- 1109 Saint Hugh of Cluny, 6th abbot of Cluny, dies at 84
- 1192 Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem, assassinated at 52
- 1498 Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English aristocrat, dies during an anti-tax riot at about 40 [exact birthday unkinkown, c. 1458]
- 1533 Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat, dies at 72
- 1710 Thomas Betterton, British actor and theatre manager during the Restoration period (Coriolanus), dies at 74 [1]
- 1716 Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest and saint who preached Mariology (Secret of the Rosary; True Devotion to Mary), dies at 43
English pirate who operated in the Caribbean, dies of a violent fever while in prison and likely still pregnant aged 36 [date of burial]
- 1726 Thomas Pitt, British merchant & Governor of Madras, dies at 72
- 1741 Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general and statesman, dies at 73
- 1754 Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian Rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes (Fortune Teller), dies at 72
- 1770 Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, French ballet dancer (Paris Opera Ballet), dies at 60
- 1772 Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician of Christian VII of Denmark, dies at 34
- 1781 Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress, dies at 58
- 1799 François Giroust, French composer, dies at 62
- 1804 Hans Gram, Danish composer, dies at 49
- 1813 Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (Battle of Borodino), dies at 67
- 1816 Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher, dies at 53
- 1841 Peter Chanel, French priest & saint, dies at 37
- 1843 William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies at 74
- 1853 Ludwig Tieck, German writer, dies at 79
- 1858 Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist, made first distinction between motor and sensory nerves, dies at 56
- 1865 Samuel Cunard, Canadian-British shipping magnate and founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line), dies at 77
- 1881 Robert Olinger, American warden & the last victim of Billy the Kid, dies at 31
- 1883 William M. Browne, American Confederate politician and Brigadier General, dies at 59
- 1887 Carl Ferdinand Pohl, German-Austrian music historian, organist, and composer, dies at 67
- 1896 Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian and political writer, dies at 61
- 1903 Josiah Willard Gibbs, American theoretical physicist and chemist (created statistical mechanics, 1st US doctorate in engineering), dies at 64
- 1905 Fitzhugh Lee, American Major General (Confederate Army) & 40th Governor of Virginia, dies at 69
- 1922 Paul Deschanel, French politician and eccentric President of France (1920), dies at 67
- 1925 Louis Bouwmeester, Dutch actor (Shakespeare), dies at 82
- 1933 Robin Irvine, British actor (Easy Virtue, When Boys Leave Home), dies of pleurisy at 31
- 1934 Charley Patton, American Delta blues musician ("Pony Blues"; "High Water Everywhere"), dies of a mitral valve disorder between the ages of 37 and 43
- 1935 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scottish composer, dies at 87
- 1936 Fuʾād I [Aḥmad Fuʾād Pasha], King of Egypt (1922-36), dies at 68
- 1944 Frank Knox, American politician (Republican VP candidate 1936), newspaper editor and Secretary of the Navy during World War II, dies at 70
Fascist Italian dictator (1922-43), shot by communist partisans at 61
- 1945 Claretta Petacci, Italian mistress of Mussolini, executed at 33
- 1945 Hans Bloesch, Swiss author, dies at 67
- 1945 Roberto Farinacci, Italian fascist, dies at 52
- 1946 Louis Bachelier, French mathematician who pioneered mathematical finance introducing Brownian motion, dies at 76
- 1949 Aurora Quezon, First Lady of the Philippines, wife of President Manuel Luis Quezon, assassinated at 61
- 1954 Léon Jouhaux, French socialist and co-founder UN's ILO (Nobel Peace Prize 1951), dies at 74
- 1955 Lode Cantens, Flemish playwright (Gnomes of the City), dies at 43
- 1957 Heinz Bär, German fighter pilot, dies at 43
- 1960 Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer, philosopher and Marxist theorist, dies at 87
- 1960 Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, 19th and 25th President of Chile, dies at 82
- 1964 Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector & museum director, dies at 75
- 1965 Ferdinand Bordewijk, Dutch lawyer and writer (Character), dies at 80
- 1966 Ralph Bunker, American actor (Ghost Goes West), dies of a stroke at 77
- 1967 Oscar Comras, American drummer, bandleader, and namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park, dies at 51
- 1969 Johannes Röntgen, Dutch composer, dies at 70
- 1970 Ed Begley, American actor (12 Angry Men, The Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 69
Finnish speed skater (Olympic gold 1500m, 5000m, allround 1924; 500m, 1500m 1928), dies at 80
- 1973 Jacques Maritain, French Catholic philosopher (exponent of St Thomas), dies at 90
- 1973 Pat Henning, American actor (Goodyear TV Playhouse), dies at 64
- 1974 Paul Page, American actor (Girl From Havana, Moth), dies at 70
- 1975 Jan Aart de Jonge, Dutch historian and writer (Het Zeeuwse goud - Zeeland´s gold), dies at 49
- 1976 Eugen Roth, German poet (Ein Mensch), dies at 81
- 1976 Richard Hughes, English writer (Fiction as Truth), dies at 76
- 1977 Ricardo Cortez [Jacob Krantz], American actor and director (The Maltese Falcon), dies at 76
- 1977 Sepp Herberger, German soccer manager (Germany 1936–42; West Germany 1950-64) and striker (3 caps; SV Waldhof Mannheim 127 games), dies at 80
- 1978 Mohammed Daoud Khan, 1st President of Afghanistan (1973-78) & Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-63), dies at 68
- 1979 Feliks Roderyk Łabuński, Polish composer, dies at 86
- 1980 (Francisco) "Chino" Pozo, Cuban-American latin jazz and Afro-Cuban drummer, bongosero and conguero, dies at 64
- 1980 Dee Carroll [Betty Jeanne Marsh], American actress (Mad Bombe; Split), dies at 54
- 1980 Tommy Caldwell, American rock bass player (Marshall Tucker Band), dies in a jeep crash at 30
- 1981 Cliff Battles, American College/Pro Football HOF halfback (West Virginia Wesleyan College; 3 x First-Team All-Pro; NFL rushing yards leader 1932, 37; Boston Braves/Redskins, Washington Redskins), dies at 70
- 1981 Mickey Walker, American boxer (World Welterweight Champion 1922-26; World Middleweight Champion 1926-29), dies at 79
- 1981 Steve Currie, British rock bassist (T. Rex; Marc Bolan), dies in a car crash in Portugal at 33
- 1982 Bert van Dongen [Albert Cohen], Dutch singer, impressionist and actor (Het meisje met den blauwen hoed), dies at 66
- 1982 Murray McEachern, Canadian big band jazz and session trombonist and alto saxophonist (Benny Goodman; Casa Loma Orchestra), dies at 66
- 1982 Nobby Clark, English cricket fast bowler (8 Tests, 32 wickets, BB 5/98; Northamptonshire CCC), dies at 81
- 1983 Charlie LaVere [Johnson], American jazz pianist, arranger, bandleader (Chicago Loopers), and composer (Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Revue), dies at 72
- 1983 Ron James, Australian cricketer (NSW's Sheffield Shield captain 1949-50), dies at 62
- 1984 Glen H. Taylor, American senator, dies at 80
- 1984 Moses "Whispering" Smith, American blues harmonica player and singer ("A Thousand Miles From Nowhere"; "Hound Dog Twist"), dies at 52
- 1984 Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (33 caps; Stormvogels, Elinkwijk), dies from a stroke at 55
- 1984 Silvia Ashton-Warner, New Zealand writer, dies at 76
- 1987 Åke Olof Sebastian Uddén, Swedish violist, composer and educator (Royal College Of Music, 1934-70), dies at 84
- 1987 Ben Linder, American engineer, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua at 27
- 1988 B. W. Stevenson, American country singer, dies at 38
- 1989 Olaf J. de Landell, Dutch writer, dies at 77
- 1991 Floyd McKissick, American lawyer and civil rights activist, dies at 69
- 1991 Ken Curtis, American actor (Festus - Gunsmoke), dies at 74
- 1991 Steve Broidy, American motion picture executive, dies at 85
- 1992 Francis Bacon, Irish-British abstract painter (Study for a Pope), dies at 82
- 1992 Iceberg Slim [Robert Beck], African-American writer, dies at 73
- 1993 Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (NC State), dies of cancer at 47
- 1995 Andrew Salkey, Panamanian-Jamaican novelist and poet (A Quality of Violence, In the Hills Where Her Dreams Live: Poems for Chile), dies at 67
- 1995 Henry C. Rogers, American publicist, dies at 81
- 1995 Peaches Davis, American baseball pitcher, dies at 89
- 1996 Gilles Grangier, French film director (Archimède le clochard), dies at 84
- 1996 Henry Clarke, American fashion photographer (Vogue), dies at 78
- 1996 Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, Guatemalan politician, dies at 80
- 1996 William Colby, American intelligence officer (CIA Director, 1973-76), dies at 76
- 1997 Ann Lane Petry, American journalist and author (Street), dies at 88
- 1997 Susan Seddon Boulet, American artist, dies of cancer at 45
- 1998 Ramakant Desai, Indian cricket fast bowler (28 Tests, 74 wickets, 1 x 50; Bombay), dies from cardiac arrest at 58
- 1999 Alf Ramsey, English football manager, dies at 79
American physicist who shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work with lasers, dies of leukemia at 77
- 1999 John Stears, British Academy Award-winning film special effects expert (Dr. No; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Star Wars), dies following a stroke at 64
- 1999 Rory Calhoun [Francis Timothy McCown], American actor (Blue & Gray, How to Marry a Millionaire), dies of emphysema at 76
- 1999 Walter Gieseler, German composer, dies at 79
- 2000 Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor, cancer researcher (Karolinska University Hospital, 1967-92), politician (Member of Parliament, 1991-94), and Holocaust survivor, dies of leukemia at 74
- 2000 Penelope Fitzgerald, English writer known for "The Blue Flower", dies at 83
- 2001 Ken Hughes, English director (Casino Royale, Chitty, Chitty Bang, Bang), dies at 79
- 2002 Alexander Lebed, Russian general, dies at 52
- 2005 Chris Candido, American wrestler, dies at 33
- 2005 Douglas Johnson, British historian (France and the Dreyfus Affair), and educator, dies of esophageal cancer at 80
- 2005 Percy Heath, American jazz bassist (Modern Jazz Quartet), dies at 81
- 2005 Taraki Sivaram, Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka, dies at 45
- 2006 Ben-Zion Orgad, Israeli composer, dies at 79
- 2007 Bertha Wilson, Canadian lawyer and the 1st woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, dies at 83
- 2007 Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher, dies at 94
- 2007 Robert "Dabbs" Greer, American actor (Gunsmoke, The Green Mile, Little House on Prairie), dies of a kidney and heart ailment at 90
- 2007 Tommy Newsom, American saxophonist & bandleader (The Tonight Show), dies at 78
- 2009 Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina and star of the Bolshoi Ballet, dies suddenly at 70
- 2009 Valeria Peter Predescu, Romanian singer, dies of a heart attack at 62
- 2009 Vern Gosdin, American country singer ("Set 'Em Up Joe"), dies after a stroke at 74
- 2011 William Campbell, American character actor (Cannonball - "Jerry"; Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte: Dementia 13), dies at 87
- 2012 Jackie Kelso [John Joseph Kelson Jr], American jazz saxophonist & session musician, dies at 90
- 2012 Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and researcher, dies at 92
- 2012 Patricia Medina, British actress (The Three Musketeers, High-Low), dies from natural causes at 92
- 2013 János Starker, Hungarian-American cellist, dies at 88
- 2013 Lonnie Turner, American rock and blues bassist (Steve Miller Band - "Fly Like An Eagle"), dies of lung cancer at 66
- 2013 Paulo Vanzolini, Brazilian singer, samba composer ("Ronda", "Boca da Noite"), and zoologist, dies at 89
- 2014 Dennis Kamakahi, American Grammy Award-winning slack-key guitarist, dies from lung cancer at 61
- 2014 Idris Sardi, Indonesian violinist and composer, noted for his film scores, dies at 75
- 2014 Jack Ramsay, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Portland Trail Blazers, 1977 NBA Champions), dies from cancer at 89
- 2014 Richard Kenshaw, British broadcaster, dies at 80
- 2015 Jack Ely, American singer and guitarist (The Kingsmen - "Louie, Louie"), dies at 71
- 2016 Barry Howard, British comic actor (Hi-de-Hi!), dies of blood cancer at 78
- 2016 Conrad Burns, American politician (Senate-R-Montana 1989-2007), dies at 81
- 2016 Jenny Diski, English writer (Stranger on a Train), dies of cancer at 68
- 2017 Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican NBA player (Brooklyn Dodgers), dies at 97
- 2019 John Singleton, American director and screenwriter (Boyz in the Hood), dies of a stroke at 51
- 2019 Richard Lugar, American politician (U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1977-2013), dies at 87
- 2020 Bobby Lewis, American rock and roll singer ("Tossin' and Turnin'"), dies at 95
- 2020 Eddy Pieters Graafland, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (47 caps; Ajax; European Cup 1970, Feyenoord), dies at 86
- 2020 Jill Gascoine, British stage and pioneering TV actress (The Gentle Touch - "Maggie Forbes"), and novelist, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 83
- 2020 Louis Cardiet, French soccer defender (6 caps; Stade Rennais FC, Paris SG), dies at 77
- 2020 Michael Robinson, Irish soccer striker (24 caps, Republic of Ireland; Brighton & Hove Albion) and Spanish TV host (Canal+, El día después), dies from melanoma at 61
- 2021 Anita Lane, Australian rock singer-songwriter (The Bad Seeds - "From Her To Eternity"), dies at 61
- 2021 Madeline Davis, American activist and the first openly lesbian delegate to a Democratic national convention, dies of complications of a stroke at 80
American Major General USAF and astronaut (Gemini 10, Apollo 11), dies of cancer at 90 [1]
- 2023 Jim Fox, British pentathlete (Olympics gold team 1976), dies at 81
- 2023 Taini Jamison (née Royal), New Zealand netball coach (New Zealand 1967-71; World C'ship 1967), dies at 95
- 2024 Brian McCardie, Scottish actor (Line of Duty The Ghost and the Darkness), dies at 59
- 2024 William Calley Jr., American war criminal, convicted by court-martial of murdering 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai Massacre, dies at 80
- 2025 Andrew Karpen, American film executive and founder of Bleecker Street Media, dies of cancer at 59
- 2025 Jane Gardam [Jean Pearson], British novelist and short story writer (Old Filth, Crusoe's Daughter), dies at 96
- 2025 Mike Peters, Welsh rock singer (The Alarm - "Rain In the Summertime"; Big Country, 2010-13), dies of blood cancer at 66 [1]
- 2025 Priscilla Pointer, American stage and screen actress (Carrie; Dallas; Mommie Dearest), and mother of actress Amy Irving, dies at 100
- 2025 Shaji N. Karun, Indian director and cinematographer (Piravi, Swaham), dies of cancer at 73
