- 69 Marcus Salvius Otho, Roman Emperor, dies at 36
- 744 al-Walid II, Umayyad caliph (743-744), killed at 35
- 1090 Sikelgaita, Lombard princess, wife of Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria, who often went into battle, armed, dies at about 50
- 1113 Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Russian prince (b. 1050)
- 1118 Adelaide del Vasto, wife of Roger II of Sicily
- 1198 Duke Frederick I of Austria
- 1446 Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian Renaissance architect (dome of Florence cathedral), dies at 68 or 69
- 1496 David van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69
- 1529 Louis de Berquin, French humanist, reformer and heretic, burned at stake
- 1619 Denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert [Dionisio Fiamingo], Flemish painter, dies
- 1645 Tobias Hume, Scottish composer (The First Part of Ayres), dies
- 1687 George Villiers, 2nd duke of Buckingham, English statesman and poet, dies at 59
- 1689 Aphra Behn, English dramatist and novelist (Oroonoko - one of earliest English novels), dies at 48
- 1743 Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Dutch jurist who helped develop international law along positivist lines, dies at 69
- 1756 Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (proper motion. satellites of Saturn), dies at 79
- 1783 Christian Mayer, Czech Catholic priest and astronomer, dies at 63
- 1788 George-Louis Leclerc, count de Buffon, French naturalist and writer on natural history (Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière), dies at 80
- 1825 Henry Fuseli, Swiss-born painter and art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at 84
Spanish romantic painter and printmaker (The Third of May 1808), dies at 82
- 1846 Domenico Dragonetti, Italian composer and double bass player, dies at 83
- 1858 Johann Baptist Cramer, German-British pianist, composer and music publisher, dies at 87
- 1859 Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political writer (Democracy in America), dies of tuberculosis at 53
- 1864 Thomas Blanchard, American machinist and inventor, dies at 75
- 1865 Robert C. Tyler, US Confederate brigadier general, dies during the Battle of West Point, at 32
- 1870 Anatoli O Demidov, Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies
- 1870 Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry and Italian princess of the House of Bourbon who led an unsuccessful rebellion against French King Louis-Philippe I, dies at 71
- 1876 Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, Belgian military officer, painter, composer, and librettist, dies at 83
- 1879 Bernadette of Lourdes [Bernadette Soubirous], French saint (saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies from tuberculosis at 35 in Nevers, France
- 1879 Peter Kosler, German-Slovenian lawyer and cartographer who made the first map of Slovene land (Kosler's Map), dies at 55
- 1881 George William Martin, English chorister, organist, composer, educator, and founder of the National Choral Society, dies at 53
- 1888 Zygmunt Wróblewski, Polish physicist, chemist, and first person together with Karol Olszewski to liquify oxygen and nitrogen, dies at 42
- 1890 John Barnett, English composer (The Mountain Sylph), dies at 87
- 1899 Emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary, dies at 23
- 1904 Maximilian Kronberger, German poet, dies at 16
- 1904 Samuel Smiles, Scottish writer (Self Help), dies at 91
- 1914 George William Hill, American astronomer (calculated Moon's orbit) and considered to be the greatest master of celestial mechanics of his time, dies at 76
- 1914 S. R. Crockett, Scottish novelist (The Stickit Minister), dies at 54
- 1915 Nelson W. Aldrich, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, dies at 73
- 1916 Tom Horan, Australian cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 1 x 100, 11 wickets; Victoria CA), dies a 62
- 1920 John Conrad Nordqvist, Swedish composer, dies at 80
- 1924 Jack Board, English cricket wicket-keeper (Eng in 6 Tests 1898-1906), dies at 57
- 1928 Henry Birks, Canadian businessman and founder of Henri Birks and Sons, dies at 87
- 1930 José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, political philosopher and activist (b. 1894)
- 1931 Rachel Bluwstein, Hebrew poet, dies of tuberculosis at 40
- 1938 Bertram Mills, British circus proprietor (Bertram Mills Circus), dies at 70
- 1938 Steve Bloomer, English footballer (b. 1874)
- 1941 Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician and banker, dies at 60
- 1942 Princess Alexandra of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, dies at 63
- 1946 Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss auto racer and car designer (co-founder Chevrolet Motor Car Company), dies from suicide at 61
- 1947 Rudolf Höss, German commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, dies at 45
- 1950 Eduard Oja, Estonian composer (Trilogy of Time), conductor, music teacher and violinist dies at 45
- 1955 Abdullah Seif el-Islam, brother of Yemenite king Ahmed, beheaded
- 1957 Charles Earle Funk, American civil engineer, lexicographer and editor (Funk & Wagnalls, New International Year Book), dies at 76 [1]
English chemist and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, dies of ovarian cancer at 37
- 1959 Charles Halton, British stage actor (Dr Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again), dies at 83
- 1960 Felix Kersten, Baltic-German Finnish masseuse physical therapist and personal trainer to Heinrich Himmler who helped save people from Finns from Nazi persecution, dies at 61
- 1961 John C. Egan, American WWII pilot (100th Bomb Group), portrayed by Callum Turner in "Masters of the Air", dies from heart attack at 45
- 1966 Nandalal Bose, Indian pioneering modern artist (illustrated Constitution of India), dies at 83
- 1967 Jean Alexandre Barré, French neurologist who helped identify the Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome, dies at 86
- 1968 Edna Ferber, American author and playwright (American Beauty, Cimarron), dies at 82
- 1968 Fay Bainter, American actress (Jezebel; Our Town; State Fair), dies at 76
- 1970 Richard Neutra, Austrian-American modernist architect (Kaufmann Desert House - Palm Springs, California; Moore House - Ojai, California; Hassrick House - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), dies at 78 [1]
- 1972 Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist (Thousand Cranes) and Nobel laureate (1968), dies at 72
- 1973 István Kertész, Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor, dies at 43
- 1978 Lucius du Bignon Clay, American WWII general and military governor of West Germany, dies at 80
- 1980 Morris Stoloff, American violinist, Academy Award-winning composer, music director (Columbia Pictures, 1938-62), and orchestra leader (Moonglow/Theme from Picnic), dies at 81
- 1981 Effa Manley, American Baseball HOF executive (co-owner NgL Newark Eagles), dies from a heart attack at 84
- 1981 Eric Hollies, English cricket spin bowler (13 Tests, 44 wickets; dismissed Donald Bradman for 0 in his final Test innings), dies at 68
- 1984 Charles G. Finney, American fantasy author (Circus of Dr Lao), dies at 78
- 1985 Scott Brady [Gerald Tierney], American actor (Shotgun Slade, China Syndrome, Gremlins, Johnny Guitar), dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 60
- 1988 Clifford Roach, cricketer (16 Tests early in West Indian cricket history), dies
- 1988 Jacques de Kadt, Dutch politician and writer (Fascism is War!), dies at 90
- 1988 Khalil al-Wazir, PLO leader, assassinated by Israeli commandos at 52
- 1988 Warde Donovan, dies at 72
- 1989 John "Jocko" Conlan, American Baseball HOF umpire (National League 1941-65), dies after heart surgery at 89
- 1989 Tawfieq Yusuf Awwaad, Lebanese writer, dies
- 1992 Alexandru Nicolschi, Russian-Romanian communist activist, Soviet agent, and Securitate chief, dies from heart attack at 76
- 1992 Andy Russell, American drummer and vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72
- 1992 Frank Killmond, dies at 58
- 1992 Neville Brand, American soldier and actor (DOA, Love Me Tender), dies of emphysema at 71
- 1993 Jan Meefout, Dutch sculptor (Resting Woman, Elephant), dies at 77 [1]
- 1994 John McLiam [Williams], Canadian character actor (First Blood; Sleeper; The Men From Shiloh), dies of Parkinson's disease at 76
- 1994 Ralph Ellison, American writer (Invisible Man; Shadow and Cast: Juneteenth), dies of pancreatic cancer at 80
- 1994 Ron Vawter, American actor (Roy Cohn; The Silence of the Lambs), dies at 45
- 1994 Samuel "Sam" Selvon, Trinidad-born writer (The Lonely Londoners), dies at 70
- 1995 Arthur English, British comedian and actor (Malachi's Cove, Are You Being Served?), dies of complications from emphysema at 75
- 1995 Cheyenne Brando, daughter of Marlon, commits suicide
- 1995 Cyril 'Cy' Enfield, American film director (Zulu, The Sound of Fury), dies at 80
- 1995 Iqbal Masih, Pakistani child slave labourer, activist (b. 1982)
- 1995 Stewart Myles MacPherson, Canadian-born British broadcaster, dies at 86
- 1996 George Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 80
- 1996 Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (Meet Me in St. Louis; Ziegfeld Follies), dies from a heart attack at 79
- 1996 Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Belgian writer, dies at 89
- 1996 Raymond Hill, American tenor saxophonist (Kings of Rhythm), dies at 62
- 1996 Stavros Niarchos, Greek shipping magnate (Those Fabulous Greeks), dies at 86
- 1996 Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Cuban filmmaker (Muerte de un burócrata), dies at 67
- 1997 Doris Angleton, American socialite, murdered at 46, allegedly by her brother-in-law [1]
- 1997 Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, American Mexican media tycoon (Televisa), dies at 66
- 1997 Michael Stroka, American soap actor (Aristede-Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58
- 1997 Ray Green, American composer and publisher, dies at 88
- 1997 Roland Topor, French surrealist illustrator, novelist (The Tenant), playwright, and filmmaker, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 59
- 1998 Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician, dies at 77
- 1998 Fred Davis, English 8-time World Snooker Champion (1948-49, 51), dies at 84
- 1998 Marie-Louise Meilleur, oldest French-Canadian supercentenarian (born 1880), dies at 117 years, 230 days
- 1999 (Alexander) "Skip" Spence, Canadian rock guitarist, singer-songwriter (Moby Grape, 1966-87 - "Omaha"), drummer (Jefferson Airplane, 1965-66), dies of lung cancer at 52
- 1999 Laurence Kirwan, British archaeologist (Sudan and Egyptian Nubia), dies at 91
- 1999 Nicholas Cayzer, British shipping magnate (British and Commonwealth Shipping), dies at 89
- 2000 Putra of Perlis [Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail], King of Malaysia (1960-65), dies at 79
- 2001 Alec Stock, English football manager (b. 1917)
- 2001 Michael Ritchie, American film director (Downhill Racer, Fletch), dies of complications of cancer at 62
- 2002 Robert Urich, American actor (Spenser: For Hire), dies of cancer at 55
- 2002 Ruth Fertel, American restaurateur (Ruth's Chris Steak House in Louisiana), dies at 75
- 2003 Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Charlie"; Misery; 7th Heaven), dies of multiple myeloma at 72
- 2003 Graham Stuart Thomas, English author and garden designer (b. 1909)
- 2005 Kathleen "Kay" Walsh, British actress (The Horse's Mouth, Oliver Twist), dies in a fire at 93
- 2005 Kim Moo-saeng, South Korean actor (Tears of the Dragon, Barefoot Youth), dies of pneumonia at 62
- 2005 Marla Ruzicka, American humanitarian worker and peace activist (b. 1976)
- 2006 Dan Schaefer, American politician (Rep-R-CO, 1983-99), dies of cancer at 70
- 2006 Francisco Adam, Portuguese actor and model (b. 1983)
- 2007 Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)
- 2007 G. V. Loganathan, Indian-American professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, killed at 53 by a gunman in the Virginia Tech shooting [1] [2]
- 2007 Gaetan Duchesne, Canadian hockey player (b. 1962)
- 2007 Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, American instructor of French (b. 1958)
- 2007 Kevin Granata, American professor of Engineering (b. 1961)
- 2007 Liviu Librescu, American Jewish-Romanian professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, dies saving his students during Virginia Tech massacre at 76
- 2007 Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer and first Brazilian woman to compete in the Olympic Games (b. 1915)
- 2007 Seung-Hui Cho, Korean American murderer (b. 1984), see List of victims of the Virginia Tech massacre
- 2008 Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist, dies at 90
- 2008 Joseph Solman, American painter
- 2010 Daryl Gates, LAPD Chief, dies at 83
- 2010 Marion Ladewig, American ten-pin bowler (9 time woman bowler of year 1950-63), dies at 95
- 2010 Rasim Delic, Bosnian military chief of staff and war criminal (b. 1949)
- 2011 Allan Blakeney, Canadian politician (10th Premier of Saskatchewan), dies at 85
- 2011 Bijan, Iranian men's apparel designer (Bijan), dies of stroke at 71
- 2011 Gerry Alexander, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (25 Tests, top score 108, 90 dismissals), dies at 82
- 2011 Harold Volkmer, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri, dies at 80
- 2011 Paul Des Marais, American composer, dies at 90 [1]
- 2011 William A. Rusher, American lawyer and columnist, dies at 87
- 2012 Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish shipping Magnate, dies at 98
- 2013 George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American Grammy Award-winning gospel singer (Billy Graham Crusades, 1947-2013), dies at 104
- 2015 Martin Quittenton, British rock and blues guitarist (Steamhammer), and songwriter ("Maggie May"; "You Wear It Well"), dies at 69
- 2016 Charlie Hodge, French Canadian goalkeeper (Montreal Canadians), dies at 82
- 2016 Peter Tolson, English rock guitarist (Pretty Things), dies at 64
- 2018 Harry Anderson, American comic, magician, and actor (Night Court - "Judge Harry Stone"; Daves's World), dies at 65
- 2018 Henri Landwirth, Belgian-American hotel owner and philanthropist (Give Kids the World), dies at 91
- 2019 Fay McKenzie, American actress and singer (The Party, Sierra Sue), dies at 101
- 2019 Gogumal Kischenchand, Indian cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), dies at 72
- 2019 Jörg Demus, Austrian classical pianist and composer, dies at 90
- 2020 Gene Deitch, American illustrator (Tom Terrific, Nudnik), dies at 95
- 2020 Howard Finkel, American pro wrestling ring announcer (WWE Hall of Fame), dies from stroke complications at 69
- 2020 Kenneth Gilbert, Canadian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist, and educator, dies at 88
- 2020 Luis Sepúlveda, Chilean writer and political activist (The Old Man Who Read Love Stories), dies of COVID-19 at 70
- 2020 Steve Cash, YouTube personality (Talking Kitty Cat), commits suicide at 40
- 2021 Anthony Powell, British costume designer (Travels With My Aunt, 101 Dalmatians), dies at 85
- 2021 Charles Geschke, American computer scientist, inventor and businessman (co-founder of Adobe Systems), dies of cancer at 81
- 2021 Einar Enevoldson, American USAF pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA test pilot (X-24B; Perlan Project), dies at 78
- 2021 Felix Silla, Italian-American circus performer, Hollywood stuntman, and actor (The Addams Family - "Cousin Itt"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 84
- 2021 Helen McCrory, English actress (The Queen, Peaky Blinders), dies of cancer at 52
- 2021 John Dawes, Welsh rugby union centre (22 caps Wales, 4 caps British & Irish Lions; London Welsh; Barbarians), dies at 80
- 2021 Johnny Peirson, Canadian ice hockey right wing (NHL All Star 1950, 51; Boston Bruins) and broadcaster (WBZ and WSBK), dies at 95
- 2021 Mike Mitchell, American rock guitarist (The Kingsmen -"Louie, Louie"), dies on his 77th birthday
- 2021 Serhiy Novikov, Russian judoka (Olympic gold heavyweight 1976), dies at 71
- 2022 Joachim Streich, German soccer striker (102 caps GDR; FC Hansa Rostock, 1. FC Magdeburg) and manager (1. FC Magdeburg), dies at 71
- 2023 Ahmad Jamal [Frederick Jones], American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator, dies of prostate cancer at 92 [1]
- 2023 Eddie Colquhoun, Scottish soccer centre back (11 caps; Sheffield United 363 games), dies at 78
- 2024 Bob Graham, American politician (US Senator from Florida, 1987-2005; 38th Governor of Florida, 1979-87), dies at 87 [1]
- 2024 Carl Erskine, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1954; World Series 1955; 2 x no-hitters; Brooklyn/LA Dodgers; Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award), dies at 97 [1]
- 2024 Rodney Gould, British motorcycle road racer (FIM 250cc World C'ship 1970; 10 x GP wins), dies at 81
- 2025 (McGavock) "Mac" Gayden, American Nashville rock and country session guitarist, record producer and songwriter ("Everlasting Love"), dies at 83
- 2025 Colin Berry, British broadcaster and newsreader for BBC Radio 2 (1973-2012), dies after suffering from dementia at 74
- 2025 Ed Lumley, Canadian corporate executive, politician (Member of Parliament, 1974-84), and college administrator (Chancellor of the University of Windsor, 2006-19), dies at 85
- 2025 Ena Hartman [Gerthaline Henry], American actress (Dan August, Terminal Island), dies of natural causes at 93 [1]
- 2025 Joanne Gilbert, American actress (The Great Man, High Cost of Loving), dies at 92 [1]
- 2025 Nora Aunor [Nora Cabaltera Villamayor], Filipina actress (And God Smiled at Me, Thy Womb), dies of acute respiratory failure at 71
- 2025 Roger McLachlan, New Zealand rock bassist (Little River Band, 1975-76; Stars), dies of pancreatic cancer at 71
