Events That Happened on January 21

A fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu Province, Turkey, results in 78 people dead and 51 injured.

Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, killing eleven people and injuring nine others before later committing suicide. It is the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County since the 2008 Covina massacre.

Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.

Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.

Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Four people died from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.

Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.

In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.

NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.

Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.

War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 4,300 kilograms (9,500 lb) of cocaine on board.

The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.

Conservative protestors attacked a mock shanty town that had been erected on the Green at Dartmouth College as part of anti-apartheid protests.

Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes near Reno–Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada, killing 70 people.

Production of the DeLorean sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Iran Air Flight 291 crashes in the Alborz Mountains while on approach to Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran, killing 128 people.

Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.

The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.

Vietnam War, Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.

A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.

The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad ends operation.

Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.

Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.

A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.

The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.

The catastrophic eruption of Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea claims 2,942 lives.

American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.

The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.

As part of Operation Animals, British SOE saboteurs destroy the railway bridge over the Asopos River, and guerrillas of the Greek People's Liberation Army ambush and destroy a German convoy at the Battle of Sarantaporos.

The Jewish resistance organization, Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye, based in the Vilna Ghetto was established.

Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.

Finland and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty.

Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.

Albania declares itself a republic.

A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.

Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.

The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.

New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.

The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.

The RMS Tayleur sinks off Lambay Island on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia with great loss of life.

The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast during the First Anglo-Ashanti War.

After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.

The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.

Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.

The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.

Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.

Following the Affair of the Placards, the French king leads an anti-Protestant procession through Paris.

The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.

Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa.

Luke Littler, English darts player

IShowSpeed, American YouTuber

Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway

Hannibal Mejbri, Tunisian footballer

Baek Jong-bum, South Korean footballer

Rubina Ali, Indian actress

Fūju Kamio, Japanese actor

Alisha Lehmann, Swiss footballer

Pervis Estupiñán, Ecuadorian footballer

Mamadi Diakite, Guinean basketball player

Jeremy Shada, American actor, musician and singer

Ilia Topuria, German-Georgian mixed martial artist

Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer

Cristian Pavón, Argentine footballer

Jake Elliott, American football player

Marine Johannès, French basketball player

Alanna Kennedy, Australian soccer player

Nguyễn Công Phượng, Vietnamese footballer

Yuliya Stupak, Russian cross-country skier

Amin Affane, Swedish footballer

Laura Robson, Australian-English tennis player

Booboo Stewart, American actor

Ronald Blair, former professional American football player

Muralha, Brazilian footballer

Sven Erik Bystrøm, Norwegian cyclist

James Duckworth, Australian tennis player

Quinton Howden, Canadian ice hockey player

Kwame Karikari, Ghanaian footballer

Tom Kühnhackl, German ice hockey player

Nicolás Mezquida, Uruguayan footballer

Verónica Cepede Royg, Paraguayan tennis player

Roland Szolnoki, Hungarian footballer

Ali Al-Busaidi, Omani footballer

Jan Hirt, Czech cyclist

Brayden McNabb, Canadian ice hockey player

Marta Pagnini, Italian gymnast

Knowledge Musona, Zimbabwean footballer

Kelly Rohrbach, American model and actress

Doğuş Balbay, Turkish basketball player

Kayla Banwarth, American indoor volleyball player

Férébory Doré, Congolese footballer

Sergey Fesikov, Russian swimmer

Justin Houston, American football player

Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Armenian footballer

Zhang Shuai, Chinese tennis player

Glaiza de Castro, Filipino actress and singer

Ashton Eaton, American decathlete

Rolands Freimanis, Latvian basketball player

Vanessa Hessler, Italian-American model and actress

Aleksandar Lazevski, Macedonian footballer

Ángel Mena, Ecuadorian footballer

Valérie Tétreault, Canadian tennis player

Pieter Timmers, Belgian swimmer

Nemanja Tomić, Serbian footballer

Oskars Bārtulis, Latvian ice hockey player

Brandon Crawford, American baseball player

Aida Hadzialic, Swedish politician

Darren Helm, Canadian ice hockey player

Shaun Keeling, South African rower

Augustine Kiprono Choge, Kenyan runner

Will Johnson, Canadian soccer player

Dominik Roels, German cyclist

Maša Zec Peškirič, Slovenian tennis player

Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Japanese actress

César Arzo, Spanish footballer

Edson Barboza, Brazilian mixed martial artist

Peyton Hillis, American football player

João Gomes Júnior, Brazilian swimmer

Javi López, Spanish footballer

Gina Mambrú, Dominican Republic volleyball player

Jonathan Quick, American ice hockey player

Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor (died 2020)

Óscar Vílchez, Peruvian footballer

Artur Beterbiev, Russian boxer

Aura Dione, Danish singer and songwriter

Yumi Hara, Japanese voice actress and singer

Sasha Pivovarova, Russian model and actress

Ri Se-gwang, North Korean artistic gymnast

Dmitri Sokolov, Russian basketball player

Ryan Suter, American ice hockey player

Luke Grimes, American actor

Haloti Ngata, American football player

Alex Acker, American-Italian basketball player

Svetlana Khodchenkova, Russian actress

Asael Lubotzky, Israeli physician, author and molecular biologist

Maryse Mizanin, Canadian-American wrestler

Álvaro Quirós, Spanish golfer

Francesca Segat, Italian swimmer

Marieke van den Ham, Dutch water polo player

Kelly VanderBeek, Canadian alpine skier

Moritz Volz, German footballer

Richard José Blanco, Venezuelan footballer

Nicolas Mahut, French tennis player

Adriano Ferreira Martins, Brazilian footballer

Sarah Ourahmoune, French boxer

Simon Rolfes, German footballer

Gillian Chung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress

Wu Hanxiong, Chinese fencer

Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player

Andy Lee, South Korean singer and actor

Izabella Miko, Polish actress, dancer, and producer

Jung Ryeo-won, South Korean actress

David F. Sandberg, Swedish filmmaker

Michel Teló, Brazilian singer-songwriter

Karsten Forsterling, Australian rower

Lee Kyung-won, South Korean badminton player

Nana Mizuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress

Xavier Pons, Spanish rally diver

Quinton Jacobs, Namibian footballer

Melendi, Spanish singer

Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player

Faris Al-Sultan, German triathlete

Hernán Rodrigo López, Uruguayan footballer

Peter von Allmen, Swiss cross-country skier

Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player

Hussein Abdulghani, Saudi Arabian footballer

Bradley Carnell, South African footballer

John DeSantis, Canadian actor

Kirsten Klose, German hammer thrower

Denis Lunghi, Italian cyclist

Ulrike Maisch, German runner

Phil Neville, English footballer and manager

Michael Ruffin, American basketball player

Jerry Trainor, American actor, director, and producer

Loïc Lerouge, French sprinter

Aivaras Abromavičius, Lithuanian-Ukrainian banker and politician; 15th Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development

Raivis Belohvoščiks, Latvian cyclist

Emma Bunton, English singer

Lars Eidinger, German actor

Giorgio Frezzolini, Italian footballer

Igors Stepanovs, Latvian footballer

Nicky Butt, English footballer and coach

Thomas Castaignède, French rugby player

Casey FitzRandolph, American speedskater

Yuji Ide, Japanese race car driver

Ito, Spanish footballer and manager

Willem Korsten, Dutch footballer

Jason Moran, American jazz pianist, composer and educator

Florin Șerban, Romanian director

Alyaksandr Yermakovich, Belarusian footballer and manager

Malena Alterio, Spanish actress

Maxwell Atoms, American animator, screenwriter and voice actor

Kim Dotcom, German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur and political activist

Arthémon Hatungimana, Burundian middle-distance runner

Vincent Laresca, American actor

Ulrich Le Pen, French footballer

Marco Zanotti, Italian cyclist

Rob Hayles, English cyclist

Chris Kilmore, American musician and DJ

Edvinas Krungolcas, Lithuanian modern pentathlete

Flavio Maestri, Peruvian footballer

Billel Dziri, Algerian footballer and manager

Rick Falkvinge, Swedish businessman and politician

Sead Kapetanović, Bosnian footballer

Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer and producer

Cat Power, American singer, musician and actress

Shawn Rojeski, American curler

Sabina Valbusa, Italian cross-country skier

Uni Arge, Faroese footballer and entertainer

Rafael Berges, Spanish footballer

Doug Edwards, American basketball player

Dmitri Khlestov, Russian footballer

Sergey Klevchenya, Russian speed skater

Dylan Kussman, American actor

Doug Weight, American ice hockey player and coach

Alen Bokšić, former Croatian footballer

Marina Foïs, French actress

Ken Leung, American actor

Oren Peli, Israeli-American director, producer and screenwriter

John Ducey, American actor

Eduard Hämäläinen, Finnish-Belarusian decathlete

Karina Lombard, French-American actress and singer

Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese comic artist

Artur Dmitriev, Russian ice skater

Dmitry Fomin, Russian volleyball player

Sébastien Lifshitz, French director

Steven Marshall, Australian politician, 46th Premier of South Australia

Charlotte Ross, American actress

Ilya Smirin, Israeli chess Grandmaster

Ulf Dahlén, Swedish ice hockey player

Alfred Jermaniš, Slovenian footballer

Artashes Minasian, Armenian chess player

Gorō Miyazaki, Japanese film director and landscaper

Robert Del Naja, British artist, musician and singer

Jam Master Jay, American DJ, rapper, and producer (died 2002)

Masahiro Wada, Japanese footballer

Andreas Bauer, German ski jumper

Tony Dolan, English musician and actor

Gérald Passi, French footballer

Ricardo Serna, Spanish footballer

Aleksandar Šoštar, Serbian water polo player

Danny Wallace, English footballer

Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American basketball player

Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player and coach

Tyler Cowen, American economist and academic

Isabelle Nanty, French actress, director and screenwriter

Gabriele Pin, Italian footballer and coach

Zoran Thaler, Slovenian politician

Marie Trintignant, French actress (died 2003)

Erik Verlinde, Dutch theoretical physicist

Kevin Cramer, American politician

Cornelia Pröll, Austrian alpine skier

Ivo Pukanić Croatian journalist (died 2008)

Gary Shaw, English footballer (died 2024)

Piotr Ugrumov, Russian cyclist

Sidney Lowe, American basketball player

Mike Terrana, American hard rock and heavy metal drummer

Sergei Alifirenko, Russian pistol shooter

Alex McLeish, Scottish footballer and manager

Hussein Saeed, Iraqi footballer

Matt Salmon, American politician

Sergei Walter, Ukrainian politician (died 2015)

Michael Wincott, Canadian actor

Robby Benson, American actor and director

Geena Davis, American actress and producer

Peter Fleming, American tennis player

Jeff Koons, American painter and sculptor

Nello Musumeci, Italian politician and President of Sicily

Thomas de Maizière, German politician of the Christian Democratic Union

Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkinabé director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)

Phil Thompson, English footballer and coach

Paul Allen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft (died 2018)

Felipe Yáñez, Spanish cyclist

Marco Camenisch, Swiss activist and murderer

Werner Grissmann, Austrian alpine skier

Mikhail Umansky, Russian chess player (died 2010)

Eric Holder, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 82nd United States Attorney General

Marion Becker, German javelin thrower

Gary Locke, American politician and diplomat, 36th United States Secretary of Commerce

José Marín, Spanish racewalker

Billy Ocean, Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter

Agnes van Ardenne, Dutch politician and diplomat, Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation

Clifford Ray, American basketball coach and player

Trương Tấn Sang, Vietnamese politician and 7th President of Vietnam

Zygmunt Kukla, Polish footballer (died 2016)

Hugo Tocalli, Argentine footballer

Andrzej Bachleda, Polish former alpine skier

Jill Eikenberry, American actress

Dorian M. Goldfeld, American mathematician

Pye Hastings, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Michel Jonasz, French singer-songwriter and actor

Joseph Nicolosi, American clinical psychologist (died 2017)

Giuseppe Savoldi, Italian footballer

Roberto Zywica, Argentine footballer

Ichiro Hosotani, Japanese footballer

Nella Martinetti, Swiss singer (died 2011)

Tomás Pineda, El Salvadoran footballer

Miguel Reina, Spanish footballer

Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2011)

Pete Kircher, English drummer

Martin Shaw, English actor and producer

Uto Ughi, Italian violinist

Zdravko Hebel, Croatian water polo player (died 2017)

Arnar Jónsson, Icelandic actor

Alfons Peeters, Belgian footballer (died 2015)

Kenzo Yokoyama, Japanese footballer

Freddy Breck, German singer, producer, and news anchor (died 2008)

Eugène Camara, Prime Minister of Guinea (died 2019)

Mac Davis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2020)

Han Pil-hwa, North Korean speed skater

Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)

Michael G. Wilson, American producer and screenwriter

Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (died 2013)

Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor and conductor

Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)

Mike Medavoy, Chinese-born American film producer, co-founded Orion Pictures

Ivan Putski, Polish-American wrestler and bodybuilder

Elaine Showalter, American author and critic

Jack Nicklaus, American golfer and sportscaster

Patrick Robinson, English novelist

Paul Genevay, French sprinter (died 2022)

Friedel Lutz, German footballer (died 2023)

Steve Paxton, American dancer and choreographer (died 2024)

Viacheslav Platonov, Russian volleyball player and coach (died 2005)

Wolfman Jack, radio personality (died 1995)

Romano Fogli, Italian footballer (died 2021)

Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi, Hungarian fencer (died 2013)

Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, the youngest son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria

Dick Davies, American basketball player (died 2012)

Audrey Dalton, Irish actress

Antonio Karmany, Spanish cyclist

Alfonso Portugal, Mexican footballer (died 2016)

Ann Wedgeworth, American actress (died 2017)

Tony Marchi, English footballer (died 2022)

Habib Thiam, Senegalese politician (died 2017)

Yoshiko Kuga, Japanese actress (died 2024)

Mainza Chona, Zambian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Zambia (died 2001)

Valentin Filatyev, Soviet cosmonaut (died 1990)

Radley Metzger, American filmmaker (died 2017)

Reynaldo Bignone, Argentinian general and politician, 41st President of Argentina (died 2018)

Gene Sharp, American political scientist and academic, founded the Albert Einstein Institution (died 2018)

Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1985)

Rudolf Kraus, German footballer (died 2003)

Clive Donner, British director (died 2010)

Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer (died 1980)

Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (died 2000)

Roger Taillibert, French architect (died 2019)

Robert J. White, American neurosurgeon (died 2010)

Charles Aidman, American actor (died 1993)

Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer (died 2014)

Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author (died 2010)

Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler and manager (died 2007)

Shafiga Akhundova, Azerbaijani Composer, first professional female author of an opera in the East (died 2013)

Benny Hill, English actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1992)

Alberto de Mendoza, Argentine actor (died 2011)

Lola Flores, Spanish singer, dancer, and actress (died 1995)

Pahiño, Spanish footballer (died 2012)

Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Labour (died 2012)

Telly Savalas, American actor (died 1994)

Paul Scofield, English actor (died 2008)

Predrag Vranicki, Croatian Marxist humanist (died 2002)

Errol Barrow, first Prime Minister of Barbados (died 1987)

Eric Brown, Scottish-English captain and pilot (died 2016)

Jimmy Hagan, English footballer (died 1998)

Antonio Janigro, Italian cellist and conductor (died 1989)

Richard Winters, American soldier (died 2011)

Erling Persson, H&M founder (died 2002)

Pietro Rava, Italian footballer (died 2006)

Zypora Spaisman, Polish midwife; American and Yiddish-language actress; producer of the Yiddish stage (died 2002)

André Lichnerowicz, French mathematician (died 1998)

Orazio Mariani, Italian sprinter (died 1981)

Konrad Emil Bloch, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000)

Dick Garrard, Australian wrestler (died 2003)

Lee Yoo-hyung, Korean footballer and manager (died 2003)

Rosa Kellner, German athlete (died 1984)

Albert Rosellini, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Washington (died 2011)

Hideo Shinojima, Japanese footballer (died 1975)

Károly Takács, Hungarian shooter (died 1976)

Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer and conductor (died 2004)

Teofilo Spasojević, Serbian footballer (died 1970)

Carlo Cavagnoli, Italian boxer (died 1991)

Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (died 2007)

Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (died 1957)

Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (died 1978)

John Porter, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1997)

Puck van Heel, Dutch footballer (died 1984)

William Lyon, American film editor (died 1974)

Raymond Suvigny, French weightlifter (died 1945)

Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer and manager (died 1978)

Elof Ahrle, Swedish actor and director (died 1965)

Anselm Franz, Austrian engineer (died 1994)

Fernando Quiroga Palacios, Spanish Cardinal (died 1971)

John Bodkin Adams, British general practitioner and convict (died 1983)

Gyula Mándi, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 1969)

Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian-American pianist and composer (died 1977)

Rudolph Maté, Polish-Hungarian-American cinematographer, producer and director (died 1964)

Ahmad Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (died 1930)

Eduard Zintl, German chemist (died 1941)

René Iché, French sculptor (died 1954)

Guy Gilpatric, American pilot and journalist (died 1950)

Paula Hitler, younger sister of Adolf Hitler (died 1960)

J. Carrol Naish, American actor (died 1973)

Masa Perttilä, Finnish wrestler (died 1968)

Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga (died 1972)

Daniel Chalonge, French astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1977)

Noe Itō, Japanese anarchist, author and feminist (died 1923)

Albert Battel, German Army lieutenant and lawyer (died 1952)

Francisco Lázaro, Portuguese marathon runner (died 1912)

Pitirim Sorokin, American sociologist and political activist (died 1968)

Edith Tolkien, wife and muse of J. R. R. Tolkien (died 1971)

Wolfgang Köhler, German psychologist and phenomenologist (died 1967)

Ernest Holmes, American New Thought writer (died 1960)

Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1926)

John M. Stahl, American director and producer (died 1950)

Duncan Grant, British painter and designer (died 1978)

Umberto Nobile, Italian engineer and explorer (died 1978)

Harold A. Wilson, English runner (died 1932)

Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (died 1929)

Oskar Baum, Bohemian writer (died 1941)

Mathias Hynes, British tug of war competitor (died 1926)

Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician and theologian (died 1937)

Francis Gailey, Australian-American swimmer (died 1972)

Ernst Fast, Swedish runner (died 1959)

André Godard, French archaeologist, architect and historian (died 1965)

Ivan Ribar, Yugoslav politician (died 1968)

George Van Biesbroeck, Belgian–American astronomer (died 1974)

Vahan Tekeyan, Armenian poet and activist (died 1948)

Baldassarre Negroni, Italian director and screenwriter (died 1948)

Paul E. Kahle, German orientalist (died 1964)

René-Louis Baire, French mathematician (died 1932)

Arturo Labriola, Italian revolutionary syndicalist (died 1959)

Olga Preobrajenska, Russian ballerina (died 1962)

Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (died 1916)

Felix Hoffmann, German chemist (died 1946)

Ludwig Thoma, German paramedic and author (died 1921)

Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (died 1965)

Heinrich Albers-Schonberg, German gynecologist and radiologist (died 1921)

Israel Zangwill, British author (died 1926)

Karl Staaff, Swedish lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Sweden (died 1915)

Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (died 1874)

Karl Julius Beloch, German classical and economic historian (died 1929)

Eusapia Palladino, Italian spiritualist (died 1918)

Giuseppe Allamano, Italian Roman Catholic priest (died 1926)

Henri Duparc, French soldier and composer (died 1933)

Joseph Achille Le Bel, French chemist (died 1930)

Pieter Hendrik Schoute, Dutch mathematician and academic (died 1923)

Albert Lavignac, French music scholar (died 1916)

Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter (died 1932)

Émile Levassor, French engineer (died 1897)

Édouard Schuré, French philosopher and author (died 1929)

Sophia Jex-Blake, English physician and feminist (died 1912)

Caterina Volpicelli, Italian Roman Catholic nun (died 1894)

George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (died 1889)

Oscar II of Sweden (died 1907)

Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1900)

Stonewall Jackson, American general (died 1863)

Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (died 1899)

Egide Walschaerts, Belgian mechanical engineer (died 1901)

Horace Wells, American dentist (died 1848)

Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, German bibliographer and historian (died 1885)

John C. Frémont, American general, explorer, and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (died 1890)

Giuseppe Montanelli, Italian statesman and author (died 1862)

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, British statesman (died 1885)

Pierre Louis Charles de Failly, French general (died 1892)

Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, 16th President of Peru (died 1875)

Moritz von Schwind, Austrian painter (died 1871)

John Batman, Australian entrepreneur and explorer (died 1839)

Theodor Fliedner, German Lutheran minister (died 1864)

Joseph Méry, French author and journalist (died 1866)

Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel, consort of George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1880)

William Henry Smyth, Royal Navy officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist (died 1865)

Peter De Wint, English painter (died 1849)

Manuel Garcia, Spanish opera singer and composer (died 1832)

Augustin Robespierre, younger brother of French Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre (died 1794)

Chaim of Volozhin, Orthodox rabbi (died 1821)

Ethan Allen, American general (died 1789)

Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, son of Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, and Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis (died 1797)

James Murray, Scottish-English general and politician, Governor of Minorca (died 1794)

Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa, Spanish military officer and governor of Cuba (died 1779)

Anna Morandi Manzolini, Italian anatomist (died 1774)

Duchess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, Margravine of Baden-Baden (died 1733)

Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter (died 1722)

Antonio Molinari, Italian painter (died 1704)

Melchiorre Cafà, Maltese Baroque sculptor (baptised; (died 1667)

Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, count of Nassau-Dietz (died 1640)

Matsudaira Tadamasa, Japanese samurai and daimyō (died 1645)

Giovanni Poggio, Italian cardinal and diplomat (died 1556)

Charles V of France (died 1380)

Galeazzo I Visconti, lord of Milan (died 1328)

Alexander, Prince of Scotland (died 1284)

Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran politician, 79th President of El Salvador (born 1959)

Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (born 1937)

Louie Anderson, American actor and comedian (born 1953)

Leonor Oyarzún, Chilean socialite, First Lady of Chile (born 1919)

Terry Jones, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1942)

Morgan Wootten, American high school basketball coach (born 1931)

Kaye Ballard, American actress (born 1925)

Henri, Count of Paris, Head of the House of Orléans (born 1933)

Emiliano Sala, Argentine footballer (born 1990)

Harris Wofford, American politician, author and civil rights activist (born 1926)

Bill Johnson, American skier (born 1960)

Mrinalini Sarabhai, a 1992-Padma Bhushan award winner Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. (born 1918)

Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian, and author (born 1942)

Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1939)

Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (born 1946)

Canek Sánchez Guevara, Cuban author and dissident (born 1974)

Ahmet Mete Işıkara, Turkish geophysicist and academic (born 1941)

Chumpol Silpa-archa, Thai academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1940)

Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1935)

Jonathan Idema, American soldier, mercenary, con artist, vigilante, and criminal (born 1956)

Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (born 1922)

Dennis Oppenheim, American sculptor and photographer (born 1938)

E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1958)

Paul Quarrington, Canadian author, playwright, guitarist, and composer (born 1953)

Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat (born 1946)

Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovo journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo (born 1944)

Theun de Vries, Dutch author and poet (born 1907)

John L. Hess, American journalist and critic (born 1917)

Kaljo Raid, Estonian cellist, composer, and pastor (born 1921)

Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (born 1929)

Paul Haines, American-Canadian poet and songwriter (born 1933)

Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (born 1916)

Peggy Lee, American singer (born 1920)

Susan Strasberg, American actress (born 1938)

Jack Lord, American actor, director, and producer (born 1920)