- 1322 Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (led rebellion against Edward II), executed at Pontefract Castle (b. 1278)
- 1408 Nicolas Flamel, French scribe and alchemist (believed to have created the Philosopher's Stone), dies at 87
- 1418 Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian
- 1421 Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, Medieval English prince and soldier, second son of Henry IV of England, killed at the Battle of Baugé at 32 or 33
- 1471 George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia (1458-71) and Hussite leader, dies at 50
- 1544 Johannes Magnus, last functioning Catholic Archbishop of Sweden, dies at 56
- 1589 Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti), dies at 67
- 1602 Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (Communion of St. Jerome), dies at 44
- 1627 Cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about 81
- 1639 Thomas Carew, English poet and diplomat (The Rapture), dies
- 1661 Hendrick Uylenburgh, Dutch art dealer who launched Rembrandt and others, buried at about 73
- 1676 Anne Clifford, English noblewoman who fought for her inheritance and restored castles, dies at 86 [1]
- 1687 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer (Miserere Suites de Symphonies et Trios), dies at 54
- 1727 Francesco Gasparini, Italian baroque composer (Ambleto; Missa Canonica), dies at 59
American Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (Original Sin), dies at 54
- 1758 Richard Leveridge, British bass singer and composer, dies at 87
- 1771 Gottlieb Rabener, German author (Vom Misbrauch of the Satire), dies at 56
- 1772 John Canton, English physicist, dies at 53
- 1796 Gaspare Gabellone, Italian composer, dies at 68
- 1798 Justin Morgan, American composer and horse breeder, dies at 51
- 1820 Stephen Decatur, American military hero Commodore (War of 1812), killed in a duel with Commodore James Barron at 41
- 1824 Johann Melchior Dreyer, German composer, dies at 76
German writer and social philosopher (Faust), dies at 82
- 1838 Hendrik Fagel de Jonge, Dutch-English baron and diplomat (Fagel collection National Library of the Netherlands and Trinity College), dies at 73 [1]
- 1840 Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician, dies at 41
- 1841 Tokugawa Ienari, 11th and longest serving Japanese shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate (1787-1837), dies at 67
- 1845 Cassandra Austen, English watercolorist and sister of Jane Austen, dies at 72
- 1845 Franz Volkert, Austrian composer and organist, dies at 67
- 1852 Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel, queen consort of Denmark and Norway, dies at 84
- 1858 Eeltsje Hiddes Halbertsma, Dutch Frisian physician, writer, and poet (Rymes & Tales), dies at 60
- 1867 Ferdinando Giorgetti, Italian composer, dies at 70
- 1871 Johnny Cuzens, Australian aboriginal cricketer (1st Australian indigenous tour to UK 1868), dies
- 1890 Désiré de Haerne, Belgian Catholic priest and Congressional leader, dies at 85
- 1896 Thomas Hughes, English politician and author (Tom Brown's School days), dies at 73
- 1906 Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist and composer, dies at 59
- 1909 Gyula Erkel, Hungarian composer, son of Ferenc Erkel, dies at 66
- 1912 Henry Harrison Walker, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 79
- 1913 Song Jiaoran, Chinese Nationalist and revolutionary (Leader of Kuomintang party 1912-13), assassinated at 30
- 1922 Louis-Antoine Ranvier, French anatomist and historian, dies at 86
- 1923 Théophile Delcassé, French statesman (Entente Cordiale), dies at 71
- 1924 Robert Nivelle, French military officer, dies at 67
- 1929 Anton Beer-Walbrun, German composer, dies at 64
- 1934 Theophilos Hatzimihail, Greek painter (b. 1870)
- 1937 Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, English aviator and ornithologist, dies at 71
- 1944 Pierre Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy government, executed by firing squad at 44
- 1945 J Postuma, Dutch resistance fighter, dies
- 1946 Clemens August von Galen, German Catholic Bishop of Münster (led opposition to Nazism, especially T4 extermination program), dies at 68
- 1951 Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1895-1945; New York Philharmonic, 1922-30), dies at 79
- 1952 "Uncle" Dave Macon, American vaudeville and Grand Ole Opry banjo player, singer-songwriter and comedian, dies at 81
Ceylonese politician and leader of Sri Lankan independence movement (1st Prime Minister of Ceylon, 1947-52), dies after falling from a horse, possibly from a stroke, at 67
- 1955 Ivan Šubašić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister and last ban of Croatia (b. 1892)
- 1956 George Al Sarton, Belgian-American chemist and historian, dies at 71
- 1958 Michael "Mike" Todd [Avrom Goldbogen], American producer (Around the World in 80 Days) and 3rd husband of Elizabeth Taylor, dies in a plane crash at 48
- 1959 Olga Knipper, Russian-Soviet stage actress, and wife of Anton Chekhov, dies at 90
- 1960 Agnes Arber, English biologist and philosopher (Mind & the Eye, 1st woman botanist elected to the Royal Society), dies at 81
- 1960 José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician and Basque nationalist, dies of a heart attack at 56
- 1962 Aura Abranches, Portuguese actress (Lisboa; O Primo Basilio), dies at 65
- 1963 Cilly Aussem, German tennis player (French C'ships, Wimbledon 1931), dies of liver failure at 54
- 1964 Addison Richards, American actor (Pentagon, Fighting Seabees), dies at 61
- 1969 Ernst Deutsch [Dorian], Jewish-Austrian actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at 78
- 1971 Martin Bodmer, Swiss Bibliophile and scholar (Bodmer Papyri), dies at 71
- 1974 Peter Revson, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1971 runner-up; 2 x F1 GP wins), dies in testing accident for South African GP at 35
- 1975 Asa Smith Bushnell III, American sports executive (Secretary US Olympic Committee 1945-65), dies at 75
- 1975 Catherine "Cass" Daley, American actress (Star Spangled Rhythm, Red Garters), dies from an accidental fall at 59
- 1975 Paul Verhoeven, German actor and director (Das kleine Hofkonzert), dies at 73
- 1977 A.K. Gopalan, Indian Communist leader and politician (Member of Indian parliament, 1952-71), dies at 72
- 1977 Hymie Shertzer, American jazz and session saxophonist (Benny Goodman; NBC's Tonight Show), dies at 67
- 1977 Witold Friemann, Polish composer, pianist, conductor and pedagogue, dies at 87
- 1978 Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat (The Flying Wallendas), dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels at 78
- 1979 Ben Lyon, American actor (Hell's Angels, I Cover the Waterfront, Night Nurse), dies at 78
- 1979 Richard Sykes, British ambassador to the Netherlands, assassinated at 58 by the IRA in The Hague
- 1981 Jumbo Elliott, American track coach of Villanova University Wildcats, coached 5 Olympic Gold medalists, dies at 65
- 1986 Charles Starrett, American actor (The Mask of Fu Manchu, Bonanza Town), dies at 82
- 1986 Derek Farr, British actor (8 O'Clock Walk, Doctor at Large), dies from cancer at 74
- 1986 Harriette Arnow, American novelist and historian (Dollmaker), dies at 77
- 1986 Mark Dinning, American singer ("Teen Angel"), dies of a heart attack at 52
- 1987 Joan Shawlee [Fulton], American actress (Some Like It Hot, Prehistoric Women, The Abbott & Costello Show), dies of cancer at 61
- 1990 Alexander Chugayev, Soviet Russian composer, dies at 66
- 1990 Gerald Bull, Canadian long range artillery designer and engineer, dies at 62
- 1991 Dave Guard, American singer, songwriter and arranger (Kingston Trio - "Tom Dooley"), dies of cancer at 56
- 1991 Gloria Holden, actress (Dracula's Daughter, Test Pilot), dies at 73
- 1991 Léon Balcer, French Canadian politician (b. 1917)
- 1991 Paul Engle, American poet and writer (Worm Earth, American Song), dies at 82
- 1993 Gret Palucca, German dancer and choreographer (Entartet), dies at 91
- 1993 Phia Berghout, Dutch harpist, dies at 83
- 1993 Steve Olin, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies from injuries from a boating accident at 27
- 1994 Dan Hartman, American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer (Edgar Winter Group - "Free Ride; solo- "I Can Dream About You"; James Brown -"Living In America"), dies of an AIDS-related brain tumor at 43
- 1994 Igor Aleinikov, Soviet independent filmmaker (Tractors) and founder of the parallel cinema movement, dies in a plane crash at 32
- 1994 Luther Diamond, American radio personality, dies at 89
- 1994 Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (Woody Woodpecker's creator), dies at 93
- 1995 Peter Woods, British journalist and newsreader, dies at 64
- 1996 (William Famous) Billy Williamson, American steel guitar player (Bill Haley and His Saddlemen; Bill Haley & His Comets), dies at 71
- 1996 Claude Mauriac, French writer (Le Temps immobile), dies at 81
- 1996 Don Murray, American drummer (The Turtles - "Happy together"), dies from post-surgery complications at 50
- 1996 Robert F Overmyer, American USMC Colonel, and NASA astronaut (STS-5; STS- 51-B), dies in plane crash while test flying an aircraft at 59 [1]
- 1996 Ron Hayward, English politician, General Secretary of the Labour Party, dies at 78
- 1996 Václav Nelhýbel, Czech-American composer (Everyman), dies at 76
- 1999 David Strickland, American actor (Todd Stites in "Suddenly Susan"), commits suicide at 29
- 2001 Earl Beal American doo-wop baritone (The Silhouettes - "Get A Job"), dies at 75
- 2003 Terry Lloyd, English reporter (b. 1952)
- 2004 Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (b. ca. 1937)
- 2005 Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect (Kagawa Prefectural Government Office Building; Pritzker Prize, 1987), dies at 91
- 2005 Rod Price, British rock and blues guitar and slide guitar player (Foghat, 1971-80 - "Slow Ride"), dies of a heart attack at 57
- 2006 Kurt von Trojan, Australian sci-fi author (b. 1937)
- 2006 Pierre Clostermann, French World War II flying ace, claimed 33 victories in the air, dies at 85
- 2007 ]Uppaluri Gopala] U.G. Krishnamurti, Indian philosophe and lecturer, dies of injuries after a fall at 88
- 2008 Cachao [Israel López], Cuban double-bassist, and composer (co-inventor of 'mambo' with his brother, Orestes López), dies at 89
- 2009 Howard Komives, American NBA star (NY Knicks, Buffalo Braves), dies at 67
- 2009 Jade Goody, English reality TV Star and Entrepreneur, dies of cancer at 27
- 2009 Leon Walker, Wakefield Wildcats Rugby Player (b. 1988)
Scottish pharmacologist, developer of treatments for heart disease (propranolol) and stomach ulcers (cimetidine) (Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1988), dies at 85
- 2012 Haydn Tudor Evans, British high court judge, dies at 91
- 2013 (Dionisio) "Bebo" Valdés, Cuban pianist, mambo and batanga composer, and bandleader (Orquesta Sabor de Cuba), dies at 94
- 2013 Aya Zikken, Dutch author (Atlasvlinder, Rameh), dies at 93
- 2013 Derek Watkins, British trumpet player and composer (The Spy Who Loved Me, Skyfall), dies of cancer at 68
- 2013 Gerardo Gandini, Argentinian pianist and composer (Laberynthus Johannes), dies at 76
- 2013 Pietro Mennea, Italian sprinter (200m world record), dies from cancer at 60
- 2014 Patrice Wymore, American actress (The Big Tree), dies from natural causes at 87
- 2015 Anthony Garner, British political activist (Director of Conservative Central Office, 1976-88; Director of Campaigning, 1992-98), dies at 88
- 2015 Norman Scribner, American organist, conductor, choral director (St. Alban's, 1960-2007; Choral Arts Society of Washington, 1965-2012), and composer (Song for St. Cecilia), dies at 79
- 2016 Eli Louw, South African politician (Minister of Transport), dies at 88
- 2016 Phife Dawg [Malik Taylor], American rapper (A Tribe Called Quest - "Check the Rhime"; "I Left My Wallet In El Segundo"), dies from diabetes complications at 45
- 2016 Rita Gam, American actress (Night People, Hannibal), dies at 88
- 2016 Rob Ford, Canadian politician (Toronto mayor caught with cocaine), dies at 46
- 2017 Dallas Green, American baseball manager and pitcher (Phillies, Yankees), dies at 82
- 2017 Francine Hughes Wilson, American domestic abuse victim "The Burning Bed" who changed pubic perceptions, dies at 69
- 2018 Charles Lazarus, American entrepreneur, founder of Toys "R" Us in 1948, dies from respiratory failure at 94
- 2018 Johan van Hulst, Dutch teacher who helped save 600 children from the Nazis, dies at 107
- 2018 Morgana King, American jazz singer and actress (The Godfather, The Godfather Part II), dies of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at 87
- 2018 Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, CEO (Waste Management, Blockbuster), and sports team owner (Miami Dolphins, Florida Panthers, Florida Marlins), dies of cancer at 80
- 2019 Carlo Franci, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 91 [1]
- 2019 Frans Andriessen, Dutch politician (KVP/CDA; European Commissioner, 1981-93), dies at 89
- 2019 Jim Moody, American economist and politician (Rep-D-WI, 1983-93), dies at 83
- 2019 Scott Walker [Noel Scott Engel], American-British singer-songwriter, bassist, and composer (The Walker Brothers), dies of cancer at 76
- 2019 Victor Hochhauser, British impresario (Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra), dies at 95
- 2020 Eric Weissberg, American singer and musician ("Dueling Banjos"), dies of Alzheimer’s disease at 80
- 2020 Julie Felix, American-born British-based folk-rock singer-songwriter, and BBC presenter (The Frost Report; Once More With Felix), dies at 81
- 2020 Stan Bronstein, American rock saxophonist (Elephant's Memory), dies at 81
American Basketball Hall of Fame small forward (11 x NBA All Star; NBA All-Star Game MVP 1959; Minneapolis/LA Lakers), dies at 86
- 2021 Frank Worthington, English soccer forward (8 caps; Huddersfield Town, Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers) and manager (Tranmere Rovers), dies at 72
- 2021 May Wynn [Donna Lee Hickey], American actress (Caine Mutiny; Noah's Ark), and real estate agent, dies at 93
- 2023 Tony Knapp, English soccer manager (Iceland, Viking FK) and defender (Leicester City, Southampton), dies at 86
- 2024 Jean-Paul Vignon, French actor and singer, dies of liver cancer at 89
- 2024 Laurent de Brunhoff, French-American writer and illustrator (Babar the Elephant), dies at 98 [1]
- 2025 Alex Wyllie, New Zealand rugby union flanker (11 Tests; Canterbury) and coach (Canterbury 1982-86; NZ 1988-91; Argentina 1995-99), dies at 80
- 2025 Djamel Menad, Algerian soccer forward (81 caps; Nîmes Olympique, FC Famalicão), dies at 64
- 2025 Kwesi Owusu, Ghanaian writer, filmmaker and founding member of the African Dawn performance group, dies at 70 [1]
- 2025 Livingston Bramble, West Indian boxer (WBA lightweight title 1984-86), dies at 64
