November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 59 days remain until the end of the year.
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1901–present
- 1912 – Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.[9]
- 1914 – World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles is subsequently closed.[10]
- 1917 – The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".[11]
- 1917 – The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.[12]
- 1920 – In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.[13]
- 1936 – The BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service begins. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.[14]
- 1940 – World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.[15]
- 1947 – In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built until Scaled Composites rolled out their Stratolaunch in May 2017.[16]
- 1949 – The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.[17]
- 1951 – Canada in the Korean War: A platoon of The Royal Canadian Regiment defends a vital area against a full battalion of Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours the next day.[18]
- 1956 – Hungarian Revolution: Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito.[19]
- 1956 – Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.[20]
- 1959 – Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.[21]
- 1959 – The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.[22]
- 1960 – Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.[23]
- 1963 – South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.[24]
- 1964 – King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal.[25]
- 1965 – Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.[26]
- 1966 – The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.[27]
- 1967 – Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.[28]
- 1982 – Channel 4 starts broadcasting.[29]
- 1983 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.[30]
- 1984 – Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.[31]
- 1986 – Lebanon hostage crisis: U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity.[32]
- 1988 – The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.[33]
- 1988 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703 crashes in Białobrzegi, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland, killing one person and injuring several more.[34]
- 1990 – British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.[35]
- 1997 – Tropical Storm Linda makes landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.[36]
- 1999 – Honolulu shootings: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven.[37]
- 2000 – Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station for the first long-duration stay onboard. From this day to present, a continuous human presence in space on the station remains uninterrupted.[38][39]
- 2008 – Lewis Hamilton secured his maiden Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by one point ahead of Felipe Massa at the Brazilian Grand Prix, after a pass for fifth place against the Toyota of Timo Glock on the final lap of the race.[40][41]
- 2016 – The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.[42]
- 2022 – A peace agreement is signed between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, ending the Tigray War.[43]
1601–1900
- 1636 – Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (d. 1721)[50]
- 1649 – Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond (d. 1660)[51]
- 1696 – Conrad Weiser, American soldier, monk, and judge (d. 1760)[52]
- 1699 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter and educator (d. 1779)[53]
- 1709 – Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1759)[54]
- 1734 – Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (d. 1820)[55]
- 1755 – Marie Antoinette, Austrian-French queen consort of Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)[56]
- 1777 – Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor and translator (d. 1822)[57]
- 1795 – James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (d. 1849)[58]
- 1799 – John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (d. 1885)[59]
- 1808 – Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (d. 1889)[60]
- 1815 – George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1864)[61]
- 1821 – George Bowen, Irish-English diplomat, 5th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1899)[62]
- 1837 – Émile Bayard, French illustrator and painter (d. 1891)[63]
- 1844 – Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (d. 1918)[64]
- 1844 – John J. Loud, American inventor (d. 1916)[65]
- 1847 – Georges Sorel, French philosopher and author (d. 1922)[66]
- 1855 – Henrik Schück, Swedish historian, author, and academic (d. 1947)[67]
- 1865 – Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (d. 1923)[68]
- 1877 – Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (d. 1933)[69]
- 1877 – Aga Khan III, Indian 48th Shia Imam (d. 1957)[70]
- 1877 – Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (d. 1915)[71]
- 1878 – Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (d. 1930)[72]
- 1879 – Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player and violinist (d. 1965)[73]
- 1883 – Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian cardinal (d. 1947)[74]
- 1885 – Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic (d. 1972)[75]
- 1886 – Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (d. 1971)[76]
- 1890 – Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 30th Yokozuna (d. 1933)[77]
- 1890 – Moa Martinson, Swedish author (d. 1964)[78]
- 1892 – Alice Brady, American actress (d. 1939)[79]
- 1893 – Battista Farina, Italian businessman, founded the Pininfarina Company (d. 1966)[80]
- 1894 – Alexander Lippisch, German-American aerodynamicist and engineer (d. 1976)[81]
1901–present
- 1901 – James Dunn, American actor (d. 1967)[82]
- 1903 – Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)[83]
- 1905 – Isobel Andrews, New Zealand writer (d. 1990)[84]
- 1905 – Georges Schehadé, Lebanese poet and playwright (d. 1989)[85]
- 1906 – Daniil Andreyev, Russian poet and mystic (d. 1959)[86]
- 1906 – Luchino Visconti, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1976)[87]
- 1908 – Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (d. 1983)[88]
- 1908 – Bunny Berigan, American trumpet player (d. 1942)[89]
- 1910 – Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian lawyer and politician, Egyptian Minister of Interior (d. 1999)[90]
- 1911 – Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)[91]
- 1911 – Raphael M. Robinson, American mathematician, philosopher, and theorist (d. 1995)[92]
- 1913 – Burt Lancaster, American actor (d. 1994)[93]
- 1914 – Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1997)[94]
- 1914 – Ray Walston, American actor (d. 2001)[95]
- 1915 – Sidney Luft, American film producer (d. 2005)[96]
- 1917 – Ann Rutherford, American actress (d. 2012)[97]
- 1918 – Alexander Vraciu, American commander and pilot of Romanian descent (d. 2015)[98]
- 1919 – Warren Stevens, American actor (d. 2012)[99]
- 1920 – Bill Mazer, Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013)[100]
- 1921 – Shepard Menken, American actor (d. 1999)[101]
- 1921 – Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1994)[102]
- 1923 – Tibor Rosenbaum, Hungarian-born Swiss rabbi and businessman (d. 1980)[103]
- 1924 – David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1988)[104]
- 1924 – Rudy Van Gelder, American record producer and engineer (d. 2016)[105]
- 1926 – Myer Skoog, American basketball player (d. 2019)[106]
- 1926 – Charlie Walker, American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and DJ (d. 2008)[107]
- 1927 – Steve Ditko, American author and illustrator (d. 2018)[108]
- 1927 – John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, English businessman and politician (d. 2022)[109]
- 1928 – Gerry Alexander, Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (d. 2011)[110]
- 1928 – Paul Johnson, English journalist, historian, and author (d. 2023)[111]
- 1928 – James Luisi, American basketball player and actor[112] (d. 2002)[113]
- 1929 – Amar Bose, American engineer and businessman, founded the Bose Corporation (d. 2013)[114]
- 1929 – Robert Gover, American journalist and author (d. 2015)[115]
- 1929 – Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Pakistani judge and politician, 9th President of Pakistan (d. 2022)[116]
- 1929 – Richard E. Taylor, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)[117]
- 1931 – Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2015)[118]
- 1933 – Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 2016)[119]
- 1934 – Joseph E. Brennan, American politician, 70th Governor of Maine (d. 2024)[120]
- 1934 – Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player[121]
- 1935 – Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Indian author[122]
- 1936 – Rose Bird, American lawyer and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (d. 1999)[123]
- 1937 – Earl Carroll, American singer (d. 2012)[124]
- 1938 – Pat Buchanan, American journalist and politician[125]
- 1938 – David Eden Lane, American white supremacist (d. 2007)[126]
- 1938 – Queen Sofía of Spain[127]
- 1938 – Josse Goffin, Belgian artist and graphic novelist (d. 2024)[128]
- 1939 – Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones, English broadcaster and politician, Minister for Security[129]
- 1939 – Richard Serra, American sculptor and academic (d. 2024)[130]
- 1940 – Jim Bakken, American football player[131]
- 1940 – Phil Minton, English singer and trumpet player[132]
- 1941 – Arun Shourie, Indian journalist, economist, and politician, Indian Minister of Communications[133]
- 1941 – Dave Stockton, American golfer[134]
- 1941 – Bruce Welch, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[135]
- 1942 – Shere Hite, German sexologist, author, and educator (d. 2020)[136]
- 1942 – Stefanie Powers, American actress[137]
- 1943 – Oldřich Pelčák, Czech cosmonaut and engineer[138] (d. 2023)
- 1944 – Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)[139]
- 1944 – Keith Emerson, English pianist, keyboard player, and composer (d. 2016)[140]
- 1945 – Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player (d. 2013)[141]
- 1945 – Larry Little, American football player[142]
- 1945 – JD Souther, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor[143] (d. 2024)[144]
- 1946 – Alan Jones, Australian race car driver and sportscaster[145]
- 1946 – Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001)[146]
- 1947 – Dave Pegg, English bass player and producer[147]
- 1947 – Kate Linder, American actress[148]
- 1949 – Lois McMaster Bujold, American author[149]
- 1951 – Thomas Mallon, American novelist, essayist, and critic[150]
- 1951 – Lindy Morrison, Australian rock drummer[151]
- 1952 – Ron Lee, American basketball player[152]
- 1952 – Maxine Nightingale, English R&B/soul singer[153]
- 1955 – Thomas Grunenberg, German footballer and manager[154]
- 1956 – Dale Brown, American author and pilot[155]
- 1957 – Carter Beauford, American drummer and composer[156]
- 1958 – Willie McGee, American baseball player and manager[157]
- 1959 – Peter Mullan, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter[158]
- 1960 – Rosalyn Fairbank, South African tennis player[159]
- 1961 – k.d. lang, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress[160]
- 1961 – Jeff Tedford, American football player and coach[161]
- 1962 – Mireille Delunsch, French operatic soprano[162]
- 1962 – Derek Mountfield, English footballer and manager[163]
- 1963 – Bobby Dall, American bass player[164]
- 1963 – Brian Kemp, American politician, 83rd Governor of Georgia[165]
- 1963 – Borut Pahor, Slovenian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Slovenia[166]
- 1964 – Lauren Vélez, American actress[148]
- 1965 – Nick Boles, English businessman and politician[167]
- 1965 – Shah Rukh Khan, Indian film actor, producer and television host[168]
- 1966 – David Schwimmer, American actor[169]
- 1967 – Kurt Elling, American singer-songwriter[170]
- 1967 – Scott Walker, American politician, 45th Governor of Wisconsin[171]
- 1968 – Neal Casal, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and photographer (d. 2019)[172]
- 1968 – Keith Jennings, American basketball player and coach[173]
- 1969 – Reginald Arvizu, American rock musician[174]
- 1971 – Meta Golding, Haitian-American actress[148]
- 1972 – Marion Posch, Italian snowboarder[175]
- 1972 – Darío Silva, Uruguayan footballer and coach[176]
- 1972 – Vladimir Vorobiev, Russian ice hockey player and coach[177]
- 1972 – Samantha Womack, British actress, singer and director[178]
- 1973 – Ben Graham, Australian footballer[179]
- 1973 – Marisol Nichols, American actress[180]
- 1974 – Orlando Cabrera, Colombian-American baseball player[181]
- 1974 – Nelly, American rapper[182]
- 1974 – Prodigy, American rapper (d. 2017)[183]
- 1974 – Ruslan Salei, Belarusian ice hockey player (d. 2011)[184]
- 1975 – Danny Cooksey, American actor and musician[148]
- 1975 – Stéphane Sarrazin, French race car driver[185]
- 1975 – Chris Walla, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[186]
- 1976 – Matt Cullen, American ice hockey player[187]
- 1976 – Thierry Omeyer, French handball goalkeeper[188]
- 1976 – Sidney Ponson, Aruban baseball player[189]
- 1977 – Rodney Buford, American basketball player[190]
- 1977 – Konstantinos Economidis, Greek tennis player[191]
- 1977 – Reshma Shetty, British-American actress[148]
- 1977 – Leon Taylor, English diver and sportscaster[192]
- 1978 – Carmen Cali, American baseball player[193]
- 1979 – Simone Puleo, Italian footballer[194]
- 1980 – Diego Lugano, Uruguayan footballer[195]
- 1980 – Amos Roberts, Australian rugby player[196]
- 1981 – Monica Iozzi, Brazilian actress[197]
- 1981 – Katharine Isabelle, Canadian actress[148]
- 1981 – Mitchell Johnson, Australian cricketer[198]
- 1981 – Rafael Márquez Lugo, Mexican footballer[199]
- 1981 – Miryo, South Korean rapper[200]
- 1981 – Roddy White, American football player[201]
- 1982 – Yunel Escobar, Cuban-American baseball player[202]
- 1982 – Charles Itandje, French footballer[203]
- 1983 – Ebonette Deigaeruk, Nauruan weightlifter[204]
- 1983 – Darren Young, American wrestler[205]
- 1985 – Danny Amendola, American football player[206]
- 1986 – Andy Rautins, American-Canadian basketball player[207]
- 1987 – Danny Cipriani, English rugby player[208]
- 1988 – Lisa Bowman, Irish netball player[209]
- 1988 – Julia Görges, German tennis player[210]
- 1989 – Tibor Pleiß, German basketball player[211]
- 1989 – Natalie Pluskota, American tennis player[212]
- 1989 – Luke Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player[213]
- 1990 – Christopher Dibon, Austrian footballer[214]
- 1990 – Kendall Schmidt, American singer, songwriter, and actor[148]
- 1991 – Jimmy Garoppolo, American football player[215]
- 1992 – Naomi Ackie, British actress[216]
- 1994 – Shaq Coulthirst, English footballer[217]
- 1995 – Hanna Öberg, Swedish biathlete[218]
- 1997 – Filip Hronek, Czech ice hockey player[219]
- 1997 – Davis Keillor-Dunn, English footballer[220]
- 1998 – Jordan Love, American football player[221]
- 2001 – Moisés Caicedo, Ecuadorian footballer[222]
1601–1900
- 1610 – Richard Bancroft, English archbishop and academic (b. 1544)[229]
- 1852 – Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)[230]
- 1863 – Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)[231]
- 1883 – William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (b. 1828)[232]
- 1887 – Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1811)[233]
- 1887 – Jenny Lind, Swedish operatic soprano (b. 1820)[234]
- 1893 – Daniel Payne, American educator and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (b. 1811)[235]
- 1898 – George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)[236]
1901–present
- 1905 – Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (b. 1817)[237]
- 1911 – Kyrle Bellew, English actor (b. 1850)[238]
- 1930 – Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874)[239]
- 1933 – Gao Qifeng, Chinese painter (b. 1889)[240]
- 1935 – Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)[241]
- 1944 – Thomas Midgley Jr., American chemist and engineer (b. 1889)[242]
- 1945 – Hélène de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1868)[243]
- 1949 – Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)[244]
- 1950 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)[245]
- 1952 – Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)[246]
- 1958 – Jean Couzy, French mountaineer and engineer (b. 1923)[247]
- 1959 – Michael Considine, Irish-Australian trade union leader and politician (b. 1885)[248]
- 1960 – Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)[249]
- 1961 – Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa I, Hakim of Bahrain (b. 1894)[250]
- 1961 – Harriet Bosse, Swedish-Norwegian actress (b. 1878)[251]
- 1961 – James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist (b. 1894)[252]
- 1963 – 1963 South Vietnamese coup[24]
- 1966 – Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)[253]
- 1966 – Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)[254]
- 1970 – Richard Cushing, American cardinal (b. 1895)[255]
- 1970 – Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (b. 1903)[256]
- 1971 – Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)[257]
- 1972 – Grigoriy Plaskov, Soviet artillery lieutenant (b. 1898)[258]
- 1975 – Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)[259]
- 1981 – Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (b. 1927)[260]
- 1982 – Lester Roloff, American preacher and radio host (b. 1914)[261]
- 1990 – Eliot Porter, American photographer, chemist, and academic (b. 1901)[262]
- 1991 – Irwin Allen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916)[263]
- 1991 – Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1936)[264]
- 1992 – Robert Arneson, American sculptor and academic (b. 1930)[265]
- 1992 – Hal Roach, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1892)[266]
- 1994 – Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright (b. 1917)[267]
- 1996 – Eva Cassidy, American singer (b. 1963)[268]
- 1996 – John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician (b. 1902)[269]
- 1998 – Vincent Winter, Scottish actor and production manager (b. 1957)[270]
- 2000 – Robert Cormier, American journalist and author (b. 1925)[271]
- 2002 – Charles Sheffield, American physicist and author (b. 1935)[272]
- 2003 – Frank McCloskey, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1939)[273]
- 2004 – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the 1st president and founder of the UAE (b. 1918)[274]
- 2004 – Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director, and producer (b. 1957)[275]
- 2005 – Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1919)[276]
- 2007 – Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (b. 1978)[277]
- 2007 – Igor Moiseyev, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1906)[278]
- 2007 – The Fabulous Moolah, American wrestler (b. 1923)[279]
- 2008 – Madelyn Dunham, American banker and business executive (b. 1922)[280]
- 2009 – José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, costume designer and assistant director (b. 1922)[281]
- 2009 – Nien Cheng, Chinese-American author (b. 1915)[282]
- 2010 – Clyde King, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)[283]
- 2011 – Boots Plata, Filipino director and screenwriter (b. 1943)[284]
- 2012 – Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, Indian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1930)[285]
- 2012 – Robert Morton Duncan, American soldier and judge (b. 1927)[286]
- 2012 – Joe Ginsberg, American baseball player (b. 1926)[287]
- 2012 – Pino Rauti, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1926)[288]
- 2012 – Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author (b. 1916)[289]
- 2012 – Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu, Indian politician (b. 1957)[290]
- 2013 – Walt Bellamy, American basketball player (b. 1939)[291]
- 2013 – Ghislaine Dupont, French journalist (b. 1956)[292]
- 2013 – Clifford Nass, American author and academic (b. 1958)[293]
- 2013 – Kjell Qvale, Norwegian-American businessman (b. 1919)[294]
- 2014 – Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (b. 1929)[295]
- 2014 – Michael Coleman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956)[296]
- 2014 – Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician, 5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence (b. 1925)[297]
- 2014 – Herman Sarkowsky, German-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Seattle Seahawks (b. 1925)[298]
- 2014 – Shabtai Teveth, Israeli historian and author (b. 1925)[299]
- 2015 – Andrzej Ciechanowiecki, Polish painter, historian, and academic (b. 1924)[300]
- 2015 – Mike Davies, Welsh-American tennis player and businessman (b. 1936)[301]
- 2015 – Roy Dommett, English scientist and engineer (b. 1933)[302]
- 2015 – Tommy Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)[303]
- 2017 – Aboubacar Somparé, Guinean politician (b. 1944)[304]
- 2018 – Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer (b. 1927)[305]
- 2019 – Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican television personality, astrologer, actor, and dancer (b. 1932)[306]
- 2021 – Neal Smith, American politician (b. 1920)[307]
- 2022 – Atilio Stampone, Argentine pianist and composer (b. 1926)[308]
- 2023 – Humaira Himu, Bangladeshi actress (b. 1985)[309]
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