- 619 Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury, c.604-19, dies at unknown age
- 1124 Bořivoj II of Bohemia, Duke of Bohemia (1100-1107, 1117-1120)
- 1218 Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186)
- 1250 Eric XI of Sweden (1222–29 and 1234–50), last of the house of Eric, dies at 33 or 34
- 1294 Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, ruler of Upper Bavaria, dies at 64
- 1353 Anne of Bavaria, Queen of Bohemia as second wife of Charles IV of Luxembourg, dies at 23
- 1435 Johanna II, Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61
- 1461 Owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty of England and second husband of Queen Catherine of Valois, beheaded after the Battle of Mortimer's Cross at about 61
- 1491 Martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40
- 1512 Hatüey, Taíno chief known as Cuba's First National Hero, is burned alive by Spanish colonialists
- 1529 Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author, dies at 50
- 1540 George Schenck van Toutenburg, Dutch Stadhouder of Friesland and Groningen
- 1563 Hans Neusiedler, Hungarian-German lutist and author, dies at about 54
- 1580 Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese retainer (b. 1558)
- 1594 Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer, dies at 68
- 1597 Lucas van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 61
- 1648 George Abbot, English writer and politician, dies at 44
- 1660 Gaston, Duke of Orleans, brother of French King Louis XIII, dies at 51
- 1660 Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45
- 1661 Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (b. 1596)
- 1673 Kaspar Förster, German composer, dies at 56
- 1688 Abraham Duquesne, French naval officer (b. 1610)
- 1704 Guillaume de l'Hospital, French mathematician (wrote first Calculus textbook), dies at about 44
- 1712 Martin Lister, English naturalist and physician to Queen Anne, dies at 72
- 1714 John Sharp, English Archbishop of York (1691-1714), dies at 68
- 1723 Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist (anatomy of the ear), dies at 66
- 1750 Johann Graf, German composer, dies at 65
- 1768 Robert Smith, English mathematician (b. 1689)
- 1769 Clement XIII [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), dies at 75
- 1779 Georg Philipp Kress, German violinist and composer, dies at 59
- 1789 Armand-Louis Couperin, French composer and organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63
- 1793 William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61
- 1802 Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, British statesman (b. 1713)
- 1804 George Walton, American lawyer, soldier and politician (Governor of Georgia and youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence), dies aged 54 or 55 [1]
- 1822 Jean-Baptiste Davaux, French classical composer, dies at 79
- 1826 Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer and gastronome (wrote 1st book of gastronomy - The Physiology of Taste), dies at 70 [1]
- 1827 Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, German organist, composer, and teacher of Carl Maria von Weber, dies at 62
- 1828 Frederik Sigismund van Bylandt, Dutch count and vice-admiral, dies at 78
- 1852 Francis Libermann, French religious leader (Congregation of Heart), dies at 49
- 1867 Forceythe Willson, American poet (The Old Sergeant), dies at 29
- 1873 Edward Johnson, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 56
- 1878 Josip Runjanin, Croatian Serb composer (Croatian National Anthem) and soldier, dies at 56
- 1881 Alekey Pisemski, Russian novelist and playwright (A Bitter Lot), dies at 59 (OS 21 Jan)
- 1882 Fabio Campana, Italian composer and opera director, dies at 63
- 1895 Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817)
- 1897 Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, dies at 65
- 1902 Emanuil Manolov, Bulgarian composer (Siromahkinia - 1st Bulgarian opera), dies at 42
- 1904 William C. Whitney, American financier and 31st United States Secretary of the Navy, dies at 62
Russian chemist and inventor who devised the periodic table of the elements, dies at 72
- 1909 Adolf Stoecker, German conservative politician, and reformer who founded the German Christian Social Party, dies at 73
American boxer (first heavyweight gloved champion, de facto 1882-92; last heavyweight bare-knuckle champion), dies at 59
- 1919 Xavier Henry Napoleon Leroux, French composer, dies at 55
- 1921 Luigi Mancinelli, Italian conductor, cellist and composer, dies at 72
- 1925 Antti Aarne, Finnish folklorist, dies at 57
Dutch athlete (World Cycling C'ship gold 10k 1894, sprint 1895; World Speed Skating C'ship gold allround 1893, 95, 96), dies at 51
- 1926 Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (Imperial Russian Army), dies at 77
- 1930 Sara Louisa Oberholtz, American economist and social reformer (children's school saving banks), dies at 88
- 1931 Theodor Batthynyi, Hungarian contra-revolutionary, dies at 71
- 1932 Agha Petros [Petros Elia of Baz], Assyrian military leader during World War I, dies from a cerebral attack at 51
- 1934 Ernesto Nazareth, Brazilian pianist dance and classical music composer, dies at 70
- 1935 Clara Smith, American blues singer, billed as the "Queen of the Moaners", dies of heart disease at 40 [1]
- 1936 Owen Seaman, British poet and editor (Punch), dies at 74
- 1937 Abraham van Oosten, Dutch architect, and stained glass designer, dies of pneumonia at 39
- 1940 Vsevolod Meyerhold [Karl Kasimir Theodor], Russian theatrical director and actor (Houligan), executed during the Great Purge at 65
- 1941 Johannes Schlaf, German writer and translator, dies at 78
- 1942 Daniil Kharms [Yuvatchov], Russian surrealist and absurdist writer, poet, and playwright, dies of starvation during the siege of Leningrad at 36
- 1943 Jack Burke Sr., American golfer (US Open 1920 runner-up; Senior PGA C'ship 1941), dies at 54
- 1945 Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, German Leipzig mayor and Nazi regime opponent (20th July plot), hanged at 60
- 1945 Joe Hunt, American tennis player (US National C'ship 1943), dies in fighter plane crash during training at 25
- 1948 Bevil Rudd, South African athlete (Olympic gold 400m 1920), dies at 53
- 1948 Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; head of J.P. Morgan during the Wall Street Crash, father or Corliss Lamont, dies at 77
- 1950 Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician (b. 1873)
- 1950 George A. Birmingham, Irish clergyman and novelist, dies at 84
- 1952 Charles de Rochefort, French silent film actor (The Ten Commandments), dies at 72
- 1952 Johann Babtist Thaller, German composer, dies at 79
- 1953 Gustav Strube, German-American composer and conductor (Baltimore Symphony Orchestra), dies at 85
- 1954 Theodor Rogalski, Romanian composer, dies at 52
- 1956 Charley Grapewin, American actor (The Wizard of Oz; Libeled Lady), dies at 86
- 1956 Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter, head of the Jack of Diamonds group, dies at 79
- 1957 Grigory Landsberg, Russian physicist (b. 1890)
- 1957 Julia Morgan, American architect (Hearst Castle, and other Hearst properties), first female degreed by Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and first licensed in California, dies at 85 [1]
- 1959 Frank DeCaires, West Indian cricket batsman (3 Tests, 2 x 50; British Guiana), dies at 49
- 1960 Jeno Huszka, Hungarian composer, dies at 84
- 1961 Adolf Vogl, German composer, dies at 87
- 1963 Herman Bouber, Dutch actor and playwright (Sailor's Wives), dies at 77
- 1963 William Gaxton [Arthur Gaxiola], American stage and screen actor (A Connecticut Yankee; Destry; Convoy), dies of cancer at 73
- 1965 Richard P. Blackmur, American critic, poet and publisher (Good European), dies at 61
- 1965 Richard Würz, German composer, and music critic, dies at 79
- 1969 Giovanni Martinelli, Italian operatic spinto tenor singer (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1913-45), dies at 83
English mathematician and philosopher (Nobel 1950), dies at 97
- 1970 Dave Franklin, American composer (The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down), dies at 74
- 1970 Jaroslav Vogel, Czech composer and conductor (Brno Philharmonic, 1959-62; Ostrava Orchestra 1919- 43), dies at 76
- 1970 Lawrence Gray, American actor, dies at 71
- 1972 Jessie Royce Landis [Medbury], American stage and screen actress (To Catch A Thief; North by Northwest), dies of cancer at 75
- 1972 Natalie Clifford Barney, American writer (b. 1876)
- 1973 Hendrik Elias, Flemish historian and Mayor of Ghent (1941-44), dies at 70
- 1974 Jean Absil, Belgian organist and composer (Benedictions; Peau d'Ane), dies at 80
- 1976 Erling Kjellsby, Norwegian organist, educator and composer, dies at 75
- 1976 Harry Elliott, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests, 11 dismissals; Derbyshire CCC), dies at 84
- 1976 Johan Kaart, Dutch actor (My Fair Lady), dies at 78
- 1976 Maurice Jacobson, British concert pianist, composer, and music publisher, dies at 80
- 1978 Wendy Barrie, British-American TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), dies at 65
- 1979 Jim Burke, Australian cricket batsman (24 Tests; record for most innings in a complete career without scoring a duck [44]) and broadcaster (ABC), dies of self inflicted gunshot wounds at 48
- 1980 William H. Stein, American biochemist (Nobel 1972), dies at 68
- 1981 Jan Donner, Dutch Minister of Justice, chairman of High Council, dies at 89
- 1981 Louise Lorraine, American actress (Adventures of Tarzan), dies at 76
- 1982 Paul Desruisseaux, Canadian lawyer and politician (Senator for Wellington, Quebec), dies at 76
- 1982 Stringfellow Barr, US educationalist (100 Great Books), dies at 85
- 1983 Bryan Valentine, British cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 100; Kent CCC, Cambridge University CC), dies at 75
- 1983 Roy Horb, Suriname sergeant and putschist, commits suicide
- 1983 Sam Chatmon, American Delta blues guitarist, banjo player, and singer (The Mississippi Sheiks), dies at 86
- 1987 Alfred Lion, German-born American record founder (Blue Note), dies at 78
- 1987 Alistair MacLean, Scottish thriller and adventure author (The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra), dies from heart failure at 64
- 1987 Carlos Castilho, Brazilian soccer goalkeeper (25 caps; Fluminense FC 697 games) and manager (Santos FC, SE Palmeiras), dies by suicide at 59
- 1987 Edna Manley, Jamaican sculptor 'Mother of Jamaican art', dies at 86
- 1987 Patrick "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician (Cinderella), dies at 78
- 1988 Clive Epstein, British music artist manager, and brother of Brian Epstein, dies at 51
- 1988 G. Mennen Williams, American lawyer, politician (Governor of Michigan, 1949-61), diplomat, and jurist (Chief Justice of Michigan Supreme Court, 1983-86), dies at 76
- 1989 Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater (Olympic gold men's singles 1972; World C'ships gold 1971, 72, 73), dies from cancer of the lymph nodes at 38
- 1990 Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (British heavyweight champion 1956-58), dies at 56
- 1990 Joel Fluellen, American actor (Porgy and Bess; Burning Cross; Learning Tree), commits suicide at 82
- 1992 Bert Parks [Jacobson], American TV host (Miss America), dies of lung cancer at 77
- 1992 Maurice J. Hill, American writer (Track of Thunder), dies of pneumonia at 89
- 1992 Maurice Kusell, American film choreographer (Puttin' On the Ritz), dies of pneumonia at 89
- 1993 Alexander Schneider, Lithuanian violinist (Budapest String Quartet), dies at 84
- 1993 Reid Miles, American photographer, and album cover art designer (Blue Note Records, 1955-67), and Clio Award-winning TV commercial director, dies at 65
- 1994 Stephen Barclay, American actor (Pride of the Plains), dies at 75
- 1994 Willie Mae "Mother" Smith (née Ford), American gospel singer, evangelist, and folk artist, dies at 89
- 1994 Zilner Randolph, American jazz trumpeter, arranger, and music educator, dies at 95
- 1995 Alexis d'Anjou de Bourbon-Condé, French prince/Russian, dies at 47
- 1995 Andre Frossard, French publicist (Defense of Pope), dies at 80
- 1995 David Kindersley, British stone letter-carver and typeface designer, dies at 79
- 1995 Donald Pleasence, British actor (You Only Live Twice, Escape from New York, Halloween), dies from heart failure at 75
English tennis player/broadcaster (8 x Grand Slam singles, 6 x Grand Slam doubles titles; Davis Cup 1933, 34, 35, 36), dies of broken ribs at 85
- 1995 Phillip Borsos, Tasmanian Canadian director (Mean Season), dies
American stage and screen dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, and director (An American in Paris; On The Town; Singin' in the Rain), dies of a stroke at 83
- 1996 Minao Shibata, Japanese composer and musicologist, dies at 79
- 1996 Ray McIntire, American chemical engineer, (invented Styrafoam at Dow), dies at 77
- 1996 Shamus Culhane, American animator (Fleischer Studios, Disney Studios), dies at 87
- 1997 Chico Science [Francisco Franca], Brazilian musician (manguebeat), dies in a car accident at 30
- 1997 Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (grandmaster 1952), dies at 83
- 1997 Godfrey Baseley, British radio executive, dies at 92
- 1997 Sanford Meisner, American actor and teacher, dies at 91
- 1998 Haroun Tazieff, French-Belgian volcanologist, author and cinematographer of volcanic eruptions (The Violent Earth), dies at 83 [1]
- 1998 Roger L. Stevens, American real estate magnate, Broadway theater producer (West Side Story) and fundraiser (John F. Kennedy Center), dies at 87 [1]
- 1999 David McComb, Australian singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The Triffids, 1976-89; The Blackeyed Susans, 1989–93), dies after unsuccessful heart transplant at 38
- 1999 Marie Van Brittan Brown, American nurse and co-inventor of the home security system with her husband Albert L. Brown, dies at 76
- 2000 Todor Popov, Bulgarian composer, dies at 79
- 2002 Claude Brown, American writer (b. 1937)
- 2002 Paul Baloff, American singer (Exodus) (b. 1960)
- 2003 Lou Harrison, American composer (La Koro Sutro), dies of a heart attack at 85 [1]
- 2004 Alan Bullock, British historian and author (Hitler: A Study in Tyranny), dies at 89
- 2004 Bernard McEveety, American film director, dies at 79
- 2004 Róbert Zimonyi, Hungarian rowing coxswain (Olympic gold USA men's eight 1964; bronze Hungary coxed pair 1948), dies at 85
German boxer (world heavyweight champion 1930-32), dies at 99
- 2007 Billy Henderson, American pop and R&B singer (The Spinners, 1954-2004 - "The Rubberband Man"), dies from complications of diabetes at 67
- 2007 Eric von Schmidt, American folk/blues singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
- 2007 Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967)
- 2007 Joe Hunter, American pianist and bandleader of Motown's house band - The Funk Brothers (1959-64), dies at 79
- 2007 Masao Takemoto, Japanese gymnast (Olympic gold team 1960; 3 x silver 1952, 56, 60; 3 x bronze 1956), dies from cholangiocarcinoma at 87
- 2007 Vijay Arora, Indian film and television actor (b. 1944)
- 2008 Earl Butz, 18th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76), dies at 98
- 2008 Herbert "Barry" Morse, British-Canadian actor (The Fugitive, Space: 1999, Winds of War), dies at 89
- 2008 Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist and winner of the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, dies at 82 [1]
- 2008 Katoucha, Guinean model and activist (b. 1960)
- 2011 Defne Joy Foster, Turkish actress, presenter and VJ. (b. 1975)
- 2011 Margaret John, Welsh actress (b. 1926)
- 2012 Dorothy Gilman, American mystery writer, dies from Alzheimer's disease at 88
- 2013 Chris Kyle, American sniper, is shot at 38
- 2013 John Kerr, American actor (South Pacific, Peyton Place, Pit & Pendulum), dies at 81
- 2013 Pepper Paire, American National Women's Baseball Hall of Fame catcher (1948 AAGPBL All-Star Team), dies at 88
- 2013 Walt Sweeney, American football offensive lineman (9 × Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1967, 68; San Diego Chargers), dies from pancreatic cancer at 71
- 2015 Joseph Alfidi, American classical prodigy pianist, composer and conductor, dies at 65
- 2015 Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (Rebel Without A Cause), dies at 92
- 2016 Bob Elliott, American comedian (Bob & Ray; Get a Life), dies at 92
- 2016 Intizar Hussain, Pakistani and Urdu writer and columnist, dies in his early 90s
- 2018 Dave Barrett, 26th Premier of British Columbia (1972-75), dies at 87
- 2018 Joseph Polchinski, American leading theoretical physicist (multiverse), dies of brain cancer at 63
- 2019 Catherine Burns, American actress (Last Summer, One Life to Live, Catcher), dies at 73 [1]
- 2019 William Davis [Gunter Keese], German-born British journalist and broadcaster (BBC Radio 4's World at One, 1965-71), dies at 85
- 2020 Ivan Král, Czech-American bass player, songwriter, record producer (Patti Smith; Iggy Pop; John Waite), dies of cancer at 71
- 2021 Danny Ray, American MC, stage manager, valet and "cape man" for soul singer James Brown, dies at 85
- 2021 Grant Jackson, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1969; World Series 1979; Philadelphia Phillies; Baltimore Orioles; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies from complications of COVID-19 at 78
- 2021 Roy Christopher, American art director and production designer (Frasier; Just Shoot Me!), dies at 85
- 2021 Rudolph Pariser, American physical and polymer chemist (molecular orbital computation), dies at 97
- 2021 Tom Moore, English army captain knighted for raising £32 million for the NHS, dies with COVID-19 at 100
- 2022 Bill Fitch, American Basketball HOF coach (NBA C'ship 1981, Boston Celtics; NBA Coach of the Year 1976, 80; NBA All-Star coach 1982; Cleveland Cavaliers; NJ Nets, Houston Rockets, LA Clippers), dies at 89
- 2022 Hamid Zouba, Algerian soccer manager (Algerian national team x 6 separate spells), dies at 86
- 2022 Monica Vitti [Maria Ceciarelli], Italian actress (L'Avventura; Tigers in Lipstick; Duck in Orange Sauce), dies of Dementia with Lewy bodies disease at 90
- 2022 Mosese Taga, Fijian rugby union front rower (48 Tests; Suva RFU, Nabua RUFC), dies at 57
- 2022 Roy Purdon, New Zealand harness-racing trainer (21 x NZ trainers premierships; 4 x NZ cup winners; 54 x Group One wins), dies at 94
- 2023 Jean-Pierre Jabouille, French auto racer (55 x F1 GP, 2 wins; 4 x 3rd overall 24 Hours of Le Mans), dies at 80
- 2023 Robert Orben, American comedy writer, magician, and speechwriter for US Vice President Gerald Ford, dies at 95
- 2023 Solomon Perel, German public speaker and writer known for posing as a Hitler Youth in order to survive the Holocaust, dies at 97 [1]
- 2024 Don Murray, American actor (Bus Stop; Advise & Consent; Endless Love), dies at 94 [1]
- 2024 Francisco Jara, Mexican soccer forward (9 caps; CD Guadalajara 1960-71), dies at 82
- 2024 Ian Lavender, British stage and screen actor (Dad's Army - "Private Pike"; Eastenders, 2001-05 - "Derek"), dies at 77
- 2024 Rich Caster, American football wide receiver-tight end (Super Bowl XVII Washington Redskins; Pro Bowl 1972, 74, 75 New York Jets), dies from Parkinson's disease at 75
- 2024 Stefan Yanev, Bulgarian soccer midfielder (Cherno More Varna 228 games) and broadcaster (BNT; 17 books on Bulgarian football), dies at 84
- 2024 Wayne Kramer [Kambes], American guitarist (MC5 - "Kick Out The Jams"), and record producer, dies of pancreatic cancer at 75 [1]
- 2024 Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, American operatic soprano, and actress (Diva), dies of cancer at 75 [1]
- 2025 Gene Barge, American R&B and rock saxophonist, known as "Daddy G" (Gary Bonds - "Quarter to Three", Fontella Bass - “Rescue Me”, Jackie Wilson - “Your Love Keeps Lifting Me (Higher and Higher)”), dies at 98 [1]
- 2025 Harry Stewart Jr., American US Army Air Forces fighter pilot and officer (Tuskegee Airmen, WWII), instructor, and co-winner of the first 'Top Gun" competition (1949), dies at 100 [1]
- 2025 Ogün Altıparmak, Turkish soccer striker (32 caps; Fenerbahçe 173 games), dies at 86
