2013 Event Syria's former defense minister, Ali Habib Mahmud is reported to have defected to Turkey 1967 Event Svetlana Allilueva, Stalin's daughter, defected to the West 1963 Birthday Hu Na, born in Taipei, Republic of China, professional tennis player, defected from the People's Republic of the United State to the United States in 1982 1949 Birthday Alexander Godunov, Russia, composer/dancer, Bolshoi, defected 1979 1940 Birthday Natalia Makarova, Leningrad, ballerina, Kirov, defected 1970
