- 45 BC Titus Labienus, Roman leader (Lieutenant of Julius Caesar who later opposed him), killed in the Battle of Munda
- 461 Saint Patrick, Patron saint of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend)
- 659 Gertrude of Nivelles, Belgian abbess, patron saint of travellers, dies at about 32
- 1008 Kazan, 65th Emperor of Japan (984-6), dies at 39
- 1040 Harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies
- 1058 King Lulach I of Scotland
- 1199 Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow
- 1272 Go-Saga, 88th Emperor of Japan (1242-6), dies at 51
- 1425 Ashikaga Yoshikazu, 5th Japanese shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate (1423-5), dies at 17
- 1516 Giuliano de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at 37
- 1565 Alexander Ales [Alesius], Scottish theologian of the school of Augsburg, dies at 64
- 1588 Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies
- 1605 Pieter Bast [Bastius], Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34
- 1620 Jan Sarkander, Polish-Czech Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint dies from injuries caused by torturing at 43
- 1640 Philip Massinger, English dramatist, dies (b. 1583)
- 1649 Gabriel Lallemant, French Jesuit missionary, one of the Canadian Martyrs, tortured and killed by Iroquois (b. 1610)
- 1649 Gerardus Johannis Vossius [Gerrit Vos], Dutch regent, dies at 71
- 1680 François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, French writer of maxims and memoirs, dies at 66
- 1704 Menno, Baron van Coehoorn, Dutch military engineer (Coevorden mortar), dies at 63
- 1713 Juraj Jánošík, Slovak outlaw-highwayman, executed at 25
- 1715 Gilbert Burnet, Scottish philosopher and Bishop of Salisbury, dies at 71
- 1741 Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright and poet (Sacred Odes & Songs), dies at 69
- 1764 George Parker, English astronomer, dies
- 1782 Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician, and physicist (10 time French Award), dies at 82
- 1793 Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer and kapellmeister (Cathedral of St. Stephan, 1772-93), dies at 55
- 1796 Pieter Paulus, Dutch Patriot and President of the First National Assembly in The Hague, dies of a serious cold at 42
- 1801 Juan de Sesé y Balaguer, Aragonese composer, dies at 64
- 1803 Candido Jose Ruano, Spanish composer, dies at 42
- 1806 David Dale, Scottish industrialist & philanthropist (cotton magnate who implemented advanced social and educational conditions), dies at 67
- 1830 Laurent, 1st Marquis of Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal, dies at 65
- 1846 Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer and mathematician (star parallax, Bessel functions), dies at 61
- 1849 William II, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg (1840-49), dies at 56
Austrian physicist (Doppler effect), dies at 49
- 1855 Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, Spanish composer, dies at 65
- 1857 Adolph Trube, German composer and organist, dies at 42
- 1860 Anna Brownell Jameson, Anglo-Irish historian and writer (Loves of the Poets), dies at 65
- 1861 Petter Conrad Boman, Swedish composer, dies at 56
- 1862 Fromental Halévy, French composer, dies at 62
- 1863 John Pelham, U.S. Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24
- 1864 Alexandre Calame, Swiss landscape painter (The Four Seasons, Lake Lucerne), dies at 53 [1]
- 1889 Joseph Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch poet (Dietsche Warande), dies at 68
- 1891 Napoléon JKP Bonaparte, French prince and member of National Convention, dies at 68
- 1893 Jules Ferry, French statesman, dies at 60
- 1895 Adolphe Nibelle, French composer (Le Loup-Garou (The Werewolf)), dies at 69
- 1898 Blanche Kelso Bruce, American politician (Senator-Mississippi, 1875-1881), dies at 57
- 1901 Franz Melde, German physicist (Melde Test), dies at 69
- 1902 George William Warren, American hymn composer, dies at 73
- 1910 Joaquin Valverde Durán, Spanish composer, dies at 64
- 1912 Lawrence Oates, British army officer and Antarctic explorer sacrifices himself during the Terra Nova Expedition by walking out into a blizzard at 32
- 1913 Richard Montgomery Gano, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 82
- 1915 Walter Crane, English painter, cartoonist and illustrator (The Lady of Shalott), dies at 69
- 1926 Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general most noted for the development of new offensive tactics used in the 1916 Brusilov Offensive, dies at 72
- 1927 James Scott Skinner, Scottish fiddler and composer, dies at 83
- 1933 Ferdinand Von Alten, German-Russian actor (Champagne), dies at 48
- 1941 Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle
- 1941 Marguerite Nichols, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1941 Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian diplomat, government minister and former President of the League of Nations (1930-32), dies at 59
- 1946 Dai Li, Chinese spymaster (b. 1897)
- 1949 Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (b. 1882)
- 1949 Felix Bressart, German actor (Ninotchka, Escape, Crossroads), dies from Leukemia at 57
- 1950 Adolf Meyer, American psychiatrist and neurologist (pioneered mental hygiene), dies at 83
- 1953 Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, Spanish composer and violinist, dies at 73
- 1954 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88
- 1959 Raffaele d'Alessandro, Swiss pianist, organist, and composer, dies of a ruptured aorta on his 48th birthday
- 1961 Susanna Salter, 1st US female mayor, and temperance leader, dies at 101
- 1962 Frank Orth, American actor (Boston Blackie; Brothers), dies at 82
- 1962 Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian integral geometer, dies at 76
- 1963 Lizzie Miles [Elizabeth Landreaux], Creole-American jazz, blues and gospel singer ("Man O'War"), dies of a heart attack at 68
- 1963 William Henry Squire, British composer and cellist, dies at 91
- 1965 Almos Alonzo Stagg, American football coach (University of Chicago), dies in California at 102
- 1965 Nancy Cunard, British writer and activist, dies at 69
- 1965 Quentin Reynolds, American newscaster (Its News to Me) and author (FBI), dies at 62
- 1966 Walter Lang, Swiss composer, dies at 69
- 1967 Frank Wisbar, German director (Fireside Theater), dies at 67
- 1967 Richard Reeves, American character actor (The Adventures of Superman; Date With an Angel), dies from cirrhosis of the liver at 54
- 1970 Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83
- 1971 Ernst Bachmeister, German writer, dies at 96
- 1972 Manny Martindale, West Indian cricket fast bowler (10 Tests, 37 wickets; Barbados), dies at 62
- 1973 Geertruida Magdelena Wilhelmina Bakker, Dutch actress (2 Orphans), dies at 81
- 1974 Louis Kahn, Estonian-born American architect (Salk Institute), dies at 73
- 1974 [Robert] Carroll Nye, American actor (Gone With The Wind), dies at 72
- 1976 Luchino Visconti, Italian director (The Leopard, Death in Venice), dies at 69
- 1978 George Dickinson, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 8 wickets; Otago, Wellington) and rugby union five-eighth (NZ 5 x tour matches; Otago RFU), dies at 75
- 1980 Rudolf George Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68
- 1981 Paul Dean, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 68
- 1982 Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador
- 1982 Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
- 1982 Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador
- 1982 Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
American physiologist, (1967 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for work in the eye), dies at 79
- 1983 Ray Barr, American pianist (Vincent Lopez Show), dies at 70
- 1985 Anita Boyer, American radio and big band singer (Tommy Dorsey - "I Concentrate On You"), dies at 69 [1]
- 1985 Dattu Phadkar, Indian cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies at 59
- 1986 Hal Buckley, American actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 51
- 1986 John Bagot Glubb, British commandant and writer (A soldier with the Arabs), dies at 88
- 1987 Santo Trafficante Jr., American gangster (head of the Trafficante crime family in Florida and Cuba), dies at 71
- 1988 Nikolas Asimos, Greek counter-culture composer and singer, dies at 38
- 1989 Marek Bliziński, Polish jazz guitarist and composer, dies of skin cancer at 41
- 1989 Merritt Butrick, American actor (Shy People, Square Pegs), dies of AIDS at 29
- 1990 Capucine [Germaine Lefebvre], French actress and fashion model (Pink Panther, What's New Pussycat?), commits suicide at 62
- 1990 Rick Grech, British musician (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44
- 1992 Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69
- 1992 George Lovi, American columnist (Sky & Telescope's "Ramblings"), dies
- 1992 Grace Stafford Lantz, American actress and cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87
- 1992 Jack Arnold, American actor and director (Sid Caesar Special, Emmy 1967, Creature From the Black Lagoon), dies at 75
- 1993 Charlotte Hughes, British supercentenarian who lived under the rule of six monarchs and 24 British Prime Ministers (born 1877), dies at 115 years, 228 days
American actress (Caesar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday), and 1st female EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winner), dies of congestive heart failure at 92
- 1993 Laadi Flici, Algerian politician and writer, assassinated at 55
- 1993 Skip Young, American actor (Smokey & Hotwire Gang; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies at 63
- 1994 Arthur C. Jacobs, Scottish poet, dies at 57
- 1994 Charlotte Auerbach, German-Born British geneticist and zoologist, dies at 94
American tennis player (US Open 1931-32; Wimbledon 1932), golfer (3 PGA Tour titles), dies at 82
- 1994 Harold Myers, British film journalist (Variety), dies at 81
- 1994 Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and film director (Witches, Offbeat, Jet Storm), dies of cancer at 68
- 1994 Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79
- 1995 Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48
- 1995 Donald Baverstock, British television Producer (Tonight), dies at 71
- 1995 Rick Aviles, US comic/actor (Ghost), dies of AIDS
- 1995 Sunnyland Slim, American jazz, blues singer and pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87
- 1996 Bela Szigeti, Hungarian theoretical physicist, dies at 83
- 1996 Rene Clement, French film director (Forbidden Games), dies at 83
- 1996 Terry Stafford, American singer (b. 1941)
- 1996 Thomas Enders, American diplomat (US Ambassador to Canada, 1976-79; US Ambassador to Spain, 1993-96), dies at 64
- 1997 Jermaine Stewart, American R&B singer (We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off), dies of cancer at 37
- 1998 Bernarr Rainbow, English historian of music education, organist, and choir master, dies at 83
- 1999 Ernest Gold, Austrian-born American film composer (Exodus), dies at 77
- 1999 Humberto Fernández-Morán, Venezuelan scientist who developed the diamond knife, dies at 75
- 1999 Rod Hull, British comedian (Emu), dies after falling off a roof at 63
- 2001 Zinaida Voronina, Russian and Soviet gymnast (1968 Olympics: 4 medals including 1 gold), dies at 53
- 2002 Luise Rinser, German writer (Prison Journal), dies at 90
- 2002 Pat Weaver, American broadcast executive (b. 1908)
- 2002 Paul Runyan, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1934, 38; Ryder Cup 1933, 35), dies at 93
- 2002 Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (Family Matters, The Brother from Another Planet), dies from diabetes at 90
- 2003 Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator, regarded as founder of differential geometry in China, dies at 100 [1] [2]
- 2004 J. J. Jackson, American television personality (b. 1941)
- 2004 Michael Mellinger, German actor (Goldfinger, The Bourne Identity), dies at 74
- 2005 (Eduardo) "Lalo" Guerrero, American guitarist, Chicano singer-songwriter (Los Carlistas), and women's rights activist, dies at 88
- 2005 Andre Norton, American writer (b. 1912)
- 2005 Gary Bertini [Shloyme Golergant], Romanian-Israeli composer, and conductor (Israel Chamber Orchestra, 1965-75; Jerusalem Symphony, 1978-86; Israeli Opera, 1988-97; Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, 1998- 2005), dies at 77
- 2005 George F. Kennan, American diplomat, Cold War strategist who advocated containment ("Long Telegram"; "The Sources of Soviet Conduct") and historian, dies at 101
- 2006 Bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948)
- 2006 Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor, dies at 50
- 2006 Chuck Tharp, American rock vocalist (The Fireballs - "Sugar Shack"), dies of cancer at 65
- 2006 Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (for Jackie Kennedy), dies at 92
- 2006 Ray Meyer, American College-Basketball HOF coach (DePaul University 1942-84; UPI & AP Coach of the Year 1980, 84), dies at 92
- 2007 Jim Cronin, Animal welfare campaigner and founder of Monkey World in Dorset, England. (b. 1951)
- 2007 John Backus, American computer scientist and inventor (FORTRAN computer language), dies at 82
- 2007 Roger Bennett, American Southern Gospel performer (b. 1959)
- 2008 Roland Arnall, American businessman and U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands, dies at 68
- 2009 Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian politician and TV host (b. 1937)
- 2009 Whitey Lockman, American baseball utility (World Series 1954, MLB All Star 1952 NY Giants) and manager Chicago Cubs 1972-74), dies at 82
- 2010 Alex Chilton, American rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer (Box Tops - "The Letter"; Big Star - "Thirteen"), dies of a heart attack at 59
- 2010 Charlie Gillett, British pop-rock and world music radio presenter and writer (The Sound of the City), dies at 68
- 2010 Robert Michael White, American test pilot (X-15), dies at 85
- 2010 Sid Fleischman, American author, and screenplay writer (The Whipping Boy; Blood Alley: The Abracadabra Kid), dies at 90
- 2010 Wayne Collett, American 400m runner (Olympic silver 1972), dies of cancer at 60
- 2011 Ferlin Husky, American country singer (Born to Lose, Gone), dies at 85
- 2011 Michael Gough, English actor (Hammer Horror Films, Search for the Nile), dies at 94
- 2012 Chaleo Yoovidhya, Thai co-creator of Red Bull energy drink, dies from natural causes at 88
- 2012 John Demjanjuk, convicted Nazi war criminal, dies from natural causes at 91
- 2012 Pope Shenouda III, Egyptian Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, dies from prostate cancer at 88
- 2013 Jan van Houwelingen, Dutch politician and Undersecretary of Defense (CDA), dies at 73
- 2014 Gene Feist, American actor, playwright, producer and co-founder of Roundabout Theater Company, dies at 91
- 2014 Joseph Kerman, American educator and musicologist (Contemplating Music: Challenges to Musicology), dies at 89
- 2014 L'Wren Scott [Laura Bambrough], American fashion designer and partner of Mick Jagger, commits suicide at 49
- 2015 Bob Appleyard, English cricketer (superb England off-spinner, brief career), dies at 90
- 2015 Shaw Taylor, British actor and television presenter (Police 5), dies at 90
- 2016 Paul Daniels, British magician (The Paul Daniels Magic Show), dies at 77
- 2017 Derek Walcott, Caribbean poet (Omeros), Nobel Prize for Literature 1992, dies at 87
- 2018 Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell, British Conservative Party politician (Member of Parliament (1970-87), dies at 84
- 2019 Barbara Benary, American composer (Gamelon Son Of Lion), dies at 73
- 2019 [Zephire] Andre Williams, American R&B musician ("Jailbait"; "Shake a Tail Feather"), dies at 82
- 2020 Lyle Waggoner, American actor (The Carol Burnett Show; Wonder Woman), dies from cancer at 84
- 2020 Roger Mayweather, American boxer (WBA & lineal super featherweight title 1983-84, WBC light welterweight 1987-89; IBO light welterweight; IBO welterweight 1994-95), dies at 58
- 2021 Freddie Redd, American hard-bop jazz pianist, organist, and composer, dies at 92
- 2021 John Magufuli, Tanzanian politician, President of Tanzania (2015-2021), dies in office at 61
- 2022 Alan Rees, Welsh rugby union fly-half (3 Tests; Maesteg RFC), rugby league five eighth (Leeds RLFC) and cricket all-rounder (Glamorgan CCC), dies at 84
- 2022 Peter Bowles, British actor (I, Claudius; Rumpole of the Bailey - "Featherstone"), dies of cancer at 85
- 2023 Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, American pop, R&B, and funk singer-songwriter (Parliament-Funkadelic - "Knee Deep"), dies at 81 [1]
- 2023 John Jenrette Jr, American lawyer, politician (US Representative for South Carolina (D), 1975-80), and convicted felon (bribery), dies at 86
- 2023 Lance Reddick, American actor (The Wire), dies at 60 [1]
- 2023 Raoul Servais, Belgian cartoonist and filmmaker (Harpya, Palme d'Or 1979), dies at 94
- 2024 Robin Hobbs, English cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 12 wickets; Essex CCC, Glamorgan CCC), dies at 81
- 2024 Sandra Crouch, American Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, drummer, and songwriter, dies at 81
- 2024 Steve Harley, British pop and glam-rock singer-songwriter (Cockney Rebel - "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"), dies of cancer at 73
- 2025 Aurelio [Martínez], Honduran folk-rock and Garifuna music singer-songwriter, and politician, dies in a plane crash at 55 [1]
- 2025 Colin McFadyean, English rugby union centre & captain (11 Tests England, 4 British & Irish Lions; Loughborough College, Moseley RFC), dies at 82
- 2025 Jeremy Blacker [Anthony Stephen Jeremy Blacker], British soldier and Master-General of Ordnance (1991-95), dies from cancer at 65
- 2025 John A. Hemingway, Irish Royal Air Force pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain during World War Ⅱ, dies at 105 [1]
- 2025 Lee Shau-Kee, Hong Kong real estate tycoon, philanthropist and founder of Henderson Land Development, dies at 97 [1]
