- 1011 Bernard I, Duke of Saxony (973-1011)
- 1199 Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese founder and 1st shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate (1192-9), dies at 51
- 1234 Ai-Tsung [Aizong], Last Jin Emperor of Northern China (1224-1234), commits suicide at 35, to avoid capture by the Mongols
- 1450 Agnès Sorel, French mistress of King Charles VII of France (1st officially recognised mistress of a French king), dies at 28
- 1555 John Hooper, English protestant reformer and Bishop of Gloucester, burnt for heresy by Mary I
- 1555 Rowland Taylor, English clergyman and protestant martyr, burnt at the stake under Mary I at 44
- 1567 Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, King consort of Mary, Queen of Scots, murdered at 21 in the orchard of Kirk o' Field in Edinburgh
- 1583 Jeseph Sanalbo, Jewish convert in Rome, burned at stake
- 1588 Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz, most important Spanish admiral of his day, dies at 61
- 1619 Lucilio Vanini, Italian philosopher (b. 1585)
- 1670 Frederick III, King of Denmark and Norway (1648-70), dies at 60
- 1675 Gerrit Dou, Dutch baroque painter (Old Woman with a Fur Hat, The Night School), dies at 61 [1]
- 1709 François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general, dies at 44
- 1740 Vincent Lübeck, German organist (St. Cosimae et Damaini, Stade - 1675-1702; St. Nikolai, Hamburg, 1702-40), and composer, dies at 85
- 1751 Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (1717-50), dies at 82
- 1752 Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish traveller and naturalist (Iter Palæstinum), dies at 30
- 1765 Elisabetta de Gambarini, English composer, dies at 33
- 1782 Joseph Aloysius Assemani, Syrian orientalist (b. 1710)
- 1802 Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves, British admiral (Seven Years' War, American War of Independence), dies at 76
- 1803 Jean-François de Saint-Lambert, French poet (The Seasons, Luxury), dies at 86 [1] [2]
- 1811 Nevil Maskelyne, 5th Astronomer Royal of England (1765-1811), dies
- 1812 Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer, and music publisher, dies at 57
- 1817 Franz Wilhelm Tausch, German clarinetist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 54
- 1824 Anna Katharina Emmerick, Roman Catholic Augustinian Canoness Regular of Windesheim, Marian visionary, ecstatic and stigmatist, dies at 49
- 1846 Henry Gally Knight, English writer of novels and on architecture, dies at 59
- 1849 Corneille Vander Planken, Belgian violinist and composer, dies at 76
- 1857 Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet of the Greek national anthem, dies at 58
- 1873 Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, Empress of Austria and Queen of consort of Hungary, Croatia and Slavonia, dies at 81
French writer ("Les Malheurs de Sophie"), dies at 74
- 1874 Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75
- 1875 Cecil De Vere, English chess player (1st official British chess champion (1866), dies from tuberculosis at 28
Russian novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the greatest novelists in world literature (Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov), dies from a pulmonary haemorrhage at 59
- 1884 James Isham Gilbert, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), dies at 60
- 1891 Johan Jongkind, Dutch-French painter and printer (Marine Scenes), dies at 71
- 1892 Alfred Moore Scales, American politician (45th Governor of North Carolina, 1885-89), dies at 64
- 1894 Maxime Du Camp, French writer, traveler and early photographer (Les Buveurs de Cendres), dies at 72
- 1905 Adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist, dies at 89
African American dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio
- 1916 Hynek Vojáček, Czech composer, dies at 90
- 1918 Emiel Delrue [Emiel van der Straeten], Belgian writer on colonial affairs (Sudanese Legends, The Southern Cross), dies at 30 (cause of death unknown) [1]
- 1924 Nils Kjær, Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at 53
- 1932 Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, murdered by extremists during League of Blood incident at 61
- 1935 Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61
- 1936 Jacques Bainville, French historian, essayist and journalist, dies at 57
- 1938 Truby King, New Zealand physician, pioneer in infant welfare (Karitāne hospitals, Plunket Society), dies at 79 [1]
- 1942 Lauri Kristian Relander, 2nd President of Finland (1925-31), dies at 58
- 1943 World War II: Dutch fascist official Hermannus Reydon and his wife are shot by resistance members, his wife dies immediately and he dies six months later
- 1945 George Maduro, Dutch Antillian resistance fighter (Madurodam), dies in Dachau at 28
- 1948 Karl Valentin, Bavarian comedian and film producer, dies at 65
- 1949 Poul Schierbeck, Danish organist and composer, dies at 60
- 1951 Eddy Duchin, American pianist and bandleader (Eddy Duchin Orchestra), dies of acute myelogenous leukemia at 41
- 1952 Norman Douglas, British novelist and travel writer (South Wind), dies at 83
- 1953 Charlie Spencer, English soccer defender (2 caps; Newcastle Utd, Manchester Utd) and manager (Grimsby Town 1937-51), dies at 53
- 1954 Mabel Paige, American actress (Lucky Jordan), dies at 73
- 1957 Miklós Horthy, Hungarian navy admiral, military leader, anti-communist statesman (Regent of Kingdom of Hungary, 1920-44), and Nazi abettor, dies at 88
- 1960 Alexandre Benois, Russian artist, dies at 89
- 1960 Ernst von Dohnányi [Dohnányi Ernő], Hungarian composer and conductor, dies at 82
- 1961 Oscar Egg, Swiss bicycle racer (3 x world hour record), dies at 70
- 1962 Harriet Ware (Krumbhaar), American concert pianist, composer (Women's Triumphal March; The Rose Is Red; The Varying Shore), and music educator, dies at 84
- 1964 Willie Bryant, American jazz singer, bandleader, and disc jockey (Sugar Hill Times), dies of a heart attack at 55
- 1966 Sophie Tucker [Kalish], Russian-born American singer and actress (My Yiddish Mama) known as "last of the red hot mammas", dies at 79
- 1968 Barbara Everest, English actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at 77
- 1968 Frederik M. baron van Asbeck, Dutch lawyer and legal scholar (League of Nations), dies at 78
- 1969 Manuel Plaza, Chilean athlete (Olympic silver Marathon 1928; Chile's first Olympic medal), dies at 68
- 1969 [George] Gabby Hayes, American actor (Albuquerque, Colorado), dies at 83
- 1973 Max Yasgur, American dairy farmer, and owner Woodstock Festival site in Bethel, New York, dies of a heart attack at 53
- 1973 Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek-American actress (The Exorcist), dies at 89
- 1974 Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier, dies at 60
- 1975 Constant Burniaux, Belgian writer (The Abandoned) and art historian (Temps Inquiets), dies at 82
- 1976 Percy Faith, Canadian-American pop and easy listening composer and bandleader ("Theme from A Summer Place"), dies at 67
- 1977 (Woodrow Wilson) "Buddy" Johnson, American jump blues pianist, bandleader, and songwriter ("They All Say I'm The Biggest Fool"; "Since I Fell for You"), dies from a brain tumor and sickle cell anemia at 62
- 1977 Alia Al-Hussein [Alia Baha Uddin Toukan], Jordanian Queen consort and third wife of King Hussein of Jordan, dies in a helicopter crash at 28 [1] [2]
- 1977 Denys Amiel, French dramatist/playwright (Le mouton noir), dies at 92
- 1977 Gaus, an orangutan who lived to be 59
- 1977 Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (designed Il-2 Shturmovik - world's most produced military aircraft), dies at 82
- 1978 Costante Girardengo, Italian road cyclist (Giro d'Italia General classification 1919, 23), dies at 84
- 1978 Herbert Kappler, German head of Nazi police and security services (SS) in Rome during WWII and war criminal responsible for the Ardeatine massacre, dies at 70
- 1978 Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian pasillo and ranchera singer, dies of peritonitis at 42
- 1978 Kimberly Leach, killed by Ted Bundy in Lake City, Florida at 12
- 1979 Allen Tate, American poet (Mr Pope & Other Poems), dies at 79
Hungarian-British engineer and physicist who invented holography (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1971), dies at 78
- 1979 Jim Smith, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 15 wickets, BB 5/16; Middlesex CCC), dies at 72
- 1980 Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect, dies at 106
- 1980 Charlie Fowlkes, American baritone saxophonist (Count Basie Orchestra, 1953-80), dies at 63
- 1980 Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and writer (The White Lanes of Summer), dies at 79
American rock guitarist and vocalist known as the father of Rock 'n' Roll (...& his Comets - "Rock Around the Clock"; "See You Later, Alligator"), dies of a heart attack probably caused by alcoholism at 55
- 1984 (Tanjore) Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies at 65
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1982-84) and KGB Chief (1967-82), dies of total renal failure at 69
- 1987 Larry French, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1940; Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs; Brooklyn Dodgers), dies at 79
Japanese 'the godfather of manga' (Kimba the White Lion), dies of cancer at 60
- 1991 James Cleveland, American Grammy Award-winning gospel singer-songwriter, pianist, arranger ("Jesus Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me), and minister, dies at 59
- 1993 David Willis, Australian journalist (BBC World Service; The Christian Science Monitor), dies at 54
- 1993 Harold Taylor, Canadian educator and college president (Sarah Lawrence College, defended academic freedom against McCarthyism), dies at 78
- 1993 Kate Wilkinson, American actress (Clara-Another World), dies of cancer at 76
- 1993 Nasrullah Mansoor, Afghan guerilla leader/governor of Paktia, dies
- 1994 Arnold Smith, British 1st Secretary-General of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at 79
- 1994 Bud Wilkinson, American College Football HOF coach (NCAA C'ship 1950, 55, 56 Uni of Oklahoma 1947-63; St. Louis Cardinals 1978-79), dies at 77
- 1994 Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist (Nobel Prize, 1975), dies at 59
- 1994 Jarmila Novotná, Czech-American soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1940-56), and actress (The Search), dies at 86
- 1994 Louis Kaufman, American violinist and conductor (Gone With The Wind), dies at 88
- 1995 David Wayne, American stage and screen actor (Andromeda Strain, Adam's Rib), dies of lung cancer at 81
- 1995 J. William Fulbright, American senator from Arkansas, known for opposition to the Vietnam War), dies at 89
- 1996 Adolf Galland, German general and WWII flying ace (104 aerial victories for Luftwaffe), dies at 83
- 1996 Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish-born businessman and social activist, dies at 106
- 1996 Alistair Cameron Crombie, Australian historian of science, dies at 80
- 1996 Barry Troyna, English educational sociologist and author (Racism, Education and the State), dies at 44
- 1996 Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin, British trade unionist, dies at 80
- 1996 Gerald Savory, British actor playwright and TV producer (Heart of the Matter), dies at 86
- 1996 Neil Franklin, British soccer defender (26 caps; Stoke City, Hull City, Crewe Alexandra) and manager (Colchester United), dies at 74
- 1996 Thomas Padmore, British senior civil servant, dies at 86
- 1997 Barry Evans, English actor (Dr Upton-Dr in the House), dies in mysterious circumstances at 53
- 1997 Brian Connolly, Scottish rock singer (Sweet, 1968-79- "The Ballroom Blitz"), dies of heart failure at 51
- 1997 L.F. "Jack" Owen, American blues singer and guitarist ("It Must've Been The Devil"), dies at 92
- 1998 Ken Weekes, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests, top score 137; first Test cricketer born in US), dies at 86
- 1999 Bryan Mosley, British actor (Alf Roberts in "Coronation Street"), dies of a heart attack at 67
- 2000 Beau Jack, American boxer (NYSAC world lightweight champion 1942-44), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 78
American political scientist (Nobel Prize in Economics, 1978; Turing Award, 1975), dies at 84
- 2001 Reginald Marsh, British actor (Sicilians: It Happened Here), dies at 74
- 2002 Margaret Rose, British princess and Countess of Snowdon, sister of Queen Elizabeth II, dies of a stroke at 71
- 2002 Vicente Sardinero, Spanish operatic lyric baritone, dies at 65
- 2003 (Reuben) "Ruby" Braff, American jazz trumpeter and cornetist, dies of heart failure while suffering from emphysema at 73
- 2003 Vera Ralston [Věra Helena Hrubá], Czech figure skater and actress (Dakota; Accused of Murder), dies of cancer at 83
- 2004 Claude Ryan, Canadian newspaper director and politician (b. 1925)
- 2005 John Fincham, British geneticist, author (Fungal Genetics), and educator, dies at 78
- 2005 Tyrone Davis, American R&B singer ("Can I Change My Mind"; "Turn Back The Hands Of Time"), dies of complications from a stroke at 66
- 2006 Freddie Laker, British airline entrepreneur (Laker airlines), dies at 83
- 2006 Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932)
- 2006 Ron Greenwood, English soccer defender (Brentford) and manager (West Ham Utd 1961-74; FA Cup 1964, European Cup Winners' Cup 1965; England 1977-82), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 84
- 2007 Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist, critic and author (Land Without Stars, In a Harbour Green), dies at 87
American baseball infielder, manager (8-time World Series champion; NY Yankees, Baltimore Orioles), dies from lung cancer at 84
- 2007 Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (Francis Urquhart in the BBC's House of Cards), dies in his sleep of a great attack at 72 [1]
- 2007 Louis Ballard [Honganózhe], Native American composer and educator (The Four Moons), dies at 75
- 2008 Christopher Hyatt, American Occultist, Philosopher and Author, dies at 64
- 2008 Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian avant-garde painter, poet and sculptor. (b. 1931)
- 2008 Scott Halpin, American drummer plucked out of the audience to fill in for incapacitated Keith Moon of The Who, dies of a brain tumor at 53
- 2008 Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal, the eleventh Mindrolling Trichen, Tibetan Buddhist lama of the Nyingma school (b. 1930)
- 2009 Eluana Englaro, an Italian woman who lived in a persistent vegetative state for 17 years (b. 1970)
- 2009 Robert Anderson, American writer (Tea & Sympathy, I Never Sang for My Father), dies at 91
- 2009 Vic Lewis, British jazz guitarist, bandleader, composer, and artist manager (NEMS), and cricket club owner, dies at 89
- 2010 Chaskel Besser, Polish-American Orthodox rabbi, dies at 86
- 2010 Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer, dies of lung cancer at 71
- 2010 Phil Harris, American fisherman from Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch (b. 1956)
- 2010 Walter Frederick Morrison, American inventor (b. 1920)
- 2012 Jill Kinmont Boothe, American skier paralysed in a ski accident, had two films portray her life, dies at 75
- 2013 Kåre Valebrokk, Norwegian journalist and director of TV 2, dies at cancer at 72
- 2013 Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-born American martial artist, dies at 99
- 2014 Graham Hills, English physical scientist and principal (Strathclyde University, England), dies at 87
- 2015 Claude Ruel, Canadian NHL coach (Stanley Cup 1968-69, Montreal Canadiens), dies at 76
- 2015 Marvin David Levy, American composer (Mourning Becomes Electra), dies at 82
- 2016 Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister of Nepal (2014-2015), dies at 76
- 2018 Craig McGregor, American rock bassist (Foghat, 1976-2018), dies of lung cancer at 68
- 2018 Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic theatre, dance, and film score composer (The Theory of Everything), dies from a combination of cocaine and prescription medication at 48
- 2018 John Gavin [Juan Vincent Apablasa Jr], American actor (Imitation of Life, Psycho), and US Ambassador to Mexico (1981–86), dies of complications from pneumonia at 86
- 2018 Liam Miller, Irish soccer midfielder (21 caps; Sunderland, Hibernian), dies of pancreatic cancer at 36
- 2018 Reginald "Reg" E Cathey, American actor (The Wire, Oz, House of Cards), dies of lung cancer at 59
- 2019 Patricia Nell Warren, American novelist (The Front Runner, The Fancy Dancer), dies of cancer at 82
- 2020 (Doris) "Sorrel" Hays, American pianist and composer (The Glass Woman), dies of cancer at 78
- 2020 Mirella Freni, Italian lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at 84
- 2020 Sergei Slonimsky, Russian composer and pianist, dies at 87
- 2021 (Armando) "Chick" Corea, American jazz-fusion pianist and composer; 27 time Grammy winner (Return To Forever; Delhpi I; Toy Dance), dies of cancer at 79 [1]
- 2022 Betty Davis (née Mabry); American model, soul and funk singer-songwriter ("They Say I'm Different"; "Nasty Gal"), dies at 77
- 2022 Ian McDonald, British rock musician (saxophone, keyboards, guitar) (King Crimson, 1968-69; Foreigner, 1976-80), dies of cancer at 75 [1]
- 2022 Jeremy Giambi, American MLB baseball player, 1998-2003 (Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, and two other teams), takes his own life at 47
- 2022 Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league lock (33 Tests, 6 World Cup games; Newtown RLFC, St. George RLFC; Inaugural RL "Immortal") and coach (St. George, RLFC, Cronulla RLFC), dies from dementia at 82
- 2022 Joseph Horovitz, British composer (Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo; Euphonium Concerto; Rumpole of the Bailey), dies at 95
- 2023 Lewis Spratlan, American classical composer and Pulitzer Prize winner (Life Is A Dream), dies at 82
- 2023 Marcos Alonso, Spanish soccer winger (22 caps; Atlético Madrid, FC Barcelona) and manager (Rayo Vallecano, Racing Santander, Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Valladolid), dies from cancer at 63
- 2024 (Kemji) "Damo" Suzuki, Japanese rock singer (Can; Damo Suzuki's Network), dies of colon cancer at 74
- 2024 Roland Grip, Swedish soccer defender (55 caps; IFK Östersund, AIK, IK Sirius), dies at 83
- 2025 Beverly Byron, American politician (US Representatives from Maryland, 1979-93), dies at 92
- 2025 Mara Corday [Marilyn Joan Watts], American actress, model and Playboy Playmate (Foxfire, Black Scorpion), dies of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease at 95 [1]
- 2025 Tom Robbins, American author (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues), dies at 92 [1]
