- 1076 Godfrey IV "the Hunchback", Duke of Lower Lorraine murdered (or Feb 27)
Count of Sicily (1105-30) and later King of Sicily (1130-54), dies at 60
- 1266 Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederick II/king of Sicily, dies at the Battle of Benevento
- 1275 Margaret of England, Queen consort of Scotland, daughter of Henry III of England, dies at 34
- 1324 Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller, poet and chronicler, dies
- 1360 Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, English military leader (b. 1328)
- 1401 William Sawtrey, English Roman Catholic priest and 1st English religious martyr, sentenced to be burned at the stake for heresy in London
- 1538 Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies
- 1552 Heinrich Faber, German singer, music theorist, and composer, dies at about 52
- 1561 Jorge de Montemayor, Spanish writer
- 1577 Erik XIV, King of Sweden (1560-69), dies of arsenic poisoning at 43
- 1608 John Still, English Bishop of Bath and Wells, dies at about 64
- 1630 William Brade, English composer and violinist (1st Englishman to write a canzona), dies at 70
- 1650 Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Savoyard grammarian and man of letters, dies at 65
- 1686 Godefroi L Comte d'Estrades, French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 78
- 1723 Thomas d'Urfey, English songwriter and playwright who helped evolve ballad opera, dies at around 69-70
- 1726 Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria and governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1691-1714), dies at 63
- 1733 Johann Adam Birkenstock, German composer and violinist, dies at 46
- 1766 August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, German organist and composer, dies at 30
- 1770 François Hanot, French composer and violinist, dies at 72
- 1770 Giuseppe Tartini, Venetian Baroque composer and violinist (Trillo del Diavolo), dies at 77
- 1802 Esek Hopkins, American Revolutionary War admiral and Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy, dies at 83
- 1810 Johann Ernst Rembt, German organist and composer, dies at 60
US Founding Father who delivered the oath of office to George Washington, dies at 66
- 1814 Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor, dies at 73
- 1815 Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, German military commander in the Holy Roman Empire army, dies at 77
- 1821 Joseph de Maistre, Savoyard diplomat, writer and a forefather of conservatism, dies at 67
- 1823 John Philip Kemble, British actor and director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden), dies at 66
- 1827 David Moritz Michael, German composer who worked in America, dies at 75
- 1839 Sybil Ludington, American revolutionary heroine (rode to alert militia), dies at 77
- 1857 Ole Andreas Lindeman, Norwegian organist (Trondheim Vor Frelsers Kirke, 1799-57), composer, and educator, dies at 88
- 1859 Ferdinand Schubert, Austrian composer, brother of Franz Schubert, dies at 64
- 1864 Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician (Prime Minister of the Province of Canada), dies at 56
- 1870 Wyatt Outlaw, African American Town Councillor and Constable, leader of Union League in NC, lynched by the Ku Klux Klan at about 50
- 1871 Charles Niellon, Belgian general (Liberation of Antwerp during Belgian Revolution), dies at 76
- 1871 Sophia Hawthorne, American writer, painter and illustrator, dies at 61
- 1883 Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
- 1889 Karl Davydov, Russian virtuoso cellist, dies at 51
- 1891 Ted Barratt, English cricket spin bowler (10-43 in tour match vs Australia 1878; MCC, Surrey CCC), dies from consumption at 46
- 1896 Arsène Houssaye, French novelist and poet, dies at 80
- 1901 Chi-hsui, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded
- 1901 Hsu Cheng-yu, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded
American inventor famous for the Gatling Gun, the 1st hand-cranked machine gun, dies at 84
- 1906 Manuel Fernandez Caballero, Spanish composer, dies at 70
- 1910 Adelaide Hoodless, Canadian educational reformer (founder of the Women's Institute), dies at 51 [1]
- 1913 Bud Fowler, American Baseball HOF executive (earliest known African-American player in organized pro baseball), dies at 54
- 1913 Felix Draeseke, German composer (Christus: Mysterium in a Prelude and Three Oratorios), dies from a stroke at 77
- 1914 Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian explorer, geographer, and statistician (manager of the Russian Geographical Society), dies at 87
- 1918 Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, Spanish violinist and composer, dies at 74
- 1920 Ludwig Rubiner, German poet and essayist, dies at 38
- 1921 Carl Menger, Austrian economist (marginal utility theory, subjective theory of value), dies at 81
- 1925 Edward Anson, British army officer, and administrator (Lieutenant Governor of Penang, 1867-82), dies at 98
- 1926 Frederik Pijper, Dutch theologian and church historian (The Monasteries), dies at 67
- 1926 Peter Lange-Muller, Danish composer and pianist, dies at 75
- 1927 Willie Simms, American jockey (US Champion Jockey by wins 1893, 94; Kentucky Derby 1896, 98; Preakness Stakes 1898; Belmont Stakes 1893, 94), dies at 57
- 1930 Rafael Merry del Val, British-born Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, dies at 64
- 1931 Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83
- 1933 Antoni Nicolau, Spanish composer and conductor, dies at 74
- 1933 Princess Thyra, Danish princess, daughter of Christian IX of Denmark, dies at 79
- 1941 Jan Keizer, Zaanse February striker, shot to death
- 1943 Helene Stöcker, German feminist, pacifist, and writer, dies of cancer at 73
- 1943 Theodor Eicke, German Nazi official who developed the concentration camps, killed at 50 when his plane is shot down
- 1947 Ben Webster, British actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82
- 1947 Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council, dies at 78
- 1947 Kálmán Tihanyi, Hungarian physicist and engineer (invented cathode ray tube for television), dies at 49
- 1950 Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer ("Roamin' in the Gloamin'"), dies at about 75
- 1953 Elisabeth Kuyper, Dutch pianist, conductor, composer, educator, and women's rights activist dies at 75
- 1954 William Inge, English author, theologist and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, dies at 93
- 1956 Herman Courtens, Belgian baron and painter, dies at 72
- 1958 Vlas Chubar, Ukrainian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician, executed as part of Josef Stalin's 'Great Purge' at 58
- 1959 Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, granddaughter of King Edward VII and great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, dies at 67
- 1960 Aleksandar Belic, Serbian linguist, dies at 83
- 1961 Karl Albiker, German sculptor (Problem of the Plastic), dies at 83
- 1961 Mohammed V, Sultan of Morrocco 1925-57), King of Morocco (1957-61), dies at 51
- 1962 Carl Ehrenberg, German composer, kapellmeister, and pedagogue, dies at 83
- 1962 Patrick Hastings, British politician and barrister regarded as the leading barrister of his time (Case of the Hooded Man and the Elvira Barney murder case), dies at 71
- 1963 Artturi Leinonen, Finnish journalist and writer (Kati), dies at 74
American civil rights protester and church deacon, shot and killed at 26 by an Alabama State Trooper
- 1965 Ladislas Starevich, Polish animator, created stop-motion animation ("The Cameraman’s Revenge"), dies at 82
- 1966 Gino Severini, Italian futurist painter (Red Cross Train Passing a Village, Sea=Dancer), dies at 82
- 1966 Minerva Urecal [Dunnock], American stage, radio, and screen character actress (Accent on Love; The Adventures of Tugboat Annie; Peter Gunn; The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao), dies of a heart attack at 71
- 1966 Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian independence activist and writer (The Indian War of Independence), dies at 82
- 1968 Eric Feldary, Hungarian actor (Hold Back the Dawn, 16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55
- 1969 Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist and philosopher, dies at 86
- 1969 Levi Eshkol [Sjkolnik], Israeli Prime Minister (1963-69), dies in office of a heart attack at 73
- 1970 Ethel Leginska [Liggins], British pianist, conductor, composer, and music educator, dies of a stroke at 83
- 1971 Fernandel [Fernand Contandin], French actor (The Little World of Don Camillo), dies of lung cancer at 67
- 1971 Josef Berg, Czech composer, librettist (memnber of Group A; European Tourism), and musicologist, dies at 43
- 1971 Tullio Carminati, Austrian actor (War and Peace; Roman Holiday), dies at 76
- 1972 Tom Manders, Dutch cabaret artist (Dorus), dies at 50
- 1973 Doc Hayes, American basketball coach (Southern Methodist University 1947-67), dies in an auto accident at 67
- 1973 Mary Finney, American actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68
- 1976 Frieda Inescort, Scottish-American stage and screen actress (Hay Fever; Pride and Prejudice (1940)), dies from complications of multiple sclerosis at 74
- 1977 (Booker T. Washington) "Bukka" White, American country and Delta blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter ("Shake'Em On Down"; "Parchman Farm Blues"), dies of cancer at 70
- 1977 Maxime Jacob, French composer and organist, dies at 71
- 1977 Sherman Garnes, American rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers), dies of a heart attack at 36
- 1981 FC Terborgh [Reijnier Flaes], Dutch lawyer and writer (Turkish War), dies at 79
- 1981 Robert Aickman, English writer and conservationist (co-founding the Inland Waterways Association), dies at 66
- 1982 Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz guitarist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45
- 1982 Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japanese actor and director (Gate of Hell; A Page of Madness; Jujiro; Jigoku-mon), dies at 86
- 1989 Melvin Moore, American jazz trumpeter, and singer, dies at 65
- 1989 Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpet player, dies at 78
- 1990 Cornell Gunter, American R&B singer (The Coasters - "Poison Ivy", "Yakety-Yak"), dies after being shot by an unknown assailant at 53
- 1990 Maurine Stuart, Canadian Zen teacher (head of Cambridge Buddhist Association. 1979-90), dies of cancer at 67
- 1990 Scott Jarvis, American theatrical actor and singer (1776; Here's Where I Belong), dies of AIDS at 48
- 1991 (Bulee) "Slim" Gaillard, American jazz singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Slim & Slam - "Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy)"), dies of cancer at 80-ish [birth date disputed] [1]
- 1991 (Bulee) "Slim" Galliard, American jazz singer, musician, songwriter ("Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy)"), and actor, dies of cancer at 75
- 1992 Gerrit Schulte, Dutch road and track cyclist (World Champion Track Pursuit 1948), dies at 76
- 1992 Jean R Yawkey, American baseball executive (owner Boston Red Sox 1976-92), dies of a stroke at 83
- 1993 Constance Ford, American model and actress (Burden Hunt, Another World), dies from cancer at 69
- 1993 Fletcher Knebel, American author (Seven Days in May), commits suicide following long bout with cancer at 81
- 1993 Mark Kolthoff, Dutch painter and photographer, dies at 92
- 1994 Avery Fisher, US audio manufacturer (1st hi-fi), dies at 87
- 1994 Bill Hicks, American stand-up comedian and social critic, dies of pancreatic cancer at 32
- 1994 Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austrian social philosopher, dies at 84
- 1995 Frank O’Keefe, American southern rock bassist (The Outlaws, 1968-76), dies of pain medication overdose at 44
- 1995 Willie Johnson, American electric blues guitarist (Howlin' Wolf's "How Many More Years"), dies at 71
- 1996 Daniel John Cunningham, British physiologist (human breathing control), dies at 76
- 1996 Mieczysław Weinberg [Moisey Samuilovich Vaynberg], Polish-Soviet composer, dies from Crohn's disease at 77
- 1997 David Doyle, American actor (Charlie's Angels; Rugrats), dies of a heart attack at 67
- 1997 Nuccio Bertone, Italian automobile designer, dies at 82
- 1998 Pete Livesey, English rock climber, dies of cancer at 54
- 1998 Theodore Schultz, American agricultural economist (1979 Nobel Prize for Economics for development economics), dies at 95 [1]
- 2000 George L. Street III, American Navy Submariner and Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 86
- 2000 Giovanna of Savoy, Italian princess, and Tsaritsa of Bulgaria (1930-43), dies at 92
- 2001 Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer, historian and politician (Lanzas Coloradas), dies at 94
- 2002 Lawrence Tierney, American actor (Abduction, Dillinger, Reservoir Dogs), dies of pneumonia at 82
- 2002 Oskar Sala, German physicist, composer, electronic music pioneer, and Trautonium (an early synthesizer) player, dies at 91
- 2003 Ivan Marinov, Bulgarian orchestral and opera conductor, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 74
- 2004 Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (b. 1905)
- 2004 Boris Trajkovski, 2nd President of the Republic of Macedonia, dies at 47
- 2004 Ralph E. Winters, Canadian film editor, dies at 94
- 2004 Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician (b. 1920)
- 2005 Jef Raskin, American computer scientist (b. 1943)
- 2006 Florian ZaBach, American violinist ("The Hot Canary") and TV personality, dies at 87
- 2008 (George) "Buddy" Miles, American rock drummer (The Electric Flag; Band of Gypsies), dies of congestive heart disease at 60
- 2008 Dick Fletcher, American meteorologist, dies at 65
- 2008 Glory Mukwati, Zimbabwean politician
- 2008 John Yates, Anglican bishop (Bishop of Lambeth), dies at 82
- 2009 Johnny Kerr, American basketball forward (NBA All-Star 1956, 59, 63; Syracuse Nats/Philadelphia 76ers), coach (Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns) and broadcaster (Chicago Bulls), dies of prostate cancer at 76
- 2009 Michael Quinlan, British civil servant and defence strategist, dies at 78
- 2009 Norm Van Lier, American basketball point guard (NBA All-Star 1974, 76, 77; Chicago Bulls) and broadcaster (Comcast SportsNet), dies at 61
- 2009 Wendy Richard, British actress (EastEnders, Are You Being Served?), dies of cancer at 65
- 2010 Nujabes, Japanese Hip Hop producer and inspiration to many around the world.
- 2010 Richard Devon, American character actor (Magnum Force, Battle of Blood Island), dies at 83
- 2010 Violet Barclay, American illustrator, dies at 87
- 2011 Arnošt Lustig, Czech writer (b. 1926)
- 2011 Eugene Fodor, American classical violinist (1974 Tchaikovsky Award), dies from cirrhosis at 60
- 2011 James A. McClure, American politician (R-Sen-Idaho), dies at 86
- 2011 Mark Tulin, American psychedelic rock bassist (The Electric Prunes - "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)"), dies at 62
- 2012 Rolf "Hazy" Osterwald, Swiss jazz bandleader, trumpeter, and vibraphonist, dies at 90
- 2013 Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and composer (world's most recorded classical organist), dies at 86
- 2014 Frank Reed, American R&B singer (Chi-Lites, 1988-2014), dies at 59
- 2015 Avijit Roy, Bangladeshi-American anti-censorship activist and blogger, killed by machete-wielding assailants at a book fair in Dhaka, Bangladesh at 42 [1] [2]
- 2015 Theodore Hesburgh, American Catholic priest and president of the University of Notre Dame (1952-87), dies at 97
- 2016 Andy Bathgate, Canadian Hockey HOF right-wing (Stanley Cup 1964 Toronto Maple Leafs; Hart Memorial Trophy Winner 1959; NHL All-Star 1959, 62), dies at 83
- 2016 Eri Klas, Estonian conductor (Netherlands Radio Symphony; Aarhus Symphony; Estonian National Opera, 1975-95), and educator, dies at 76
- 2016 Howard Quilling, American classical composer (From Quiet Beginnings), and educator, dies at 80
- 2017 Dimiter Khristov, Bulgarian composer, dies at 83
- 2017 Gerald Kaufman, British Labour MP, dies at 86
- 2017 James E. Sellars, American composer, dies at 76
- 2017 Joseph Wapner, American judge (People's Court), dies at 97
- 2017 Ludvig Faddeev, Soviet Russian mathematician (Faddeev–Popov ghosts), dies at 82
- 2017 Robert Allworth, Australian composer (A Different Time, A Different Place), dies at 74
- 2018 Richard Body, British politician (Member of Parliament (C), 1955-59 and 1966-2001), dies at 90
- 2019 (Clifford) "Andy" Anderson, British session and touring drummer (Steve Hillage; The Cure, 1983-84), dies of cancer at 68
- 2019 Charles McCarry, American author and former CIA spy (The Tears of Autumn), dies of a cerebral haemorrhage at 88
- 2020 George Blake [Behar], Dutch-British spy who covertly worked for the Soviets and later escaped from prison, dies at 98 [1]
- 2020 Michael Medwin, English actor and film producer ("Four in a Jeep, Scrooge"; "Checkpoint"), dies at 96
- 2020 Nexhmije Hoxha, Albanian wife of dictator Enver Hoxha 'Lady Macbeth of Albania', dies at 99
- 2021 Aleksandr Klepikov, Russian rower (Olympic gold Soviet Union coxed four 1976), dies at 70
- 2021 Hannu Mikkola, Finnish rally driver (World Rally champion 1983), dies from cancer at 78
- 2021 John Mallard, English medical physicist (developed MRI and PET scans), dies at 94
- 2022 Danny Ongais, American auto racer (inducted Motorsports Hall of Fame of America 2000), dies at 79
- 2023 Alberto Mario González, Argentine soccer forward (19 caps; Unión Española Santiago, CA Boca Juniors, Atlanta Buenos Aires), dies at 81
- 2023 Betty Boothroyd, English politician (1st female Speaker of the UK House of Commons 1992-2000), dies at 93 [1]
- 2023 Bob Richards, American athlete (Olympic gold pole vault 1952, 56; bronze 1948), dies at 97
- 2023 Fred Shabel, American basketball coach (Connecticut Huskies 1963-67) and executive (AD University of Pennsylvania 1967-75; Comcast Spectacor), dies at 90
- 2023 Terry Holland, American college basketball coach (Davidson, Virginia) and athletics administrator (Davidson, Virginia, East Carolina), dies at 80
- 2023 Tom Pendry, British politician (Labour) and member of the House of Lords (2001-23), dies at 88
- 2023 Tony O'Donoghue, Irish sports broadcaster (Raidió Teilifís Éireann - RTÉ), dies at 86
- 2023 Ziya Şengül, Turkish soccer defender (20 caps; Fenerbahçe SK, PTT Ankara), dies from organ failure at 82
- 2024 Jacob Rothschild, British peer, investment banker and member of the Rothschild banking family, dies at 87
- 2024 Ole Anderson, American pro wrestler (founding member of influential stable "The Four Horsemen"; PWI Tag Team of the Year 1975, 77 with Gene Anderson), dies at 81
- 2025 Hans Pirkner, Austrian soccer forward (20 caps; Austria Wien 128 games), dies at 78
- 2025 Jean Campeau, French Canadian businessman (CEO of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, 1980-90), and politician (Ministry of Finance, 1971-79; Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, 1994-98), dies at 93
- 2025 Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress (Harriet the Spy; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Gossip Girl), dies from complications of diabetes at 39
