- 453 Ingyō, 19th Emperor of Japan according to legend (412-53), dies at about 77 (b. circa 376)
- 1124 Stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies
- 1204 Alexius IV Angelus, Regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered at 21 [exact dates of birth and demise uncertain]
- 1245 Johannes de Rupella/de la Rochelle, French theologist, dies
- 1250 Robert I of Artois, French crusader (b. 1216)
- 1250 William II Longespee, dies as a martyr at the battle of Al Mansurah, Egypt (7th Crusade)
- 1265 Hulagu Khan, Mongol ruler, grandson of Genghis Khan (besieged and pillaged Baghdad) (b. 1217)
- 1296 Przemysł II, King of Poland (1295-96), dies at 38
- 1303 Nanshu, Zen teacher (Rinzai line)/founder (Zounan temple), dies
- 1513 Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish explorer (Curacao & Bonaire), dies
- 1599 Robert Rollock, Scottish educator (1st Regent of Edinburgh University), dies
- 1611 Jan Huygen van Linschoten, Dutch traveller and writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies (B. 1653)
- 1617 Hans Christoph Heyden, German composer, organist and poet, dies at 44
- 1623 Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician, dies at 80
- 1640 Murad IV, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1623-40) who conquered Baghdad, dies from cirrhosis in Istanbul at 27
- 1650 John Adriaensz, Dutch hydraulic engineer (Haarlemmermeer), dies at about 74
- 1676 Alexis of Russia [Alexei Mikhailovich], Romanov noble (Tsar of All Russia, 1645-76), dies at 46 [OS 29 Jan]
- 1686 Francois Tak, Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered
- 1691 Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect and composer, dies at 79
- 1709 Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (Concerti Grossi), dies at 50
Tsar of Russia (1682-1725), dies of uremia at 52
- 1749 Jan van Huysum, Dutch still life painter (specialised in fruit and flowers), dies at 66
- 1750 Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (Tragedy of Zara), dies at 65
- 1768 George Dance the Elder, English architect (b. 1695)
- 1772 Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales by marriage to Frederick, Prince of Wales, dies at 52
- 1797 Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer, pupil of J. S. Bach, dies at 81
- 1801 Johann Chrysostomus Drexel, German composer, dies at 43
- 1817 Francis Horner, Scottish political economist and politician (1810 Bullion Report), dies of ill health at 38
- 1821 Paul Wineberger, German cellist, organist, kapellmeister, and composer, dies at 62
- 1824 Rhijnvis Feith, Dutch poet and writer (Zwolle, Julia), dies at 71
- 1849 France Prešeren, Slovenian poet (Sonetni Venec), dies at 48
- 1849 Francois-Antoine Habeneck, French composer and musician, dies at 68
- 1856 Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist, dies at 82
- 1873 John White Geary, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), lawyer, and politician (Governor of Pennsylvania, 1867-73; Mayor of San Francisco, 1850-51), dies of a heart attack at 53
- 1874 David Strauss, German theologist (focused on historical Jesus' Life), dies at 66
American Antarctic explorer and naval officer (Union Navy), dies at 78
- 1878 Elias M. Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum), dies at 83
- 1884 Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss-American geologist, geographer and meteorologist, dies at 76
- 1888 Robert H. Anderson, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army, dies at 52
- 1907 Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (fasenleer), dies at 52
- 1909 Catulle Mendès, French poet, dies at 67
- 1909 Edouard Silas, Dutch composer, dies at 80
- 1909 Mieczysław Karłowicz, Polish composer and conductor (Rebirth Symphony, Op. 7), dies in an avalanche while on a skiing excursion at 32
- 1910 Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist as leader of the Kristiania Bohemians, dies at 55
- 1916 Gustav Falke, German author and poet (Der Mann im Nebel), dies at 63
- 1920 Richard Dehmel, German poet and writer, dies at 56
- 1921 Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin, Russian activist and anarchist, dies at 78
- 1924 Gee John, Chinese-American gangster (1st person in US to be executed by lethal gas in Nevada), executed at 29
- 1926 William Bateson, English biologist (originator of term "genetics"), dies at 64
- 1929 Maria Christina of Austria, Austrian born Queen and Regent of Spain, dies at 71
Irish-American mob hitman, murdered at 23 by the Dutch Schultz gang
- 1935 Max Liebermann, German impressionist painter and graphic artist, dies at 87
American Republican Senator (Kansas: 1907-13, 1915-29) and 31st US Vice President (1929-33) who was the first Native American to become a Senator and Vice President, dies of a heart attack at 76
- 1937 Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer and librarian known for his Latin manuscript studies (Epistula Sapphus ad Phaonem, Breviarium Grimani), dies at 75 [1]
- 1942 Fritz Todt, German construction engineer, Reich Minister for Armaments and Munitions Reichs minister and Head of the Organization Todt, dies in a plane crash at 50
German chemist (synthesized aspirin and heroin), dies at 78 [1]
- 1946 Miles Mander, British actor (Tower of London, Wuthering Heights, Murder!), dies from a heart attack at 57
- 1947 Ernest Williams, American composer, dies at 65
- 1949 Franco Leoni, Italian composer, dies at 81
- 1949 Leonid Polovinkin, Russian conductor, and composer (Night Dreams), dies at 54
- 1953 Cliff Clark, American actor (Kid Glove Killer, Golden Hoofs, Vigilante Hideout), dies from a heart attack at 63
American Baseball Hall of Fame catcher, manager and owner (World Series 1910, 1911, 1913, 1929, 1930; most managerial wins, losses and games managed in MLB history; Philadelphia A's), dies at 93
- 1957 Walter Bothe, German subatomic particle physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics 1954), dies at 66
- 1959 William J "Wild Bill" Donovan, American head of Office Strategic Services and founding father of the CIA, dies at 76
- 1960 Giles Gilbert Scott, British architect (b. 1880)
- 1960 John Langshaw Austin, British philosopher, (b. 1911)
- 1961 William Duncan, Scottish actor (Hopalong Rides Again, Thunder Trail), dies at 81
- 1963 Abd al-Karīm Qāsim, Prime Minister of Iraq (1958-63), assassinated in Baghdad at 48
- 1963 George Dolenz [Jure Dolenc], Italian actor (Scared Stiff, Count of Monte Cristo), dies from a heart attack at 55
- 1964 Tom Terriss, English director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru), dies at 91
- 1965 Ray Brown, American Baseball HOF pitcher (NgL World Series 1943, 44; Triple Crown 1938; Homestead Grays), dies at 56
- 1972 Márkos Vamvakaris, Greek musician and rebetiko songwriter, dies at 66
- 1973 Herbie Taylor, South African cricket batsman and captain (42 Tests; 2,936 runs @ 40.77; 7 x 100s), dies at 83
- 1974 Fern Andra [Vernal Andrews], American actress who worked in German silent cinema, dies at 80
- 1974 Franz Weyergans, Belgian writer and translator (Les Gens Heureux), dies at 61
- 1974 Fritz Zwicky, Swiss astronomer (supernova, dark matter), dies at 75
- 1975 John H. Secondari, American author and newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55
- 1975 Martyn Green, British actor (Gilbert & Sullivan; The Iceman Cometh), dies at 75
- 1975 Robert Robinson, British chemist (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1947 for investigation of plant lipids), dies at 88 [1]
- 1977 Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist, dies at 75
- 1977 Josef Schelb, German pianist and composer (Sinfonia Apocalytica), dies at 82
- 1979 Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, Russian poet and writer (against Pasternak), dies at 82
- 1980 Nikos Xilouris, Greek folk singer-songwriter, dies of lung and brain cancer at 43
- 1982 John Hay Whitney, American financier, diplomat and publisher of the NY Herald Tribune (1961-67), dies at 77 [1]
- 1982 Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (The Dating Game), dies at 65
- 1982 Kurt Edelhagen, German jazz pianist and big bandleader, dies at 61
- 1983 Alfred Wallenstein, American cellist and conductor (Chicago Symphony 1922-29), dies at 84
- 1985 Marvin Miller [Mueller], American actor (Space Patrol, Dead Reckoning, Millionaire), dies from a heart attack at 71
- 1985 Tom Greenway, American actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at 75
British industrialist and automobile manufacturer (Jaguar cars), dies at 83
- 1987 Bronislawa Wajs [Papuscha], Polish-Romani writer, dies at 78
- 1987 Harriet MacGibbon, American actress, dies of a pulmonary & cardiac failure at 81
- 1988 Allan Cuthbertson, Australian-British stage and screen actor (Man and Superman; Captain Nemo and the Underwater City; The WInds of War), dies at 67
- 1989 Maurits Mok, Dutch author and poet (Cheese & Bread Game; The Railroad Strike), dies at 81
- 1990 Del Shannon [Charles Westover], American rock musician and songwriter ("Runaway"), commits suicide at 55
- 1990 George de Mestral, Swiss engineer (invented Velcro), dies at 83
- 1992 Baruch Lumet, American actor (Killer Shrews), dies at 93
- 1992 Denny Wright, British jazz guitarist, dies at 67
- 1993 Casper van den Berg, Dutch poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies
- 1993 Douglas Heyes, American director and writer (Kitten with a Whip), dies at 73
- 1993 Eliot Janeway, American financial columnist (Eliot Doomsday), dies at 80
- 1993 Franz Schnyder, Swiss director (10th of May), dies at 82
- 1993 N. Shanmugathasan, Sri Lankan communist leader
- 1993 Paul Brickhill, Dutch-American WW II pilot and physician, dies
- 1994 Jacob Firet, Dutch theologian (Dynamics in Pastoring), dies at 70 [1]
- 1994 Ken Hall, Australian director and producer (Kokoda front line), dies at 92
- 1994 Raymond Scott, American composer (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 85
- 1995 B. G. Hooghoudt, Dutch radiotelescope builder (Dwingeloo/Westerbork), dies at 70
- 1995 Clay Warnick, American choral director (Your Show Of Shows), dies at 79
- 1995 J. William Fulbright, US politician (Senator-Arkansas 1945-74) and founder of the Fulbright scholarship, dies at 89
- 1995 Wilhelm J. Soukop, Austrian-British sculptor, dies at 88
- 1996 Del Ennis, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1946, 51, 55; NL RBI leader 1950; Philadelphia Phillies), dies from complications of diabetes at 70
- 1996 Derek Worlock, English Roman Catholic Archbishop Liverpool, dies at 76
- 1996 Mercer Kennedy Ellington, American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer, dies at 76
- 1997 Elroy Josephs, Jamaican-British jazz dance teacher, and actor, dies at 57
British Conservative MP and shadow cabinet member infamous for his "Rivers of Blood" speech, dies at 85
Icelandic writer (Nobel 1955), dies at 95
- 1998 Julian Lincoln Simon, American economist and author (b. 1932)
- 1998 William Lambert, American Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78
- 1999 Iris Murdoch, Irish-British novelist ("Under the Net"; "The Sea, The Sea") and philosopher ("The Sovereignty of Good"), dies at 79
- 2000 Bob Collins [Harold Lee], American radio broadcaster (WGN- 720AM, Chicago, 1986-2000), die in mid-air plane collision at 57
- 2000 Derrick Thomas, American Pro and College Football Hall of Fame linebacker / end (Pro Bowl 1989–97; First-team All-Pro 1990–92; KC Chiefs), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 33
- 2000 Sid Abel, Canadian Hockey HOF center (Stanley Cup 1943, 50, 52 Detroit Red Wings; Hart Trophy 1949) and coach (Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit RWs), dies at 81
- 2001 Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director (b. 1920)
- 2002 Eldon Rudd, American politician (Rep-R-AZ, 1977-87), dies at 81
- 2002 Joachim Hoffmann, German historian and academic director of the German Armed Forces Military History Research Office, dies at 71
- 2002 Ong Teng Cheong, 5th and the first directly elected President of Singapore (1993-99), dies from lymphoma at 66
- 2004 Julius Schwartz, American comic book editor (DC Comics) and science fiction literary agent (Time Traveller), dies at 88 [1]
- 2005 Helmut Eder, Austrian composer, dies at 88
- 2005 Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician and organist (Walk On The Wild Side), dies at 76
- 2005 Keith Knudsen, American drummer, vocalist and songwriter (The Doobie Brothers; Southern Pacific), dies of pneumonia at 56
- 2006 Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer, best known for his film scores in the Godzilla films, dies at 91
- 2006 Elton Dean, English jazz and progressive rock saxophonist (Soft Machine), dies of heart and liver ailments at 60 (b. 1945)
American model, Playboy playmate (May 1992, Playmate of the Year 1993) and tabloid fixture, dies of a prescription drug overdose at 39
- 2007 Ian Stevenson, Canadian-American parapsychologist and reincarnation expert, dies at 88
- 2008 Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter (b. 1947)
- 2008 Eva Dahlbeck, Swedish actress (Brink of Life, Dreams, A Lesson in Love), dies of infection and Alzheimer's disease at 87
- 2008 Phyllis Whitney, American mystery writer, dies at 104
- 2009 Marian Cozma, Romanian handball player (Romania 60 caps), dies of stab wounds at 26
- 2010 John Murtha, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania), dies at 77
- 2012 Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi, dies at 99
- 2012 Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian rock musician, dies from lung cancer at 62
- 2013 Friedrich Schenker, German trombonist and avant-garde composer, dies at 70
- 2013 James DePreist, American conductor (Mitropoulos Prize, 1964, Oregon Symphony, 1980-2003), dies of a heart attack at 76
- 2015 Filipe Pires, Portuguese pianist, composer (Portugaliae Genesis), and educator, dies at 81
- 2016 John Disley, Welsh athlete (Olympic bronze 3000m steeplechase 1952; co-founder London Marathon), dies at 87
- 2016 Violetta Verdy, French ballerina and teacher, dies at 82
- 2017 Alan Simpson, British radio and television writer and co-creator of "Steptoe and Son", dies at 87
- 2017 Ljubisa Beara, Bosnian general convicted of overseeing Srebrenica Massacre, dies in prison at 77
- 2017 Nicolai Gedda, Swedish opera tenor (Opera Two to Six), dies at 91
- 2017 Peter Mansfield, British Physician whose discoveries led to MRI (2003 Nobel Prize), dies at 83
- 2017 Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, English socialite, dies of a perforated ulcer and peritonitis at 45
- 2018 Paul Danblon, Belgian composer, opera director, opera administrator and scientific journalist, dies at 86
- 2019 Robert Ryman, American minimalist painter and visual artist known for his white-on-white works, dies at 88
- 2020 Erhard Schnell, German automotive designer 'Father of the Opel GT', dies at 92
- 2020 Paula Kelly, American dancer, choreographer, and actress (Night Court, 1984 - "Liz"), dies of heart failure at 77
- 2020 Robert Conrad [Conrad R. Falk], American actor (Wild Wild West), dies at 84
- 2021 David Egerton, English rugby union #8 (7 caps; Bath Rugby) and broadcaster (BBC), dies from COVID-19 at 59
- 2021 Jean-Claude Carrière, French screenwriter and actor, collaborated with Luis Buñuel on screen plays (Belle de Jour, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie), dies at 89
- 2021 Mary Wilson, American pop vocalist (Supremes - "Where Did Our Love Go?"), dies at 76 [1]
- 2022 (Arthur) Bamber Gascoigne, British television presenter (University Challenge, 1962-87), and author, dies at 87
- 2022 Luc Montagnier, French virologist (Nobel Prize 2008, discovered HIV), dies at 89 [1]
American Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer ("I'll Never Fall in Love Again"; "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"; "Promises, Promises"), dies at 94 [1]
- 2023 Charlie Faulkner, Welsh rugby union prop (19 Tests Wales; British & Irish Lions 1977; Pontypool RFC, Barbarian FC) and coach (Newport RFC), dies at 81
- 2023 Hilary Tann, Welsh composer (Shakkei), and educator (Union College, 1980-2023), dies at 75
- 2023 Miroslav Blažević, Bosnian soccer manager (Switzerland, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, NK Zagreb, Hajduk Split, Grasshoppers, Dinamo Zagreb, Nantes, PAOK), dies at 87
- 2023 Volodymyr Morozov, Soviet flatwater canoer, dies at 82
- 2025 Dick Jauron, American football coach (Chicago Bears 1999-2003, AP Coach of the Year 2001; Buffalo Bills 2006-09) and College Football HOF safety (Yale), dies from cancer at 74
- 2025 Sam Nujoma, Namibian revolutionary and politician, first President of Namibia (1990-2005), dies at 95 [1]
- 2025 Yrjö Kukkapuro, Finnish postmodernist designer (Karuselli chair), dies at 91 [1]
