- 1238 Henry the Bearded, High Duke of Poland (1232-38), dies
- 1263 Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies
- 1279 Emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271)
- 1286 Alexander III, King of Scotland, dies at 44
- 1330 Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, son of King Edward I, beheaded for plotting against King Edward III at 28
- 1556 Lieven van der Maude [Livius Ammonius], South Netherland poet and Carthusian monk, dies at 70
- 1623 Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1556)
- 1635 Pieter Christiaensz Bor, Dutch historian, dies
- 1637 Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal and statesman, dies at 66
- 1638 Paul Moreelse, Dutch painter/master builder, dies at about 66
- 1649 Gerhard Johann Vossius, German classical scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
- 1683 Thomas Killigrew, English dramatist and humorist (leader of the King's Men), dies at 71
- 1687 René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, French explorer (Louisiana), killed by his men at 43
- 1711 Thomas Ken, English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637)
- 1717 John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish royalist
- 1721 Clement XI [Giovanni F Albani], Italian pope (ruled 1700-21), dies at 71
- 1782 Louis-Henri Paisible, French violinist and composer, commits suicide at 33
- 1796 Hugh Palliser, British naval officer and administrator (b. 1722)
- 1796 Stephen Storace, English composer, dies at 33
- 1797 Philip Hayes, English composer, dies at 58
- 1800 Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist, dies at 78
- 1811 Frantisek Adam Mica, Bohemian composer, dies at 65
- 1816 Philip Mazzei, Italian physician, philosopher, and friend of Thomas Jefferson, dies at 85
- 1822 Valentin Haüy, French professor "interpreter to the King", founded the first school for the blind, dies at 76 [1]
- 1845 George Augustus Kollmann, composer, dies at 56
- 1850 Adalbert Gyrowetz [Vojtěch Jírovec], Bohemian composer (Robert oder die Prüfung), dies at 87 [1]
- 1862 Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73
- 1866 Louis Clapisson, French composer and violinist, dies at 57
- 1869 Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (Triangulatie of Belgium), dies at 64
- 1871 Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian physicist and mineralogist known for his work on optical appearances, dies at 76
- 1876 Jozef Stefani, Polish composer, dies at 75
- 1884 Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer, dies at 54
- 1893 Karel Komzák I, Bohemian organist, conductor, military bandleader, and composer, dies at 69 [1]
- 1897 Antoine T. d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87
- 1898 João da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26
- 1900 Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer and piano pedagogue (The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises), dies at 80
- 1900 John Bingham, American politician and lawyer, dies at 85
- 1905 Makar Ekmalyan, Armenian composer (Patarag - Divine Liturgy of Armenia), dies at 49
- 1907 Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American editor and writer (The Story of a Bad Boy), dies at 70
- 1913 John Thomas, Welsh composer and harpist, dies at 87
- 1913 William Chatterton, English cricket batsman (1 Test, HS 48; Derbyshire CCC) and soccer forward (Derby County FC), dies from tuberculosis at 51
- 1914 Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist and seismologist (Mercalli intensity scale for measuring earthquake intensity), dies at 63 [1]
- 1915 Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat and Roman Catholic cardinal, dies at 82
- 1916 Vasily Surikov, Russian history painter (The Conquest of Siberia by Yermak Timofeyevich), dies at 68
- 1927 Henry Campbell Black, American founder of "Black's Law Dictionary", dies at 66
- 1932 Edward Barrett, Irish heavyweight wrestler and all-round sportsman (Olympic gold tug-of-war 1908), dies at 54
- 1934 Anthony John Blok, Dutch lawyer (strafproces), dies at 66
- 1937 Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer (Anaconda, El Crimen del Otro), commits suicide at 58
- 1939 Lloyd L. Gaines, American civil rights activist
- 1940 Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54
- 1942 Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist and ornithologist, dies at 86
- 1943 Frank Nitti [Francesco Nitto], Italian-American gangster, dies from self-inflicted gunshots at 57
- 1943 Vicente Ripollés, Spanish composer, dies at 75
- 1944 William Hale Thompson, American mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)
- 1945 Clyde Hart, American swing and bebop jazz piano player and arranger (Stuff Smith; Lionel Hampton; Roy Eldridge), dies of tuberculosis at 35
- 1945 Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed
- 1946 Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (Buah Rindu), dies killed by a communist extremists at 35
- 1947 Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and music critic, dies at 52
- 1947 William Starling Burgess, American yacht designer (America's Cup yachts "Enterprise", "Rainbow", "Ranger") and aviation pioneer, dies at 68
- 1950 Norman Haworth, British chemist (Nobel Prize, 1937), dies of a heart attack on his 67th birthday [1]
- 1954 Walter Braunfels, German composer (Die Vögel -The Birds), dies at 71
- 1958 Vernon Ransford, cricketer (20 Tests for Australia, 1211 runs), dies
- 1961 Edric Cundell, British composer (Serbia; The Tragedy of Deirdre) conductor, and educator (Guildhall School of Music, 1938-56), dies at 68
- 1962 Samuel Cate Prescott, American food scientist and microbiologist, dies at 89
- 1964 John Henry "Pop" Lloyd, American Baseball HOF shortstop (career batting average: .349 NgLs) and manager (Lincoln Giants, Bacharach Giants), dies at 79
- 1965 Lavere "Buster" Harding, Canadian-American jazz pianist, composer and arranger (Count Basie; Dizzy Gillespie; Billie Holiday), dies at 53
- 1967 Alfred Judson Force Moody, US Army Brigadier General, WWII veteran dies of a heart attack at 49; 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam
- 1969 Theodor Schaefer, Czech composer, dies at 65
- 1971 Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82
- 1971 Mary Dorna [Mary Jeanette Tenkink-Stoppelman], Dutch author, dies at 79
- 1973 Brew Moore [Milton Aubrey Moore], American jazz saxophonist, dies from injuries sustained in fall down a flight of stairs at 48
- 1974 Anne Klein, American fashion designer (Anne Klein II), dies at 50
- 1974 Edward Platt, American actor (Get Smart - "The Chief'; North By Northwest), dies of a heart attack at 58
- 1974 Hertha Kuusinen, Finnish communist politician (daughter of Otto Ville Kuusinen), dies at 70
- 1975 John A DeMott, dies at 63
- 1976 Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (Backbiters; Napoleon), dies at 86
- 1976 George Sklavos, Greek composer, dies at 87
- 1976 Paul Kossoff, British rock guitarist (Free - "All Right Now"), dies on flight from Los Angeles to New York of a pulmonary embolism at 25
- 1977 Buck Shaw, American College Football HOF coach (NC State, Nevada, Santa Clara, California, Air Force; NFL: SF 49ers; NFL Championship 1960 Philadelphia Eagles), dies of cancer at 77
- 1978 Gaston Julia, Algerian-French mathematician known for his work on rational functions (Julia Sets), dies at 85
- 1978 [Madabhushi Ananthasayanam] M. A. Ayyangar, Indian politician (Speaker of Lok Sabha, Governor of Bihar), dies at 87
- 1979 Albert "Al" Hodge, American actor on radio (Green Hornet), and early television (Captain Video), dies of heart failure at 66
- 1979 Richard Beckinsale, English actor (Doing Time, Porridge, Lovers), dies at 31
- 1981 Frank Lane, American MLB executive (GM Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers), dies at 85
- 1982 Randy Rhoads, American heavy metal guitarist (Quiet Riot), dies in an air crash at 25
- 1984 Garry Winogrand, American photographer, dies of cancer at 56
- 1987 Arch Oboler, American director, screen and radio writer, and producer (Lights Out, Bwana Devil), dies at 77
- 1987 Emile Meyer, actor (Young Jesse James, Lineup), dies
- 1987 Louis Victor de Broglie, French quantum physicist (studied electrons, Nobel Prize for Physics, 1929), dies at 94
- 1987 Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record co CEO (Charisma), dies at 53
- 1989 Alan Civil, British horn player (played solo on Beatles "For No One"), dies of liver and kidney failure at 59
- 1990 Andrew Wood, American singer (Mother Love Bone) (b. 1966)
- 1991 Russ Thomas, NFL player, coach, broadcaster, and executive (Detroit Lions general manager, 1967-89), dies at 66
- 1991 Sunday Wilshin, British actress (Murder by Rope), and radio producer, dies at 86
- 1992 Cesare Danova, Italian-American actor (Tentacles, Viva Las Vegas, Garrison's Gorillas), dies of a heart attack at 66
- 1992 Henry Leland Clarke, American composer, dies at 85
- 1993 Barend P Tammeling, journalist (Trouw, Peek on the North), dies at 58
- 1993 Jeff Ward, drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at 30
- 1993 Karen Dalton (née Cariker); American country blues and folk singer, guitarist, and banjo player (In My Own Time). dies of AIDS related complications at 55
- 1994 Giuseppe Diana, Italian anti-mafia priest, murdered
- 1994 Jose Coronel Urtecho, poet, dies at 87
- 1995 Gerard Tebroke, 5/10 km-dasher, dies at 45
- 1995 Kenneth Loveless, British priest, concertina player, and folk dancer, dies at 83
- 1996 Christopher Headington, English composer, musicologist and pianist, dies at 65
- 1996 Frank Wigglesworth, American composer (The Willowdale Handcar), dies at 78
- 1996 William Hutchinson Murray, Scottish mountaineer and author, dies at 83
- 1997 Willem De Kooning, Dutch artist (Abstract), dies of Alzheimer at 92
- 1999 Bob Cato, American photographer, graphic artist and Grammy Award-winning album cover designer (Columbia Records; United Artists), of complications of Alzheimer's disease at 75
- 1999 Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (Tarumba, Maltiempes), dies at 72
- 1999 Joseph DePietro, American weightlifter (Olympic gold -56kg 1948), dies at 84
- 1999 Tofilau Eti Alesana, former Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1924)
- 2001 Charles K. Johnson, American President of the Flat Earth Society, dies at 76
- 2002 Narendra Tamhane, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1950's), dies at 70
- 2003 Émile Genest, French Canadian actor (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Les Plouffe), dies at 81
- 2003 Michael Mathias Prechtl, German illustrator, dies at 76
- 2004 Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician and Liberal Cabinet minister, dies at 92
- 2005 John Z. DeLorean, American automaker (DeLorean), dies of complications after a stroke at 80
- 2007 Calvert DeForest, American comedian (Larry "Bud" Melman), dies at 85
- 2007 Luther Ingram, American R&B singer-songwriter ("(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right"; "I'll Be Your Shelter"), dies of diabetes related heart failure at 69
- 2008 Hugo Claus, Belgian writer (Cool Lover, Sugar), dies at 78
English actor (A Man for All Seasons and Quiz Show), dies from leukemia at 86
- 2008 Raghuvaran, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam actor (b. 1948)
- 2009 Gertrud Fussenegger, Austrian writer (Mohrenlegende), dies at 96
- 2009 Ion Dolănescu, Romanian singer and politician (b. 1944)
- 2011 Kym Bonython, Australian radio broadcaster, jazz musician, speedway promoter, dies at 90
- 2012 Israel "Ulu" Grosbard, Belgian-born American actor and director (Straight Time, Georgia, Falling in Love), dies at 83
- 2012 William Charette, American navy Hospital Corpsman and Medal of Honour recipient, dies at 79
- 2013 Bud Palmer, American basketball player (NY Knicks) and sportscaster, dies at 91
- 2013 Harry Reems, American actor known for "Deep Throat", dies from pancreatic cancer at 65
- 2015 Michael Brown, American rock keyboardist and songwriter (Left Banke - Walk Away Renee; Pretty Ballerina), dies of heart failure at 65
- 2015 Peter Katin, British concert pianist, dies at 84
- 2017 Jimmy Breslin, American investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist (NY Post; Daily News: Newsday), and novelist (The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight), dies at 88
- 2017 Ken Still, American golfer (3 PGA Tour titles), dies of kidney failure at 82
- 2017 Mary Maples Dunn, American college president (Smith College), dies at 85
- 2017 Roger Pingeon, French cylist (Tour de France 1967 champion), dies at 76
- 2018 Irwin Hoffman, American conductor, dies at 93
- 2019 Unita Blackwell (née U.Z. Brown), American civil rights activist and politician (1st African American mayor in Mississippi - Mayor of Mayersville, 1976-2001), dies at 86 [1]
- 2022 Bill McLennan, Australian statistician, CEO of UK Central Statistical Office, head of Australian Bureau of Statistics, dies at 80
- 2022 Dave Sims, English rugby union lock (3 Tests; Gloucester RFC; Barbarians RFC 1995, 96, 99), dies at 52
- 2022 Federico Martín Aramburú, Argentine rugby union winger (22 Tests; 11 Sevens; Biarritz Olympique, Perpignan, Glasgow Warriors), dies in a drive-by shooting at 42
- 2022 Scoey Mitchell [Roscoe Mitchill], American TV writer, director, and actor (Barefoot in the Park; Rhoda), dies of kidney failure at 92
- 2022 Shahabuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi jurist (President of Bangladesh, 1996-2001), dies at 92
- 2022 Tom Young, American basketball coach (American Uni, Rutgers Uni, Catholic Uni, Old Dominion Uni), dies at 89
- 2023 Petar Nadoveza, Croatian soccer striker (1 cap; Yugoslavia; Hajduk Split 217 games) and manager (Hajduk Split 1982-84, 1988-89, 2000, 2004), dies at 80
- 2024 M. Emmet Walsh, American character actor (Blade Runner; Wildcats; Blood Simple; Knives Out), dies at 88 [1]
- 2025 Andrija Delibašić, Montenegrin soccer forward (21 caps; Partizan Belgrade, Rayo Vallecano), dies from cancer at 43
- 2025 Eddie Adcock, American bluegrass banjo player (Country Gentlemen; Eddie & Martha), dies at 86
