- 364 Jovian (Flavius Jovianus), Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32
- 440 St. Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist known for inventing the Armenian alphabet in c. 405 AD, dies (b. 361/362)
- 1339 Otto, Duke of Austria and Styria, dies at 37
- 1371 Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria, Emperor of Bulgaria (1331-1371)
- 1596 Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)
- 1600 Giordano Bruno, Italian friar and scholar, advocate of Copernican theory, executed at 51 or 52 (b. 1548) [1]
- 1609 Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, dies at 59
- 1612 Ernest of Bavaria, Prince-elector-archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne, dies at 57
- 1612 Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartographer and engraver (publicized Drake's voyage, restored Mercator's reputation), dies at 48
- 1624 Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. 1536)
- 1652 Gregorio Allegri, Italian singer and composer (Miserere), dies at about 67
- 1654 Michael Lohr, German composer, dies at 62
- 1659 Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)
- 1680 Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer, dies at 81
- 1680 Jan Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist and entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 43
- 1688 Rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian
- 1694 Antoinette du Ligier de la Guard Deshoulieres, French poet and literary figure, dies at 56
- 1715 Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist, dies at 68
- 1723 Carlo Francesco Pollarolo, Italian organist, opera composer, and music director. dies at about 70 [birthdate unknown c. 1653]
- 1732 Louis Marchand, French Baroque organist and composer, dies at 63
- 1768 Arthur Onslow, English politician (Speaker of the House of Commons 1728-61), dies at 76
- 1780 Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian, dies at 73
- 1796 James Macpherson, Scottish writer and poet (Ossian cycle), dies at 59
- 1815 Franz Gotz, Bohemian composer, dies at 59
- 1827 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator (Leonard & Gertrude), dies at 81
- 1830 Marcos Portugal [Marcos Antonio da Fonseca Portugal], Portuguese-Brazilian opera, sacred music, and national anthem composer (Portugal - "Hymno Patriótico", 1809; Brazil - "Hino da Independência", 1822), dies at 67
- 1841 Ferdinando Carulli, Italian classical guitar composer (Méthode, Op. 27), dies at 71
- 1847 William Collins, English landscape painter, dies at 58
- 1852 Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies
- 1854 Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, French Catholic priest and writer (L'avenir), dies at 71
- 1854 John Martin, English painter and engraver, dies at 64
- 1856 Heinrich Heine, German poet and lyricist (Schubert, Liszt), dies at 58
- 1856 John Braham, English tenor singer and composer, dies at 81
- 1872 José Burgos, Filipino Catholic priest (advocated for greater Filipino self-determination), executed at 35
- 1874 Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician and sociologist (body mass index scale), dies at 77
- 1875 Luis Nicolau Fagunde Varela, Brazilian romantic poet (Cântico do Calvário), dies at 33
- 1878 José Amador de los Ríos, Spanish historian and poet, dies at 59
- 1883 Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer, dies at 76
- 1883 Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian independence activist and revolutionary, dies at 37
- 1894 Francisco Barbieri Spanish zarzuela opera composer (El Diablo en el poder), dies at 70
- 1901 Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (The Rosary; Narcissus), dies of a stroke at 38
- 1903 Joseph Parry, Welsh composer and musician, dies at 61
- 1905 Serge Alexandrovich, Governor-General of Moscow, assassinated by a terrorist bomb; his carriage driver also died, the assailant survived, was tried and hanged
- 1907 Henry Steel Olcott, American military officer and co-founder of the Theosophical Society, dies at 74
Apache leader and resistance fighter, dies at 79
- 1912 Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, Austrian diplomat (Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary 1906-12), dies at 57
- 1912 Edgar Evans, Welsh explorer (part of Robert Scott's Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica), dies attempting to return from the Pole at 35
- 1917 Edmund Bishop, English Roman Catholic historian and Secretary of Thomas Carlyle, dies at 70
- 1924 Oskar Merikanto [Ala-Kanto], Finnish pianist, organist, and composer, dies at 55
- 1929 Maurice Read, English cricket batsman (17 Tests, 2 x 50; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1890; Surrey CCC), dies at 70
- 1932 Franz Gailliard, Belgian painter and graphic artist (Egina), dies at 70
- 1933 Henri Viotta, Dutch conductor and composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84
- 1934 Albert I, King of Belgium (1909-34), dies at 58
- 1936 Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theozentrische), dies at 74
- 1939 Willy Hess, German violinist, dies at 79
- 1943 Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer, dies at 54
- 1943 Konstantin Bogaevsky, Ukrainian Russian Symbolist landscape painter, dies at 71
- 1944 Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter, dies at 64
- 1951 Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, Armenian composer, dies at 94
- 1954 Evert Gorter, Dutch children's pioneering paediatrician founder of Dutch medical child care), dies at 72
- 1955 Otto J. Gombosi, Hungarian-American musicologist, dies of a heart attack at 52
- 1958 Hugh McCrae, Australian writer and poet (Satyrs and Sunlight: Sylvarum Libri), dies at 81
- 1959 Kathryn Adams, American silent film actress, dies at 65
- 1959 Tim Mara, American founder and administrator (NFL NY Giants), dies at 59
- 1961 Nita Naldi [Anita Donna Dooley], American stage and silent film actress (Blood & Sand; Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde), dies of a heart attack at 66
- 1962 Bruno Walter, German-French opera and symphony conductor (Vienna Philharmonic; NY Philharmonic), dies at 85
- 1962 Joseph Kearns, American actor (George-Dennis the Menace), des at 55
- 1966 Alfred P. Sloan, American long-time president, chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation (1923-56), dies at 90
- 1966 Frank Pettingell, English actor (Becket, Up the Creek), dies at 75
- 1966 Gail Kane, American actress (White Sister, Arizona), dies at 81
- 1966 Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (Search for the Real), dies at 85
- 1968 Donald Wolfit, British actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed), dies of heart ailment at 65
- 1969 Paul Barbarinan, American jazz drummer (King Oliver; Red Allen Sextet), and band leader (Onward Brass Band), dies while playing his snare drum, marching in a Mardi Gras parade at 69
- 1970 Alfred Newman, American film music arranger, conductor and composer, winner of 9 Academy Awards (The Robe; How The West Was Won; Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing), dies at 69
- 1970 Shmuel Agnon, Israeli writer (Day Before Yesterday, Nobel Prize for Literature 1966), dies at 81 [1]
- 1971 Teddy Hart, American actor (After the Thin Man, 3 Men on a Horse), dies at 73
- 1972 Gavriil Popov, Soviet Russian composer, dies at 67
- 1976 Jean Servais, Belgian actor (Le Plaisir, Every Man is My Enemy), dies from heart failure at 65
- 1977 Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (b. 1922)
- 1977 Quincy Howe, American newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 76
- 1979 Bill Gargan, American actor (The Bells of St. Mary's; You Only Live Once), dies from a heart attack at 73
- 1980 Graham Sutherland, English artist (official WWII war artist), dies at 76
- 1980 Jerry Fielding, American jazz musician and composer (Lively Ones, Hogan's Heroes), dies at 57
- 1982 Lee Strasberg, Austrian acting coach and actor (The Godfather: Part II, Somewhere in the Night), dies at 80
- 1982 Nestor Chylak, American Baseball HOF umpire (AL 1954-78; 3 x ALCS; 5 x World Series; 6 x MLB All-Star games), dies at 59
- 1982 Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist and composer ("Straight, No Chaser"; "'Round Midnight"; "Brilliant Corners"), dies of a stroke at 64
- 1984 Lucille Benson, American actress (Halloween II, 1941, Bosom Buddies), dies of liver cancer at 69
- 1985 Wanda Perry, American actress (Roberta; Death of a Salesman), dies at 67
- 1986 Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher, writer (Kingdom of Happiness), and poet (Song of Life), dies of pancreatic cancer at 90
- 1986 Paul Stewart, American stage, radio, and screen character actor (Citizen Kane; Kiss Me Deadly), director, and producer (The Cavalcade of America), dies of a heart attack at 77
- 1987 Hal K. Dawson, American actor (Another Language, Wells Fargo), dies at 90
- 1987 Verree Teasdale, American actress (Skyscraper Souls), dies at 83
American Baseball HOF pitcher (7 × MLB All-Star; 5 × World Series; Triple Crown 1934, 37; NY Yankees), dies of congestive heart failure at 80
- 1990 Erik Rhodes [Ernest Sharpe], American actor (Top Hat, Night at the Ritz), dies of pneumonia at 84
- 1990 Frans Kellendonk, Dutch novelist (Bouwval (Ruin); Mystiek lichaam (Mystical Body). dies at 39
- 1990 Hap Day, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman (Stanley Cup 1932 [captain], 42, 45, 47, 48, 1949 [coach], 1951 [assistant manager]; Toronto Maple Leafs), dies at 88
- 1990 Marc Clement, actor (Career Opportunities, Sluggers Wife), dies at 39
- 1991 Enrique Bermudez, Nicaraguan commandant, founder of the Nicaraguan Contras, assassinated at 58
- 1993 Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed
- 1993 George E. Wilburn, film editor, dies of emphysema at 77
- 1993 Leslie Townsend, English cricket all-rounder (England in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies at 89
- 1994 Gretchen Fraser, American slalom skier (Olympic gold 1948, 1st American Olympic skiing gold), dies at 75
- 1994 Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (& the band played on), dies of AIDS at 41
- 1995 Thelma Hulbert, English painter (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies at 81
- 1995 Uta Graf, German born American singer and teacher, dies at 80
- 1996 Bentley Bridgewater, British Museum secretary, dies at 84
- 1996 Evelyn Laye, English actress and singer (Sun Child), dies at 95
- 1996 Gus Hardin [Carolyn Ann Blankenship], American country singer, dies at 50
- 1996 Hervé Bazin, French writer (Head Against the Wall), dies at 84
- 1996 Michel Pablo [Michalis N. Raptis], Chilean-Greek writer and Trotskyist revolutionary (Fourth International), dies at 84
- 1997 Zein Isa, Palestinian militant imprisoned in the United States for the honor killing of his daughter
- 1998 Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (People, Mambo Italiano), commits suicide at 72
- 1998 Ernst Jünger, German soldier (WWI and WWII), author (Storm of Steel), and entomologist, dies at 102
- 1999 Shirley Stoler, American actress (The Honeymoon Killers, Seven Beauties), dies at 69
- 2001 Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager (b. 1933)
- 2001 Debbie Dean [Reba Smith], American pop singer and songwriter (Motown), dies at 73
- 2001 Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (b. 1948)
- 2003 Frank Thistlethwaite, English academic and Vice Chancellor (University of East Anglia), dies at 87
- 2004 José López Portillo, President of Mexico (1976-82), dies at 83
- 2004 Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete (Olympic gold 80m hurdles 1952, 56; 4 x 100m relay 1956), dies at 78
- 2005 Daniel "Dan" O'Herlihy, Irish actor (Twin Peaks, Fail Safe, Last Starfighter, Robocop), dies of natural causes at 85
- 2005 Omar Sívori, Argentine soccer forward and manager (19 caps Argentina, 9 caps Italy; Juventus), dies of pancreatic cancer at 69
- 2006 Bill Cowsill, American singer and musician (The Cowsills - "Hair"; "The Rain, The Park, And Other Thing"), dies of emphysema at 58
- 2006 Ray Barretto, American percussionist and Latin jazz bandleader (Charanga Moderna - "El Watusi"), dies at 76
- 2007 Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)
- 2007 Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961)
- 2007 Mary Kaye [Malia Ka'aihue], American jazz guitarist (Mary Kaye Trio), dies of pulmonary disease at 83
- 2007 Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator, dies at 92
- 2007 Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
- 2009 Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter (b. 1922)
- 2009 Gazanfer Özcan, Turkish actor (b. 1931)
- 2010 Kathryn Grayson [Zelma Hedrick], American vocalist and actress (Anchors Aweigh, Kiss Me Kate), dies of natural causes at 88
- 2011 Bill Monroe, American newscaster (NBC-TV, Congressional Report), dies at 90
- 2011 Egbert van Paridon, Dutch actor and director (Flodder, The Assault), dies at 90
- 2011 Steve Horn, American politician (Rep-R-California 1993-2003), dies at 79
- 2012 Michael Davis, American bass guitarist, and songwriter (MC5 -"Kick Out The Jams"), dies of liver failure at 68
- 2012 Ulric Neisser, American psychologist, dies at 83
- 2013 Mindy McCready, American country music singer ("Guys Do It All the Time"; "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)", commits suicide by gunshot at 37
- 2013 Richard Briers, English actor, dies from emphysema at 79
- 2014 Bob Casale, (aka Bob 2), American new wave rock musician (Devo - "Whip It!"), and record producer, dies from heart failure at 61
- 2015 (Kenneth) "Wally" Kelly, American R&B singer (Manhattans - "Kiss And Say Goodbye"), dies at 74
- 2015 Andrzej Koszewski, Polish choral and orchestral composer, and musicologist, dies at 92
- 2016 Andrzej Żuławski, Polish film director (Possession, On the Silver Globe), dies of cancer at 75
- 2016 Andy Ganteaume, Trinidadian cricketer and West Indian batsman who scored 112 in his only Test innings in 1948, dies at 95
- 2016 Tony Phillips, American MLB player (Oakland Athletics), dies at 56
- 2017 Alan Aldridge, British artist, graphic designer and illustrator whose artwork was used in record covers for The Beatles and The Who, dies at 78
- 2017 Magnus Wenninger, American mathematician and author of Polyhedron models, dies at 97
- 2017 Nadezhda Olizarenko, Russian athlete (Olympic gold USSR 800m WR 1:53.43 1980, bronze 1500m 1980), dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 63
- 2017 Peter Richardson, British cricket batsman (34 Tests, 5 x 100, 9 x 50, HS 126; Worcestershire CCC, Kent CCC), dies at 85
- 2017 Robert H. Michel, American politician (Rep-R-IL, 1957-95), dies at 93
- 2017 Warren Frost, American actor (Twin Peaks, Matlock, Seinfeld), dies at 91
- 2018 Arno Motulsky, German-born founder of medical genetics, known as the "father of pharmacogenomics," dies at 94
- 2018 Beatricce "Beebe" Freitas [nee Botty], American pianist, organist, and voice teacher (Hawaii Opera Theatre), dies at 79
- 2019 Ami Maayani, Israeli composer, conductor, and founder of several youth orchestras, dies of cancer at 82
- 2019 Ethel Ennis, American jazz singer (If Women Ruled The World), dies of a stroke at 86 [1]
- 2020 Ja'net Dubois, American actress (Willona in "Good Times"), dies from cardiac arrest at 87
- 2020 Owen Bieber, American labor union leader (President of United Auto Workers, 1983-95), dies at 90
- 2020 Terry Lineen, New Zealand rugby union centre (12 caps; Auckland), dies at 84
- 2021 Doug Grisby, American soul music bassist, composer and producer (Patti LaBelle; Teena Marie), dies after suffering a stroke at 57
- 2021 Gianluigi Saccaro, Italian fencer (Olympic gold épée team 1960; silver épée team 1964; bronze épée 1968), dies at 82
- 2021 Jesse L. Douglas, American preacher, civil rights activist and aide to Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 90 [1]
- 2021 Martha Stewart [Haworth], American actress (In A Lonely Place; Daisy Kenyon: Doll Face), dies at 98
- 2021 Martí Vergés, Spanish soccer midfielder (12 caps; FC Barcelona), dies at 86
- 2021 Murray Weideman, Australian rules football CHF (Collingwood VFL premiers 1953, 58 [c]; B&F 1957, 61, 62; Victoria 1956-60) and coach (Collingwood 1975-76), dies at 85
- 2021 Özcan Arkoç, Turkish soccer goalkeeper (9 caps; Hamburger SV) and manager (Hamburger SV, Hannover 96), dies at 81
- 2022 Dallas Good, Canadian alt-country-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (The Sadies -"Through Strange Eyes"), dies at 48
- 2022 Máté Fenyvesi, Hungarian soccer forward (76 caps; Ferencváros 343 games) and politician (MP 1998-2006), dies at 88
- 2022 Steve Burtenshaw, English soccer manager (Sheffield Wednesday, Everton, QPR, Arsenal) and midfielder (Brighton & HA 237 games), dies at 86
- 2023 (Harry Gilbert) Gil Trythall, American pianist, contemporary classical and electronic music composer (The Pastimes of Lord Chaitanya), and educator, dies at 92
- 2023 John Holdsworth, English rugby league referee (2 x Challenge Cup Finals; record 6 x Premiership Finals; first World Club Challenge 1987: Wigan beat Manly 8-2), dies at 76
- 2023 Stella Stevens [Estella Eggleston], American actress (Girls! Girls! Girls!; The Nutty Professor; Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 84 [1]
- 2024 Bill Francis, Welsh rugby league utility back (4 Tests Great Britain, 19 Wales; Wigan, St. Helens, Oldham), dies at 76
- 2024 Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and father of peace studies (Peace Research Institute Oslo; Journal of Peace Research), dies at 93 [1]
- 2024 Lefty Driesell, American Basketball HOF coach (first to win 100+ games at 4 different NCAA Div I schools: Davidson College, Uni of Maryland, James Madison, Georgia State), dies at 92
- 2024 Levan Tediashvili, Georgian freestyle wrestler (Olympic gold USSR 82kg 1972, 90kg 1976; World C'ship gold x 4), dies at 75
- 2024 Mike Procter, South African cricket all-rounder (7 Tests, 41 wickets, BB 6/73; Gloucestershire CCC, Natal, Western Province, Rhodesia, Orange Free State), dies of cardiac arrest at 77
- 2025 (Gordon) "Snowy" Fleet, British-Australian rock drummer (Easybeats - "Friday On My Mind"), dies at 85
- 2025 Antonine Maillet, Canadian novelist and playwright (Pélagie-la-Charrette, La Sagouine), dies at 95 [1]
- 2025 Gerd Stern, American poet of the Beat era, multi-media artist (USCO), and cheese monger, dies at 96 [1]
- 2025 James Harrison, Australian blood and plasma donor known as 'the man with the golden arm' whose donations protected over 2 million babies, dies at 88 [1]
- 2025 Jamie Muir, Scottish painter, and percussionist (King Crimson, 1972-73), dies at 79
- 2025 Paquita la del Barrio [Francisca Viveros Barradas], Mexican traditional ranchera, bolero, and contemporary singer, dies of complications of diabetes at 77
- 2025 Rick Buckler, British rock drummer (The Jam), dies at 69 [1]
