- 616 King Ethelbert of Kent, 1st English king to convert to Christianity
- 1386 Charles III of Naples, King of Jerusalem and King of Hungary (1382-86), assassinated at 41
- 1525 Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French soldier
- 1563 François, de Lorraine, 2nd Duke of Guise, French soldier famous for the defense of Metz and statesman as Grand Chamberlain of France, assassinated by Huguenots at 44
- 1588 Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist
- 1666 Nicholas Lanier, English composer, dies at 77
- 1674 Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)
- 1685 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)
- 1686 Ferdinando Tacca, Italian painter/son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66
- 1692 Antimo Liberati, Italian composer, dies at 74
- 1704 Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies
- 1710 Daniel Greysolon Dulhut, French explorer and soldier (establishes French control on Lake Superior, Canada), dies (b. c. 1636) [1]
- 1714 Edmund Andros, English governor in North America, dies at 76
- 1721 John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English statesman and poet who built Buckingham House, dies at 72
- 1732 Colonel Francis Charteris, known as "The Rape-Master General". (b. 1675)
- 1735 Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, German composer, dies at 56
- 1769 François de Chevert, French general (War of Austrian Succession), dies at 73
- 1777 Joseph, King of Portugal (1750-77), dies at 62
- 1779 Paul Daniel Longolius, German encylopedist (editor of Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon), dies at 74
- 1781 Edward Capell, English critic, dies at 67
- 1784 Anton Laube, Bohemian composer, dies at 65
- 1785 Carlo Buonaparte, Corsican attorney and father of emperor Napoleon, dies at 39
- 1799 Broerius Brorius, theologist (Pensive Christian), dies at about 41
- 1799 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and writer (types of Lichtenberg), dies at 56
- 1806 John Nieuwenhuijzen, Dutch theologist (co-founder Foundation 't Nut), dies at 81
- 1810 Henry Cavendish, British physicist and chemist (discovery of hydrogen), dies at 78
- 1812 Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist (Polarization of light), dies at 36
- 1812 Hugo Kollataj, Polish teacher/minister, dies at 61
- 1822 Thomas Coutts, Anglo-Scottish banker (Coutts & Co.), dies at 86
British physician and writer (Family Shakespeare), dies at 70
- 1829 Auguste Chouteau, St Louis co-founder, dies
- 1851 Sake Dean Mahomed, Indian traveler, opened 1st Indian restaurant in the UK, Shampooing Surgeon to George VI, dies at 91 or 92 [1]
- 1852 Eli Terry, American clockmaker whose manufacturing techniques turned clocks into everyday objects, dies at 79
- 1856 Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (Lobachevskian geometry), dies at 63
- 1862 Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Danish author (Holger Danske), dies at 72
- 1865 Edmund John Armstrong, Irish poet, dies at 23
- 1872 William Webb Ellis, English clergyman and inventor of rugby football who according to legend picked up the ball and ran with it while a student at Rugby School, dies at 65
- 1874 Anselmo Clavé, Spanish politician and composer, dies at 49
- 1876 Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician, writer and poet, dies at 67
- 1876 Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-born Liberian merchant and politician (1st President of Liberia 1848-56), dies at 66
- 1886 Hugh Stowell Brown, Manx preacher who worked among the poor in Liverpool, dies at 62
- 1895 Ignaz Lachner, German composer, dies at 87
- 1907 Otto Goldschmidt, German composer, dies at 77
- 1908 Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, Ukrainian composer, dies at 66
- 1914 Joshua Chamberlain, Civil War hero for the Union on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg
- 1915 Amanda Smith, American former slave, singer and evangelist, dies at 78
- 1919 Josephine McGill, composer, dies at 41
- 1922 Dmitri B. Shostakovich, father of Russian composer Dmitri D S, dies
- 1924 Edmond Picard, French-Belgian lawyer and writer (Ambidextre journalist), dies at 87
- 1925 Karl Hjalmar Branting, Swedish politician, first Social Democratic Prime Minister of Sweden, and co-winner of the 1921 Nobel Peace Prize, dies at 64
- 1926 Eddie Plank, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1910, 11, 13 Philadelphia A's), dies from a stroke at 51
- 1929 André Charles Prosper Messager, French organist, composer and conductor (Les Deux Pigeons, Véronique), dies at 75
- 1930 Jacobus van Looy, Dutch writer (Jaapje; De Dood van mijn Poes (The Death of My Cat) ) and painter (Witte poes in een open raam (White Cat in an Open Window)), dies at 74
- 1933 Spottiswoode Aitken, Scottish actor (The Birth of a Nation, The Avenging Conscience), dies at 65
- 1941 Oskar Loerke, German writer (Longest Day-1926), dies at 56
- 1942 Anton Drexler, German politician (founder of German Worker's Party (DAP), precursor to the Nazi Party), and mentor to Adolf Hitler, dies from complications of alcoholism at 57
- 1943 Fred Tate, English cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Sussex CCC) and coach (Derbyshire CCC), dies at 75
- 1945 Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egyptian politician (Prime Minister. 1944-45), assassinated in Parliament at about 56 [exact birthdate uncertain]
- 1947 Pierre Janet, French psychologist and neurologist (contributed to the modern concept of mental and emotional disorders involving anxiety, phobias, and other abnormal behaviour), dies at 87
- 1958 Fernand Baldensperger [Fernand Baldenne], French poet, dies at 86
- 1960 Jean Binet, Swiss composer, and educator (Jaques-Dalcroze method of experiencing music through movement), dies at 66
- 1964 Frank Conroy, British actor (Midnight Mary, Threat), dies at 73
- 1967 Franz Waxman [Wachsmann], German-American film score composer (Rebecca; Sunset Boulevard; A Place In The Sun), dies of cancer at 60
- 1967 Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, last Nizam (ruler) of Hyderabad state in the Indian Empire (1911-48), dies at 80
- 1969 Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of a heart attack at 61
- 1970 Conrad Nagel, American actor (All That Heaven Allows, Celebrity Time), dies at 72
- 1973 Art Smith, actor (Quicksand), dies of a heart attack at 73
- 1975 Nikolai A Bulganin, Soviet-Russian marshal and 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (1955-58), dies at 79
- 1976 Charles Wilfred Orr, English pianist and composer (settings of A.E. Housman poems), dies at 82
- 1976 H. Allen Smith, American humorist and author (Low Man on Totem Pole), dies at 69
- 1976 Julian Rivero, American actor (Son of Oklahoma, Via Pony Express), dies at 85
- 1982 Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71
- 1983 Herbert Howells, British organist, composer (chiefly of Anglican Church sacred music), and teacher, dies at 90
- 1984 Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist (Sociology of Sex), dies at 71
- 1984 Uwe Johnson, writer, dies at 59
- 1986 Rukmini Devi Arundale (née Sastri), Indian dancer, educator (co-founder of Kalakshetra Academy), politician (Member or Parliament, 1952-62), and animal rights activist, dies at 81
Canadian politician and "Father of Medicare", dies of cancer at 81
- 1987 Jim Connors, American Legendary Radio personality, dies in a car crash at 46
- 1988 Irwan Chanin, US theater builder, dies at 96
- 1988 Memphis Slim [John Len Chatman], American blues musician ("Every Day I Have the Blues"), dies at 72
- 1988 Uno "Miff" Görling, Swedish jazz trombonist, arranger, bandleader, and composer, dies at 78
- 1990 Johnnie Ray, American singer (Cry), dies of liver failure at 61
American publisher of Forbes magazine, politician, and son of B.C. Forbes, dies of a heart attack at 70
- 1990 Sandro Pertini, 7th President of Italy (1978-85), dies at 93
- 1990 Tony Conigliaro, American MLB baseball outfielder (All-Star, 1967; AL home run leader, 1965; Boston Red Sox), dies of pneumonia at 45
- 1991 George Gobel, American humorist, comedian and TV host (The George Gobel Show), dies at 71
- 1991 Héctor Rial, Spanish soccer striker (Real Madrid, 5 straight Euro Cup C'ships 1956-60), dies at 62
- 1991 Jean Rogers, actress (Flash Gordon, Hot Cargo), dies at 74
- 1991 John Charles Daly, American, newscaster and TV game show host (What's My Line), dies at 77
- 1991 Marcella Markham, dies of breast cancer at 68
- 1991 Webb Pierce, American honky-tonk country singer-songwriter, and guitarist ("In The Jailhouse Now"; "Wondering"; "There Stands The Glass"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 64
- 1992 Kay Loring, dies after long illness
- 1993 Bobby Moore, English football defender (108 caps; captain World Cup 1966; West Ham United), dies of bowel & liver cancer at 51
- 1993 Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (Hockey Night in Canada), dies at 75
- 1994 Donald Phillips, pianist and composer, dies at 80
- 1994 Eduard Pavlovich Kugno, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 58
- 1994 Jean Sablon, French pop singer-songwriter, dies at 87
- 1994 Lores Bonney, Australian aviator, 1st female solo flight Australia to UK, dies at 96
- 1995 Richard Nicholson, musician, dies at 89
- 1996 Anna Larina, Russian revolutionary and wife of Bolshevik leader Nikolai Bukharin, dies of cancer at 82
- 1996 James Runcieman Sutherland, academic, dies at 95
- 1996 Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist, dies at 71
- 1997 Isabelle Harriet Lucas, Canadian-born British actress and singer (Outland, Comics), dies at 69
- 1998 Antonio Prohias, Cuban-American cartoonist for "Mad" magazine (Spy vs. Spy series), dies at 77
- 1998 Henny Youngman, American comedian and violinist (Take my wife ... please), dies at 91
- 1999 Andre Dubus, American writer (b. 1936)
- 1999 Derek Nimmo, British comedic character actor (All Gas and Gaiters), dies of pneumonia while recovering from head injuries incurred in a fall at 68
- 1999 Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian labour leader, dies at 82
American mathematician and information theorist (A Mathematical Theory of Communication), dies at 84 [1]
- 2002 Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (b. 1932)
- 2002 Leo Ornstein, Russian-American composer and pianist, (born about 1893)
- 2003 Bernard Loiseau, French chef (b. 1951)
- 2003 John Edward Christopher Hill, English historian (b. 1912)
- 2003 Walter Scharf, American film composer (Jerry Lewis movies; The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau), dies of heart failure at 92
- 2004 Alvino Rey, American orchestra leader (King Family), dies at 95
- 2004 John Randolph [Emanuel Hirsch Cohen], American actor (King Kong, Lucan, Lucas Tanner, Angie), dies at 88
- 2006 Denis Twitchett, British historian and co-editor of the Cambridge History of China, dies at 80
- 2006 Dennis Weaver, American actor (Chester-Gunsmoke, Duel, Battered), dies at 81
- 2006 Don Knotts, American actor (Andy Griffth Show, 3's Company), died of lung cancer at 81
- 2006 Irakli Charkviani, Georgian alt-rock and electronic musician, poet and prose writer, dies of heart failure at 44
- 2006 John Martin, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1947)
American Hugo and Nebula award winning sci-fi author (Kindred, Parable of the Sower, Wild Seed), first sci-fi writer to receive a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship grant, dies from stroke at 58
- 2006 Thomas Koppel, Danish pianist and classical and avant-garde composer (Savage Rose), dies at 61
- 2007 Bruce Bennett, American actor (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre), dies from complications of a broken hip at 100
- 2007 Lamar Lundy, American NFL football defensive end, 1957-69 (Los Angeles Rams), dies at 71
- 2007 Leroy Jenkins, American jazz violinist, avant-garde jazz and contemporary classical composer, dies of lung cancer at 73
- 2008 Larry Norman, American musician and pioneer of Christian rock music ("Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?"), dies at 60
- 2008 Pearl Witherington, British WW II secret agent for the Special Operations Executive, dies at 93
- 2008 Philip Bodner, American jazz clarinetist and studio musician (also played flute, oboe, saxophone, piccolo, and English horn), dies at 90
- 2011 Anant Pai, Indian educationalist and creator of comics (b. 1929)
- 2012 Benedict Freedman, American novelist and mathematician, dies at 92
- 2012 István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian classical and electronic music composer (La Tourangelle; Winthrop), educator (McGill; Queens (Ontario) Universities), and writer (Alternative Voices), dies at 92
- 2012 Jan Berenstain [Janice Marian Grant], American children's literature author (The Berenstain Bears), dies from a stroke at 88
- 2012 Kenneth Price, American ceramic artist and print maker, dies from cancer at 77
- 2012 Theodore Mann, American theatre producer and director (co-founded Circle in the Square Theatre), dies at 87 [1]
- 2014 Harold Ramis, American actor and director, dies from vasculitis at 69
- 2016 Colin Low, Canadian documentary and animation filmmaker (City of Gold), dies at 89 [1]
- 2016 Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer of classical music, dies at 78
- 2016 Nabil Maleh, Syrian film director and writer, dies at 79
- 2016 Sir Peter Kenilorea, first Prime Minister of the independent Solomon Islands (1978-81, 1984-86), dies from illness at 72
- 2017 Faye Glenn Abdellah, American pioneer in nursing research and US government official (health services), dies at 97
- 2018 Durward Knowles, Bahamas yachtsman (Olympic gold, Star class 1968), dies at 100
Indian actress and film producer referred to as Indian cinema's "first female superstar" (Himmatwala, Solva Sawan), drowns at 54
- 2019 Donald Keene, American Japanese translator and critic, dies at 96
- 2019 Li Xueqin, Chinese eminent historian, archaeologist, and palaeographer, dies at 85
- 2019 Malcolm "Mac" Wiseman, American bluegrass singer, dies at 93
- 2019 Margaret Scott, South African ballet dancer (Ballet Rambert, 1940-48, 1953), teacher, choreographer, and founding director of Australian Ballet School (1964-90), dies at 96
- 2020 Ben Cooper, American western actor (The Rose Tattoo; Outcast; Arizona Raiders), dies at 86
- 2020 Clive Cussler, American writer (Raise The Titanic; Sahara), and underwater explorer (NUMA - National Underwater and Marine Agency), dies at 88
- 2020 David Roback, American alternative rock guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Opal; Mazzy Star), dies of cancer at 61
- 2020 Don Furner, Australian rugby league forward (1 Test) and coach (Australia 15 Tests; Eastern Suburbs, Canberra Raiders), dies at 87
- 2020 Jahn Teigen, Norwegian pop-rock singer (Popol Ace; Eurovison Song Contest, 1978, 1982 & 1983), dies at 70
- 2020 Jan Kowalczyk, Polish equestrian rider (Olympics gold show jumping individual; silver team 1980), dies at 78
American NASA mathematician (portrayed in film Hidden Figures), dies at 101
- 2020 Mario Bunge, Argentine-Canadian philosopher and physicist (pioneering work in epistemology), dies at 100 [1]
- 2021 Atsushi Miyagi, Japanese tennis player (US Open doubles 1955 [with Kosei Kamo] first Japanese players to win a Grand Slam event), dies at 89
- 2021 Gary Halpin, Irish rugby union prop (11 caps; Wanderers F.C, Leinster, London Irish, Harlequins), dies at 55
- 2021 Peter Ostroushko, American fiddler, mandolin player, and composer (A Prairie Home Companion), dies of heart failure at 67
- 2021 Tom Foley, Irish racehorse trainer (trainer Danoli, "the People's Champion"), dies from cancer at 74
- 2022 Ivanka Khristova, Bulgarian athlete (Olympic gold women's shot put 1976), dies at 80
- 2022 Jan Gomola, Polish soccer goalkeeper (7 caps; Górnik Zabrze), dies at 80
- 2022 John Landy, Australian athlete (2nd man to run sub-4 min mile; WR mile (3:58.0) and 1500m (3:41.8+) 1954; Olympic bronze 1956), dies at 91
- 2022 Kathleen Nord, German swimmer (Olympic gold GDR 200m butterfly 1988; World C'ship gold 400m medley 1986), dies at 56
- 2022 Ken Burrough, American football wide receiver (Pro Bowl 1975, 77; Houston Oilers), dies at 73
- 2022 Sally Kellerman, American actress (M*A*S*H (film); Back to School; The Player), and singer, dies of heart failure at 84
- 2022 Va'aiga Tuigamala, Samoan rugby union centre/winger (19 Tests NZ, 23 Samoa; Newcastle Falcons, Auckland RU) and rugby league (2 Tests, Samoa; Wigan Warriors), dies from diabetes at 52
- 2023 Bernard Ingham, British journalist and press secretary for UK PM Margaret Thatcher, dies at 90 [1]
- 2023 Jack Sheedy, Australian Football HOF rover (WA 22 games; East Fremantle, East Perth) and coach (WA 10 games; East Fremantle, East Perth), dies at 96
- 2023 Maurizio Costanzo, Italian television journalist (Maurizio Costanzo Show), dies at 84
- 2023 Walter Mirisch, American film producer (The Mirisch Corporation - West Side Story; In the Heat of the Night; The Apartment), dies at 101
- 2024 Chris Nicholl, Irish soccer centre-back (51 caps Northern Ireland; Aston Villa 210 games, Southampton 228 games) and manager (Southampton 1985–91, Walsall 1994–97), dies at 77
- 2024 Stan Bowles, English soccer forward (5 caps; Queens Park Rangers 255 games, Leyton Orient, Brentford), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 75
- 2024 Ulrik le Fevre, Danish soccer left winger (37 caps; Vejle Boldklub, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Club Brugge), dies at 77
- 2025 Alvin F. Poussaint, American psychiatrist, cultural figure and writer (Why Blacks Kill Blacks, Lay My Burden Down), dies at 90 [1]
- 2025 Robert John [Pedrick], American pop singer ("Sad Eyes"), dies from complications of a stroke at 79
American Grammy Award-winning pop vocalist ("The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song"), dies of complications of ALS at 88 [1] [2]
- 2025 Rose Girone, Austrian-Polish supercentenarian (born 1912) and believed oldest living Holocaust survivor at her time of death, dies at 113 years, 42 days
