- 220 Cao Cao, Emperor of Wei, Chinese Han Dynasty, dies at 65
- 493 Odoacer [Odiaker] German army leader, King of Italy (476-93), murdered by Theodoric the Great at about 60
- 539 Senka, 28th Emperor of Japan according to legend (536-39) and last emperor of the Kofun period, dies at about 72 (b. 466)
- 752 Zachary, Greek-Italian Pope (741-52), dies at 72 or 73 [or died Mar 22]
- 963 Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), son of Constantine VII, dies at 25
- 1190 Isabella of Hainault, Queen of France (1180-90), dies following a complicated childbirth at 19
- 1311 Walter V of Brienne, Duke of Athens (1308-15), killed in action at the Battle of Halmyros aged 35 or 36
- 1575 Annibale Padovano, Italian composer (b. 1527)
- 1670 John Davenport, Puritan clergyman and cofounder of the New Haven Colony, dies at 72
- 1673 Salvatore Rosa, Italian baroque painter, poet, musician and actor, dies at 57
- 1701 Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer and poet, dies at 76
- 1711 Eusebio Kino, Italian Catholic missionary and explorer in Mexico and Arizona, dies at 65
- 1723 Johann C. Gunther, German poet, dies at 27
- 1820 Clemens Maria Hofbauer, patron saint of Vienna (b. 1751
- 1820 Clement Mary Hofbauer, Catholic Saint, Moravian hermit and priest of the Redemptorist congregation, dies at 68
- 1842 Luigi Cherubini, Italian musical prodigy, composer (Médée; Requiem in D minor), and educator (Conservatoire de Paris, 1822-42), dies at 81
- 1849 Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal, linguist and hyperpolyglot (understood 70 languages), dies at 74
- 1880 Johan Karel Jakob De Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51
- 1881 Emory Upton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), commits suicide at 41
- 1883 Henry C. Wayne, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 67
- 1883 Karol Studzinski, composer, dies at 55
- 1888 Squire Whipple, American engineer who invented the iron truss bridge, dies at 83 [1]
- 1889 Melville Reuben Bissell, American inventor of the carpet sweeper, dies of pneumonia at 45
- 1891 Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (b. 1819)
- 1891 Théodore de Banville, French writer, dies at 67
- 1896 Isaac Shadd, American-Canadian newspaper publisher (The Provincial Freeman), and politician (Mississippi House of Representatives, 1871-76), dies at 66 or 67
- 1898 Henry Bessemer, English inventor (Bessemer converter - revolutionised steel making), dies at 85
- 1905 Amalie Skram, Norwegian author (Paa St Jorgen), dies at 58
- 1905 Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal politician (founder Social Weekly newspaper), dies at 60
- 1905 Luigi Manzotti, Italian mime artist, dancer and ballet choreographer, dies at 70
- 1905 Meyer Guggenheim, Swiss-born patriarch of the Guggenheim family, one of the world's wealthiest families in the 19th century, dies at 77
- 1906 Alfred Gilpin Jones, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81
- 1912 Louis van Westerhoven, Dutch actor, singer and opera director (Youth), dies at 58
- 1918 George Alexander [Samson], British actor, theatre producer and manager, dies at 59
- 1918 Jose White Lafitte, Cuban-French violinist and composer, dies at 82
- 1918 Lili [Marie-Juliette Olga] Boulanger, French composer (first female winner of the Prix de Rome composition prize), dies at 24
- 1929 Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, American jazz pianist and singer (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies of a gunshot wound in a dance-hall fight at 24
- 1930 Antonio Beltramelli, Italian writer (Il Gargano), dies at 51
Canadian paleoanthropologist and doctor of anatomy who identified "Peking Man", dies while working alone during the night, in Beijing, China at 49
- 1936 John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist, dies at 75
- 1937 H. P. Lovecraft, American horror writer (At the Mountains of Madness, Weird Tales), dies at 46
- 1938 Edmund Tylecote, cricketer (England keeper in 6 Tests 1882-86), dies
- 1940 Alfred Marr, Australian cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 0 & 5), dies at 77
- 1941 Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter, dies at 77
- 1942 Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian composer, conductor, and arranger (The Mermaid; Lyric Symphony), dies from a stroke at 70 [1]
- 1944 Otto von Below, German commandant (WWI), dies at 86
- 1945 Herman Bernard Wiardi Beckman, Dutch resistance fighter and politician (SDAP), dies at Dachau concentration camp at 41
- 1950 Ralph Greenleaf, American pocket billiards player (20-time world champion), dies from acute internal haemorrhage at 50
- 1951 John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-born astronomer (b. 1889)
- 1953 Arthur Berry, English football player (Olympic gold 1908, 12), dies at 65
- 1957 Ernst Nobs, Swiss politician (Mayor of Zurich, 1942-44; Federal Council, 1943-51), dies at 70
- 1959 Duncan Hines, American restaurant guide writer (Out of Kentucky Kitchens), dies at 78
- 1959 Lester Young, American jazz musician, dies at 49
- 1962 Sam Wren, American actor (Marked Woman, The Old Grey Mayor), dies at 65
- 1964 Paul Cavanagh, British actor (The Woman in Green, Tarzan & his Mate), dies at 75
- 1966 Abe Saperstein, British-American sports entrepreneur (founder of Harlem Globetrotters), dies of a heart attack at 63
- 1966 Heinrich Lemacher, German composer, dies at 74
- 1969 Miles Malleson, British stage and screen actor, and writer (Kind Hearts and Coronets; Postman's Knock), dies at 80
- 1970 Josef Martin Bauer, German writer (including Nazi propaganda), radio dramatist, and novelist (As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me), dies at 68
- 1970 Mary Ann Ganser, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las - "Leader of the Pack"), dies of a drug overdose at 22
- 1970 Tarjei Vesaas, Nowegian poet and author (Isslottet), dies at 72
- 1971 Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)
- 1972 Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter (b. 1910)
- 1975 Aristotle Onassis, Greek-Argentine business magnate, owner of world's largest shipping fleet, and second husband of Jacqueline Kennedy, dies from respiratory failure at 69
- 1976 Jo Mielziner, American set designer on Broadway (Carousel; Death of a Salesman), dies at 74
- 1977 Antonino Rocca, Italian-Argentine professional wrestler, dies at 49
- 1977 Hubert Aquin, French Canadian novelist, political activist and editor, dies at 47
- 1979 Leonide Massine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1914-20), dies at 82
- 1980 Gerald Abrahams, English author (Teach Yourself Chess), dies at 72
- 1981 René Clair, French film director (I Married a Witch, It Happened Tomorrow), dies at 82
- 1983 José Luis Sert, Spanish-American architect and urban developer, dies at 80
- 1983 Rebecca West [Cicely Isabel Fairfield], English author (Meaning of Treason), dies at 90
- 1984 Ken Carpenter, American athlete (Olympic gold discus 1936), dies at 70
- 1985 Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and writer (History of Bihar), dies at 64 [1] [2]
- 1987 Red Dutton, Canadian ice hockey player (Calgary Tigers) and coach, dies at 89
- 1987 W. Sterling Cole, American politician (Rep-R-NY, Director International Atomic Energy Agency), dies at 82
- 1988 Wilson Ferreira Aldunate, Uruguayan politician and human rights activist who ran for President, dies of cancer at 69
- 1989 Muhammad Jameel Didi, Maldivian poet (b. 1915)
- 1990 Farzad Bazoft, Iranian-born journalist (hanged) (b. 1958)
American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1940, Michigan; LA Rams) and broadcaster (CBS 1950-62), dies of a heart attack at 70
- 1991 Eileen Sedgwick, silent film actress (Hot Heels), dies at 93
- 1992 Helen Deutsch, American screenwriter, journalist, and songwriter (Lili), dies at 85
- 1992 Jack Washburn, actor (Black Orchid), dies after long illness at 64
- 1992 Vanessa Lee, actress (Split), dies at 71
- 1993 Anthony Bowles, British music director (Jesus Christ Superstar; Evita), dies of AIDS complications at 61
- 1993 Dennis Gregory, actor (Village of the Damn), dies of pneumonia at 40
- 1993 Ricardo M Arias Espinosa, president of Panama (1955-56), dies
- 1994 Gundaris Poné, Latvian-American violinist, composer, and educator (NYU-New Paltz, 1964-94), dies of cancer at 61
- 1994 Mae Zetterling, Swedish actress (Night Games), dies at 68
- 1995 Carlos Menem Jr, son of Argentine President, dies at 26
American swimmer who was the 1st woman to swim the English Channel in both directions, dies of leukemia at 76
- 1995 Ronnie Kray, English gangster (the Kray twins, with brother Reggie), dies of a heart attack at 61
- 1996 Bob Pearce, American wrestler (Olympic gold bantamweight freestyle 1932), dies at 88
- 1996 Helen Chadwick, British artist, dies at 42
- 1996 Olga Rudge, American concert violinist, dies at 100
- 1996 Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, American lawyer and diplomat, dies at 89
- 1997 Gail Davis, American actress (Annie Oakley), dies at 71
- 1997 Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter and author (Op Art), dies at 90
- 1998 (Robert) "Jheri" Redding, American hairdresser, businessman, and National Cosmetology Foundation's Hall of Fame member (created the Jheri curl and hair conditioner), dies at 91
- 1998 (Sebastião) "Tim" Maia, Brazilian rock, soul, sambalanço, and funk singer-songwriter, and musician, dies at 55
American pediatrician and writer (Common Sense Book of Baby Care), dies at 94
- 1999 Sid Green, British screenwriter, with Dick Hills (Two Of A Kind; The Strange World of Gurney Slade), and comedian (Those Two Fellers), dies at 71
- 2000 Robert Welch, English designer, silversmith (Robert Welch flatware), dies at 70
- 2001 Ann Sothern, American actress (b. 1909)
- 2001 Sacha Vierny, French cinematographer known for his work with Alain Resnais, dies at 81
- 2002 Marshall Leib [Leibovitz], American pop singer (Teddy Bears - "To Know Him Is To Love Him"), and record producer, dies of a heart attack at 62
- 2003 Dame Thora Hird, British actress, comedian, presenter and writer (Last of the Summer Wine, The Love Match), dies at 91
- 2003 Joseph Coors, American CEO of Coors Brewing Company, dies at 83
- 2003 Paul Stojanovich, Reality TV pioneer (b. 1956)
- 2004 John Pople, English chemist (Nobel Prize 1998), dies at 78
- 2004 William "Bill" Pickering, New Zealand-born space scientist at NASA, dies at 93
- 2005 Bob Bellear, Australian judge (b. 1944)
- 2005 Shoji Nishio, Japanese martial artist (b. 1927)
- 2006 Georgios Rallis, Greek conservative politician and Prime Minister of Greece (1980-81), dies at 87 [1]
- 2006 Red Storey, Canadian football halfback (Grey Cup 1937, 38; IRFU All-Star 1939 Toronto Argonauts) and Hockey HOF referee, dies at 88
- 2007 Charles Harrelson, American organized crime figure, convicted hitman, and father of actor Woody Harrelson, dies in prison of a heart attack at 68
- 2007 Stuart Rosenberg, American film and television director (Cool Hand Luke, The Amityville Horror), dies of a heart attack at 79
- 2008 Ken Reardon, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman and executive (Stanley Cup 1946; NHL All-Star 1946-50; Montreal Canadiens), dies at 86
- 2008 Mikey Dread [Michael Campbell], Jamaican reggae singer, producer ("Rocker's Delight"), and broadcaster (BBC), dies of a brain tumor at 53
- 2008 Sarla Thakral, first Indian woman to fly an aircraft (1936), dies at about 94
- 2008 Vytautas Kernagis, Lithuanian pop-rock-folk singer-songwriter, and poet, dies of stomach cancer at 56
- 2009 Ron Silver, American actor (Reversal of Fortune, Timecop), dies of cancer at 62
- 2011 Marty Marion, American baseball shortstop and manager (MLB All-Star 1943–50; NL MVP 1944; St. Louis Cardinals), dies from a heart attack at 93
- 2011 Melvin Sparks, American soul-jazz, hard bop, jazz-blues, and session guitarist (Lou Donaldson, Houston Person, Jimmy McGriff), dies from complications of diabetes at 64
- 2011 Nate Dogg [Nathaniel Dwayne Hale], American rapper ("Regulate"), dies from heart failure related to multiple strokes at 41
- 2011 Peter Loader, English cricket fast bowler (13 Tests, 39 wickets, BB 6/36; Surrey CCC, WA), dies at 81
- 2011 Smiley Culture [David Victor Emmanuel], British reggae singer ("Police Officer"; "Cockney Translation"), dies from a self-inflicted stab wound at 48
- 2011 Trinus Riemersma, Dutch author and poet (Fabryk / Factory; De Reade Bwarre / The Red Dwarf), dies at 72 [1]
- 2012 Dave Philley, American MLB baseball switch-hitting outfielder, 1941, 1946-62 (Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies (MLB record 9 straight pinch hits), and 8 other teams), dies at 91
- 2013 Booth Gardner, American politician, dies from Parkinson's disease at 76
- 2013 Richard Christ, German travel writer and publicist (Adieu Bis Bald: Reisebriefe / Farewell, See You Soon: Travel Letters), dies at 81 [1] [2]
- 2013 Terry Lightfoot, British clarinetist and bandleader (New Orleans Jazzmen), dies at 77
- 2014 Clarissa Dickson Wright, English celebrity chef (Two Fat Ladies), dies at 66
- 2014 David Brenner, American stand-up comedian and TV talk show host (Nightlife) known as a pioneer of observational comedy, dies from cancer at 78
- 2014 Peter Middleton, British monk turned CEO of Lloyd's Insurance, dies at 74
- 2015 Mike Porcaro, American rock bassist (Toto, 1982-2007 "Stranger In Town"), dies from Lou Gehrig’s disease at 59
- 2015 Robert Clatworthy, English sculptor, dies at 87
- 2017 Jackie Pung, American golfer (5 LPGA titles), dies at 95
- 2018 Edwin "Ed" Charles, American MLB third baseman (Miracle Mets-1969), dies following long illness at 84
- 2018 Michael Getler, American journalist and 1st ombudsman appointed by a US broadcasting network (PBS), dies of bile duct cancer at 82
- 2018 Robert Grossman, American illustrator, dies of heart failure at 78
- 2019 Alec Coppen, British pioneering psychiatrist (serotonin theory of depression), dies at 96
- 2019 David White, American singer and songwriter (Danny And The Juniors - "At The Hop": Leslie Gore - "You Don't Own Me"), dies of cancer at 79 [1]
- 2019 Lam Jones, American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m relay 1976) and NFL wide receiver (NY Jets 1980-86), dies of myeloma at 60
- 2019 Tom Tripplehorn, American jazz and rock session and touring guitarist (Gary Lewis & Playboys - "This Diamond Ring"; Leon Russell; Wrecking Crew), dies of cancer at 75
- 2019 W. S. Merwin, American poet (17th United States Poet Laureate), dies at 91
- 2020 Roy Hudd, British comedian, radio host (News Huddlines, 1975-2001), author (Underneath The Arches), and actor (Lipstick On Your Collar), dies at 83
- 2020 Suzy Delair, French singer and actress (The Murderer Lives at Number 21; Utopia; White Paws), dies at 102
- 2021 Doug Parkinson, Australian pop and rock singer (Focus - "Dear Prudence"), dies at 74
- 2021 Yaphet Kotto, African-American stage and screen actor (Live And Let Die; Alien; Homicide: Life on the Street), dies at 81 [1]
- 2022 Anneli Sauli [Savolainen], Finnish actress (Miriam; The Milkmaid), dies at 89
- 2022 David Stephenson, English rugby league outside back (10 caps Great Britain; Wigan RLFC, Salford RLFC), dies at 63
- 2022 Eugene Parker, American solar astrophysicist (Parker Space Probe named after him), dies at 94
- 2022 Lu Liang-Huan, Taiwanese golfer (British Open 1971 runner-up), dies at 85
- 2023 Dorothy Bohm, German-born British pioneering street photographer, dies at 98 [1]
- 2023 Mimis Papaioannou, Greek soccer forward (61 caps; AEK Athens 480 games), dies at 80
- 2023 Norman Steinberg, American film and television writer (Blazing Saddles, Doctor Doctor), dies at 83
- 2023 Roman Lentner, Polish soccer winger (33 caps; Górnik Zabrze SA 241 games), dies at 85
- 2024 Rolf Haikkola, Finnish athletics coach who assisted four-time Olympic gold medal winner Lasse Virén, dies at 96
- 2025 Doris Fitschen, German soccer midfielder (144 caps; VfR Eintracht Wolfsburg, TSV Siegen, 1.FFC Frankfurt), dies at 56
- 2025 Les Binks, Northern Irish heavy metal drummer (Judas Priest, 1977-79), dies at 73
- 2025 Nita Lowey, American politician and representative of New York (Democratic: 1988-2020) who was the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee, dies of cancer at 87
- 2025 Peter Bichsel, Swiss journalist and writer (Gruppe Olten), dies at 89
- 2025 Slick Watts, American basketball point guard (NBA All-Defensive First Team, NBA steals & assists leader 1976 Seattle SuperSonics), dies from sarcoidosis at 73
