- 799 Paul the Deacon [Paulus Diaconus Warnefred], Italian Benedictine monk and chronicler of the Lombards, dies at 70
- 814 Krum, Khan of Bulgaria (803-814), dies during siege of Constantinople
- 1093 Vsevolod I, Grand Prince of Kiev, dies at 63
- 1275 Eleanor de Montfort, English Countess of Leicester and sister to Henry III (sided with the baron's rebellion against her brother), dies living as a nun in exile at about 60
- 1517 Tuman bay II, last Mamelukken sultan of Egypt, dies at 40
- 1605 Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605) and chief adviser to Tsar Fyodor I, dies after a lengthy illness and a stroke at 52
- 1612 Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai, dies at 27
- 1635 Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon, dies at 62
- 1641 Richard Montagu, English clergyman, dies at 64
French poet (Fables), dies at 73
- 1722 Charles Leslie, Irish Anglican priest, dies at 71
- 1728 Johann Christoph Schmidt, German composer, dies at 63
- 1742 Giovanni Veneziano, Italian composer, dies at 59
- 1763 James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, British statesman and shortest-serving Prime Minister of Great Britain at 4 days (1757), dies at 48
- 1793 Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French revolutionary, dies at 30
- 1794 Nicolas Chamfort, French writer, dies at 53
- 1806 Jean-Jacques Bachelier, French painter, dies at ~82
- 1807 Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Holy Roman Empire Empress, dies at 34
- 1822 Gaetano Valeri, Italian composer, dies at 61
- 1825 Joseph Gelinek, Czech pianist and composer, dies at 66
- 1826 Franz Danzi, German composer and cellist, dies at 62
- 1827 Hugh Clapperton, Scottish explorer of Africa, dies at Sokoto, at 38
- 1831 Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian composer, dies at 80
- 1853 James Iredell Jr., American politician, 23rd Governor of North Carolina, dies at 64
- 1853 Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (Gmelin's test), dies at 64
- 1855 Henry De la Beche, English geologist, dies at 59
- 1864 Johann Schneider, German composer and organist, dies at 74
- 1868 Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, commits suicide at 50
- 1873 Carlo Coccia, Italian composer, dies at 90
- 1880 Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist and plant hunter (established East India tea company in India), dies at 67
- 1882 Bruno Bauer, German theologian, dies at 72
- 1886 John Humphrey Noyes, American preacher and founder of the Oneida Community (Perfectionists), dies at 74
- 1886 Károly Thern, Hungarian composer, pianist, and arranger, dies at 68
- 1889 John Palmer Usher, American Secretary of the Interior under Lincoln during the US Civil War (1863-65), dies at 73
- 1890 Samuel J. Randall, American politician (Speaker of the United States House of Representatives), dies at 61
- 1904 Vasily Vereshchagin, Russian painter (War & Peace), dies at 61
- 1906 Richard Garnett, English librarian and writer (Keeper of Printed Books British Museum), dies at 71
- 1909 Whitley Stokes, British lawyer, dies at 79
- 1910 William Orchardson, British painter, dies at 78
- 1911 George Washington Glick, American politician, dies at 83
- 1911 John McLane, American politician, dies at 59
- 1912 Ishikawa Takuboku, Japanese author, dies at 26
- 1915 William Rockhill Nelson, American real estate developer, co-founder of The Kansas City Star whose home became Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, dies at 74
- 1917 Diamond Jim Brady, American financier and philanthropist famous for his lavish lifestyle, dies of a heart attack at 60
- 1918 Lavr Georgevich Kornilov, Russian military officer, dies at 47
- 1919 Phoebe Hearst, American philanthropist & suffragist, dies at 76
- 1925 Elwood Haynes, American automotive pioneer (built one of 1st US autos), dies at 67
- 1928 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, Basque priest, organist and composer of religious music, dies at 36
- 1936 Konstantinos Demertzis, Greek premier, dies at 60
- 1936 Milton Brown, American swing bandleader, dies at 32
- 1938 Grey Owl [Archibald Belaney], Canadian pioneering conservationist (who pretended to be part Native American), dies of pneumonia at 49 [1]
American astronomer (Henry Draper catalogues), dies at 77
- 1942 Henk Sneevliet, Dutch Communist and resistance leader during WWII, executed by the Nazis at 58
- 1943 Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor and choreographer (Triadisches Ballett), dies at 54
- 1944 Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and 1st female composer awarded with Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (1913), dies at 86
- 1944 Paul Hazard, French critic and literature historian, dies at 65
- 1945 Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher and educator (Essay on Man), dies at 70
- 1946 Valery Zhelobinsky, Russian pianist and composer, dies at 33
- 1946 William Henry Bell, English composer, dies at 72
- 1949 C. V. France, British actor (The Skin Game, Adventure in Blackmail), dies at 80
- 1952 [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress (Adelaarsjong), dies at 79
- 1954 Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian politician, Liberal premier of Nova Scotia (1933-40), dies in office at 63
- 1958 Henry Phillips, American businessman (Phillip's screw), dies at 68 [1]
- 1959 Eduard van Beinum, Dutch musician and conductor, dies at 58
- 1959 Rigardus "Rijn" Rijnhout, Giant of Rotterdam (2.375m), dies at 38
- 1960 Beverly Kenney American jazz singer ("I Hate Rock n' Roll"; "Born To Be Blue"), takes her on life at 28
- 1961 John A. Bennett, American convicted rapist, dies at 26
- 1962 Culbert Olson, American lawyer and politician (Gov-D-Cal), dies at 85
- 1966 Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi politician and President of Iraq (1963-66), killed in a plane crash at 45
- 1966 Georges Duhamel, French author (Vie et aventures de Salavin, 5 vol.), dies at 81
- 1967 Luis Somoza Debayle, President of Nicaragua (1956-63), dies at 44
- 1970 William H. Johnson, African-American artist of the Harlem Renaissance (Flowers; Training for War), dies of pancreatic hemorrhage at 67
- 1971 Juhan Smuul, Estonian author, dies at 49
- 1971 Michel Brière, Canadian NHL ice hockey player, 1969-70 (Pittsburgh Penquins), dies from injuries sustained in a car crash, after 11 months in a coma, at 21
- 1973 A. A. M. Stols, Dutch publisher (Schoone Book), dies at 73
- 1973 Balraj Sahni [Yudhishthir], Indian Bollywood actor (Dharti Ke Lal), dies of cardiac arrest at 59
- 1974 Stanley Smith, American actor and singer (King of Jazz; Soup to Nuts; Good News), dies at 71
Dictator and 1st President of Chad (1960-75), dies at 56
- 1975 Larry Parks [Samuel Lawrence Parks], American actor (The Jolson Story, Love Is Better Than Ever), dies of a heart attack at 60
- 1978 Albert Termote, Flemish-Dutch sculptor of equestrian bronzes (Charles the Great), dies at 91
- 1978 Jack Chambers, Canadian artist, dies at 47
- 1978 Paul McGrath, American actor (Witness, No Time for Love), dies at 74
- 1980 Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver, dies at 23
- 1981 Yasuhiko Asaka, Japanese Imperial Prince (1906-47) and Imperial Japanese Army commander (WWII), dies at 93
- 1983 Christmas Humphreys, English lawyer and prominent British Buddhist (Awakening of Zen), dies at 82
- 1983 Gerry Hitchens, English footballer, dies at 48
- 1983 Mercè Rodoreda, Catalan novelist (La plaça del diamant), dies at 74
- 1983 Theodore Stephanides, Greek doctor and naturalist, dies at 87
- 1984 Christopher Wilder, Australian serial killer, dies at 39
- 1984 Dionyssis Papayannopoulos, Greek actor, dies at 71
- 1984 George Fierstone, British jazz and session drummer, (The Skyrockets), dies at 67
- 1984 Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musician, musicologist and harpsichordist (Domenico Scarlatti), dies at 72
- 1984 Richard Hurndall, British actor (Doctor Who, The Inheritors, It's Murder But Is It Art), dies from a heart attack at 73
- 1985 Shiva Naipaul, Indo-Trinidadian-British novelist and essayist (Fireflies), brother of V. S. Naipaul, dies of a heart attack at 40
- 1986 Dorothy Ashby (née Thompson), American jazz harpist, singer, and composer, dies of cancer at 53
- 1986 Johnny Dollar, American country and rockabilly singer, commits suicide at 53
- 1986 Stephen Stucker, American actor (Trading Places, Airplane), dies at 38
- 1990 Luis Trenker, South Tyrolean film producer, director and actor (Berge in Flammen), dies at 97
- 1990 Ronald Ibbs, Irish actor (No Hiding Place, The Saint), dies at 74
- 1992 Brian Oulton, English character actor, dies at 84
- 1992 Stuart Surridge, English cricketer (Capt of Surrey), dies at 74
- 1992 Wallace Stegner, American novelist (Pulitzer Prize 1972 for Angle of Repose), dies after a car accident at 84
- 1993 Barry Karas, American actor, dies of leukemia at 49
- 1993 Max Tripels, Dutch politician, dies at 72
- 1994 Donald Harden, Anglo-Irish archaeologist, Director of the London Museum, dies at 92
- 1994 Nikolai Kryuchkov, Soviet Russian film actor (Telegram; Ballad of a Soldier; Town People), dies at 83
- 1994 Rudolf Hrusinský, Czech actor and director (Short Cut, Golden Eels), dies at 73
- 1994 Taleb Ali al-Suheil, Iran sheik, murdered in Lebanon at 64
- 1995 Edward Henderson, British diplomat, dies at 77
- 1996 Denis Sargan, British econometrician, dies at 71
- 1996 George Mackay Brown, Scottish poet and playwright, dies at 74
- 1996 James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, Irish-American gangster, dies at 64
- 1996 Vjekoslav Kaleb, Croatian writer (Splendor of the Fabric), dies at 90
- 1997 Ann Craft, British social worker, scholar, and advocate for disability rights (Ann Craft Trust), dies at 53 [1]
- 1997 Dorothy Frooks, American author and military figure, dies at 101
- 1997 Foffie Williams, West Indian cricket all-rounder (4 Tests; 9 wickets, 1 x 50; Barbados), dies at 83
- 1997 Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler, dies at age 94
- 1998 Gail Reese [Virginia Vieser], American big band and radio singer (Bunny Berigan, Glenn Miller), dies at 79 [1]
- 1998 Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver & skysurfer, dies at 38
- 1999 Ortvin Sarapu, New Zealand chess player, dies at 74
- 1999 Willi Stoph, German politician (Prime Minister of German Democratic Republic, 1964-73 and 1976-89), dies at 84
- 2000 Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball utility (World Series 1941; Brooklyn Dodgers), dies at 90
- 2000 Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer (Botteghe Oscure), dies at 84
- 2000 Inglis Gundry, British composer, musicologist and novelist, dies at 94
- 2001 Jimmy Logan, British comedian (Mad Death), dies at 73
- 2001 Robert Moon, American postal inspector, dies at 83
- 2002 Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racecar driver, dies at 73
- 2004 Caron Keating, British television presenter, known for "Blue Peter", dies of cancer at 41
- 2005 Don Blasingame, American baseball player, dies at 73
- 2005 Johnnie Johnson, American blues & jazz piano player (Chuck Berry's band), dies of kidney problems and pneumonia at 80
- 2005 Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer, dies at 59
- 2005 Nikola Ljubičić, President of the Presidency of Serbia (1982-84) & Communist politician, dies at 89
- 2005 Philippe Volter, Belgian actor and director (Alexandre Fabbri in "The Double Life of Veronique"), dies at 46
- 2005 Yuri Anatoyevich Ponomaryov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 18 backup), dies at 73
- 2005 [Salvador] Tutti Camarata, American composer and producer (Vic Damone Show), dies at 91
Scottish author (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie), dies at 88
- 2006 Yvonne Vriens-Auerbach, Dutch politician (Member of Parliament (CDA). 1986-94), dies at 62
- 2007 Don Selwyn, Māori actorand film director, dies at 71
- 2008 John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist (first American involved in the theoretical development of the atomic bomb), dies at 96
- 2009 Bruce Snyder, American college football coach (Utah State, California, Arizona State), dies from melanoma at 69
- 2009 Harry Kalas, American sportscaster, dies at 73
- 2009 Mark Fidrych, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers) nicknamed "The Bird", dies at 54
- 2010 Manos Xydos, Greek rock singer-songwriter, and music producer (Pyx Lax), dies of a heart attack at 56
- 2013 Bernhard Krol, German hornist and composer (Figaro Metamorphoses), dies at 92 [1]
- 2013 Chi Cheng, American rock bassist (Deftones, 1990-2008), dies of cardiac arrest after years after never fully recovering from injuries in a car crash at 42
- 2013 Frank Bank, American actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 71
- 2013 Lin Yang-kang, Taiwanese politician, dies at 85
- 2013 Stephen Dodgson, British composer, dies at 89
- 2013 Vince Montana, American jazz, soul, and disco vibraphonist, percussionist, and arranger (The Salsoul Orchestra; MFSB), dies at 85
- 2015 Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and writer, dies at 74
German writer, playwright (The Tin Drum) and Nobel Prize laureate (1999), dies at 87
- 2015 Thelma Long, Australian tennis player (Australian C'ship singles 1952, 54; 12 x doubles; 4 x mixed doubles; French C'ship mixed doubles 1956), dies at 96
- 2016 Jeremy Steig, American jazz flutist ("Howlin' for Judy"; "Wayfaring Stranger"), dies of cancer at 73
- 2016 Ray Thornton, American politician (Democratic U.S. Representative for Arkansas), dies at 87
- 2017 Dan M. Rooney, American football executive and diplomat, son of the Steelers' founder Art Rooney (Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor), dies at 84
- 2017 Zareh Baronian, Armenian theologian, dies at 75
- 2018 Art Bell, American broadcaster and author, founder and host of Coast to Coast AM, dies at 72
- 2018 Miloš Forman, Czech-American award-winning director (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Amadeus; The Firemen's Ball), dies at 86
- 2019 Lydia Wideman, Finnish cross country skier (first female cross-country Olympic medalist, gold 10k 1952), dies at 98
- 2019 Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist (Nobel 2000), dies at 93
- 2019 Yvette Williams, New Zealand long jumper (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 89
- 2020 Ryo Kawasaki, Japanese jazz fusion guitarist, composer, bandleader, and synthesizer software programmer, dies at 73
- 2020 William Bailey, American educator and modernist painter (L'Attesa, Eggs), dies at 89
- 2021 Bobby Leonard, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (ABA C'ship 1970, 72, 73; Indiana Pacers) & point guard (Minneapolis/LA Lakers, Chicago Packers/Zephyrs), dies at 88
- 2022 Alex Gilady, Israeli journalist (VP NBC Sports; Chairman IAAF Television Commission; 7 x Emmy Awards) and sports official (IOC), dies at 79
- 2022 Freddy Rincón, Colombian soccer midfielder (84 caps; Santa Fe, América de Cali, SC Corinthians), dies in car accident at 55
- 2022 Gloria Parker [Rosenthal], American marimbist, glasspiel player, songwriter (Clap Your Hands and Shake Your Blues Away), and bandleader, dies at 100 [1]
- 2022 Wolfgang Fahrian, German soccer goalkeeper (10 caps DRG; SC Fortuna Köln), dies from pneumonia at 80
English fashion designer and 1960s fashion icon who popularized the mini skirt and the Mod Look, dies at 93 [1]
- 2024 Austin Murphy, American politician (US Representative from Pennsylvania, 1977-95), dies at 96
- 2024 Faith Ringgold (née Jones), American mixed-media artist (Who's Afraid of Aunt Jemima?), children's literature author and illustrator (We Came to America), and educator, dies at 93 [1]
- 2025 Bob Garretson, American auto racer (Sebring 12 hours 1978; 24 Hours of Daytona & World Endurance C'ship for Drivers 1981), dies at 92
- 2025 Jean Marsh, British Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress (Upstairs, Downstairs - "Rose"; The Eagle Has Landed), dies of complications from dementia at 90
- 2025 Lawrence Urquhart, British businessman and CEO of Burmah Castrol, Scottish Widows, and BAA Ltd, dies at 89 [1]
Peruvian writer, poet, journalist, presidential candidate and Nobel Prize Laureate (Aunt Julia), dies at 89
- 2025 Tommy Helms, American baseball second baseman (MLB All-Star 1967, 68; NL Rookie of the Year 1966; Gold Glove 1970, 71) and manager (Cincinnati Reds 1988-89), dies at 83
