What happened on September 7? There are more than 352 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 September 7
September 7 is the 251st day of the year 2024. There are 115 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday. This day falls under the 36th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Houston, Texas 77046 sunrise will occur at 07:01 AM and sunset will occur at 07:37 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Virgo. The modern birthstone for this month is Sapphire while the mystical birthstone is Agate.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 144 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For September 7
- 70A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
- 1191Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf – Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
- 1228Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II landed in Acre, Palestine and started the Sixth Crusade, which resulted in a peaceful restitution of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
- 1652Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
- 1695Henry Every perpetrates one of the most profitable pirate raids in history with the capture of the Grand Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai. In response, Emperor Aurangzeb threatens to end to all English trading in India.
- 1776According to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world’s first submarine attack in the Turtle, attempting to attach a time bomb to the hull of HMS Eagle in New York Harbor (no British records of this attack exist).
- 1812Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Borodino – Napoleon wins a Pyrrhic victory over the Russian army of Alexander I near the village of Borodino.
- 1818Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
- 1822Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal on the shores of the Ipiranga Brook in São Paulo.
- 1864American Civil War: Atlanta, Georgia, is evacuated on orders of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman.
- 1876In Northfield, Minnesota, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang attempt to rob the town’s bank but are driven off by armed citizens.
- 1893The Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club, to become one of the oldest Italian football clubs, is established by British expats.
- 1895The first game of what would become known as rugby league football is played, in England, starting the 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season.
- 1901The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
- 1906Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
- 1907Cunard Line’s RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
- 1909Eugene Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first ‘pilot’in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
- 1911French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
- 1916Federal employees win the right to Workers’ compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
- 1920Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en-route to Finland where they would serve with the Suomen Ilmavoimat, killing both crews.
- 1921In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
- 1921Legion of Mary is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
- 1922In Aydin, Turkey, independence of Aydin, from Greek occupation.
- 1927The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
- 1929Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost.
- 1936The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
- 1940Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.
- 1940World War II: The Blitz – Nazi Germany begins to rain bombs on London. This will be the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing.
- 1942Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay.
- 1942First flight of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
- 1942Holocaust: 8,700 Jews of Kolomyia (western Ukraine) sent by German Gestapo to death camp in Belzec.
- 1943A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston, Texas, kills 55 people.
- 1943World War II: The German 17th Army begins its evacuation of the Kuban River bridgehead (Taman Peninsula) in southern Russia and moves across the Strait of Kerch to the Crimea.
- 1945Japanese forces on Wake Island, which they had held since December of 1941, surrender to U.S. Marines.
- 1953Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- 1963The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
- 1965China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
- 1965Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August’s Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
- 1970Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden).
- 1970Fighting between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.
- 1977The 300 metre tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
- 1977The Torrijos-Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
- 1978While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
- 1979The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for USD $1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy.
- 1979The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, better known as ESPN, makes its debut.
- 1986Desmond Tutu becomes the first black man to lead the Anglican Church in South Africa.
- 1986Gen. Augusto Pinochet, president of Chile, escapes attempted assassination.
- 1988Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz TM-5 after 9 days on the Mir space station.
- 1996American Hip-Hop star Tupac Shakur is fatally shot four times on the Las Vegas strip after leaving the Tyson-Seldon boxing match.
- 1999A 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocks Athens, rupturing a previously unknown fault, killing 143, injuring more than 500, and leaving 50,000 people homeless.
- 2004Hurricane Ivan, a Category 5 hurricane hits Grenada, killing 39 and damaging 90% of its buildings.
- 2005Egypt holds its first-ever multi-party presidential election.
- 2008The US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- 2010A Chinese fishing trawler collided with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats in disputed waters near the islands. The collisions occurred around 10am, after the Japanese Coast Guard ordered the trawler to leave the area. After the collisions, Japanese sailors boarded the Chinese vessel and arrested the captain, Zhan Qixiong.
- 2011A plane crash in Russia kills 43 people, including nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
Who Were Born On September 7?
- 786Emperor Saga Japan
- 1438Louis II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1471)
- 1524Thomas Erastus, Swiss theologian (d. 1583)
- 1533Queen Elizabeth I of England (d. 1603)
- 1674Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (d. 1728)
- 1683Mary Anne of Austria (d. 1754)
- 1694Johan Ludvig, Danish policitian (d. 1763)
- 1705Matthäus Günther, German painter (d. 1788)
- 1707Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, biologist and author (d. 1788)
- 1726François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player and composer (d. 1795)
- 1740Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor (d. 1814)
- 1777Heinrich Stölzel, German musician and composer (d. 1844)
- 1801Sarel Cilliers, Voortrekker leader and preacher (d.1871)
- 1810Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist (d. 1858)
- 1815John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer (d. 1866)
- 1817Queen Louise of Hesse-Kassel of Denmark (d. 1898)
- 1818Thomas Talbot, 31st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1886)
- 1819Thomas A. Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States (d. 1885)
- 1829Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German organic chemist (d. 1896)
- 1831Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900)
- 1836August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912)
- 1836Henry Campbell-Bannerman, UK Prime Minister (d. 1908)
- 1842Johannes Zukertort, German chess master (d. 1888)
- 1851Edward Ashael Birge, American pioneer in limnology (d. 1950)
- 1855William Friese-Greene, British photographer (d. 1921)
- 1860Grandma Moses, American painter (d. 1961)
- 1862Sir Edgar Speyer, American-born British financier and philanthropist (d. 1932)
- 1866Tristan Bernard, French playwright and novelist (d. 1947)
- 1867Albert Bassermann, German actor (d. 1952)
- 1869Ben Viljoen, South African Boer general and circus act (d. 1917)
- 1870Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer and adventurer (d. 1938)
- 1870Thomas Curtis, American athlete (d. 1944)
- 1876C.J. Dennis, Australian poet and writer (d. 1938)
- 1877Mike O'Neill, Irish baseball player (d. 1959)
- 1885Elinor Wylie, American poet and novelist (d. 1928)
- 1887Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic (d. 1964)
- 1892Eric Harrison, Australian politician (d. 1974)
- 1892Oscar O'Brien, Canadian folklorist and Roman Catholic priest (d. 1958)
- 1893Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, British politician (d. 1957)
- 1894George Waggner, American producer (d. 1984)
- 1894Vic Richardson, Australian cricketer (d. 1969)
- 1900Giuseppe Zangara, Italian would-be assassin of Franklin D. Roosevelt (d. 1933)
- 1900Taylor Caldwell, British-American novelist (d. 1985)
- 1903Margaret Landon, American writer (d. 1993)
- 1908Max Kaminsky (musician), jazz trumpeter and band leader (d. 1994)
- 1908Michael DeBakey, American cardiac surgeon (d. 2008)
- 1908Paul Brown, American football coach and executive (d. 1991)
- 1909Elia Kazan, Greek-born American film and theater director (d. 2003)
- 1911Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist figure (d. 1998)
- 1912David Packard, American electrical engineer and businessman (d. 1996)
- 1913Anthony Quayle, British actor and director (d. 1989)
- 1913Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, British soldier, royal courtier (d. 1999)
- 1914Graeme Bell, Australian jazz pianist and composer
- 1914James Van Allen, American space scientist (d. 2006)
- 1917Ewen Solon, New Zealand actor (d.1985)
- 1917Jacob Lawrence, American painter (d. 2000)
- 1917John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1917Leonard Cheshire VC, decorated British air ace and humanitarian (d. 1992)
- 1919Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (d. 2004)
- 1920Al Caiola, American guitarist
- 1920Harri Webb, Welsh Poet (d. 1994)
- 1921Arthur Ferrante, American pianist (d. 2009)
- 1921Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish President of FC Barcelona (1978 – 2000)
- 1922Lucien Jarraud, Canadian radio host (d. 2007)
- 1923Nancy Keesing, Australian writer (d. 1993)
- 1923Peter Lawford, British-born American actor (d. 1984)
- 1924Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer
- 1924Daniel Inouye, Medal of Honor recipient, American politician, senior senator of Hawaii
- 1924Leonard Rosenman, American film and television composer (d. 2008)
- 1925Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician
- 1925Laura Ashley, British designer (d. 1985)
- 1926Don Messick, American voice actor (d. 1997)
- 1926Erich Juskowiak, German footballer (d. 1983)
- 1927Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, French Canadian jurist
- 1927Eric Hill, British children’s author
- 1928Kathleen Gorham, Australian ballerina (d. 1983)
- 1930King Baudouin I of Belgium (d. 1993)
- 1930Sonny Rollins, American jazz saxophonist
- 1931Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer (d. 2009)
- 1932John Paul Getty, Jr., American-British philanthropist, book collecter (d. 2003)
- 1932Malcolm Bradbury, British writer and academic (d. 2000)
- 1934Little Milton, American musician (d. 2005)
- 1934Mary Bauermeister, German artist
- 1934Meir Brandsdorfer, Belgian-born Israeli religious figure (d. 2009)
- 1934Omar Karami, Lebanese statesman
- 1934Waldo de los Ríos, Argentinian composer, arranger (d. 1977)
- 1935Denis Vaugeois, Canadian author, historian and politician
- 1935Ronnie Dove, American singer
- 1936Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek politician
- 1936Buddy Holly, American singer (The Crickets) (d. 1959)
- 1937Cüneyt Arkın, Turkish film actor
- 1937John Phillip Law, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1937Oleg Lobov, Prime Minister of Russia
- 1937Olly Wilson, American composer, pianist, double bassist, and musicologist
- 1939Latimore (musician), American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist
- 1940Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian politician (d. 2009)
- 1940Dario Argento, Italian film director
- 1942Alan Oakes, British Footballer
- 1943Beverley McLachlin, Canadian jurist
- 1943Lena Valaitis, Lithuanian-born German singer
- 1944Bertel Haarder, Danish politician
- 1944Earl “The Goat” Manigault, American basketball player (d. 1998)
- 1944Forrest Blue, American football player (d. 2011)
- 1945Jacques Lemaire, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1946Joe Klein, American journalist, novelist
- 1946Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1948Susan Blakely, American actress
- 1949Barry Siegel, American journalist
- 1949Gloria Gaynor, American disco singer
- 1950Johann Friedrich Hohenberger, German-Australian engineer and conman (d. 1991)
- 1950Julie Kavner, American actress
- 1951Chrissie Hynde, American guitarist and singer (The Pretenders)
- 1951Mark Isham, American composer
- 1951Morris Albert, Brazilian singer
- 1952Ricardo Tormo, Spanish motocyclist (d. 1998)
- 1953Benmont Tench, American keyboardist
- 1953Marc Hunter, New Zealand rock singer (d. 1998)
- 1953Michael Byron (composer), American composer and editor of contemporary music anthologies
- 1954Corbin Bernsen, American actor
- 1954Doug Bradley, English actor
- 1954Michael Emerson, American actor
- 1955Efim Zelmanov, Russian mathematician
- 1955Mira Furlan, Croatian actress
- 1956Byron Stevenson, British footballer (d. 2007)
- 1956Diane Warren, American song writer
- 1956Michael Feinstein, American singer, pianist, musical revivalist
- 1957Jermaine Stewart, American pop singer (Shalamar) (d. 1997)
- 1960Andrew Voss, Australian television personality
- 1960Brad Houser, American bass guitar, baritone saxophone and bass clarinet player
- 1960Phillip Rhee, Korean-American actor and director
- 1961Jean-Yves Thibaudet, French pianist
- 1961LeRoi Moore, American musician (Dave Matthews Band) (d. 2008)
- 1963Brent Liles, American musician (Social Distortion) (d. 2007)
- 1963Eazy-E, American rapper (N.W.A.) (d. 1995)
- 1964Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kickboxer (d. 2000)
- 1965Andreas Thom, German footballer
- 1965Angela Gheorghiu, Romanian opera singer
- 1965Darko Pančev, Macedonian footballer
- 1965Uta Pippig, German athlete
- 1966Chris Acland, English drummer (Lush) (d. 1996)
- 1966Chris Barfoot, English film writer and producer
- 1966Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, German speed skater
- 1966Lutz Heilmann, German politician
- 1966Vladimir Andreyev, Russian race walker
- 1967Toby Jones, British actor
- 1968Marcel Desailly, French footballer
- 1969Angie Everhart, American model and actress
- 1969Darren Bragg, American baseball player
- 1969Diane Farr, American actress (Numb3rs)
- 1969Rudy Galindo, American skater figure
- 1970Gino Odjick, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970Tom Everett Scott, American actor
- 1971Briana Scurry, American soccer player
- 1971Shane Mosley, American boxer
- 1972Jason Isringhausen, American baseball player
- 1972Slug, American rapper (Atmosphere)
- 1973Shannon Elizabeth, American actress
- 1974Antonio McDyess, American basketball player
- 1974Hiroki Takahashi, Japanese voice actor
- 1974Mario Frick, Liechtensteiner footballer
- 1975Harold Wallace, Costa Rican footballer
- 1975Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (d. 2007)
- 1976Oliver Hudson, American actor
- 1977Jon Macken, British Footballer
- 1977Nora Greenwald, American professional wrestler
- 1978Devon Sawa, Canadian actor
- 1978Erwin Koen, Dutch footballer
- 1978Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979Brian Stokes, American baseball player
- 1979Owen Pallett, Canadian musician (Final Fantasy)
- 1979Paul Mara, American ice hockey player
- 1979Pavol Hochschorner, Slovak slalom canoer
- 1980Gabriel Milito, Argentine footballer
- 1980Javad Nekounam, Iranian footballer
- 1980Mark Prior, American baseball player
- 1980Sara Carrigan, Australian cyclist
- 1981Gökhan Zan, Turkish footballer
- 1981Paul McCoy, American musician (12 Stones)
- 1982Andre Dirrell, American boxer
- 1982Ryoko Shiraishi, Japanese seiyu
- 1983Annette Dytrt, German skater figure
- 1983Mehmet Topuz, Turkisher footballer
- 1983Philip Deignan, Irish cyclist
- 1983Piri Weepu, New Zealand rugby player
- 1983Pops Mensah-Bonsu, British basketball player
- 1984Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1984Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
- 1985Adam Eckersley, English footballer
- 1985Rafinha, Brazilian footballer
- 1986Colin Delaney, American professional wrestler
- 1987Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player
- 1987Danny North, English Footballer
- 1987Evan Rachel Wood, American actress
- 1988Kevin Love, American basketball player
- 1990Alex Harvey, Canadian cross country skier
- 1990Tanja Kolbe, German ice dancer
- 1991Amar Garibović, Serbian cross country skier (d. 2010)
- 1991Montana Fishburne, American pornographic actress
- 1993Taylor Gray, American actor
Who Died On September 7?
- 251Sima Yi, Chinese strategist, general, and politician
- 355Claudius Silvanus, Roman usurper
- 1151Geoffrey of Anjou (b. 1113)
- 1312King Ferdinand IV of Castile (b. 1285)
- 1464Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1412)
- 1496King Ferdinand II of Naples (b. 1469)
- 1552Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh Guru (b. 1504)
- 1559Robert Estienne, French printer (b. 1503)
- 1632Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia (b. 1572)
- 1644Guido Bentivoglio, Italian statesman (b. 1579)
- 1654Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
- 1655François Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist (b. 1601)
- 1657Arvid Wittenberg, Swedish count, field marshal and privy councilor (b. 1606)
- 1708Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706)
- 1719John Harris, English writer
- 1729William Burnet, British-born American statesman (b. 1688)
- 1741Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral.
- 1799Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (b. 1717)
- 1809Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (b. 1737)
- 1833Hannah More, English religious writer and philanthropist (b. 1745)
- 1840Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (b. 1765)
- 1871Kimenzan Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Yokozuna (b. c. 1826)
- 1881Sidney Lanier, American writer (b. 1842)
- 1891Lorenzo Sawyer, 9th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California (b. 1820)
- 1892John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet (b. 1807)
- 1893Hamilton Fish, US Secretary of State (b. 1808)
- 1910William Holman Hunt, British painter (b. 1827)
- 1920Simon-Napoléon Parent, politician, premier of the province of Quebec (b. 1855)
- 1921Alfred William Rich, watercolor painter (b. 1856)
- 1929Frederic Weatherly, English song lyricist (Danny Boy, The Holy City) (b. 1848)
- 1933Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, British statesman (b. 1862)
- 1939Kyōka Izumi, Japanese novelist (b. 1873)
- 1943J. P. Morgan, Jr., American financier (b. 1867)
- 1949José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (b. 1883)
- 1951Maria Montez, Dominican actress (b. 1912)
- 1954Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885)
- 1956C. B. Fry, English cricketer, politician, diplomat, academic, teacher, writer, editor and publisher (b. 1872)
- 1959Maurice Duplessis, Québec Prime Minister (b. 1890)
- 1962Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (b. 1892)
- 1962Graham Walker, British motorcycle racer (b. 1897)
- 1962Karen Blixen, Danish author (b. 1885)
- 1965Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (b. 1900)
- 1969Everett Dirksen, American politician (b. 1896)
- 1971Ludwig Suthaus, German opera Heldentenor (b. 1906)
- 1971Spring Byington, American actress (b. 1886)
- 1978Cecil Aronowitz, British violist (b. 1916)
- 1978Charles Williams, British composer (b. 1893)
- 1978Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (b. 1946)
- 1982Ken Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1931)
- 1984Don Tallon, Australian cricketer (b. 1916)
- 1984Joe Cronin, American baseball manager and executive (b. 1906)
- 1984Josyf Slipyj, Ukrainian Catholic cardinal (b. 1892)
- 1986Les Bury, Australian politician (b. 1913)
- 1989Mikhail Goldstein, Soviet violinist, composer (b. 1917)
- 1990A. J. P. Taylor, English historian, (b. 1906)
- 1990Earle E. Partridge, United States Air Force general (b. 1900)
- 1991Edwin McMillan, American physicist (b. 1907)
- 1994Dennis Morgan, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1994Eric Crozier, English opera librettist, theatre director (b. 1914)
- 1994Godfrey Quigley, British actor (b. 1923)
- 1994James Clavell, Australian-born American author (b. 1924)
- 1994Terence Young, British film director (b. 1915)
- 1997Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian actress (b. 1951)
- 1997Mobutu Sese Seko, dictator of Zaire (b. 1930)
- 1999Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist (b. 1949)
- 2000Bruce Gyngell, Australian television executive (b. 1929)
- 2001Billie Lou Watt, American actress (b. 1924)
- 2001Igor Buketoff, American conductor (b. 1915)
- 2001Spede Pasanen, Finnish television personality (b. 1930)
- 2002Cyrinda Foxe, American model (b. 1952)
- 2002Erma Franklin, American singer (b. 1938)
- 2002Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (b. 1961)
- 2002Uziel Gal, Israeli firearm designer (b. 1923)
- 2003The Great Antonio, Canadian eccentric (b. 1925)
- 2003Warren Zevon, American musician (b. 1947)
- 2004Bob Boyd, American baseball player (b. 1925)
- 2005Hope Garber, Canadian actress (b. c. 1924)
- 2005Sergio Endrigo, Italian singer (b. 1933)
- 2006Hiroshi Takase, Japanese cinematographer (b. c. 1955)
- 2008Dino Dvornik, Croatian singer (b. 1964)
- 2008Don Haskins, American College Basketball coach (b. 1930)
- 2008Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian actor (b. 1931)
- 2008Nagi Noda, Japanese pop artist and director (b. 1973)
- 2008Peter Glossop, English operatic baritone (b. 1928)
- 2010Amar Garibović, Serbian cross country skier (b. 1991)
- 2010Barbara Holland, American writer (b. 1933)
- 2010Glenn Shadix, American Actor (b. 1952)
- 2010John Kluge, American businessman (b. 1914)
- 2011Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1970)
- 2011Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1959)
- 2011Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Igor Korolev, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1970)
- 2011Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Jan Marek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1979)
- 2011Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1980)
- 2011Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Kārlis Skrastiņš, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- 2011Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Karel Rachůnek, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1979)
- 2011Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Pavol Demitra, Slovokian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- 2011Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Ruslan Salei, Belorussian ice hockey player (b. 1974)
- 2011Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Stefan Liv, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1980)
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