- 1127 William IX, the Troubadour, Frankish nobleman (Duke of Aquitaine, Gascony, Count of Poitou, 1086-1127), Crusader, and poet, dies at 55
- 1134 Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy (1087-1106), dies at about 83 [birth date uncertain]
- 1163 Baldwin III, King of Jerusalem (1143-63), son of Princess Melisende and Fulco of Anjou, husband of Theodora, dies of consumption at about 33 [birthday uncertain]
- 1242 Shijō, 87th Emperor of Japan (1232-42), first son of Emperor Go-Horikawa, dies at 10 from an accident
- 1275 Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler of the mayors and sheriffs of London in 1188–1274, reported to have died at 73 (probably died 1274)
- 1280 Margaret II, Vlamingen noble, Countess of Flanders (1244–78) and Countess of Hainaut (1244–54 & 1257–80), dies at 77
Second Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (1294-1307), grandson and successor to Kublai Khan, dies at 41
- 1482 Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81
- 1543 Johann Eck, German Scholastic theologian and early counter-reformer against Lutheran challenges, dies a 56
- 1567 Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered
- 1576 Wilhelm Xylander, German classical scholar and humanist, dies at 43
- 1588 Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant and regent, dies at about 82
- 1657 Sebastian Stosskopf, German still life painter, dies at 59
- 1678 Philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried
- 1686 William Dugdale, English antiquarian and Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies at 80
Welsh pirate known as Black Bart who raided over 470 prize ships off the Americas and West Africa between 1719-22, killed by grapeshot in the Battle of Cape Lopez at 39
- 1755 Montesquieu, French philosopher and writer (Letters Persanes), dies at 66
- 1758 Thomas Ripley, English architect (Custom House, Old Admiralty), dies at about 75
- 1772 Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein and general, dies at 75
- 1774 Florian Leopold Gassmann, Bohemian composer, dies at 44
- 1782 Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German Lutheran theologian, dies at 79
- 1783 James Nares, British organist, harpsichord player and sacred music composer, dies at 67
- 1816 Jean-Paul-Égide Martini [Johann Paul Aegidius Martin], French composer (Plaisir d'amour), dies at 74
- 1822 Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen and Governor of the Austrian Netherlands, dies at 83
- 1825 Paulus van Hemert, Dutch theologian, philosopher, and promotor of Immanuel Kant's ideas (Magazine for Critical Philosophy and its History), dies at 68
- 1829 Leo XII [Annibale Sermattei della Genga], Italian prelate (Catholic Pope, 1823-29), dies at 68
- 1832 Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, Italian composer, dies at 84
- 1836 Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, French chemist (worked with husband Antoine Lavoisier), dies at 78
- 1837 Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet and writer (Eugene Onegin), killed in a duel at 37
- 1852 Samuel Prout, British water color painter, dies at 68
English-Canadian explorer (Columbia River, mapped more Canadian territory than anyone else), dies at 86
- 1861 Francis Danby, Irish painter, dies at 67
- 1865 Heinrich Lenz, Baltic German physicist known for Lenz's law in electrodynamics, dies at 60
- 1868 David Brewster, Scottish physicist and inventor (kaleidoscope), dies at 86
- 1876 August Söderman, Swedish composer, dies at 43
- 1876 Reverdy Johnson, American politician and jurist (Dred Scott v. Sandford), dies at 79
- 1878 Claude Bernard, French physiologist involved in the founding of modern physiology (blind experiments), dies at 64
- 1887 Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73
- 1887 Pieter Jan Baptist Carel Robidé van der Aa, Dutch Indologist and geographer, dies at 54
- 1891 Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850)
- 1902 Johann Nepomu Krieger, German Selenographer (lunar maps), dies at 37
- 1904 John A. Roche, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1844)
- 1905 Ignacy Krzyzanowski, Polish composer, dies at 78
- 1906 Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician, dies at 78
- 1907 William Howard Russell, Irish war pioneering correspondent, dies at 87
- 1908 Mustafa Kamil Pasha, Egyptian lawyer, journalist, Nationalist and a founder of Egyptian National Party, dies at 33
- 1913 Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek athlete (Olympic gold standing long jump, bronze high jump 1912, 2 x silver 1908), dies from meningitis at 24
- 1915 Albert J-BJ Thijs, Belgian Colonial pioneer (Congo), dies at 65
- 1917 Émile Pessard, French pianist, concert and comic opera composer, and teacher (Maurice Ravel, Jacques Ibert), dies at 73
- 1917 John William Waterhouse, British painter, dies of cancer at 67
- 1918 Abdul Hamid II, 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876-1909), dies at 75
Italian journalist, soldier and pacifist (Nobel Peace Prize 1907), dies at 84
- 1927 Laura Netzel (née Pistolekors), Finnish-Swedish pianist, composer, concert organizer, and humanitarian, dies at 87
English novelist, jornalist, playwright, and screenwriter (The Terror; The Four Just Men) who co-created King Kong, dies of diabetes at 56
Italian 259th Pope (1922-39), dies at 81
- 1944 Eugène Michel Antoniadi, Greek astronomer, a crater on Mars and the Antoniadi crater on the Moon were named in his honor (b. 1870)
- 1945 Anacleto Diaz, Filipino jurist (b. 1878)
- 1948 Ewart Astill, England cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, Leicestershire), dies at 59
- 1949 Abe Isoo, Japanese Christian socialist, politician, and "Father of Japanese baseball", dies at 84
- 1950 Armen Tigran Tigranyan, Armenian music composer and conductor, dies at 70
- 1950 Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist, known for his work on gift exchange in different cultures (The Gift), dies at 77 [1]
- 1951 Joseph Bovet, Swiss composer and conductor (Fribourg folk music), dies at 71
- 1952 Henry Drysdale Dakin, English biochemist known for the Dakin-West reaction, dies at 71
- 1954 Wilhelm Schmidt, German anthropologist and linguist (Anthropos), dies at 86
American author (Little House on the Prairie), dies at 90
- 1958 Billy Vine, American actor (54th Street Revue), dies at 42
- 1960 Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)
- 1961 Velma Middleton, American jazz vocalist (Louis Armstrong's big bands and small groups), dies from complications of a stroke at 43
- 1962 Willem Paerels, Dutch-Belgian painter and graphic artist, dies at 83
- 1964 Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer, known for work on a plane that could fly inside and outside the atmosphere, dies at 58
American theatrical producer (Diamond Horse Show), dies at 66
- 1968 Pitirim Sorokin, Russian-American sociologist (Social mobility), dies at 79
- 1975 Dave Alexander, American rock bassist (The Stooges, 1967-70), dies of pneumonia exacerbated by alcoholism at 27
- 1975 Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (b. 1910)
- 1977 George J. Dufek, American naval officer and commander of Operation Deep Freeze, dies of cancer at 74
- 1977 Grace Williams, Welsh composer (Penillion), and first British woman to score a feature film (Blue Scar), dies at 70 [1] [2]
- 1982 Khershed Meherhomji, Indian cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), dies at 70
- 1983 Eduard Franz, American actor (Zorro), dies at 80
- 1983 Vittorio Sereni, Italian poet (Diario d'Algeria), dies at 69
- 1984 David Von Erich, American professional wrestler, dies suddenly at 25 from acute enteritis, although this is debated
- 1986 "Uncle" Art Satherley, British-American record producer (1968 Academy of Country Music Award), dies at 96
- 1986 Brian Aherne, British actor (I Confess, Titanic, Juarez), dies at 83
- 1987 Ray Colignon (sometimes none as "Coco"), Belgian jazz and easy listening pianist, Hammond organist, and bandleader, dies at 80
- 1987 Sadequain, Pakistani artist, painter, calligrapher and artist, dies at 56
- 1988 Don Patterson, American jazz organist (Hip Cake Walk; Holiday Soul), dies at 51
- 1988 Paolo Renosto, Italian composer, dies at 52
- 1989 Dan Kelly, Canadian-born NHL sportscaster ("He shoots, he scores!"), dies of cancer at 52,
- 1991 Walter Klien, Austrian pianist, dies of cancer at 62
American writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), dies at 70
- 1992 Florence Tarlow, American actress (Arthur), dies of cancer at 70
- 1992 Mau Kopuit, Dutch editor-in-chief (New Israeli Weekly Newspaper), dies
- 1992 Meade Roberts, American screenwriter who worked with Tennessee Williams, dies of congestive heart failure at 61
- 1992 Thomas Graftdijk, Dutch writer (Dr Faustus), dies at 42
- 1992 Wim Ramaker, Dutch director and writer (On Death Track), dies
- 1993 Fred Hollows, New Zealand ophthalmologist (b. 1929)
- 1993 John Grossman, Czech director (Process, Revisor), dies
- 1993 Maurice Bourges-Maunoury, Prime Minister of France (1957), dies
- 1993 Rip Repulski, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1956; World Series 1959), dies at 64
- 1995 Kenton Kilmer, American writer, dies of cancer at 85
- 1995 Paul Monette, American writer, dies of AIDS at 49
- 1996 Hugh Francis Lamprey, British ecologist and bush pilot, dies at 67 [1]
- 1997 Lou Bennett, American bebop pianist, and jazz organist, dies at 70
- 1997 Matthew Eappen, American child involved in the Louise Woodward court case, dies at 8 months
- 1997 Milton Cato, 1st Prime Minister of San Vincent and the Grenadines (1979-84), dies at 82
- 1998 Buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9
- 1998 Maurice Schumann, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (1969-73), dies at 86
- 2000 Jim Varney, American actor (Ernest Goes to Jail; Hey Vern: The Beverly Hillbillies movie), dies of lung cancer at 50
- 2000 Ronald Roseman, American oboist, composer, and music professor, dies of cancer at 66
- 2001 Abraham Beame, American politician (Mayor of New York City, 1974-77, 1st Jewish mayor of the city), dies at 94
- 2001 George "Buddy" Tate, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 87
- 2001 Lewis Arquette, American actor (Horror Show; Book of Love), dies at 65
- 2002 Dave Van Ronk, American folk singer and songwriter ("Garden State Stomp"), dies of heart failure after colon cancer surgery at 65
- 2002 Traudl Junge, German secretary to Adolf Hitler, dies at 81
- 2003 Al Ruffo, Mayor of San Jose, California (b. 1908)
- 2003 Bengt Edlén, Swedish Astrophysicist who specialized in spectroscopy and discovered the source of unidentified emission lines in solar spectrum, dies at 86
- 2003 Clark MacGregor, American Republican politician (involved in Watergate), dies at 80
- 2003 Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler, dies at 44
- 2003 Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer, dies at 92
- 2003 Ron Ziegler, American White House press secretary to Richard Nixon, dies at 63
- 2004 Guy Provost, French Canadian actor (Léon Tanguay in "Sous un ciel variable", Alexis Labranche in "A Man and His Sin"), dies at 78 [1]
- 2004 Margaret Stacey, English sociologist who helped shape the distinctively British genre of empirical sociology, dies at 81
- 2005 Jack Segal, American pianist and songwriter ("Scarlet Ribbons (for Her Hair)", "When Sunny Gets Blue", "Here's to the Losers"), dies at 86
- 2006 Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (Fred Couples, Jay Haas, Craig Stadler, Lanny Wadkins, Steve Elkington), dies from pneumonia at 58
- 2006 J. Dilla [James Dewitt Yancey], American rapper and producer (Donuts), dies of a heart attack at 32
- 2006 Norman E. Shumway, American pioneer cardiac transplant surgeon (1st US adult human to human heart transplantation), dies at 83
- 2007 Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr., American businessman (President of Walgreens), dies at 100
- 2007 Jeong Da-bin, South Korean actress (Attic Cats, That Summer Typhoon), commits suicide at 27
- 2008 Roy Scheider, American actor (Jaws; The French Connection; Marathon Man; Paper Lion), dies at 75
- 2008 Steve Gerber, American comics writer (b. 1947)
- 2009 Jeremy Lusk, American freestyle motocross racer, dies of injuries three days after crashing while attempting a flip during a competition in Coast Rica at 24
- 2010 Carl Braun, American basketball player (NY Knicks), dies at 82
- 2010 Charles Wilson, American politician (b. 1933)
- 2010 Fred Schaus, American basketball coach and executive (b. 1925)
- 2010 Max Schubel, American composer (Opus One Records), dies at 77
- 2011 Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher, dies at 62
- 2011 Trevor Bailey, English cricket all-rounder, writer and broadcaster (61 Tests, 1 x 100, 10 x 50, HS 134no, 132 wickets; BBC), dies in a fire in his retirement flat at 87
- 2012 Geoffrey Cornish, Canadian golf course architect, dies at 97
- 2012 Jeffrey Zaslow, American author and columnist, dies in a car accident at 53
- 2013 Eugenio Trías Sagnier, Spanish philosopher, dies at 70
- 2013 W. Watts Biggers, American novelist (The Man Inside) and animator (Underdog), dies of a heart attack at 85
- 2014 Stuart Hall, Jamaican-British Marxist sociologist, cultural theorist, publisher (New Left Review), and political activist, dies of kidney failure at 82
American businessman (founded Little Caesars Pizza, owner Detroit Red Wings, Tigers), dies at 87
- 2017 Yuriy Poyarkov, Ukrainian-Soviet volleyball player (Olympic 2 gold/1 silver-1964-72), dies on his 80th birthday
- 2018 Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricket all-rounder and captain (61 Tests; 3448 runs @ 32.22, 7 x 100; 59 wickets), dies at 79
- 2019 Jan-Michael Vincent, American actor (Airwolf; Hooper; Buster & Billie; Tribes), dies of a cardiac arrest at 74
- 2020 Claire Bretécher, French cartoonist (Les Frustrés), dies at 79
- 2020 George Colerick, English music writer and publisher (Romanticism and Melody; From The Italian Girl to Cabaret), dies at 94
- 2020 Lyle Mays, American Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer (Pat Metheny Group), dies at 66 [1]
- 2020 Waqar Hasan, Pakistani cricket batsman (21 Tests, top score 189; member Pakistan's inaugural Test squad), dies at 87
- 2021 Fanne Foxe [Annabella Battistella], Argentine-American exotic dancer famous for her involvement in a sex scandal with US Congressman Wilbur Mills, dies at 84
American magazine publisher (Hustler), dies of heart failure at 78
- 2021 Pachín, Spanish soccer defender (8 caps; Real Madrid) and manager (Osasuna, Levante, Granada), dies at 82
- 2022 Nikolai Manoshin, Russian soccer midfielder (8 caps; FC Torpedo Moscow, CSKA Moscow) and manager (Somalia, Yemen, Mali), dies at 83
- 2022 Olsen Filipaina, New Zealand rugby league five eighth (28 Tests; Auckland RL, Balmain RLFC, Eastern Suburbs RLFC, North Sydney DRLFC), dies from kidney failure at 64
- 2022 Stefan Żywotko, Polish soccer coach (JS Kabylie; 7 x Algerian league titles, African Cup Of Champions 1981, 90; Algerian Cup 1986), dies at 102
- 2023 Carlos Saura, Spanish film director ("Cría Cuervos"; "Carmen", "Tango"), dies at 91
- 2023 Hugh Hudson, English film director (Chariots of Fire), dies at 86 [1]
- 2023 Páll Pampichler Pálsson, Austrian-Icelandic composer, choir director (Karlakór Reykjavikur, 1964-90), and conductor (Icelandic Symphony, 1971-94), dies at 94
- 2024 Bob Edwards, American Peabody Award-winning broadcast journalist (NPR - "Morning Edition", 1979-2004; Sirius XM - "The Bob Edwards Show", 2004-15), dies of complications from bladder cancer at 76
- 2024 Bob Moore, American food entrepreneur (Bob's Red Mill), and philanthropist, dies at 94 [1]
- 2025 Maria Tipo, Italian concert pianist and pedagogue, dies at 93
- 2025 Peter Tuiasosopo, American actor (Street Fighter, Necessary Roughness, Kickin' It) and NFL center (LA Rams), dies from a heart condition at 61
- 2025 Takis Ikonomopoulos, Greek soccer goalkeeper (25 caps; Panathinaikos FC 303 games), dies from stroke complications at 81
