- 879 Louis the Stammerer, King of Aquitaine and West Francia (877-79), dies at 32
- 947 Hugh of Arles, Count of Arles and King of Italy (926-47), dies
- 1008 Notger, Benedictine monk and 1st Prince-Bishop of Liège (972-1008), dies
- 1362 Machteld, countess of Holland, dies
- 1500 Michael Tarchaniota Marullus, Greeks poet, drowns in full armor, along with his horse in Volterra, Republic of Florence, while travelling to join a battle, at age 41 or 42
- 1533 Frederick I, King of Denmark and Norway (1523-33), dies at 61
- 1545 Costanzo Festa, Italian composer
Italian pope (1572-85) who introduced the Gregorian (New Style) calendar in 1582, dies at 83
- 1599 Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress of King Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
- 1601 Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (Sonnet of Venus and Cupid), dies at 39
- 1619 Thomas Jones, Archbishop of Dublin (b. c1550)
- 1640 Agostino Agazzari, Italian organist, composer of madrigals and sacred music, maestro di cappella (Siena Cathedral, 1607-40), and music theorist, dies at 61
- 1640 Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau, French abbess and daughter of William I of Orange, dies at 60
- 1646 Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)
- 1704 William Egon of Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg (b. 1629)
- 1706 Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)
- 1712 Yusuf Nabi, Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77
- 1731 Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, German organist, composer, and Kapellmeister (Marienkirche (Danzig), 1715-31), dies at 58
- 1742 Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress, dies at 68
- 1752 William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist, dies at 63
- 1756 Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, and Maestro di Cappella (San Petronio, 1696-1756), dies at 94
- 1760 Gerard George Clifford, Dutch head of East-Indian Company and plant collector (grew 1st banana indoors), dies at 75
- 1760 Jean Lebeuf, French historian, dies at 73
- 1783 František Václav Habermann, Czech composer, dies at 76
- 1784 Simon Fokke, Dutch book illustrator, engraver and etcher, dies at 71
- 1786 John Byron, British Royal Navy officer and explorer who circumnavigated the globe, grandfather to the poet , dies at 62
British-American soldier (general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War), dies at 78
- 1807 Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, German princess and composer (patron of Classical Weimar court), dies at 67
- 1810 Konrad Back, German monastic composer, dies at 60
- 1813 Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian mathematician and astronomer (number theory, celestial mechanics), dies at 77
- 1823 Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (elementary philosophy), dies at 65
- 1825 Paul-Louis Courier, (de Mere), French classical scholar and pamphleteer, dies at 53
- 1834 John Macarthur, Australian pastoralist, helped found wool industry in Australia, dies at 66 [1]
- 1848 Godert van der Capellen, Dutch statesman (Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, 1819-26), dies at 69
- 1862 William Harvey Lamb Wallace, American lawyer and Brigadier General, dies at 40
- 1863 Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77
- 1882 William Hulbert, American Baseball HOF executive (President Chicago White Stockings; National League 1877-82), dies from a heart attack at 49
- 1883 Emilie Mayer, German composer of Romantic music, dies at 70
- 1885 Jan Hendrik Scholten, Dutch radical theologist (Free Will), dies at 73
- 1891 John Rogers Cooke, American Confederate Army general (Civil War), dies at 57
- 1906 Georgi Gapon, Russian-orthodox clergyman, and tsarist infromant agent, dies at 36
- 1907 Laurence S. Baker, American officer and brigadier general in the Confederate States Army (Civil War), dies at 76
- 1909 Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (Atalanta in Calydon), dies at 72 [1]
- 1911 Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuanian composer (Miške (In the Forest); Jūra (The Sea)), art nouveau painter, and writer, dies died of pneumonia at 35
- 1913 Ernst Otto Schlick, German naval engineer and inventor of the gyroscope to reduce the rolling of ships, dies at 72 [1] [2]
Mexican revolutionary and peasant leader (Plan de Ayala), murdered in an ambush at 39
- 1920 Moritz B. Cantor, German historian of mathematics, dies at 90
- 1920 Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer (Mod Kvaeld), dies at 53
- 1927 Ivo Bligh, British noble (8th Earl of Darnley) and cricket batsman (4 Tests; first England captain v Australia 1882-83), dies at 68
- 1927 Young Corbett II (William J. Rothwell), American boxer (world featherweight champion 1901-02), dies at 46
- 1929 Edmond Thieffry, Belgian air pioneer and WW I flying ace (first flight Belgium to the Congo), dies in an airplane crash at 36
- 1931 Khalil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet (The Prophet; Broken Wings; Sand and Foam), painter, and philosopher, dies of cirrhosis of the liver, with incipient tuberculosis, at 48
- 1932 André Baillon, Belgian-French author (& sabots), dies at 56
- 1937 Algernon Ashton, British composer, dies at 77
- 1938 (Joseph) "King" Oliver, American jazz cornet player, composer, bandleader ("Dippermouth Blues"), and mentor to Louis Armstrong, dies of arteriosclerosis and related heart attack at 56 [1] [2]
- 1938 Nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W Nzima Ghana
- 1939 Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Il Bacio de Lesba), dies at 75
- 1941 (Dorothy) "Dolly" Wilde, English socialite, and niece of Oscar Wilde, dies at 45
- 1945 Charles Nordhoff, British-American author (The Bounty Trilogy; The Hurricane), dies by apparent suicide at 60 [1] [2]
- 1945 Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch artist (The Blue Barge) and resistance fighter, executed by the Nazis at 63
- 1947 Charles Bally, Swiss linguist (Le langage et la vie), dies at 82
- 1954 Auguste Lumière, French engineer and filmmaker who made the 1st movie (Workers Leaving Lumière Factory), dies at 81
- 1954 Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst), dies at 79
- 1954 Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (5-time World Champion all-round), dies at 65
- 1955 Oskar Lindberg, Swedish composer (Requiem), dies at 68
- 1955 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French philosopher and paleontologist (The Phenomenon of Man), dies at 73
- 1956 Bozidar Sirola, composer, dies at 66
- 1956 Clarence Beaumont, 1st batter in 1st World Series, dies at 75
- 1956 Jozef Szulc, Polish composer, dies at 81
- 1958 Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30
- 1960 Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer (Devil Take Her), dies at 66
- 1961 Irene Warfield, American silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at about 65 [exact birthdate unconfirmed]
- 1962 Michael Curtiz [Manó Kertész Kaminer], Hungarian-American film director (Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 75
- 1962 Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish visual artist and rock bassist (The Beatles, 1960-61), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 21
- 1965 Linda Darnell, American actress (Unfaithfully Yours, A Letter to Three Wives), dies from burns received in a house fire at 41
- 1965 Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (Casner Motor Racing Division team), dies at 36
- 1966 Evelyn Waugh, British writer (Black Mischief), dies at 62
- 1967 Oscar Chisini, Italian mathematician known for his work in algebraic geometry (Chisini mean), dies at 78 [1]
- 1968 Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician, dies at 69 [1]
- 1969 Harley Earl, American automobile designer (1st head of design at General Motors), dies at 75
- 1970 Charles Paton, British actor (Freedom of the Seas), dies of a heart attack at 96
- 1972 Henech Kon, Polish composer and cabaret performer, dies at 81
- 1974 Patricia Collinge, dies at 81
- 1974 Roger Bastide, French sociologist study of Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Caribbean religions, dies at 76
- 1975 Marjorie Main [Mary Tomlinson], American vaudeville and screen actress (The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films; Another Thin Man), dies of lung cancer at 85
- 1975 Walker Evans, American photographer (Fortune Magazine), dies at 71
- 1979 Henriette P "Hetty" Beck, Dutch actress (Dodendans), dies at 91
- 1979 Nino Rota [Giovanni Rota Rinaldi], Italian classical and film score composer (Il cappello di paglia di Firenze; The Godfather (I & II; 16 Fellini films), dies from a coronary thrombosis at 67
- 1980 Kay Medford [Margaret Kathleen Regan], American actress (Dean Martin Show: To Rome With Love), dies of cancer at 60
- 1981 Howard Thurman, African-American theologian and author (Deep River, Deep is the Hunger), dies at 81
- 1983 Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered
- 1983 Phillip Burton, American politician (US Representative from California, 1964-83), advocate for the disabled and the environment, dies of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm at 56
- 1984 Ray Middleton, American actor (1776;, Hurricane Smith), dies at 75
- 1986 Joseph P Addabbo, US defense specialist/(Sen-D), dies at 61
- 1986 Linda Creed, American singer and songwriter ("The Greatest Love Of All"; "You Make Me Feel Brand New"; "Rubber Band Man"), dies of breast cancer at 37 [1] [2]
- 1988 Cliff Gladwin, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49), dies
- 1989 Joan Barry, dies at 85
- 1991 Kevin Peter Hall, actor (Harry & Hendersons), dies of AIDS at 35
- 1991 Natalie Schafer, American actress (Gilligan's Island, Anastasia), dies from cancer at 90
- 1992 Cecil "Cec" Linder, Polish-Canadian actor (Goldfinger, Quatermass and the Pit), dies at 71
- 1992 Peter D. Mitchell, English chemist, (1978 Nobel Prize for Chemistry), dies at 71
American screaming comedian and actor (Back to School, Charlie Hoover), dies in a car crash at 38
- 1993 (Martin) "Chris" Hani, South African politician (Secretary-General of South African Communist Party, 1991-93), assassinated at 50
- 1994 James L. Lyons, American jazz promoter (Monterey Jazz Festival, 1958-92), dies of a heart attack at 77
- 1994 Sam B. Hall, American politician and judge (Rep (D) Texas 1976-85), dies at 70
- 1994 Victor Afanasiev, Rus editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89), dies at 71
- 1995 Betty Askwith, British writer and biographer, know for "A Tangled Web", dies at 85
- 1995 Chen Yun, Chinese political leader during and after the Chinese Civil War, considered one of the Eight Elders of the Communist Party of China, dies at 89
- 1995 Glyn Jones, Welsh writer, dies at 90
- 1995 Gunter Guillaume, German politician, dies
- 1995 Morarji Desai, Indian politician and activist, 4th Prime Minister of India (1977-79), dies at 99
- 1997 Francis Walder [Francois Waldburger], Belgian author, dies at 90
- 1997 Martin Schwarzschild, German-American astronomer (book Structure and Evolution of the Stars), dies at 84
- 1997 Michael Dorris, American novelist (A Yellow Raft in Blue Water; The Broken Cord ). and scholar (Dartmouth), commits suicide at 52
- 1997 Toshiro Mayuzumi, Japanese composer (Sphenogramme), dies at 68
- 1999 Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-born biochemist (b. 1910)
- 1999 Jean Vander Pyl, American voice, radio and film actress (The Flintstones, The Jetsons), dies of lung cancer at 79
- 2000 James Marston Fitch, American architect, preservationist and writer (American Building: The Environmental Forces That Shape It), dies at 90
- 2000 Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (The Kingdom, Matador, Een stor familie), dies at 71
- 2000 Larry Linville, American actor (M*A*S*H, 1972-77 - "Major Frank Burns"), dies of pneumonia, following cancer surgery in at 60
- 2000 Peter Jones, British actor (Chariots of Fire, From a Bird's Eye View), dies of natural causes at 79
American pop singer ("The Loco-motion"; "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby"), dies of cervical cancer at 59
- 2004 Donna Michele, American actress (Beach Blanket Bingo) and Playboy playmate (Dec, 1963), dies at 58
- 2005 (Wladimir) "Wally" Tax, Dutch rock singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The Outsiders; Tax Free), dies at 57
- 2005 Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
- 2005 Iakovos, Archbishop of North and South America (Greek Orthodox), dies at 93
- 2005 Norbert Brainin, Austrian-British violinist (Amadeus Quartet, 1947-87), dies at 82
- 2007 Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian cell biologist known for his work on stem cell renewal, dies at 97
- 2007 Dakota Staton, American jazz singer ("Where Flamingos Fly"; "Sex Is A Misdemeanor"), dies at 76
- 2009 Deborah Digges, American poet (b. 1950)
- 2009 Henk Hoekstra, Dutch politician (Dutch Communist Party), dies at 84
- 2009 Richard Arnell, English classical composer, dies at 91
- 2010 Dixie Carter, American actress (Designing Women; The Edge of Night), dies at 70
- 2010 Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician (President of Poland, 2005-10), killed in the crash of a Polish Air Force Tu-154 at 60
- 2010 Maria Kaczyńska, Polish economist and First Lady of Poland, is killed in the crash of a Polish Air Force Tu-154 at 67
- 2010 Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish statesman is killed in the crash of a Polish Air Force Tu-154 at 90
- 2011 Homer Smith, American football coach (b. 1931)
- 2011 Mikhail Rusyayev, Russian footballer (b. 1964)
- 2012 Raymond Aubrac, French Resistance Leader, dies at 97
- 2012 Ritchie Teeter, American drummer (The Dictators, 1976-79; Twisted Sister, 1980-81), dies of esophageal cancer at 61
- 2013 Jimmy Dawkins, American electric blues musician, dies at 76
- 2013 Raymond Boudon, French sociologist, dies at 79
- 2013 Robert Edwards, English physiologist, 1st IVF program, Nobel Prize 2010, dies at 87 [1]
- 2014 Jim Flaherty, Canadian politician, Minister of Finance (2006-2014), dies at 64
- 2014 Richard Hoggart, British author (The Uses of Literacy: Aspects of Working Class Life) and warden (Goldsmith's College London), dies at 95
- 2015 Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican American lawyer, judge, and diplomat (Ambassador to El Salvador, Bolivia, and Argentina), dies at 98
Australian cricket all-rounder and captain (62 Tests, 3 x 100s, 248 wickets; NSW CA) and broadcaster (9 Network, BBC), dies from skin cancer at 84
- 2016 Howard Marks, British drug dealer and author (Mr Nice), dies at 70
- 2017 Banner Thomas, American rock bassist (Molly Hatchet), dies of a heart attack at 63
- 2018 Yvonne Staples, American R&B singer (The Staple Sisters), dies at 80
- 2019 Earl Thomas Conley, American singer-songwriter with 18 No. 1 country hits ("Once In A Blue Moon"; "Angel In Disguise"; Too Many Times"), dies from cerebral atrophy at 77
- 2020 Bruce Baillie, American experimental filmmaker (Castro Street, Quixote), dies at 88
- 2020 Craig Gilbert, American documentarian, television producer and the creator of "An American Family", dies at 94
- 2020 Frits Flinkevleugel, Dutch soccer defender (11 caps; DWS, FC Amsterdam), dies at 80
- 2020 Hans Pieter Verhagen, Dutch poet (Hoepla/Holland's Hole), dies at 81
- 2020 Nobuhiko Obayashi, Japanese film director (House, Casting Blossoms to the Sky), dies of cancer at 82
- 2020 Pete Retzlaff, American football halfback, tight-end (5 x Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1958, 65 Philadelphia Eagles) and executive (GM Philadelphia Eagles 1969-72), dies at 88
- 2020 Tom Webster, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings) and coach (NY Rangers, LA Kings), dies of brain cancer at 71
- 2022 John Drew, American basketball small forward (NBA All-Star 1976, 80; Atlanta Hawks, Utah Jazz), dies from bone cancer at 67
- 2022 Philippe Boesmans, Belgian pianist, and composer (Upon La-Mi; Reigen), dies at 85
- 2023 Al Jaffee, American comic strip cartoonist and illustrator (MAD Magazine), dies at 102 [1]
- 2023 Anne Perry [Juliet Marion Hulme], English-born crime writer (convicted of murder as a child as filmed in "Heavenly Creatures"), dies at 84 [1]
- 2023 Pierre Lacotte, French choreographer and ballet historian, dies of sepsis at 91 [1]
American College/Pro Football HOF running back (Heisman Trophy 1968 USC; NFL MVP 1973; 5 × First-team All-Pro & Pro Bowl; Buffalo Bills), broadcaster, and actor; found responsible Brown/Goldman deaths 1994, dies of prostate cancer at 76 [1]
- 2024 Ted Toleman, British motor sport executive (founder Toleman Racing F1 team), dies at 86
- 2024 Trina Robbins, American comic book creator (It Ain’t Me Babe) and historian (A Century of Women Cartoonists), dies at 85
- 2025 Anne Harper, British activist and co-founder of Women Against Pitt Closures, dies at 83
- 2025 Bruce Logan, British cinematographer and visual effects artist (Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope; 2001: A Space Odyssey), dies at 78 after a short illness
- 2025 Leo Beenhakker, Dutch soccer manager (Ajax, Feyenoord, Real Madrid, Netherlands, Trinidad & Tobago, Poland), dies at 82
- 2025 Mike Woods, American lawyer and businessman who founded the educational toy company LeapFrog, dies via assisted suicide while suffering from Alzheimer's disease at 72
- 2025 Peter Lovesey, British crime fiction writer (Peter Diamond, Wobble to Death), dies of cancer at 88
- 2025 Ted Kotcheff [William Theodore Kotcheff], Canadian film director (Weekend at Bernie's, First Blood), dies at 94
