- 702 K'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635)
- 1054 Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler of Kiev, dies
- 1154 Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett
- 1171 Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)
- 1194 Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies
- 1258 Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad, dies in the sack of Baghdad by being rolled up in a carpet and trampled to death
- 1408 Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman, dies at 66
- 1431 Pope Martin V [Oddo Colonna] dies, (b. 1368)
- 1513 John, King of Denmark (1481-1513) and Norway (1483-1513), dies after being thrown from his horse at 58
- 1524 Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya
- 1569 Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman and politician, dies at 50
- 1579 Sir Nicholas Bacon, English politician and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, dies at 68
- 1595 Ernst, Archduke of Austria (son of Maximilian II Holy Roman Emperor), dies at 41
- 1618 Philip William, Prince of Orange (1584) and Knight of the Golden Fleece (1599), dies at 63
- 1626 John Dowland, British (or Irish?) Renaissance lutenist, singer, and composer ("I saw my Lady weepe"; "Flow My Tears"), dies and is buried at 63
- 1628 Gregor Aichinger, German composer and organist, dies at about 63
- 1667 David ben Samuel Halevi, rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies
- 1685 Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Calenberg, Queen of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Frederick III, dies at 56
- 1731 Friederich Karl Erbach, German composer, dies at 50
- 1737 Elizabeth Singer Rowe, English poet and writer (Friendship in Death) who was one of England's most widely read authors in the 18th-century, dies of apoplexy at 62
- 1746 Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68
- 1762 Tobias Mayer, German astronomer, dies at 38
- 1771 Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist, dies at 92
- 1773 Charles Emanuel III of Savoy, King of Sardinia, dies at 71
- 1778 Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and scholar, dies at 66
- 1779 Johannes Burman, Dutch botanist, plant author and physician, dies at 71
- 1786 Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, German composer, dies at 70
- 1790 Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire (1760-1790), dies at 48
- 1803 Marie Dumesnil, French actress (Iphigénie en Aulide), dies at 90
- 1806 Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American military and political leader during the American Revolution who shot founding father Button Gwinnett in a duel, dies at 80
- 1809 Johann Joseph Emmert, German composer, dies at 76
- 1810 Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean innkeeper, drover and leader of the Tyrolean Rebellion against the revolutionary Napoleonic invasion during the War of the Fifth Coalition, executed at 42
- 1810 Johann Friedrich Kranz, German composer, dies at 57
- 1817 Martin de Ron, Swedish bassoonist and composer, dies at 27
- 1824 Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars, dies at 63
- 1845 Pavel Ivanovich Dolgorukov, Russian composer, dies at 57
- 1848 Prince Alexander of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange, dies from tuberculosis at 29
- 1851 Josef Alois Ladurner, Austrian keyboardist, choral director, composer, and priest dies at 81
- 1855 Joseph Hume, Scottish doctor and social reformer, dies at 78
- 1860 Henry Drummond, English banker and religious leader, dies at 69
- 1862 Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet (Florante at Laura), dies at 73
- 1871 Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter, dies at 60
- 1877 Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy during US Civil War), dies at 72
- 1892 Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), dies at 74
- 1893 P. G. T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (Hero of Sumter), dies at 74
- 1903 Charles Doolittle, American general (Union volunteer), dies at 70
- 1904 Gustav Adolf Heinze, German-Dutch clarinetist, conductor, and composer, dies at 83
- 1905 Jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain
French chemist who isolated the element "fluorine" from its compounds (Nobel 1906), dies of appendicitis at 54
- 1910 Boutros Ghali, Prime Minister of Egypt (1908-1910), assassinated by a nationalist at 64
- 1911 (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm, German-Baltic pianist and composer, dies at 76
- 1911 Alexander Kopilov, Imperial Russian violinist and composer, dies at 56
- 1916 Klas Arnoldson, Swedish politician and pacifist (Nobel Peace 1908), dies at 71
- 1917 Leone Sextus Tollemache, British Army captain who was incorrectly alleged to have the longest English surname on record (Leone Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudatifilius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache), dies in active service in WWI at 32
- 1920 Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint and youngest witness of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fátima, dies in the flu epidemic at 9
American arctic explorer who claimed to have 1st reached geographic North Pole (Apr 6 1909), dies at 63
- 1925 Marco Enrico Bossi, Italian concert organist, composer and teacher, dies aboard an ocean liner while returning from a concert tour of America at 54
- 1928 Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer, dies at 81
- 1936 Max Schreck, German stage, silent and sound screen (Nosferatu - "Count Orlok"), dies of a heart attack at 56
- 1937 Barlow Carkeek, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (6 Tests, 6 dismissals; Victoria), dies when struck by a car at 58
- 1941 (Mary) La Bolduc (née Travers), French Canadian singer and songwriter, dies of cancer at 46
- 1942 Guido Gasperini, Italian composer, dies at 76
- 1946 Hugh Allen, British organist, conductor (Bach Choir; Leeds Festival), and educator (Oxford, 1918-46-; Royal College of Music, 1918-37), dies from injuries after being run down by a motorcycle at 76
- 1950 Sarat Chandra Bose, Indian activist for independence, dies at 60
- 1951 Howard Brockway, American composer, dies at 80
- 1951 Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet, British army officer and Governor-General of New Zealand (1924-30), dies at 86
- 1958 Thurston Hall, American actor (Roaming Lady; In Society), dies at 75
- 1959 Laurence Housman, English author and playwright (Victoria Regina), dies at 93
- 1959 Ray McDonald, American stage and screen tap dancer, dies choking on food at 38
- 1960 Leonard Woolley, British pioneering archaeologist, excavated Royal Cemetery at Ur, dies at 79
- 1961 Otto Huiswoud, Surinamese workers' rights and communist party political activist in US and Europe, and editor-in-chief (The Negro Worker), dies at 67
- 1961 Percy Grainger, Australian-American concert pianist and composer (Hill Songs; Country Gardens), dies at 78
- 1962 Halliwell Hobbes, British actor (Gaslight, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 84
- 1963 Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian-Austrian conductor, dies at 48
- 1963 Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer (Jalousie ; Cinema Music), dies at 83
- 1964 R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicket-keeper (South Africa 1927-28), dies
- 1965 Fred Immler, German actor (Zapata's Gang, Madame DuBarry), dies at 85
American admiral who commanded the US Pacific fleet in World War II, dies at 80
- 1968 Anthony Asquith, British film director (Court Martial), dies at 65
- 1969 Ernest Ansermet, Swiss (Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, 1918-67). and composer (Feuilles de Printemps), dies at 85
- 1969 Jack Ingram, American actor (Law of the West), and stuntman, dies of a heart attack at 66
- 1970 Albert Louis Wolff, French conductor and composer, dies at 86
- 1970 Café Filho, Brazilian politician (President of Brazil, 1954-55), dies aged 71
- 1970 Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist, dies at 84
- 1971 Alexander Tsfasman, Soviet Russian jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, dies at 64
- 1972 Herbert Menges, English composer, dies at 69
- 1972 Maria Goeppert-Mayer, American-German atomic physicist (Nobel 1963), dies at 65
- 1972 Walter Winchell, American journalist, gossip columnist, radio host, and narrator (the Untouchables), dies at 74
- 1973 Brigitte Reimann, German writer (Franziska Linkerhand), dies of cancer at 39
- 1973 Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (Violinist Notebook 1933), dies at 80
- 1973 Maurice Dallimore, British actor (The Collector, Me and My Girl), dies from Laennec's cirrhosis at 60
- 1974 David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian composer, dies at 85
- 1975 Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, American bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 76
- 1975 Lillian Fontaine, actress (Suddenly it's Spring), dies at 88
- 1975 Robert Strauss, American actor (Stalag 17, The Seven Year Itch), dies from a stroke at 61
- 1976 Kathryn Kuhlman, American evangelist and faith healer, dies while having open-heart surgery at 68
- 1976 René Cassin, French jurist and judge (Nobel Peace Prize 1968), dies at 88
- 1980 Alice Longworth Roosevelt, youngest daughter of Theodore, dies at 96
- 1980 Joseph Banks Rhine, American parapsychologist (Extra-Sensory Perception), dies at 84
- 1982 René Dubos, French-American microbiologist and author (1969 Pulitzer Prize, made famous "Think globally, act locally"), dies at 81
- 1983 Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician, pathologist, and scientific researcher, dies at 72
- 1983 James G Richardson, American actor (Sierra; Emergency!), dies in a skiing accident at 37
- 1983 Ray Vitte, American actor (Car Wash; Doc - "Woody"; Quest - "Cody"), dies in scuffle with Los Angeles police at 33
- 1984 Fikret Amirov, Azerbaijani-Soviet composer (Azerbaijan Capriccio, Shur), dies at 61
- 1984 Giuseppe Colombo, Italian mathematician and engineer who studied Mercury, known as 'the grandfather of the flyby', dies at 63 [1]
- 1985 Clarence Nash, American voice actor (Donald Duck), dies of leukemia at 80
- 1986 Francisco Mignone, Brazilian composer, dies at 88
- 1986 Koss Rietkerk, Dutch foreign minister (VVD), dies at 58
- 1987 Adrian Cruft, British composer, dies at 66
- 1987 Ivan Brkanović, Croatian composer (Triptych - Funeral Folk Rite), dies at 80
- 1988 Bob O'Farrell, American baseball catcher (World Series, NL MVP 1926, St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (St.L Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds), dies at 91
- 1989 Erika Köth, German operatic coloratura soprano (Salzburg Festival, 1955–64), dies at 63
- 1992 A. J. Casson, Canadian painter (member of Group of Seven), dies at 93
- 1992 Andrew Schenck, American conductor, dies of melanoma at 51
- 1992 Dick York, American actor (Darrin-Bewitched, Inherit the Wind), dies of emphysema at 63
- 1992 Eugene R. Black, American President of World Bank (1953-62), dies at 93
- 1992 Joan Dixon, actress (Hot Lead, Bunco Squad, Gunplay), dies at 66
- 1992 Roberto D'Aubuisson, El Salvadorian founder (ARENA), dies
Italian auto-designer (Lamborghini), dies at 76
- 1994 Manuel F "Garincha" dos Santos, soccer player (Brazil), dies at 49
- 1994 Willi Schmidt, German director (Eli), dies at 84
- 1995 John Humphreys Whitfield, British scholar of Italian language & literature, dies at 88
- 1995 Shlomo Averbach, Rabbi, buried in Jerusalem, 250,000 attend
- 1996 Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, British test pilot (Spitfire), dies at 83
- 1996 Michael Wooller, British TV and film producer (Omnibus), dies at 69
- 1996 Solomon Asch, Polish-American psychologist, dies at 88
- 1996 Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese classical music and film score composer (November Steps; Ran), dies of pneumonia while being treated for bladder cancer at 65
- 1996 Walter Charles Marshall, Welsh theoretical physicist (Chairman of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1981-89), dies at 63
- 1997 Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack while trying to save a distressed swimmer in Miami Beach at 36
- 1998 Martindale Sidwell, British organist and conductor, dies at 82
- 1999 Gene Siskel, American film critic (b. 1946)
- 1999 Howard Boatwright, American composer and violinist, dies at 80
- 1999 Lotti van der Gaag, Dutch sculptor and painter, dies at 75
- 1999 Sarah Kane, British playwright (Blasted, 4.48 Psychosis), commits suicide at 28
- 2001 Bill Rigney, American baseball infielder (MLB All Star 1948; NY Giants) and manager (NY/SF Giants; LA Angels; Minnesota Twins), dies at 83
- 2001 Rosemary DeCamp, American radio, film, and television character actress (Love That Bob - "Margaret", That Girl - "Mrs. Marie"; The Partridge Family - "Amanda Renfrew"), dies of pneumonia at 90
- 2002 Stephen Longstreet, American writer (All or Nothing), dies at 94
- 2003 Harry Jacunski, American football player
- 2003 Maurice Blanchot, French author (b. 1907)
- 2003 Mushaf Ali Mir, Pakistani Chief of the Air Staff (b. 1947)
- 2003 Orville Freeman, American politician (Governor of Minnesota 1955-61, US Secretary of Agriculture 1961-69), dies at 84
- 2003 Ty Longley, American guitarist (Great White), dies in The Station nightclub fire at 31
- 2004 J. J. Malone, American soul singer ("It's A Shame"), dies of cancer at 68
- 2005 John Raitt, American stage and screen singer and actor (Carousel; The Pajama Game), dies from pneumonia at 88
- 2005 Pam Bricker, American jazz singer (Thievery Corporation) takes her own life at 50
- 2005 Sandra Dee [Alexandra Zuck], American actress (Gidget, Imitation of Life), dies of kidney disease complication at 62
- 2005 Tom Willmore, English geometer, dies at 85
- 2005 William Gordon Harris, British civil engineer, dies at 92
- 2006 Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster and author (Ford C. Frick Award; Pete Rozelle Award; lifetime achievement Emmy, 1992), dies of leukemia at 86
- 2006 Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller, dies at 85
- 2007 Derek Waring [Barton-Chapple], British actor (Z-Cars, Barnacle Bill, Arthur-Heart of the Country), dies at 79
- 2007 F. Albert Cotton, American chemist, dies at 76
- 2007 Mike Awesome, Pro Wrestler (b. 1965)
- 2007 Peter Marshall, British law enforcement officer (Commissioner of the City of London Police, 1978-85), dies at 76
- 2008 Allen Strange, American composer (Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls), dies at 64
- 2008 Emily Perry, English Actress (b. 1907)
- 2008 Larry Davis (criminal)
- 2009 Larry H. Miller, American businessman and owner of NBA's Utah Jazz, died of complications from type-2 diabetes at 64
American General and 59th Secretary of State (1981-82), dies from a staphylococcal infection at 85
- 2011 Betty Hicks, American golfer, author (US Open runner-up 1948, 54), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 90
- 2011 Terry Clements, American guitarist (Gordon Lightfoot), dies of complications from a stroke at 63
- 2012 Renato Dulbecco, Italian-born American virologist (1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for oncoviruses work), dies at 97
- 2013 Antonio Roma, Argentinian footballer, dies at 80
- 2014 Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist (briefly interim President of Uruguay), dies at 90
- 2016 Peter Mondavi, American winemaker (Charles Krug - Napa Valley), dies at 101
- 2019 Bruno Schroder, British baron and banker (Schroders), dies at 86
- 2019 Dominick Argento, American composer (Colonel Jonathan the Saint), dies at 91
- 2019 William Broomfield, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan), dies at 96
- 2021 Mauro Bellugi, Italian soccer defender (32 caps; Inter Milan, Bologna, Napoli), dies from COVID-19 at 71
- 2021 Paolo Castaldi, Italian composer and essay writer, dies at 90
- 2021 Stan Williams, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1960²; World Series 1959, 1990 [coach: Cincinnati Reds]; NY Yankees, LA Dodgers), dies from cardio-pulmonary illness at 84
- 2022 Aleksandr Sidorenko, Ukrainian swimmer (Olympic gold USSR 400m IM 1980; World C'ship gold 200m IM 1982), dies at 61
- 2022 Joni James [Joan Babbo], American pop singer ("Why Don't You Believe Me?"; "How Important Can It Be?"), dies at 91
- 2022 Leo Bersani, American literary critic and scholar known for his writings on the AIDS crisis (Homos), dies at 90 [1]
- 2023 Ken Warby, Australian motorboat racer (water speed record 275.97 knots [511.10 km/h; 317.58 mph 1978]), dies at 83
- 2024 Andreas Brehme, German soccer defensive midfielder (86 caps; FIFA World Cup 1990; 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan), dies from cardiac arrest at 63
- 2024 Vasile Dîba, Romanian sprint canoeist (Olympic gold K-1 500m 1976; ICF World C'ships 5 x gold), dies at 69
- 2025 David L. Boren, American politician (Governor of Oklahoma 1975-79; Sen-D-Oklahoma 1979-94), dies at 83 [1]
- 2025 Frankétienne [Jean-Pierre Basilic Dantor Franck Étienne d’Argent], Haitian artist and author credited with writing the first published novel entirely in Haitian Creole (Dézafi), dies at 88 [1]
- 2025 Hans Kjeld Rasmussen, Danish sport shooter (Olympic gold Skeet 1980), dies at 70
- 2025 Ilkka Kuusisto, Finnish opera composer, organist, arts administrator (Finnish National Opera, 1984-92), broadcaster, and educator, dies at 91
- 2025 Jerry Butler, American soul vocalist, known as 'The Iceman' (The Impressions; - "Never Give You Up"; solo - "Only the Strong Survive"), songwriter, and politician, dies at 85 [1]
