- 1167 Robert of Melun, English philosopher and bishop of Hereford, dies
- 1584 Yi I, Korean philosopher, writer, and Confucian scholar, dies at 47
- 1656 Johan van Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer, writer and interpreter, dies
- 1659 Henry Dunster, American clergyman and first President of Harvard College, dies at 49
- 1666 Luisa de Guzmán, Queen of Portugal (1640-56), dies at 52
- 1699 Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625)
- 1706 John Evelyn, English writer and diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin), dies at 85
- 1712 Bahādur Shah I, 8th Mughal Emperor of India (1702-12), dies at 68
- 1720 Samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653)
- 1731 Angelo Predieri, Italian composer, dies at about 76
- 1735 John Arbuthnot, Scottish mathematician and writer (Scriblerus Club), dies at 67
- 1779 Jan Nepveu, Dutch governor of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59
- 1795 Francis Marion, American military officer, sometimes known as "the Swamp Fox", (pioneered guerrilla warfare during the American Revolutionary War), died around the age of 63
- 1797 Benvenuto Robbio San Raffaele, Italian composer, dies at 61
- 1800 Adélaïde of France, French princess and 6th child of Louis XV, dies at 67
- 1801 James Madison Sr., American tobacco farmer, colonel, politician, and father of 4th President James Madison, dies at 77
- 1805 Stefan Paluselli, Austrian choirmaster, composer, and monk, dies at 57
- 1844 Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85
- 1852 Joseph Drechsler, Czech composer, dies at 69
- 1862 Gabriele dell' Addolorata, [Francesco Possenti], Italian priest, saint and mystic, (patron of Italian Catholic youth), dies at 23
- 1869 Justus Hiddes Halbertsma, Dutch Frisian writer, poet (Rhymes & Tales), lexicographer and linguist, and minister, dies at 79
- 1874 Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban revolutionary hero, dies at 54
- 1881 George Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46
- 1885 Mark Perrin Lowrey, American Southern Baptist preacher and Confederate Brigadier General (Civil War), dies at 56
- 1887 Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and scientist (Robert LeDiable), dies at 53
- 1892 Anne Clough, English suffragette, promoted higher education for women, first principal of New College, dies at 72
French founder of the Louis Vuitton brand of leather goods now owned by LVMH, dies at 70
- 1905 George S. Boutwell, American politician, lawyer, and 28th Secretary of the Treasury (1869-73), dies at 87
- 1906 Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer and pioneer aviator, dies at 71
- 1913 Adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at 58
- 1915 Nikolay Yakovlevich Sonin, Russian mathematician known for the Sonine formula, dies at 66
- 1920 Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol, Romanian historian, dies at 72
- 1921 Schofield Haigh, English cricket fast bowler (11 Tests, 24 wickets, BB 6/11; Yorkshire CCC), dies from a stroke at 49
- 1929 Manuel Manrique de Lara, Spanish composer (The Oresteia), dies at 65
- 1931 Chandra Sekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (Hindustan Socialist Republican Army), dies at 24
- 1932 William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher, dies at 88
Russian physiologist and pioneer in psychology (Nobel Prize 1904), dies at 86
- 1936 Joshua W. Alexander, U.S. Secretary of Commerce under Woodrow Wilson (b. 1852)
- 1939 Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary (Central Committee member, Soviet Minister for Education, wife of Vladimir Lenin), dies at 70
- 1940 Peter Behrens, German architect, dies at 71
- 1941 William D. Byron, American Congressman (Democrat), dies in airplane crash at 45
- 1942 Karel Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52
- 1942 Martha McChesney Berry, American educator who founded Berry School for Children, dies at 75
- 1943 Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (Songs of My Fatherland; Olympic Hymn; Cowardly and Harsh Verses), and administrator (University of Athens, 1897-1926), nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature 14 times, dies at 84
- 1945 HJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen
- 1946 James Cecil Parke, Irish tennis player (Australasian C'ship singles & doubles, Davis Cup 1912; Wimbledon doubles 1914) and rugby union centre (20 caps; Leinster Rugby), dies at 64
- 1947 Francis MacKinnon, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Kent CCC) and 35th Chief of MacKinnon clan, dies at 98
- 1950 Ivan Goll, French-German writer (the Landless John), dies at 58
- 1951 Henry Louis Smith, American physicist who made the first X-ray photograph, dies at 91
- 1952 Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and dictator (1926), dies at 74
- 1955 Tom Howard, Irish-American vaudeville and radio comedian (It Pays To Be Ignorant), dies of heart disease at 66
- 1956 Frank Dailey, American orchestra leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54
- 1956 Gunther Ramin, German organist and composer, dies at 57
- 1958 Harry Cohn, CEO (Columbia Pictures), dies of a heart attack
- 1960 Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer and manufacturer (typewriter), dies at 58
- 1961 Platt Adams, American field athlete (Olympic gold standing high jump 1912), dies at 75
- 1962 Willie Best, actor (Charlie-My Little Margie), dies at 45
- 1963 William Auchterlonie, Scottish golfer (British Open 1893), dies at 90
- 1964 Orry-Kelly, Australian costume designer (b. 1897)
- 1968 Frankie Lymon, American pop singer (The Teenagers - "Why Do Fools Fall In Love"), dies of a heroin overdose at 25
- 1968 Johannes Tralow, German writer (Ottoman tetralogy), dies at 85
- 1968 Ludvik Podest, Czech composer, music journalist, and conductor dies at 46
- 1969 John Boles, American singer and actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at 73
- 1969 Marius Barbeau, French Canadian ethnologist and folklorist, dies at 85
- 1970 Marie Dionne, one of the Canadian Dionne quintuplets, dies at 35
- 1970 Robert Bruce Lockhart, diplomat/writer, dies
- 1972 Pat Brady [Robert Ellsworth O'Brady], American actor (The Roy Rogers Show, Man from Music Mountain), dies at 57
- 1973 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav conductor and composer, dies at 72
- 1975 Neville Cardus, English writer (Manchester Guardian: chief cricket correspondent 1919–39, chief music critic 1927–40, London music critic 1951–75), dies at 86
- 1977 Allison Hayes, American model and actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), dies of leukemia or lead poisoning at 47
- 1977 John Dickson Carr, American mystery writer, dies of lung cancer at 70
- 1978 Vadim Salmanov, Soviet Russian composer, dies at 65
- 1980 George Tobias, American actor (Bewitched), dies at 78
- 1981 Jacob H Gilbert, American politician (US Representative 1960-1971), dies at 60
- 1982 Malika Sabirova, Soviet Tajik ballet dancer, dies at 39
- 1985 David Huffman, American actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), murdered at 39
- 1985 Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American politician (Sen-R) and ambassador (West Germany, Vietnam & UN), dies at 82
- 1985 J Pat O'Malley, Irish-British actor (101 Dalmatians, The Jungle Book), dies at 80
- 1985 Ray Ellington [Henry Pitts Brown], British jazz drummer, singer and bandleader (The Goon Show), dies of cancer at 68
Canadian Hockey HOF goaltender (first to wear a goaltender mask; Stanley Cup 1953, 56-60 Montreal Canadiens; Vezina Trophy x 7), dies of stomach cancer at 57
- 1987 Joan Greenwood, British actress and director (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Amorous Mr Prawn), dies of a heart attack at 65
- 1989 Conrad Lorenz, Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973), dies
- 1989 Joseph "Joe" Silver, American actor (Lenny, Mr I Magination), dies of liver cancer at 66
- 1989 Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist and ethologist (Man & His Ideas, Nobel Prize 1973), dies at 85
- 1989 Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer, dies at 91
- 1990 Les Ames, English cricket wicket-keeper/batsman (47 Tests, 97 dismissals, 2,434 runs @ 40.56; Kent CCC), dies at 84
- 1990 Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Austrian-American Jewish scholar, theologian, and editor (The Loves of Franz Kafka), dies at 86 [1]
- 1991 Hein van Royen, Dutch director of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (1974-91), dies at 52
- 1991 Robert Widlar, American engineer and inventor of linear integrated circuits, dies of a heart attack at 53
- 1991 Robert-Jan Akkerman, Dutch diplomat (to Tunis), murdered
- 1992 S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American academic, politician (U.S. Senator from California, 1977–83) and writer (Language in Action), dies of a stroke at 85
- 1993 Jose Duval, actor (Juan Valdez), dies at 72
- 1993 Lillian Gish, American silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 99
- 1993 Marģeris Zariņš, Latvian composer and writer, dies at 82
- 1993 Marlena Davis, American pop singer (The Orlons - "Don't Hang Up"; "South Street"), dies of lung cancer at 48
- 1994 "Hans" Leopold Kohr, Austrian social philosopher and economist, dies at 84
- 1994 Harold Acton, English-Italian historian and art collector, dies at 84
- 1994 Karl Pelgrom, Dutch sculptor who was committed to public art (The Pig, Sea Lions), dies at 66 [1]
- 1994 Laurence Craigie, American aviator (1st US jet pilot), dies at 92
- 1994 Roosevelt Holts, American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 89
- 1995 Bernard Cornfield, financier, dies at 67
- 1995 Philip Sherrington, opus Dei Priest, dies at 51
- 1996 Francois Chaumette, French actor (Le Bossu, They Never Slept, Christine), dies at 72
- 1996 George Ian Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl, dies at 64
- 1996 Pat Smythe, English equestrian rider (Olympic bronze team jumps 1956; author children's books), dies from heart disease at 67
- 1996 Sarah Palfrey Cooke, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1941, 45), dies of lung cancer at 83
- 1996 Sylvia Williams, American museum director and curator (National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution), dies from the effects of a brain aneurysm at 60
- 1996 Vic Janowicz, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1950, Ohio State; NFL: Washington Redskins), dies of cancer at 66
- 1997 Kingsley Davis, American sociologist and demographer (coined the term "population explosion"), dies at 88
American medical doctor (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1988), dies at 92 [1]
- 1998 J. T. Walsh, American actor (Good Morning, Vietnam, Pleasantville), dies of a heart attack at 54
- 1999 Horace Tapscott, American jazz pianist and composer (Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, 1961-98), dies at 64
American children's TV host (Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood), Presbyterian minister, dies of stomach cancer at age 74
- 2003 John Lanchbery, British-Australian composer and conductor (Royal Ballet, 1959-72; Australian Ballet, 1972-77; American Ballet Theatre, 1978-80), dies at 79
- 2004 Paul Sweezy, American Marxist economist and editor (Monthly Review), dies at 93
- 2004 Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese Marxist historian, dies at 76
- 2005 Allan Rae, West Indian cricket batsman (15 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 109; Jamaica), dies at 82
- 2005 Jessica Lunsford, American kidnap and murder victim who inspired "Jessica's Law", murdered at 9
- 2006 Ference Bene, Hungarian soccer forward (76 caps; Újpesti Dózsa 417 games; Olympic gold 1964), dies after a fall at 61
- 2006 Linda Smith, British comedian (b. 1958)
- 2006 Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (Seattle Symphony, 1954–76), dies at 96
- 2006 Otis Chandler, American newspaper publisher (b. 1927)
- 2006 Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American General and Air Force pilot, dies at 97
- 2007 Bernd von Freytag-Loringhoven, German soldier (b. 1914)
- 2007 Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer and bandleader, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 82
- 2008 Anthony Blond, British publisher (The Publishing Game, Book Book), dies at 79
- 2008 Boyd Coddington, American auto designer (owner Boyd Coddington Hot Rod Shop) and television host (American Hot Rod on TLC), dies of sepsis at 63
- 2008 Myron Cope, American sports broadcaster ("the voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers" 1970-2005), dies of respiratory failure at 79
- 2008 William F. Buckley Jr, American conservative author and commentator (National Review, Firing Line), dies of a heart attack at 82
- 2010 Madeleine Ferron, French Canadian writer, dies at 87
- 2011 Eddie Kirkland, Jamaican-American blues guitarist, singer and harmonica player (Have Mercy On Me), dies in a car accident at 87
- 2011 Frank Buckles, last surviving American World War I veteran (b. 1901)
- 2012 Tina Strobos, Dutch physician and resistor to Nazi occupation, dies from cancer at 91
- 2013 Dale Robertson, American actor (Death Valley Days, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Iron Horse), dies at 89
- 2013 Richard Street, American R&B musician (The Temptations), dies at 70
- 2013 Stephane Hessel, German-born French diplomat, dies at 95
- 2013 Van Cliburn, American pianist (Tchaikovsky Competition winner, 1958), dies at 78
- 2015 Boris Nemtsov, Russian politician, dies at 55, after being shot four times in Moscow
American actor (Star Trek - "Spock"'; Mission Impossible, 1969-71), and director (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock; Three Men and a Baby), dies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 83
- 2015 Malcolm Boyd, American Episcopal Priest, author and civil rights activist, dies at 91
- 2015 Tod Dockstader, American electronic and musique concrète composer, dies at 82
- 2017 Jórunn Viðar, Icelandic pianist and composer, dies at 98
- 2018 Luciano Benjamín Menéndez, Argentine general, Commander of the Third Army Corps (1975-79), and convicted human rights violator and murderer, dies of cardiogenic shock at 90
- 2019 Bill Playle, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests, 1 x 50, HS 65; Auckland, WA), dies at 80
- 2019 Christopher Payne, British police officer (Chief Constable of the Cleveland Constabulary, 1976-90), dies at 89
- 2019 Doug Sandom, British drummer (The Who, 1962-64), dies at 89
- 2019 France-Albert René, 2nd President of Seychelles (1977-2004), dies at 83
- 2019 Nathaniel Taylor, American actor (Rollo-Sanford & Sons), dies at 80
- 2022 Hanna Havrylets, Ukrainian composer (David's Psalms; Ėlegiya), and educator, dies of an aneurysm at 63
West Indian cricket spin bowler (43 Tests, 158 wickets, BB 7/49; Trinidad, Lancashire CCC), dies at 92
- 2023 Ricou Browning, American film stuntman (Creature from the Black Lagoon), stunt co-ordinator (Thunderball), director, and producer (Flipper), dies at 93 [1]
- 2024 John Fairchild, American magazine publisher and editor (Women's Wear Daily, 1960-96; W Magazine, 1972-97), dies at 87
- 2024 Richard H. Truly, American US Navy Rear Admiral, NASA astronaut (STS T-2, T-4, 2, 8), and administrator (Head of NASA, 1989-92), dies at 86 [1]
American comedian and actor (Anything But Love; Robin Hood: Men in Tights; Curb Your Enthusiasm), dies of a heart attack at 76 [1]
- 2025 Boris Spassky, Russian chess player (world champion 1969-72), dies at 88
