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• 1906–1977Roberto RosselliniItalian film director
• b. 1961Bill de BlasioMayor of New York City from 2014 to 2021Turned 65 this year
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• 1960–2026Franco BaresiItalian footballer
• b. 2005Oliver BearmanBritish racing driverTurned 21 this year
• b. 1964Melissa GilbertAmerican actressTurned 62 this year
• 1916–2016João HavelangeBrazilian businessman, athlete and football administrator
• 1737–1794Edward GibbonBritish essayist, historian and politician
• 1753–1811Miguel Hidalgo y CostillaMexican Catholic preacher
• b. 1945Keith JarrettAmerican pianist and composerTurned 81 this year
• 1935–2020Jack CharltonEnglish footballer and manager
• b. 1978LúcioBrazilian footballerTurned 48 this year
• 1895–1979Fulton J. SheenBeatified American Catholic bishop and televangelist
• 1938–2012Jean GiraudFrench comics author
• 1828–1898Charbel Makhlouf19th-century Lebanese Maronite monk and saint
• b. 1966Cláudio TaffarelBrazilian footballerTurned 60 this year
• 1828–1910Henry DunantSwiss co-founder of the Red Cross
• b. 1977Joe BonamassaAmerican musicianTurned 49 this year
• b. 1944Gary GlitterBritish musician and sex offenderTurned 82 this year
• b. 1963Michel GondryFrench film directorTurned 63 this year
• b. 1972Darren HayesAustralian musician and producerTurned 54 this year
• b. 2003Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of MoroccoCrown Prince of MoroccoTurned 23 this year
• b. 1981Andrea BarzagliItalian footballerTurned 45 this year
• b. 1990Kemba WalkerAmerican basketball playerTurned 36 this year
• 1920–1991Tom of FinlandFinnish artist
• b. 1951Philip BaileyAmerican musicianTurned 75 this year
• 1920–1996Saul BassAmerican graphic designer
• b. 1953Alex Van HalenAmerican drummerTurned 73 this year
• 1929–2007Miyoshi UmekiJapanese-American actress and singer
• b. 1954David KeithAmerican actor and directorTurned 72 this year
• 1824–1860William WalkerAmerican physician, lawyer, journalist, and mercenary
• b. 1990Iyo SkyJapanese professional wrestlerTurned 36 this year
• 1786–1859John VianneyFrench Catholic priest and saint
• b. 1987Mark NobleEnglish footballerTurned 39 this year
• b. 2001Jordyn HuitemaCanadian soccer playerTurned 25 this year
• 1929–2019John C. BogleAmerican investor and business magnate
• 1919–1973Lex BarkerAmerican actor
• 1720–1764William Cavendish, 4th Duke of DevonshirePrime Minister of Great Britain from 1756 to 1757
• 1940–2006Peter BenchleyAmerican author
• 1903–1971FernandelFrench actor
• b. 1982Buakaw BanchamekThai kickboxerTurned 44 this year
• 1856–1952Pedro LascuráinPresident of Mexico for 45 minutes in 1913
• b. 1930Gary SnyderAmerican poetTurned 96 this year
• 1969–2024Akebono TarōAmerican-born Japanese sumo wrestler
• b. 1976Martha WainwrightCanadian musicianTurned 50 this year
• b. 1958Roddy DoyleIrish author and screenwriterTurned 68 this year
• b. 1971Candice NightAmerican singerTurned 55 this year
• 1910–1981Mary Lou WilliamsAmerican jazz pianist and composer
• b. 1985Tommaso CiampaAmerican professional wrestlerTurned 41 this year
• 1913–1976Sid JamesSouth African-British actor
• b. 1943Pat BarkerEnglish writer and novelistTurned 83 this year
• 1925–2024Ali Hassan MwinyiTanzanian statesman
• 1898–1960Aloysius StepinacCroatian Latin Catholic cardinal
• b. 1993Pat CumminsAustralian cricketerTurned 33 this year
• b. 1951Mike D'AntoniAmerican-Italian basketball coach and former playerTurned 75 this year
• 1821–1885William Henry VanderbiltAmerican businessman
• 1521–1597Peter CanisiusDutch Jesuit Catholic priest
• 1895–1972Edmund WilsonAmerican writer and literary critic
• b. 1951Chris FrantzAmerican musician, drummer and record producerTurned 75 this year
• 1893–1967Francis OuimetAmerican amateur golfer