May 25
May 25 is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 220 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 567 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
- 240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
- 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain back from the Moors.
- 1420 – Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.
- 1521 – The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw.
- 1659 – Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth of England.
- 1738 – A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
- 1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion: The Carnew massacre, Dunlavin massacre and Carlow massacre takes place.
- 1809 – Chuquisaca Revolution: a group of patriots in Chuquisaca (modern day Sucre) revolt against the Spanish Empire, starting the South American Wars of Independence.
- 1810 – May Revolution: citizens of Buenos Aires expel Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros during the May week, starting the Argentine War of Independence.
- 1819 – The Argentine Constitution of 1819 is promulgated.
- 1833 – The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.
- 1837 – The Rebels of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom.
- 1865 – In Mobile, Alabama, 300 are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
- 1878 – Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
- 1895 – Playwright, poet, and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
- 1895 – The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as its president.
- 1914 – The United Kingdom's House of Commons passes the Home Rule Act for devolution in Ireland.
- 1925 – Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
- 1926 – Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the Paris-based government-in-exile of Ukrainian People's Republic.
- 1935 – Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- 1936 – The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins.
- 1938 – Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths.
- 1946 – The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
- 1950 – Public Transport: Green Hornet disaster. A Chicago Surface Lines streetcar crashes into a fuel truck, killing 33.
- 1953 – Nuclear testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conduct their first and only nuclear artillery test.
- 1953 – The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
- 1955 – In the United States, a night time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
- 1955 – First ascent of Kangchenjunga (8,586 m.), the third highest mountain in the world, by a British expedition led by Joe Brown and George Band.
- 1961 – Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
- 1962 – The Old Bay Line, the last overnight steamboat service in the United States, goes out of business.
- 1963 – In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organisation of African Unity is established.
- 1966 – Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.
- 1966 – The first prominent dàzìbào during the Cultural Revolution in China is posted at Peking University.
- 1967 – Celtic F.C. from Glasgow, Scotland becomes the first ever Northern European team to win the European Cup; with previous winners being from Spain, Italy and Portugal.
- 1968 – Gateway Arch Saint Louis Gateway Arch is dedicated.
- 1973 – HNS Velos (D-16), while participating in a NATO exercise and in order to protest against the dictatorship in Greece, anchored at Fiumicino, Italy, refusing to return to Greece.
- 1977 – Star Wars (retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981) is released in theaters, inspiring the Jediism religion and Geek Pride Day holiday.
- 1977 – Chinese government removes a decade old ban on William Shakespeare's work, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution started in 1966.
- 1979 – American Airlines Flight 191: In Chicago, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport killing 271 on board and two people on the ground.
- 1979 – Six-year-old Etan Patz disappears from the street just two blocks away from his New York City home, prompting an international search for the child, and causing U.S. President Ronald Reagan to designate May 25th as National Missing Children's Day (in 1983).
- 1981 – In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
- 1982 – HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War.
- 1985 – Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
- 1986 – Hands Across America takes place.
- 1997 – A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koromah.
- 1999 – The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
- 2000 – Liberation Day of Lebanon. Israel withdraws its army from most of the Lebanese territory after 22 years of its first invasion in 1978.
- 2001 – 32-year-old Erik Weihenmayer, of Boulder, Colorado, becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
- 2002 – China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait. All 225 people on board are killed.
- 2009 – North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device. Following the nuclear test, Pyongyang also conducted several missile tests building tensions in the international community.
- 2011 – Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
- 2012 – The Dragon spacecraft became the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous with the International Space Station (ISS).
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- 1048 – Emperor Shenzong of Song (d. 1085)
- 1334 – Emperor Sukō, Japanese 3rd Pretender (d. 1398)
- 1458 – Mahmud Begada Indian sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)
- 1572 – Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1632)
- 1606 – Charles Garnier, French missionary (d. 1649)
- 1661 – Claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)
- 1713 – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish nobleman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
- 1725 – Samuel Ward, American politician (d. 1776)
- 1749 – Gregorio Funes, Argentine clergyman, politician and Junta Grande figure (d. 1829)
- 1783 – Philip Pendleton Barbour, American politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1841)
- 1803 – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English novelist and playwright (d. 1873)
- 1803 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and philosopher (d. 1882)
- 1818 – Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian (d. 1897)
- 1845 – Lip Pike, American baseball player (d. 1893)
- 1846 – Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (d. 1923)
- 1846 – Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and writer (d. 1900)
- 1848 – Johann Baptist Singenberger, Swiss composer, editor, and publisher (d. 1924)
- 1852 – William Muldoon, American wrestler (d. 1933)
- 1856 – Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, French general (d. 1942)
- 1860 – James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (d. 1944)
- 1865 – John Mott, American evangelical, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
- 1865 – Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
- 1867 – Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish shooter (d. 1950)
- 1877 – Billy Murray, American singer (d. 1954)
- 1878 – Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, American dancer and actor (d. 1949)
- 1879 – Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-English businessman, politician, and writer (d. 1964)
- 1879 – Andrew Kennaway Henderson, New Zealand illustrator, cartoonist, and pacifist (d. 1960)
- 1879 – William Stickney, American golfer (d. 1944)
- 1880 – Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist (d. 1967)
- 1882 – Marie Doro, American actress (d. 1956)
- 1886 – Philip Murray, Scottish-American labor leader (d. 1952)
- 1886 – Rash Behari Bose, Indian revolutionary (d. 1945)
- 1887 – Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (d. 1968)
- 1888 – Miles Malleson, English actor (d. 1969)
- 1889 – Günther Lütjens, German admiral (d. 1941)
- 1889 – Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer (d. 1972)
- 1897 – Gene Tunney, American boxer (d. 1978)
- 1898 – Bennett Cerf, American publisher, co-founder of Random House (d. 1971)
- 1899 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet and musician (d. 1976)
- 1900 – Alain Grandbois, French-Canadian poet (d. 1975)
- 1903 – Binnie Barnes, English actress (d. 1998)
- 1907 – U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma (d. 1995)
- 1908 – Theodore Roethke, American poet (d. 1963)
- 1909 – Alfred Kubel, German politician (d. 1999)
- 1909 – Marie Menken, American filmmaker and painter (d. 1970)
- 1912 – Deokhye, Princess of Korea (d. 1989)
- 1912 – Dean Rockwell, American wrestling and football coach (d. 2005)
- 1913 – Heinrich Bär, German pilot (d. 1957)
- 1913 – Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and broadcaster (d. 1965)
- 1916 – Brian Dickson, Canadian politician, 15th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1998)
- 1917 – Theodore Hesburgh, American educator and theologian
- 1917 – Steve Cochran, American actor (d. 1965)
- 1921 – Hal David, American composer and songwriter (d. 2012)
- 1921 – Jack Steinberger, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1922 – Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (d. 1984)
- 1922 – Kitty Kallen, American singer
- 1924 – István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
- 1925 – Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (d. 1974)
- 1925 – Jeanne Crain, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1925 – Don Liddle, American baseball player (d. 2000)
- 1926 – Claude Akins, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1927 – Robert Ludlum, American writer (d. 2001)
- 1927 – Norman Petty, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1984)
- 1929 – Ann Robinson, American actress, War Of The Worlds
- 1929 – Beverly Sills, American soprano (d. 2007)
- 1929 – Warren Frost, American actor
- 1931 – Georgy Grechko, Russian astronaut
- 1931 – Aili Jõgi, Estonian rebel and activist
- 1931 – Irwin Winkler, American director and producer
- 1932 – John Gregory Dunne, American writer (d. 2003)
- 1932 – K. C. Jones, American basketball player and coach
- 1933 – Basdeo Panday, Trinidadian statesman
- 1933 – Ray Spencer, English footballer
- 1933 – Jógvan Sundstein, Faroese politician, 7th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
- 1935 – Cookie Gilchrist, American football player
- 1935 – W. P. Kinsella, Canadian writer
- 1935 – Victoria Shaw, Australian-American actress (d. 1988)
- 1936 – Tom T. Hall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1936 – Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer (d. 2013)
- 1938 – Raymond Carver, American writer (d. 1988)
- 1939 – Dixie Carter, American actress (d. 2010)
- 1939 – Ian McKellen, English actor
- 1941 – Vladimir Voronin, Moldovan politician, 3rd President of Moldova
- 1943 – Jessi Colter, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1943 – John Palmer, English musician (Family, Eclection, and Blossom Toes)
- 1943 – Leslie Uggams, American actress
- 1944 – Pierre Bachelet, French singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
- 1944 – John Bunnell, American police officer, actor, and television host
- 1944 – Robert MacPherson, American mathematician
- 1944 – Frank Oz, English-American puppeteer and director
- 1946 – Bill Adam, Scottish-Canadian race car driver
- 1946 – David A. Hargrave, American writer and game designer (d. 1988)
- 1947 – Mitch Margo, American singer-songwriter (The Tokens)
- 1947 – Karen Valentine, American actress
- 1948 – Klaus Meine, German singer-songwriter and guitarist (Scorpions)
- 1949 – Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan author
- 1949 – Joe Unger, American actor
- 1949 – Barry Windsor-Smith, English comics artist
- 1951 – Bob Gale, American screenwriter
- 1952 – Jeffrey Bewkes, American businessman
- 1952 – Al Sarrantonio, American writer
- 1952 – Gordon Smith, American politician
- 1953 – Eve Ensler, American playwright
- 1953 – Daniel Passarella, Argentine footballer
- 1953 – Stan Sakai, Japanese-American cartoonist
- 1954 – Murali, Indian actor (d. 2009)
- 1955 – Alistair Burt, English politician
- 1956 – Stavros Arnaoutakis, Greek politician
- 1956 – Tatsutoshi Goto, Japanese wrestler
- 1956 – Sugar Minott, Jamaican singer and producer (The African Brothers) (d. 2010)
- 1956 – David P. Sartor, American composer and conductor
- 1957 – Edward Lee, American writer
- 1957 – Robert Picard, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1957 – Hillary B. Smith, American actress
- 1958 – Aikaterini Batzeli, Greek politician
- 1958 – Carrie Newcomer, American singer-songwriter and musician
- 1958 – Paul Weller, English singer-songwriter, musician, and poet (The Jam and The Style Council)
- 1959 – Julian Clary, English comedian and author
- 1959 – Manolis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician
- 1959 – Rick Wamsley, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1960 – Amy Klobuchar, American politician
- 1960 – Anthea Turner, English journalist and television host
- 1962 – Rick Nattress, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 – George Hickenlooper, American filmmaker (d. 2010)
- 1963 – Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian
- 1963 – Eha Rünne, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower
- 1964 – Ivan Bella, Slovak air force officer and astronaut
- 1964 – David Shaw, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1964 – Ray Stevenson, English actor
- 1965 – Yahya Jammeh, Gambian military officer and politician, President of the Gambia
- 1966 – Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
- 1967 – Poppy Z. Brite, American author
- 1968 – Kendall Gill, American basketball player
- 1969 – Glen Drover, Canadian musician and songwriter (Megadeth, Eidolon, and King Diamond)
- 1969 – Anne Heche, American actress
- 1969 – Stacy London, American fashion consultant
- 1970 – Sandra Dopfer, Austrian tennis player
- 1970 – Joey Eischen, American baseball player
- 1970 – Lindsay Greenbush, American actress, boxer, and trainer
- 1970 – Sidney Greenbush, American actress, horse rider, and jewelry designer
- 1970 – Jamie Kennedy, American actor
- 1970 – Octavia Spencer, American actress
- 1970 – Satsuki Yukino, Japanese voice actress
- 1971 – Marco Cappato, Italian politician
- 1971 – Justin Henry, American actor
- 1972 – Karan Johar, Indian director, producer, writer, and actor
- 1973 – Daz Dillinger, American rapper, musician, and producer (Tha Dogg Pound)
- 1973 – Demetri Martin, American actor, comedian, musician and writer
- 1973 – Molly Sims, American model and actress
- 1974 – Frank Klepacki, American musician and composer (Home Cookin' and I Am)
- 1974 – Miguel Tejada, Dominican baseball player
- 1975 – Lauryn Hill, American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actress (Fugees)
- 1975 – Blaise Nkufo, Swiss footballer
- 1976 – Tarik Glenn, American football player
- 1976 – Cillian Murphy, Irish actor
- 1976 – Sandra Nasic, German singer (Guano Apes)
- 1976 – Marcelo José da Silva, Brazilian footballer
- 1976 – Ethan Suplee, American actor
- 1976 – Clifton Williams, American astronaut
- 1976 – Miguel Zepeda, Mexican footballer
- 1977 – Karthik Sivakumar, Indian actor
- 1977 – Alberto Del Rio, Mexican wrestler
- 1978 – Brian Urlacher, American football player
- 1979 – Carlos Bocanegra, American soccer player
- 1979 – Sayed Moawad, Egyptian footballer
- 1979 – Caroline Ouellette, French-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 – Sam Sodje, Nigerian footballer
- 1979 – Jonny Wilkinson, English rugby player
- 1980 – Jae Hee, South Korean actor
- 1980 – Joe King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Fray)
- 1980 – David Navarro, Spanish footballer
- 1981 – Michalis Pelekanos, Greek basketball player
- 1982 – Adam Boyd, English footballer
- 1982 – Daniel Braaten, Norwegian footballer
- 1982 – Ryan Gallant, American skateboarder
- 1982 – Roger Guerreiro, Polish footballer
- 1982 – Jason Kubel, American baseball player
- 1982 – Luke Webster, Australian rules footballer
- 1983 – Kunal Khemu, Indian actor
- 1983 – Tiago Cardoso Fonseca Brazilian footballer
- 1984 – Luke Ball, Australian rules footballer
- 1984 – Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 – A. J. Foyt IV, American race car driver
- 1984 – Kostas Martakis, Greek singer
- 1984 – Shawne Merriman, American football player
- 1984 – Marion Raven, Norwegian singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (M2M)
- 1984 – Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, Icelandic model, actress, lawyer, and anthropologist, Miss World 2005
- 1985 – Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress (2B)
- 1985 – Joe Anoa'i, American football player and wrestler
- 1985 – Demba Ba, Senegalese footballer
- 1986 – Lauren Crace, English actress
- 1986 – Edewin Fanini, Brazilian footballer
- 1986 – Yoan Gouffran, French footballer
- 1986 – Neon Hitch, English singer
- 1986 – Geraint Thomas, Welsh cyclist
- 1986 – Juri Ueno, Japanese actress
- 1987 – Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer
- 1987 – Yves De Winter, Belgian footballer
- 1988 – Elle Fowler, American beauty guru
- 1988 – Cameron van der Burgh, South African swimmer
- 1990 – Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1991 – Jillian Wheeler, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1994 – Aly Raisman, American gymnast
- 1995 – Gabby Soleil, American actress
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- 615 – Pope Boniface IV (b. 550)
- 709 – Aldhelm, English-Latin poet and scholar, Bishop of Salisbury (b. 639)
- 967 – Emperor Murakami of Japan (b. 926)
- 992 – Mieszko I of Poland (b. 935)
- 1085 – Pope Gregory VII (b. 1020)
- 1261 – Pope Alexander IV (b. 1185)
- 1452 – John Stafford, English statesman, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1555 – Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (b. 1508)
- 1555 – Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503)
- 1595 – Valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567)
- 1632 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
- 1667 – Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620)
- 1681 – Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600)
- 1693 – Madame de La Fayette, French writer (b. 1634)
- 1741 – Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660)
- 1786 – Peter III of Portugal (b. 1717)
- 1789 – Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751)
- 1797 – John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal (b. 1719)
- 1805 – William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743)
- 1848 – Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797)
- 1849 – Benjamin d'Urban, English general (b. 1777)
- 1899 – Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
- 1912 – Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860)
- 1917 – Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (b. 1891)
- 1919 – Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
- 1919 – Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1867)
- 1924 – Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (b. 1889)
- 1926 – Symon Petliura, Ukrainian politician and statesman (b. 1879)
- 1927 – Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876)
- 1930 – Randall Davidson, Scottish bishop, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848)
- 1934 – Gustav Holst, English composer (b. 1874)
- 1939 – Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868)
- 1940 – Joe De Grasse, American director (b. 1873)
- 1942 – Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-American cellist (b. 1902)
- 1943 – Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (b. 1888)
- 1946 – Marcel Petiot, French doctor and serial killer (b. 1897)
- 1951 – Paula von Preradović, Croatian writer (b. 1887)
- 1954 – Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (b. 1913)
- 1957 – Leo Goodwin, American freestyle swimmer, diver and water polo player (b. 1883)
- 1965 – Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1908)
- 1968 – Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)
- 1970 – Tom Patey, Scottish mountaineer and writer (b. 1932)
- 1977 – Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904)
- 1979 – Itzhak Bentov, Czech scientist (b. 1923)
- 1979 – John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949)
- 1981 – Fredric Warburg, English publisher and author (b. 1898)
- 1983 – Idris of Libya (b. 1889)
- 1983 – Jean Rougeau, French-Canadian wrestler (b. 1925)
- 1983 – Black Jack Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1917)
- 1986 – Chester Bowles, American politician (b. 1901)
- 1988 – Ernst Ruska, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
- 1990 – Vic Tayback, American actor (b.1930)
- 1994 – Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (Last Exit) (b. 1940)
- 1995 – Dany Robin, French actress (b. 1927)
- 1996 – Renzo De Felice, Italian historian (b. 1929)
- 1996 – Bradley Nowell, American singer-songwriter and musician (Sublime) (b. 1968)
- 2000 – Nicholas Clay, English actor (b. 1946)
- 2002 – Pat Coombs, English actress (b. 1926)
- 2003 – Jeremy Michael Ward, American singer and guitarist (The Mars Volta and De Facto) (b. 1976)
- 2003 – Sloan Wilson, American writer (b. 1920)
- 2004 – Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American publisher, co-founder of Farrar, Straus and Giroux publishing company (b. 1917)
- 2005 – Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (b. 1929)
- 2005 – Robert Jankel, English automotive designer, founder of Panther Westwinds (b. 1938)
- 2005 – Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (b. 1965)
- 2005 – Graham Kennedy, Australian actor and writer (b. 1934)
- 2006 – Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1941)
- 2007 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian, director, and educator (b. 1931)
- 2007 – Laurie Bartram, American actress and ballet dancer (b. 1958)
- 2008 – J. R. Simplot, American potato farmer (b. 1909)
- 2008 – Camu Tao, American rapper and producer (The Weathermen) (b. 1977)
- 2009 – Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician (b. 1905)
- 2010 – Alexander Belostenny, Ukrainian basketball player (b. 1959)
- 2010 – Michael H. Jordan, American businessman (b. 1936)
- 2010 – Alan Hickinbotham, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
- 2010 – Silvius Magnago, Italian politician (b. 1914)
- 2010 – Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African opera singer (b. 1975)
- 2010 – Gabriel Vargas, Mexican cartoonist (b. 1915)
- 2011 – Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer (b. 1944)
- 2012 – Dilip, Indian actor (b. 1955)
- 2012 – Keith Gardner, Jamaican athlete (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (b. 1919)
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