- 483 Simplicius, Italian Pope (468-83), dies
- 531 Keitai, 26th Emperor of Japan according to legend (507-31), dies at 80 or 81 (b. 450)
- 1291 Arghun, 4th Mongul ruler of Ilkhanate dynasty
- 1391 Tvrtko I first king of Bosnia (b. 1338)
- 1510 Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, prominent Swiss Protestant preacher, dies at 64
- 1513 John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1443)
- 1546 Thomas Elyot, English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46
- 1584 Thomas Norton, English politician and writer (b. 1532)
- 1585 Rembert Dodoens [Rembert Van Joenckema], Flemish physician and botanist, dies at 67
- 1588 Theodor Zwinger, Swiss physician and scholar, dies at 54
- 1592 Michiel Coxcie, Flemish court painter and carpet designer, dies
- 1597 Petrus Forestus, Dutch physician (Willem of Orange), dies
- 1669 John Denham, English poet (b. 1615)
- 1670 Johann Rudolf Glauber, German chemist (b. 1604)
- 1682 Jacob van Ruisdael, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 53
- 1701 Johann Schelle, German composer, dies at 52
- 1716 Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt, Austrian nobleman, lutenist and composer, dies at 48
- 1735 Dirk T. van Cloon, Dutch lawyer and governor-general of East Indies, dies at about 46
- 1776 Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719)
- 1776 Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist, dies at 74
- 1792 John Stuart, 3rd earl of Bute, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1760-63), dies at 78
- 1819 Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, German philosopher and writer, dies at 76
- 1821 Princess Elizabeth of Clarence, second daughter of Duke and Duchess of Clarence, later King William IV and Queen Adelaide, dies at less than 3 months old
- 1826 John VI "the Clement", King of Portugal (1816-26) and Brazil (1816-22), dies of suspected poisoning at 56
- 1832 Muzio Clementi, Italian-English pianist, composer, music publisher, pedagogue, and piano maker, dies at 80
- 1861 Joseph-François Snel, Belgian composer, dies at 67
- 1861 Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian national poet and painter, dies at 47
- 1864 Maximilian II of Bavaria, King of Bavaria (1848-64), dies at 52
- 1865 William Henry "Little Billy" Chase Whiting, American Confederate Major General, dies in a prison camp at 48
- 1866 Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, Italian-French composer and music publisher, dies at 87
- 1870 (Isaac) Ignaz Moscheles, Bohemian piano virtuoso, friend of Beethoven, teacher of Mendelssohn, conductor, and composer, dies at 75 [1]
- 1872 Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian politician and revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66
- 1875 Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul, French composer, dies at 84
- 1888 Ciro Pinsuti, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 57
- 1889 Yohannes IV [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle
- 1892 Otto von Rees, Dutch Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1884-88), dies at 69
- 1895 Charles Frederick Worth, British fashion designer (House of Worth - Paris), dies of pneumonia at 69
- 1897 Teodulo Mabellini, Italian composer, dies at 79
- 1898 George Müller, Prussian Christian evangelist and orphanage builder, dies at 92
- 1900 Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, Danish composer, dies at 94
- 1901 Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell, Russian composer, dies at 38
- 1902 Charles Yelverton O'Connor, Irish-New Zealand-Australian engineer, constructed Fremantle harbour and water supply to Coolgardie goldfields, commits suicide at 59 [1]
- 1906 Eugen Richter, German politician (Liberal), dies at 67
- 1907 Victoria Earle Matthews, American author and activist, dies at 45
- 1910 Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer and teacher (Undine Sonata), dies at 85
- 1910 Karl Lueger, Austrian politician, cofounder and leader of the Austrian Christian Social Party, dies at 65
American abolitionist, former slave and humanitarian (Underground Railroad), dies at about 91 [birth date uncertain]
- 1918 Jim McCormick, Scottish-born American baseball pitcher and manager (first Scot in MLB; NL wins leader 1880, 82; NL ERA leader 1883), dies at 61
- 1919 Amelia E. Barr, British-born American writer (Remember the Alamo), dies at 87
- 1922 Arthur Hervey, Irish orchestral and operatic composer, and musicologist, dies at 67
- 1922 Horace Wadham Nicholl, British composer, dies at 73
- 1925 John Fillmore Hayford, American Geodesist who established the theory of isostasy and founded the modern science of geodesy (precise measurements of the shape of the earth), dies at 56
- 1935 Barend Barendse, Dutch actor and director (Heilig recht), dies at 82
- 1937 Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer and Soviet dissident (We), dies at 53
- 1940 Louis de Vries, Dutch actor (Blokkade, Ghetto, Merchant of Venice), dies at 68
- 1940 Mikhaïl Boulgakov, Russian writer (b. 1891)
- 1942 William Henry Bragg, English physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics, 1915 - crystalline structure analysis by means of X-rays), dies at 79 [1]
- 1943 Laurence Binyon, British poet (For the Fallen), dramatist, and art scholar, dies at 73
- 1943 Otto Modersohn, German landscape painter (Worpswede artist colony), dies at 78
- 1943 Tully Marshall, American actor (Let's Go, Red Dust), dies at 78
- 1944 David Vogel, Russian-Hebrew poet, and writer (Married Life; Before the Dark Gate; In the Sanatorium), murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp at 52
- 1948 Jan Masaryk, Czech statesman and Minister to London (1918-35), commits suicide or is murdered at 61
- 1948 Zelda Fitzgerald [née Sayre], American writer (Save Me the Waltz) and wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, dies in a hospital fire at 47
- 1950 Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1951 Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Japan (1945-46), dies at 78
- 1953 Charles Gordon Curtis, American inventor (Curtis-steam turbine), dies at 92
- 1961 Esperanza Baur, Mexican film actress, and John Wayne's second wife, dies of a heart attack at 40
- 1963 Irving Aaronson, American jazz pianist and big band lbandeader, dies of a heart attack at 68
- 1966 Frank O'Connor, Irish author and translator of Irish poetry, fiction, and memoirs, dies from a heart attack at 62
- 1966 Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, invented phase-contrast microscope (Nobel 1953), dies at 77
- 1966 Mari Sandoz, American author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 64
- 1967 Yiorgos Batis, Greek composer and rebetiko musician, dies at about 82
- 1968 Helen Walker, American actress (Brewster's Million, Lucky Jordan), dies of cancer at 47
- 1970 Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (b. 1904)
- 1971 Mabel Wheeler Daniels, American composer (Deep Forest, The Desolate City), dies at 92
- 1973 Bull Connor, American law enforcement official who organized attacks on civil rights activists in Birmingham, dies at 75
- 1973 Richard Sharples, British politician, Governor of Bermuda (1972-73), assassinated in office at 56
- 1974 June Harrison, actress (Land of the Lawless), dies at 48
- 1974 Quinto Maganini, American composer (The Argonauts), dies at 76
- 1975 Léopold Samuel, Belgian composer, dies at 91
- 1977 E. Power Biggs, British classical organist and composer (CBS; Bach), dies at 70
- 1977 Pieter Jan Bouman, Dutch sociologist and historian, dies at 74
- 1977 Willem Schermerhorn, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1945-46), dies at 82
- 1980 Herman Tarnower, American doctor (Scarsdale Diet), shot and killed by girlfriend Jean Harris at 69
- 1980 Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer and poet (Making a Poem), dies at 100
- 1981 Bill Hopkins, English composer, dies of a heart attack at 37
- 1982 Frank Sargeson [Norris Frank Davey], New Zealand short story writer and playwright, dies at 78 [1]
- 1982 Minoru Shirota, Japanese microbiologist and founder of the Yakult Honsha beverage company, dies at 82
- 1984 June Marlowe, American actress (Pardon US), dies at 81
General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1984-85), dies of Emphysema at 73
Welsh actor (The Lost Weekend-Academy Award 1945), dies at 81
British singer-songwriter, performer and teen idol (Bee Gees - "I Just Want to Be Your Everything"), dies of myocarditis at 30
- 1988 William Brocklesby Wordsworth, English composer, dies at 79
- 1989 Doc Green, American pop baritone vocalist (The Drifters - "Under the Boardwalk"; "Up on the Roof"), dies of cancer at 54
- 1990 Michael Stewart, British politician (Foreign Secretary 1965-66, 68-70), dies at 83
- 1992 Giorgos Zampetas, Greek rebetiko and laiko songwriter, and bouzouki player, dies at 67
- 1993 C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian (Pursuit of Progress) and author (Parkinson's Law), dies at 83
- 1993 David Gunn, American physician, killed by anti-abortionist Michael Griffin at 47
- 1994 Cecil Rolph Hewitt, English journalist and policeman, dies at 92
- 1994 Robert Shea, American author (Illuminatus!), dies of cancer at 61
- 1995 Alexander Hyatt King, English musicologist and Mozart scholar, dies at 84
- 1995 Carel Birnie, Dutch ballet producer, dies at 69
- 1995 Hendrik van Leeuwen, Dutch musician, dies at 79
- 1995 Richard Baerlein, British horse racing journalist (Evening Standard 1947-57, Observer 1963-95, Guardian 1968-95), and author, dies at 84
- 1996 Lucius E. Burch Jr, US civil rights leader, dies at 84
- 1996 Ross Hunter, American film producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at about 75 (date of birth disputed)
- 1997 (Dolores) LaVern Baker [Evans], American pop and R&B vocalist ("Jim Dandy"; "I Cried A Tear"), dies of cardiovascular disease at 67
- 1998 Lloyd Bridges, American actor (Sea Hunt, Roots, Airplane!), dies of natural causes at 85
- 1999 Kusumagraj [Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar], Indian Marathi writer, poet and playwright, dies at 87
- 1999 Oswaldo Guayasamín, Ecuadorian master painter and sculptor, dies at 79
- 2000 John Sladek, American sci-fi author (Tik-Tok, Bugs), dies at 62
- 2001 Massimo Morsello, Italian fascist political singer and songwriter, dies at 42
- 2001 Michael Woodruff, English surgeon and scientist (organ transplantation), dies at 89
- 2003 Barry Sheene, British motorcycle racer, dies at 52
- 2004 Dave Blood [Schulthise], American rock bassist (The Dead Milkmen -"Punk Rock Girl"), dies from a drug overdose at 47
- 2005 Danny Joe Brown, American singer (Molly Hatchet), dies of pneumonia at 53
- 2005 Dave Allen, Irish comedian (Dave Allen Show), dies at 68
- 2005 Jackie Neal, American blues singer-songwriter ("Right Thang, Wrong Man"), murdered by her ex-boyfriend at 37
- 2005 Mindy Jostyn, American session and touring vocalist, violinist, guitarist, accordionist, and harmonica player (New York Rock and Soul Revue; Billy Joel; Andreas Vollenweider; Carly Simon; Cyndi Lauper), and singer-songwriter ("Five Miles From Hope"; "Coming Home"), dies of cancer at 48
- 2006 Anna Moffo, American soprano (Adventurers), dies at 73
- 2007 Buddy Allin, American golfer (5 PGA Tour titles), dies of cancer at 62
- 2007 Ernie Ladd, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938)
- 2007 Richard Jeni, American comedian (b. 1957)
- 2008 Charles "Chuck" and "Bing" Day, American session guitarist, bassist and blues performer dies at 65
- 2008 Richard Fran Biegenwald, American serial killer (b. 1940)
- 2009 Denis Begbie, South African cricketer (South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50), dies at 94
- 2010 (Doyle) "Nick" Taylor, American rock guitarist (Bloodrock), dies in a car accident at 63
- 2010 Corey Haim, Canadian actor (Silver Bullet; Lucas; License to Drive), dies of pneumonia at 38
- 2010 Édgar Valcárcel, Peruvian pianist and composer, dies at 77
- 2010 Micky Jones, Welsh rock guitarist (Man), dies of a brain tumor at 63
- 2011 Howard A. Roberts, American choral director (Leslie Uggams Show), dies at 86
- 2012 Erico Menczer, Italian cinematographer (Chosen, Miranda), dies at 85
- 2012 F. Sherwood Rowland, American Nobel laureate in chemistry 1995, dies from Parkinson's disease at 84
- 2012 Heinz Wunderlich, German organist and composer, dies at 92
- 2012 Jean Giraud, French comic artist (Alien, Tron), dies at 73
- 2012 Julio Gonzalez, Mexican light heavyweight boxer (WBO Champion 2003-2004), dies from a hit and run at 35
- 2012 Mykola Plaviuk, Ukrainian president (1978-81), dies at 86
- 2012 Richard White, New Zealand rugby union lock (23 Tests; Poverty Bay RFU), dies at 86
- 2014 Joe McGinniss, American author (The Selling of the President 1968), dies at 71
- 2014 Shirley Scott, American swing and blues organist (with Stanley Turrentine), dies of heart failure at 67
- 2016 Anita Brookner, English novelist (Hotel du Lac) and art historian, dies at 87
- 2016 Ernestine Anderson, American jazz vocalist and blues singer, dies at 87
- 2016 Gogi Grant [Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg], American singer ("The Wayward Wind"), dies at 91
- 2016 Ken Adam, British film production designer (James Bond sets), dies at 95
- 2017 (Joan) "Joni" Sledge, American vocalist (Sister Sledge "We Are Family"), dies at 60
- 2017 Gido Kokars, Latvian choral conductor, dies at 95
- 2017 John Surtees, British auto racer (World F1 C'ship 1964) and motorcycle racer (World C'ships: 350 cc – 1958, 59, 60; 500 cc – 1956, 58, 59, 60), dies of respiratory failure at 83
- 2017 Robert James Waller, American author (Bridges of Madison County), dies at 77
- 2017 Tony Haygarth, British stage and screen actor (Kinvig, The Infiltrator), dies at 72
- 2019 Asa Brebner, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (Modern Lovers; The Chartbusters), dies at 65
- 2019 Josef Feistmantl, Austrian luger (Olympic gold men's doubles 1964; World C'ship gold singles 1969), dies at 80
- 2021 Joe Tait, American sports broadcaster (Cleveland Cavaliers [radio], Cleveland Indians [TV & radio]), dies at 83
- 2021 Stephen Scott, American composer (Bowed Piano Ensemble; Vikings of Sunrise), and educator (Colorado College), dies from complications of dementia at 76
- 2022 Annerose Schmidt [Boeck], East German concert pianist, and educator, dies at 85
- 2022 Jessica Williams, American jazz pianist and composer (In the Key of Monk), dies at 73
- 2022 Jürgen Grabowski, German soccer midfielder/forward (44 caps West Germany; Eintracht Frankfurt 441 games), dies from kidney disease at 77
- 2022 Odalis Pérez, Dominican baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 2002; Atlanta Braves, LA Dodgers, KC Royals), dies after a fall at 44
- 2023 Jesús Alou, Dominican MLB baseball outfielder, 1963-79 (World Series 1973, 74 Oakland A's; Houston Astros, and 2 other teams), dies at 80
- 2023 Juvencio Osorio, Paraguayan soccer central midfielder (12 caps; RCD Español Barcelona, Cerro Porteño Asunción), dies at 72
- 2023 Kevin Freeman, American equestrian (Olympic silver team eventing 1964, 68, 72), dies at 81
- 2023 Niall Brophy, Irish rugby union wing (20 Tests Ireland, 2 British & Irish Lions; London Irish RFC, Barbarian FC, Leinster RFC), dies at 87
- 2024 Alta [Gerrey], American poet, publisher and founder of Shameless Hussy Press, dies of cancer at 81 [1]
- 2024 Karl Wallinger, Welsh rocker and songwriter (The Waterboys, 1983-85; World Party - "Give It All Away"; "Ship Of Fools"), dies of a stroke at 66
- 2024 Sergey Diomidov, Uzbek gymnast (World C'ship gold USSR Parallel bars 1966; Olympic silver team 1964, 68; bronze vault 1968), dies at 80
- 2025 Stanley Jaffe, American film producer (Fatal Attraction, Kramer vs. Kramer), dies at 84
