professor and musicologist
- 1942 : Michel Fourniret , French serial killer
- 1942 : Wolfgang Grupp , German entrepreneur
- 1942 : Horst Schild , German politician, Member of the Bundestag
- 1943 : Michael Schneider , German writer
- 1943 : Jiří Paďour , Bishop of Budweis
- 1944 : Magda Aelvoet , Belgian politician
- 1944 : Bassam Tibi , Syrian-German political scientist and specialist in Islam
- 1944 : Craig T. Nelson , American actor
- 1944 : Robert Schindel , Austrian author
- 1944 : Jehudit Naot , Israeli politician
- 1944 : Phyllida Barlow , British artist
- 1945 : Daniel Cohn-Bendit , Franco-German publicist and politician
- 1946 : Lars-Göran Arwidson , Swedish biathlete
- 1946 : Horst Fuchs , German teleshopping seller
- 1947 : Frank Spieth , German politician
- 1947 : Luke Halpin , American actor
- 1947 : Wojciech Michniewski , Polish composer and conductor
- 1947 : Salvatore Sciarrino , Italian composer
- 1948 : Frank Winfield Anderson , American murderer
- 1948 : Ann-Christin Nykvist , Swedish politician, Minister of Agriculture
- 1948 : Dan Simmons , American writer
- 1948 : Jacques Voigtländer , German politician
- 1948 : Towje Kleiner , German actor
- 1949 : Abdullah Öcalan , chairman of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) underground organization
- 1949 : Junior Braithwaite , Jamaican musician, co-founder of the group The Wailers
- 1949 : Shing-Tung Yau , Chinese mathematician
- 1949 : Udo van Kampen , German journalist
- 1949 : Wolfgang Windhausen , German poet, author and graphic artist
- 1949 : Klaus-Dieter Klebsch , German voice actor and actor
- 1950 : Christine Lahti , American actress
- 1950 : Gabriele Sikora , German politician
1951-1975
- 1951 : Francesco De Gregori , Italian songwriter
- 1952 : Rosemarie Ackermann , German athlete
- 1952 : María Mendiola , Spanish pop singer
- 1952 : Gary Moore , Northern Irish rock and blues guitarist, composer and singer
- 1953 : Robert Levy , American trumpeter, conductor, composer and music teacher
- 1954 : Michel Camilo , Dominican pianist and composer
- 1954 : Julie Carmen , American actress
- 1954 : Konstantine Kemularia , Georgian politician
- 1955 : Manfred Nimtz , German chess player
- 1955 : Raimondo Ponte , Swiss football player and coach
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- 1955 : Armin Rohde , German actor
- 1955 : Dieter Pfister , Swiss cultural and economic scientist
- 1956 : David E. Kelley , American film producer
- 1957 : Andreas Austilat , German journalist and author
- 1957 : Aki Kaurismäki , Finnish director
- 1957 : Peter Kurth , German actor
- 1957 : Franz Untersteller , German politician, Member of the State Parliament, State Minister
- 1958 : Christian Danner , German racing driver
- 1958 : Greg Foster , American athlete
- 1958 : Hildegard Förster-Heldmann , German politician, MdL
- 1958 : Markus Klauser , Swiss chess player
- 1959 : Phil Morris , American actor
- 1959 : Henry Nitzsche , German politician, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
- 1960 : Jonathan Agnew , English cricketer
- 1960 : Jane Eaglen , English opera singer
- 1960 : Hugo Weaving , Australian actor
- 1961 : Tom Byron , American porn actor
- 1961 : Markus Löw , German soccer player
- 1961 : Erika Strobl , Austrian guitarist
- 1962 : Neven Ilic , Chilean sports official
- 1963 : Béla Anda , German journalist, government spokesman and head of the Federal Press Office
- 1963 : Fabrizio Barbazza , Italian racing car driver
- 1963 : Dale Hawerchuk , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 : Irene Pivetti , Italian politician and journalist
- 1964 : Ralf Allgöwer , German soccer player
- 1964 : David Cross , American actor
- 1964 : Branco , Brazilian soccer player
- 1964 : Jeremy McWilliams , British motorcycle racer
- 1964 : Ulrich Schröder , German comic artist
- 1965 : Robert Downey Jr. , American actor
- 1965 : Elaine Zayak , American figure skater
- 1966 : Christian Auer , Austrian skeleton driver
- 1966 : Finn Christian Jagge , Norwegian ski racer, Olympic champion
- 1966 : Ann-Kathrin Kramer , German actress
- 1966 : Stefan Mappus , German politician, Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg
- 1966 : Mike Starr , American musician
- 1967 : Pierre Besson , German actor
- 1967 : Lisa Hammer , American filmmaker and musician
- 1967 : Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk , German historian
- 1967 : Edith Masai , Kenyan athlete
- 1967 : Jörg Moukaddam , German actor
- 1967 : Jeff Parker , American guitarist
- 1967 : Yvonne Pouget , German choreographer and dancer
- 1967 : Xenia Seeberg , German actress
- 1968 : Roberto Colciago , Italian racing car driver
- 1968 : Darren Law , American racing car driver
- 1968 : Jesús Miguel Rollán , Spanish water polo player
- 1969 : Erich Altenkopf , Austrian actor
- 1969 : Piotr Anderszewski , Polish pianist
- 1970 : Barry van Galen , Dutch football player
- 1970 : Mark Kirchner , German biathlete
- 1970 : Karsten Kohlhaas , German handball player
- 1970 : Barry Pepper , Canadian actor
- 1970 : Jason Stoltenberg , Australian tennis player
- 1971 : Najib Amhali , Dutch comedian
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- 1971 : Miho Hatori , Japanese singer
- 1971 : Dietmar Kühbauer , Austrian soccer player
- 1971 : Mentor Miftari , Albanian football player
- 1972 : Daisy Lang , Bulgarian boxer
- 1972 : Bastian Pastewka , German comedian and actor
- 1973 : Samassi Abou , Franco-Ivorian football player
- 1973 : David Blaine , American action artist and street magician
- 1973 : Loris Capirossi , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1973 : Victoria Sturm , German film actress
- 1974 : Jasin Challah , German actor
- 1974 : Ante Milicic , Australian soccer player
- 1974 : Dagmar Spengler , German cellist
- 1974 : Daniel Stendel , German soccer player
- 1975 : Thobias Fredriksson , Swedish cross-country skier
- 1975 : Joyce Giraud , Puerto Rican actress
1976-2000
- 1976 : Nils Brunkhorst , German actor and singer
- 1976 : Daniel Caspary , German politician, MEP
- 1976 : Patrick Dewayne , German actor, musician, presenter, business journalist and non-fiction author
- 1976 : Emerson , Brazilian soccer player
- 1976 : Elvir Rahimić , Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
- 1978 : Raphael Grosch , Belgian actor
- 1978 : Lemar , British singer
- 1978 : René Wolff , German track cyclist
- 1979 : Ezequiel Alejo Carboni , Argentine soccer player
- 1979 : Heath Ledger , Australian actor
- 1979 : Andy McKee , American guitarist
- 1979 : Jessica Napier , Australian-New Zealand actress
- 1979 : Maxim Alexandrowitsch Opalew , Russian canoeist, Olympic champion, world champion
- 1980 : Sven Müller , German soccer player
- 1980 : Beksat Sattarchanow , Kazakh boxer
- 1980 : Eric Steinbach , American football player
- 1980 : Johnny Borrell , British singer and songwriter
- 1981 : Rubén Felgaer , Argentine chess player
- 1982 : Dragoș Oprea , German handball player
- 1983 : Yevgeny Yevgenyevich Artyukhin , Russian ice hockey player
- 1983 : Amanda Righetti , American actress
- 1984 : John Bowler , American basketball player
- 1984 : Christian Clauß , German actor
- 1984 : Ryan Dingle , American basketball player
- 1984 : Thomas Lövkvist , Swedish cyclist
- 1984 : Adam Rybakowicz , Polish politician
- 1984 : Anja Stadlober , Austrian voice actress
- 1984 : Mathieu Tschantré , Swiss ice hockey player
- 1984 : Arkadi Arkadjewitsch Vyatchanin , Russian swimmer
- 1985 : Rudy Fernández , Spanish basketball player
- 1985 : Dudi Sela , Israeli tennis player
- 1985 : Nahla Ramadan , Egyptian weightlifter
- 1986 : Cyndie Allemann , Swiss racing driver
- 1986 : Bevan Calvert , Australian handball player
- 1986 : Kristian Ipša , Croatian football player
- 1986 : Rachel Korine , American actress
- 1986 : Maurice Manificat , French cross-country skier
- 1986 : Aiden McGeady , Irish football player
- 1986 : Julian Musiol , German ski jumper
- 1987 : Francesco Castellacci , Italian racing car driver
- 1987 : Sami Khedira , German soccer player
- 1988 : Mauro Formica , Argentine soccer player
- 1988 : Maggie Geha , American actress
- 1988 : Nadine Keßler , German soccer player
- 1989 : Vurnon Anita , Dutch soccer player
- 1989 : Chris Herd , Australian soccer player
- 1989 : Luiz Razia , Brazilian racing driver
- 1989 : Marvin Weinberger , Austrian soccer player
- 1990 : Steffen Fäth , German handball player
- 1990 : Marc Vales , Andorran football player
- 1991 : Jamie Lynn Spears , American singer and actress
- 1991 : Marlon Stöckinger , Filipino racing driver
- 1992 : Nathan Trent , Austrian singer
- 1992 : Alexa Nikolas , American actress
- 1993 : Daniela Bobadilla , Canadian actress
- 1993 : Daniel Meier , Austrian ski racer
- 1996 : Austin Mahone , American singer
- 1996 : Jannik Steimle , German racing cyclist
- 1996 : Jeanne Goursaud , Franco-German actress
- 1996 : Gustav Schmidt , German actor
- 1999 : Keely Cashman , American ski racer
- 1999 : Ron-Thorben Hoffmann , German soccer player
21st century
- 2002 : Daniel Grassl , Italian figure skater
- 2003 : Harvey Elliott , English soccer player
Died
Before the 16th century
- 397 : Ambrose of Milan , bishop and doctor of the church
- 636 : Isidore of Seville , bishop and doctor of the church
- 896 : Formosus , Pope
- 991 : Reginold , Bishop of Eichstätt
- 1139 : Euphemia of Kiev , Queen of Hungary
- 1181 : Romuald of Salerno , historian and archbishop of Salerno
- 1186 : Udo II of Veldenz , Bishop of Naumburg
- 1242 : Engelhard , Bishop of Naumburg
- 1266 : Johann I , together with his brother Margrave of Brandenburg
- 1282 : Bernhard Ayglerius , abbot and theological writer
- 1284 : Alfonso X , King of Castile and Leon
- 1292 : Nicholas IV , Pope
- 1307 : Bartholomäus Querini , bishop of Castello, Novara and Trento
- 1335 : Markward von Jesowe , Bishop of Ratzeburg
- 1361 : Albrecht the Beautiful , Burgrave of Nuremberg
- 1373 : Johann von Luxemburg-Ligny , Bishop of Strasbourg and Archbishop of Mainz
- 1392 : Jeong Mong-ju , Korean politician of the Goryeo dynasty, diplomat, Neo-Confucian philosopher, poet and writer
- 1393 : Florence von Wevelinghoven , canon in Cologne and bishop of Münster and Utrecht
- 1406 : Robert III. , King of Scotland
- 1423 : Tommaso Mocenigo , 64th Doge of Venice
- 1423 : Hugo von Montfort , Austrian poet
- 1467 : Ludwig von Erlichshausen , Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
16th and 17th centuries
- 1535 : Beatrix von Baden , Margravine of Baden
- 1536 : Friedrich II. , Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach
- 1536 : Marino Sanudo , Italian historian, writer and diary writer
- 1538 : Helena Glinskaja , regent of Russia, mother of Ivan the Terrible
- 1543 : Walther von Cronberg , Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- 1566 : Daniele da Volterra , Italian painter and sculptor
- 1588 : Frederick II , King of Denmark and Norway
- 1589 : Benedict the Mohr , Catholic saint
- 1603 : Aegidius Hunnius the Elder , German Lutheran theologian
- 1616 : Pompeio Arrigoni , Italian cardinal
- 1617 : John Napier , Scottish mathematician and naturalist
- 1633 : Pieter Lastman , Dutch painter
- 1650 : Wilhelm Dilich , German builder, engraver, draftsman, topographer and military writer
- 1661 : Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven , Scottish soldier
- 1669 : Johann Michael Moscherosch , German statesman, satirist and educator
- 1671 : Heinrich von Brockdorff , German soldier and politician
- 1672 : Heinrich Ernst zu Stolberg , Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode
- 1675 : Zacharias Kniller , German painter
- 1694 : Magdalena Sibylla von Neitschütz , mistress of the Saxon Elector Johann Georg IV., Countess of Rochlitz
- 1697 : Khungtaidschi Galdan , ruler of the Jungars
- 1700 : Heinrich von Mering , priest and canon in Cologne
18th century
- 1704 : Johann Jakob Buxtorf , Swiss Reformed theologian and orientalist
- 1705 : Itō Jinsai , Japanese Confucian philosopher
- 1708 : Johann Rudolf Sinner , Swiss statesman
- 1715 : Emanuel von Graffenried , mayor of Bern
- 1723 : Friederike Henriette von Anhalt-Bernburg , Princess of Anhalt-Köthen
- 1724 : Michael Förtsch , German Lutheran theologian
- 1757 : Maurus Xaverius Herbst , Benedictine and abbot of the Plankstetten monastery
- 1732 : Johann Jacob Schoy , Austrian sculptor
- 1741 : Froben Ferdinand , Prince of Fürstenberg, Imperial Principal Commissioner at the Reichstag in Regensburg
- 1743 : Daniel Neal , English Reformed clergyman and church historian
- 1748 : Friedrich Grimm , German theologian and leading clergyman of the Reformed Church of the County of Hanau-Munzenberg, great-grandfather of the Brothers Grimm
- 1763 : Richard Mudge , English pastor and composer
- 1768 : Philipp von Imhoff , lieutenant general in Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
- 1774 : Oliver Goldsmith , Irish writer and doctor
- 1779 : Johann Joseph Gaßner , German-Austrian exorcist and faith healer
19th century
- 1803 : Georg Rudolf Böhmer , German medic and botanist
- 1806 : Carlo Gozzi , Italian playwright
- 1807 : Jérôme Lalande , French mathematician and astronomer
- 1811 : Johann Caspar Häfeli , Swiss Reformed theologian
- 1814 : Blasius Hueber , German surveyor and farmer
- 1817 : André Masséna , Marshal of France, Duke of Rivoli
- 1823 : Amalie Luise , Princess and Duchess of Arenberg
- 1824 : Michael Friedländer , German physician
- 1837 : Christian Ernst Stölzel , German painter, etcher and engraver
- 1837 : Ōkubo Tadazane , daimyō of Odawara and Rōjū
- 1838 : Ludwig Wachler , German literary historian
- 1841 : William Henry Harrison , American general and politician, governor of Indiana, senator, president
- 1845 : Friedrich Adolf Krummacher , German theologian
- 1847 : Diederich Heinrich Schrader , German swimming master
- 1851 : Christian Wilhelm August Königsdörffer , German civil servant
- 1861 : Michael Aigner , Austrian engraver
- 1864 : Johann Helfrich Adami , German businessman and Senator from Bremen
- 1868 : Eduard van der Nüll , Austrian architect
- 1870 : Heinrich Gustav Magnus , German physicist and chemist
- 1871 : Peter von Hess , German painter
- 1875 : Karl Mauch , German Africa explorer
- 1878 : Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin , German diplomat, writer and translator
- 1878 : Buckshot Roberts , American bison hunter, cowboy, and rancher
- 1879 : Heinrich Wilhelm Dove , German physicist and meteorologist
- 1883 : Christian Hengst , city architect in Durlach
- 1883 : Peter Cooper , American industrialist, inventor, and philanthropist
- 1888 : Benjamin H. Brewster , American politician
- 1889 : Gisela von Arnim , German writer
- 1889 : Eugen von Keyserling , Estonian-German explorer and arachnologist
- 1890 : Giovanni Corsi , Italian opera singer
- 1893 : Karl Eduard Aeschlimann , Swiss court architect
- 1898 : Hans Bennecke German legal scholar
- 1899 : Karl zu Isenburg-Birstein , member of the Prussian manor house
20th century
1901-1950
- 1901 : George Thomas Anderson , American general
- 1902 : Josef Ferch , Romanian-German composer, church musician and music teacher
- 1905 : Constantin Meunier , Belgian sculptor and painter
- 1905 : Paul von Winterfeld , German classical philologist
- 1906 : Eduard Ausfeld , German archivist and historian
- 1909 : Adolf von Sonnenthal , German actor
- 1912 : Charles Brantley Aycock , American politician
- 1916 : Albert Atterberg , Swedish chemist and soil mechanic
- 1918 : Hanns von Zobeltitz , German journalist and writer
- 1918 : Hermann Cohen , German philosopher
- 1919 : Francisco Marto , witness of an apparition of Mary
- 1919 : William Crookes , British physicist, chemist and science journalist
- 1923 : Julius Martow , Russian politician
- 1925 : WW Rouse Ball , English mathematician and mathematician
- 1926 : Adolf Wach , German legal scholar
- 1926 : August Thyssen , German industrialist
- 1927 : Albert Van Coile , Belgian football player
- 1927 : Vincent Drucci , American mafioso
- 1929 : Carl Benz , German automobile manufacturer
- 1930 : Viktoria von Baden , Queen of Sweden
- 1930 : Alfred Kaiser , Swiss researcher on Africa and Sinai
- 1931 : George Chadwick , American composer
- 1931 : André Michelin , French tire manufacturer
- 1932 : Ottokar Czernin , Austrian politician
- 1932 : Wilhelm Ostwald , German chemist, Nobel Prize winner
- 1933 : Libero Andreotti , Italian sculptor
- 1933 : Otto Renois , German communist and resistance fighter
- 1934 : Braulio Dueño Colón , Puerto Rican composer
- 1934 : Pierantonio Tasca , Italian composer
- 1934 : Hansi Niese , Austrian actress
- 1937 : Paul Gläser , German church musician, composer and church music director
- 1939 : Alice Hughes , English photographer
- 1941 : Emine Nazikeda , last empress of the Ottoman Empire
- 1943 : Raoul Laparra , French composer
- 1944 : Alma Rosé , Austrian violinist
- 1945 : Karl Astel , German "racial researcher" and "racial hygienist"
- 1945 : Jean Burger , French communist and resistance fighter
- 1945 : Anton Schott , Austrian writer
- 1946 : Hans Bothmann , second head of the Chelmno extermination camp
- 1948 : George Dorrington Cunningham , English organist and music teacher
- 1949 : Lucas Bridges , Argentine writer, ethnographer and farmer
- 1949 : John Wooley , American journalist and author
1951-2000
- 1953 : Carol II , King of Romania
- 1953 : Ludovic Lamothe , Haitian pianist and composer
- 1954 : Frederick Antal , Hungarian-British art historian
- 1956 : Hans David Tobar , German author, actor and cabaret artist
- 1957 : Adolf Rading , German architect
- 1958 : Franz Eccard von Bentivegni , German general, war criminal
- 1958 : Jan Morávek , Czech writer and journalist
- 1958 : María Luisa Sepúlveda , Chilean composer and music teacher
- 1959 : Jan Böhm , Czechoslovak rose grower
- 1960 : Christian Arnold , German painter
- 1964 : Georg Ackermann , German politician
- 1966 : Jimmy Daywalt , American racing car driver
- 1966 : Edmond Locard , French criminalist
- 1966 : Alfred Naujocks , German National Socialist
- 1968 : Martin Luther King , American Baptist pastor and civil rights activist
- 1969 : Alphonse Auclair , French racing car driver
- 1970 : Byron Foulger , American actor
- 1971 : Angelo Bergamonti , Italian motorcycle racer
- 1972 : Stefan Wolpe , German composer
- 1973 : Carmine Gallone , Italian film director
- 1973 : Kikuta Kazuo , Japanese playwright and actor
- 1973 : Friedrich Zucker , German classical philologist and papyrologist
- 1975 : Albert Chamberland , Canadian violinist and composer
- 1975 : Philipp Rupprecht , German main draftsman for the anti-Semitic Nazi weekly newspaper Der Stürmer
- 1976 : Harry Nyquist , American physicist
- 1977 : Julius Watkins , American bugler
- 1978 : Josef Ausweger , Austrian politician
- 1979 : Zulfikar Ali Bhutto , Pakistani President
- 1980 : Aleksander Ford , Polish film director
- 1981 : Carl Ludwig Siegel , German mathematician
- 1983 : Gloria Swanson , American film actress
- 1984 : Oleg Konstantinowitsch Antonow , Soviet aircraft designer
- 1984 : Scott E. Forbush , American geophysicist
- 1984 : Otway Herbert , British officer
- 1987 : Catherine L. Moore , science fiction and fantasy writer
- 1989 : Keith Andrews , British art historian
- 1989 : Baruch Harold Wood , English chess master and chess author
- 1990 : Bernhard Rensch , German evolutionary biologist
- 1990 : Rudolf Stundl , Austrian pattern designer and tapestry artist
- 1990 : Paul Yoder , American composer and professor, conductor and drummer
- 1991 : Edmund Adamkiewicz , German soccer player
- 1991 : Henry John Heinz III , American Senator
- 1991 : Max Frisch , Swiss architect and writer
- 1992 : Nikolai Alexandrovich Astrov , Russian engineer
- 1992 : Salgueiro Maia , Portuguese officer instrumental in the Carnation Revolution was involved
- 1992 : Samuel Reshevsky , American chess player
- 1993 : Alfred Mosher Butts , American architect and game designer
- 1994 : Kurt Meisel , Austrian actor and director
- 1995 : Hubert Armbruster , German lawyer and professor
- 1996 : Barney Ewell , American athlete, Olympic champion
- 1997 : Jon Eardley , American jazz trumpeter
- 1997 : Sugimura Haruko , Japanese actress
- 1998 : Pierre Lantier , French composer
- 1999 : Kurt Asendorf , German author and local researcher
- 1999 : Faith Domergue , American actress
21st century
- 2003 : Helmut Bone , Deputy Commander of the Security Police and the Security Service in Paris
- 2004 : Georges Auclair , French journalist and writer
- 2004 : Pierre Koenig , American architect
- 2006 : Eckhard Dagge , German boxer and boxing trainer
- 2006 : Jürgen Echternach , German politician (CDU)
- 2006 : Kabir Stori , Pashtun poet and writer
- 2006 : Jürgen Thorwald , German writer
- 2008 : Michael White , Australian psychotherapist
- 2009 : Alexander Iljinskij , German theater director
- 2011 : John Adler , American politician
- 2011 : Witta Pohl , German actress
- 2011 : Bronisław Kazimierz Przybylski , Polish composer and music teacher
- 2012 : Claude Miller , French film director
- 2012 : Frithjof Hoffmann , German actor and singer
- 2013 : Roger Ebert , American film critic
- 2014 : İsmet Atlı , Turkish wrestler
- 2014 : José Aguilar Pulsán , Cuban boxer
- 2014 : Anja Niedringhaus , German photojournalist
- 2015 : Klaus Rifbjerg , Danish writer
- 2016 : Ida Valeton , German geologist
- 2017 : Karl Stotz , Austrian football player and coach
- 2017 : Frank Dammann , German handball player
- 2018 : Ray Wilkins , British football player and coach
- 2019 : Heinz Brinkmann , German documentary film director
- 2019 : Joe Quijano , Puerto Rican percussionist, singer-songwriter and band leader
- 2020 : Rafael Leonardo Callejas , Honduran politician
Holidays and memorial days
- Church memorial days
- St. Ambrose of Milan , Roman beekeeper, politician and theologian, church father and bishop (Protestant, Roman Catholic)
- St. Benedict the Mohr , Italian superior (Roman Catholic, Protestant: ELCA )
- Martin Luther King , American pastor, civil rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner and martyr (Protestant)
- St. Isidore of Seville , Visigoth author and theologian, Church Father and Bishop (Catholic)
The list of commemorative and action days contains further entries .
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