- 752 Stephen, Roman Pope-elect, dies of a stroke two days after being selected as Catholic Pope
- 1223 Afonso II, 3rd King of Portugal (1211-23), dies at 36
- 1345 Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1281)
- 1458 Inigo Lopez de Mendoza, Spanish marquis of Santillana/poet, dies
- 1558 Marcos de Niza, French Franciscan explorer (Arizona, Seven Cities of Cibola), dies at 62 or 63
- 1561 Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German philosopher and encyclopedist, dies from apoplexia at 42
- 1603 Ikoma Chikamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1526)
- 1609 Olaus Martini, Swedish Archbishop of Uppsala (b. 1557)
- 1620 Johannes Nucius, German composer and musicologist, dies at about 64 [exact birthday uncertain]
- 1625 Giambattista Marini, Italian poet, known for "L'Adone", dies at 55
- 1692 Gerardus Blasius, Flemish anatomist, dies at about 66
- 1696 Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Prince of Nassau-Dietz and Stadtholder of Friesland and Groningen (1664-96), dies at 39
- 1712 Nehemiah Grew, English naturalist (b. 1641)
- 1736 Nicholas Hawksmoor, English Baroque architect (known for his church architecture including the towers of Westminster Abbey), dies (b. 1661)
- 1738 Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harper and composer (b. 1670)
- 1751 Frederick of Hessen Kassel, King of Sweden (1720-51), dies at 74
- 1766 Johannes Ritschel, German composer (Gioas, re di Giuda), dies at 26
- 1799 Constantin Reindl, German composer, dies at 60
- 1801 Anthony Ziesenis, German-Dutch artist and city sculptor of Amsterdam (Gate of the Old Men's House), dies at 69 [1]
- 1801 Novalis [Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg], German romantic writer ('Heinrich von Ofterdingen), dies at 28
- 1818 Caspar Wessel, Danish-Norwegian mathematician, dies at 72
- 1823 Coelestin Jungbauer, German composer, dies at 75
- 1825 Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch politician (Grand Pensionary of Batavian Commonwealth), and diplomat. dies at 63
- 1828 Maria Reynolds, American mistress of Alexander Hamilton and part of America's 1st political sex scandal (Reynolds Pamphlet), dies at 59
- 1852 Alexis Garaudé, French composer and pedagogue, dies at 73
- 1860 James Braid, Scottish surgeon (b. 1795)
- 1867 Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, German chemist (Chinoline), dies at 72
- 1869 Edward Bates, American lawyer (26th U.S. Attorney General), dies at 75
- 1873 John Barrien Montgomery, American naval commander during American-Mexican War, dies at 78 [1]
- 1873 Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter (b. 1810)
- 1875 Louis Amédée Achard, French novelist (The Cloak and Dagger), dies at 60
- 1877 Elkanah Brackin Greer, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 51
- 1880 Joseph Rummel, German composer, dies at 61
- 1880 Ludmilla Assing, German writer, dies at 59
- 1885 Karl Schwarz, German theologian, dies at 72
- 1888 Francesco Faà di Bruno, Italian mathematician, and later Catholic priest and advocate for the poor, dies at 62
- 1908 Durham White Stevens, American diplomat and advisor to the Korean government (1904-08), assassinated at 57
- 1909 Ruperto Chapí, Spanish composer, dies at 57
French Provencal poet (Nobel 1904), dies at 83
- 1917 Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American educator and 9th President of Mount Holyoke College (1890-1900), dies at 84
- 1919 Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter, poet and sculptor (Seated Youth), commits suicide at 38
- 1924 John Reedman, cricketer (Test for Aust 1894, 17 & 4, 1 for 24), dies
- 1933 Eric Jan Hanussen [Hermann Steinschneider], Austrian astrologist, clairvoyant, illusionist, and speaking tutor to Hitler, murdered at 43
- 1937 John Drinkwater, English poet and playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54
- 1940 Ion Nonna Otescu, Romanian composer and educator (Bucharest Conservatory, 1913-40), dies at 51
- 1948 Warren Hymer, American actor (Girl From Havana, Meet the Mob), dies from a stomach ailment at 42
- 1949 Hanns A Rauter, German SS-commandant in Netherland, executed at 54
- 1950 Frank Buck, American actor (Africa Screams, Tiger Queen, Tiger Fangs), dies at 62
American Baseball Hall of Fame infielder (World Series 1910, 11, 13, 17, 29, 30; AL MVP 1914; 4 x AL stolen base leader; Philadelphia A's, Chicago White Sox), dies of heart problems at 63
- 1951 Sidney “Big Sid” Catlett, American jazz drummer (Louis Armstrong), dies of a heart attack at 41
- 1956 George Luther Foote, American composer (We Go Forward), and educator, dies at 70
- 1956 Robert Newton, British actor (Treasure Island, Henry V, Around the World in 80 Days), dies from a heart attack at 50
- 1957 Joseph "Fud" Livingston, American jazz clarinetist, arranger, and composer ("I'm Thru With Love") and composer, dies at 50
- 1958 Emerson Whithorne, American composer, dies at 73
- 1958 Tom Brown, American dixieland jazz trombonist, dies at 69
- 1959 Billy Mayerl, British pianist, music hall songwriter, theatre composer (Marigold), music publisher, and teacher (School of Syncopation), dies of a heart attack at 55
- 1962 Auguste Piccard, Swiss scientist, explorer and balloonist (1st flight into stratosphere, by balloon), dies at 78
- 1963 Davey Moore, American boxer (world featherweight champion 1959-63), dies of injuries sustained in title bout against Sugar Ramos at 29
- 1965 Giorgio Federico Ghedini, Italian composer, dies at 72
- 1965 Viola Liuzzo (née Gregg), American civil rights activist, murdered by Ku Klux Klan members in Selma, Alabama at 39
- 1966 Colin Campbell, Scottish actor (High Bright Sun, Leather Boys), dies at 83
- 1967 Renato Cellini, Italian conductor (b.c.1913)
- 1968 Douglas Evans, American actor (At War with the Army, South Pacific Trail), dies at 64
- 1969 Alan Mowbray, British actor (Dante, Colonel Flack), dies at 72
- 1969 Billy Cotton, British bandleader and entertainer, dies at 69
- 1969 Max Eastman, American critic, essayist, and editor of The Masses, dies at 86
- 1969 Norman Gallichan, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (1 Test, HS 30, 3 wickets; Manawatu, Wellington), dies at 62
- 1973 Edward Steichen, Luxembourgish-American photographer (The Family of Man), dies at 93
- 1974 Otto Waldis, Austrian actor (Unknown World; Whip Hand), dies at 72
King of Saudi Arabia (1964-75), shot by nephew at 68
- 1975 Juan Gaudino, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)
- 1977 Nunnally Johnson, American screenwriter and producer, dies at 79
- 1978 Jack Hulbert, British actor (Into the Blue, Bulldog Jack), dies at 85
- 1979 Anton Heiller, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 55
- 1980 Ioan Dumitru Chirescu, Romanian composer, conductor (Carmen Choral Society of Bucharest, 1927-50), and educator Bucharest Conservatory, 1927-62), dies at 91
- 1980 James Wright, American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet (The Branch Will Not Break), dies of cancer at 52
- 1980 Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist and psychologist, dies at 78
- 1980 Roland Barthes, French writer (Mythologies), literary critic (The Death of the Author), and academic theorist, dies of injuries after being struck by a vehicle while walking at 64
- 1980 Walter Susskind, Czech conductor and pianist, dies at 66
- 1981 Felix de Nobel, Dutch orchestra leader and pianist, dies at 73
- 1982 Hugo Huppert, Austrian writer and poet, dies at 79
- 1983 Bob Waterfield, American football quarterback (NFL MVP 1945; First-team All-Pro 1945, 46, 49; Pro Bowl 1950, 51; Cleveland/LA Rams), dies at 62
- 1983 Martha Sleeper, actress (Spitfire), dies of a heart attack at 72
- 1985 Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Danish actor (Gertrud, Hooray for the Blue Hussars), dies at 75
- 1987 Henry Richardson LaBouisse, American diplomat (headed UNICEF (1965-79), dies at 83
- 1987 Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Soviet-Russian animator known as the Patriarch of Soviet animation, dies at 87
- 1988 James J. Howard, American educator and Democratic Party politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey), dies at 60
- 1988 Robert Joffrey [Abdullah Jaffa Anver Bey Khan], American dancer, teacher, and choreographer (co-founder of Joffrey Ballet), dies of AIDS at 59
- 1991 Eileen Joyce, pianist, dies at 78
- 1991 Lee Donn, pianist, dies of stroke at 96
- 1991 Marcel Lefebvre, French Catholic bishop who opposed Second Vatican Council reforms and was excommunicated, dies at 85
- 1992 Nancy Walker, American actress (Rhoda, McMillan & Wife), dies of cancer at 69
- 1994 David Miles Bensusan-Butt, English economist, dies at 79
- 1994 Max Petitpierre, Swiss politician (Swiss Federal Council), President of the Diplomatic Conference that adopted the Geneva Conventions, dies at 95 [1]
- 1995 James Coleman, American sociologist (b. 1926)
- 1995 James Gardner, designer, dies at 87
- 1995 Peter Herbert Penwarden, English priest, dies at 73
- 1995 Warren E. Burger, 15th Supreme Court chief justice (1969-86), dies at 87
- 1996 John Snagge, British newsreader and commentator for the BBC (Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race), dies at 91
- 1997 Roberto Sánchez Vilella, Puerto Rico politician (Governor of Puerto Rico, 1965-69; Secretary of State of Puerto Rico, 1953-65; Mayor of San Juan, 1945-46), dies at 84
- 1998 Daniel Massey, English actor (Vault of Horror), dies at 64
- 1998 Max Green, Australian lawyer (b. 1952)
- 1998 Steve Schiff, American politician (Rep-R-New Mexico 1989-98), dies of cancer at 51
- 1999 Cal Ripken Sr, American baseball manager (Baltimore Orioles 1987-88; World Series 1983 [coach]), dies of lung cancer at 63
- 2000 Helen Martin, American actress (b. 1909)
- 2001 Brian Trubshaw, British test pilot, first to fly Concorde. dies at 77
- 2002 Kenneth Wolstenholme, British BBC football commentator, dies at 81
- 2005 Elias Gistelinck, Flemish classical trumpeter and composer, dies at 69
- 2005 Paul Henning, American TV/film producer and writer (b. 1911)
- 2006 (Alvis) "Buck" Owens, American "Bakersfield Sound" country singer-songwriter ("Under Your Spell Again"), bandleader (The Buckaroos - "Act Naturally"), and TV personality (Hee Haw), dies of an apparent heart attack at 76
- 2006 Richard Fleischer, American film director (Doctor Dolittle; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), dies at 89
- 2006 Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish pop and mariachi singer, and actress, dies of uterine cancer at 61 (b. 1944)
- 2007 Andranik Margaryan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (2000-07), dies at 57
- 2008 Ben Carnevale, American College-Basketball HOF coach (Uni of North Carolina, Navy) and executive (AD NY Uni, William & Mary), dies at 92
- 2008 Rafael Azcona, Spanish screenwriter (b. 1926)
- 2009 "England" Dan [Seals], American pop and country singer (England Dan & John Ford Coley - "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"), dies of cancer at 61
- 2009 Gábor Ocskay, Hungarian hockey player (b. 1975)
- 2009 Giovanni Parisi, Italian boxer (Olympic gold 57kg 1988; WBO lightweight title 1992-94; WBO light-welterweight title 1996-98), dies in a car accident at 41
- 2009 John Hope Franklin, American historian (From Slavery to Freedom, 1995 Presidential Medal of Freedom), dies at 94
- 2009 Johnny Blanchard, American baseball player (b. 1933)
- 2009 Kosuke Koyama, Japanese theologian (b. 1929)
- 2009 Yukio Endo, Japanese gymnast (4 Olympic gold 1960, 64), dies of Esophageal cancer at 72
- 2010 Pål Bang-Hansen, Norwegian film critic and television personality (b. 1937)
- 2012 Bert Sugar, American sports writer (editor / publisher The Ring magazine; Sting like a Bee; The Ageless Warrior), dies from a cardiac arrest at 74
- 2012 Larry Stevenson [Richard], American skateboard innovator, dies from pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease at 81
- 2012 Priscilla Buckley, American editor and columnist (National Review), dies at 90
- 2013 Anthony Lewis, American journalist (Pulitzer Prize 195,1963) and author, dies from kidney and heart failure at 85
- 2013 Eddy Doorenbos, Dutch jazz and pop vocalist, guitarist (De Millers), and painter, dies at 91
- 2013 Lou Sleater, American MLB pitcher, dies from lung disease at 86
- 2014 Eddie Lawrence, American comedian and monologist (The Old Philosopher), dies at 95 [1]
- 2017 Roberta Hazard, American retired Rear Admiral (US Navy), dies at 82
- 2018 David Cobham, British conservationist and wildlife filmmaker (Tarka the Otter, The Private Life of the Barn Owl), dies at 87
- 2018 Mike Harrison, British progressive rock keyboardist and singer (Spooky Tooth - "It's All About"), dies at 75
- 2019 Cal Ramsey, American basketball broadcaster, small forward (NY Knicks), dies of cardiac arrest at 81
- 2019 Lisle Atkinson, American jazz double-bassist (Nina Simone; Betty Carter; Neo-Bass Ensemble), dies at 78
- 2020 Bill Bartholomay, American businessman and MLB owner (Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves 1962-76), dies from pneumonia at 71
- 2020 Mark Blum, American actor (Desperately Seeking Susan; Blind Date; The Presidio), dies of COVID-19 complications at 69
- 2020 Mike Stratton, American football linebacker (AFL C'ship 1964, 65; AFL All-Star 1963–68; Buffalo Bills; NFL: SD Chargers), dies from heart complications at 78
- 2020 Peter Kemper, Dutch soccer defender (3 caps; PSV 221 games), dies of heart failure at 77
- 2021 Bertrand Tavernier, French film director (Round Midnight, A Sunday in the Country), dies at 79
- 2021 Beverly Cleary, American Newberry Medal winning writer of children's and young adult fiction (Ramona series, 1955-99), dies at 104
- 2021 Bill Brock, American Republican politician (Senator from Tennessee, 1971-77; US Secretary of Labor, 1985-87), dies at 90
- 2021 Bobby Brown, American baseball third baseman (NY Yankees; World Series 1947, 49–51) and executive (president American League 1984-94), dies at 96
- 2021 Joe Cunningham, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1959, 59²; St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators), dies at 89
- 2021 Larry McMurtry, American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (Lonesome Dove), and Academy Award-winning scriptwriter (Brokeback Mountain), dies at 84 [1]
- 2021 Stan Albeck, American basketball coach (Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs, New Jersey Nets, Chicago Bulls), dies from a stroke at 89
- 2022 Bobby Hendricks, American R&B singer ("Itchy Twitchy Feeling"), dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 84
- 2022 John Chapple, British army officer (Chief of General Staff, 1988-92), dies at 90
- 2022 Kathryn Hays [Kay Piper], American actress (Kim Hughes in "As the World Turns", 1972-2010), dies at 87
- 2022 Taylor Hawkins, American drummer (Foo Fighters - "Everlong"; "My Hero"), dies at 50
- 2023 Daniel Chorzempa, American classical organist, and composer, dies at 78
- 2023 Hans Richter, German soccer forward (15 caps GDR; FC Karl-Marx-Stadt, 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig), dies at 63
- 2023 Pavel Krotov, Russian freestyle skier (World C'ship gold mixed team aerials 2021), dies at 30
- 2024 Ian Heads, Australian sports journalist, commentator and author who was rugby league's foremost historian (Rugby League Week), dies at 81
- 2025 Graham Serjeant, British doctor and researcher known for his work on sickle cell disease in Jamaica, dies at 86 [1]
- 2025 J. Bennett Johnston, American politician (Sen-D-LA, 1972-97), dies at 92
- 2025 Masahiro Shinoda, Japanese New Wave director (Pale Flower, Double Suicide), dies of pneumonia at 94
- 2025 Terry Manning, American recording engineer, record producer (Stax Records), keyboardist, and photojournalist (NME), dies following a fall at 77
