- 155 Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested and burned at the stake
- 943 Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, (b. 884)
- 1011 Willigis, Archbishop of Mainz
- 1100 Emperor Zhezong, 7th Emperor of the Song Dynasty in China (1085-1100), dies at 23
- 1447 Eugene IV [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies
- 1447 Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1390)
- 1464 Zhu Qizhen, Chinese Emperor Yingzong of Ming (1435-49 and 1457-64), dies at 36 but not before giving an order to end the practice of burying alive concubines and palace maids so that they could follow emperors to the next world
- 1507 Gentile Bellini, Venetian painter (Sultan Mohammed II), dies at about 78 (burial date)
- 1526 Diego Columbus [Colón], Portuguese navigator, son of Christopher Columbus, and 2nd Viceroy of the Indies (1511-1526), dies at 45
- 1554 Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed
- 1572 Pierre Certon, French composer
- 1603 Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician and botanist, dies at 83
- 1607 Herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60
- 1662 Johann Crüger [Jan Krygar], Sorbian-German cantor, hymn composer, editor (Praxis pietatis melica), and educator, dies at 62
- 1669 Lieuwe van Aitzema, Dutch historian (Matters of State & War), dies at 68
- 1679 Anne Conway, English philosopher, dies at 47
- 1682 Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat (for Brandenburg at the French court, 1626-58; for the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg at the Hague, 1660-75). and historian, dies at 75
- 1704 Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50
- 1718 François Fagel, Dutch field marshal (War of the Spanish Succession), dies at 63
- 1719 Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran missionary to India, dies at 36
- 1766 Stanislaus I [Leszczyński], Polish regent (King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, 1704-09, King of Poland, 1733-36; Duke of Lorraine and Bar, 1737-66), dies at 88
- 1781 George Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (for Pennsylvania), dies at about 64 or 65
- 1792 Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68
- 1800 Joseph Warton, English literary critic (b. 1722)
- 1806 John Alcock, English composer and organist, dies at 90
- 1807 François Guichard, French guitarist and composer, dies at 61
- 1821 Marie-Anne Collot, French sculptor, dies
- 1839 Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer and advisor to Alexander I, dies at 67
- 1851 Joanna Baillie, Scottish poet and playwright, dies at 88
German mathematician considered one of the greatest of all time (Gaussian distribution, fundamental theorem of algebra), dies at 77
- 1859 Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)
- 1867 George Thomas Smart, English composer and conductor (Covent Garden), dies at 90
- 1868 Andrew Strath, Scottish golfer (British Open 1865), dies at 30
- 1879 Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and statesman (Minister of War), dies at 75
- 1884 Jimmy Tambo, Australian aboriginal, US circus attraction, dies at 23
- 1896 George Davis, American Confederate politician, Attorney General of the Confederate States (1864-65), dies at 75
- 1897 Woldemar Bargiel, German composer, dies at 68
- 1899 David Addison Weisiger, American Confederate brigadier general, dies at 80
- 1900 Ernest Dowson, British poet (Decorations in Verse and Prose), dies at 32
- 1900 William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies
- 1902 Samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72
- 1903 Albert Cahen, French composer, dies at 57
- 1903 Friedrich Grutzmacher, composer, dies at 70
- 1904 Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian homeopath doctor and founder of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, dies at 70
- 1906 Johann Hoch, US murderer, executed
- 1908 Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (b. 1823)
- 1913 Jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test South African career), dies
- 1915 Robert Smalls, African-American congressman for South Carolina (1875-87), helped create state’s public school system, dies at 75
- 1916 George Martin, English composer and organist, dies at 71
- 1918 Adolf Friedrich VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, dies at 35
- 1918 Sophie Menter, German concert pianist (Franz Liszt), and composer, dies at 71
- 1920 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61
- 1922 Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish physicist (b. 1845)
- 1927 Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Icelandic composer (Lofsöngur - National Anthem of Iceland), dies at 79
- 1930 Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22
- 1930 Mabel Normand [Muriel Fortescue], American silent-film actress, director and comedienne (Mickey), dies of tuberculosis at 35
- 1931 Irene Schroeder, "Trigger Woman", first American woman electrocuted in Pennsylvania, and 4th woman electrocuted in the United States, executed at 22
Australian operatic soprano and face of the Australian 100 dollar note, dies at 69
- 1933 David Horsley, British-American circus owner and film producer (The Melting Pot), dies at 59
- 1934 Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan patriot, assassinated by the National Guard at 38
English composer (Coronation Ode, Pomp and Circumstance), dies of colorectal cancer at 76
- 1935 Jan Duiker, Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at 44
- 1937 Claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies
- 1942 Stefan Zweig, Austrian novelist (Beware of Pity), plzywright (Jeremiah), and memoirist (The World of Yesterday), commits suicide with his wife at 60
Belgian-American chemist and inventor (bakelite plastics), dies at 80
- 1945 Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer (Pjotr Peroyj), dies at 62
- 1945 Aubrey Cousins, Canadian sergeant (Victoria Cross), dies in battle
- 1946 Tomoyuki Yamashita [Yamashita Tomobumi], Imperial Japanese general dubbed "Tiger of Malaya," executed for war crimes by hanging at 60
- 1948 John Robert Gregg, Irish-American inventor of a shorthand system Gregg Shorthand, dies at 80
- 1955 Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (L'otage-1909), dies at 86
- 1957 John Friend Mahoney, American physician who pioneered the treatment of syphilis with penicillin, dies at 67
- 1957 Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918)
- 1961 Wilf Ferguson, West Indian cricket spin bowler (8 Tests, 34 wickets, BB 6/92, 2 x 50; Trinidad), dies at 43
- 1963 Algeria Junius "June" Clark, American jazz trumpeter and cornetist, dies at 62
English comedian (Laurel & Hardy films), dies of a heart attack at 74
- 1968 Fannie Hurst, American novelist (Anatomy of Me), dies at 78
- 1969 Joseph Messner, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 75
- 1969 Madhubala [Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi], Indian actress regarded as "The Venus of Indian Cinema", dies of a heart condition at 36
- 1970 Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage. at 65
- 1971 King Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73
- 1972 Michael Taube, Polish composer, dies at 81
- 1973 Dickinson W. Richards, American physician (Nobel 1956 - development of cardiac catheterization and the characterisation of a number of cardiac diseases), dies at 77
- 1974 Dave Brown, Australian rugby league centre (9 Tests, 19 games NSW; Eastern Suburbs, Warrington; RL "Immortal") and coach (Eastern Suburbs), dies from cancer at 60
- 1974 Florence Rice, American actress (Fast Company, Double Wedding, Riding on Air), dies from lung cancer at 67
- 1974 Harry Ruby [Harry Rubenstein], American composer and screenwriter, dies at 79
- 1976 John Forest "Fuzzy" Knight, American stage and screen actor, noted as sidekick in Westerns (Oklahoma Annie; Cowboy & the Lady), dies at 74
- 1976 L. S. Lowry, British painter of industrial scenes, dies at 88
- 1979 W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (Premier of British Columbia, 1952-72), dies at 78
- 1980 Enrico Celio, Swiss lawyer and President of Switzerland (1943), dies at 90
- 1980 Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician, dies at 62
- 1987 Esmond Knight, British actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder), dies from a heart attack at 80
- 1989 Hans Hellmut Kirst, German author (The Lieutenant Must Be Mad), dies at 74
- 1990 Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch lawyer and politician (Liberal), dies of cancer at 53
- 1990 James Gavin, US 82nd Airborne Division General (Sicily/Normandy), dies at 82
- 1990 Jose Napoleon Duarte, Salvadoran politician, President of Salvador (1984-89), dies at 62
- 1992 Jacquelyn Hyde, American actress (Dark, House of Terror), dies at 61
- 1992 Markos Vafeiadis, Greek Communist leader (ELAS, 1943-49), dies at 86
- 1993 Edwin Louis Battle, actor (Almost Blue, Chase), dies of stroke at 33
- 1994 Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at 40
- 1995 Melvin Franklin (né English), American R&B bass vocalist (The Temptations, 1960-94 - "Ball of Confusion"), dies of heart failure at 52
- 1995 Norman Hunter, English children's writer (Professor Branestawm), dies at 95
- 1995 Peter Wykeham, Royal Air Force fighter pilot, dies at 79
- 1996 Alan Dawson, American jazz drummer and teacher (Berklee, 1957-75), dies of leukemia at 66
- 1996 Joseph W. Barr, American banker and politician (Secretary of the Treasury), dies at 78
- 1997 Oscar Lewenstein, British theater impresario (Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera), and film producer (The Knack ...and How to Get It), dies of heart failure at 80
- 1997 Tony Williams, American jazz drummer (Miles Davis), dies at 51
- 1998 Philip Abbott, American character actor (The FBI, Sweet Bird of Youth), dies at 73
- 1998 Raman Lamba, Indian cricketer and opening batsman (1986-87), dies of an internal hemorrhage at 38 three days after being hit on the temporal bone by a cricket ball while fielding in Bangladesh's league cricket and slipping into a coma
- 1999 Ruth Gipps, British prolific conductor and composer, dies of cancer at 78
- 2000 Albrecht Goes, German writer and theologian, dies at 91
- 2000 Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (b. 1957)
- 2000 Stanley Matthews, English soccer forward (54 caps; Stoke City, Blackpool; 1st British player to be knighted), dies at 85
- 2001 Robert Enrico, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
- 2001 Ruth Railton, British musical director (National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, 1948-65), dies at 85
- 2003 Howard "Howie" Epstein, American bass guitarist (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, 1982-2002), dies from an overdose at 47
- 2003 Robert K. Merton, American sociologist (functionalism, self-fulfilling prophecy) and criminologist, dies at 92
- 2003 Shlomo Argov, Israeli diplomat (Ambassador to the UK, 1979-82), dies at 73
- 2004 Bob Mayo, American session keyboardist (Peter Frampton), dies of a heart attack at 52
- 2004 Carl Anderson, American singer (b. 1945)
- 2004 Carl Liscombe, Canadian hockey player (b. 1915)
- 2004 Don Cornell [Luigi Varlaro], American pop singer (Sammy Kaye Orchestra - "Room Full of Roses; solo - "Hold My Hand"), dies of emphysema and diabetes at 84
- 2004 Sikander Bakht, Indian politician (Governor of Kerala, 2002-04), dies at 85
- 2004 Vijay Anand, Indian film director (b. 1934)
- 2006 Benno Besson, Swiss actor and director (Der Arzt wider Willen), dies at 83
- 2006 Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish soccer forward (20 caps, 20 goals; Athletic Bilbao 277 games, 251 goals), dies at 85
- 2007 Donnie Brooks, American singer (b. 1936)
- 2008 Denis Lazure, Canadian physician and politician, dies at 82
- 2008 Douglas Fraser, Scottish pilot, first to land at Newfoundland Airport on January 11, 1938 (b. 1916)
- 2008 Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1989-90) and Prime Minister of Slovenia (1992-2002), dies at 57
- 2008 Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and motorsport journalist (b. 1917)
- 2008 Roger Foulon, Belgian writer (Un été dans la Fagne), dies at 84
- 2010 Mervyn Jones, English author (Nobody's Fault, 5 Hungarian Writers), dies at 87
- 2011 Jack Gottlieb, American composer, writer and editor, dies at 80
- 2011 Shri Mataji Nirmala Srivastava, Indian founder of Sahaja Yoga, dies at 87
- 2012 Bruce Surtees, American cinematographer (Dirty Harry, Lenny), dies at 74
- 2016 (Hendricus) "Henk" Mochel, Dutch TV host (Rondom Tien), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 83
- 2016 Lennie Baker, American rock saxophonist musician (Sha Na Na, 1970-99), dies at 69
- 2017 Alan Colmes, American radio and television host for Fox News (The Alan Colmes Show), dies of lymphoma at 66
- 2017 Derek Ibbotson, English 5K runner (Olympic bronze 1956), dies at 84
- 2017 Lord David Waddington, British politician (Home Secretary 1989-90), dies at 87
- 2018 Lewis Gilbert, British director, producer and screenwriter (You Only Live Twice, Sink the Bismarck!), dies at 97
- 2019 Dorothy Masuka, Rhodesian-South African jazz singer-songwriter ("Hamba Nontsokolo"), and political activist, dies from complications of a stroke at 83 [1]
- 2019 Katherine Helmond, American actress and director (Soap, Mona-Who's the Boss), dies at 89
- 2020 János Göröcs, Hungarian soccer midfielder (62 caps; Újpesti Dózsa, Tatabányai Bányász), dies at 80
- 2020 Stefan Florenski, Polish soccer defender (11 caps; Górnik Zabrze), dies at 86
- 2021 Art Michalik, American football linebacker / guard (All-Pro 1953; Pro Bowl 1953; San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh Steelers), dies at 91
- 2021 Fausto Gresini, Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer (125cc World C'ship 1985, 87) and team manager (Aprilia Racing, Gresini MotoGP), dies from COVID-19 at 60
- 2021 Juan Carlos Masnik, Uruguayan soccer defender (26 caps; NY Skyliners, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Nacional, NY Cosmos), dies at 77
- 2021 Sergiu Natra [Nadler], Romanian-Israeli composer (Symphony in Red, Blue, Yellow and Green), and music professor (Tel Aviv University, 1975-85), dies at 96
- 2021 Tormod Knutsen, Norwegian cross country skier (Olympic gold individual 1964, silver 1960), dies at 89
- 2022 Ion Adrian Zare, Romanian soccer defender (7 caps; FC Bihor, BFC Siófok), dies at 62
- 2022 Jaakko Kuusisto, Finnish violinist, composer, and conductor, dies of brain cancer at 48
- 2022 Joeli Vidiri, Fijian rugby union winger (7 Tests Fiji, 2 New Zealand; Auckland RU, Barbarian FC), dies from COVID-19 at 48
- 2023 John Motson, British football broadcaster (10 x FIFA World Cups; 10 x UEFA European C'ships; 29 x FA Cup finals; BBC, Talksport), dies at 77
- 2023 Tom Tierney, Irish rugby union scrum-half (8 Tests; Munster, Connacht, Leicester) and coach (Ireland women), dies at 46
- 2024 Alan Brownjohn, British author, critic and poet (The Way You Tell Them, The Men Around Her Bed), dies at 92
- 2024 Irene Camber, Italian fencer (Olympic gold foil individual 1952, bronze team foil 1960; World C'ship gold 1953 individual foil; team foil 1957), dies at 98
- 2024 Rui Rodrigues, Portuguese soccer centre-back (12 caps; Académica, Benfica, Vitória Guimarães), dies at 80
- 2024 Wilson Fittipaldi Jr, Brazilian auto racer (38 x F1 GP) and team owner (Fittipaldi F1 team), dies at 80
- 2025 Al Trautwig, American sports commentator (MSG Network, ABC, NBC, NBC Sports Network, USA Network; NY Knicks, NY Rangers), dies of cancer at 68
- 2025 Chris Jasper, American R&B and gospel keyboardist and songwriter (The Isley Brothers, 1973-83 - "Fight the Power"), dies of cancer at 73
- 2025 Enos Semore, American college baseball coach (JUCO World Series 1967 Bacone College; 7 x Big 8 C'ships Oklahoma), dies at 93
- 2025 Greg Haugen, American boxer (IBF lightweight title 1986-87, 88-89; WBO light welterweight title 1991), dies from cancer at 64
- 2025 Larry Dolan, American baseball executive (principal owner Cleveland Guardians 2000-25) and media entrepreneur (founder FanDuel Sports Network Great Lakes), dies at 94
