- 270 St. Valentine dies giving birth to Valentine's Day (some sources say 269, others 273)
- 869 Saint Cyril [Constantine], Greek Byzantine Christian monk, missionary to the Slavs, scholar, linguist, and namesake of the Cyrillic alphabet, dies at about 42 (birthdate unconfirmed)27)
- 1317 Marguerite of France, queen of Edward I of England (b. 1282)
king of England (1377-99), murdered at age 33 at Pontefract Castle
- 1528 Edzard I 'Edzard the Great', Count of East Frisia (1494-1528) who waged three-year war with Saxony, dies at 66
- 1571 Benvenuto Cellini, Italian sculptor, goldsmith and author (Perseus), dies at 70
- 1571 Odet de Coligny, French aristocrat, ex-communicated Catholic Cardinal of Châtillon, Archbishop of Toulouse (1534-1550), Administrator of Beauvais (1535-63) who converted to Calvinism (1561), dies at 53
- 1676 Abraham Bosse, French engraver and artist, dies at about 72 (birthdate uncertain, c. 1604)
- 1681 Francesco Nigetti, Italian composer, dies at 77
- 1714 Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen consort of Spain to Philip V (1701-14), dies of tuberculosis at 25
- 1737 Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685)
- 1744 John Hadley, English mathematician and inventor (octant), dies at 61
- 1760 François Colin de Blamont, French composer, dies at 69
British explorer, navigator and cartographer, discovered and explored Australia, Pacific Islands and New Zealand for Britain, killed in a fight with Hawaiians near Kealakekua at 50
English jurist (Blackstone's Commentaries), dies at 56
- 1790 Capel Bond, English composer and organist, dies at 59
American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania, dies at 75
- 1820 Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, son of French King Charles X, assassinated by a Bonapartist at 42
- 1820 Cosme Argerich, Argentine physician and founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires, dies at 61
- 1831 Henry Maudslay, English inventor of the metal lathe, dies at 59
- 1841 Antun Sorkocevic, writer and composer from Dubrovnik, dies at 65
- 1845 Joseph Lakanal, French Politician and Educator, dies at 82
- 1846 Cornelis Felix van Maanen, Dutch Minister of Justice (1807-42), dies at 76
- 1857 Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 56
- 1864 William Dyce, Scottish painter and educator, dies at 57
- 1865 Thomas Holliday Hicks, American politician, Governor of Maryland during Civil War (1858-62), dies at 66
- 1870 St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General, dies at 54
- 1873 Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, Swiss pianist and composer, dies at 51
- 1881 Fernando Wood, New York City mayor (b. 1812)
- 1884 Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt, dies of Bright's disease at 22
- 1885 Jules Vallès, French writer (b. 1832)
- 1891 Giulio Roberti, Italian composer, dies at 61
American Major General in the Union Army, dies at 71
- 1894 Eugène Charles Catalan, French-Belgian mathematician (worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics), dies at 79
- 1901 Edward John Hopkins, English organist and composer, dies at 82
- 1908 Georges Jean Pfeiffer, French composer, dies at 72
- 1916 Petko Todorov, Bulgarian writer (Zmejova), dies at 36
- 1922 Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (Minister of the Interior), assassinated at 41
- 1929 Tom Burke, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 400m 1896), dies at 53
- 1937 Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer (Juhlamarssi; Summer Symphony; Fantasia Apocaliptica), dies at 62
- 1942 Adnan Bin Saidi, Officer of the Malay Regiment killed in the defense of Singapore (b. 1915)
- 1943 David Hilbert, German mathematician (Hilbert spaces, invariant theory, axiomatization of geometry), dies at 81
- 1943 Dora Gerson, German-Jewish actress, cabaret singer, and Holocaust victim (Caravan of Death), dies in Auschwitz concentration camp at 43
- 1948 Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1907, 08; NL wins leader 1909; MLB ERA leader 1906; Chicago Cubs), dies at 71
- 1949 Yusuf Salman Yusuf, Iraqi-Assyrian communist leader (b. 1901)
- 1950 Eduard Hermann, German linguist (Homer), dies at 80
- 1950 Karl Jansky, American engineer (discovered cosmic radio emissions), dies of a heart condition at 44
- 1952 Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (b. 1896)
- 1955 Charles Cuvillier, French composer of operetta (The Naughty Princess), dies at 77
- 1958 Abdul Rab Nishtar, veteran leader of Pakistan Movement, (b. 1899)
- 1959 Warren "Baby" Dodds, American jazz drummer, dies at 60
- 1961 Wallis Clark, British-American stage and screen actor (Penny Serenade; Great Guy; Postal Inspector; Easy Money), dies at 78
- 1965 Désiré Inghelbrecht, French composer, conductor and writer, dies at 84
- 1967 James Schneider, American silent film director (A Foolish Romance) and actor (Keystone Kops shorts), dies at 85
- 1967 Sig Ruman [Siegfried Albon Rumann], German-American actor (Schultz-Life With Luigi), dies at 82
- 1969 (Charles) Kenneth Horne, British radio comedian (Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh; Beyond Our Ken), dies of a heart attack at the podium whilst hosting an awards program at 61
- 1969 Vito Genovese, Italian-American crime syndicate boss, dies at 71
- 1969 Wolfe Barzell, Polish-born actor (Blue Angel), dies of a heart attack at 72
- 1972 (Lambertus) "Bertus" van Lyre, Dutch composer and conductor (Dike), dies at 65
- 1974 Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricket batsman (10 Tests, 2 x 100s; Wellington CA, Leicestershire CCC, Warwickshire CCC), dies at 70
- 1975 Heintje Davids [Hendrika David], Dutch cabaret artist (Zandvoort by the sea), dies at 87
- 1975 Julian S. Huxley, English biologist, 1st director-general of UNESCO, dies at 87
English-American writer (Bertie Wooster novels), dies at 93
- 1978 Paul Governali, American professional football player (b. 1921)
- 1979 Adolph Dubs, US ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered
- 1980 Luitkonwar Rudra Baruah, Assamese composer and actor
- 1980 Victor Gruen [Viktor Grünbaum], Austrian-American architect known for his pioneering work designing shopping centers (Northland Shopping Center in Michigan), dies at 76
- 1982 Henk Schaer [Hendricus Schaareman], Dutch actor (Major Barbara; Lijmen), dies at 79
- 1983 Lina Radke, German 800m runner (Olympic gold 1928), dies at 79
- 1984 Elmer Keith, American firearms enthusiast and author (Guns & Ammo), dies at 84
- 1986 Edmund Rubbra, English composer (Morning Watch), dies after a stroke at 86
- 1987 Bola Sete [Djalma de Andrade], Brazilian jazz guitarist (Vince Guaraldi Trio; Dizzy Gillespie), and 13-string lutar player, dies of pneumonia while battling lung cancer at 63
- 1987 Karolos Koun, Greek theater director, dies of a heart attack at 78
Austrian-American musical theater composer (with Alan Jay Lerner: My Fair Lady; Camelot; Brigadoon), dies at 86
- 1988 Gerard Holt, Dutch architect (municipal theatres Tilburg and Nijmegen, St. Joseph's Church), dies at 83 [1]
- 1989 James Bond, American ornithologist and expert on birds of the Caribbean (Birds of the West Indies), dies at 89 [1] [2]
- 1989 Vincent Crane [Cheesman], British rock Hammond organist, and songwriter (The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - "Fire"), dies of deliberate painkiller overdose at 45
- 1990 Graeme Hole, Australian cricket batsman (18 Tests, 6 x 50; NSW CA), dies from cancer at 59
- 1990 Jean Wallace [Walasek], actress (Big Combo), dies of hemorrhage at 66
- 1990 Tony Holiday, German singer, dies of complications from AIDS at 38
- 1991 Arno Breker, German artist and "official state sculptor" of Nazi Germany (Die Partei), dies at 90
- 1991 Carlo L. Golino, Italian-American scholar, dies at 77
- 1991 John A. McCone, American politician (Head of CIA 1961-65), dies at 89
- 1991 John McCone, American government official and 6th director of Central Intelligence (1961-65), dies at 89 [1] [2]
- 1991 Roy Lanham, American western swing and jazz guitarist (The Whippoorwills; Sons of the Pioneers, 1961-86), dies at 68
- 1992 Angelique Pettyjohn [Dorothy Lee Perrins], American actress (Clambake; Repo Man), and burlesque queen, dies of from cervical cancer at 48
- 1992 Roepie Kruize, Dutch field hockey player (Olympic bronze, 1948 & silver, 1952), dies at 67
- 1993 Buddy Pepper, American pianist and composer ("Vaya Con Dios"), dies of heart failure at 70
- 1994 Andrei Chikatilo, Soviet-Russian serial killer who murdered at least 52 women and children between 1978 and 1990, executed by a single gunshot at 57
- 1994 Christopher Lasch, American historian and author (The Culture of Narcissism), dies of metastatic cancer at 61
- 1994 Gary "BB" Coleman, American blues singer, guitarist and producer, dies at 47
- 1995 Israël "Ischa" Meijer, Dutch journalist, critic and author (Een Dik Uur Ischa, Boezemvriend), dies of a myocardial infarction at 52
- 1995 Michael V. Gazzo, American playwright (A Hatful Of Rain), and actor (The Godfather Part II; Cookie; Fear City), dies of complications from a stroke at 71
- 1995 Nigel Finch, English TV director and film-maker (Chelsea Hotel; Vampyr; Stonewall), dies from AIDS-related illness at 45
- 1995 Roger de Grey, British landscape painter and President of the Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at 76
- 1995 Siem Suurhoff, Dutch TV-director (Behind the News, Sonja), dies at 58
1st Prime Minister of Burma (1948-56, 1960-62), dies at 87
- 1996 Bob Paisley, English football manager (Liverpool), dies at 77
- 1996 Eva Hart, British Titanic passenger, one of last living survivors, dies at 91
- 1996 Ivan William Hannaford, British sociologist and author (Race: The History of an Idea in the West), dies at 64 [1]
- 1996 Lady Caroline Blackwood, British journalist and writer (The Last of the Duchess), dies at 64
- 1996 Taiguara [Chalar da Silva], Brazilian singer and songwriter, dies at 50
- 1998 Claude Prey, French composer, dies at 72
- 1999 Buddy Knox, American singer-songwriter ("Party Doll", "Lovey Dovey"), dies at 65
- 1999 John Ehrlichman, American presidential advisor to Nixon (convicted over Watergate break-in), dies at 73
- 2000 Walter Zinn, Canadian-American nuclear physicist (invented the breeder reactor), dies at 93
- 2001 Alan Ross, British poet and editor (London Magazine), dies at 78
- 2002 Mick Tucker, English rock drummer (Sweet - "Ballroom Blitz"), dies of leukemia at 54
- 2002 Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian soccer forward (69 caps; MTK Hungária 314 games, 226 goals), dies from heart and lung problems at 79
first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell, dies young from a progressive lung disease at 6
Canadian US Racing HOF jockey (1943 Triple Crown on Count Fleet; US Champion Jockey: by earnings 1943, 45; by wins 1938, 47, 48) and trainer (Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes 1969), dies of a stroke at 96
- 2004 Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (Tour de France 1998), dies of acute cocaine poisoning at 34
- 2005 Rafik Hariri, Lebanese politician and billionaire businessman (b. 1944)
- 2006 Darry Cowl, French musician and actor, dies at 80
- 2006 Hans Olof “Putte” Wickman, Swedish jazz clarinetist, dies at 81
- 2006 Lynden David Hall, British singer (b. 1974)
- 2006 Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1923)
- 2007 Gareth Morris, British flautist (b. 1920)
- 2007 Lee Patterson, Canadian actor (Dave-Surfside Six, Another World), dies of congestive heart failure at 77
- 2007 Ryan Larkin, Canadian animated filmmaker. (b. 1943)
- 2008 Perry Lopez, American actor (Chinatown, Death Wish 4), dies at 78
- 2009 Bernard Ashley, English businessperson, fashion designer and co-founder of Laura Ashley, dies of cancer at 82
- 2009 Louie Bellson, American jazz drummer and orchestra leader (Pearl Bailey Show), dies at 84
- 2010 Dick Francis, British jockey and detective writer (Whip Hand, High Stakes), dies at 89
- 2010 Doug Fieger, American singer–songwriter (The Knack - "My Sharona"), dies of cancer at 57
- 2011 George Shearing, British-American blind jazz pianist (Lullaby of Birdland), dies at 91
- 2012 Dory Previn, American singer-songwriter, dies at 86
- 2013 Reeva Steenkamp, South African model and paralegal, shot and killed by boyfriend Oscar Pistorius, at 29
- 2014 Ferry Hoogendijk, Dutch politician and editor-in-chief of "Elsevier", dies at 80
- 2014 Jim Fregosi, American Major League Baseball player and 6x All-Star (California Angels, New York Mets, Texas Rangers), dies at 71
- 2015 Alan Howard, British actor (Royal Shakespeare Company), dies at 77
- 2015 Louis Jourdan [Louis Robert Gendre], French actor (The Paradine Case, Count Dracula, Gigi, Octopussy), dies at 93
- 2015 Michele Ferrero, Italian entrepreneur (Ferrero SpA) created Nutella, dies at 89
- 2015 Pamela Cundell, British stage and screen character actress (Dad's Army - "Mrs. Fox"), dies at 95
- 2015 Philip Levine, American poet (1995 Pulitzer prize), dies at 87
- 2016 Eric Lubbock, Lord Avebury, English politician and human rights advocate (Liberal MP for Orpington 1962-70), dies at 87
- 2016 Steven Stucky, American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Silent Spring; August 4, 1964; Los Angeles Philharmonic, 1988-2009), conductor (Ensemble X, 1997-2006), educator, and musicologist, dies of brain cancer at 66
- 2018 Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician and second Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (2009-13), dies at 65 [1]
- 2018 Ruud Lubbers, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1982-94), dies at 78
- 2020 Garrett Fitzgerald, Irish rugby union coach and administrator (CEO Munster Rugby 1999-2019), dies at 65
- 2020 Jimmy Conway, Irish soccer midfielder (20 caps Republic of Ireland; Fulham), dies at 73
- 2020 John Shrapnel, British stage and screen actor (Wagner, National Theatre's Macbeth), dies of cancer at 77
- 2020 Lynn Cohen [née Kay], American actress (Sex and the City, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), dies at 86
- 2021 Doug Mountjoy, Welsh snooker player (Masters 1977; Pot Black 1978, 85; UK C'ship 1988, World C'ship 1981 runner-up), dies at 78
- 2021 Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian three-star general in the Securitate, who defected to the US, dies of Covid-19 at 92 [1]
- 2021 Peter Martinček van Grob, Slovakian contemporary classical composer and conductor, dies at 58
- 2022 Julio Morales, Uruguayan soccer striker (24 caps; Racing Montevideo, Nacional, Austria Wien), dies at 76
- 2022 Sandy Nelson, American rock drummer ("Teen Beat"; "Let There Be Drums"), dies of stroke complications at 83
- 2023 Charley Ferguson, American football tight end (AFL All-Star 1965; AFL C'ship 1964, 65; Buffalo Bills), dies at 83
- 2023 Friedrich Cerha, Austrian composer (Baal) and conductor (Ensemble Die Reihe), dies at 96
- 2023 Greg McMackin, American football coach (Oregon Institute of Technology 1986-89; University of Hawaii 2008-11), dies at 77
- 2023 Jerry Jarrett, American pro wrestling promoter (founder Continental Wrestling Association, US Wrestling Association, NWA:TNA), dies of cancer at 80
- 2023 John M. Veitch, American thoroughbred horse trainer (Breeders' Cup Classic 1985 [Proud Truth]; Alydar; National Museum of Racing HOF), dies at 77
- 2024 Don Gullett, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1970-78 (3 x World Series Champion - Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees), dies at 73
- 2024 Jenny Staley, Australian tennis player (Australian C'ship singles 1954 runner-up; married to Lew Hoad), dies at 89
- 2025 Carlos Diegues, Brazilian screenwriter and director (Bye Bye Brazil, Ganga Zumba), dies of surgery complications at 84 [1]
- 2025 Fulke Johnson Houghton, English thoroughbred racehorse trainer (St Leger 1967, 68), dies at 84
- 2025 Geneviève Page [Bonjean], French actress (Belle de Jour; The Day and the Hour; Three Rooms in Manhattan), dies at 97 [1]
