- 630 King Ardashir III of Persia, Sasanian shah of Iran, dies at 9
- 1076 William I, Bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of Count Floris I, dies
- 1272 Zita, Italian maid and Roman Catholic saint from Lucca, dies at about 59
- 1404 Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1363-1404), dies at 62
Portuguese explorer of the East Indies and Pacific Ocean, killed by Filipino natives during battle at 41
- 1599 Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general, dies at 61
- 1605 Leo XI [Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici], Italian Pope in 1605 who had the shortest reign as pope in history, dies at 69
- 1613 Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit missionary, dies at 77
- 1625 Mori Terumoto, Japanese feudal lord, grandson of warlord Mori Motonari, built Hiroshima Castle, dies at 72
- 1656 Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter, dies at 65
- 1656 Jan van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 60
- 1694 John George IV, Elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies of smallpox at 25
English radical Whig politician and statesman, dies of tuberculosis at 46
- 1695 Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican philosopher, poet (“Primero Sueño"), and nun, dies at 44
- 1702 Jean Bart, French naval captain, privateer, and sea hero (Escape from Plymouth), dies at 51
- 1758 Jan Francisci, Slovak composer, dies at 66
- 1764 Jaime de Casellas, Spanish composer, dies at 73
- 1782 William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English peer and Whig politician, dies at 71
- 1794 William Jones, British orientalist & jurist, dies at 47
- 1813 Zebulon Pike, American brigadier general and explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34
- 1871 Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, Austrian composer, dies at 59
- 1872 Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician and author, dies at 70
- 1873 William Charles Macready, British actor, manager, and diarist, dies at 80
- 1876 George Aiken, American playwright and actor famous for writing the most popular stage adaptation of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", dies at 45
- 1881 Ludwig von Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76
American essayist and philosopher (Concord Hymn), dies of pneumonia at 78
- 1886 Henry Hobson Richardson, American Romanesque revival architect (Thomas Crane Public Library), dies of Bright's disease at 47
- 1893 John Murray Corse, American politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army), dies on his 58th birthday
- 1896 Henry Parkes, Australian politician (longest non-consecutive Premier of the Colony of New South Wales), dies at 80
- 1901 Richard Redhead, English organist, and composer of sacred music, dies at 81
- 1902 Julius Sterling Morton, American politician (3rd U.S. Secretary of Agriculture) and founder of Arbor Day, dies at 70
- 1915 Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (Prometheus), dies at 43
- 1915 John Labatt, Canadian brewer and businessman (Labatt Brewing Company), dies at 76
- 1927 Albert J. Beveridge, American politician and historian (Progressive leader, Senator Indiana 1899-1911), dies at 64
- 1932 Hart Crane, American poet (The Bridge), commits suicide at 32 by jumping overboard into the Gulf of Mexico
- 1936 Frederik August Stoett, Dutch linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72
- 1936 Karl Pearson, British statistician (leading founder of the modern field of statistics), dies at 79
Italian philosopher and Marxist theorist, dies at 46
- 1938 Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44
- 1941 Penelope Delta, Greek author, dies at 67
- 1950 Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, Polish composer (Lalita), and pedagogue, dies at 70
- 1950 Hobart Cavanaugh, American actor (Border Town, Black Angel), dies at 63
- 1950 Karl Straube, German organist and conductor, dies at 77
- 1951 Philip Hands, South African cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 50, HS 83; Western Province), dies at 61
- 1952 Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician, dies at 86
- 1954 Torsten Ralf, Swedish operatic tenor (Daphne - "Apollo"), dies at 53
- 1959 Gordon Armstrong, American inventor of the baby incubator, dies at 69
- 1961 Roy Del Ruth, American filmmaker (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67
- 1962 A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali statesman, dies at 88
- 1964 Georg Britting, German poet and writer (Fratricide in the Backwater), dies at 73
- 1965 Alan Bunce, American radio and television actor (Homicidal, Ethel & Albert), dies at 64
American broadcast journalist, war correspondent, and television host ("See it Now"; "Person to Person"), dies of lung cancer at 57
- 1969 Dino Terranova, American actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65
- 1969 René Barrientos Ortuño, 47th President of Bolivia (1964-66, 1966-69), dies in a helicopter crash at 49 [1]
- 1970 Arthur Shields, Irish actor ("The River"; "Enchanted Island"), dies at 74
1st Prime Minister of Ghana (1957-60) and 1st President of Ghana (1960-66), dies of prostate cancer at 62 [1]
- 1973 Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine auto racer (11 x F1 GP) and horse trainer, polo player, dies from diabetes and Parkinson's disease at 57
- 1973 Jim Sims, English cricket spin bowler (4 Tests, 11 wickets; Middlesex), dies at 69
- 1975 Nicholas Soussanin, Russian-American actor (Last Command, Captain Fury), dies at 86
- 1977 Joe Garland, American big band jazz saxophonist, arranger, and composer (In the Mood; Serenade To A Savage), dies at 73
- 1977 Scott Bradley, American pianist, composer, and arranger (MGM theatrical cartoon division, 1937-57), dies at 85
- 1977 Stanley Adams, American character actor (Star Trek - "Cyrano Jones"; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Lilies of the Field), commits suicide at 62
- 1978 John Doeg, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1930), dies at 69
- 1978 Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan politician, murdered at 68
- 1979 Alfred Kantorowicz, German-Jewish historian and journalist (Spanish Diary), dies at 79
- 1982 Tom Tully, American radio, stage, and screen actor (The Caine Mutiny; Shane), dies at 73
- 1988 David Scarboro, British actor, dies at 20
- 1989 Kōnosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (founded Panasonic), dies at 94
- 1990 Avdy Andresson, Estonian cavalryman (Czarist Cavalry, WWI; Estonian Army, 1918-40; Wehrmacht Cavalry, 1940-45), veterinarian, and Estonian Minister of War-In-Exile (1973-90), dies at 90
- 1990 Bella Spewack, Hungarian-American playwright (Kiss Me Kate), dies at 91
- 1991 Marcus Heeresma, Dutch author (Anna, Son of a Whore), dies at 55
- 1992 Olivier Messiaen, French composer (L'Ame en Bourgeon; St Francois d'Assise), dies at 83
- 1992 Sol K. Bright, Hawaiian steel-guitar player, singer (Hollywaiians), and songwriter (Hawaiian Cowboy), dies at 72
- 1993 Hans Sahl, German-American anti-Nazi Jewish writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90
- 1994 John Preston, American writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48
- 1994 Lynne Frederick, English actress (Trail of Pink Panther), dies at 39
- 1995 Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (Mandarins on Sulfuric Acid; The Darkroom of Damocles), dies at 73
- 1996 Joan Sterndale-Bennett, British actress (Brighton Rock, Those Fantastic Flying Fools), dies at 82
- 1996 William Colby, American C.I.A. director (1973-76), dies at 76
- 1997 Paul Lambert, American character actor (Executive Suite, Spartacus), dies at 74
- 1998 Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born American writer and mystic, dies at 72
- 1998 Godfrey Kenton, English actor (The Tempest, Well's Theater), dies at 96
- 1998 John Bassett, Canadian publisher & media baron, dies at 47
- 1999 Al Hirt, American jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World), dies of liver failure at 76
- 1999 Cyril Washbrook, English cricket batsman (37 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 195; Lancashire CCC), dies at 84
- 2000 Vicki Sue Robinson, American stage and screen actress, and pop singer ("Turn the Beat Around"), dies of cancer at 45
- 2001 Peter Crossley-Holland, British composer, ethno-musicologist, and educator (UCLA, 1969-83), dies of a heart attack at 85
- 2002 George Alec Effinger, American author, dies at 55
- 2002 Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Dutch-Swiss industrialist, dies at 81
- 2002 Ruth Handler, American toy manufacturer (invented the Barbie doll), dies of cancer at 85
- 2003 Piet Roozenburg, Dutch World champion checker player (1948, 51, 52, 55), dies at 78
- 2005 Red Horner, Canadian Hockey HOF defenceman (Stanley Cup 1932 Toronto Maple Leafs), dies at 95
- 2005 Stanley Orme, British Labour Party politician, dies at 82
- 2006 Julia Thorne, American writer and ex-wife of John Kerry, dies at 61
- 2009 Craig Arnold, American poet (Made Flesh), dies as the result of a fall in Japan at 41
- 2009 Feroz Khan, Indian actor, producer and director (known as Clint Eastwood of Bollywood), dies at 69
- 2009 Frankie Manning, American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and one of the founding fathers of Lindy Hop, dies at 94
- 2009 Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean actress and model, dies at 25
- 2010 Morris Pert, Scottish session jazz-rock drummer, percussionist, pianist, and contemporary classical composer (Ankh; Auroura), dies at 62
- 2011 Marian Mercer, American actress and singer (Dean Martin Show), dies at 75
- 2011 Willem Albert Wagenaar, Dutch psychologist known for his work on human memory (Paradoxes of Gambling Behaviour), dies at 69 [1]
- 2012 Bill "Moose" Skowron, American baseball first baseman (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1956, 58, 61, 62 NY Yankees, 1963 LA Dodgers), dies from lung cancer at 81
- 2012 Jan Bark, Swedish jazz, classical, and avant garde trombonist and composer, dies at 78
Danish-born American physiologist who was the first female president of the American Physiological Society, dies at 96
- 2015 Gene Fullmer, American boxer (World Middleweight title 1957; NBA [WBA] World Middleweight title 1959-62), dies at 83
- 2015 Rolf Smedvig, American classical trumpet player (Boston Symphony, 1971-81; Empire Brass, 1972-2015), and educator (Boston University), dies of a heart attack at 62
- 2015 Suzanne Crough, American child actress (The Partridge Family), dies at 52
- 2017 Julius Youngner, American virologist, helped develop Salk polio vaccine, dies at 96
- 2017 Vinod Khanna, Indian Bollywood actor (Mera Gaon Mera Desh), dies at 70
- 2018 Paul Junger Witt, American TV and film producer (Brian's Song; Soap; The Golden Girls; Dead Poets Society), dies of cancer at 77
- 2020 Eavan Boland, Irish poet (Night Feed, Against Love Poetry), dies of a stroke at 75
- 2020 Lynn Harrell, American classical cellist, educator, and Grammy Award-winner, dies of a stroke at 76
- 2020 Marty Smith, American motocross racer (AMA 125cc 1974, 75; AMA 500cc 1977), dies in a dune buggy accident at 63
- 2020 Robert Herbin, French soccer defender (23 caps; Saint-Étienne) and manager (Saint-Étienne, Lyon, Strasbourg), dies at 81
- 2022 David Birney, American stage and screen actor (Serpico, Bridget Loves Bernie, St Elsewhere), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 83
- 2022 Judy Henske, American folk singer (High Flying Bird), dies at 85
- 2023 (Charles William) "Wee Willie" Harris, English singer known as "Britain's wild man of rock 'n' roll", dies at 90 [1]
- 2023 Dick Groat, American baseball shortstop (NL MVP & NL batting champion 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates; 8 x MLB All-Star; St. Louis Cardinals) and College Basketball HOF guard (Duke Uni; Fort Wayne Pistons), dies at 92
German-American politician (Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977), and television tabloid talk show host (Jerry Springer, 1991-2018), dies of pancreatic cancer at 79
- 2023 Rosemary Cramp, British archaeologist who specialized in the Anglo-Saxons (Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey), dies at 93
- 2024 Jean-Pierre Ferland, Canadian singer-songwriter of many genres (Jaune), dies at 89
- 2025 Cora Sue Collins, American child actress (The Unexpected Father), dies of complications from a stroke at 98 [1]
- 2025 Jiggly Caliente [Bianca Castro-Arabejo], Filipino-American activist and drag performer, dies of complications from an infection at 44 [1]
