- 675 Colmán of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop of Lindisfarne monastery, argued for Celtic dating of Easter at Synod of Whitby, dies on Inishbofin Island (b. c. 605)
- 814 Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne
- 901 Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician, founder of Statics (b. 826)
- 999 Gregory V [Bruno], 1st German Pope, dies
- 1139 Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)
- 1217 Alexander Neckam, English theologist and encyclopedist, dies at 59
Mongol Emperor (1260-94) and founder of the Yuan dynasty in China (1271-94), dies at 78
- 1379 Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)
- 1397 Enguerrand VII, French master of Coucy/count of Soissons, dies at 56
- 1455 Fra Angelico, Italian monk and early Renaissance painter (San Marco friary), dies at about 59
- 1478 George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV and Richard III, privately executed and reputedly drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine
- 1535 Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, German royal astrologer, physician and theologian, dies at 48
German theologian and key figure in the Protestant Reformation, dies at 62
Italian sculptor (David; Pietà), painter (Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel; The Last Judgement), architect, and poet of the High Renaissance, dies at 88
- 1584 Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian Renaissance writer, dies at 80
- 1654 Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594)
- 1683 Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, Dutch landscape painter and etcher, dies at 62
- 1695 William Phips, North American treasure hunter, military man and administrator (1st Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony), dies at 45
- 1712 Louis, Duke of Burgundy, heir-apparent to the French throne, dies at 29
- 1718 Peter Anthony Motteux, French-born English author, playwright and translator (The Gentleman's Journal, Love's a Jest), dies at 54 [1]
- 1743 Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis, dies at 75
- 1745 Nicola Fago, Italian baroque composer, dies at 67
- 1748 Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal, dies at 70
- 1772 Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, German-Danish statesman, dies at 59
- 1778 Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715)
- 1780 Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (The Seas) and Lutheran pastor, dies at 66
- 1788 John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist, dies at 75
- 1790 Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, German composer and violinist, dies at 67
- 1799 Maurus Haberhauer, Czech composer, dies at 52
- 1803 J W L Gleim, writer, dies
- 1807 August Gottlieb Meißner, German Enlightenment author who helped develop the detective story genre in German literature, dies at 53
- 1807 Sophie von Laroche, German writer (History of Lady Sophia Sternheim), dies at 75
- 1817 Giacomo Quarenghi, Italian-Russian master builder and architect (Hermitage Theater), dies at 72
- 1829 Jan Křtitel Kuchař, Czech organist, harpsichordist, mandolin player, composer, and opera conductor, dies at 77
- 1830 Charles de Merode, Belgian nobleman, Earl of Merode, Mayor of Brussels (1879-92), and French Senator, dies at 67
- 1833 Georg Johann Schinn, German composer, dies at 64
- 1833 Ignac Ruzitska, Austrian composer, dies at 55
- 1840 Jeffry Wyatville, English architect and garden designer (alterations and extensions to Chatsworth House and Windsor Castle), dies at 73
- 1842 Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (Hazlehurst & Sons), dies at 62
- 1846 Giovanni Liverati, Italian composer, dies at 73
- 1851 Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician, dies at 46
- 1861 Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal Affairs, dies at 74
- 1873 Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary hero, dies at 35
- 1874 Louis Wigfall, American politician (Confederate States Senator from Texas 1862-85), dies at 57
- 1877 Charles Henry Davis, American scientist and Union naval officer who commanded the Mississippi Flotilla, dies at 70
- 1878 Peter Laurentius Regout, Dutch industrialist (founded crystal and potter firm P. Regout & Co/Sphinx), dies at 76
- 1879 Robert H. Chilton, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) and U.S. Army officer, dies at 63
- 1885 Charlotte Sainton-Dolby, English contralto and composer, dies at 61
- 1890 Gyula Andrássy Sr, Prime Minister of Hungary (1867-71), dies at 66
- 1891 Henry Hastings Sibley, American fur trader, politician (1st Governor of Minnesota, 1858-60), and army officer (Dakota War of 1862), dies at 79
- 1893 Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician and lawyer (3rd Attorney General of California), dies at 78
- 1895 Archduke Albrecht of Austria, Duke of Teschen, Austrian general (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77
- 1895 Karl Abs, German professional wrestler (b. 1851)
- 1898 Frances Willard, American educator and founder (Woman's Christian Temperance), dies at 58
- 1899 Marius Sophus Lie, Norwegian mathematician (continuous symmetry), dies at 56
- 1900 Clinton L. Merriam, American Republican politician and Congress member from New York (1871-75), dies at 75 [1] [2]
- 1900 Eugenio Beltrami, Italian mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry), dies at 64
- 1902 Albert Bierstadt, German-American painter (landscapes of the American West), dies at 72
American jeweler and founder of Tiffany & Co, dies at 90
- 1905 Jay Cooke, American financier, fundraiser for the Federal government during US Civil War, dies at 83
- 1905 Jules de Geyter, Belgian poet (International), dies at 75
- 1906 John Batterson Stetson, American hat manufacturer, dies at 75
- 1906 Willem Doorenbos, Dutch literary and critic, dies at 85
- 1911 Billy Murdoch, Australian cricket batsman (18 Tests Australia, 1 England; 2 x 100s; NSW, Sussex CCC, London CCC), dies from apoplexy at 56
- 1913 George Washington Custis Lee, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 80
American outlaw (member of the James-Younger gang), dies at 72
- 1917 Charles E Barber, US chief engraver (1879-1917), dies
- 1925 James Lane Allen, American writer (Choir Invisible), dies at 75
- 1931 Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian and politician, dies at 51
- 1932 Frederick Augustus III, last King of Saxony (1904-18), dies at 66
- 1937 Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Georgian Bolshevik and Soviet politician, dies at 50
- 1938 Alida Tartaud-Klein, Dutch actress and performance artist (Rotterdam Stage), dies at 64
- 1938 David King Udall, American politician and Mormon leader, dies at 86
- 1938 Edward Anseele, Belgian socialist politician, dies at 81
- 1939 Ludwig Bonvin, composer, dies at 89
- 1942 Albert Payson Terhune, American author (b. 1872)
- 1943 Henri Polak, Dutch labor leader (General Diamond Workers' Union), journalist, and Social-Democrat politician (Member of Parliament), dies of pneumonia at 74
- 1945 Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (youngest ever Soviet general of the army), dies at 38
- 1949 Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, 1st Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic and President of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71
- 1950 Voranc Prezikov [Lovro Kuhar], Slovenian author (Jamnica), dies at 56
- 1951 Pieter Hopmans, Dutch Bishop of Breda (Eucharistic Crusade), dies at 85
- 1955 Sadako Sasaki,Japanese child hibakusha (victim of the Hiroshima atomic bomb), dies at 12
- 1956 Gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise), dies at 95
- 1957 Dedan Kimathi [wa Waciuri], Kenyan freedom fighter (Mau Mau Uprising), dies by execution at 36
- 1957 Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram), dies at 79
American Physician who was a pioneer of using radioactive isotopes in disease treatment and diagnosis, dies of radiation induced leukemia at 49
- 1959 Alfred Alessandrescu, Romanian composer, dies at 65
- 1959 Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, Portuguese cartographer and aviator (1st flight across the south Atlantic), dies at 90
- 1959 Eric Zeisl, Austrian-American composer (Requiem Ebraico), dies of a heart attack at 53
- 1959 Jaroslav Kvapil, Czech composer, dies at 66
- 1963 Monte Blue, American silent and sound screen actor (White Shadows in the South Seas; Key Largo; Apache), dies of a heart attack at 76
- 1963 Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour Party, dies at 56
- 1964 Joseph-Armand Bombardier, French Canadian businessman and inventor of the Bombardier snowmobile, dies of cancer at 56
- 1966 Casimir von Paszthory, composer, dies at 79
- 1966 Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 31
- 1966 Robert Rossen, American screenwriter, producer, and film director (All the King's Men, The Hustler), dies at 57
- 1967 Manuel Palau, Spanish composer (Concierto Levantino; Mascarada sarcástica), and educator (Conservatory of Valencia), dies at 74
American theoretical physicist known as the father of the atomic bomb (Manhattan Project), dies of throat cancer at 62
- 1968 Sigurd Erixon, etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79
- 1969 Dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian politician (Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1939-41), dies at 76
- 1970 Desideer Stracke, Flemish jesuit and literature historian, dies at 94
- 1975 Chivu Stoica [Stoica Chivu], Romanian politician (Premier of Romania 1955-61), dies at 66
- 1975 Raymond Moley, US advisor to pres Roosevelt "Brain Trust", dies at 88
- 1976 Anton Betzner, writer, dies at 81
- 1976 Eddie Dowling, American actor (Rainbow Man, Anywhere USA), dies at 80
- 1976 Joseph Henabery, actor and director (Cobra), dies at 88
- 1977 Andy Devine, American character actor (Roy Roger's sidekick - "Cookie"; Stagecoach; Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, 1951-58), dies of leukemia at 71
- 1977 Ralph Graves, American actor (Dirigible, Extra Girl, Flight, Dream Street), dies at 77
- 1978 Derrick De Marney, British actor (The Girl Was Young; Inheritance), dies at 71
- 1978 Marguerite "Maggie" McNamara, American actress (Three Coins in a Fountain; Cardinal), dies of a barbiturate overdose at 49
- 1980 Gale Robbins [Betty Gale Murphy], American singer and actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex), dies of lung cancer at 58
- 1981 John Knudsen Northrop, American aircraft designer (Northrop Air), dies at 85
- 1982 Nat Shilkret [Natan Schüldkraut], American clarinetist, pianist, musical director (Victor Salon Orchestra, 1924-35), and composer, dies at 92
- 1982 Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand detective writer and producer, dies at 82
- 1982 Tina Carver, actress (Inside Detroit, Uranium Boom), dies at 58
- 1985 Willy Alberti [Carel Verbrugge], Dutch singer and actor (Riffin in Amsterdam), dies at 58
- 1988 Joe Loco [José Esteves, Jr], American Latin jazz pianist and arranger, dies from complications of diabetes at 67
- 1990 Hulk, fictional character in "Death of Incredible Hulk" on NBC, dies
- 1993 Edward S "Ted" Haworth, US set designer (Sayonara, Marty), dies at 76
- 1993 Jacqueline Hill, dies of cancer at 63
- 1993 Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler, commits suicide at 33
- 1993 Leslie Norman, English director and producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82
- 1993 Michael David Morrison, American actor (Caleb Snyder in "As the World Turns"), dies of acute intoxication of combination of alcohol and illicit drugs at 33
- 1993 Patrick Waite, British reggae-rock bassist (Musical Youth - "Pass the Dutchie"), dies of heart defect at 24
- 1994 Peter Caddy, British caterer and hotelier (co-founder of the Findhorn Community, dies at 76
- 1995 Bob Stinson, American rock guitarist (The Replacements, 1979-86 - "Pleased To Meet Me"), dies of organ failure at 35
- 1995 Dennis "Denny" Cordell, British rock music and record producer (The Moody Blues, Leon Russell), dies of lymphoma at 51
- 1995 John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, American jazz trumpeter (Dogtown Blues, Stormy Weather), dies of a heart attack at 84
- 1996 Brian Daley, writer, dies at 48
- 1996 Jack Thieuloy, French writer, dies at 64
- 1996 Nicholas Beriozoff, Lithuanian-British dancer, choreographer and ballet master, dies at 89
- 1997 Antonio de Almeida, French conductor (Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice, 1971–78; Moscow Symphony, 1993-97), and musicologist (Jacques Offenbach; The Paris Haydn Foundation), dies of cancer at 69
- 1997 Buzurg Alavi, Iranian writer (Panjah va sih nafar, Namal'ha), dies at 93
- 1997 Emily Hahn, American writer, dies at 92
- 1997 Enrique Peralta Azurdia, Colonel and military President of Guatemala (1963-66), dies at 88
- 1997 Eric Fenby, English composer and president (Delius Society), dies at 90
- 1998 Harry Caray, American Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster (Chicago Cubs), dies of heart attack complications at 83
- 1998 Mya Than Tint, Myanmarese author, dies of brain hemorrhage at 69
- 1998 Robbie James, Welsh soccer midfielder (46 caps; Queens Park Rangers, Swansea City, Bradford City), dies from a heart attack at 40
- 1999 Noam Pitlik, American character actor (Hogan's Heroes; Shnford & Son; The Bob Newhart Show - "Mr. Gianelli") and Emmy Award-winning director (Barney Miller; Wings; Mr. Belvedere), dies at 66
- 2000 Willy Maltaite, Belgian comics creator (b. 1927
- 2001 Balthus [Balthazar Klossowski], French Polish painter, dies at 92
- 2001 Colin Cole, British Principal King of Arms (highest English and Welsh heraldic office), dies at 78
American auto racer (7 NASCAR Winston Cup Series championships), dies in crash during Daytona 500 at 49
- 2001 Eddie Mathews, American Baseball HOF third baseman (512 career HRs; 12 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1957, 68; Boston/Milwaukee Braves) and manager (Atlanta Braves 1972-74), dies from pneumonia at 69
- 2002 Nathan Perelman, Soviet Russian pianist and pedagogue, dies at 95
- 2003 Isser Harel, Israeli Mossad leader (b. 1912)
- 2004 Jean Rouch, French filmmaker and ethnologist (b. 1917)
- 2006 Charles Leonard, American pentathlete (Olympic silver medal 1936), dies at 92
- 2006 Richard Bright, American actor (Al Neri-Godfather), dies at 68
- 2008 Alain Robbe-Grillet, French novelist (Voyeur) and film maker, dies of heart failure at 85
- 2008 Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress, dies at 52
- 2008 Sir Richard Knowles, British politician (b. 1917)
- 2009 (Fird) "Snooks" Eaglin, American blues and R&B guitarist and singer, dies at 72
- 2009 Al-Tayyib Salih, Sudanese novelist and columnist (b. 1929)
- 2009 Miika Tenkula, Finnish heavy metal guitarist and songwriter (Sentenced), dies of a heart attack at 34
- 2009 Ronald Dearing, British civil servant and chairman (British Post Office), dies of cancer at 78
- 2010 John Babcock, Last known Canadian veteran of World War I (b. 1900)
- 2011 Carlos Veerhoff, Argentine-born German composer, dies at 84
- 2011 Marshall Stoneham, British physicist, dies at 70
- 2013 Damon Harris, American soul singer (The Temptations, 1971-75 - "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"), dies of prostate cancer at 62
- 2013 Elspet Gray, Lady Rix, Scottish actress (4 Weddings & a Funeral, Solo, Tokyo), dies at 83
- 2013 Jerry Buss [Gerald Hatten Buss], American businessman, philanthropist, and majority owner of the LA Lakers, dies from kidney failure at 80
- 2013 Kevin Ayers, British progressive rocker (Soft Machine; Joy of a Toy), dies at 68
- 2014 Big Daddy V, [Nelson Frazier Jr.] American professional wrestler, dies of a heart attack at 43
- 2014 Maria Franziska von Trapp, Austrian-born American singer, dies at 99
- 2014 Mavis Gallant [née de Trafford Young], Canadian short story writer (The Other Paris, The Pegnitz Junction), dies at 91
- 2015 Willie C. Jackson, American doo wop baritone vocalist (The Spaniels- "Goodnite Sweetheart Goodnite"), dies at 79
- 2017 Daniel Vickerman, Australian rugby union lock (63 Tests; Northampton Saints, ACT Brumbies, NSW Waratahs), dies from suicide at 37
- 2017 Norma McCorvey, American abortion activist (Jane Roe in Roe vs Wade) who later became pro-life, dies at 69
- 2018 Günter Blobel, Silesian German-American molecular biologist and Nobel Prize laureate (1999) who discovered intrinsic signals in proteins, dies of cancer at 81 [1] [2]
- 2019 Bob Van Der Veken, Belgian actor (Alle maten), dies at 90
- 2019 David Rowland, British insurance executive (Chairman of Lloyd's, 1993-97), dies from complications of a stroke at 85 [1]
- 2019 Kelly Seymour, South African cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 9 wickets; Western Province), dies at 83
- 2021 Carman Licciardello, American Christian music singer-songwriter ("The Champion"; "Radically Saved"), dies of post-surgical complications at 65
- 2021 Juan Pizarro, Puerto Rican baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1963, 64 Chicago White Sox; World Series 1957 Milwaukee Braves), dies at 84
- 2021 Prince Markie Dee [Mark Anthony Morales], American rapper and songwriter (Fat Boys - "Jail House Rap"; "Wipe-Out"), and actor (Disorderlies), dies at 52 [1]
- 2022 Héctor Pulido, Mexican soccer midfielder (43 caps; Cruz Azul, Club Jalisco AC), dies at 79
- 2022 Mauri, Spanish soccer midfielder (5 caps; Athletic Bilbao 246 games), dies at 87
- 2023 Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı, Turkish soccer manager (4xTurkish Super League; 3xTurkish Cup Trabzonspor) and midfielder (3 caps; İdmanocağı, Trabzonspor), dies at 87
- 2023 Ammon McNeely, American rock and big wall climber (holds most speed climbing records), dies at 52 after falling from a cliff near Moab in Utah [1]
- 2023 Barbara Bosson, American actress (Hill Street Blues - "Fay Furillo"; Hooperman; Murder One), dies at 83
- 2023 George T. Miller, Scottish-Australian film and television director (The Man from Snowy River; Zeus and Roxanne), dies at 79
- 2023 Ilario Castagner, Italian soccer manager (Perugia, Lazio, AC Milan, Internazionale, Ascoli) and striker (Perugia, AC Prato), dies at 82
- 2023 James Broyhill, American politician (Sen-R-NC, 1963-1986), dies at 95
- 2023 Petar Zhekov, Bulgarian soccer forward (44 caps; Beroe Stara Zagora, CSKA Sofia), dies at 78
- 2023 Peter Wolfenden, New Zealand harness racing driver/trainer (NZ drivers' premiership x 14; Inter Dominion Pacing C' ship x 2; NZ Trotting Cup x 4; Australasian Drivers C'ship x 2), dies at 88
- 2023 Tom Whitlock, American Academy Award-winning lyricist songwriter (“Take My Breath Away”, “Danger Zone”), dies at 68
- 2025 Christian Holder, British-Trinidadian artist, costume designer and dancer with the Joffrey Ballet (1966-79), dies at 75
American actor (Bonnie & Clyde; The Coversation; The French Connection; The Birdcage), dies at 95
