- 661 Death of Ali [Ali ibn Abu Talib], 4th Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate (656-61) and 1st Shia Imam (632-661), assassinated by Ibn Muljam a Kharijite at around 59
- 1119 Pope Gelasius II [Giovannis Caetani], in office from 1118-19, dies at about 57 [birth details murky]
- 1342 Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)
- 1559 Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52
- 1597 Elias Ammerbach, German organist dies at about 67
- 1601 Louise de Lorraine, Queen consort of France (1575-89), dies at 47
- 1608 Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg, dies at 50
- 1647 Francis Meres, English writer (b. 1565)
- 1663 Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies
- 1678 Jeronimo Lobo, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)
- 1696 Ivan V, disabled co-Tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies at 29 (O.S.)
- 1706 Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet, courtier to Charles II and patron of the arts, dies at 68
- 1715 Bernard Lamy, French Oratorian, theologian, and mathematician (parallelogram of forces), dies at 74 [1] [2]
- 1737 George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British Army officer and first field marshal of the British Army, dies at 70
- 1743 Andre Hercule Fleury, French cardinal (1726-43), dies
- 1763 Johan Ludvig Holstein, Danish politician (Minister of State, 1735-51), dies at 68
- 1763 Louis Racine, French poet (La Religion), dies at 70
- 1814 Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre), dies at 51
King of Great Britain and Ireland and King/Elector of Hanover (1760-1820), dies after years of mental illness at 81
- 1824 Louise of Stolberg-Gedern, Countess of Albany and wife of Bonnie Prince Charlie, dies at 71
- 1829 Paul-François-Jean-Nicolas, French politician of the French Revolution, dies at 73
- 1841 Juan Lovera, Venezuelan artist, dies at 64
- 1859 Seth Thomas, American manufacturer and pioneer in the mass production of clocks, dies at 73
- 1859 William Cranch Bond, American astronomer (codiscovered Hyperion), dies at 69
- 1870 Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, dies at 72
- 1871 Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer (Les Anciens Canadiens), dies at 84
- 1879 Antonio Benedetto Antonucci, Italian cardinal and diplomat, dies at 80
- 1888 Edward Lear, English poet and author (famous for his nonsense poems - The Owl and the Pussycat), dies at 75
- 1897 John E. Smith, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), dies at 80
- 1899 Alfred Sisley, French impressionist painter, dies at 59
- 1899 Robert Fruin, Dutch historian (Eighty Years' War), and professor (Leiden University), dies at 75
- 1906 Christian IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies at 87
- 1910 Édouard Rod, French-Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies at 52
- 1912 Hermann Bang, Danish writer, dies at 54
- 1917 Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, British diplomat (Consul-General in Egypt, 1883-1907), and writer, dies at 75
British fieldmarshal (Sudan, WWI) nicknamed "Butcher Haig" due to mass casualties under his command during the Battle of the Somme, dies from a heart attack at 66
- 1929 La Goulue [Louise Weber], French can-can dancer (Moulin Rouge), known as the Queen of Montmartre, dies at 62
- 1933 Sara Teasdale, American lyric poet (Pulitzer Prize 1918 "Love Songs"), commits suicide at 48
- 1934 Fritz Haber, German physicist and chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry - 1918, for process to synthesize ammonia), dies at 65
- 1940 Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (America's 6th richest person in 1918), dies at 66
- 1941 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek military officer, politician, and dictator 1936-41), dies of throat cancer at 69
- 1942 Bion J. Arnold, American electrical engineer and inventor (railroad electrification), dies at 80
- 1942 Ladislao Zavertal, Czech-Italian conductor and composer, dies at 92
- 1944 William Allen White, American journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75
- 1945 Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (Olympic gold Team parallel bars; Team horizontal bar 1896), dies of starvation at 70
- 1946 Harry Hopkins, American statesman and presidential advisor (US Secretary of Commerce, Loan & Lease law), dies at 55
- 1946 Sidney Jones, British conductor and composer (The Geisha, A Gaiety Girl), dies at 84
- 1947 Fred Barratt, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 5 wickets; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 52
- 1948 Tomislav II of Croatia, 4th Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (b. 1900)
- 1950 Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1885)
- 1951 James Bridie [Osborne Henry Mavor], Scottish dramatist, dies at 63
- 1955 Hans Hedtoft, 14th Prime Minister of Denmark (1947-50, 53-55), dies at 51
American newspaperman and critic (Prejudices, Smart Set), dies at 75
- 1960 Louis Jean Heydt, American character actor (Waterfront; Gone With The Wind; The Great McGinty), dies from a heart attack at 56
- 1962 Friedrich-Max "Fritz" Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen), dies at 86
American poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88
- 1964 Alan Ladd, American actor (Shane, Carpetbaggers), dies from an overdose at 50
- 1965 Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader and impresario (Crazy Passage Show), dies at 72
- 1965 John Larkin, American actor (Saints & Sinners, The Satan Bug, 12 O'Clock High), dies of a heart attack at 52
- 1965 Michał Spisak, Polish composer (Hymne Olympique), dies at 50
- 1966 Josef Winckler, German dentist and writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84
- 1966 Pierre Mercure, Canadian composer, dies in an accident at 38
- 1967 Włodzimierz Poźniak, Polish composer, dies at 62
- 1968 Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, Indian cricket batsman (1 Test; captain Bombay in inaugural Ranji Trophy win 1935), dies at 66
- 1970 B. H. Liddell Hart, English military historian and publicist (The Rommel Papers), dies at 74
- 1973 Johannes Paul Thilman, German composer, dies at 67
- 1973 Ludwig Stössel, Austrian actor (Man With a Camera, The Pride of the Yankees), dies at 89
- 1974 H. E. Bates [Herbert Ernest Bates ], English writer (Love for Lydia, The Darling Buds of May), dies at 68
- 1976 Jesse Fuller, American one-man blues band ("San Francisco Bay Blues"), dies of heart disease at 80
- 1976 Michael Gwynn, English actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies of a heart attack at 59
- 1977 Buster Nupen, South African cricket all-rounder (17 Tests, 50 wickets; one eye only), dies at 75
- 1977 Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (Chico & the Man), commits suicide by shooting himself in the head at 22
- 1978 Tim McCoy, American actor (Arizona Bound) and soldier, dies at 86
- 1979 (Percival) "Sonny" Payne, American jazz drummer (Erskine Hawkins; Count Basie; Harry James), dies of pneumonia at 52
- 1980 Antonio Molina, Filipino composer, conductor and music administrator (Ana Maria, Hatinggabi), dies at 85
American actor, comedian and singer known as "the schnozzola" (The Durante-Moore Show, Jimmy Durante Show), dies of pneumonia at 86
- 1981 (William Randolph) "Cozy" Cole, American jazz drummer ("Topsy I"; "Topsy II"), and educator, dies of cancer at 71
- 1984 Edzard Schaper, German author (Der Henker 'The Hangman'; The Fourth King) who wrote about Estonia and Christianity and was sentenced to death by both the Soviet Union and Germany, dies at 76
- 1984 Frances Goodrich, American actress and dramatist (Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 93 of lung cancer
- 1986 Leif Erickson, American actor (Invaders from Mars, On the Waterfront), dies at 74
- 1987 Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski, Yugoslav composer, dies at 73
- 1988 Bantcho Bantchevsky, Bulgarian-American singer, commits suicide during a performance of at the Metropolitan Opera at 81
- 1988 James R. Killian Jr., 10th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1948-59), dies at 83
- 1988 Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 46
- 1989 Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (Olympic gold discus 1928; Women's World Games gold discus 1926, 30), dies at 88
- 1991 John Graham, Jr. American architect (Space Needle - Seattle), dies of heart disease at 82
- 1991 Yasushi Inoue, Japanese writer (The Bullfight), dies at 83
- 1992 Willie Dixon, American blues musician ("Backdoor Man"), dies at 76
- 1993 Hank Werba [Herman Werblowski], American journalist (Variety), dies at 79
- 1993 Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies at 65
- 1994 Nick Cravat [Nicholas Cuccia], American actor (Twilight Zone - "Gremlin" in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" episode), dies of lung cancer at 82
- 1994 Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (World C'ship gold Super-G 1989, 91), dies of a broken neck from accident during World Cup event in Germany at 26
- 1994 Yevgeny Leonov, Russian actor (Gentlemen of Fortune; Mimino), dies at 67
- 1995 Chris de Marigny, British dance administrator, dies at 51
- 1995 Dickie Burnell, British rower (Olympic gold double sculls 1948), dies at 77
- 1995 Guy Clutton-Brock, English social worker (declared a national hero in Zimbabwe), dies at 88
- 1995 Kuldar Sink, Estonian flautist, and composer (The Songs of Birth and Death), killed in a car accident at 52
- 1995 Ray Cecil, British architect, dies at 69
- 1996 Jack Sutherland, Scottish journalist, dies at 79
- 1996 John Terence Reese, British bridge master, dies at 82
- 1997 Eric Schneider, American murderer of 2 teachers, executed in MO at 35
- 1997 Louis Pauwels, French journalist, editor (Paris-Presse; Planète), and writer (Le Matin des Magiciens), dies at 76
- 1997 Osvaldo Soriano, Argentine writer and journalist, dies of cancer at 54
- 1998 Joseph Alioto, American politician (Mayor of San Francisco 1968-76), dies at 81
- 1999 Lili St. Cyr [Marie Van Schaack], American dancer and strip tease performer, dies at 80
- 2002 Dick 'Night Train' Lane, American Pro Football HOF cornerback (7 x Pro Bowl; 7 x First-team All-Pro; LA Rams, Chicago Cardinals, Detroit Lions), dies at 74
- 2002 Harold Russell, Canadian actor (Best Years of Our Life, Dogtown), dies from a heart attack at 88
- 2002 James Marjoribanks, British ambassador to the European Economic Community, dies at 90
- 2003 Frank Moss, American Democratic politician (Senator Utah 1959-77), dies at 91 [1]
- 2004 Janet Frame, New Zealand writer (An Angel at My Table, Care, Owls Do Cry), dies at 79
- 2004 M. M. Kaye, British writer (The Far Pavilions), dies at 95
- 2004 Otto Wilhelm Fischer, Austrian actor (Helden, Ich suche dich), dies of kidney disease at 88
- 2004 Serafim Tulikov, Russian composer (March of the Soviet Youth), dies at 89
- 2005 Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter, and Oscar-nominated film director, dies at 80
- 2005 Eric Griffiths, Welsh guitarist (The Quarrymen), dies of cancer at 64
- 2005 Yutaka Makino, Japanese composer, dies at 74
- 2006 Nam June Paik, Korean avant-garde composer, and video artist (Medium is the Medium; hommage à john cage), dies at 73
- 2007 Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse, winner of 2006 Kentucky Derby, dies at 3
- 2007 Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, Iraqi extremist leader (b. 1970)
- 2007 Robert Meier, German WWI veteran, formerly Germany's oldest living man, dies at 109
- 2008 Margaret Truman, American presidential daughter, singer and writer (Murder at FBI), dies at 83
- 2008 Philippe Khorsand, French actor (b. 1948)
- 2008 Raymond Jacobs, American Marine Corp sergeant (one of the WWII Iwo Jima flag planters), and news journalist, dies at 82
- 2009 (Bennie Ross) "Hank" Crawford, American saxophonist, arranger and songwriter (Help Me Make It Through the Night), dies of complications from a stroke at 74
- 2009 Alfred Mabbs, British Archivist (Public Records Office), dies at 87
- 2009 Bill Frindall, English cricket scorer and statistician (BBC, "the Bearded Wonder"), dies from Legionnaires' disease at 69
- 2009 Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist, co-founder and 'Godfather' of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, dies at 95
- 2009 John Martyn [Iain McGeachy], British folk-rock-blues singer-songwriter, and guitarist ("May You Never"), dies due to acute respiratory distress syndrome at 60
American football defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles) and broadcaster (CBS), dies of cancer at 78
- 2011 Bruce Jackson, Australian audio engineer specializing in live concert mixing (Elvis Presley, 1973-77; Bruce Springsteen, 1978-88; Barbra Streisand, 1993-2007; Fleetwood Mac, 1997), dies as pilot in crash of private plane at 61
- 2011 Emanuel Vardi, Israeli-American viola virtuoso and conductor (South Dakota Symphony 1978-82), dies at 95 [1]
- 2011 Milton Babbitt, American mathematician, composer of serial and electronic music (Correspondences), and teacher (Princeton; Juilliard), dies at 94
- 2012 Camilla Williams, American operatic soprano, dies at 92
- 2012 François Migault, French auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1976 runner-up; 16 F1 GP), dies from cancer at 67
- 2012 Goody Petronelli, American boxing trainer and manager, dies at 88
- 2012 Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian President (1992-99), dies at 93
- 2013 Frank Hahn, British economist, dies at 87
- 2014 Ashutosh Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader and founder of the Divine Light Awakening Mission, claims 30 million followers, dies at 68
- 2014 Ildefonso P. Santos Jr., Filipino landscape architect (National Artist of the Philippines in Architecture, 2006), dies of heart failure at 84
- 2015 Colleen McCullough, Australian author (Tim, Indecent Obsession, The Thorn Birds), dies at 77
- 2015 Kel Nagle, Australian golfer (British Open 1960), dies at 94
- 2015 Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer, visual and sound artist, dies at 80
- 2015 Rodney "Rod" McKuen, American poet, singer-songwriter and actor (Jean, Alone, Beatsville), dies at 81
- 2016 Alden Ashforth, American composer and professor of ethnomusicology, dies at 82
- 2016 Aurèle Nicolet, Swiss flautist (Berlin Philharmonic), and educator, dies at 90
- 2016 Jacques Rivette, French New Wave film director (The Beautiful Troublemaker), dies at 87
- 2018 Stewart Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood, Scottish philosopher of Religion and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh University, dies at 76
- 2019 Andy Hebenton, Canadian ice hockey right wing (record 630 consecutive games; NY Rangers, Boston Bruins), dies at 89
- 2019 James Ingram, American R&B singer-songwriter and musician ("Somewhere Out There"; "Just Once"), dies of brain cancer at 66
- 2020 Christoph Meckel, German writer, and graphic artist, dies at 84
- 2020 Irina Laricheva, Russian trap shooter (World C'ships x 6 gold individual, team, double trap), dies at 55
- 2020 Keith Nelson, New Zealand soccer striker (20 caps; Mount Wellington), dies at 72
- 2020 Larry Eisenhauer, American football defensive end (AFL All-Star 1962, 63, 64, 66; Boston Patriots), dies at 79
- 2021 Grady Gaines, American jazz, blues, and R&B tenor saxophonist (Little Richard; Sam Cooke, James Brown, Jackie Wilson), dies at 86
- 2021 Hilton Valentine, British rock guitarist (Animals - "House of the Rising Sun"), dies at 77
- 2021 Jeremy Lubbock, British Grammy Award-winning pianist, arranger, and music producer (Joni Mitchell; Minnie Riperton; Chicago, Celine Dion), dies at 89
- 2021 John Chaney, American Basketball Hall of Fame college coach (Cheyney University, Temple University), dies at 89
- 2021 Peter Klatzow, South African pianist, composer (Inyanga; Still-life with Moonbeams), and educator, dies at 76
- 2021 Yvon Douis, French soccer striker (20 caps; Lille, Le Havre, Monaco, Cannes), dies from COVID-19 at 85
- 2022 Des Drummond, Jamaican rugby league winner (24 Tests Great Britain, 4 England; Leigh RLFC, Warrington RLFC), dies at 63
- 2022 Howard Hesseman, American comic actor (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Dr. Johnny Fever"; Head of the Class), dies of colon surgery complications at 81 [1]
- 2022 Ralph Mellanby, Canadian sportscaster / television producer (EP Hockey Night in Canada 1966-85; 5 x Emmy Awards various Olympic Games), dies at 87
- 2022 Rashid Byramji, Indian thoroughbred trainer (3,170 winners/230 classics; Elusive Pimpernel 22/23 starts; Squanderer 18/19 starts; Indian Derby x 10), dies at 88
- 2022 Sam Lay, American drummer and vocalist (Original Thunderbirds; Howlin' Wolf; Bob Dyan; Paul Butterfield), dies of heart issues at 86
- 2023 Barrett Strong, American R&B vocalist ("Money (That's What I Want)"), piano player, and songwriter ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine"; "Just My Imagination";"Papa Was A Rollin' Stone"; "War"), dies at 81 [1]
- 2023 Krister Kristensson, Swedish soccer defender (38 caps; Malmö FF, Trelleborgs FF) and manager (Trelleborgs FF, Lunds BK, Höllvikens GIF), dies at 80
- 2023 Kyle Smaine, American freestyle skier (World C'ship gold halfpipe 2015), dies in an avalanche at 31
- 2024 Arne Hegerfors, Swedish sports presenter-journalist (Sveriges Television, Canal Plus), dies from lung and pancreatic cancer at 81
- 2024 Héctor Sanabria, Mexican soccer defender (7 caps; UNAM Pumas 1965-78) and manager (UNAM Pumas, CD Toluca, CD Veracruz), dies at 78
- 2024 Sandra Milo [Salvatrice Greco], Italian actress (8½; Juliet of the Spirits), and television personality, dies at 90
- 2025 Evgenia Shishkova, Russian pairs skater (World C'ship gold 1994), dies in American Eagle Flight 5342 collision with a Black Hawk helicopter at 52
- 2025 John Huard, American College Football HOF linebacker (University of Maine; Denver Broncos, New Orleans Saints, Toronto Argonauts), dies at 80
- 2025 Joseph Hale, American animator and visual effects artist (Disney's Peter Pan, The Black Hole), dies at 99
- 2025 Judy Johnson [Betty Bonney], American singer (Your Show of Shows; "How Little We Know"), dies at 100 [1]
- 2025 Thabang Tabane, South African jazz and malambo percussionist (PedXulu) and singer, dies at 46
- 2025 Vadim Naumov, Russian pairs skater (World C'ship gold 1994), dies in American Eagle Flight 5342 collision with Black Hawk helicopter at 55
