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September 3 in recent years

September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 119 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1914 – William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
  • 1914 – French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
  • 1914 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
  • 1916 – World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
  • 1925USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.
  • 1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
  • 1935 – Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph.
  • 1939World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allied nations. The Viceroy of India also declares war, but without consulting the provincial legislatures.
  • 1939 – World War II: The United Kingdom and France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic.
  • 1941The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
  • 1942 – World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
  • 1943 – World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the Armistice of Cassibile, although it is not announced for another five days.
  • 1944 – Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
  • 1945 – A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
  • 1950"Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
  • 1954 – The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
  • 1967 – Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
  • 1971Qatar becomes an independent state.
  • 1976Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
  • 1978 – During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia Flight 825) with a Soviet-made SAM Strela-2; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site.
  • 1981 – The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.
  • 1987 – In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
  • 1989 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046 crashes into a residential area of Havana shortly after takeoff from José Martí International Airport, killing 150.
  • 1989 – Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest near São José do Xingu in Brazil, killing 12.
  • 1997Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
  • 2001 – In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.
  • 2004 – Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
  • 2010 – After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on board.
  • 2016 – The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement.
  • 2017North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901 – Eduard van Beinum, Dutch violinist, pianist, and conductor (d. 1959)
  • 1905Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
  • 1905 – John Mills, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1972)
  • 1907Loren Eiseley, American anthropologist, philosopher, and author (d. 1977)
  • 1908 – Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1988)
  • 1910Kitty Carlisle, American actress, singer, socialite, and game show panelist (d. 2007)
  • 1910 – Franz Jáchym, Austrian Roman Catholic archbishop (d.1984)
  • 1910 – Maurice Papon, French civil servant (d. 2007)
  • 1911 – Bernard Mammes, American cyclist and sergeant (d. 2000)
  • 1913 – Alan Ladd, American actor and producer (d. 1964)
  • 1914Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician, 17th Governor of Washington (d. 1994)
  • 1915Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer (d. 2014)
  • 1915 – Memphis Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1988)
  • 1916 – Eddie Stanky, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1999)
  • 1918 – Helen Wagner, American actress (d. 2010)
  • 1919 – Phil Stern, American soldier and photographer (d. 2014)
  • 1920 – Tereska Torrès, French soldier and author (d. 2012)
  • 1921 – John Aston Sr., English footballer (d. 2003)
  • 1921 – Thurston Dart, English pianist, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1971)
  • 1921 – Marguerite Higgins, American journalist and author (d. 1966)
  • 1923 – Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell (d. 2010)
  • 1923 – Alice Gibson, Belizean chief librarian and educator (d. 2021)
  • 1923 – Fred Hawkins, American golfer (d. 2014)
  • 1923 – Mort Walker, American cartoonist (d. 2018)
  • 1924Mary Grace Canfield, American actress (d. 2014)
  • 1925Anne Jackson, American actress (d. 2016)
  • 1925 – Bengt Lindström, Swedish painter and sculptor (d. 2008)
  • 1925 – Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
  • 1926Alison Lurie, American author and academic (d. 2020)
  • 1926 – Irene Papas, Greek actress (d. 2022)
  • 1926 – Uttam Kumar, Indian Bengali actor, director, producer, singer, composer and playback singer (d. 1980)
  • 1928Gaston Thorn, Luxembourg lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 2007)
  • 1929 – Whitey Bulger, American organized crime boss (d. 2018)
  • 1929 – Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (d. 2007)
  • 1929 – Steve Rickard, New Zealand-Australian wrestler, trainer, and promoter (d. 2015)
  • 1929 – Armand Vaillancourt, Canadian sculptor and painter
  • 1930 – Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author and poet (d. 2002)
  • 1931 – Albert DeSalvo, American serial killer known as the Boston Strangler (d. 1973)
  • 1931 – Dick Motta, American basketball player and coach
  • 1931 – Guy Spitaels, Belgian academic and politician, 7th Minister-President of Wallonia (d. 2012)
  • 1932Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
  • 1933 – Basil Butcher, Guyanese cricketer (d. 2019)
  • 1933 – Tompall Glaser, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
  • 1934Freddie King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
  • 1935 – Helmut Clasen, German-Canadian motorcycle racer
  • 1936Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (d. 2019)
  • 1936 – Pilar Pallete, Peruvian-American actress
  • 1938 – Liliane Ackermann, French microbiologist, community leader, writer, and lecturer (d. 2007)
  • 1938 – Sarah Bradford, English historian and author
  • 1938 – Caryl Churchill, English-Canadian playwright
  • 1938 – Richard MacCormac, English architect, founded MJP Architects (d. 2014)
  • 1938 – Ryōji Noyori, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1940 – Frank Duffy, English architect
  • 1940 – Pauline Collins, English actress
  • 1940 – Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author (d. 2015)
  • 1940 – Brian Lochore, New Zealand rugby player and coach (d. 2019)
  • 1941 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author (d. 1990)
  • 1942Al Jardine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1943Valerie Perrine, American model and actress
  • 1944 – Geoff Arnold, English cricketer and coach
  • 1944 – Ray Groom, Australian footballer, lawyer, and politician, 39th Premier of Tasmania
  • 1945 – George Biondo, American bass player and songwriter
  • 1945 – Peter Goddard, English physicist and mathematician
  • 1945 – Martha Saxton, American Historian (d. 2023)
  • 1947Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian minister and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Norway
  • 1947 – Michael Connarty, Scottish educator and politician
  • 1947 – Mario Draghi, Italian banker and economist
  • 1947 – Gérard Houllier, French footballer and coach (d. 2020)
  • 1947 – Susan Milan, English flute player and composer
  • 1948Don Brewer, American drummer and singer-songwriter
  • 1948 – Lyudmila Karachkina, Ukrainian astronomer
  • 1948 – Fotis Kouvelis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
  • 1948 – Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (d. 2008)
  • 1949José Pékerman, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
  • 1949 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (d. 2004)
  • 1950Doug Pinnick, American rock singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1951 – Denys Hobson, South African cricketer
  • 1952 – Shakti Kapoor, Indian Actor
  • 1953Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1953 – George Peponis, Greek-Australian rugby league player and physician
  • 1954 – Jaak Uudmäe, Estonian triple jumper and coach
  • 1955 – Steve Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1956 – Jishu Dasgupta, Indian actor and director (d. 2012)
  • 1956 – Pat McGeown, Irish republican activist (d. 1996)
  • 1956 – Stephen Woolley, English director and producer
  • 1957 – Garth Ancier, American businessman
  • 1957 – Earl Cureton, American basketball player and coach
  • 1957 – Steve Schirripa, American actor and producer
  • 1957 – Sadhguru, Indian yogi, mystic
  • 1957 – Ivan Šramko, Governor of the National Bank of Slovakia
  • 1960 – Nick Gibb, English accountant and politician
  • 1961Andy Griffiths, Australian author
  • 1962 – David De Roure, English computer scientist and academic
  • 1963 – Sam Adams, American politician, 51st Mayor of Portland
  • 1963 – Mubarak Ghanim, Emirati footballer
  • 1963 – Malcolm Gladwell, Canadian journalist, essayist, and critic
  • 1964 – Adam Curry, American-Dutch businessman and television host, co-founded mevio
  • 1964 – Spike Feresten, American screenwriter and producer
  • 1964 – Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer-songwriter, guitarist and naat khawan (d. 2016)
  • 1964 – Holt McCallany, American actor
  • 1965 – Rachel Johnson, British journalist
  • 1965 – Vaden Todd Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1965 – Costas Mandylor, Australian actor
  • 1965 – Charlie Sheen, American actor and producer
  • 1966 – Steven Johnson Leyba, American painter and author
  • 1966 – Vladimir Ryzhkov, Russian historian and politician
  • 1967 – Chris Gatling, American basketball player
  • 1967 – Luis Gonzalez, American baseball player
  • 1968Grace Poe, Filipino educator and politician
  • 1969Noah Baumbach, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1969 – John Fugelsang, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
  • 1969 – Robert Karlsson, Swedish golfer
  • 1969 – Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (d. 2004)
  • 1969 – Matthew Offord, English journalist and politician
  • 1970 – Jeremy Glick, American businessman (d. 2001)
  • 1970 – George Lynch, American basketball player and coach
  • 1970 – Gareth Southgate, English footballer and manager
  • 1971Kiran Desai, Indian-American author
  • 1971 – Glen Housman, Australian swimmer
  • 1971 – Chabeli Iglesias, Portuguese-Spanish journalist
  • 1971 – Paolo Montero, Uruguayan footballer and manager
  • 1972 – Christine Boudrias, Canadian speed skater
  • 1972 – Bob Evans, American wrestler and trainer
  • 1972 – Robbie O'Davis, Australian rugby league player
  • 1972 – Martin Straka, Czech ice hockey player
  • 1973 – Jennifer Paige, American singer
  • 1973 – Damon Stoudamire, American basketball player and coach
  • 1974 – Martin Gerber, Swiss ice hockey player
  • 1974 – Clare Kramer, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1974 – Rahul Sanghvi, Indian cricketer
  • 1975 – Daniel Chan, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1975 – Cristobal Huet, French ice hockey player
  • 1975 – Redfoo, American singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer
  • 1976 – Valery V. Afanasyev, Russian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1976 – Ashley Jones, American actress
  • 1976 – Jevon Kearse, American football player
  • 1976 – Raheem Morris, American football player and coach
  • 1977Casey Hampton, American football player
  • 1977 – Rui Marques, Angolan footballer
  • 1977 – Olof Mellberg, Swedish footballer
  • 1977 – Nate Robertson, American baseball player
  • 1978 – Terje Bakken, Norwegian singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
  • 1978 – John Curtis, English footballer
  • 1978 – Nichole Hiltz, American actress
  • 1978 – Michal Rozsíval, Czech ice hockey player
  • 1978 – Nick Wechsler, American actor
  • 1979Júlio César, Brazilian footballer
  • 1979 – Tomo Miličević, Bosnian-American guitarist
  • 1980 – B.G., American rapper and actor
  • 1980 – Daniel Bilos, Argentinian footballer
  • 1980 – Cindy Burger, Dutch footballer
  • 1980 – Jason McCaslin, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
  • 1981 – Fearne Cotton, English television and radio presenter
  • 1982Sarah Burke, Canadian skier (d. 2012)
  • 1982 – Andrew McMahon, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
  • 1982 – Kaori Natori, Japanese singer
  • 1982 – Tiago Rannow, Brazilian footballer
  • 1982 – Chris Wilcox, American basketball player
  • 1983Augusto Farfus, Brazilian race car driver
  • 1983 – Nicky Hunt, English footballer
  • 1983 – Marcus McCauley, American football player
  • 1983 – Valdas Vasylius, Lithuanian basketball player
  • 1984 – Mason Crosby, American football player
  • 1984 – Garrett Hedlund, American actor
  • 1984 – T. J. Perkins, Filipino-American wrestler
  • 1985Scott Carson, English footballer
  • 1985 – Kelvin Wilson, English footballer
  • 1986Shaun White, American snowboarder, skateboarder, and guitarist
  • 1986 – OMI, Jamaican singer
  • 1987 – Allie, Canadian wrestler
  • 1987 – Modibo Maïga, Malian footballer
  • 1987 – Dawid Malan, English cricketer
  • 1987 – James Neal, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1988Jérôme Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer
  • 1988 – Hana Makhmalbaf, Iranian director and producer
  • 1990 – Mohammad Shami, Indian Cricketer
  • 1992August Alsina, American singer-songwriter
  • 1992 – Sakshi Malik, Indian wrestler
  • 1993 – Lee So-jung, South Korean singer
  • 1993 – Dominic Thiem, Austrian tennis player
  • 1994 – Francis Molo, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1994 – Glen Rea, English-Irish footballer
  • 1995 – Myles Jack, American football player
  • 1995 – Niklas Süle, German footballer
  • 1996 – Joy, South Korean idol and actress
  • 1996 – Adama Barro, Burkinabé footballer
  • 1996 – Abrahm DeVine, American swimmer
  • 1996 – Veronika Domjan, Slovenian athlete
  • 1996 – William Eskelinen, Swedish footballer
  • 1996 – Dwayne Green, Dutch footballer
  • 1996 – D. J. Hogg, American basketball player
  • 1996 – Nanda Kyaw, Burmese footballer
  • 1996 – Florian Maitre, French cyclist
  • 1996 – Callum Moore, Australian footballer
  • 1996 – Neilson Powless, American cyclist
  • 1996 – Osgar O'Hoisin, Irish tennis player
  • 1996 – Zhang Tingting, Chinese handball player
  • 1996 – Brad Walsh, Australian footballer
  • 1996 – Yoane Wissa, French footballer
  • 1997 – Andrew Austin, Irish cricketer
  • 1997 – Sulayman Bojang, Norwegian footballer
  • 1997 – Reniece Boyce, West Indian cricketer
  • 1997 – Carter Kieboom, American baseball player
  • 1997 – Petar Krstić, Macedonian footballer
  • 1997 – Devin Singletary, American football player
  • 1997 – Bernard Tekpetey, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1997 – Christopher Udeh, Nigerian footballer
  • 2000 – Brandon Williams, English footballer
  • 2001Kaia Gerber, American model and actress
  • 2002Iman Vellani, Pakistani-Canadian actress
  • 2003Jack Dylan Grazer, American actor
  • 2010Tanitoluwa Adewumi, Nigerian-American chess player

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

  • 1609 – Jean Richardot, Belgian diplomat (b. 1540)
  • 1634Edward Coke, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1552)
  • 1653 – Claudius Salmasius, French scholar and author (b. 1588)
  • 1658Oliver Cromwell, English general and politician (b. 1599)
  • 1720Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French general and diplomat (b. 1648)
  • 1729 – Jean Hardouin, French historian and scholar (b. 1646)
  • 1766Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author (b. 1686)
  • 1808 – John Montgomery, American merchant and politician (b. 1722)
  • 1857John McLoughlin, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1784)
  • 1866 – Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
  • 1877Adolphe Thiers, French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (b. 1797)
  • 1883Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1818)
  • 1886 – William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)
  • 1893 – James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (b. 1816)

1901–present

  • 1901 – Evelyn Abbott, English classical scholar (b. 1843)
  • 1906 – Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846)
  • 1914Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865)
  • 1929John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
  • 1936 – Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
  • 1941 – Rafailo Momčilović, Serbian Orthodox hegumen and painter (b. 1875)
  • 1942Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
  • 1942 – Séraphine Louis, French painter (b. 1864)
  • 1944 – John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
  • 1948Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
  • 1954 – Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (b. 1887)
  • 1961 – Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
  • 1962E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (b. 1894)
  • 1963Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907)
  • 1967 – Francis Ouimet, American golfer and banker (b. 1893)
  • 1969John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (b. 1871)
  • 1970 – Vasil Gendov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
  • 1970 – Vince Lombardi, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
  • 1970 – Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
  • 1974Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (b. 1901)
  • 1977 – Gianni Vella, Maltese artist (b. 1885)
  • 1980 – Barbara O'Neil, American actress (b. 1910)
  • 1980 – Duncan Renaldo, Romanian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
  • 1981Alec Waugh, English soldier and author (b. 1898)
  • 1985Johnny Marks, American songwriter (b. 1909)
  • 1987Morton Feldman, American composer and educator (b. 1926)
  • 1988 – Ferit Melen, Turkish civil servant and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1906)
  • 1989Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer (b. 1953)
  • 1991Frank Capra, Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1897)
  • 1993 – David Brown, English businessman (b. 1904)
  • 1994 – James Thomas Aubrey, Jr., American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
  • 1994 – Billy Wright, English footballer and manager (b. 1924)
  • 1995Mary Adshead, English painter (b. 1904)
  • 1996Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Australian painter (b. 1910)
  • 1999 – Emma Bailey, American auctioneer and author (b. 1910)
  • 2000 – Edward Anhalt, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
  • 2001Pauline Kael, American film critic and author (b. 1919)
  • 2002 – Kenneth Hare, Canadian climatologist and academic (b. 1919)
  • 2002 – W. Clement Stone, American businessman, philanthropist, and author (b. 1902)
  • 2003 – Alan Dugan, American soldier and poet (b. 1923)
  • 2003 – Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (b. 1914)
  • 2005 – R. S. R. Fitter, English biologist and author (b. 1913)
  • 2005 – William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)
  • 2007 – Carter Albrecht, American keyboard player and guitarist (b. 1973)
  • 2007 – Syd Jackson, New Zealand trade union leader and activist (b. 1939)
  • 2007 – Jane Tomlinson, English runner (b. 1964)
  • 2007 – Steve Fossett, American aviator (b. 1944)
  • 2008 – Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (b. 1917)
  • 2010 – Noah Howard, American saxophonist (b. 1943)
  • 2010 – Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1950)
  • 2012 – Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (b. 1933)
  • 2012 – Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (b. 1957)
  • 2012 – Siegfried Jamrowski, Russian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
  • 2012 – Sun Myung Moon, Korean religious leader and businessman, founded the Unification Church (b. 1920)
  • 2012 – Charlie Rose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1939)
  • 2013 – Ralph M. Holman, American lawyer and judge (b. 1914)
  • 2013 – Pedro Ferriz Santacruz, Mexican-American journalist (b. 1921)
  • 2013 – José Ramón Larraz, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
  • 2013 – Janet Lembke, American author and scholar (b. 1933)
  • 2013 – Don Meineke, American basketball player (b. 1930)
  • 2013 – Lewis Morley, Hong Kong-Australian photographer (b. 1925)
  • 2014Aarno Raninen, Finnish singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)
  • 2014 – A. P. Venkateswaran, Indian soldier and politician, 14th Foreign Secretary of India (b. 1930)
  • 2015Adrian Cadbury, English rower and businessman (b. 1929)
  • 2015 – Judy Carne, English actress and comedian (b. 1939)
  • 2015 – Carter Lay, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1971)
  • 2015 – Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)
  • 2015 – Chandra Bahadur Dangi, world record holder for shortest man (b. 1939)
  • 2017Walter Becker, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1950)
  • 2017 – John Ashbery, American poet (b. 1927)

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