TODAY IN HISTORY
- 356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson.
- 230 – Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope.
- 285 – Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler.
- 365 – A tsunami devastates the city of Alexandria, Egypt. The tsunami was caused by the Crete earthquakeestimated to be 8.0 on the Richter scale. 5,000 people perished in Alexandria, and 45,000 more died outside the city.
- 1242 – Battle of Taillebourg : Louis IX of France puts an end to the revolt of his vassals Henry III of England andHugh X of Lusignan.
- 1403 – Battle of Shrewsbury: King Henry IV of England defeats rebels to the north of the county town ofShropshire, England.
- 1545 – The first landing of French troops on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight.
- 1568 – Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen – Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau.
- 1645 – Qing Dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus.
- 1656 – The Raid on Malaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
- 1718 – The Treaty of Passarowitz between the Ottoman Empire, Austria and the Republic of Venice is signed.
- 1774 – Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
- 1831 – Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians.
- 1861 – American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run – at Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army.
- 1865 – In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
- 1873 – At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
- 1877 – After rioting by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers and the deaths of nine rail workers at the hands of the Maryland militia, workers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania stage a sympathy strike that is met with an assault by the state militia.
- 1902 – Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York
- 1903 – Battle of Ciudad Bolívar, a victory of federal army of Juan Vicente Gómez over forces of general Nicolás Rolando.
- 1904 – Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph (161 km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brille in Ostend, Belgium.
- 1907 – The passenger steamer SS Columbia collides with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, causing theColumbia to sink killing 88 people.
- 1914 – The Crown council of Romania decides for the country to remain neutral in World War I.
- 1918 – U-156 shells Nauset Beach, in Orleans, Massachusetts.
- 1919 – The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, Illinois, killing 12 people.
- 1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
- 1925 – Sir Malcolm Campbell, father of Donald Campbell, becomes the first man to break the 150 mph (241 km/h) land barrier at Pendine Sands in Wales. He drove a Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h).
- 1944 – World War II: Battle of Guam – American troops land on Guam starting the battle. It would end on August 10.
- 1944 – World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and fellow conspirators are executed in Berlin, Germany for the July 20 plot to assassinateAdolf Hitler.
- 1949 – The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
- 1954 – First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
- 1959 – NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
- 1959 – Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
- 1961 – Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission – Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
- 1969 – Space Race: Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon, during the Apollo 11 mission (July 20 in North America).
- 1970 – After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
- 1972 – The Troubles: Bloody Friday – the Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing 9 and injuring 130.
- 1973 – In the Lillehammer affair in Norway, Israeli Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972Munich Olympics Massacre.
- 1976 – Christopher Ewart-Biggs, the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, is assassinated by the Provisional IRA.
- 1977 – The start of the four day long Libyan–Egyptian War.
- 1983 – The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).
- 1995 – Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.
- 2001 – At the conclusion of a fireworks display on Okura Beach in Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan, 11 people are killed and more than 120 are injured when a pedestrian footbridge connecting the beach to JR Asagiri railway station becomes overcrowded and people leaving the event fall down in a domino effect.
- 2005 – Four terrorist bombings, occurring exactly two weeks after the similar July 7 bombings, target London's public transportation system. All four bombs fail to detonate and all four suspected suicide bombers are captured and later convicted and imprisoned for long terms.
- 2007 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the fastest-selling novel ever is published. It sold 15 million copies in the first 24 hours of its release.
- 2011 – NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135.
- 2012 – Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
- 2013 – Philippe of Belgium becomes King of the Belgians
Births
- 1620 – Jean Picard, French astronomer (d. 1682)
- 1664 – Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat (d. 1721)
- 1693 – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1768)
- 1710 – Paul Möhring, German physician, botanist, and zoologist (d. 1792)
- 1762 – Timothy Hinman, American road builder, built the Hinman Settler Road
- 1808 – Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian, academic, and politician (d. 1864)
- 1810 – Henri Victor Regnault, French chemist and physicist (d. 1878)
- 1816 – Paul Reuter, German-English journalist, founded Reuters (d. 1899)
- 1851 – Sam Bass, American criminal (d. 1878)
- 1858 – Maria Christina of Austria (d. 1929)
- 1858 – Lovis Corinth, German painter (d. 1925)
- 1858 – Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator (d. 1941)
- 1863 – Aubrey Smith, English cricketer and actor (d. 1948)
- 1865 – Auguste Cavadini, French target shooter
- 1870 – Emil Orlík, Czech painter (d. 1932)
- 1873 – Charles Schlee, Danish-American cyclist (d. 1947)
- 1875 – Charles Gondouin, French rugby player (d. 1947)
- 1880 – Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak astronomer, general, and politician (d. 1919)
- 1882 – David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator (d. 1967)
- 1884 – Louis Abell, American rower (d. 1962)
- 1885 – Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, screenwriter, and director (d. 1948)
- 1891 – Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower (d. 1969)
- 1893 – Hans Fallada, German author (d. 1947)
- 1898 – Sara Carter, American singer-songwriter (Carter Family) (d. 1979)
- 1899 – Hart Crane, American poet (d. 1932)
- 1899 – Ernest Hemingway, American author and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
- 1903 – Roy Neuberger, American financier, c-founded Neuberger Berman (d. 2010)
- 1908 – Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American golfer (d. 1996)
- 1911 – Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author and theorist (d. 1980)
- 1917 – Alan B. Gold, Canadian jurist (d. 2005)
- 1920 – Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (d. 2005)
- 1920 – Isaac Stern, Polish violinist and conductor (d. 2001)
- 1921 – James Cooke Brown, American sociologist and author (d. 2000)
- 1922 – Kay Starr, American singer
- 1922 – Mollie Sugden, English actress (d. 2009)
- 1923 – Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian-American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1924 – Don Knotts, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1925 – Anne Meacham, American actress (d. 2006)
- 1926 – Paul Burke, American actor (d. 2009)
- 1926 – Norman Jewison, Canadian director, producer, and actor
- 1926 – Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 7th Governor of Balochistan
- 1926 – Karel Reisz, Czech-English director and producer (d. 2002)
- 1926 – Bill Pertwee, English actor (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Queenie Watts, English actress and singer (d. 1980)
- 1928 – Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (d. 1998)
- 1929 – Bob Orton, American wrestler (d. 2006)
- 1930 – Anand Bakshi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2002)
- 1930 – Helen Merrill, American singer
- 1931 – Plas Johnson, American saxophonist (B. Bumble and the Stingers and The Wrecking Crew)
- 1932 – Ernie Warlick, American football player (d. 2012)
- 1933 – John Gardner, American author (d. 1982)
- 1934 – Chandu Borde, Indian cricketer
- 1934 – Jonathan Miller, English director, actor, and author
- 1935 – Norbert Blüm, German businessman and politician
- 1935 – Moe Drabowsky, Polish-American baseball player (d. 2006)
- 1935 – Kaye Stevens, American singer and actress (d. 2011)
- 1938 – Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1995)
- 1938 – Anton Kuerti, Austrian-Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1938 – Janet Reno, American lawyer and politician, 79th United States Attorney General
- 1939 – John Negroponte, American diplomat, 1st Director of National Intelligence
- 1941 – Veljko Rogošić, Croatian swimmer (d. 2012)
- 1942 – Kim Fowley, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1943 – Edward Herrmann, American actor and singer
- 1943 – "Pierre Chauvet", Austrian racing driver (d. 2002)
- 1944 – John Atta Mills, Ghanaian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Ghana (d. 2012)
- 1944 – Paul Wellstone, American academic and politician (d. 2002)
- 1945 – Geoff Dymock, Australian cricketer
- 1945 – John Lowe, English darts player
- 1945 – Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress (d. 2008)
- 1945 – Barry Richards, South African cricketer
- 1946 – Ken Starr, American lawyer and judge, 39th Solicitor General of the United States
- 1946 – Jüri Tarmak, Estonian high jumper
- 1946 – Timothy Harris, American author, screenwriter and producer
- 1947 – Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricketer and politician
- 1947 – Toomas Raudam, Estonian writer
- 1948 – Snooty, American manatee
- 1948 – Beppe Grillo, Italian actor, comedian, and activist
- 1948 – Art Hindle, Canadian actor and director
- 1948 – Ed Hinton, American journalist
- 1948 – Cat Stevens, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1948 – Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist
- 1948 – Teruzane Utada, Japanese songwriter, producer, and manager
- 1949 – Al Hrabosky, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1949 – Hirini Melbourne, New Zealand singer-songwriter and author (d. 2003)
- 1949 – Jon Davison, American film producer
- 1950 – Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian footballer and coach
- 1951 – Robin Williams, American comedian, actor, and singer
- 1952 – John Barrasso, American politician
- 1952 – Susannah Carr, English-Australian journalist
- 1953 – Jeff Fatt, Australian keyboard player and actor (The Wiggles and The Cockroaches)
- 1953 – Brian Talbot, English footballer and manager
- 1954 – Jean Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1955 – Taco, Indonesian-German singer-songwriter and producer
- 1955 – Howie Epstein, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) (d. 2003)
- 1955 – Henry Priestman, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Christians, It's Immaterial, and Yachts)
- 1955 – Béla Tarr, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1956 – Michael Connelly, American author
- 1957 – Jon Lovitz, American comedian and actor
- 1959 – Paul Vautin, Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1960 – Lance Guest, American actor
- 1960 – Veselin Matić, Serbian basketball coach
- 1960 – Fritz Walter, German footballer
- 1961 – Amar Singh Chamkila, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
- 1961 – Jim Martin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Faith No More, EZ-Street, Spastik Children, and Voodoocult)
- 1963 – Greg Behrendt, American comedian, guitarist, and author (The Reigning Monarchs)
- 1963 – Dorce Gamalama, Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1963 – Kevin Poole, English footballer and manager
- 1963 – Giant Silva, Brazilian basketball player, mixed martial artist, and wrestler
- 1964 – Ross Kemp, English actor
- 1964 – Jens Weißflog, German ski jumper
- 1964 – Sharon Twomey, Irish actress
- 1965 – Guðni Bergsson, Icelandic footballer
- 1965 – Mike Bordick, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1965 – Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (d. 1992)
- 1965 – Sidney Cox, American banjoist and singer
- 1966 – Arija Bareikis, American actress
- 1966 – Sarah Waters, Welsh author
- 1968 – Johnnie Barnes, American football player
- 1968 – Brandi Chastain, American soccer player and sportscaster
- 1968 – Lyle Odelein, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968 – Aditya Shrivastava, Indian actor
- 1969 – Godfrey, American comedian and actor
- 1969 – Klaus Graf, German race car driver
- 1969 – Emerson Hart, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Tonic)
- 1970 – Shawn Stasiak, American wrestler and chiropractor
- 1971 – Emmanuel Bangué, French long jumper
- 1971 – Charlotte Gainsbourg, English-French actress and singer
- 1971 – Nuno Markl, Portuguese comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1972 – Korey Cooper, American musician and singer (Skillet)
- 1972 – Shinjiro Otani, Japanese wrestler
- 1973 – Ali Landry, American model and actress, Miss USA 1996
- 1973 – Elena Leonova, Russian figure skater
- 1973 – Caroline Néron, Canadian singer, actress and fashion designer
- 1974 – Bharath, Indian actor
- 1974 – Steve Byrne, American comedian and actor
- 1974 – Geoff Jenkins, American baseball player
- 1974 – René Reinumägi, Estonian actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1975 – Christopher Barzak, American author
- 1975 – Chris Bisson, English actor
- 1975 – Cara Dillon, Irish singer-songwriter
- 1975 – Ravindra Pushpakumara, Italian cricketer
- 1975 – Mike Sellers, American football player
- 1977 – Paul Casey, English golfer
- 1977 – Jaime Murray, English actress
- 1978 – Justin Bartha, American actor
- 1978 – Anderson da Silva Gibin, Brazilian footballer
- 1978 – Josh Hartnett, American actor and producer
- 1978 – Kyoko Iwasaki, Japanese swimmer
- 1978 – Damian Marley, Jamaican singer (SuperHeavy)
- 1978 – Gary Teale, Scottish footballer
- 1979 – David Carr, American football player
- 1979 – Tamika Catchings, American basketball player
- 1979 – Luis Ernesto Michel, Mexican footballer
- 1979 – Andriy Voronin, Ukrainian footballer
- 1979 – Paul Weel, Australian race car driver
- 1980 – Really Doe, American rapper
- 1980 – Sprague Grayden, American actress
- 1980 – Justin Griffith, American football player
- 1980 – Tailor James, Canadian model
- 1980 – Sandra Laoura, French skier
- 1980 – Chris Leben, American mixed martial artist
- 1980 – CC Sabathia, American baseball player
- 1981 – Anabelle Langlois, Canadian figure skater
- 1981 – Blake Lewis, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1981 – Yushin Okami, Japanese mixed martial artist
- 1981 – Claudette Ortiz, American singer and model (City High)
- 1981 – Romeo Santos, American singer
- 1981 – Joaquín Sánchez, Spanish footballer
- 1981 – Stefan Schumacher, German cyclist
- 1981 – Chrishell Stause, American actress
- 1982 – Jason Cram, Australian swimmer
- 1982 – Mao Kobayashi, Japanese actress and journalist
- 1983 – Vinessa Antoine, Canadian actress
- 1983 – Olamide Faison, American actor
- 1983 – Amy Mizzi, American actress
- 1983 – Eivør Pálsdóttir, Faroese singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1983 – Kellen Winslow II, American football player
- 1984 – Jurrick Juliana, Dutch footballer
- 1984 – Liam Ridgewell, English footballer
- 1985 – Paloma Faith, English singer-songwriter and actress
- 1985 – Mati Lember, Estonian footballer
- 1985 – Vanessa Lengies, Canadian actress, singer, and dancer
- 1985 – Jéssica Sodré, Brazilian actress
- 1985 – Von Wafer, American basketball player
- 1986 – Anthony Annan, Ghanaian footballer
- 1986 – Livia Brito, Cuban—Mexican actress
- 1986 – Rebecca Ferguson, English singer-songwriter
- 1987 – Peter Doocy, American journalist
- 1987 – Jesús Zavala, Mexican footballer
- 1987 – Bilel Mohsni, French footballer
- 1988 – DeAndre Jordan, American basketball player
- 1988 – Chris Mitchell, Scottish footballer
- 1989 – Rory Culkin, American actor
- 1989 – Marco Fabián, Mexican footballer
- 1989 – Chris Gunter, Welsh footballer
- 1989 – Chelsie Hightower, American dancer and choreographer
- 1989 – Kirill Nesterov, Russian footballer
- 1989 – Juno Temple, English actress
- 1989 – Jamie Waylett, English actor
- 1990 – Chris Martin, English footballer
- 1990 – Whitney Toyloy, Swiss model, Miss Switzerland 2008
- 1992 – Jessica Barden, English actress
- 1992 – Rachael Flatt, American figure skater
- 1993 – Aaron Durley, American baseball player
Deaths
- 1403 – Henry Percy, English soldier (b. 1364)
- 1425 – Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1350)
- 1688 – James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English soldier and politician (b. 1610)
- 1793 – Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, French navy officer, politician, and explorer (b. 1739)
- 1796 – Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1759)
- 1798 – François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)
- 1868 – William Bland, Australian politician (b. 1789)
- 1878 – Sam Bass, American criminal (b. 1851)
- 1880 – Hiram Walden, American politician (b. 1800)
- 1889 – Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
- 1899 – Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier and politician (b. 1833)
- 1932 – Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
- 1934 – Hubert Lyautey, French general (b. 1854)
- 1938 – Owen Wister, American author (b. 1860)
- 1941 – Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
- 1943 – Charley Paddock, American runner (b. 1900)
- 1944 – Claus von Stauffenberg, German military officer, head of the 20 July plot (b. 1907)
- 1946 – Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
- 1948 – Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter (b. 1904)
- 1967 – Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
- 1967 – Albert Lutuli, South African educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
- 1967 – Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor (b. 1892)
- 1968 – Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)
- 1970 – Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
- 1970 – Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945)
- 1972 – Ralph Craig, American sprinter (b. 1889)
- 1972 – Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1928)
- 1977 – Lee Miller, American photographer (b. 1907)
- 1982 – Dave Garroway, American journalist (b. 1913)
- 1986 – Ernest Maas, American screenwriter (b. 1892)
- 1991 – Paul Warwick, English race car driver (b. 1969)
- 1994 – Marijac, French author and illustrator (b. 1908)
- 1997 – Olaf Kopvillem, Estonian-Canadian humorist and songwriter (b. 1926)
- 1998 – Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
- 1998 – Robert Young, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
- 2000 – Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (b. 1948)
- 2001 – Steve Barton, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1954)
- 2001 – Sivaji Ganesan, Indian actor and politician (b. 1927)
- 2002 – Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (b. 1908)
- 2003 – John Davies, New Zealand runner (b. 1938)
- 2003 – Matt Jefferies, American set designer (b. 1921)
- 2004 – Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (b. 1929)
- 2004 – Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
- 2005 – Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer and actor (The Steampacket and Bluesology) (b. 1941)
- 2005 – Alfred Hayes, English-American wrestler and manager (b. 1928)
- 2005 – Michael Chapman, English bassoon player (b. 1934)
- 2006 – Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese-American actor (b. 1933)
- 2006 – Herbie Kalin, American singer (Kalin Twins) (b. 1934)
- 2006 – Ta Mok, Cambodian monk (b. 1926)
- 2006 – J. Madison Wright Morris, American actress (b. 1984)
- 2007 – Dubravko Škiljan, Croatian linguist (b. 1949)
- 2008 – Donald Stokes, English industrialist (b. 1914)
- 2009 – Les Lye, Canadian actor (b. 1924)
- 2010 – Luis Corvalán, Chilean politician (b. 1916)
- 2010 – Ralph Houk, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1919)
- 2010 – John E. Irving, Canadian businessman (b. 1932)
- 2012 – Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-American journalist (b. 1941)
- 2012 – Ismail Hutson, Malaysian actor (b. 1938)
- 2012 – Marie Kruckel, American baseball player (b. 1924)
- 2012 – Andrzej Łapicki, Latvian-Polish actor (b. 1924)
- 2012 – Susanne Lothar, German actress (b. 1960)
- 2012 – Ali Podrimja, Albanian poet and author (b. 1942)
- 2012 – James D. Ramage, American admiral (b. 1916)
- 2012 – Angharad Rees, English actress (b. 1949)
- 2012 – Gene Stipe, American politician (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Don Wilson, English cricketer and coach (b. 1937)
- 2013 – Andrea Antonelli, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1988)
- 2013 – Thony Belizaire, Haitian photographer (b. 1955)
- 2013 – Lourembam Brojeshori Devi, Indian martial artist (b. 1981)
- 2013 – Ronnie Cutrone, American painter (b. 1948)
- 2013 – Det de Beus, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1958)
- 2013 – Sonny Gandee, American football player (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom, Colombian-French composer (b. 1971)
- 2013 – Fred Taylor, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Irene Gleeson, Australian Missionary and Humanitarian (b. 1944)
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