- 590 Pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from the plague
- 999 Boleslaus II of Bohemia
- 1045 Go-Suzaku, 69th Emperor of Japan (1036-45), dies at 37
- 1317 Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256)
- 1560 Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor patronized by the Medici, dies at 66
- 1593 Jacques Amyot, French humanist, translator and Abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79
- 1609 Ferdinand I de' Medici, Italian Grand Duke of Tuscany (1587-1609), made Tuscany prosperous, introduced opera to Europe, dies at 59
- 1626 William V, German Duke of Bavaria (1579-97), known as 'the Pious', dies at 77
- 1642 William Bedell, English clergyman (b. 1571)
- 1690 William Morice, English royalist statesman
- 1693 Paul Pellisson, French writer, dies at 68
- 1725 Louis Bouteiller, French composer, dies at 77
- 1736 Stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666)
- 1743 Lodovico Giustini, Italian composer, dies at 57
- 1749 Andre Cardinal Destouches, French composer (Les élémens), dies at 76
- 1779 William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies from gout at about 69
- 1799 Qianlong, Emperor of China, 6th Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, dies at 87
- 1801 Daniel Chodowiecki, German painter and printer, dies at 74
- 1820 Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer, dies at 57
- 1823 Ann Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist (The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Romance of the Forest), dies at 58
- 1827 Franz Anton Dimmler, German composer, dies at 73
- 1830 Marcus Antonio da Fonseca Portugal, Portuguese composer, dies at 67
King of Sweden (1792-1809), dies of a stroke at 58
- 1857 Félix de Merode, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister of War and Finance, dies at 65
- 1862 František Jan Škroup, Czech composer (Kde domov můj? - Czech national anthem), dies at 61
- 1865 John Henry Winder, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) and provost marshal, dies at 64
- 1871 Henry Steinway [Heinrich Steinweg], German American piano manufacturer (Steinway & Sons), dies at 73
- 1873 Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (The House by the Churchyard), dies at 58
- 1878 Pius IX, "Pio Nono" [Giovanni Ferretti], Italian Pope (1846-78), held First Vatican Council, lost control of Papal States, dies at 85
- 1881 Fredrik Cygnaeus, Finnish poet, literary critic and nationalist, dies at 73
- 1894 Adolphe Sax, Belgian musician and instrument inventor (saxophone, saxtromba, saxtuba), dies at 79
- 1897 Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and electrical engineer, dies at 49
- 1901 Benjamin Edward Woolf, British-American violinist, composer (The Mighty Dollar), playwright, and journalist, dies at 64
- 1911 Harry Graham, Australian cricket batsman (6 Tests; 2 x 100; 107 on debut v England 1893; Victoria, Otago), dies of alcoholism and mental illness at 40
- 1915 Władysław Górski, Polish violinist, composer and teacher, dies at 68
- 1918 Alexander Sergeyevich Taneyev, Russian composer, dies at 68
- 1919 William Halford, American naval officer and Medal of Honor recipient who survived 31 days at sea in a small boat to seek help for the shipwrecked USS Saginaw, dies at 77
- 1920 Alexander Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian Imperial Navy Admiral, polar explorer, and anti-communist leader, dies at 45
- 1931 Ion Vidu, Romanian composer and conductor, dies at 67
- 1933 Albert Apponyi, Hungarian aristocrat, politician (Minister of Religion and Education, 1906-10, 1917-18), and administrator (Chairman of Saint Stephen's Academy, 1921-33), dies at 86
American statesman (Nobel Peace Prize, 1912), dies at 91
American manufacturer and founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, dies at 69
- 1939 Boris Grigoriev, Russian avant-garde painter and graphic artist, dies at 53
- 1940 Francis Ford, English cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1894-95), dies at 73
- 1942 Dorando Pietri, Italian athlete (Olympic-famous DQ gold marathon 1908), dies from a heart attack at 56
- 1942 Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator, dies at 65
- 1944 Lina Cavalieri, Italian dramatic soprano, and silent film actress, killed during WWII Allied bombing near here home in Florence, Italy at 69
- 1948 Red McKenzie, American jazz singer (played comb-with-tissue-paper), dies at 48
- 1952 Pete Henry, American College/Pro Football HOF tackle (Washington & Jefferson; First-team All-Pro 1920–23, NFL C'ship 1922, 23; Canton Bulldogs), dies at 54
- 1954 Jan Maklakiewicz, Polish composer, chiefly of choral music (Kołysanka - Lullaby; Ave Maria), conductor, and educator, dies at 54
- 1957 Rudolph Reti, Serbian composer, dies at 71
- 1958 Betty MacDonald, American humor writer (The Egg and I), dies of cancer at 50
- 1958 Walter Kingsford, British actor (Carefree, My Favorite Blonde), dies at 76
- 1959 Daniel François Malan, Prime Minister of South Africa (1948-54) who began the implementation of apartheid, dies at 84
- 1959 Guitar Slim [Eddie Jones], American blues guitarist (The Things That I Used to Do), dies at 32
- 1959 Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie, American Baseball HOF second baseman (Triple Crown 1901; AL batting champion 1901–04, 10; Philadelphia A's, Cleveland Naps), dies at 84
- 1960 Igor Kurchatov, Soviet-Russian nuclear physicist who directed the Soviet atomic bomb project, dies of a cardiac embolism at 57 likely caused by radiation poisoning during the catastrophe at Chelyabinsk-40
- 1961 Noah Lewis, American jug band and country blues harmonica player and songwriter ("New, New Minglewood Blues", "Viola Lee Blues"), dies of gangrene brought on by frostbite at 69
- 1962 Clara Nordström, German writer and translator (b. 1886)
- 1963 Arthur Carr, English cricket batsman and captain (11 Tests, 1 x 50; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 69
- 1963 Learco Guerra, Italian road racing cyclist, dies at 60
- 1964 Hermann A. J. Kees, German Egyptologist (Problems of Egyptology), dies at 77
- 1964 Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower (Olympic gold 1932), dies at 59
- 1965 Nance O'Neil, American actor (Cimarron, Royal Bed, Rogue Song), dies at 90
- 1965 Viola Desmond, Canadian businesswoman and civil rights activist (first woman on a Canadian banknote), dies at 50 [1]
- 1967 David Unaipon, Aboriginal Australian-Ngarrindjeri inventor, author, and preacher, featured on the Australian $50 note, dies at 94
- 1967 Henry Morgenthau Jr., US Secretary of Treasury (1934-45) who helped design the New Deal and Lend Lease programs, dies at 74
- 1968 Nick Adams [Nicholas Aloysius Adamshock], American actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), dies of a drug overdose at 36
- 1968 Stuart Foster, American singer (Galen Drake Show), dies at 49
- 1969 Bainbridge Crist, American composer (Egyptian Impressions), dies at 85
American boxer known as "The Little Hebrew" and World Featherweight Champion (1906-12), dies at 86
- 1971 Morgan Lee "Dock" Boggs, American folk and blues singer and banjo player, dies on his 73rd birthday
- 1972 Walter Lang, American silent and sound film director (The Little Princess; The King and I; Desk Set), dies at 75
- 1974 Arline Judge, American actress (Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent), dies at 61
- 1975 Brendan Fay, American actor (Hustler, Man on a Swing), dies at 54
- 1977 Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher (suite of fifteen aspects), and legal scholar (Vrije Universiteit, 1926-65), dies at 82
- 1979 Dr. Josef Mengele, German SS captain and chief camp physician at Auschwitz, known as the "Angel of Death", drowns of the coast of Brazil after suffering a stroke at 67 [1]
- 1979 Herbert "Peanuts" Holland, American swing jazz trumpeter, dies at 68
- 1979 Warren Giles, American Baseball HOF executive (President National League 1951-69; GM Cincinnati Reds 1937–51), dies at 82
- 1980 Ernst Kunz, Swiss composer, dies at 88
- 1980 Katherine Emery, American actress (Maze, Isle of the Dead), dies at 73
- 1980 Secondo Campini, Italian jet engine pioneer, dies at 75
- 1984 Brooks West, American actor (Richard-My Friend Irma), dies at 67
- 1985 Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher and theologist, dies at 83
- 1985 Matt Monro [Terence Parsons], English pop singer ("Softly As I Leave You"), dies from liver cancer at 54
- 1985 Uday Merchant, Indian cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies at 68
- 1986 Armand Preud'homme, Belgium organist and composer (Kempenland), dies at 81
- 1986 Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian (b. 1923)
- 1988 Lin Carter, American sci-fi author (Thongor of Lemuria; The Thief of Thoth), dies of throat cancer at 57
- 1988 Lin[wood V] Carter, American sci-fi writer (Lost World of Time), dies at 57
- 1989 Gilbert Simondon, French philosopher (On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects), dies at 64
- 1990 Alfredo M. Santos, Philippine's first four-star General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, World War II hero (b. 1905)
- 1990 Nathan Wartels, American publisher (Crown), dies at 88 of pneumonia
- 1991 Amos Yarkoni, legendary Israeli soldier (b. 1920)
- 1991 Dick Winslow, American actor (Tom Sawyer, Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 75
- 1991 Jean-Paul Mousseau, Quebec painter, member of Les Automatistes (b. 1927)
- 1991 John Steinbeck IV, American author and journalist
- 1992 Alexis Curvers, Belgian author (Tempo di Roma, Bourg-le-Rond), dies at 85
- 1992 Buzz Sawyer, wrestler (b. 1959)
- 1992 Jeanne Gerson, Russian-born actress, dies of cancer & pneumonia at 87
- 1993 W. Sybout A. Colenbrander, Dutch historian/journalist, dies at 82
- 1994 Luc Peire, Belgian painter and graphic artist, dies at 77
- 1994 Richard Bissell, US under director of CIA (Pig's Bay), dies at 84
- 1994 Witold Lutosławski, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor (Musique funèbre; Trois poèmes d'Henri Michaux), dies of cancer at 81
- 1995 Helen Wallis, British cartographer and librarian (map curator British Museum), dies at 70
- 1995 Massimo Pallottino, Italian archaeologist (Etruscologia), dies at 86
- 1995 William Harry "Billy" Jones, American rock guitarist (The Outlaws), dies of self-inflicted gunshot at 45
- 1996 Boris Tchaikovsky, Soviet Russian Composer (The Murmuring Forest; Symphony with Harp), dies at 70
- 1996 George Trevelyan, British educational pioneer and a founding father of the New Age movement, dies at 89
- 1996 Lydia Chukovskaya, Soviet writer and dissident (Andrei Sakharov Prize for Writer's Civic Courage), dies at 88
- 1996 Phillip Davidson, US Army general (b. 1915)
- 1996 Tiny Winters [Frederick Gittens], British jazz bassist and singer, dies at 87
- 1996 [Isian Kehinde] I. K. Dairo, Nigerian Jùjú musician and academic, dies at 65
- 1997 Danil Shafran, Soviet-Russian concert cellist, dies at 74
- 1998 Lawrence Sanders, American novelist known for his Deadly Sins mystery series, dies at 77
- 1999 Bobby Troup, American jazz pianist and actor (Emergency; Acapulco), dies of a heart attack at 80
- 1999 Hussein bin Talal, King of Jordan (1952-99), dies of cancer at 63
- 1999 José Silva, American parapsychologist, author of the Silva Method and Silva UltraMind ESP System (b. 1914)
- 2000 "Lonesome Dave" Peverett, British rock singer and musician (Foghat, Savoy Brown), dies of complications from cancer at 56
- 2000 Big Pun [Christopher Rios], Puerto Rican-American rapper ("I'm Not A Player"), dies of a heart attack at 28
- 2000 Doug Henning, Canadian magician, dies at 52
- 2001 Dale Evans [Frances Smith], American radio singer, actress (The Roy Rogers Show), and TV host, dies of congestive heart failure at 88
- 2001 Robert "King" Moody, American actor and comedian (Get Smart - "Shtarker"), dies at 71
- 2003 Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (b. 1921)
- 2003 John Reading, Mayor of Oakland, California (b. 1917)
- 2004 Scotch Taylor, South African cricket batsman (1 Test; Transvaal) and executive (president South African Hockey Union), dies at 78
- 2005 Bob Turner, Canadian Hockey HOF defenseman (Stanley Cup 1956, 57, 58, 59, 60 Montreal Canadiens; 6 x NHL All Star), dies at 71
- 2006 Dürrühsehvar Sultan, Ottoman Princess of Berar, daughter of the last caliph Abdulmejid II, wife of the prince of Berar of Hyderabad, dies at 92
- 2006 Jack Montrose, American "cool jazz" tenor saxophonist and arranger, dies at 78
- 2006 Shujauddin Butt, Pakistani cricket all-rounder (19 Tests, 20 wickets; Combined Services, Bahawalpur), dies at 75
- 2007 Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz and session drummer, and bandleader, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 82
- 2008 (Wilhelmus) "Benny" Neyman, Dutch pop singer ("I Don't Know How"; "Waarom fluister ik je naam nog"), dies of cancer at 56
- 2008 Leona Wood, American surrealist painter and ballet and folk dancer dies at 86
- 2008 Tamara Desni [Brodsky], German-born British actress (The Green Finger, Hell's Cargo), dies from natural causes at 97
- 2009 Betty Jameson, American golfer (US Open 1947, Western Open 1942, 54), dies at 89
- 2009 Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer and pianist, dies of natural causes at 84
- 2009 Brian Naylor (broadcaster), Australian television presenter (b. 1931)
- 2010 William Tenn [pseudonym of Philip Klass], British-born American sci-fi author, dies at 89
- 2012 Patricia Stephens Due, African-American civil rights activist (FAMU jail-in), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 72
- 2012 Phil Bruns, American actor and writer (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "George Shumway"), dies of natural causes at 80
- 2015 Dean Smith, American actor and relay runner (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 83
- 2015 Joe B. Mauldin, American rock double-bass player (The Crickets), songwriter, and recording engineer (Gold Start Studios), dies of cancer at 74
- 2015 Joseph M. Gaydos, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania), dies at 88
- 2015 Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, English publisher and multi-millionaire (St Ives Group), dies of a heart attack at 84
- 2017 Richard Hatch, American actor (Battlestar Galactica), dies of cancer at 71
- 2017 Svend Asmussen, Danish jazz violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking" (The Swe-Danes), dies at 100
- 2018 John Perry Barlow, American lyricist (Grateful Dead - "Estimated Prophet"; "I Need A Miracle"; "Cassidy"), essayist, internet pioneer, and activist, dies at 70
- 2018 Mickey Jones, American musician and actor (Home Improvement, Justified), dies at 76
English actor (The Dresser, Under the Volcano), dies at 82
American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder, manager (14 x MLB All-Star; NL MVP 1961; AL MVP 1966; World Series 1966, 70; Baltimore Orioles), dies of bone cancer at 83
- 2019 John Dingell, American politician (D-Michigan, 1955-2015), dies at 92
- 2019 Mable Lee, American singer and dancer known as the "Queen of the Soundies" (Chicken Shack Shuffle; Reet, Petite and Gone), dies at 97
- 2020 Harold Strachan, South African writer, anti-apartheid activist, and explosives expert, dies of liver disease complications at 94
- 2020 James McGarrell, American painter, dies at 89
- 2020 Li Wenliang, Chinese doctor who tried to raise the alarm over COVID-19, dies of COVID-19 in Wuhan at 34
- 2020 Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer ‘the Nightingale of Kosovo’ and actress, dies at 86
- 2020 Orson Bean, American actor and comedian (To Tell the Truth), killed in a traffic accident at 91
- 2020 Steve Weber, American psychedelic folk guitarist, (The Holy Modal Rounders - "Bird Song"; "You've Got the Right String but the Wrong Yo-Yo"), dies at 76
- 2021 Elliot Mazer, American audio engineer and record producer (Chubby Checker; Neil Young), dies of a heart attack at 71
- 2021 Leslie Laing, Jamaican athlete (Olympic gold men's 4x400m relay 1952 WR 3:03.9), dies at 91
- 2021 Mario Osbén, Chilean soccer goalkeeper (36 caps; Unión Española, Colo Colo, Cobreloa), dies from a heart attack at 70
- 2021 Pedro Gomez, American sports journalist (ESPN 2003-21), dies at 58
- 2021 Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey center (6 x Stanley Cup Montreal Canadiens; 6 x NHL All-Star), dies at 83
- 2021 Robert J. Lagomarsino, American lawyer and politician (US Representative from California, 1974-93), dies at 94
- 2022 Bertram Fields, American entertainment lawyer, and novelist, dies at 93
- 2022 Douglas Trumbull, American film director (Silent Running) and visual effects artist (2001: A Space Odyssey), dies of cancer at 79
- 2023 František Cipro, Czech soccer forward (SK Slavia Prague 232 games) and manager (SK Slavia Prague, SK Dynamo České Budějovice), dies at 75
- 2023 Friedel Lutz, German soccer full-back (12 caps West Germany; Eintracht Frankfurt e.V.), dies at 84
- 2023 Oleksandr Radchenko, Ukrainian soccer left-back (17 caps; FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), dies at 46
- 2024 Henry Fambrough, American pop and R&B singer (The Spinners, 1954-2023 - "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love?"; "The Rubberband Man"), dies at 85 [1]
- 2024 Lord David Davies, Welsh engineer, peer (House of Lords. 1944-99), sailor, and administrator (Chairman of Welsh National Opera, 1975-2000), dies at 83
- 2024 Luigi Arienti, Italian track cyclist (Olympic gold men's team pursuit 1960), dies at 87
- 2024 Mojo Nixon [Neill McMillan, Jr.], American musician ("Elvis Is Everywhere") and actor, dies of cardiac event at 66 [1]
- 2025 Tony Roberts, American stage and screen actor (Annie Hall; The Edge of Night: The Lucie Arnaz Show), dies of lung cancer at 85 [1]
