- 872 Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72) the last married pope, dies at ~80
- 1077 Agnes of Poitou, German Empress & wife of Emperor Henry III, dies at 52
- 1136 Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered at 33
- 1311 Margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany by marriage to King Henry VII and daughter of John I, Duke of Brabant, dies at 35
- 1417 John Oldcastle, English nobleman and pro-protestant Lollard leader, whom Shakespeare based his Falstaff character on, hanged for heresy at 39
- 1460 Guarino da Verona, Italian Renaissance figure, dies at 86
Wallachian prince (1456-62) known for his excessive cruelty, Romanian folk hero and inspiration for Count Dracula, killed in battle at 45
- 1510 Duke Friedrich of Saxony, 36th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (1498-1510), dies at 37
- 1553 Hanibal Lucić, Croatian writer, dies at 68
- 1576 Gilbert Kennedy, Scottish 4th Earl of Cassilis, who once roasted a man on a spit, dies at about 35 after a fall from his horse [1]
- 1591 St. John of the Cross [Juan de Yepes y Álvarez], Spanish Carmelite friar, poet and saint, dies at 49
- 1624 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, English statesman, dies at 73
- 1651 Pierre Dupuy, French historian and scholar, dies at 69
- 1713 Thomas Rymer, English poet, historian, and literary critic, dies at about 72 (b. 1643)
- 1715 Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 79
- 1732 Johann Philipp Förtsch, German Baroque composer, statesman, and physician, dies at 80
- 1734 Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French Baroque painter and cartoonist, dies at 44
- 1735 Thomas Tanner, English bishop and antiquarian (Bibliotheca Britannico-Hibernica), dies at 61
- 1741 Charles Rollin, French historian, dies at 80
- 1754 Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1730-54) who fought Austria & Russia, dies at 58
- 1760 Kacic Miosic, Croatian poet (Razgovar Ugodni Naroda Slovinskoga), dies at 56
- 1780 Ignatius Sancho, African-born British writer, shopkeeper and composer (1st person of African descent to vote in a British general election), dies (b. c. 1729) [1]
- 1788 Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74
- 1788 Carlos III, King of Spain (1759-88) & King of Naples and Sicily (1734-59), dies at 72
- 1806 John Breckinridge, American lawyer (5th United States Attorney General) and politician (U.S. Senator from Kentucky), dies at 46
- 1823 Vincenzo Cuoco, Italian historian (Naples Revolution 1799), dies at 53
- 1829 Luigi Marchesi, Italian composer, dies at 74
- 1838 Jean-Olivier Chénier, French Canadian physician and Patriote, dies during Battle of Saint-Eustache at 32
- 1843 John Claudius Loudon, Scottish horticulturist, dies at 60
- 1849 Conradin Kreutzer, German composer, dies at 69
- 1861 Albert, English prince consort & husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42
- 1861 Heinrich August Marschner, German opera composer, dies at 66
- 1862 George Dashiell Bayard, Union Brigadier General, dies at 27
- 1865 Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish geologist, dies at 71
- 1873 Alexander Keith, Scottish-Canadian politician (4th Mayor of Halifax) & brewer (founder of the Alexander Keith's Nova Scotia Brewery), dies at 78
- 1873 Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria, Queen consort of Prussia (1840-61), dies at 72
- 1873 Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American naturalist and geologist, dies at 66
- 1875 Marie-Anne Gaboury, French-Canadian settler (first white woman to settle in Western Canada), dies at 95 [1]
- 1878 Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Grand Duchess of Hesse, dies at 35
- 1886 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, Polish-Russian composer, dies at 27
- 1893 Karolina Pawlowa, Russian poet and novelist, dies at 86
- 1900 Jean Baptiste August Kessler, Dutch entrepreneur and director of oil on Dutch Indies, dies at 46
- 1902 Julia Dent Grant, American First Lady (1869-77), wife of US President Ulysses S. Grant, dies at 76
- 1906 Jean Abraham Oudemans, Dutch geographer and astronomer, dies at 78
- 1906 Mercer Brooke John, American naval official, pioneered deep sea soundings, commander in the Confederate Navy, dies at 79
- 1912 Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, British Army lieutenant, Antarctic explorer, and dog handler (Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic expedition), dies after falling into a deep crevasse at 25
- 1914 Giovanni Sgambati, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 73
- 1918 Sidónio Pais, Portuguese politician (4th President of Portugal, 66th Prime Minister of Portugal), murdered at 46
- 1920 George "The Gipper" Gipp, American football player (Notre Dame), dies of a streptococcal throat infection and pneumonia at 25
- 1923 Giuseppe Gallignani, Italian composer and conductor, takes his own life at 72
- 1926 Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter (pointillism), dies at 64
- 1927 Julian Sochocki, Russian-Polish mathematician, dies at 85
- 1927 Yulian-Karl Vasilievich Sokhotsky, Russian mathematician known for his work on complex analysis and special functions, dies at 85 [1]
- 1928 Theodore Roberts, American actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments), dies at 77
- 1935 Stanley G. Weinbaum, American sci-fi writer (Martian Odyssey), dies at 33
- 1938 Maurice Emmanuel, French composer and musicologist (Salamine), dies at 76
- 1939 Helene Kroller-Muller, Dutch founder of the Kröller-Müller Museum, one of the first to recognise Vincent van Gogh, dies at 70
- 1942 Edo Fimmen, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 61
- 1943 John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon and nutritionist, inspired flaked cereal industry, dies at 91
- 1945 Constantino Gaito, Argentinian composer, dies at 67
- 1945 Forrester Harvey, Irish actor (Rebecca, Tarzan, Chump at Oxford), dies at 61
- 1945 Henry van Goudoever, Dutch lawyer and judge, dies on his 69th birthday
- 1945 Josef Kramer, German Nazi war criminal ("The Beast of Belsen"), hanged at 39
- 1947 Edward Higgins, English General of The Salvation Army, dies at 84
- 1947 Franz Zorell, German lexicographer, dies at 84
- 1948 R. O. Morris [Reginald Owen], British composer and music teacher, dies at 62
- 1950 Albrecht Schaeffer, German writer (Heroische Fahrt), dies at 65
- 1951 Coretté Alefred [Hardy], American-Russian-Soviet jazz, spiritual and pop lyrical and dramatic soprano, dancer, and actress, dies at 70
- 1952 (Olav) Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer, pianist, polyglot, and rosarian, dies at 65
- 1953 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American writer (The Yearling), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 57
- 1955 Dorothy Bernard, American stage, silent and sound screen actress (Life With Father - "Margaret"), dies of a heart attack at 65
- 1955 Paddy Mayne, British soldier, co-founder of the Special Air Service (SAS) and sportsman, dies in a car accident at 40
- 1956 Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish politician (7th President of Finland 1946-56), dies at 86
- 1957 Josef Lada, Czech painter and cartoonist who illustrated "The Good Soldier Švejk", dies at 69
- 1958 Joseph Vandemeulebroek, Belgian politician (Mayor of Brussels,1939-41 and 1944-56), dies at 82
- 1959 Lizzy Ansingh, Dutch painter (Cast Off), dies at 84
- 1960 Gregory Ratoff, Russian producer, director and actor (Exodus, Skyscraper Souls, Corsican Brothers), dies of leukemia at 63
- 1963 Dinah Washington [Ruth Lee Jones], American jazz, blues, pop, and R&B singer ("What a Diff'rence a Day Makes": "September In The Rain"), dies of sleeping pill overdose at 39
- 1963 Erich Ollenhauer, German politician, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (1952-63), dies at 62
- 1964 William Bendix, American actor (Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley), dies from lobar pneumonia at 58
- 1965 Herman Sandby, Danish cellist and composer, dies at 84
- 1966 Emma Dunn, British-American stage, silent and sound film actress (Dr. Monica; Dr. Kildare (films); Hideaway), dies at 91
- 1966 Richard Whorf, American actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy; Keeper of Flame), and director (It Happened In Brooklyn), dies from a heart attack at 60
- 1966 Verna Felton, American actress (Hilda-December Bride), dies at 76
- 1967 Frank Moran, American heavyweight boxer & film actor, dies of a heart attack at 80
- 1970 Elmer Schoebel, American jazz pianist, arranger (New Orleans Rhythm Kings; Isham Jones), and composer ("Farewell Blues"; "Prince Of Wails"), dies at 73
- 1970 Franz Schlegelberger, German judge, Justice Minister under the Third Reich, dies at 94
- 1970 William Slim, British WWII general in Burma and Governor General of Australia (1953-59), dies at 79
- 1971 Dick Tiger, Nigerian professional boxer, dies at 42
- 1973 Yitzhak Edel, Israeli composer, dies at 77
American journalist and political writer (Public Opinion), dies at 85
- 1975 Arthur Treacher, British character actor (The Little Princess; Thank You, Jeeves), TV announcer/sidekick (The Merv Griffin Show, 1965-70), and fish and chips restaurant namesake, dies of cardiovascular disease at 81
- 1978 Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo, Spanish writer (Englishmen, Frenchmen, Spaniards) and diplomat, dies at 92
American baseball catcher (12 × MLB All-Star; 6 × World Series; AL MVP 1963; first African-American NY Yankee), dies from myocarditis at 51
- 1980 Richard Gurley Drew, American inventor (created masking tape and cellophane at 3M), dies at 81
- 1984 Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish writer (Ambito, Bird of Paper, Nobel 1977), dies at 86
- 1985 Catherine Doherty, Russian-born Canadian activist, dies at 89
- 1985 Charlie Bachman, American College Football Hall of Fame guard and coach (Notre Dame, Florida, Michigan State), dies at 93
American MLB baseball right fielder, 1957-68 (7-time All-Star; 61 HRs 1961; New York Yankees and 3 other teams), dies of cancer at 51
- 1987 Clinton Sundberg, American actor (Belle of NY, Easter Parade), dies at 84
- 1988 Evald Schorm, Czech film director (Courage for Every Day), dies at 56
- 1988 Hermann Pfrogner, Austrian musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus), and educator (Munich Music College, 1958-74), dies at 77
Russian nuclear physicist and an activist for disarmament, peace and human rights (Nobel 1975), dies of a heart attack at 68
- 1989 Jock Mahoney [Jacques Joseph O'Mahoney], American actor and stuntman (Dallas, Yancy Derringer, Day of Fury), dies of a stroke at 70
- 1989 Konrad Lechner, German cellist, composer, and conductor, dies at 78
- 1989 Pattie Santos, American singer (It's a Beautiful Day), dies in a car accident at 40
- 1990 Hope Sansberry, American actress (Rats are Coming), dies at 94
- 1990 Johannes, 11th Prince of Thurn und Taxis, German businessman, dies at 64
- 1991 John Arlott, British cricket commentator and writer (BBC), dies of emphysema at 77
- 1991 Robert Eddison, British actor (Uncle Silas), dies at 83
- 1993 Josephine Riley Matthews "Mama Jo", African-American midwife (delivered over 1300 babies), dies at 96
American actress (The Great Ziegfeld, The Thin Man, Vanity Fair), dies at 88
- 1994 Catherine Filene Shouse, American philanthropist (Wolf Trap Institute), dies at 98
- 1994 Mary Ann McCall [Miller], American big band singer, dies at 75
- 1994 Orval Faubus, American politician, Governor of Arkansas (1955–67), tried to prevent black students attending a high school during Little Rock Crisis, dies at 84
- 1995 Rob Harris, American sky surfer (World Champion 1994, 95), dies skydiving at 28
- 1996 Norman Hackforth, British musician and radio broadcaster (Noel Coward; Twenty Questions), dies at 88
- 1997 Kurt Winter, Canadian musician (The Guess Who), dies of kidney failure at 51
- 1997 Owen Barfield, British philosopher of language, dies at 99
- 1997 Robert Sutton, New Zealand electronics engineer, dies at 82
- 1997 Stubby Kaye [Bernard Solomon Kotzin], American actor (Guys & Dolls; Lil' Abner;, Cat Ballou), dies of lung cancer at 79
- 1998 Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr., American civil rights activist and author, dies at 70
- 1998 Annette Strauss, American philanthropist, dies at 74
- 1998 Norman Fell, American actor (Three's Company, The End, Graduate), dies of bone marrow cancer at 74
- 1999 Dave Shogren, American rock bassist (The Doobie Brothers, 1970-71), dies at 49
- 2000 George Sholty, American harness driver (2,934 career wins; $20 million+ purse money), dies at 68
- 2000 Ralph Louis Wain, British agricultural scientist, dies at 89
- 2001 (Secondo) "Conte" Candoli, American jazz, big band, and session trumpeter (Woody Herman; Stan Kenton; The Brothers Candoli; The Tonight Show, 1967-92), dies of prostate cancer at 74
- 2001 W. G. Sebald, German writer, dies at 57
- 2002 Ruth Kobart [Kahn], American actor and singer (King's Quest VII, Forum), dies at 78
- 2003 Blas Ople, Filipino journalist, politician, Senate President (1996-2001), and Secretary of Foreign Affairs (2002-03), dies at 76 [1] [2]
- 2003 Don Conicannon, British miner, labor union official and politician (Member of Parliament, 1966-87), dies at 73
- 2003 Jeanne Crain, American actress (Man Without a Star, Pinky), dies at 78
- 2004 Fernando Poe, Jr., Filipino actor and politician (2004 presidential candidate), dies at 65
- 2004 Rod Kanehl, American baseball player, dies at 70
- 2005 Trevanian [Rodney William Whitaker], American film scholar and author, dies at 74
- 2006 Ahmet Ertegun, Turkish-American, songwriter, businessman (co-founder of Atlantic Records), and philanthropist, dies from complications after tripping during a Rolling Stones concert at 83
- 2006 Anton Balasingham, Sri Lankan chief political strategist of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, dies at 68
- 2006 Mike Evans, American actor (All In The Family & The Jeffersons - "Lionel"), dies of throat cancer at 57
- 2006 Otmar Macha, Czech composer (Quattro Group), dies at 84
- 2007 Ernő Király, Yugoslavian composer and ethnomusicologist, dies at 88
- 2008 Ramon Barce, Spanish composer, dies at 80
- 2009 Alan A'Court, English footballer, dies at 75
- 2010 Neva Patterson, American actress (The Seven Year Itch; Taxi; Nichols), dies from complications of a broken hip at 90
- 2011 Billie Jo Spears [Billie Jean Moore], American country singer ("Mr. Walker, It's All Over", "Blanket on the Ground"), dies of lung cancer at 73
- 2011 Boris Chertok, Soviet & Russian rocket engineer, dies at 99
- 2012 Kenneth Kendall, British broadcaster (BBC News, Treasure Hunt), dies from a stroke at 88
- 2012 Klaus Köste, German gymnast, dies at 69
- 2013 Janet Dailey, American Romance author, dies at 69
Irish actor (Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia), dies at 81
- 2013 Sven-Gösta Jonsson, Swedish rock singer ("Vid foten av fjället" ("At the Foot of the Mountain"), dies at 74
- 2014 Bess Myerson, 1st Jewish Miss America (1945), dies at 90
- 2015 Lillian Vernon, American founder and CEO of the Lillian Vernon Corporation (first company listed on US stock exchange started by a woman), dies at 88
- 2016 Bernard Fox, Welsh actor (Bewitched, Titanic, Hogan's Heroes), dies of heart failure at 89
- 2016 Garrett K. Gomez, American jockey (US Champion Jockey by earnings 2006-09; Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey 2007-08), dies of a drug overdose at 44
- 2016 Karel Husa, Czech-American Pulitzer prize winning composer (Trojan Women), dies at 95
- 2017 Lones Wigger, American competitive rifle shooter (Olympic gold/silver-1964, 72), dies at 80
- 2017 Yú Guāngzhōng [Yu Kwang-chung], Taiwanese poet, essayist, and translator (Nostalgia), dies from respiratory failure at 89
- 2018 Joe Osborn, American session bass player (Bridge Over Troubled Water), dies of pancreatic cancer at 81
- 2019 Anna Karina, Danish French 'New Wave' actress (Alphaville), dies at 79
- 2019 Felix Rohatyn, American investment banker (NYC Municipal Assistance Corporation (Big MAC) bonds), and diplomat (US Ambassador to France, 1997-2000), dies at 91
- 2019 Randy Colley (Moondog Rex), American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team champion 1981), dies after undergoing amputation of his right leg at 69
- 2020 Earl Hutto, American politician (Rep-D-Florida, 1979-95), dies at 94
- 2020 Eric Freeman, Australian cricket fast bowler (11 Tests, 34 wickets, 2 x 50s; South Australia), dies from a heart attack at 76
- 2020 Gérard Houllier, French soccer manager (Paris Saint-Germain, Lens, Liverpool, Olympique Lyonnais, Aston Villa, France), dies after heart operation at 73
- 2020 Günter Sawitzki, German soccer goalkeeper (10 caps West Germany; VfB Stuttgart), dies at 88
- 2020 Jeannie Morris, American sports journalist and author (Chicago Daily News, WMAQ; 'Brian Piccolo: A Short Season', 2014 Ring Lardner Award), dies from appendix cancer at 85
- 2021 Jethro [Geoffrey Rowe], British stand-up comedian (This Train Don't Stop Camborne Wednesdays), dies of lymphoma complicated by Covid-19 at 73
- 2021 Karl Heinz Wahren, German pianist and composer (Nocturnal Dances of the Tuscan Virgins in the Florentine Gardens at the Height of the Inquisition), dies at 88
- 2021 Ken Kragen, American television producer (The Smothers Brothers), music artist manager (Lionel Richie; Kenny Rogers), and charity organizer (USA for Africa - "We Are The World"), dies at 85
- 2021 Phil Chen, Chinese-Jamaican rock session and touring bassist (Jeff Beck, 1974-76; Rod Stewart, 1977-80; Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger), dies of cancer at 75
- 2021 Sonny Rhodes [Clarence Smith], American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist, dies at 81
- 2022 Billie Moore, American Basketball HOF coach (NCAA National C'ship California State-Fullerton Titans 1970, UCLA Bruins 1978), dies of multiple myeloma at 79
- 2022 Wulf Kirsten, German poet, novelist, and publisher, dies at 88
- 2023 George McGinnis, American Basketball HOF power forward (ABA MVP 1975; 3 x ABA All-Star Indiana Pacers; 3 x NBA All-Star Philadelphia 76ers), dies of complications following cardiac arrest at 73
- 2024 Zakir Hussain, Punjabi tabla virtuoso, Grammy Award-winning classical Hindustani and world music composer, producer (Shakti: Global Drum Project), and film actor, dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 73 [1] [2]
