- 72 Thomas the Apostle dies in Mylapore, India (according to tradition)
- 1295 Margaret of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France. dies at about 74
- 1308 Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies at 64
- 1375 Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies at 62
- 1504 Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442)
- 1549 Marguerite of Navarre, Queen of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre, dies at 57
- 1579 Juan de Juanes [Vicente Juan Masip], Spanish Renaissance painter in Valencia, dies at about 72
- 1597 Saint Peter Canisius, Dutch Jesuit priest, dies at 76
- 1674 Rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about 66
- 1734 Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, Bohemian lutenist and Baroque composer, dies at 54
- 1736 Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45
- 1755 Caspar Ruetz, German composer, dies at 47
- 1807 John Newton, English cleric and hymnist, died at 82
- 1820 Charles-Francois Dumonchau, French pianist and composer, dies at 45
- 1824 James Parkinson, English physician (First description of Parkinson's disease) and political activist, dies at 69
- 1859 Nicolaas Christiaan Kist, Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian, dies at 66
- 1864 Archduke Louis of Austria, 14th child of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II and Feldmarschal-Leutnant of Austrian Imperial Army, dies at 80
- 1864 William Henry Fry, American composer (Niagara Symphony), music director (Musical Fund Society), journalist, and music critic, dies of tuberculosis at 51
- 1865 James Trapier, American soldier during American-Mexican War and general for the Confederate Army, dies at 50
- 1872 Ambrose R. Wright, American Civil War General, dies at 46
- 1873 Francis Garnier, French explorer, dies at 34
- 1889 Friedrich August Quenstedt, German geologist and paleontologist, dies at 80
- 1889 J. B. Lightfoot, English theologist and bishop of Durham, dies at 61
- 1890 Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist, organist, composer, and conductor, dies at 73
- 1900 Roger Wolcott, American political figure, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (1897-1900), dies of typhoid fever at 53
- 1904 George L. Shoup, American politician, Senator and 1st Governor of Idaho (1890), dies at 68
- 1906 Adalbert von Goldschmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 58
- 1907 Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of German dictator, Adolf Hitler, dies of breast cancer at 47
- 1907 Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (electrophysical therapy, advocated for public bath houses), dies at 58
- 1914 Arthur Jones, England cricket all-rounder and captain (12 Tests, 3 wickets, 15 catches; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies from tuberculosis at 42
- 1920 Claude Tozer, Australian doctor and cricketer (dashing NSW batsman), shot to death by a patient at 30
- 1921 Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback, American politician and publisher (1st African American governor - Governor of Louisiana (R) 1872-73), dies at 84
- 1925 Félix Jules Méline, French Prime Minister (1896-98) who introduced the Méline tariff, dies at 87 [1]
- 1927 Jack Saunders, cricketer (79 wickets-14 Tests for Aust 1902-08), dies
- 1928 Harry Butt, English cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests, 2 dismissals; Sussex CCC, MCC), dies at 62
- 1928 Luigi Cadorna, Italian fieldmarshal (WW I, Caporetto), dies at 78
- 1933 Knud J. V. Rasmussen, Danish Pole explorer (Thule), dies at 54
- 1933 Tod Sloan, American thoroughbred jockey (1,000 Guineas 1899 [Sibola], Ascot Gold Cup 1900 [Merman]; created monkey crouch riding style), dies from cirrhosis at 59
- 1935 Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist/writer (Die Weltbühne), dies after taking sleeping tablets at 45
- 1937 Ted Healy [Ernest Nash], American vaudeville, stage, and screen actor, comedian (Mad Love, San Francisco, Soup to Nuts), and developer of the Three Stooges, dies from complications of alcoholism at 41
- 1938 Helen Miller Shepard, American philanthropist who established Hall of Fame, dies at 70
- 1940 Hal Kemp, American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and sweet jazz bandleader, dies as a result of a car accident at 36
- 1941 Peetie Wheatstraw [William Bunch], American blues singer, songwriter, and piano player, dies on his 39th birthday when the car in which he was a passenger met a freight train
- 1950 Hattie Wyatt Caraway, American politician (1st woman elected to US Senate, Senator for Arkansas 1931-45), dies at 72 [1]
- 1956 Lewis Terman, American psychologist (developed Stanford-Binet IQ test), and eugenicist, dies at 79
- 1957 Eric Coates, English viola palyer and composer, dies at 71
- 1958 H. B. Warner, British actor (Sunset Boulevard, The King of Kings), dies at 83
- 1958 Lion Feuchtwanger, German playwright and novelist (Der falsche Nero), dies at 74
- 1959 Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, restaurateur and ceramicist (b. 1883)
- 1962 Syd Saylor [Leo Sailor], American silent and sound screen character actor (Arizona Days; The Three Mesquiteers), dies of a heart attack at 67
English cricket batsman (61 Tests, 5,410 runs @ 56.94, 15 x 100s; leading 1st-class run-scorer [61,760] and century-maker [199]; Surry), dies at 81
- 1964 Algernon Kingscote, English tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1919), dies at 76
- 1964 Carl Van Vechten, American writer famous for the controversial novel "Nigger Heaven", dies at 84
- 1965 Claude Champagne, Canadian composer, dies at 74
- 1967 Louis Washkansky, 18 days after 1st heart transplant, dies at 55
- 1967 Stuart "Stu" Erwin, American actor (The Stu Erwin Show), dies of a heart attack at 64
- 1969 Georges Catroux, French Army general, French Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1945-48) and Grand Chancellor of the Légion d'honneur (1954-69), dies at 92 [1]
- 1972 Horace Mann Bond, American educator, administrator (President of Lincoln University (Pa), 1945-57), and historian, dies at 68
- 1974 James Henry Govier, British artist (b. 1910)
- 1974 Richard Long, American actor (Prof-Nanny and the Professor), dies at 47
- 1978 Roger Caillois, French writer and scholar (Les Jeux et les Hommes, championed South American writers), dies at 65
- 1979 Mac Anderson, New Zealand cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies at 60
American playwright (One Minute Please), dies at 90
- 1983 Paul de Man, Belgian literary critic, dies at 64
- 1983 Rod Cameron [Nathan Roderick Cox], Canadian actor (City Detective, State Trooper, Trigger Trail), dies of cancer at 73
- 1984 Judith Raskin, American soprano (Susanna-Le Nozze di Figaro), dies at 56
- 1985 Kamatari Fujiwara, Japanese film actor (Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo), dies of a heart attack at 80
- 1986 Willy Coppens, Belgian WW I fighter ace, dies at 94
- 1987 John Spence, founding No Doubt member (b. 1969)
- 1987 Robert Paige, American actor, TV newscaster and political correspondent (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong, Colgate Comedy Hour), dies 77
- 1988 Bob Steele [Robert Adrian Bradbury], American actor (Monogram, Supreme, Tiffany), dies of emphysema at 81
- 1988 Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-British biologist and zoologist (Nobel 1973), dies at 81
- 1989 Ján Cikker, Slovak composer, dies at 78
- 1989 Rotimi Fani-Kayode [Oluwarotimi Fani-Kayode], Nigerian-British photographer known for celebrating Black queer life (Snap Shot), dies of complications of AIDS at 34 [1]
- 1990 Kelly Johnson, American aircraft engineer (Lockheed Skunk Works, Lockheed U-2, SR-71 Blackbird), dies at 80
- 1992 Albert King [Nelson], American blues guitarist and singer (BB King & Friends; Blues Alive), dies of a heart attack at 69
- 1992 Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American Grammy Award-winning concert violinist, transcriber, and composer, dies at 87
- 1992 Philip Farkas, American classical horn player (Chicago Symphony) and educator (University of Indiana), dies at 78
- 1992 Stella Adler, American actress (Love on Toast; My Girl Tisa), and teacher (Stella Adler Studio of Acting), dies at 91
- 1992 Sybil Andrews, English-Canadian painter, dies at 94
- 1993 Philip Christison, British general (Rangoon), dies at 100
- 1994 Shauna McDonald Brown, British TV producer, dies at 37
- 1995 Robert Heuston, Irish legal scholar, dies at 72
- 1995 Trenchard Cox, British museum director, dies at 90
- 1996 Barry Gray [Bernard Yaroslaw], American radio personality and interviewer (started call-in radio), dies at 80
- 1996 Margaret E Rey, author of children's books, dies at 90
- 1996 Margret Rey, German-American author and illustrator (Curious George), dies at 90
- 1996 Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant, Portuguese patron of the arts, dies at 96
- 1997 Amie Comeaux, American country music singer, dies at 21
- 1997 Bruce Woodcock, English boxer, European Heavyweight Champion, dies at 76
- 1997 Harold Roxbee Cox, Baron Kings Norton, British aeronautical engineer, dies at 95
- 1997 Juzo Itami, film director/actor (Lord Jim, Yuuguremade), dies at 64
- 1998 Ernst-Günther Schenck, German doctor and member of the SS whose memoirs proved historically valuable, dies at 94
- 1998 Karl Denver [Angus McKenzie], Scottish pop singer ("Never Say Goodbye"; "Wimoweh"), dies of a brain tumor at 67
- 1998 Roger Avon, British actor (Doctor Who, Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.), dies at 84
- 1999 John Arnatt, British actor (A Challenge for Robin Hood, Circumstantial Evidence), dies at 82
- 2000 Antón Larrauri, Spanish classical and film score composer (Oración al cosmos), dies at 68
- 2000 Edward Miller, British historian and Master (Fitzwilliam College Cambridge), dies at 85
- 2001 Dick Schaap, American Emmy Award-winning sportscaster, journalist, and author (Bo Knows Bo: Instant Replay), dies from complications during hip replacement surgery at 67
- 2001 Felix Guerro Diaz, Cuban composer, dies at 84
- 2003 Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Spanish playboy and businessman (b. 1924)
- 2004 Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist, dies at 79
- 2005 Elrod Hendricks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)
- 2005 Myron Healey, American actor (The Lone Ranger, Wyatt Earp), dies of ill health at 82
- 2006 Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen dictator, President of Turkmenistan (1990-2006), dies of a heart attack at 66
- 2006 Scobie Breasley, Australian jockey (b. 1914)
- 2006 Sydney Wooderson, English athlete dubbed "The Mighty Atom" (world record 1937), dies at 92
- 2007 Ken Hendricks, American businessman (b. 1941)
- 2010 David Hennessy [Lord Windlesham], British politician and Leader of the House of Lords (1973-4), dies at 78
- 2010 Enzo Bearzot, Italian football player and manager (b. 1927)
- 2012 Lee Dorman, American rock bassist (Iron Butterfly; Captain Beyond), dies at 70
- 2013 Bronzell Miller, American WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals), dies at 42
- 2013 David Coleman, British sports commentator (BBC 1954-2000), dies at 87
- 2013 Eli Beeding, American Air Force Captain and rocket test pilot, dies at 85
- 2013 Lars Edlund, Swedish composer, dies at 91
- 2014 Billie Whitelaw, British actress (Omen, Adding Machine), dies at 82
- 2014 Sonia d’Artois, British Canadian WWII resistance agent, dies at 90
- 2014 Udo Jürgens [Bockelmann], Austrian-Swiss pop singer-songwriter (Eurovision Song Contest, 1966), dies of heart failure at 80
- 2016 Weston Noble, American music educator and conductor (Luther College, 1948-2005), dies at 94
- 2017 Bruce McCandless II, American aviator, electrical engineer and astronaut who made the 1st untethered space walk (STS 41B, STS-31), dies at 80
- 2017 Richard "Dick" Enberg, American sportscaster (NBC, CBS, ESPN), dies of a heart attack at 82
- 2017 Roswell Rudd, American free-jazz trombonist (Archie Shepp) and avant-garde composer (New York Art Quartet), dies of prostate cancer at 82
- 2017 Wolfgang Ludewig, German composer, dies at 91
- 2019 Emanuel Ungaro, French fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1969), dies at 86
- 2019 Martin Peters, English soccer midfielder (67 caps; West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 76
- 2019 Sam Strahan, New Zealand rugby union lock (17 caps; Manawatū), dies at 74
- 2020 K. T. Oslin, American country singer (80's Ladies), dies at 78 [1]
- 2020 Kevin Greene, American Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker (5 x Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1989, 94, 96; LA Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers), dies at 58
- 2021 (Wilbert) Billy Davis, American tennis player (11 x American Tennis Association Titles; mentor to Arthur Ashe), dies of congestive heart failure at 91
- 2021 Nicholas Georgiade, American actor (Untouchables, Run Buddy Run), dies at 88
- 2022 John Harries, British atmospheric physicist (provided 1st direct observational evidence of carbon dioxide increase - greenhouse effect), dies at 76 [1]
- 2022 Richard Trythall, American-Italian pianist, contemporary classical and electronic music composer (Continuums; Parts Unknown), and educator, dies at 83
American economist who developed the Solow–Swan model of economic growth (Nobel Prize, 1987), dies at 99
