- 641 Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about 65
- 731 Gregory II, Greek-Syrian Pope (715-731), dies at about 62
- 821 Benedict of Aniane, Frankish Benedictine monk, reformer under Charlemagne and saint, dies (b. c. 747)
- 824 Paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24), dies
- 867 Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies
- 1141 Hugo of St-Victor, philosopher, theologist and mystic, dies
- 1160 Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123)
- 1503 Elizabeth of York, Queen Consort of England and wife of King Henry VII, dies of a post-partum infection on her 37th birthday
- 1543 Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal, dies in battle at Wayna Daga
- 1622 Alfonso Fontanelli, Italian composer (Ferrara School), dies at 64
- 1626 Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician, dies at 77
- 1680 Elisabeth of the Palatinate, German philosopher and abbess (corresponded with René Descartes), dies at 61
- 1685 David Teniers III, Flemish painter, dies at 46
- 1709 Louise Hollandine, Abbess and painter, daughter of King Frederik V of the Palatinate and Elizabeth Stuart, dies at 86
- 1713 Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor of India (1712-13), beheaded at 51 (b. 1664)
- 1755 Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist and dramatist (Merope), dies at 79
- 1762 Johann Tobias Krebs, German organist and composer, dies at 71
- 1763 William Shenstone, English poet, dies at 48
- 1795 Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, and poet, dies of tuberculosis at 55
- 1797 Antoine Dauvergne, French composer, dies at 83
- 1806 Vicente Martín y Soler, Valencian composer, dies at 51
- 1828 DeWitt Clinton, American politician (Senator, Governor and Mayor of New York, had Erie Canal constructed), dies at 58
- 1829 Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (b. 1795)
- 1841 Ferdinand Olivier, German painter (Nazarene movement), dies at 55
American romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School), dies of pleurisy at 47
- 1862 Elizabeth Siddal, British poet and artist (b. 1829)
- 1866 William Thomas Brande, English chemist, Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, dies at 78
- 1868 Leon Foucault, French physicist whose pendulum proved that the Earth rotates, dies at 48
- 1870 Jacob de Kempenaer, Dutch lawyer and Minister of Internal Affairs (1848-49), dies at 76
- 1870 Leopold Eugen Mechura, Czech composer, dies at 66
- 1878 Gideon Welles, 24th U.S. secretary of the navy under presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, dies at 75
- 1879 Honoré Daumier, French caricaturist, painter, and sculptor, dies at 70
- 1879 Willem Josephus van Zeggelen, Dutch author, dies at 67
- 1882 Gustav Schmidt, German composer and conductor, dies at 65
- 1888 William Kelly, American inventor (pneumatic process of steelmaking), dies at 76
- 1892 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, Danish organist and composer, dies at 63
- 1894 Emilio Arrieta, Spanish opera and zarzuela composer (Maria), dies at 70
- 1899 George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies
- 1901 Milan I, King of Serbia (1882-89) who unexpectedly abdicated in favor of his 12-year-old son Alexander I, dies at 56
- 1903 Henryk Szulc, Polish violinist and composer, dies at 67
- 1911 Albert Salomon Anselm von Rothschild, Austrian banker and member of the Rothschild banking family of Austria, dies at 66
- 1917 Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)
- 1918 Taytu Betul, Empress of Ethiopia (1889-13) and founder of Addis Ababa, dies at 66 or 67
- 1922 Gerard Bolland, Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at 67
- 1923 Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician known for his work on Lie algebras, dies at 75
- 1925 Aristide Bruant [Bruand], French cabaret singer, chanson réaliste composer, comedian, and Monmartre nightclub owner, dies at 73
- 1927 Joel Engel, Russian musicologist (Jewish Folksongs), composer ("Numi, Numi"), and music publisher, dies at 58
- 1931 Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine), dies at 76
- 1937 Walter Burley Griffin, American architect (L-shaped floor plan, Carport) who designed Australia's capital Canberra and the NSW towns of Griffith and Leeton, dies of peritonitis at 60 after gall bladder surgery in Lucknow, India
- 1938 James A. Ten Eyck, American champion rower and coach (Ten Eyck Trophy namesake), dies at 86
- 1939 Franz Schmidt, Austro-Hungarian cellist, pianist, and composer, dies at 64
- 1940 Gunnar Höckert, Finnish athlete (Olympic gold 5,000m 1936), dies of war wounds at 29
- 1940 John Buchan, Scottish politician, Governor-General of Canada (1935-40), writer (The Thirty-Nine Steps) and historian dies at 64
- 1941 Rudolf Hilferding, Austrian-German Marxist economist( SPD Minister of Finance), dies in Gestapo custody at 63
- 1943 Bess Houdini, American-German stage assistant and wife of Harry Houdini, dies from heart attack at 67
- 1944 Ivan Sollertinski, friend of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, dies
- 1945 Al Dubin, Swiss-American song lyricist ("Tiptoe Through The Tulips"; "I Only Have Eyes For You"), dies at 53 [1]
- 1945 J S H Lokerman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Neugengamme
- 1948 Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), dies at 50
- 1950 Kiki Cuyler, American Baseball HOF right fielder (World Series 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates; 4 × NL stolen base leader; MLB All Star 1934 Chicago Cubs), dies at 51
- 1952 Charles Scribner III, American book publisher, dies at 62
- 1954 Adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court, dies at 76
- 1958 Ernest Jones, Welsh psychoanalyst (biographer of Freud - Life & Work of Sigmund Freud), dies at 79
- 1959 Marshall Teague, American auto racer (Daytona Road Course Strictly Stock Car winner 1951, 52; AAA National Stock Car champion 1952, 54), dies in speed record attempt at 37
- 1961 Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor and director (Pygmalion), dies at 82
- 1961 Kate Carew [Mary Williams], American caricaturist, dies at 91
- 1963 Karl Frederick, American sport shooter (Olympic gold 50m free / team pistol, 30m team military pistol 1920), dies at 82
American poet (The Colossus; Three Women), novelist (The Bell Jar), and posthumous Pulitzer Prize winner (Poetry, 1982), commits suicide at 30
- 1967 A. J. Muste, Dutch-born American pacifist and labor activist, dies at 82
- 1967 Edmond Hall, American jazz clarinetist (Red Allen; Teddy Wilson), bandleader (Café Society Band), and composer (Profoundly Blue), dies at 65
- 1968 Howard Lindsay, American playwright, actor and director (State of the Union), dies at 78
- 1969 James Lanphier, American actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48
- 1970 Emil Ábrányi, Hungarian composer, conductor, and opera director, dies at 87
- 1970 H. M. Bateman, British cartoonist (The Man Who... series), dies at 82
- 1971 Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria
- 1972 Jan Wils, Dutch architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80
- 1973 Elisabeth Achelis, American heiress, writer, and proponent of the 13-month World Calendar, dies at 93
- 1973 J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist (Nobel prize 1963), dies at 65
- 1974 Anna Q Nilsson, Swedish actress (Shenandoah; Uncle Tom's Cabin; Toll Gate; Sorrell & Son), dies at 85
- 1975 Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy soldier and statesman, assassinated (b. 1931)
- 1976 Alexander Lippisch, German scientist and pioneer of aerodynamics, dies at 81
- 1976 Charles "Charlie" Naughton, Scottish actor (Frozen Limits), dies at 89
- 1976 Frank Arnau [Heinrich Schmitt], German crime fiction writer, dies at 81
- 1976 Lee J. Cobb [Leo Jacoby], American actor (Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies from a heart attack at 64
- 1977 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian leader and 5th President of India (1974-77), dies of a heart attack at 72
- 1977 Louis Beel, Dutch premier (1946-48, 58-59), dies at 74
- 1978 Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist and poet (Trade Wind-Nobel 1974), dies at 73
- 1978 James B. Conant, American chemist and President of Harvard University, dies at 84
- 1982 Eleanor Powell, American stage and screen actress and tap dancer (Born to Dance, Broadway Melody films), dies of ovarian cancer at 69
- 1982 Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at 76
- 1982 Victor Jory, Canadian-American stage and screen actor (A Midsummer Night's Dream; Kings Row; Manhunt), dies of a heart attack at 79
- 1985 Ben Abruzzo, American businessman and balloonist (b. 1930)
- 1985 Heinz Roemheld, American film composer (Yankee Doodle Dandy; Ruby Gentry), dies of pneumonia at 83
- 1985 Henry Hathaway, American actor and director of westerns (Nob Hill), dies of a heart attack at 86
- 1986 Evelio Javier, Filipino politician, lawyer, and civil servant (b. 1942)
American sci-fi author (Dune series), dies of a massive pulmonary embolism after surgery for pancreatic cancer at 65
- 1989 George O'Hanlon, American actor (Life of Riley - "Calvin"; Joe McDoakes shorts), voice actor (The Jetsons - "George Jetson"), and screenwriter, dies after a stroke at 76
- 1989 Leon Festinger, American psychologist who developed the theory of cognitive dissonance, dies of cancer at 69
- 1991 Ajla Rachmanova, Russian-Austrian author (Students), dies at 92
- 1991 Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building, Centre Pompidou), dies at 90
- 1991 Robert W. Holley, American biochemist who worked with RNA (Nobel Prize 1968), dies at 71
- 1992 Raymond "Ray" Danton, American actor and director (Longest Day, Psychic Killer), dies at 60
- 1993 Brian Inglis, Irish journalist, historian and television presenter (All Our Yesterdays, What the Papers Say), dies of a heart attack at 76
- 1993 George Stephen, American inventor (Weber Kettle Grill), dies at 71
- 1993 Joy Garrett, American actress (Jo Johnson-Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure at 47
- 1993 Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnast (World C'ship gold USSR All-round 1992), dies in an auto accident at 20
- 1994 Neil Bonnett, American auto racer (18 x NASCAR victories) and broadcaster (CBS, TBS, TNN), dies from injuries sustained in a crash during practice for Daytona 500 at 47
- 1994 Sorrell Booke, American actor (Boss Hogg in Dukes of Hazard), dies of colorectal cancer at 64
- 1994 Vincent Wigglesworth, British entomologist (Metamorphosis hormones), dies at 94
- 1994 William Conrad [John Cann], American actor (The Killers, Bullwinkle Show, Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73
- 1996 Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet, commits suicide at 65
- 1996 Bob Shaw, Irish sci-fi writer, dies of cancer at 64
- 1996 Cyril Poole, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, 2 x 50; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 74
- 1996 Kebby Musokotwane, prime minister of Zambia in (1985-89), dies
- 1996 Phil Regan, American actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife), dies at 88
- 1997 Don Porter, American actor (Gidget), dies at 84
- 1998 (Floyd) "Stumpy" Brady, American jazz trombonist (Andy Kirk, Teddy Wilson, Luckey Roberts), dies at 87
- 1999 Jaki Byard, American jazz pianist (Charlie Mingus), saxophonist, drummer, composer, arranger, and educator, dies from an unsolved gunshot at 76
- 2000 Jacqueline Auriol, French aviator, and military test pilot who set 5 speed records (1951-63), dies at 82
- 2000 Roger Vadim, French film director (And God Created Woman; Barbarella), dies of cancer at 72
- 2002 Barry Foster, British actor (b. 1931)
- 2002 Frankie Crosetti, American baseball shortstop and 3rd base coach (record 17 World Series titles as player and coach; NY Yankees), dies from complications of a fall at 91
- 2004 Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and Cold War spy for NATO, dies at 73
- 2005 Jack L. Chalker, American sci-fi author (Saga of Well World), dies at 60
- 2006 Jackie Pallo, English professional wrestler, dies at 79
- 2006 Jockey Shabalala, South African singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), dies at 62
American novelist (Jaws; The Deep), dies at 65
- 2007 Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (Simon and the Oaks), dies at 79
- 2008 Frank Piasecki, American aeronautical designer and helicopter aviation pioneer (PV Engineering Forum; Piasecki Helicopter Corp; Piasecki Aircraft Company), dies at 88
- 2008 Patsy O. Sherman, American chemist and co-inventor of Scotchgard, dies at 77 [1]
- 2008 Tom Lantos, American politician (Rep-D-California 1981-2008), dies at 80
- 2009 Estelle Bennett, American pop singer (The Ronettes - "Be My Baby"), dies at 67
- 2009 Marina Svetlova, American ballerina and choreographer (Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo), dies at 86
- 2009 Peter Leng, British commander of the British Army forces in Northern Ireland (1973-75) and Master General of the Ordinance (1981-83), dies at 83
- 2009 Willem J. Kolff, Dutch-American Physician and Biomedical Engineer (artificial kidney, hemodialysis), dies at 97
- 2010 [Lee] Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, commits suicide at 40
- 2011 Chuck Tanner, American baseball manager (World Series 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates; Chicago WS, Oakland A's, Atlanta Braves), dies at 82
- 2011 Tom Carnegie, American sports announcer (b. 1919)
American singer ("I Will Always Love You"; "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"), actress (The Bodyguard), and film producer (The Princess Diaries), dies from an accidental bathtub drowning at 48
- 2013 Rick Huxley, British rock guitarist (Dave Clark Five - "Glad All Over"), dies from emphysema at 72
- 2014 Alice Babs [Nilson], Swedish jazz singer (The Swe-Danes; Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts), and actress (Swing It, Teacher!), dies of Alzheimer's disease complications at 90
- 2015 Bob Simon, American TV correspondent (CBS, 60 Minutes), dies after a car crash at 73
- 2015 Jerry Tarkanian, American collegiate basketball coach, 1961-2002 (California State, UNLV, Fresno State; career record: 784–202), dies at 84
- 2015 Roger Hanin, French actor (Navarro), dies at 89
- 2016 Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist and pro wrestler (UFC Heavyweight Champion 1999), dies of pneumonia complications at 44
- 2017 Harvey Lichtenstein, American head of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, dies at 87
- 2018 Vic Damone [Vito Farinola], American singer ("On the Street Where You Live"), entertainer, actor and TV presenter (Vic Damone Show), dies at 89
- 2020 (Bhekizizwe) Joseph Shabalala, South African singer, songwriter, founder and musical director of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, dies at 79
- 2020 Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball catcher and manager (first NPB batter to win Triple Crown 1965; Nankai Hawks), dies of heart failure at 84
- 2021 Joan Weldon, American actress (So This is Love, Them), dies at 90
- 2021 Phil Horrocks-Taylor, English rugby union fly half (9 caps England, 1 British & Irish Lions; Leicester Tigers), dies at 86
- 2023 Hans Modrow, German politician (last Communist Prime Minister of East Germany 1989-90), dies at 95
- 2024 Randy Sparks, American folk singer-songwriter and impresario (New Christy Minstrels), dies at 90
