- 65 Lucan, Roman poet (Bellum Civile), forced to commit suicide after taking part in attempt to overthrow Emperor Nero dies at 25
- 313 Galerius Valerius Maximinus [Daia], Emperor of Rome (310-313), commits suicide after a military defeat
- 535 Amalaswintha, queen of Ostrogoths, murdered in the bath at about 37
- 1030 Mahmud of Ghazni, Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire (998-1030), dies
- 1063 Emperor Renzong of Song [Zhao Zhen], Chinese fourth emperor of the Song dynasty, dies at 52 [1]
- 1131 Adjutor, French Catholic Saint and knight in the First Crusade, patron saint of swimmers, boaters, and drowning victims
- 1210 Huguccio [Hugo of Pisa], influential Italian bishop and scholar of cannon law, wrote "Summa" on the "Decretum" of Gratian, dies at an undocumented age
- 1328 Meister Eckhard, German theologist and mystic, dies at about 78
- 1341 John III, French Duke of Brittany, whose lack of heir started the Breton War of Succession, dies at 55
- 1439 Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English medieval military leader, dies at 57
- 1524 Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French knight and military leader known as "the knight without fear", dies at 47 or 48 (b. 1476)
- 1544 Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, English barrister and Lord Chancellor of England (1533-44), dies at 56 (b. 1488)
- 1630 Ercole Porta, Italian composer, dies at 44
- 1632 Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Holy Roman field marshal who commanded the Catholic League's forces in the Thirty Years' War, dies of tetanus after being wounded by a cannonball at 73
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1587-1632) and King of Sweden (1592-99), dies at 65
- 1637 Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyō (feudal lord), serving the Oda clan, dies at 65
- 1642 Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (known for his military leadership during the Polish–Muscovite War 1611-12), dies at 63
- 1655 Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (paintings of religious subjects), dies at 37
- 1660 Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer and historian, dies at 84
- 1672 Marie de l’Incarnation [Marie Guyart], French Ursline nun, teacher and saint (established Catholicism in New France), dies at 72 [1]
- 1696 Robert Plot, English naturalist, dies at 55
- 1712 Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Remonstrants theologist and vicar, dies at 78
- 1736 Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer, dies at 67
- 1743 Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas), dies at 79
- 1758 François d'Agiçncourt, French composer (b. 1684)
- 1784 François-Charles de Velbrück, German ecclesiastic and Prince-Bishop of Liege (1772-84), dies at 64
- 1785 Frederick Philipse III, American land owner (Bronx, Westch & Putnam), dies at 65
- 1792 Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer and lawyer, dies at 36
- 1792 John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, British statesman who claimed to have invented the sandwich, dies at 73
- 1793 Lorenzo Fago, Italian organist, maestro di cappella (Tesoro de San Gennaro, 1731–66 and 1771–81), and composer, dies at 88
- 1795 Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and novelist known for "Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce", dies at 79
- 1800 Johannes Henricus Midderigh, Dutch wine merchant, politician, and chair of the Second Assembly in the coup d'état, dies at 46 [1]
- 1829 George Washington Adams, son of John Q Adams, dies on City Island, NYC
- 1841 Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist, dies at 82
Duke of Teschen, Austrian field marshal during the Napoleonic wars, dies at 75
- 1848 Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German Dutch army commandant, dies at 53
- 1855 Henry Bishop, British composer and conductor, dies at 68
- 1857 Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, dies at 81
- 1859 Sergey Aksakov, Russian writer (Chronicles of a Russian Family), dies at 67
- 1864 William Read Scurry, American politician and Confederate general, dies during the Battle at Jenkin's Ferry at 43
- 1865 Robert Fitzroy, English admiral and scientist, dies at 59
- 1879 Emma Smith, Inaugural President of the Women's Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 74
- 1879 Sarah Josepha Hale, American writer (Mary Had a Little Lamb), editor, activist, and founder of the Seaman's Aid Society of Boston, dies at 90
French impressionist painter (Olympia, The Luncheon on the Grass), dies of complications from syphilis at 51
- 1885 J. P. [Jens Peter] Jacobsen, Danish writer (Niels Lyhne), dies of tuberculosis at 38
- 1887 Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, German composer and musician, dies at 71
- 1889 Carl Rosa, German-born violinist and composer (founder of the Rosa opera company that toured UK and US), dies at 47
- 1893 Gyula Beliczay, Hungarian pianist, composer, teacher, and engineer, dies at 57
- 1895 Gustav Freytag, German writer and playwright (Debt and Credit), dies at 78
- 1896 Antonio Cagnoni, Italian opera composer, dies at 68
- 1900 (John) "Casey" Jones, American railroad engineer, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck at 36
- 1903 Emily Stowe, Canadian suffragist and first woman licensed to practise medicine in Canada, dies at 71
- 1912 František Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor, dies at 63
- 1919 Henry Wood, English cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 134no; Kent CCC, Surrey CCC), dies at 65
- 1931 Sammy Woods, Australian cricket all-rounder (3 Tests Australia, 3 England, 1 x 50, 10 wickets; Somerset CCC) and rugby union flanker (13 caps England, 5 as captain), dies at 64
- 1933 Luis Sanchez Cerro, President of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza
- 1934 William H. Welch, American pathologist who founded John Hopkins Hospital, dies at 75
- 1936 A. E. Housman, English poet (A Shropshire Lad), dies at 77
- 1941 Edwin S. Porter, American film pioneer and producer (Jack and the Beanstalk), dies at 71
- 1942 Catherine Murphy Urner, American composer, dies at 51
- 1942 J. C. Arthur, American botanist (studied parasitic fungi rusts), dies at 92
- 1942 Jakob van Hoddis [Hans Davidsohn], German Jewish expressionist poet, transported to Sobibor concentration camp at 54 or 55 [actual date of death unknown]
- 1943 Beatrice Potter Webb, British sociologist, economist (founded London School of Economics) and writer (My Apprenticeship), dies at 85
- 1943 Leo Smit, Dutch composer, dies in Sobibór extermination camp at 42
- 1943 Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist, dies at 82
French fashion designer and couturier who was the most fashionable dress designer before World War I, dies at 65
Austrian-born German dictator and Führer of Nazi Germany (1936-45), commits suicide by shooting himself at 56
- 1945 Eva Braun, German mistress and wife of Hitler, commits suicide by cyanide tablet at 33
- 1945 William O. Darby, American Brigadier General and commander of Darby's Rangers in WWII, killed in battle at 34 [1]
- 1947 Almroth Wright, English bacteriologist (developed one of 1st vaccines for typhoid), dies at 85
- 1952 Charles Radoux-Rogier, Belgian composer, dies at 74
- 1955 Rudolf Klein-Rogge, German actor and prototype for silent films master criminal (Metropolis, Spies), dies at 69
- 1956 Alben W. Barkley, American politician (US Representative, Senator and 35th VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78
- 1957 Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80
- 1958 Alvan T. Fuller, American automotive dealer and politician, 50th Governor of Massachusetts (1925-29) during Sacco and Vanzetti case, dies at 80
- 1959 Armand Marsick, Belgian composer, dies at 81
- 1963 Bryant Washburn, American actor (Exposure, Millionaire Kid, Nabonga), dies at 74
- 1965 Helen Chandler, American actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at 59
- 1966 Richard Fariña, American folk singer-songwriter ("Birmingham Sunday"), and novelist (Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me), dies in a motorcycle crash on his 29th birthday
- 1970 Hall Johnson, American composer (Hall Johnson Choir), dies at 82
- 1970 Inger Stevens [Stensland], Swedish-American actress (The World, the Flesh and the Devil; Farmer's Daughter - "Katy"), commits suicide at 35
- 1970 Jacob Presser, Dutch historian and writer (Ashes in the Wind), dies at 71
- 1971 Elmo Roper, American pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70
- 1972 Gia Scala [Josephine Scoglio], British-American actress (Garment Jungle; I Aim at the Stars; Angry Hills), dies of acute ethanol and barbiturate intoxication at 38
- 1973 Josie Sedgwick, American actress (The Best Man, Queen of the Round-Up), dies of stroke at 75
- 1973 Václav Renč, Czech poet, dramatist and translator, dies at 61
American actress (Endora in Bewitched), dies of uterine cancer at 73
- 1975 Otto Soglow, American comic artist known for "The Little King", dies at 74
- 1976 Edvard Fliflet Braein, Norwegian composer (Ut mot havet (Out To Sea); Anne Pedersdotter), dies at 51
- 1977 Clive Douglas, Australian composer (Kaditcha; Carwoola), conductor (Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1938-68, and educator, dies at 73
- 1980 Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (1st elected Governor of Puerto Rico, 1949-65), dies at 82
- 1980 Mary McCarty, American singer, dancer, stage and screen actress (Babes in Toyland; All That Jazz; Trapper John, M.D.), dies of a heart attack at 56
- 1981 Peter Huchel, German poet, dies at 78
- 1982 Lester Bangs, American music journalist (Creem; Rolling Stone), and musician (Birdland), dies of accidental cold medicine overdose at 33
- 1982 Taisen Deshimaru, Japanese founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at 67
Russian-American ballet composer and choreographer who founded the New York City Ballet, dies from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease at 79
- 1983 Hatsuo "Jerry" Fujikawa, American-Japanese actor (Matsu in "Mr. T and Tina", The Twilight Zone, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), dies at 71
- 1983 Joel H. Hildebrand, American chemist and educator (research led to new treatments for divers with the 'bends' through the use of helium and oxygen breathing mixtures), dies at 101
American blues singer and guitarist ("Mannish Boy"; "Got My Mojo Working"), dies of heart failure, while fighting cancer, at 70
- 1987 Hugh Dempster, British theatre and film actor (Anna Karenina, Vice Versa, Scrooge), dies at 86
- 1988 James McCracken, American operatic tenor (Otello), dies at 61
- 1989 Guy Williams [Armando Joseph Catalano], American actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies of a brain aneurysm at 65
- 1989 Yi Bangja, Crown Prince Euimin of Korea (1926-70), dies at 87
- 1991 George Sperti, American inventor (Preparation H), dies at 91
- 1993 Eric Rowan, South African cricket batsman (26 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 236; Transvaal, Eastern Province), dies at 83
- 1993 Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)
- 1994 Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at 53
- 1994 Geoffrey Roberts, English wine merchant (championed Australian and Californian wines), dies at 46
- 1994 Richard Scarry, American children's book writer and illustrator (What Do People Do All Day?), dies at 74
- 1994 Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver, dies in crash at 31
- 1995 Reinaldo de Carvalho, Brazilian carnival king of Rio de Janeiro, dies of a heart attack at 34 [1]
- 1996 David Michael Ifshin, British political campaign organiser, dies at 46
- 1996 David Opatoshu [Opatovsky], American actor and writer (Star Trek, Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada), dies at 78
- 1996 Frank Henry Copplestone, TV executive, dies at 71
- 1996 Hélène Cordet, French actress (The Limping Man), dies at 78
- 1996 Jeanne Bal, American actress (Pat-Love & Marriage, Star Trek- The Man Trap), dies at 67
- 1996 Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, President of Guatemala (1966-70), dies
- 1997 Henry Picard, American golfer (Masters 1938, PGA 1939), dies at 90
- 1998 Francis Avery Jones, Welsh gastroenterologist, dies at 87
- 1998 Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet (b. 1926)
- 1999 Darrell Sweet, British hard rock drummer (Nazareth - "Love Hurts"), dies of a heart attack at a concert soundcheck at 51
- 2000 Bernhard Heiden [Levi], German-American composer (Dreamers on a Slack Wire; Euphorion), and music teacher (University of Indiana, 1945-74), dies at 89
- 2000 Jennifer d'Abo, British entrepreneur who turned around retail chain Rymans, dies of cancer at 57
- 2002 Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, founder of the Gründerzeit Museum in Berlin-Mahlsdorf. (b. 1928)
- 2002 Leslie Melville, Australian economist and public servant who helped develop the country's central banking system, dies at 100
- 2003 Mark Berger, University of Kentucky professor (b. 1955)
- 2003 Peter "Possum" Bourne, New Zealand race car driver, dies at 47
- 2005 Ron Todd, British trade unionist (TGWU General Secretary, 1985-92), dies at 78
- 2006 Jean Francois Revel, French philosopher and author (Ni Marx ni Jesus), dies at 82
- 2006 Lawrence Patrick, Biomechanics Professor, crash test subject
- 2006 Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Javanese author (Anak semua bangsa), dies of complications from diabetes and heart disease at 81
- 2007 Gordon Scott [Werschkul], American actor (Tarzan series), dies at 80
- 2007 Grégory Lemarchal, French pop singer ("De temps en temps"), dies of complications from cystic fibrosis while waiting for a lung transplant at 23
- 2007 Jara Ribnikar, Serbian writer, dies at 94
- 2007 Tom Cartwright, English cricket medium pace bowler (5 Tests, 15 wickets, BB 6/94; Warwickshire CCC, Somerset CCC), dies at 71
- 2007 Tom Poston, American actor (Newhart - "George Utley"; Mork & Mindy - "Franklin Bickley"; The Bob Newhart Show; The Steve Allen Show), dies from respiratory failure at 85
- 2007 Zoletta "Zola" Taylor, American pop singer (The Platters, 1954-62 - "The Great Pretender"; "Only You"; "Twilight Time"), dies at 69
- 2008 John Cargher, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1919)
- 2008 Juancho Evertsz, Dutch Antillean politician Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles (1973-77), dies at 85
- 2009 Ron Richards, British record producer (Gerry and The Pacemakers; The Hollies), dies at 80
- 2009 Venetia Burney [Phair], British woman credited with naming Clyde Tombaugh's discovered planet "Pluto" (1930), dies at 90
- 2010 Antony Grey [Anthony Wright], British activist and gay rights campaigner (Quest for Justice: Towards Homosexual Emancipation), dies at 82
- 2010 Gerry Ryan, Irish radio broadcaster (b. 1956)
- 2011 Dorjee Khandu, Indian, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (b. 1955)
- 2011 Emilio Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player, dies at 105
- 2011 Ernesto Sábato, Argentinian writer (Sábato Report), dies at 99
- 2012 George Murdock, American actor, dies at 81
- 2013 Andrew J. Offutt, American sci-fi author (Undying Wizard), dies at 78
- 2014 Leo Kraft, American composer, dies at 91
- 2015 Ben E. King [Nelson], American soul singer (Stand By Me), dies at 76
- 2015 Nigel Terry, English stage, film, and television actor (Excalibur, The Lion in Winter), dies from emphysema at 69
- 2015 Patachou [Henriette Ragon], French singer and actress, dies at 96
- 2015 Ronald Senator, British composer (Holocaust Requiem), and educator (Musicolor), dies in a house fire at 89
- 2016 Daniel Berrigan, American Jesuit priest and peace activist (Vietnam War), dies at 94
- 2016 Marisol (Maria Sol) Escobar, Venezuelan sculptor, dies at 85
- 2016 Phil Ryan, Welsh keyboardist and composer (Man; Pete Brown), dies at 69
- 2017 Ueli Steck, Swiss mountain climber, dies in a climbing accident in Nepal at 40
- 2018 Naresh Sohal, Indian-British composer (Gautama Buddha; The Cosmic Dance; The Divine Song), dies at 78
- 2019 (Rowland) "Boon" Gould, British rock guitarist (Level 42, 1979-87 - "Hot Water"), takes his own life at 64
- 2019 Mike Doyle, American surfer (World C'ship 1964 runner-up; World Tandem Champion 1965, 67), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 78
- 2019 Peter Mayhew, British American actor (Chewbacca in Star Wars), dies at 74
- 2020 (Robert) "Jonah" Jones, American jazz and swing trumpeter (Stuff Smith, Fletcher Henderson, Cab Calloway), and group leader, dies at 90
- 2020 Chuni Goswami, Indian soccer striker and captain (30 caps; Mohun Bagan) and cricket all-rounder (captain Bengal), dies from cardiac arrest at 82
- 2020 Rishi Kapoor, Indian Bollywood actor and director (Bobby, Do Dooni Chaar), dies at 67
- 2020 Tony Allen, Nigerian drummer who pioneered Afrobeat sound, dies of an aortic aneurysm at 79
- 2021 Anthony Payne, British composer (Phoenix Mass; Visions and Journeys), critic, and musicologist, dies at 84
- 2022 (Diana) "Naomi" Judd, American Grammy Award-winning country singer (The Judds - "Why Not Me"), dies of a self-inflicted gunshot at 76
- 2022 Marthe Gautier, French pediatric cardiologist and researcher known for her work identifying the cause of Down Syndrome, dies at 96 [1]
- 2022 Mino Raiola, Italian soccer agent (Pavel Nedvěd, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Paul Pogba), dies at 54
- 2022 Ron Galella, American celebrity photographer and a pioneer paparazzo (sued by Jackie Onassis; punched by Marlon Brando), dies of heart failure at 91
- 2023 Jock Zonfrillo, Scottish chef (Masterchef Australia judge), dies at 46 [1]
American athlete (Olympic gold long jump 1960, silver 1964, bronze 1968; first to break 27 feet [8.2m] barrier), dies after a stroke at 83
- 2024 Duane Eddy, American twangy guitarist ("Rebel Rouser"; "Peter Gunn"; "Cannonball"), dies of cancer complications at 86 [1] [2]
- 2024 Paul Auster, American screenwriter and novelist (The New York Trilogy, 4321), dies of complications of cancer at 77 [1]
- 2025 Jerome Ringo, American environmentalist and the first Black chairman of the board of the National Wildlife Federation (2005-07), dies of a brain aneurysm at 70 [1]
- 2025 Joe Louis Walker, American electric blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, dies of a cardiac-related illness at 75 [1]
- 2025 Nahid Rachlin, Iranian-American novelist (Foreigner, Married to a Stranger), dies of a stroke at 85
