- 858 Kenneth I of Scotland [Kenneth MacAlpin], King of the Picts who united Scotland and is considered the 1st Scottish King, dies of a tumor at around 48
- 1130 Honorius II [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies
- 1141 Béla II of Hungary (b. 1110)
- 1200 Stefan Nemanja [Saint Symeon], Serbian ruler and founder of Serbian state (or died 1199)
- 1219 Minamoto no Sanetomo, 3rd Japanese shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate (1203-19) and waka poet, assassinated by his nephew at 26
- 1237 Jordanus of Saxon, 2nd general of Dominicans, drowns
- 1315 Jean I of Chalon-Arlay, mayor of Neuchôtel, dies
- 1332 Andronicus II Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1282-1328)/monk, dies
- 1539 Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (b. 1474)
- 1542 Catherine Howard, Queen of England (1540-42), 5th wife of Henry VIII, beheaded at 18 or 19 for adultery
- 1542 Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford, sister-in-law of King Henry VIII of England, beheaded in the Tower of London at 36 or 37
- 1585 Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar, dies at 69
- 1592 Jacopo Bassano, Italian painter
- 1600 Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter and poet (Trattato), dies at 61
- 1602 Alexander Nowell, English churchman, dean of St Paul's, dies
- 1608 Elizabeth Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury and builder of country houses, dies at 89
- 1608 Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Lithuanian prince (b. 1526)
- 1624 Stephen Gosson, English satirist (b. 1554)
- 1629 Girolamo Giacobbi, Italian singer, choirmaster, conductor, and composer of sacred music and opera, dies at 61 (date approximate)
- 1635 Georg R. Weckerlin, German poet, dies at 50
- 1660 Charles X Gustav, King of Sweden (1654-60), dies at 37
- 1662 Elisabeth Stuart, Electress of the Palatinate, "The Winter Queen" of Bohemia and daughter of James VI and I of England and Scotland, dies at 65
- 1693 Johann Kaspar von Kerll, German composer, dies at 65
- 1724 Francisco José Coutinho, Portuguese composer, dies at 43
- 1727 William Wotton, English theologian and scholar, dies at 58
American Puritan minister (Salem witchcraft trials), dies at 65
- 1732 Charles-René d'Hozier, French historian (b. 1640)
- 1741 Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80
- 1787 Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French statesman and diplomat, dies at 67
- 1787 Roger Boscovich [Ruđer Bošković], Croatian-Italian astronomer. physicist, poet, and priest, dies at 75
- 1798 Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, German writer (Fantasies of Art), dies at 24
- 1814 Georg Augustin Holler, German composer, dies at 69
- 1818 Absalom Jones, African-American abolitionist and Methodist Episcopal clergyman (founder of the Free African Society, and the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas in Philadelphia), dies at 71
- 1818 George Rogers Clark, American frontier military leader in Revolutionary War, dies at 65
- 1837 Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and romantic writer, commits suicide by gunshot at 27
- 1841 Thomas Ainsworth, English-Dutch industrialist, dies at 45
- 1845 Henrik Steffens, Norwegian-German philosopher, dies at 71
- 1849 Christian Rummel, German conductor and composer, dies at 61
- 1858 Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Prussian economist, dies at 47
- 1873 Petrus Abraham Samuel van Limburg Brouwer, Dutch novelist (Akbar), literary critic (De Gids), and politician (Member of Parliament, 1864-68), dies at 43 [1]
- 1882 Henry Highland Garnet, American minister, abolitionist and diplomat, dies in Monrovia, Liberia at 66
German composer, noted chiefly for his operas (The Ring of the Nibelung; The Flying Dutchman), dies of a heart attack while visiting Venice at 69
- 1888 Jean Baptiste Lamy, 1st Archbishop of Santa Fe (1853-85), dies at 73
- 1889 João Maurício Vanderlei [Wanderley], Brazilian magistrate and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (1885-88), voted against emancipation law, dies at 73
- 1891 David Dixon Porter, United States Navy admiral, dies at 77
- 1893 Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), dies at 58
- 1894 Franjo Rački, Croatian historian and politician, dies at 65
- 1896 Carl Martin Reinthaler, German composer, dies at 73
- 1897 Joseph O. Shelby, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 66
- 1905 Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (Travellers in Auvergne), dies at 60
- 1906 Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter, dies at 39
- 1907 Marcel Bertrand, French geologist and mine engineer (tectonic geology), dies at 59
- 1914 Alphonse Bertillon, French police officer and anthropologist (devised crime ID system), dies at 60
- 1916 Vilhelm Hammershøi, Danish painter known for his subdued interiors and portraits, dies at 51
- 1919 Matteo Albertone, Italian general who fought in the Italo-Ethiopian War, dies at 78
- 1921 Willem P C Knuttel, Dutch bibliography/librarian, dies at 67
- 1925 Floyd Collins, American cave owner and caver, dies a few days before rescuers can reach him trapped in Sand Cave, Kentucky at 37 (estimated) [1]
- 1927 Brooks Adams, American philosopher (New Empire), dies at 78
- 1935 Vernon Lee [Violet Paget], British author (Satan the Master, Gospels of Anarchy), dies at 78
- 1937 Carl Albrecht Bernoulli, Swiss writer, dies at 69
- 1941 Blind Boy Fuller [Fulton Allen], American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer, dies of sepsis and kidney failure at 36
- 1942 Epitácio Pessoa, 11th President of Brazil (Minas Gerais Republican: 1919-22), dies at 76
- 1943 Willem Walraven, Dutch journalist and writer (De Indische Courant / The Indies Newspaper; Brieven / Letters), dies at 55 [1]
- 1944 Edgar Selwyn, American actor, playwright, and producer on Broadway (Goldwyn Pictures), dies at 68
- 1945 George Studd, English cricket batsman (4 Tests; Middlesex), dies at 85
- 1950 Rafael Sabatini, Italian-British writer (The Sea Hawk), dies at 74
- 1951 Lloyd C. Douglas, American novelist (The Big Fisherman), dies at 73
- 1952 Alfred Einstein, German-American musicologist (Mozart catalogue revision), dies at 71
- 1952 Josephine Tey, English author (The Daughter of Time), dies of cancer at 55
- 1954 Anges Macphail, Canadian politician (first woman to be elected to Canada's House of Commons), dies at 63 [1]
- 1954 Frederick Lewis Allen, American social historian and editor of Harper's Magazine, dies at 63
- 1956 Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish logician, philosopher, professor, and author, dies at 77
- 1958 Dame Christabel Pankhurst, a leading suffragette (English) "Queen of the mob" (b.1880)
- 1958 Georges Rouault, French expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre), dies at 86
- 1959 William Axt, American film scores composer (The Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 70
- 1960 Delmar 'Barney' Roos, American automotive engineer, designer of the Jeep, dies at 71
- 1963 Harry Steers, American bowling hall of famer (1st man to bowl in 50 USB championships), dies
- 1964 Ken Hubbs, American baseball second baseman (NL Rookie of the Year & Gold Glove Award 1962; Chicago Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22
- 1964 Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist, one of the main organizers of Nazi Germany's T-4 Euthanasia Program, dies at 61
- 1965 Jerry Burke, American easy-listening pianist and organ player (Lawrence Welk Orchestra, 1934-65), dies of cancer at 53
- 1965 William Heard Kilpatrick, American mathematician and philosopher, dies at 93
- 1966 Elio Vittorini, Italian writer (Conversations in Sicily), dies at 57
- 1966 Marguerite Long, French concert pianist (Ravel) and teacher (Paris Conservatoire, 1906-40), dies at 91
- 1967 Forough Farrokhzad, Iranian pre-eminent poet and film director, dies in a car crash at 32
- 1968 Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, dies at 87
- 1968 Mae Marsh, American actress (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), dies at 72
- 1968 Portia White, Canadian contralto, and educator, dies of cancer at 56
- 1970 Herbert Strudwick, English cricket wicketkeeper (28 Tests, 73 dismissals; Surrey CCC), dies at 90
- 1975 Eric Harding Thiman, English composer, dies at 74
- 1975 Henry P. Van Dusen, US protestant theologist, dies at 77
- 1976 Alice "Lily" Pons, French-American coloratura soprano opera singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1931-60) and actress (That Girl From Paris), dies of pancreatic cancer at 77
- 1976 Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian military ruler, assassinated at 37
- 1977 Jack Gardner, American actor (The Secret Code; Three Russian Girls), dies at 74
- 1980 David Janssen, American actor (The Fugitive, Harry O), dies at 49
- 1980 Marian Rejewski, Polish mathematician and cryptologist (1st to break German Enigma code), dies at 74
- 1981 Jack Crapp, English cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies at 68
- 1982 Gluyas Williams, American cartoonist (Fellows Citizen), dies at 93
- 1982 Zeng Jinlian, Chinese tallest woman ever recorded (2.46m, 8'1"), dies at 17
- 1983 Marian Nixon [Marja Nissinen], American silent and sound film actress (Hands Up!; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms; Winner Takes All), dies after open-heart surgery at 78
- 1984 Andre Stander, South African police captain and bank robber (b. 1946)
- 1984 Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer and mountain climber who was the 1st to reach the North Pole solo and the 1st to raft the Amazon River solo, dies at 43 while descending from a solo winter ascent of Denali in Alaska
- 1987 Milford "Curly" Page, New Zealand cricket batsman and captain (14 Tests, 1 x 100, 2x 50, 5 wickets) and rugby union halfback (Canterbury RU), dies at 84
- 1988 John Curulewski, American rock guitarist and singer (Styx), dies of a brain aneurysm at 37
- 1989 Wayne Hays, American politician (b. 1911)
- 1990 Ken Lynch, American actor (Paratroop Command, Legend of Tom Dooley), dies at 79
- 1991 Bernard Sauer, Yiddish actor, dies of a heart attack at 67
- 1991 Eddie Bartell, American actor (Every Night at Eight), dies at 83
- 1991 Ron Pickering, British athletics coach (GB 1964 Summer Olympics) and broadcaster (BBC), dies after a heart bypass operation at 60
- 1992 Bob den Uyl, Dutch journalist and writer (Restless Travel), dies at 61
- 1992 Dorothy Tree [Triebitz], American actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois; Confessions Of A Nazi Spy; The Asphalt Jungle), dies of heart failure at 85
- 1992 Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician, dies at 82
- 1993 Agatha Hagtingius-Seger, Dutch author (Sparkles Chain), dies at 91
- 1994 Michael Lindsay, British-Australian scholar (aided communists against Japanese occupation in China), dies at 84
- 1994 Theo Bitter, Dutch painter and set designer, dies at 79
- 1995 Abdelhafid Said, Algerian student leader, murdered
- 1995 Alberto Burri, Italian abstract painter, dies at 79
- 1995 Azeddine Medjoubi, head Algerian nationally theater, murdered at 49
- 1995 Joan Ramsey, British wife of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 84
- 1995 Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair, Jamaican jazz saxophonist, dies at 68
- 1996 Daniel Womack, American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and harmonica player, dies at 91
- 1996 Martin Balsam, American charaacter actor (Psycho, 12 Angry Men, Archie Bunker's Place, Catch 22), dies of a stroke at 76
- 1997 Antonius "Ton" Lensink, Dutch actor (Rituelen), dies at 74
- 1997 Mark Krasnosel'skii, Russian-Ukrainian mathematician (nonlinear functional analysis), dies at 76
- 1998 Jo Clayton, American sci-fi and fantasy author, (Drums of Chaos), dies of cancer at 58
- 2000 James Cooke Brown, American author and inventor (b. 1921)
- 2001 Montague Woodhouse, British military officer and politician (WWII organized the resistance forces in Crete, MI6 agent), dies at 83
- 2002 Pauline Trigère, French-American fashion designer (Bell Bottoms), dies at 93
- 2003 Axel Jensen, Norwegian author (The Line Dance), dies at 71
- 2003 Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (b. 1926)
- 2003 Stacy Keach, Sr., American actor (Pretty Woman; The Parallax View), dies at 88
- 2003 Walt Rostow, American economist and political theorist (The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto), dies at 86
- 2004 Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, Chechen leader, is assassinated at 51
- 2005 Dick Weber, American professional ten-pin bowling pro (16x 300 games), dies at 75
- 2005 Emilios T. Harlaftis, Greek astrophysicist, dies at 40
- 2005 Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun who claimed to have witnessed the Marian apparitions at Fatima as a child, dies at 97
- 2005 Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (Le Mans, 1954). and vintner, dies at 87
- 2005 Nelson Briles, American MLB player (St Louis Cardinals), dies at 61
- 2005 Sixten Ehrling, Swedish pianist, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm, 1953-60; Detroit Symphony, 1963-73), and educator (Juilliard, 1973-87), dies at 86
- 2006 Andreas Katsulas, Greek-American actor (Babylon 5, The Fugitive), dies of cancer at 59
- 2006 Edna Lewis 'the Mother of Soul Food', American chef and author (elevated Southern cooking), dies at 89 [1]
- 2006 Peter Strawson, British philosopher (Oxford University), dies at 86
- 2006 Wang Xuan, Chinese computer scientist, dies at 66
- 2007 Charlie Norwood, American politician (b. 1941)
- 2007 Elizabeth Jolley, British-born Australian writer (Palomino), dies at 83
- 2007 Johanna Sällström, Swedish actress (Under ytan, Wallander), commits suicide at 32
- 2007 Richard Gordon Wakeford, British Air Marshal (Royal Air Force, 1941-77), dies at 84
- 2008 Henri Salvador, French-Caribbean pop singer, guitarist, and cabaret, dies of an aneurysm at 90
- 2008 Kon Ichikawa, Japanese director (Matatabi, Money Talks), dies at 92
- 2008 Roger Voisin, American classical trumpet player (Boston Symphony, 1935-83), dies at 89
- 2009 Gianna Maria Canale, Italian actress (Go For Broke), dies at 81
- 2010 Dale Hawkins, American rock singer and songwriter (Susie Q), dies at 73
- 2010 Jamil Nasser [George Joyner], American jazz double and electric bassist, and tuba player (Ahmad Jamal Trio), dies at 77
- 2010 John Reed, British comic actor and singer (Gilbert & Sullivan; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1951-79), dies after a stroke on his 94th birthday
- 2010 Lucille Clifton, American poet (Two-Headed Woman), dies at 73
- 2011 T. P. McKenna [Thomas Patrick McKenna], Irish actor (Rivals; Holocaust), dies at 81
- 2012 Freddie Solomon, American football wide receiver, dies from colon and liver cancer at 59
- 2012 Lillian Bassman, American photographer and painter (Harper's Bazaar), dies at 94
- 2012 Mohamed Lamari, Chief of Staff of the Algerian Army, dies from a heart attack at 72
- 2012 Russell Arms, American actor and vocalist (Your Hit Parade; "Cinco Robles"), dies at 92
- 2014 John Mortimore, English cricketer (England off-spinner 1959-64), dies at 80
- 2014 Piero d'Inzeo, Italian equestrian rider (Olympic silver individual & team jumping 1956, 60; bronze 1956, 60, 64, 72), dies at 90
- 2014 Ralph Waite, American actor, director and political candidate (Cool Hand Luke; The Waltons), dies at 85
- 2015 John McCabe, British composer and pianist, dies at 75
- 2015 Stan Chambers, American television reporter (KTLA), dies at 91
- 2016 Antonin Scalia, American 105th Supreme Court Justice (1986-2016), dies at 79
- 2017 Michael Naura, German jazz pianist, radio broadcaster, editor and anti-nuclear proliferation activist, dies at 82
- 2017 Seijun Suzuki, Japanese cult film director, dies at 93
- 2018 Henrik [Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat], Prince Consort of Denmark, dies at 83
- 2018 Tito Francona, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1961), dies at 84
- 2020 Jimmy Thunder, New Zealand boxer (IBO heavyweight title 1994-95), dies following brain surgery at 54
- 2021 Frank Orr, Canadian sports author and journalist (Hockey Hall of Fame; Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award; Toronto Star), dies at 84
- 2021 Olle Nygren, Swedish speedway rider (World Team Cup 1960; World C'ship 1954 3rd; World Longtrack C'ship 1961 runner-up), dies at 91
- 2021 Urs Jaeggi, Swiss sociologist and writer, dies at 89
- 2021 Yury Vlasov, Ukrainian weightlifter (Olympic gold USSR heavyweight 1960, 64; World C'ship gold x 4) and writer, dies at 85
Argentine golfer (Tradition 2006, US Senior Open 2008), dies at 67
- 2022 Joe Tom Easley, American lawyer and gay rights activist who advocated against "don't ask, don't tell", dies of complications of lung disease at 81
- 2022 Johnny Whiteley, English rugby league back rower (15 Tests GB, 1 England; Hull RLFC 417 games) and coach (GB, England, Hull RLFC, Hull KR), dies at 91
- 2023 Conrad Dobler, American football guard (Pro Bowl 1975, 76, 77; St. Louis Cardinals; famous for unsportsmanlike play), dies at 72
- 2023 Huey "Piano" Smith, American R&B pianist ("Rockin' Pneumonia & Boogie Woogie Flu"; "Having a Good Time"), dies at 89 [1]
- 2024 Datta Gaekwad, Indian cricket batsman and captain (11 Tests, 1 x 50; Baroda CC), dies at 95
- 2024 Ken Ploen, American CFL HOF quarterback (CFL All-Star 1965; CFL West All-Star 1957, 59, 65 Winnipeg Blue Bombers), dies at 88
- 2025 Jim Guy Tucker, American attorney, businessman, and politician (Governor of Arkansas, 1992-96; US Representative form Arkansas, 1977-79), convicted of conspiracy and mail fraud in Whitewater Scandal (1996), dies of complications of colitis at 81
- 2025 John Lawlor, American character actor (Phyllis, 1976-77; The Facts of Life, 1979-80), dies at 83
