- 1161 Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 71
- 1504 Filippino Lippi, Italian renaissance painter, dies at ~52
- 1530 Francois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at ~43
- 1552 John Leland, English poet and antiquarian, described as "the father of English local history", dies at 49
- 1555 Polydore Vergil, Italian humanist scholar, historian, and diplomat dubbed the "Father of English History", dies at about 84
- 1556 Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61
- 1558 Roxelana, wife of Otttoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, dies at ~54
- 1567 Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer (tried to incite German Knights against Holy Roman Empire), executed by dismemberment at 63
- 1587 John Foxe, English historian (Book of Martyrs), dies
- 1610 Robert Parsons, English jesuit (A Letter Disclosure), dies at 63
- 1612 Emanuel Van Meteren, Flemish merchant and historian, dies at 76
- 1636 Julius Caesar, English lawyer and judge, dies at 78
- 1650 Simonds d'Ewes, English antiquarian and politician who wrote an account of the Long Parliament, dies at 47
- 1674 John Graunt, English statistician and founder of science of demography, dies at 53
- 1679 Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, German poet, dies at 62
- 1684 Gonzales Coques, Flemish painter, dies at 69
- 1689 George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Welsh judge, dies at 43
- 1690 Charles V, Duke of Lorraine & Austrian field marshal, dies at 47
- 1732 Louis Feuillée, French explorer, dies at 72
- 1794 Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, dies at 80
- 1796 Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist, dies at 63
- 1800 Johann Evangelist Schreiber, Swiss Baroque composer, dies at 84
- 1800 Pieter Fouquet, Dutch art merchant (Atlas of Fouquet), dies at 71
- 1802 Erasmus Darwin, English physician writer and botanist (grandfather of Charles Darwin), dies at 70
- 1803 Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician (Du calcul des derivations), dies at 43
- 1818 Quint Ondaatje, Dutch philosopher, patriot, democracy advocate, and politician, dies at 59
- 1824 Edward Jones, Welsh harpist and composer, dies at 72
- 1830 José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Brazilian classical composer (Master of Music at the Royal Chapel), dies at 63
- 1845 Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, Swiss chemist, dies at 77
- 1853 William R. King, American politician (Vice President 1853), dies at 67 one month after his inauguration
- 1854 Józef Elsner, Polish composer, musicologist, and teacher of Chopin, dies at 84
- 1855 Jean-Baptiste Isabey, French painter, dies at 88
- 1861 August Neithardt, German military bandleader (Prussian Army, 1816-40), choirmaster (Berlin Cathedral, 1843-61), and composer, dies at 67
- 1863 Job Plimpton, American composer and organ builder, dies at 79
- 1867 Robert Smirke, English architect, dies at 86
- 1871 Omar Pasha [Mihajlo Latas], Serbian-Ottoman field marshal (Crimean War) and Governor (Bosnia, Iraq), dies at 64
- 1873 Justus von Liebig, German agricultural & biological chemist who is considered the founder of organic chemistry, dies at 69
- 1879 Anthony Pannizi, Italian-born British librarian (British Museum), dies at 81
- 1882 Henry Cole, English inventor and civil servant, 1st director of the V&A Museum, promoter of 1851 Great Exhibition, dies at 73
- 1883 Agnes Tyrrell, Czech pianist and composer, dies at 36
- 1888 Roscoe Conkling, American politician (U.S. Senator from New York 1867-81), dies at 58
- 1898 Gustave Moureau, French Symbolist artist, dies at 72
- 1906 Luis Martín, Spanish Superior-General of the Society of Jesus, dies at 59
- 1917 Moritz von Bissing, Prussian general, dies at 73
- 1917 Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist, professor, and writer (The Forensic Psychopathology), dies of renal failure at 59
- 1921 Earnest [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire, Dutch actor (Inkwartiering, Kloris & Roses), dies at 70
American sports executive (co-owner of Brooklyn Dodgers 1897-1902), dies at 65
- 1928 Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor, dies of a heart attack at 58
- 1935 Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist & archaeologist, dies at 90
- 1935 Panait Istrati, Romanian writer ("Adrian Zografu” cycle), dies at 50
- 1936 Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (The Pines of Rome; Belkis), dies at 56
- 1936 Seaborn McDaniel Denson, American composer, dies at 82
- 1938 Richard Terry, English organist and musicologist, dies at 73
- 1939 Sir Matthew Nathan, British Lieutenant-Colonel and Governor of Queensland, Natal, Hong Kong, and the Gold Coast, dies at 77
- 1939 Theo Mann, Dutch actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler), dies at 88
- 1940 Florrie Forde [Flannagan], Australian singer and British music hall performer, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 64
- 1940 Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, English historian and politician, dies after being hit by a car during London blackout at 75
- 1941 Alexandros Koryzis, Prime Minister of Greece in 1941, commits suicide at about 65 as German troops closed in on Athens
- 1942 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art patron (founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art NYC), dies at 67
Japanese World War II Japanese Imperial Navy Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the combined fleet who led the attack on Pearl Harbor, killed in action at 59 by a US ambush after the "Magic" code-breaking team intercepted and decoded his flight plan
- 1944 Thomas Hitchcock Jr., American polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39), dies testing a new fighter plane during WWII at 44
- 1945 Ernie Pyle, American journalist and war correspondent during WW II (Pulitzer Prize, 1944), killed by enemy fire in the South Pacific during Battle of Okinawa at 44
- 1945 John Ambrose Fleming, English electrical engineer and physicist (right-hand and left-hand rules), dies at 95
- 1947 Benny Leonard, American boxer (world lightweight title 1917-25), dies from a heart attack at 51
Slovak politician (President of the First Slovak Republic), executed for treason for collaborating with Nazi Germany at 59
- 1949 Leonard Bloomfield, American linguist (Structural Linguistics), dies at 62
- 1949 Will Hay [William Thomson Hay], British comedian, actor and amateur astronomer, dies from a stroke at 60
- 1951 António Óscar Carmona, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal & 11th President of Portugal, dies at 81
German theoretical physicist famous for his theory of relativity and E = mc2 (1921 Nobel Prize for Physics), dies of an abdominal aortic aneurysm at 76
- 1955 Don Blackie, Australian cricket spin bowler (3 Tests, 14 wickets, BB 6/94; Victoria), dies at 46
- 1955 Eugen Herrigel, German philosopher and scholar (early pioneer of Zen in Europe), dies at 70
- 1956 Floyd Smith, American aviator and inventor of the modern parachute, dies at 71 [1]
- 1958 Maurice Gamelin, French Army officer (World War I - First Battle of the Marne; World War II - failure to stop German assault on France), dies at 85
- 1958 Richard B. Goldschmidt, German-American zoologist (butterflies), dies at 80
- 1959 Irving Cummings, American silent screen actor and director (In Old Ariz), dies at 70
- 1960 Emory Johnson, American actor and director (Phantom Express, Shield of Honor), dies at 66
- 1963 Meyer Jacobstein, American politician, dies at 83
- 1964 Albe Vidaković, Croatian composer, dies at 49
- 1964 Ben Hecht, American novelist, screenwriter and playwright (The Front Page), dies at 71
- 1965 Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor, dies at 48
- 1967 Karl Miller, German soccer defender (12 caps; Dresdner SC), dies at 53
- 1969 Peter Scharow, Russian-Italian actor and director (Chechov), dies at 82
- 1971 Masao Ohki, Japanese composer (Idea of the Night; Hiroshima Symphony), dies of cancer at 69
- 1974 Betty Compson, American actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at 77
- 1974 John Henry Lewis, American boxer (World Light-Heavyweight champion, 1935-38), dies of emphysema and Parkinson's at 59
- 1974 Marcel Pagnol, French playwright, filmmaker (Topaze; The Baker's Wife), and novelist, dies at 79
- 1975 Rob Touber [Noordervliet], Dutch television music and variety director, and record producer, dies of a heart attack at 38
- 1976 Mahmoud Younis, Suez Canal nationalization engineer, dies at 65
- 1977 Irene Steer, Welsh swimmer (Olympic gold GB 4 x 100m relay 1912), dies at 87
- 1981 James H. Schmitz, American sci-fi author (Lion Game), dies at 69
- 1983 Alan Melville, South African cricket batsman (11 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 189; Natal, Oxford University CC, Sussex CCC, Transvaal), dies at 72
- 1984 Arvi Kivimaa, Finnish writer (Groenende Cross), dies at 79
- 1984 Francis De Wolff, British character actor (A Christmas Carol, From Russia With Love), dies at 71
- 1984 John Lee Mahin, American screenwriter, dies of emphysema at 81
- 1985 Gertrude Caton-Thompson, British archaeologist (Zimbabwe; Malta; South Arabia), dies at 97
- 1986 Marcel Dassault [Bloch], French airplane engineer and manufacturer, dies at 94
- 1988 Pierre Desproges, French comedian (L'almanach / The Almanac; Le petit rapporteur / The Little Snitch), dies from lung cancer at 48 [1]
- 1989 Julia Smith, American composer (Prairie Kaleidoscope; Cynthia Parker), pianist (Orchestrette Classique), teacher, and musicologist (Aaron Copland: His Work and Contribution to American Music), dies at 84 [1]
- 1990 Gory Guerrero, Mexican-American professional wrestler, dies at 69
- 1990 Robert D. Webb, American director and actor (Love Me Tender; The Jackals), dies at 87
- 1991 Barry Rogers, American jazz, salsa, and session trombonist (Eddie Palmiere; Fania All-Stars; Chaka Khan; Todd Rundgren), dies at 55
- 1991 Heino Jurisalu, Estonian composer (Kvintett puhkpillidele), dies at 60
- 1991 Martin Hannett, British record producer (Joy Division; OMD), dies of heart failure at 42
- 1992 Benny Hill [Alfred Hawthorn Hill], British comedian (The Benny Hill Show; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), dies of a heart attack at 68
- 1993 Dame Elisabeth Frink, British sculptor and printmaker, dies of cancer at 62
- 1993 Masahiko Kimura, Japanese judoka, dies at 75
- 1994 Bill Rexford, American auto racer (NASCAR Grand National Series championship 1950, youngest Cup champion [23]), dies at 67
- 1994 Ken Oosterbroek, South African press photographer, shot dead at 32
- 1995 Arturo Frondizi, 35th President of Argentina (1958-62), dies at 86
- 1996 Hubert Opperman, Australian road cyclist, politician (multi-distance world records), dies of heart failure at 91
- 1996 Kalim Siddiqui, Pakistani-British writer and Islamic activist, dies at 62
- 1996 Michael Leander, English songwriter and record producer, dies at 54
- 1996 Piet Hein, Danish poet and inventor, dies at 80
- 1997 David Branson, British piano prodigy, composer, musicologist, and visual artist, dies at 88
- 1997 Edward Barker, English cartoonist, dies at 46
- 1998 Terry Sanford, American politician, dies at 80
- 1999 Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-born American mathematician & philosopher, dies at 66
- 2003 Edgar F. Codd, English-American computer scientist who contributed to the theory and practice of database management systems, dies at 79 [1]
- 2004 Frances Rafferty, American WWII pin-up girl, dancer and actress (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood), dies at 81
- 2004 Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fijian tribal chief, first Prime Minister of Fiji (1970-92) President of Fiji (1994-2000), dies at 83
- 2005 Kenneth Schermerhorn, American conductor (American Ballet), dies at 75
- 2005 Sam Mills, American College-Pro Football HOF linebacker (First-team All-Pro 1996; 5 × Pro Bowl; NO Saints, Carolina Panthers), dies of intestinal cancer at 46
- 2006 John Lyall, English soccer manager (West Ham United 1974-89; FA Cup 1980), dies from a heart attack at 66
- 2007 Iccho Itoh, mayor of Nagasaki, dies at 61
- 2007 Joseph Saleh, Iranian-American film producer (Savages) and co-founder of the Angelika Film Center, dies of a stroke at 73
- 2009 Enrique Franco, Spanish pianist, composer (Cuerda de presos), music promoter, and broadcaster (National Spanish Radio; Radio Clásica), dies at 89
- 2009 Stephanie Parker, Welsh actress, dies at 22
- 2011 Mason Rudolph, American golfer (Ryder Cup 1971; PGA C'ship 1973 3rd), dies at 76
- 2011 Olubayo Adefemi, Nigerian footballer, dies at 25
- 2011 William Donald Schaefer, American politician (Gov-D-Md), dies at 89
American radio and television personality (American Bandstand), dies from a heart attack at 82
- 2012 Robert O. Ragland, American film score composer (The Thing With Two Heads), dies at 80
- 2013 Cordell "Boogie" Mosson, American musician (Parliament-Funkadelic collective), dies of liver failure at 60
- 2013 Storm Thorgerson, British graphic designer and music video director (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, The Cranberries), dies of cancer at 69
- 2014 Brian Priestman, British conductor and teacher, dies at 87
- 2015 Joseph Lechleider, American electrical engineer (invented DSL/high speed internet technology), dies at 82
- 2016 Brian Asawa, Japanese-American countertenor, dies of liver failure at 49
- 2016 [Julia Liane] Aleah Stanbridge, South African metal musician (Trees of Eternity), dies of cancer at 39
- 2017 Gordon Langford [Colman], British composer and arranger of brass, choral, and orchestral music (Facets of Glass; Rhapsody for Trombone), dies at 86
- 2019 Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani scholar, writer, and Urdu linguist, dies at 89
American paranormal investigator (Amityville haunting), dies in her sleep at 92
- 2019 Lyra McKee, Northern Irish journalist, shot by the New IRA in a terrorist attack at 29
- 2019 Mark Medoff, American playwright, theater (Children of Lesser God), director, actor, and professor, dies at 79
- 2020 François Lafortune Jr., Belgian rifle shooter (7 x Olympic Games 1952-1976, 50m Rifle, Prone Position), dies from Parkinson's disease at 87
- 2020 Paul H. O’Neill, American businessman, chairman of Alcoa (1987-2000) and US Treasury Secretary (2001-02), dies of cancer at 84
- 2020 Takuo Aoyagi, Japanese engineer who invented the pulse oximeter, dies at 84
- 2021 Iain Watson Gallaway, New Zealand sports broadcaster (Radio Sport; Halberg Award) and author ("Not a Cloud in the Sky"), dies at 98
- 2022 Harrison Birtwistle, British contemporary classical composer (The Minotaur; The Mask of Orpheus), dies at 87 [1]
- 2022 Janez Matičič, Slovenian pianist. conductor, and pedagogue, dies at 95
- 2022 Nicholas Angelich, American concert pianist, dies of degenerative lung disease at 51
- 2022 Sid Mark [Fliegelman], American disc jockey and 'Frank-ophile' (The Sounds of Sinatra, 1960-2022), dies at 88
- 2023 Don Rader, American big band jazz trumpeter and arranger (Woody Herman; Maynard Ferguson; Count Basie; Les Brown), dies at 87
- 2023 Evan Jones, Jamaican playwright, screenwriter and poet (Fight Against Slavery, The Song of the Banana Man), dies at 95
- 2024 Dickey Betts, American rock guitarist, songwriter, and singer (The Allman Brothers Band - "Ramblin' Man"; "Jessica"), dies of cancer at 80 [1]
- 2024 Karen the ostrich, dies after swallowing a keeper's keys at Topeka Zoo, Kansas, at 5 [1]
- 2024 Mandisa [Hundley], American Grammy Award-winning gospel and contemporary Christian singer (Overcomer), dies at 47
- 2024 Peter Hordern, British Conservative Party politician known for promoting monetarism, dies on his 95th birthday
- 2024 Spencer Milligan, American actor (Land of the Lost), dies at 86
- 2024 Wally Harris, Canadian ice hockey referee (6 x Stanley Cup series; first NHL Director of Officiating), dies at 88
- 2025 Clodagh Rodgers, Northern Irish pop singer ("Come Back and Shake Me", "Jack in the Box"), dies at 78
- 2025 Damien Thomas, Egyptian-British actor (Twins of Evil; Shogun), dies of progressive supranuclear palsy at 83
- 2025 Françoise Hampson, British academic and human rights lawyer, dies of cancer at 74
- 2025 Gys Pitzer, South African rugby union hooker (12 Tests; Northern Transvaal), dies at 85
- 2025 Julia Parsons, American naval codebreaker and member of the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, dies at 104
- 2025 Nikola Pokrivač, Croatian soccer midfielder (15 caps; Dinamo Zagreb, Monaco, Red Bull Salzburg), dies in a traffic collision at 39
