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2007 (MMVII) was a common year that started on a Monday. In the Gregorian calendar, it was the 2007th year of the Common Era, or of Anno Domini; the 7th year of the 3rd millennium and of the 21st century; and the 8th of the 2000s decade.
2007 was designated as:
UNESCO has recognized fifteen anniversaries for 2007.[6]
[edit] Events
[edit] January
[edit] February
- June 1 – A 2,100-year-old melon is discovered by archaeologists in western Japan.[10]
- June 5 – NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes its second fly-by of Venus en route to Mercury.
- June 28 – In the aftermath of Greece's worst heatwave in a century, at least 11 people are reported dead from heatstroke, approximately 200 wildfires break out nationwide, and the country's electricity grid nearly collapses due to record breaking demand.
[edit] August
[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] November
[edit] December
- December 3 – 14 – The United Nations Climate Change Conference is held at Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia.
- December 7 – Uranus' orbit is positioned such that the sun shines directly above its equator (i.e. an equinox).
- December 8 – The 2007 Africa-EU Summit takes place as European Union and African Union leaders gather in Lisbon, Portugal, for their first joint summit in 7 years. The British and Czech prime ministers boycott the event due to the presence of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
- December 10 – The United Nations deadline for a negotiated settlement on the future of Kosovo passes without an international agreement.
- December 19 – Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, is announced as Time magazine's 2007 Person of the Year.
- December 20 – The Pablo Picasso painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch, together with Candido Portinari's O Lavrador de Café, is stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art.
- December 21 – The Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the Schengen border-free zone.
- December 24 – The Nepalese government announces that the country's 240-year-old monarchy will be abolished in 2008 and a new republic will be declared.
- December 27 – Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated, and at least 20 others are killed by a bomb blast at an election rally in Rawalpindi.
- December 31 – Over 200 people are killed in Kenya, due to riots over the results of the December 27 presidential election.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
Main article:
Deaths in 2007[edit] January
- January 2 – Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
- January 4 – Marais Viljoen, State President of South Africa (b. 1915)
- January 5 – Momofuku Ando, Japanese inventor (b. 1910)
- January 8 – Iwao Takamoto, Japanese animator (b. 1925)
- January 8 – Yvonne de Carlo, American actress (b. 1922)
- January 9 – Jean-Pierre Vernant, French historian and anthropologist (b. 1914)
- January 10 – Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
- January 11 – Robert Anton Wilson, American author and conspiracy researcher (b. 1932)
- January 12 – Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)
- January 13 – Michael Brecker, American jazz musician (b. 1949)
- January 14 – Darlene Conley, American actress (b. 1934)
- January 15 – Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Iraqi politician (b. 1951)
- January 15 – Awad Hamed al-Bandar, Iraqi judge (b. 1945)
- January 15 – Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (b. 1908)
- January 17 – Art Buchwald, American humorist (b. 1925)
- January 19 – Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist (b. 1954)
- January 19 – Denny Doherty, Canadian musician (The Mamas & the Papas) (b. 1940)
- January 19 – Bam Bam Bigelow, American wrestler (b. 1961)
- January 21 – Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (b. 1977)
- January 22 – Abbé Pierre, French priest and founder of Emmaus (b. 1912)
- January 23 – Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish journalist and author (b. 1932)
- January 28 – Hsu Wei Lun, Taiwanese actress (b. 1978)
- January 30 – Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
- January 31 – Kirka Babitzin, Finnish singer (b. 1950)
[edit] February
- February 1 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer and librettist (b. 1911)
- February 3 – Ralph de Toledano, Moroccan-born American political columnist and author (b. 1916)
- February 3 – Pedro Knight, Cuban-born musician (b. 1921)
- February 6 – Frankie Laine, American singer (b. 1913)
- February 7 – Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
- February 7 – Helen Duncan, New Zealand politician (b. 1941)
- February 8 – Anna Nicole Smith, American model and television personality (b. 1967)
- February 9 – Benedict Kiely, Irish author and broadcaster (b. 1919)
- February 9 – Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
- February 9 – Alejandro Finisterre, Spanish poet, editor, and inventor of table football (b. 1919)
- February 11 – Reginald Hugh Hickling, British lawyer, colonial civil servant, law academic and author (b. 1920)
- February 12 – Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist (b. 1905)
- February 13 – Elizabeth Jolley, Australian writer (b. 1923)
- February 13 – Charles Norwood, American politician (b. 1941)
- February 13 – Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (b. 1974)
- February 14 – Ryan Larkin, Canadian animator, artist, and sculptor (b. 1943)
- February 15 – Robert Adler, Austrian-born inventor (b. 1913)
- February 17 – Maurice Papon, French Vichy government official (b. 1910)
- February 17 – Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born musician (Ryan's Fancy) (b. 1942)
- February 17 – Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
- February 18 – Juan "Pachín" Vicéns, Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1933)
- February 22 – Lothar-Günther Buchheim, German author, painter, and art collector (b. 1918)
- February 22 – Fons Rademakers, Dutch film director (b. 1920)
- February 22 – Dennis Johnson, American basketball player (b. 1954)
- February 24 – Bruce Bennett, American actor (b. 1906)
- February 28 – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian and political commentator (b. 1917)
- February 28 – Charles Forte, English hotelier (b. 1908)
- March 2 – Henri Troyat, French writer (b. 1911)
- March 2 – Madi Phala, South African artist (b. 1955)
- March 3 – Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (b. 1913)
- March 4 – Natalie Bodanya, American soprano (b. 1908)
- March 4 – Thomas Eagleton, American politician (b. 1929)
- March 4 – Bob Hattoy, American activist (b. 1950)
- March 4 – Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist (b. 1934)
- March 4 – Ian Wooldridge, British sports journalist (b. 1932)
- March 4 – Jorge Kolle Cueto, Bolivian politician
- March 6 – Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher and sociologist (b. 1929)
- March 6 – Allen Coage, American professional wrestler (b. 1943)
- March 6 – Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (b. 1909)
- March 8 – John Inman, English actor (b. 1935)
- March 9 – Brad Delp, American singer (Boston) (b. 1951)
- March 9 – Thomas Mason, U.S. Attorney (b. 1919)
- March 10 – Ernie Ladd, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938)
- March 10 – Richard Jeni, American comedian (b. 1957)
- March 11 – Betty Hutton, American actress (b. 1921)
- March 12 – Antonio Ortiz Mena, Mexican politician and economist (b. 1907)
- March 13 – Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler (b. 1925)
- March 14 – Lucie Aubrac, French World War II Resistance fighter (b. 1912)
- March 14 – Gareth Hunt, English actor (b. 1943)
- March 16 – Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
- March 16 – Sir Arthur Marshall, British aviation engineer (b. 1903)
- March 17 – Jim Cronin, British businessman (b. 1952)
- March 17 – Roger Bennett, American gospel musician (b. 1952)
- March 18 – Bob Woolmer, English cricketer and coach (b. 1948)
- March 19 – Calvert DeForest, American actor and comedian (b. 1921)
- March 19 – Luther Ingram, American singer (b. 1937)
- March 20 – Taha Yassin Ramadan, Vice President of Iraq (b. 1938)
- March 23 – Eric Medlen, American race car driver (b. 1973)
- March 25 – Andranik Margaryan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (b. 1951)
- March 29 – Leslie Waller, American novelist (b. 1923)
- April 1 – Laurie Baker, English architect (b. 1917)
- April 1 – Driss Chraibi, Moroccan writer (b. 1926)
- April 1 – Hans Filbinger, German jurist and politician (b. 1913)
- April 2 – Henry Lee Giclas, American astronomer (b. 1910)
- April 3 – Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b. 1919)
- April 4 – Bob Clark, American film director (b. 1939)
- April 5 – Thomas Stoltz Harvey Pathologist who conducted Albert Einstein's autopsy (b. 1912)
- April 5 – Leela Majumdar, Bengali children's author (b. 1908)
- April 5 – Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951)
- April 5 – Poornachandra Tejaswi, Indian writer and novelist (b. 1938)
- April 6 – Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (b. 1916)
- April 7 – Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
- April 7 – Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1920)
- April 7 – Carey W. Barber, English Jehovah's Witnesses leader (b. 1905)
- April 9 – AJ Carothers, American writer (b. 1931)
- April 10 – Kevin Crease Australian news presenter and entertainer (b. 1936)
- April 11 – Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (b. 1925)
- April 11 – Ronald Speirs, United States Army officer (b. 1920)
- April 11 – Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist and playwright (b. 1922)
- April 13 – Don Selwyn, Māori actor and film director (b. circa 1936)
- April 14 – June Callwood, Canadian journalist (b. 1924)
- April 14 – Don Ho, American musician (b. 1930)
- April 15 – Brant Parker, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
- April 16 – Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)
- April 17 – Kitty Carlisle Hart, American singer, actress & talk show panelist (b. 1910)
- April 18 – Iccho Itoh, Mayor of Nagasaki, Japan (b. 1945)
- April 20 – Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931)
- April 22 – Juanita Millender-McDonald, American politician (b. 1938)
- April 23 – David Halberstam, American author and journalist (b. 1934)
- April 23 – Boris Yeltsin, first President of the Russian Federation (b. 1931)
- April 25 – Alan Ball, English footballer (b. 1945)
- April 25 – Arthur Milton, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1928)
- April 25 – Bobby Pickett, American singer (b. 1938)
- April 26 – Jack Valenti, American film executive, creator of MPAA film rating system (b. 1921)
- April 26 – Conchita Montenegro, Spanish model and actress (b. 1912)
- April 27 – Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927)
- April 28 – Dabbs Greer, American actor (b. 1917)
- April 28 – Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher (b. 1912)
- April 29 – Ivica Račan, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1944)
- April 29 – Dick Motz, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1940)
- April 30 – Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983)
- April 30 – Tom Poston, American actor (b. 1921)
- April 30 – Gordon Scott, American actor (b. 1926)
- May 2 – Juan Valdivieso, Peruvian footballer (b. 1910)
- May 3 – Wally Schirra, American astronaut (b. 1923)
- May 3 – Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (b. 1932)
- May 5 – Theodore Maiman, American physicist (b. 1927)
- May 5 – Gusti Wolf, Austrian actress (b. 1912)
- May 6 – Lesley Blanch, English writer and fashion editor (b. 1904)
- May 7 – Emma Lehmer, Russian-born mathematician (b. 1906)
- May 11 – Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter (b. 1918)
- May 11 – Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan head of state (b. 1913)
- May 12 – Mullah Dadullah Akhund, Afghani Taliban military leader
- May 14 – Colin St John Wilson, English architect (b. 1922)
- May 15 – Jerry Falwell, American evangelist (b. 1933)
- May 15 – Yolanda King, American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1955)
- May 17 – Lloyd Alexander, American author (b. 1924)
- May 18 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and Nobel Prize for Physics laureate (b. 1932)
- May 18 – Yoyoy Villame, Filipino singer (b. 1938)
- May 19 – Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (b. 1914)
- May 20 – Stanley Miller, American chemist and biologist (b. 1930)
- May 25 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (b. 1931)
- May 27 – Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard) (b. 1967)
- May 27 – Percy Sonn, South African lawyer and cricket executive (b. 1949)
- May 27 – Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon (b. 1919)
- May 28 – Marquise Hill, American football player (b. 1982)
- May 28 – David Lane, American white nationalist (b. 1938)
- June 2 – Huang Ju, Chinese politician (b. 1938)
- June 4 – Craig L. Thomas, American politician (b. 1933)
- June 8 – Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, first President of Somalia (b. 1908)
- June 10 – Augie Auer, meteorologist (b. 1940)
- June 11 – Imre Friedmann, American scientist (b. 1921)
- June 11 – Mala Powers, American film actress (b. 1931)
- June 12 – Don Herbert, American television personality, Mr. Wizard (b. 1917)
- June 13 – David Hatch, BBC Radio producer and comedian (b. 1939)
- June 14 – Ruth Bell Graham, Wife of Billy Graham (b. 1920)
- June 14 – Jacques Simonet, Belgian politician (b. 1963)
- June 14 – Kurt Waldheim, Austrian politician and diplomat, former United Nations Secretary-General (b. 1918)
- June 15 – Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
- June 17 – Gianfranco Ferrè, Italian designer (b. 1944)
- June 18 – Bernard Manning, English comedian (b. 1930)
- June 18 – Vilma Espín, Cuban wife of Raúl Castro (b. 1930)
- June 19 – El Fary, Spanish singer (b. 1937)
- June 19 – Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (b. 1947)
- June 19 – Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1919)
- June 20 – Trevor Henry, New Zealand Justice (b. 1902)
- June 22 – Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player b. (1964)
- June 24 – Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1938)
- June 24 – Natasja Saad, Afro Danish rapper and reggae singer (b. 1974)
- June 24 – Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1967)
- June 26 – Jupp Derwall, German footballer and coach (b. 1927)
- June 26 – Joey Sadler, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1914)
- June 26 – Liz Claiborne, Belgian-American fashion designer (b. 1929)
- June 27 – William Hutt, Canadian stage and film actor (b. 1920)
- June 28 – Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)
- June 30 – Jan Herman Linge, Norwegian engineer and boat designer (b. 1922)
- July 1 – Gottfried von Bismarck, German aristocrat and socialite (b. 1962)
- July 2 – Vojislav Nikčević, Montenegrin professor and linguist (b. 1935)
- July 2 – Beverly Sills, American soprano (b. 1929)
- July 2 – Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (b. 1940)
- July 2 – Hy Zaret, American lyricist and composer (b. 1907)
- July 3 – Claude Pompidou, wife of President of France Georges Pompidou (b. 1912)
- July 3 – Boots Randolph, American saxophone player (b. 1927)
- July 4 – Johnny Frigo, American jazz violinist and bassist (b.1916)
- July 4 – Bill Pinkney, American singer (b. 1925)
- July 5 – George Melly, English singer (b. 1926)
- July 5 – Régine Crespin, French soprano (b. 1927)
- July 6 – Lois Wyse, American advertising executive, author, and columnist (b. 1926)
- July 6 – Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, U.S.American novelist (b. 1939)
- July 10 – Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese bureaucrat (b. 1944)
- July 10 – Corbin Harney, an elder and spiritual leader of the Newe (Western Shoshone) people (b. 1920)
- July 11 – Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
- July 11 – Alfonso López Michelsen, 32nd Colombian President (b. 1913)
- July 11 – Ed Mirvish, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1914)
- July 11 – Shag Crawford, American umpire in Major League Baseball (b. 1916)
- July 11 – Richard Franklin, Australian film director (b. 1948)
- July 12 – Nigel Dempster, British journalist, author, broadcaster and diarist (b.1941)
- July 12 – Pat Fordice, First Lady of Mississippi from 1992 until 2000 (b. 1935)
- July 12 – Jim Mitchell, pioneer in the pornographic film industry (b. 1945)
- July 12 – Larry Staverman, American professional basketball player and coach (b. 1936)
- July 12 – Stan Zemanek, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1947)
- July 14 – John Ferguson, Canadian professional hockey player, coach and executive (b. 1938)
- July 17 – Júlio Redecker, Brazilian politician (b. 1956)
- July 18 – Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (b. 1908)
- July 19 – A. K. Faezul Huq, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
- July 22 – László Kovács, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1933)
- July 22 – Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953)
- July 22 – Peter Lennox-Kerr, British Journalist (b. 1926)
- July 22 – Jean Stablinski, French cyclist of Polish origin (b. 1932)
- July 22 – Aleksandr Tatarskiy, Russian animation film director (b. 1950)
- July 23 – Benjamin Libet, American pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness (b. 1916)
- July 23 – Mohammed Zahir Shah, last King of Afghanistan (b. 1914)
- July 24 – Albert Ellis, American psychologist (b. 1913)
- July 27 – James Oyebola, British heavyweight boxer (b. 1961)
- July 29 – Mike Reid, British comedian and actor (b. 1940)
- July 29 – Tom Snyder, American talk show host (b. 1936)
- July 30 – Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (b. 1912)
- July 30 – Teoctist Arăpaşu, Ex-Romanian Orthodox Church Patriarch (b. 1915)
- July 30 – Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film director (b. 1918)
- July 30 – Bill Walsh, American football coach (b. 1931)
[edit] August
- August 1 – Tommy Makem, Irish folk musician (b. 1932)
- August 1 – Ryan Cox, South African professional road racing cyclist (b. 1979)
- August 1 – Veikko Karvonen, Finnish athlete (b. 1926)
- August 2 – Holden Roberto, Angolan nationalist leader (b. 1923)
- August 3 – James T. Callahan, American actor (b. 1930)
- August 3 – John Gardner, British author (b. 1926)
- August 4 – Lee Hazlewood, American country singer, songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
- August 5 – Oliver Hill, American lawyer (b. 1907)
- August 5 – Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger, French Cardinal Archbishop of Paris (b. 1926)
- August 6 – Heinz Barth, German war criminal (b. 1920)
- August 7 – Ernesto Alonso, Mexican soap opera actor, director and producer, best known as Señor Telenovela (b. 1917)
- August 7 – Angus Tait, New Zealand electronics innovator and businessman (b. 1919)
- August 8 – Ma Lik, Chinese politician (b. 1952)
- August 8 – Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
- August 9 – Joe O'Donnell, American documentary photographer and photojournalist (b. 1922)
- August 10 – Tony Wilson, English broadcaster, nightclub manager, and record label owner (b.1950)
- August 10 – James Faust, an Apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1920)
- August 12 – Merv Griffin, American TV personality (b. 1925)
- August 12 – Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist (b. 1963)
- August 13 – Brooke Astor, American socialite and philanthropist (b. 1902)
- August 13 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and announcer (b. 1917)
- August 13 – Brian Adams, American professional wrestler (b. 1964)
- August 14 – Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer (b. 1913)
- August 15 – Richard Bradshaw, British opera conductor (b. 1944)
- August 15 – John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (b. 1918)
- August 15 – Sam Pollock, Canadian sports executive (b. 1925)
- August 16 – Max Roach, American percussionist, drummer, and composer (b. 1924)
- August 17 – Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)
- August 18 – Michael Deaver, American political adviser (b. 1938)
- August 20 – Leona Helmsley, American hotel operator and real estate investor (b. 1920)
- August 21 – Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American brigadier general (b. 1918)
- August 21 – Qurratulain Hyder, Indian novelist (b. 1926)
- August 24 – Abdul Rahman Arif, 3rd President of Iraq (b. 1916)
- August 25 – Raymond Barre, French politician and economist (b. 1924)
- August 25 – Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988)
- August 26 – Gaston Thorn, Luxembourger politician (b. 1928)
- August 26 – Ramon Zamora, Filipino martial arts actor (b. 1935)
- August 28 – Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (b. 1984)
- August 28 – Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist, novelist, biographer and essayist (b. 1935)
- August 28 – Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese actress (b. 1929)
- August 28 – Nikola Nobilo, New Zealand winemaker (b. 1913)
- August 29 – Richard Jewell, American falsely accused of bombing the Centennial Olympic Park (b. 1962)
- August 29 – Pierre Messmer, French politician (b. 1916)
- August 29 – Chaswe Nsofwa, Zambian footballer (b. 1978)
- August 29 – James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (b. 1914)
- August 30 – Michael Jackson, English writer (b. 1942)
- August 30 – Charles Vanik, American politician (b. 1918)
- August 31 – Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932)
[edit] September
- September 1 – Tomás Medina Caracas, Colombian rebel leader (b. 1965)
- September 1 – Roy McKenzie, New Zealand philanthropist (b. 1922)
- September 2 – Max McNab, Canadian hockey player and hockey executive (b. 1924)
- September 3 – Jane Tomlinson, British charity fund raiser (b. 1964)
- September 3 – Syd Jackson, Māori activist and trade unionist (b. 1939)
- September 5 – Jennifer Dunn, American politician (b. 1941)
- September 5 – Paul Gillmor, American politician (b. 1939)
- September 6 – Madeleine L'Engle, American author (b. 1918)
- September 6 – Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (b. 1935)
- September 7 – John Compton, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (b. 1925)
- September 7 – Mark Weil, Uzbek theater director (b. 1952)
- September 8 – Charlie Parlato, American musician (b. 1919)
- September 9 – Helmut Senekowitsch, Austrian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
- September 9 – Hughie Thomasson, American musician (b. 1952)
- September 10 – Anita Roddick, English entrepreneur (b. 1942)
- September 10 – Jane Wyman, American actress, former wife of Ronald Reagan (b. 1917)
- September 11 – Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer (b. 1946)
- September 11 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian musician (b. 1932)
- September 13 – Whakahuihui Vercoe, New Zealand clergyman (b. 1928)
- September 14 – Benny Vansteelant, Belgian duathlete (b. 1976)
- September 15 – Colin McRae, Scottish world rally champion (b. 1968)
- September 15 – Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (b. 1928)
- September 15 – Brett Somers, American actress (b. 1924)
- September 16 – Robert Jordan, American author (b. 1948)
- September 18 – Len Thompson, Australian footballer (b. 1947)
- September 19 – Antoine Ghanem, Lebanese politician (b. 1943)
- September 20 – Mahlon Clark, American musician (b. 1923)
- September 21 – Hallgeir Brenden, Norwegian athlete (b. 1929)
- September 21 – Alice Ghostley, American actress (b. 1926)
- September 21 – Rex Humbard, American evangelist (b. 1919)
- September 21 – Petar Stambolić, Serbian politician (b. 1912)
- September 22 – Marcel Marceau, French mime artist (b. 1923)
- September 23 – Ken Danby, Canadian artist (b. 1940)
- September 26 – Dave Carpender, American guitarist with The Greg Kihn Band (b. 1950)
- September 27 – Bill Perry, South African footballer, scored winning goal in the 1953 FA Cup Final (b. 1930)
- September 27 – Avraham Shapira, Israeli chief rabbi (b. 1914)
- September 27 – Kenji Nagai, Japanese journalist (b. 1957)
- September 28 – Wally Parks, American founder of the National Hot Rod Association (b. 1913)
- September 29 – Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (b. 1927)
- September 30 – Milan Jelić, Bosnian-Serb politician (b. 1956)
[edit] October
- October 1 – Ronnie Hazlehurst, English composer (b. 1928)
- October 1 – Al Oerter, American athlete (b. 1936)
- October 1 – Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster and theatre director (b. 1931)
- October 2 – Dan Keating, Irish republican (b. 1902)
- October 3 – Tony Ryan, Irish businessman (b. 1936)
- October 4 – Qassem Al-Nasser, Jordanian General (b. 1925)
- October 4 – Antonie Iorgovan, Romanian jurist, professor, and politician (b. 1948)
- October 5 – Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1898)
- October 6 – Jo Ann Davis, American politician (b. 1950)
- October 7 – Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (b. 1975)
- October 7 – Luciana Frassati Gawronska, Italian author (b. 1902)
- October 8 – Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917)
- October 11 – Sri Chinmoy, Indian philosopher (b. 1931)
- October 12 – Soe Win, Burmese politician (b. 1948)
- October 12 – Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (b. 1934)
- October 13 – Bob Denard, French mercenary (b. 1929)
- October 16 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (b. 1921)
- October 16 – Rosalio José Castillo Lara, Venezuelan cardinal (b. 1922)
- October 16 – Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer (b. 1981)
- October 16 – Barbara West, 2nd to last living survivor of the Titanic sinking (b. 1911)
- October 17 – Joey Bishop, American entertainer (b. 1918)
- October 17 – Teresa Brewer, American singer (b. 1931)
- October 18 – Alan Coren, English columnist (b. 1939)
- October 18 – William J. Crowe, American military commander and ambassador (b. 1925)
- October 18 – Lucky Dube, South African musician (b. 1964)
- October 19 – Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor and painter (b. 1925)
- October 20 – Max McGee, American football player (b. 1932)
- October 22 – Ève Curie, French author, daughter of Pierre and Marie Curie (b. 1904)
- October 23 – Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian Chinese businessman (b. 1918)
- October 24 – Petr Eben, Czech composer (b. 1929)
- October 24 – Ian Middleton, New Zealand novelist (b. 1928)
- October 26 – Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (b. 1947)
- October 26 – Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American television chef (b. 1943)
- October 26 – Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist (b. 1918)
- October 26 – Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934)
- October 28 – Porter Wagoner, American country singer (b. 1927)
- October 30 – Robert Goulet, American entertainer (b. 1933)
[edit] November
- November 1 – Paul Tibbets, American general, pilot of the Enola Gay (b. 1915)
- November 2 – Charmaine Dragun, Australian news anchor (b. 1978)
- November 2 – S. P. Thamilselvan, Sri Lankan Tamil political leader (b. 1967)
- November 2 – Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (b. 1906)
- November 2 – The Fabulous Moolah, American professional wrestler (b. 1923)
- November 3 – Martin Meehan, Irish republican (b. 1945)
- November 3 – Aleksandr Dedyushko (b. 1962)
- November 3 – Ryan Shay, American runner (b. 1979)
- November 5 – Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and coach (b. 1922)
- November 6 – Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist (b. 1920)
- November 6 – Hank Thompson, American country singer (b. 1925)
- November 7 – Hilda Braid, English actress (b. 1929)
- November 8 – Chad Varah, English Anglican priest, founder of the Samaritans (b. 1911)
- November 8 – Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician (b. 1943)
- November 9 – Luis Herrera Campins, 56th President of Venezuela (b. 1925)
- November 10 – Laraine Day, American actress (b. 1920)
- November 10 – Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician and civil rights lawmaker (b. 1907)
- November 10 – Norman Mailer, American writer (b. 1923)
- November 11 – Delbert Mann, American film and television director (b. 1920)
- November 12 – Ira Levin, American novelist (b. 1929)
- November 13 – John Doherty, English footballer (b. 1935)
- November 13 – Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player (b. 1937)
- November 13 – Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (b. 1960)
- November 15 – Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and announcer (b. 1928)
- November 16 – Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian comedian and author (b. 1946)
- November 19 – Dick Wilson, American actor (b. 1916)
- November 20 – Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (b. 1919)
- November 21 – Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and playwright (b. 1921)
- November 21 – Tom Johnson, Canadian sports executive and hockey player (b. 1928)
- November 22 – Verity Lambert, English producer (b. 1935)
- November 23 – Vladimir Kryuchkov, Russian Soviet-era bureaucrat (b. 1924)
- November 24 – Casey Calvert, American musician (Hawthorne Heights) (b. 1981)
- November 25 – Kevin DuBrow, American musician (Quiet Riot) (b. 1955)
- November 27 – Sean Taylor, American football player (b. 1983)
- November 27 – Robert Cade, American physician and inventor of the beverage Gatorade (b. 1927)
- November 28 – Elly Beinhorn, German pilot (b. 1907)
- November 29 – Henry Hyde, American politician (b. 1924)
- November 29 – Roger Bonham Smith, American businessman (b. 1925)
- November 30 – Evel Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil (b. 1938)
[edit] December
- December 1 – Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (b. 1929)
- December 2 – Robert O. Anderson, American businessman (b. 1917)
- December 2 – Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic and novelist (b. 1916)
- December 2 – Les Shannon, English footballer and manager (b. 1926)
- December 2 – Thomas Torrance, Scottish Protestant theologian (b. 1913)
- December 4 – Pimp C, American rapper (b. 1973)
- December 4 – Norval Morrisseau, Canadian artist (b. 1932)
- December 4 – Chip Reese, American professional gambler (b. 1951)
- December 5 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (b. 1928)
- December 5 – Andrew Imbrie, American composer (b. 1921)
- December 6 – Katy French, Irish model (b. 1983)
- December 9 – Thore Skogman, Swedish entertainer (b. 1931)
- December 9 – Abdullah Qureshi, Pakistani activist (b. 1935)
- December 10 – Ashleigh Aston Moore, American actress (b. 1981)
- December 11 – Nicholas Kao Se Tseien, Chinese Catholic priest (b. 1897)
- December 11 – Ottomar Pinto, Brazilian politician (b. 1931)
- December 12 – Ike Turner, American musician (b. 1931)
- December 15 – Julia Carson, American politician (b. 1938)
- December 15 – Ace Vergel, Filipino actor (b. 1952)
- December 16 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer and songwriter (b. 1951)
- December 18 – Bill Strauss, American satirist, author and historian (b. 1947)
- December 20 – Arabella Spencer-Churchill, English philanthropist (b. 1949)
- December 21 – Ken Hendricks, American entrepreneur (b. 1941)
- December 21 – Carol Bly, Teacher, award-winning American author of short stories, essays, and nonfiction (b. 1930)
- December 22 – Chrysostomos I, Archbishop of Cyprus (b. 1927)
- December 22 – Julien Gracq, French writer (b. 1910)
- December 22 – Andrew Glyn, English economist (b. 1943)
- December 22 – Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer (b. 1932)
- December 23 – Michael Kidd, American choreographer (b. 1915)
- December 23 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (b. 1925)
- December 24 – Akbar Radi, Iranian dramatist and playwright (b. 1939)
- December 26 – Joe Dolan, Irish singer (b. 1939)
- December 26 – Stu Nahan, American sportscaster (b. 1926)
- December 27 – Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician (b. 1953)
- December 27 – Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (b. 1920)
- December 27 – Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish film director (b. 1922)
- December 27 – Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, a claimant to the Brazilian throne (b. 1913)
- December 28 – Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (b. 1982)
- December 29 – Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar, Yemeni political and tribal leader (b. 1933)
- December 29 – Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)
- December 31 – Muhammad Osman Said, Former Libyan prime minister (b. 1922).
- December 31 – Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect (b. 1917)
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[edit] Holidays
- January 1 – New Year's Day.
- January 7 – Christmas in Eastern Christianity.
- January 26 – Australia Day, India's Republic Day.
- February 6 – Waitangi Day in New Zealand.
- February 12 – Independence Day in Chile.
- February 19 – Presidents' Day in the United States.
- February 20 – Mardi Gras Day.
- February 21 – Western Christianity: Ash Wednesday and start of Lent.
- March 1 – Saint David's Day
- March 17 – Saint Patrick's Day.
- March 19 – Feast of Saint Joseph in Christianity. In Judaism, start of the month of Nisan.
- March 21 – Norouz, Iranian and Bahá'í New Year.
- April 1 – April Fools' Day.
- April 2 – In Judaism, 14/15 Nisan. Passover Seder.
- April 6 – Good Friday in the Western Christian and Eastern Orthodox calendars.
- April 8 – Easter (Western Christianity and Eastern Orthodoxy).
- April 10 – End of Passover or Feast of Unleavened Bread.
- April 18 – Zimbabwe's Independence day.
- April 22 – Earth Day.
- April 23 – Saint George's Day.
- April 23 – Israeli Independence Day (Iyar 5) in the Hebrew calendar.
- April 25 – ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand.
- April 25 – Liberation of Italy Day.
- April 27 – Arbor Day in the USA.
- April 30 – Koninginnedag (Queen's Day, in Dutch) – National Holiday in the Netherlands.
- May 1 – Beltane, a cross-quarter day. Also Labor Day in most of the world, but not in the USA and Canada. May Day.
- May 5- May Day in the United Kingdom.
- May 5 – Cinco de Mayo, celebrating the Battle of Puebla between Mexico and France.
- May 18 – Somaliland's (disputed) Independence day from Somalia.
- May 21 – Victoria Day in Canada.
- May 23 – Shavuot or Pentecost in the Jewish religion.
- May 28 – Memorial Day in the USA.
- June 1 – Foundation Day Western Australia, Australia.
- June 2 – Republic Day in Italy.
- June 7 – Independence Day in Norway.
- June 12 – Independence Day in the Philippines.
- June 14 – Flag Day in the USA.
- June 17 – Iceland's Independence Day.
- June 26 – Somaliland's Independence from the UK.[citation needed]
- July 1 – Canada Day.
- July 4 – Independence Day in the USA.
- July 5 – Independence Day in Venezuela.
- July 9 – Independence Day in Argentina.
- July 14 – Bastille Day in France.
- July 20 – Independence Day in Colombia.
- July 24 – Birthday of Simon Bolivar (observed in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador). Pioneer Day observed in Utah.
- July 28 – Independence Day in Peru.
- August 1 – Lammas, "Loaf Mass," a Cross-quarter day, Swiss National Day.
- August 6 – Independence Day in Jamaica.
- August 9 – National Day in Singapore.
- August 14 – Pakistan Independence Day.
- August 15 – India Independence Day.
- August 17 – Indonesia Independence Day.
- August 20 – St. Stephen's day, the main national holiday in Hungary.
- August 28 – India Raksha Bhandhan.
- August 31 – National Day in Malaysia.
- September 3 – Labour Day in Canada and the USA.
- September 7 – Independence Day in Brazil.
- September 11 – National Day in Catalonia.
- September 12–September 14 – Rosh Hashana begins at sunset: New Year 5768 in the Hebrew Calendar.
- September 13 – Ramadan begins for the religion of Islam.
- September 16 – Mexico Independence Day.
- September 18 – Chile Independence Day.
- September 21 – Yom Kippur or Yom ha-kippurim, the Day of Atonement in the Jewish faith.
- September 21 – Malta Independence Day.
- September 22 – Belize Independence Day.
- September 23 – Saudi Arabian National Day.
- September 27 – Sukot or Feast of Tabernacles in Judaism.
- October 1 – Independence Day in Nigeria.
- October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti in India.
- October 8 – Thanksgiving in Canada. Columbus Day in the USA.
- October 8 – Battle of Angamos Day in Peru.
- October 12 – Columbus Day in Central and South America.
- October 23 – Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Anniversary in Hungary.
- October 31 – All Hallows' Eve, Halloween.
- November 1 – All Saints' Day. Samhain, a cross-quarter day. Neopagan New Year's Day.
- November 5 – Guy Fawkes night in Commonwealth countries.
- November 9 – Diwali festival in India.
- November 11- Remembrance Day in most Commonwealth countries, Veterans' Day in the USA.
- November 11 – Independence Day in Poland.
- November 22 – Thanksgiving in the USA.
- November 30 – Saint Andrew's Day.
- December 1 – National Day in Romania.
- December 6 – Independence Day in Finland.
- December 11 – Independence Day in South Africa.
- December 19 – Eid ul-Adha in Muslim countries.
- December 22 – Winter Solstice.
- December 23 – Festivus.
- December 25 – Christmas in Western Christianity.
- December 26 – Boxing Day in most Commonwealth countries.
- December 31 – New Year's Eve.
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