- 705 John VI, Catholic Pope (701-05), dies
- 782 Kōnin, 49th Emperor of Japan (770-81) and last emperor of the Nara period, dies at 73
- 802 St. Paulinus II of Aquileia
- 812 Staurakios, shortest-reigning Byzantine Emperor (68 days), dies probably of battle wounds
- 844 Michael I Rhangabes, Byzantine Emperor
- 1055 Constantine IX Monomachos, Emperor of Byzantium, dies
- 1083 Otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria (c. 1020)
- 1494 Domenico Ghirlandaio [Bigordi], Italian Renaissance painter, and mentor of Michelangelo, dies of pestilential fever at 45
- 1495 Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman, dies at 66
- 1547 Pietro Bembo, Italian writer, literary theorist, and Catholic cardinal, dies at 77
- 1552 Johannes Cochlaeus [Dobeneck], German humanist/theologist, dies
- 1641 Franciscus Gomarus [François Gomaer], Dutch theologian, Calvinist minister, and academic, dies at 77
- 1641 Juan de Jáuregui, Spanish poet, scholar and painter of the Spanish Golden Age, dies at 57
- 1650 Paul Hallman, composer, dies at 49
- 1674 Jan Zoet, Dutch actor, author, playwright and poet (Parnasssus aan 't Y), dies at 58
- 1696 Charles Albanel, French missionary explorer in Canada (1st to reach Hudson Bay overland), dies (b. 1613 or 1616)
- 1703 Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic, dies at 70
- 1713 Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (b. 1637)
- 1735 Danilo I, Vladika of Montenegro (b. c. 1670)
- 1753 Hans Sloane, Irish physician, naturalist and collector (providing the foundation of the British Museum), dies at 92
- 1762 Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (b. 1695)
- 1763 Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet, dies at 86
- 1771 Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French author, dies at 66
Last King of the Gorkha Kingdom (1743-68) and 1st King of Nepal (1768-75) who began the unification of modern Nepal, dies at 52
- 1775 Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia
- 1784 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, Czech composer, dies at 59
French admiral who commanded the French fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake, dies at 64
- 1791 William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717)
- 1797 Francis Lightfoot Lee, American advocate for independence (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 62
- 1801 Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto), dies at 51
- 1817 Timothy Dwight, American theologian, poet and member of the Hartford Wits literary group, dies at 64
- 1836 John Molson, Canadian brewer (founded Montreal brewery Molsons), dies at 72
- 1843 Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, poet and composer of the lyrics to "Star Spangled Banner" dies at 63
- 1847 Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83
- 1856 Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23]
- 1867 Sir Stuart Donaldson, first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales (b. 1812)
- 1868 Henry Haywood Bell, U.S. Rear Admiral (Union Navy), dies at 59
- 1870 Adolf Ganz, German composer and violinist, dies at 73
American manufacturer and inventor of condensed milk, dies at 72
- 1877 Pietro Romani, Italian conductor and composer, dies at 85
German physician, physiologist and co-originator of cell theory (Schwann cells; pepsin; metabolism), dies at 71
- 1885 Rodolphe Bresdin, French cartoonist and lithographer (Le Bon Samaritain), dies at 60
- 1891 Georges-Eugene, Baron Haussmann, French administrator and architect, dies at 81
American Major General (Union Army), Governor of Massachusetts (1883-84) and US presidential candidate (Greenback anti-monopoly ticket), dies of a bronchial infection at 74
- 1896 Francis Channing Barlow, American lawyer and Union general during the US Civil War (met General John B. Gordon at Gettysburg), dies of Bright's disease at 62
- 1898 Gaetano Capocci, Italian organist and composer (Responsori), dies at 86
- 1901 Vasily Kalinnikov, composer influenced by folksong, dies of tuberculosis at 34
- 1902 Johnny Briggs, English cricket all-rounder (33 Tests; 118 wickets @ 17.75), dies of complications from an epileptic seizure at 39
- 1904 Mary Ellen Pleasant, American entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate, abolitionist, and civil rights pioneer, dies at 89 [1]
- 1905 Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Warsaw, Hasidic rabbi (b. 1847)
American writer and satirist (The Devil's Dictionary; Nuggets and Dust Panned Out in California), presumed dead at 71
- 1914 Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and patron of the arts after whom the Carlsberg brewery was named (b. 1842)
King of Greece (1913-17, 20-22), dies at 54
- 1927 Andrzej Gawroński, Polish Indologist and scholar, dies at 41
- 1928 Thomas Hardy, English novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd) and poet, dies near Dorchester at 87
- 1929 Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28
- 1931 James Milton Carroll, American Baptist pastor, historian, and author, dies at 79
- 1941 Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)
- 1943 Agustín Pedro Justo, President of Argentina (1932-38) during the Infamous Decade, dies at 66
- 1943 Carlo Tresca, NY's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered
- 1944 Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies
- 1945 Ada Negri, Italian poet and author (Il Libro di Mara, only woman admitted to Academy of Italy), dies at 74
- 1947 Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born vaudeville and film singer and entertainer dies at 68
- 1949 Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (Doubleday), dies at 49
- 1950 Karin Michaelis, Danish writer (The Dangerous Age), dies at 77
- 1952 Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor, dies at 66
- 1952 Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (WWII, Indo-China), dies of cancer at 61
- 1953 Ernst Herman van Rappard, Dutch Nazi founder (NSNAP), dies at 53
- 1953 Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89
- 1953 Marcel Canneel, Belgian painter (Les Patineurs), dies at 58 [1]
- 1953 Noe Zhordania, Georgian journalist and politician (Prime Minister, 1918-21; government-in-exile leader, 1921-53), dies at 84
- 1954 Edgard Tytgat, Flemish painter and etcher, dies at 77
- 1954 Emmy Arbous, Dutch actress/cabaret performer (Boefje), dies at 56
- 1954 Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (Brave Soldier), dies at 83
- 1955 Rodolfo Graziani, Italian Marshal, fascist and Viceroy of Italian East Africa, dies at 72
- 1957 Sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (b. 1867)
- 1958 Alec Rowley, English composer, dies at 65
- 1959 Mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies
- 1960 Johan E. Elias, Dutch historian (Amsterdam's regency), dies at 84
- 1961 Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)
- 1963 Arthur Nock, English-American historian (St Paul, history of religion), dies at 60
- 1965 Wally Pipp, American baseball first baseman (World Series 1923; AL HR leader 1916, 17; NY Yankees), dies from a heart attack at 71
- 1966 Alberto Giacometti, Swiss-French painter and sculptor, dies at 64
- 1966 Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish long-distance runner (Olympic gold 1912), dies at 76
- 1966 Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian politician and Prime Minister of India (1964-66), dies under suspicious circumstances at 61
- 1969 Richmal Crompton, British author known for the "Just William" stories, dies at 78
- 1971 Irene Rice Pereira, American abstract artist, dies aged 68
- 1973 Isabel Randolph, American actress (Missing Corpse), dies at 83
- 1973 Rudolf Kubin, Czech cellist, composer (Accordion Concerto), and pedagogue, dies a day after 64th birthday
- 1975 Max Lorenz [Sülzenfuss], German operatic heldentenor famous for Wagner roles, dies at 73
- 1976 Mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test WI v England 1930, 21 & 13, 0-17), dies
- 1978 Ibn-e-Insha [Sher Muhammad Khan], Pakistani humorist and Urdu poet (Chand Nagar), dies of cancer at 50
- 1978 Michael Bates, English actor (Clockwork Orange, Salt & Pepper), dies at 57
- 1979 Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-French art dealer and publisher, dies at 94
- 1979 Jack Soo [Goro Suzuki], Japanese-American actor (Flower Drum Song, Barney Miller), dies of esophageal cancer at 61
- 1980 Barbara Pym, British novelist (Very Private Eye, Excellent Women), dies of cancer at 66 [1]
- 1981 Beulah Bondi, American actress (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 88
- 1983 Erik Løchen, Norwegian jazz musician and film director (The Chasers, Remonstrance), dies at 58
- 1983 Gerhard Barkhorn, German Luftwaffe fighter pilot and officer, dies from injuries sustained in a car crash at 63
- 1983 Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist and educator, dies at 88
- 1983 Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79
- 1984 Fritz Geissler, German composer, dies at 62
- 1984 Jack La Rue, American actor and TV narrator (Lights Out, Mouthpiece, My Favorite Brunette), dies at 81
- 1985 Sir William McKell, Premier of New South Wales, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
- 1986 Sid Chaplin, UK novelist (b. 1916)
- 1987 Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist (b. 1911)
- 1988 Florence Knapp, American, one-time oldest person in the world (b. 1873)
- 1988 Isidor Isaac Rabi, American nuclear physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, dies at 89
- 1990 Kittens Reichert [Catherine Alma Reichert], American silent screen child actor [House of Cards, Les Misérables], dies at 79
- 1990 Mary Jane Carr, American actress (Forbidden Trail, Second Wife), dies at 74
American physicist (1936 Nobel Prize for physics), dies at 85
- 1993 Lacey Fosburgh, author (Closing Time), dies of breast cancer at 50
- 1994 Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician, dies at 92
- 1994 John Bradley, United States Navy corpsman, one of six who raised flag on top of Mt. Suribachi (see Iwo Jima), dies of a stroke at 70
- 1994 Roger "Ram" Ramirez, American jazz piano player and composer, dies at 80
- 1995 John Gere, English art historian, curator, and Keeper of Prints and Drawings at British Museum (1946-66), dies at 73 [1]
- 1995 Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (Primrose Quartet; Cleveland Orchestra, 1947-60) and pedagogue (Indiana University, 1960-95), dies following a heart attack at 85
- 1995 Onat Kutlar, Turkish screenplay/producer (Hazal), murdered at 59
- 1996 Eric Hebborn, British artist and art forger, dies of massive head trauma at 61 [1]
- 1996 Harold Walter Bailey, British philologist (Khotanese, Sanskrit, scholar who spoke 50 languages), dies at 96
- 1996 Hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist, dies at 87
- 1996 Ike Isaacs, Burmese-English jazz guitarist, dies at 76
- 1997 Cavan O'Connor, British singer ("I'm Only a Strolling Vagabond"), dies at 97
- 1997 Duncan Wood, English TV director and producer (Hancock's Half Hour, Steptoe & Son), dies at 71
- 1997 Helen Foster Snow, American journalist (reported from China in the 1930s), dies at 89
- 1997 Sheldon Leonard, American actor, producer and director (Danny Thomas Show, Big Eddie), dies at 89
- 1998 C V Gadkari, Indian cricket batsman (6 Tests, 1 x 50; Maharashtra, Services), dies at 69
- 1998 John Wells, English actor (Casino Royale; The Bobo), screenwriter, and satirist (That Was the Week That Was), dies of cancer at 61
- 1998 Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (Fidelio), dies at 71
- 1999 Brian Moore, Irish novelist (Catholics, Doctor's Wife), dies at 77
- 1999 Fabrizio de André, Italian singer-songwriter (Storia di un impiegato), dies of lung cancer at 58
- 1999 Naomi Mitchison, Scottish novelist, poet, and activist (Travel Light, Return to Fairy Hill, The Corn King and the Spring Queen), dies at 101
- 2000 Betty Archdale OBE, Anglo-Australian educationalist and English cricket batsman and captain (5 Tests), dies at 92
- 2000 Bob Lemon, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (MLB All-Star 1948–54; World Series 1948; no-hitter 1948, White Sox; Cleveland Indians) and manager (KC Royals, Chicago White Sox; World Series NY Yankees 1978), dies at 79
- 2000 Helena Carter [Helen Rickerts], American model and actress (Invaders from Mars), dies at 76
- 2000 Ivan Combe, American inventor of personal care products (Clearasil), dies at 88
- 2000 Phil Carrick, English cricketer (Yorkshire County Cricket Club), dies at 47
- 2001 Michael Williams, British actor (A Fine Romance) and husband of Judi Dench, dies of cancer at 65
- 2001 Sir Denys Lasdun, English architect (b. 1914)
- 2002 (Charles) Gene Dinwiddie, American blues saxophonist (Paul Butterfield Blues Band), dies at 65
- 2002 George Jinda, Hungarian-American smooth jazz and world music percussionist (Special EFX), dies from multiple medical condition complications at 41
- 2002 Henri Verneuil, French-Armenian playwright and film director (Mélodie en sous-sol), dies at 81
- 2002 Struan Sutherland, Australian medical researcher (b. 1936)
- 2003 Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (The Naked Childhood), dies at 77
- 2003 Mickey Finn, British rock percussionist and bongocero (T. Rex), dies at 55
- 2003 Richard Simmons, American actor (Sergeant Preston of the Yukon), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 89
- 2003 William Joseph Russo, American composer, dies at 74
- 2004 Mervyn Pike [Baroness Pike], British politician (C), dies at 85
- 2005 Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcyclist (b. 1957)
- 2005 Jimmy Griffin, American pop singer, guitarist and songwriter, (Bread), and Academy Award winner ("For All We Know"), dies of cancer at 61
- 2005 Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (b. 1913)
- 2005 Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit"; New Riders of the Purple Sage), dies of colon cancer at 66
- 2006 Markus Löffel (Mark Spoon), German DJ (b. 1966)
- 2006 Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim, dies from extreme abuse
- 2007 (Aurea) "Puch" Balseiro, Puerto Rican bolero and filin singer-songwriter and guitarist, dies at 80
- 2007 Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)
- 2007 Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)
- 2008 Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain, dies at 90
New Zealand explorer and mountaineer who was 1st to scale Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay, dies from a heart attack at 88
- 2009 David Vine, British sports broadcaster (BBC Match of the Day, World Snooker C'ships, Olympics coverage), dies of a heart attack at 74
- 2009 Tom O'Horgan, American musical theater director (Hair; Jesus Christ Superstar), dies from complications of Alzheimer's disease at 84
- 2009 Vivian Ridler, British scholar and printer (Oxford University), dies at 95
- 2010 Éric Rohmer [Maurice Schérer], French director, journalist and teacher (My Night at Maud's, Claire's Knee, Le rayon vert), dies at 89
- 2010 Georgy Garanian, Armenian-Russian jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer, dies of cardiac arrest at 75
- 2010 Joe Rollino, American strongman, weightlifter, and boxer (b. 1905)
- 2010 Mick Green, British rock guitarist (The Pirates; Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas), dies of heart failure at 65
- 2010 Miep Gies, Dutch discoverer of Anne Frank's diary and friend of the Frank family, dies at 100
- 2011 David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies at 74
- 2013 Aaron H. Swartz, American computer programmer, dies from an apparent suicide at 26
- 2013 Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer, internet hackitvist, activist, and entrepreneur (Reddit, Creative Commons, Open Library), commits suicide at 26
- 2013 Lars Werner, Swedish communist leader, dies at 77
- 2013 Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (Swept Away; Flash Gordon: Summer Night), dies from pancreatic cancer at 71
- 2013 Robert Kee, British journalist, historian and broadcaster (Panorama; Ireland: A Television History), dies at 93
Swedish actress (La Dolce Vita) and Miss Sweden 1950, dies at 83
- 2016 Gilberto Mendes, Brazilian composer, dies at 93
- 2016 Kenneth Corfield, English industrialist (CEO Standard Telephones and Cables), dies at 91
- 2016 Monty Irvin, American Baseball HOF outfielder (4 x NgL All-Star, NgL World Series 1946 Newark Eagles; MLB All-Star 1952, World Series 1954 NY Giants), dies at 96
- 2017 Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell, British politician and Conservative member of the House of Lords, dies at 77
- 2017 François Van der Elst, Belgian soccer winger (44 caps; Anderlecht, West Ham Utd), dies from cardiac arrest at 62
- 2017 José Vicente Asuar, Chilean electronic music composer, dies at 83
- 2018 Doug Barnard Jr, American politician (Rep-D-GA, 1977-93), dies at 95
- 2018 Edgar Ray Killen, American convict, former preacher, K.K.K. member and murderer, dies at 92
- 2019 J. D. Gibbs, American auto racer, team owner (Joe Gibbs Racing), dies of degenerative neurological disease at 49
- 2019 Michael Atiyah, English mathematician (Atiyah-Singer Index, Fields Medal 1966), dies at 89
- 2021 Colin McDonald, Australian cricket batsman (47 Tests, 5 x 100s; Victoria), dies at 92
- 2021 Howard Johnson, American jazz and session arranger, baritone saxophonist and tuba player (Gil Evans; Gravity; SNL band, 1975-80), dies at 79 [1]
- 2021 Kathleen Heddle, Canadian rower (Olympic gold coxless pair, 8's 1992; double sculls 1996), dies from breast and lymph node cancer at 55
- 2021 Ruth Clarke, British teacher, social activist, and religious leader (Moderator - General Assembly of the United Reform Church), dies at 85
American business magnate (CEO of Las Vegas Sands casino company) and major political donor to the GOP and Israel, dies at 87 [1]
- 2021 Wálter Taibo, Uruguayan soccer goalkeeper (30 caps; Huracán, C.A. Peñarol), dies at 89
- 2021 William Edgar Thornton, American medical doctor, USAF officer, and astronaut (STS-8, STS-51B), dies at 91
- 2022 Ahmet Çalık, Turkish soccer centre-back (8 caps; Gençlerbirliği, Galatasaray, Konyaspor), dies in a traffic accident at 27
- 2022 Anatoly Alyabyev, Russian biathlete (Olympic gold USSR 20km individual, 4 × 7.5km relay 1980), dies from COVID-19 at 70
- 2022 Clyde Bellecourt, American Native American civil rights activist (American Indian Movement), dies at 85 [1]
- 2022 David-Maria Sassoli, Italian politician and journalist, European Parliament President (2019-22), dies at 65
- 2022 Don Sutherin, American Canadian Football HOF defensive back/placekicker (Grey Cup 1963, 65, 68, 69; Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Rough Riders), dies at 85
- 2022 Magawa, African Giant Pouched rat (1st rat to be awarded a PDSA award for finding landmines for APOPO), laid to rest after dying in retirement in Tanzania at 8
- 2022 Rosa Lee Hawkins, American pop singer (The Dixie Cups - "Chapel Of Love"; "Iko Iko"), dies from surgery complications at 76
- 2022 Tim Rosaforte, American golf writer (Sports Illustrated, Golf Digest) and broadcaster (USA Network, Golf Channel), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 66
- 2023 (Mildred) "Carole" Cook, American stage and screen actress (The Lucy Show; The Incredible Mr. Limpet; Sixteen Candles), dies at of heart failure at 98
- 2023 Ben Masters, American actor (Passions, All That Jazz), dies of complications of Covid-19 at 75
- 2023 Charles Kimbrough, American stage and screen actor (Murphy Brown - "Jim"; Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 86
- 2023 Charles White, American College Football Hall of Fame running back (Heisman Trophy 1979, USC; Pro Bowl 1987, Cleveland Browns, LA Rams), dies at 64
- 2023 Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese pop-rock drummer and singer (Yellow Magic Orchestra), dies from complications of a brain tumor at 70
- 2024 Ed Broadbent, Canadian politician, leader of the New Democratic Party (1975-89), and MP (1968-90, 2004-06), dies at 87 [1] [2]
