What happened on February 1? There are more than 305 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

Interesting Facts & Myths About February 1

February 1 In HistoryFebruary 1 is the 32nd day of the year 2024. There are 334 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday. This day falls under the 5th week of the year 2024.

On this day in Farwell, Minnesota 56327 sunrise occured at 07:42 AM and sunset occured at 05:29 PM (local time).

The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Aquarius. The modern birthstone for this month is Amethyst while the mystical birthstone is Bloodstone.

According to the Chinese calendar, there are 9 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (February 10, 2024).

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Historical Events For February 1

  • 1327
    Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
  • 1411
    The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn, Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).
  • 1662
    The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
  • 1709
    Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
  • 1713
    The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan’s order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.
  • 1790
    In New York City, the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.
  • 1793
    French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
  • 1796
    The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.
  • 1814
    Mayon Volcano, in the Philippines, erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano.
  • 1835
    Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.
  • 1861
    American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
  • 1865
    President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • 1876
    A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Pennsylvanian Irish anti-owner coal miners, the “Molly Maguires”, to disband.
  • 1884
    The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
  • 1893
    Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
  • 1897
    Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
  • 1908
    King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe are killed in Terreiro do Paco, Lisbon.
  • 1918
    Russia adopts the Gregorian Calendar.
  • 1920
    The Royal Canadian Mounted Police begins operations.
  • 1924
    The United Kingdom recognizes the USSR.
  • 1942
    Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States federal government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
  • 1942
    World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.
  • 1942
    World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
  • 1946
    Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General.
  • 1957
    Felix Wankel’s first working prototype DKM 54 of the Wankel engine runs at the NSU research and development department Versuchsabteilung TX in Germany
  • 1958
    Egypt and Syria merge to form the United Arab Republic, which lasted until 1961.
  • 1960
    Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • 1965
    The Hamilton River in Labrador, Canada is renamed the Churchill River in honour of Winston Churchill.
  • 1968
    Canada’s three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
  • 1968
    The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form the ill-fated Penn Central Transportation.
  • 1968
    Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan is videotaped and photographed by Eddie Adams. This image helped build opposition to the Vietnam War.
  • 1972
    Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
  • 1974
    A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
  • 1974
    Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory.
  • 1978
    Director Roman Polanski skips bail and flees the United States to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl.
  • 1979
    Convicted bank robber Patty Hearst is released from prison after her sentence is commuted by President Jimmy Carter.
  • 1979
    The Ayatollah Khomeini is welcomed back to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
  • 1982
    Senegal and the Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia.
  • 1989
    The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
  • 1991
    A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the death of 34 persons, and the injury of 30 others.
  • 1992
    The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal Disaster case.
  • 1993
    Gary Bettman becomes the NHL’s first commissioner
  • 1996
    The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
  • 1998
    Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne became the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.
  • 2003
    Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
  • 2004
    251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
  • 2004
    Janet Jackson’s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to Federal Communications Commission censorship guidelines.
  • 2005
    King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.
  • 2009
    Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is chosen the first female Prime Minister of Iceland, becoming the first openly gay head of government in the modern world.
  • 2022
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Tiger in Chinese astrology.

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Who Were Born On February 1?

  • 1261
    Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)
  • 1459
    Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)
  • 1462
    Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)
  • 1552
    Edward Coke, English jurist and Member of Parliament (d. 1634)
  • 1635
    Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)
  • 1659
    Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (d. 1729)
  • 1663
    Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, Filipino foundress of the Religious of the Virgin Mary (d. 1748)
  • 1690
    Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian composer (d. 1768)
  • 1710
    Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (d. 1771)
  • 1761
    Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836)
  • 1763
    Thomas Campbell, Irish theologian (d. 1854)
  • 1764
    George Duff, Royal Navy Captain, killed in action at the Battle of Trafalgar (d.1805)
  • 1796
    Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (d. 1865)
  • 1801
    Émile Littré, French lexicographer (d. 1881)
  • 1820
    George Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (d. 1897)
  • 1841
    William Davenport, American magician (d. 1877)
  • 1844
    G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (d. 1924)
  • 1851
    Durham Stevens, American diplomat (d. 1908)
  • 1859
    Victor Herbert, Irish composer (d. 1924)
  • 1872
    Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer (d. 1927)
  • 1872
    Jerome F. Donovan, American politician (d. 1949)
  • 1873
    John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1901)
  • 1873
    Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler (d. 1947)
  • 1874
    Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (d. 1929)
  • 1878
    Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (d. 1944)
  • 1882
    Louis Stephen St. Laurent, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1973)
  • 1884
    Bradbury Robinson, who threw the first forward pass in American football history in 1906 (d. 1949)
  • 1884
    Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer (d. 1937)
  • 1887
    Charles Nordhoff, English-born author (d. 1947)
  • 1894
    James P. Johnson, American composer (d. 1955)
  • 1894
    John Ford, American director and producer (d. 1973)
  • 1895
    Conn Smythe, Canadian builder of the National Hockey League (d. 1980)
  • 1897
    Denise Robins, (aka Francesca Wright, Ashley French, Harriet Gray, Julia Kane) British romance novelist (d. 1985)
  • 1898
    Leila Denmark, American pediatrician and medical researcher who co-developed the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine and supercentenarian.
  • 1901
    Clark Gable, American actor (d. 1960)
  • 1901
    Frank Buckles, last surviving American veteran of World War I (d. 2011)
  • 1902
    Langston Hughes African-American poet and author (d. 1967)
  • 1902
    Therese Brandl, Nazi concentration camp guard (d. 1947)
  • 1904
    S. J. Perelman, American humorist (d. 1979)
  • 1905
    Emilio G. Segrè, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1989)
  • 1906
    Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian Chief Justice (d. 1993)
  • 1906
    Hildegarde, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
  • 1907
    Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (d. 1993)
  • 1907
    Günter Eich, German lyricist (d. 1972)
  • 1908
    George Pal, Hungarian-born director and producer (d. 1980)
  • 1909
    George Beverly Shea, Canadian singer
  • 1910
    Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan politician (d. 2009)
  • 1915
    Stanley Matthews, English footballer (d. 2000)
  • 1917
    Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player (d. 1944)
  • 1918
    Muriel Spark, Scottish author (d. 2006)
  • 1921
    Patricia Robins (alias Claire Lorrimer), British writer
  • 1921
    Peter Sallis, English actor
  • 1921
    Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (d. 2004)
  • 1924
    Ben Weider, Canadian businessman and author (d. 2008)
  • 1924
    Richard Hooker, American writer (d. 1997)
  • 1926
    Shane Devine, United States Federal Judge (d. 1999)
  • 1928
    Stuart Whitman, American actor
  • 1928
    Tom Lantos, American politician (d. 2008)
  • 1930
    Hossain Mohammad Ershad, Bangladeshi politician
  • 1930
    Mario Beaulieu, Canadian politician (d. 1998)
  • 1930
    Shahabuddin Ahmed, former President of Bangladesh
  • 1931
    Boris Yeltsin, 1st President of the Russian Federation (d. 2007)
  • 1931
    Iajuddin Ahmed, former President of Bangladesh
  • 1932
    Jan Ramberg, Swedish law professor, and arbitration court judge
  • 1934
    Bob Shane, American folk singer (The Kingston Trio)
  • 1936
    Azie Taylor Morton, American civil servant, and 35th Treasurer of the United States (d. 2003)
  • 1937
    Don Everly, American musician (Everly Brothers)
  • 1937
    Garrett Morris, American comedian
  • 1937
    Ray Sawyer, American singer (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)
  • 1938
    Niculiţă Secrieriu, Romanian painter (d. 2002)
  • 1938
    Sherman Hemsley, American comedian and actor
  • 1939
    Claude François, French singer (d. 1978)
  • 1939
    Fritjof Capra, Austrian physicist
  • 1939
    Joe Sample, American jazz pianist
  • 1939
    Paul Gillmor, American politician (d. 2007)
  • 1940
    Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (d. 1996)
  • 1940
    Hervé Filion, Canadian harness racer
  • 1941
    Jerry Spinelli, children’s author
  • 1941
    Karl Dall, German television host
  • 1942
    Muna Wassef, Syrian/Arab actress and United Nations Goodwill ambassador.
  • 1942
    Terry Jones, Welsh actor and writer
  • 1944
    Burkhard Ziese, German football manager (d. 2010)
  • 1944
    Dick Snyder, American basketball player
  • 1944
    Mike Enzi, American politician, senior senator from Wyoming
  • 1945
    Serge Joyal, Canadian politician
  • 1946
    Chris Clark, Motown Soul singer
  • 1946
    Elisabeth Sladen, English Actress (d. 2011)
  • 1946
    Gerhard Welz, German footballer
  • 1947
    Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. 1983)
  • 1947
    Mike Brant, Israeli pop singer (d. 1975)
  • 1947
    Normie Rowe, Australian singer
  • 1948
    Rick James, American musician and composer (d. 2004)
  • 1950
    Mike Campbell, American guitarist and producer
  • 1951
    Sonny Landreth, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1952
    Jenő Jandó, Hungarian pianist
  • 1953
    Brendan Batson, English former footballer
  • 1954
    Bill Mumy, American actor and musician
  • 1954
    Chuck Dukowski, American musician (Black Flag)
  • 1955
    Ernie Camacho, baseball player
  • 1956
    Brahmanandam, Indian film actor
  • 1956
    Exene Cervenka, American musician
  • 1956
    Mike Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1957
    Renae Jacobs, American voice actress
  • 1958
    Jackie Shroff, Indian actor
  • 1958
    Luther Blissett, English footballer
  • 1958
    Ryo Horikawa, Japanese voice actor
  • 1961
    Daniel Tani, NASA astronaut
  • 1961
    Volker Fried, German field hockey player
  • 1962
    José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (d. 2004)
  • 1962
    Tomoyasu Hotei, Japanese guitarist
  • 1963
    Takashi Murakami, Japanese artist
  • 1964
    Jani Lane American musician, songwriter (d. 2011)
  • 1964
    Linus Roache, English actor
  • 1964
    Mario Pelchat, Canadian singer
  • 1965
    Brandon Lee, American actor (d. 1993)
  • 1965
    Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
  • 1965
    Sherilyn Fenn, American actress
  • 1966
    Donna Edmondson, Playboy Playmate
  • 1966
    Michelle Akers, American soccer player
  • 1966
    Rob Lee, English footballer
  • 1966
    Vasilis Dimitriadis, Greek footballer
  • 1967
    Meg Cabot, American author
  • 1967
    Patle Shishupal Natthu, Indian politician
  • 1968
    Kent Mercker, American baseball player
  • 1968
    Lisa Marie Presley, American singer and actress
  • 1968
    Mark Recchi, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1968
    Pauly Shore, American comedian
  • 1969
    Brian Krause, American actor
  • 1969
    Gabriel Batistuta, Argentine footballer
  • 1969
    Joshua Redman, American musician
  • 1969
    Patrick Wilson, American musician (Weezer)
  • 1970
    Malik Sealy, American basketball player (d. 2000)
  • 1970
    Yasuyuki Kazama, Japanese racing driver
  • 1971
    Ajay Jadeja, Former Indian cricketer
  • 1971
    Harald Martin Brattbakk, Norwegian footballer
  • 1971
    Hynden Walch, American actress
  • 1971
    Jill Kelly, American porn actress
  • 1971
    Michael C. Hall, American actor
  • 1971
    Ron Welty, American musician
  • 1971
    Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian footballer
  • 1972
    Kami (musician), drummer of Japanese visual kei band Malice Mizer (d. 1999)
  • 1972
    Yoshi DeHerrera, American TV personality
  • 1973
    Andrew DeClercq, American basketball player
  • 1973
    Makiko Ohmoto, Japanese voice actress
  • 1973
    Yuri Landman, Experimental musical instrument builder, musician and comic book artist
  • 1974
    David Meca, Spanish long distance swimmer
  • 1974
    Walter McCarty, American basketball player
  • 1975
    Big Boi, American musician (Outkast)
  • 1975
    Katerina Thanou, Greek sprinter
  • 1976
    Phil Ivey, American poker player
  • 1977
    Kevin Kilbane, Irish footballer
  • 1977
    Robert Traylor, American basketball player (d. 2011)
  • 1978
    Domenick Davies, Welsh-born German rugby player
  • 1978
    Tim Harding, Australian singer (Hi-5)
  • 1979
    Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
  • 1979
    Julie Augustyniak, American soccer player
  • 1979
    Rachelle LeFevre, Canadian actress
  • 1979
    Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer (d. 2006)
  • 1980
    Héctor Luna, Dominican Republic baseball player
  • 1980
    Moisés Muñoz, Mexican footballer
  • 1980
    Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2005)
  • 1981
    Graeme Smith, South African cricketer
  • 1981
    Luis Lamá, Angolan footballer
  • 1981
    Rob Austin, British racing driver
  • 1982
    Gavin Henson, Welsh rugby player
  • 1982
    Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1983
    Andrew VanWyngarden, musician (MGMT)
  • 1983
    Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgian cyclist
  • 1983
    Kevin Martin, American basketball player
  • 1984
    Darren Fletcher, Scottish footballer
  • 1984
    Lee Thompson Young, American actor
  • 1985
    Dean Shiels, Northern Irish footballer
  • 1985
    Jodi Gordon, Australian actress and model
  • 1985
    Rachael Scdoris, American dog musher
  • 1986
    Lauren Conrad, American reality TV personality
  • 1987
    Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer
  • 1987
    Heather Morris, American actress and dancer
  • 1987
    Montario Hardesty, American football player
  • 1987
    Wu Jingyu, Chinese taekwondo practitioner
  • 1988
    Brett Anderson, American baseball player
  • 1988
    Mark Healey, British computer games developer
  • 1990
    Laura Marling, English singer-songwriter
  • 1991
    Luca Caldirola, Italian footballer
  • 1994
    Harry Styles, Member of British/Irish boy band One Direction
  • 1996
    Alex Bausch, Pokemon League Champion and Sole Apocalypse Survivor

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Who Died On February 1?

  • 1248
    Henry II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1207)
  • 1328
    King Charles IV of France (b. 1294)
  • 1542
    Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)
  • 1563
    Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) (b. 1559)
  • 1590
    Lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator
  • 1673
    Elizabeth Fones, English-born colonial American pioneer (b. 1610)
  • 1691
    Pope Alexander VIII (b. 1610)
  • 1718
    Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (b. 1660)
  • 1733
    King Augustus II of Poland (b. 1670)
  • 1734
    John Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649)
  • 1743
    Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (b. 1657)
  • 1761
    Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682)
  • 1768
    Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (b. 1685)
  • 1793
    William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (b. 1717)
  • 1832
    Archibald Murphey, North Carolina politician (b. 1777)
  • 1850
    Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln (b. 1846)
  • 1851
    Mary Shelley, English author (b. 1797)
  • 1893
    George Henry Sanderson, Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
  • 1897
    Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826)
  • 1903
    George Gabriel Stokes, Irish physicist (b. 1819)
  • 1908
    King Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
  • 1922
    William Desmond Taylor, American silent film actor and director; his murder remains unsolved. (b. 1872)
  • 1928
    Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
  • 1936
    Georgios Kondylis, general of the Greek army and Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
  • 1940
    Philip Francis Nowlan, science fiction writer, creator of Buck Rogers character (b. 1888)
  • 1944
    Piet Mondriaan, Dutch painter (b. 1872)
  • 1945
    Prince Kiril of Bulgaria, prince of Bulgaria (b. 1895)
  • 1949
    Herbert Stothart, American composer, song writer (b. 1885)
  • 1957
    Friedrich Paulus, German general (b. 1890)
  • 1958
    Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1888)
  • 1959
    Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (b. 1873)
  • 1963
    Fleetwood Lindley, the last living person to see Abraham Lincoln’s face (b. 1888)
  • 1966
    Buster Keaton, American actor (b. 1895)
  • 1966
    Hedda Hopper, American film actress and gossip columnist (b. 1885)
  • 1968
    Jacob van der Hoeden, Dutch-Israeli veterinary scientist (b. 1891)
  • 1970
    Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1921)
  • 1976
    George Whipple, American scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1878)
  • 1976
    Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1901)
  • 1980
    Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (b. 1930)
  • 1981
    Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1892)
  • 1981
    Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (b. 1908)
  • 1986
    Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, diplomat, and writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1902)
  • 1987
    Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (b. 1900)
  • 1988
    Heather O'Rourke, American actress (b. 1975)
  • 1989
    Elaine de Kooning, American artist (b. 1918)
  • 1991
    Carol Dempster, American actress (b. 1901)
  • 1991
    Phil Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
  • 1995
    Richey James Edwards, lyricist and rhythm guitarist of Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers (presumed dead) (b. 1967)
  • 1997
    Herb Caen, American newspaper columnist (b. 1916)
  • 1999
    Paul Mellon, American philanthropist (b. 1907)
  • 2001
    André D'Allemagne, Quebec teacher, political observer and essayist (b. 1929)
  • 2002
    Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, and writer (b. 1925)
  • 2003
    Crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster): David Brown (b. 1956)
  • 2003
    Crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster): Ilan Ramon (b. 1954)
  • 2003
    Crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster): Kalpana Chawla (b. 1961)
  • 2003
    Crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster): Laurel Clark (b. 1961)
  • 2003
    Crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster): Michael P. Anderson (b. 1959)
  • 2003
    Crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster): Rick D. Husband (b. 1957)
  • 2003
    Crew of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster): Willie McCool (b. 1961)
  • 2003
    Mongo Santamaria, Cuban percussionist and band leader (b. 1922)
  • 2004
    May O'Donnell, American modern dancer and choreographer (b. 1909)
  • 2005
    John Vernon, Canadian actor (b. 1932)
  • 2006
    Bryce Harland, New Zealand diplomat (b. 1931)
  • 2006
    Dick Bass, American football player (b. 1937)
  • 2007
    Ahmad Abu Laban, Danish Muslim leader (b. 1946)
  • 2007
    Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer (b. 1911)
  • 2007
    Ray Berres, American baseball player (b. 1907)
  • 2007
    Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dance choreographer (b. 1937)
  • 2007
    Whitney Balliett, American jazz critic (b. 1926)
  • 2008
    Beto Carrero, Brazilian theme park owner and entertainer (b. 1937)
  • 2010
    Justin Mentell, American artist and actor (b. 1982)

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