On This Day in History

April 29

April 29 is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 246 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2022
VIDEO: How are lottery jackpots calculated?. In Lottery Post's latest video, we break down how lotteries calculate jackpots and cash value amounts and answer a bunch of questions we regularly receive about how lottery jackpots work.
2021
UPDATE: New Jersey Lottery restores Fast Play sales following glitch. The New Jersey Lottery today announced that sales for its Fast Play family of games will be restored this evening after a software issue forced ticket sales offline and provided details regarding compensation for affected tickets.
2019
Lottery-scamming brothers avoid asset seizures by transferring property to their mother. Two brothers who were behind the largest lottery scam in U.S. history and owe more than $2.3 million in unpaid restitution and court fees recently transferred several properties they owned to their mother.
2016
Lottery winner wins again with $1M scratch ticket at lottery headquarters. A Medford, Massachusetts, man cashing in a $1,000 scratch ticket won another $1 million after he stopped to buy another ticket in the lobby of the Massachusetts State Lottery's Braintree headquarters.
2014
Players snapping up Mass. Lottery's new $30 tickets. The Massachusetts State Lottery, following the lead of a handful of other states, has rolled out new scratch tickets at a significantly higher price -- $30 a pop -- saying there is a market for more costly games with the chance of bigger winnings.
2014
Minn. Gov. says lottery needs time to end online games. The Minnesota legislature may soon vote to strip the state lottery's ability to sell tickets online, and the Governor is unlikely to stand in the way of the prohibition.
2011
GREAT DAD: Gives $400K lottery ticket to daughter. A Savannah, Georgia, dad can expect more than a tie for Father's Day after giving his daughter a winning lottery ticket worth $400,000.
2011
Lottery ticket worth $1M purchased in tornado-ravaged N.C. neighborhood. Someone purchased a Powerball ticket worth $1 million from a convenience store on New Bern Avenue in Raleigh, North Carolina, in a part of the city wracked by a tornado.
2010
Amid family tragedies, man wins $1M lottery jackpot. Reeling from the loss of his wife to cancer last month and the earlier death of his son in a construction accident, an Iowa man found a spot of brightness this week by cashing in a $1 million lottery ticket.
2009
Georgia Lottery holds first Weekly WinFall drawing. The Georgia Lottery held the first of 11 Weekly WinFall drawings, combining the big payout of a raffle game with the drawings of a weekly draw game.
2009
$220 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot soars. Lottery jackpot hunters will have a big target this Friday night, when a $220 million jackpot is up from grabs in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game.
2007
Lawsuit challenges N.C. Lottery. An esoteric argument under way in the courts over the North Carolina lottery -- Is a part of each ticket a tax or is the state just making a profit? -- could have an effect that's easy to understand: No more lottery. The N.C. Court of Appeals will hear arguments in three weeks.
2005
Mega Millions to change lottery game's game and prize structure. When California becomes the 12th state in which the Mega Millions multi-state lottery game is played, players across the country will see changes that will make it even more exciting.
2005
Winners of $208 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot step forward. Ralph and Mary Stebbins of Port Huron, Michigan have always wanted to travel, so they're using part of their third-largest-ever Mega Millions jackpot to buy a recreational vehicle.
2004
Powerball Jackpot Reaches $145 Million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $145 million, with a cash option of $76.3 million.
2004
Ohio Man Wins $22 Million Lottery Jackpot. A retired aircraft industry worker from Columbus, Ohio was the sole ticketholder of a winning $22 million Super Lotto Plus jackpot earleir this month, the Ohio Lottery announced Wednesday.
2004
S.C. lottery machines crash on drawing day. Some North Carolina lottery players hoping to cash in on South Carolina's Powerball lottery walked away with nothing Wednesday after the state's lottery buying network went down.
2004
Florida man claims $1 million Mega Money prize. An Estero, Florida man has beaten the odds - 1 in 2,986,522 to be exact - to win the Florida Lottery's $1 million Mega Money jackpot.
2004
Ontario mulling lottery tax. Ontario's finance minister is opposed to a scheme to tax lottery and gambling winnings.
2004
Tennessee retailers reluctant to pay lottery prizes in cash. Rebecca Paul, CEO of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp., said she is concerned because retailers do not want to pay out lottery prizes in cash.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$319 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2021
2.$314 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2016
3.$229 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2019
4.$225 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2009
5.$224 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2010
6.€196.06 Million
US$206.71 Million
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2022
7.$200 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2020
8.$195 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 2, 2018
9.$181 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2019
10.€144.89 Million
US$172.42 Million
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2021
11.€158 Million
US$166.67 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2022
12.$165 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2013
13.$162 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2008
14.€143.21 Million
US$159.98 Million
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2019
15.$155 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 2, 2000
16.€141 Million
US$154.99 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 2, 2023
17.$145 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2004
18.$131.3 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
May 1, 2021
19.€98 Million
US$130.03 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2009
20.$126 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2018
21.$118 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2016
22.$114 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Apr 30, 2013
23.$113 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2017
24.€75 Million
US$103.73 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Apr 29, 2014
25.$102 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
May 1, 2012

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1988
Friday, Apr 29, 1988
35 years old
1982
Thursday, Apr 29, 1982
41 years old
1979
Sunday, Apr 29, 1979
44 years old
1979
Sunday, Apr 29, 1979
44 years old
1979
Sunday, Apr 29, 1979
44 years old
1978
Saturday, Apr 29, 1978
45 years old
1978
Saturday, Apr 29, 1978
45 years old
1976
Thursday, Apr 29, 1976
47 years old
1975
Tuesday, Apr 29, 1975
48 years old
1974
Monday, Apr 29, 1974
49 years old
1965
Thursday, Apr 29, 1965
58 years old
1963
Monday, Apr 29, 1963
60 years old
1962
Sunday, Apr 29, 1962
61 years old
1962
Sunday, Apr 29, 1962
61 years old
1958
Tuesday, Apr 29, 1958
65 years old
1956
Sunday, Apr 29, 1956
67 years old
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2015
A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
2013
A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.
2013
National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing seven people.
2011
The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.
2004
The final Oldsmobile is built in Lansing, Michigan, ending 107 years of vehicle production.
1997
The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
1992
Riots in Los Angeles begin, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
1991
A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless.
1991
The 7.0 Mw Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), killing 270 people.
1986
A fire at the Central library of the Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.
1986
The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea.
1975
Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon before an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.
1975
Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnam-held Trường Sa Islands.
1974
Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.
1970
Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
1967
After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
1953
The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast shows an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
1952
Pan Am Flight 202 crashes into the Amazon basin near Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil, killing 50 people.
1946
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
1945
World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy.
1945
World War II: Airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands.
1945
World War II: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor.
1945
Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.
1916
World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
1916
Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
1911
Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
1910
The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
1903
A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
1864
Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
1862
American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.
1861
Maryland in the American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
1826
The galaxy Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is discovered by James Dunlop.
1781
American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
1770
James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
1760
French forces commence the siege of Quebec which is held by the British.
1521
Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås.
1483
Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile.
1429
Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.
1091
Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
801
An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura.

Births On This Day

2007
Infanta Sofía of Spain, Spanish princess
2002
Sinja Kraus, Austrian tennis player
1998
Kimberly Birrell, Australian tennis player
1998
Mallory Pugh, American soccer player
1996
Katherine Langford, Australian actress
1994
Christina Shakovets, German tennis player
1992
Alina Rosenberg, German paralympic equestrian
1991
Adam Smith, English footballer
1991
Jung Hye-sung, South Korean actress
1991
Misaki Doi, Japanese tennis player
1990
James Faulkner, Australian cricketer
1990
Chris Johnson, American basketball player
1989
Candace Owens, American political commentator and activist
1988
Alfred Hui, Hong Kong singer
1988
Taoufik Makhloufi, Algerian athlete
1988
Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player
1988
Younha, South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer
1987
Rob Atkinson, English footballer
1987
Sara Errani, Italian tennis player
1987
Andre Russell, Jamaican cricketer
1986
Byun Yo-han, South Korean actor
1986
Lee Chae-young, South Korean actress
1984
Kirby Cote, Canadian swimmer
1984
Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player
1983
Megan Boone, American actress
1983
Jay Cutler, American football player
1983
Sam Jones III, American actor
1981
George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer
1980
Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
1980
Bre Blair, Canadian actress
1979
Lee Dong-gook, South Korean footballer
1979
Jo O'Meara, English pop singer
1978
Bob Bryan, American tennis player
1978
Mike Bryan, American tennis player
1978
Javier Colon, American singer-songwriter and musician
1978
Tyler Labine, Canadian actor and comedian
1977
Zuzana Hejdová, Czech tennis player
1977
Claus Jensen, Danish international footballer and manager
1977
David Sullivan, American film and television actor
1976
Micol Ostow, American author, editor and educator
1976
God Shammgod, American basketball player and coach
1975
Garrison Starr, American singer-songwriter and producer
1975
April Telek, Canadian actress
1970
Andre Agassi, American tennis player
1970
Uma Thurman, American actress
1969
Paul Adelstein, American actor and writer
1968
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Croatian politician and diplomat, 4th President of Croatia
1966
Christian Tetzlaff, German violinist
1965
Michel Bussi, French geographer, author, and academic
1965
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, American author (d. 2017)
1964
Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
1963
Mike Babcock, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1962
Polly Samson, English novelist, lyricist and journalist
1960
Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian author and academic
1958
Kevin Moore, English footballer (d. 2013)
1958
Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
1958
Eve Plumb, American actress
1957
Daniel Day-Lewis, British-Irish actor
1957
Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, Samoan politician, 7th Prime Minister of Samoa
1957
Joseph Morelle, American politician
1955
Leslie Jordan, American actor, comedian, writer and singer (d. 2022)
1955
Kate Mulgrew, American actress
1954
Mo Brooks, American attorney and politician
1954
Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor and producer
1953
Bill Drummond, British musician
1952
Geraldine Doogue, Australian journalist and television host
1952
Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian
1952
Bob McClure, American baseball player and coach
1952
Dave Valentin, American flautist (d. 2017)
1951
Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)
1951
Jon Stanhope, Australian politician
1950
Paul Holmes, New Zealand journalist (d. 2013)
1950
Phillip Noyce, Australian director and producer
1950
Debbie Stabenow, American social worker and politician
1948
Edith Brown Clement, American judge
1947
Tommy James, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
1947
Johnny Miller, American golfer and sportscaster
1947
Jim Ryun, American runner and politician
1946
Rodney Frelinghuysen, American politician and lobbyist
1945
Hugh Hopper, English bass guitarist (d. 2009)
1945
Catherine Lara, French singer-songwriter and violinist
1945
Tammi Terrell, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 1970)
1944
Francis Lee, English footballer and businessman (d. 2023)
1943
Duane Allen, American country singer
1943
Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, English union leader and politician (d. 2018)
1943
Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech, English lawyer and academic
1942
Dick Chrysler, American politician
1942
Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, English civil servant and academic
1941
Hanne Darboven, German painter (d. 2009)
1940
George Adams, American musician (d. 1992)
1940
Peter Diamond, American economist
1939
Klaus Rinke, German contemporary artist
1938
Steven Bach, American writer, businessman and educator (d. 2009)
1938
Bernie Madoff, American businessman, financier and convicted felon (d. 2021)
1937
Jill Paton Walsh, English author (d. 2020)
1936
Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 2020)
1936
Alejandra Pizarnik, Argentine poet (d. 1972)
1936
Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, English banker and philanthropist (d. 2024)
1935
Otis Rush, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)
1934
Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan-American baseball player
1934
Pedro Pires, Cape Verdean politician, 3rd President of Cape Verde
1933
Ed Charles, American baseball player and coach (d. 2018)
1933
Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2015)
1933
Willie Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor
1932
David Tindle, English painter and educator
1932
Dmitry Zaikin, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (d. 2013)
1931
Frank Auerbach, British-German painter
1931
Lonnie Donegan, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
1931
Chris Pearson, Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (d. 2014)
1930
Jean Rochefort, French actor and director (d. 2017)
1929
Walter Kempowski, German author and academic (d. 2007)
1929
Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (d. 2014)
1929
April Stevens, American singer (d. 2023)
1929
Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (d. 2015)
1929
Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
1928
Carl Gardner, American singer (d. 2011)
1928
Heinz Wolff, German-English physiologist, engineer, and academic (d. 2017)
1927
Dorothy Manley, English sprinter (d. 2021)
1927
Bill Slater, English footballer (d. 2018)
1926
Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (d. 2009)
1925
John Compton, Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (d. 2007)
1925
Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (d. 2007)
1924
Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress (d. 2020)
1923
Irvin Kershner, American actor, director and producer (d. 2010)
1922
Parren Mitchell, American politician (d. 2007)
1922
Toots Thielemans, Belgian guitarist and harmonica player (d. 2016)
1920
Edward Blishen, English author and radio host (d. 1996)
1920
Harold Shapero, American composer (d. 2013)
1919
Gérard Oury, French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1918
George Allen, American football player and coach (d. 1990)
1917
Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer (d. 1961)
1917
Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
1915
Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic (d. 1997)
1912
Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
1909
Tom Ewell, American actor (d. 1994)
1908
Jack Williamson, American author and academic (d. 2006)
1907
Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer (d. 1997)
1901
Hirohito, Japanese emperor (d. 1989)
1900
Amelia Best, Australian politician (d. 1979)
1899
Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer and bandleader (d. 1974)
1899
Mary Petty, American illustrator (d. 1976)
1898
E. J. Bowen, British physical chemist (d. 1980)
1895
Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar and critic (d. 1970)
1895
Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer and conductor (d. 1967)
1894
Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist and academic (d. 1970)
1893
Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
1891
Edward Wilfred Taylor, British businessman (d. 1980)
1888
Michael Heidelberger, American immunologist (d. 1991)
1887
Robert Cushman Murphy, American ornithologist (d. 1973)
1885
Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (d. 1948)
1882
Auguste Herbin, French painter (d. 1960)
1882
Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister (d. 1945)
1880
Adolf Chybiński, Polish historian, musicologist and academic (d. 1952)
1879
Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961)
1875
Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (d. 1950)
1872
Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer (d. 1930)
1872
Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic (d. 1952)
1863
Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (d. 1933)
1863
William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (d. 1951)
1863
Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Austrian nun and missionary (d. 1922)
1854
Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist and engineer (d. 1912)
1848
Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter and academic (d. 1906)
1847
Joachim Andersen, Danish flautist, composer and conductor (d. 1907)
1842
Carl Millöcker, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1899)
1837
Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1891)
1818
Alexander II of Russia (d. 1881)
1810
Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English journalist and author (d. 1892)
1784
Samuel Turell Armstrong, American publisher and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1850)
1783
David Cox, English landscape painter (d. 1859)
1780
Charles Nodier, French librarian and author (d. 1844)
1762
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1833)
1758
Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (d. 1820)
1745
Oliver Ellsworth, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1807)
1727
Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer (d. 1810)
1667
John Arbuthnot, Scottish-English physician and polymath (d. 1735)
1665
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1745)
1636
Esaias Reusner, German lute player and composer (d. 1679)
1587
Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania (d. 1635)
1469
William II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1509)

Deaths On This Day

2023
Padma Desai, Indian-American development economist (b. 1931)
2022
Joanna Barnes, American actress and writer (b. 1934)
2021
Cate Haste, English author (b. 1945)
2020
Irrfan Khan, Indian actor (b. 1967)
2020
Guido Münch, Mexican astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1921)
2019
Josef Šural, Czech footballer (b. 1990)
2018
Luis García Meza, Bolivian general, 57th President of Bolivia (b. 1929)
2018
Michael Martin, British politician (b. 1945)
2017
R. Vidyasagar Rao, Indian bureaucrat and activist (b. 1939)
2016
Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1948)
2015
François Michelin, French businessman (b. 1926)
2015
Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (b. 1923)
2015
Calvin Peete, American golfer (b. 1943)
2015
Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (b. 1922)
2014
Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (b. 1966)
2014
Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
2014
Bob Hoskins, English actor (b. 1942)
2013
Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (b. 1992)
2013
Pesah Grupper, Israeli politician, 13th Israel Minister of Agriculture (b. 1924)
2013
John La Montaine, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)
2013
Kevin Moore, English footballer (b. 1958)
2013
Marianna Zachariadi, Greek pole vaulter (b. 1990)
2012
Shukri Ghanem, Libyan politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1942)
2012
Joel Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (b. 1957)
2012
Roland Moreno. French engineer, invented the smart card (b. 1945)
2012
Kenny Roberts, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
2011
Siamak Pourzand, Iranian journalist and critic (b. 1931)
2011
Joanna Russ, American writer, academic and radical feminist (b. 1937)
2010
Avigdor Arikha, French-Israeli artist, printmaker and art historian (b. 1929)
2008
Gordon Bradley, English-American footballer (b. 1933)
2008
Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1906)
2007
Josh Hancock, American baseball player (b. 1978)
2007
Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (b. 1940)
2007
Ivica Račan, Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1944)
2006
John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to India (b. 1908)
2005
William J. Bell, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)
2005
Louis Leithold, American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)
2004
John Henniker-Major, British diplomat and civil servant (b. 1916)
2003
Janko Bobetko, Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff (b. 1919)
2002
Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (b. 1936)
2001
Arthur B. C. Walker Jr., American physicist and academic (b. 1936)
2000
Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1906)
1997
Mike Royko, American journalist and author (b. 1932)
1993
Michael Gordon, American actor and director (b. 1909)
1993
Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter and producer (b. 1946)
1992
Mae Clarke, American actress (b. 1910)
1982
Raymond Bussières, French actor, producer and screenwriter (b. 1907)
1980
Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (b. 1899)
1979
Muhsin Ertuğrul, Turkish actor and director (b. 1892)
1979
Hardie Gramatky, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)
1978
Theo Helfrich, German race car driver (b. 1913)
1968
Aasa Helgesen, Norwegian midwife (b. 1877)
1968
Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident (b. 1932)
1967
J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
1966
William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
1966
Paula Strasberg, American actress and acting coach (b. 1909)
1959
Kenneth Anderson, English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1891)
1956
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (b. 1876)
1951
Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
1947
Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)
1944
Billy Bitzer, American cinematographer (b. 1872)
1944
Pyotr Stolyarsky, Soviet violinist (b. 1871)
1943
Joseph Achron, Russian composer and violinist (b. 1886)
1943
Ricardo Viñes, Spanish pianist (b. 1875)
1937
William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
1935
Leroy Carr, American singer, songwriter and pianist (b. 1905)
1933
Clay Stone Briggs, American politician (b. 1876)
1933
Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
1925
Ralph Delahaye Paine, American journalist and author (b. 1871)
1924
Ernest Fox Nichols, American educator and physicist (b. 1869)
1922
Richard Croker, Irish American political boss (b. 1843)
1917
Florence Farr, British actress, composer and director (b. 1860)
1916
Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
1905
Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
1903
Godfrey Carter, Australian businessman and politician, 39th Mayor of Melbourne (b. 1830)
1903
Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
1854
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)
1848
Chester Ashley, American politician (b. 1790)
1833
William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)
1776
Edward Wortley Montagu, English explorer and author (b. 1713)
1768
Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1694)
1707
George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (b. 1678)
1676
Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (b. 1607)
1658
John Cleveland, English poet and author (b. 1613)
1630
Agrippa d'Aubigné, French soldier and poet (b. 1552)
1594
Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and theologian (b. 1517)
1380
Catherine of Siena, Italian mystic, philosopher and saint (b. 1347)
1109
Hugh of Cluny, French abbot (b. 1024)