- 885 Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies
- 912 Nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71
- 1147 Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090)
- 1199 Pierre Basile, French soldier
King of England (1189-99) known as Richard the Lion Hearted, dies as the result of a wound at 41
- 1252 Saint Peter of Verona, Italian inquisitor, assassinated at 45
- 1348 Laure de Noves, "Petrarch's Laura", Italian muse of poet Petrarch, wife of Count Hugues II de Sade, dies of the plague at about 38 (b. 1310)
- 1362 Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle
- 1387 John of Artois, Count of Eu, French nobleman and soldier captured at the Battle of Poitiers, dies at 65 [1]
- 1472 Pieter Bladelin, Belgian land owner (Middelburg castle), dies
- 1489 Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded
- 1490 Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary and Croatia (1458-90) who created the Bibliotheca Corviniana, dies at 47
Italian painter and master builder (Sistine Madonna, School of Athens), dies on his 37th birthday
- 1528 Albrecht Dürer, German Renaissance painter and printmaker (Adam and Eve), dies at 56
- 1551 Joachim Vadian [Vadianus] Swiss humanist, scholar and protestant reformer, dies at 66
- 1571 John Hamilton, Scottish prelate (Archbishop of St Andrews, 1547-71), and politician, dies at 59
- 1590 Francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies at about 57
- 1593 Henry Barrow, English Separatist Puritan, hanged for "devising and circulating seditious books" at about 43 (exact birthdate uncertain, c. 1550)
- 1593 John Greenwood, English Separatist Puritan, hanged for "devising and circulating seditious books" at about 37 (d.1556, exact date uncertain)
- 1655 David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman, historian, and scholar, dies at 63
- 1661 John Webster, colonial Governor of Connecticut (Fundamental Orders of Connecticut), dies at about 71
- 1686 Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman, dies at 71
- 1707 Willem van de Velde the Younger, Dutch seascape painter, dies at 73
- 1755 Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian who left a book and manuscript collection to the Bodleian Library, dies at 64
- 1779 Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52
- 1782 Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, Dutch composer, dies at 90
- 1805 Lorenz Justinian Ott, German composer, dies at 56
- 1817 Bonaventura Furlanetto, Italian composer, dies at 78
- 1822 František Xaver Partsch, Czech composer and organist, dies at 62
- 1825 Vladimir Borovikovsky [Vоlоdymyr Borovyk], Russian painter, died at 67
- 1829 Niels H Able, Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26
- 1833 Adamántios Koraïs, Greek humanist scholar, dies at 84
- 1838 Jeremiah Ingalls, early North-American choir master and composer (Farewell Hymn), dies at 72
- 1838 José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian statesman, dies at 74
- 1844 Francis Johnson, American keyed Kent bugle virtuoso, violinist, bandleader, and composer, dies at 51 [1]
- 1847 Hans Järta, Swedish political activist, leader of the 1809 coup d’état that overthrew Gustav IV, dies at 73
- 1854 William Strickland, American architect (Second Bank of the United States, Merchants' Exchange, Musical Fund Hall - all in Philadelphia), dies at 65 [1]
- 1862 Adley H. Gladden, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at 51
- 1862 Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate General, killed at the Battle of Shiloh at 59
- 1865 Colonel Reuben B Boston, US Confederate cavalry, killed in action during Battle of High Bridge in Farmville, Virginia at 30
- 1865 John Austin Wharton, American lawyer and Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 36
- 1875 Moses Hess, German-Jewish philosopher, socialist, and Zionist, dies at 63
- 1883 Benjamin Wright Raymond, American Whig party politician (Mayor of Chicago, 1839-40 and 1842-43), dies at 81
- 1884 Emanuel Geibel, German poet and playwright (Gedichte), dies at 68
- 1888 Thomas Green Clemson, American politician and founder of Clemson University, dies at 80
- 1889 Frederick Ouseley, British organist, composer (The Martyrdom of St Polycarp), musicologist, and Anglican priest, dies at 63
- 1902 Gleb Uspensky, Russian author (Power of the Soil), dies at 58
- 1906 Alexander Lange Kielland, Norwegian writer (Gist; Fortuna; St. Hans Fest), and politician (mayor; governor), dies at 57
- 1918 John Q. A. Brackett, American politician, 36th Governor of Massachusetts (1890-91), dies at 75
- 1919 Stefan Surzyński, Polish choral conductor, organist, and composer, dies at 63
- 1923 Alice Cunningham Fletcher, American ethnologist and anthropologist who studied native American culture (advocated for Dawes Act), dies at 85
- 1926 Giovanni Amendola, Italian anti-fascist and editor-in-chief (Il Mondo), dies at 43
- 1931 Giuseppe Radiciotti, Italian musicologist and composer, dies at 73
- 1933 Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author, public speaker and wife of George Armstrong Custer, dies at 90
- 1935 Edward Arlington Robinson, American poet, dies
- 1939 Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies
- 1940 Andrés Isasi, Spanish Basque composer, dies at 49
- 1941 Henry Burr [Harry McClaskey], Canadian tenor ballad singer, early radio performer, and recording pioneer ("Till We Meet Again", "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now", "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"), dies of throat cancer at 59 [1]
- 1943 Jimmy Collins, American Baseball HOF third baseman (World Series 1903 Boston Americans; NL HR leader 1898 Boston Beaneaters) and manager (Boston Americans 1901–06), dies at 73
- 1945 Benjamin Marius Telders, Dutch lawyer who resisted German occupation in WWII, dies of typhus in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at 42
- 1947 Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture), dies at 50
- 1947 Václav Kaprál, Czech composer, pianist, and pedagogue, dies at 58
- 1949 Seymour Hicks, British actor and theatrical impresario (Scrooge), dies at 78
- 1949 Stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC President during WWII), dies
- 1951 Halfdan Cleve, Norwegian composer, dies at 71
- 1951 Robert Broom, Scottish-South African palaeontologist whose finds confirmed existence of Australopithecus africanus, dies at 84
- 1953 Idris Davies, Welsh poet (b. 1905)
- 1953 Whirlaway, American thoroughbred racehorse (Triple Crown 1941), dies at 15
- 1961 Jules Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (syphillis, Nobel 1919), dies at 90
- 1963 Otto Struve, Russian-American astronomer (discoveries in stellar spectroscopy at Yerkes observatory), dies at 65
- 1966 Julia Faye, actress (10 Commandments. Samson & Delilah), dies at 73
- 1968 Robert "Bobby" Hutton, American Black Panther leader and treasurer, shot to death by Oakland police at 17
- 1970 Maurice Stokes, American Basketball HOF power forward (NBA All-Star 1956, 57, 58; NBA Rookie of the Year 1956; Rochester/Cincinnati Royals), dies from a heart attack at 36
- 1970 Sam Sheppard, American physician and accused wife murderer, dies of liver failure at 46
Russian composer (Le Sacre du Printemps - The Rite of Spring; The Firebird), dies of pneumonia at 88
- 1972 Brian Donlevy, American actor (Barbary Coast, Glass Key, Wake Island), dies at 71
- 1974 Ronald Russell, British journalist, author and Conservative politician, dies at 69
- 1974 Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall; Beehive Rotterdam), dies at 89
- 1976 Ruth Plumly Thomson, American children's writer (Oz series), dies at 84
- 1976 Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter, 1st American Matador, dies at 72
- 1978 Nicolas Nabokov, Russian composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74
- 1979 M Marie Wadlow, American softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at 61
- 1979 Milton Ager, American composer, dies at 85
- 1981 Ray C. Bliss, American Republican party figure (Chairman Republican National Committee 1965-69), dies at 73
- 1982 Paul Wiens, German writer and Stasi informant, dies at 59
- 1983 Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered
- 1984 Jimmy Kennedy, Irish singer-songwriter ("Teddy Bears' Picnic"; "My Prayer"), dies at 81
- 1984 Ral Donner, American rock and roll singer ("You Don't Know What You've Got (Until You Lose It)"), dies of lung cancer at 41
- 1985 Mark Lothar [Lothar Hundertmark], German composer (The Story of the Lazy Bear), dies at 82
- 1986 Raimundo Orsi, Argentine-born Italian soccer winger (13 caps Argentina, 35 Italy; Independiente, Juventus), dies at 84
- 1989 Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston, American diver (Olympic gold 3m springboard 1924; 10m platform 1928), dies at 86
- 1990 Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dressed woman), dies at 73
- 1990 Ronald E Evans, American astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57
Australian cricket batsman (29 Tests @ 48 22, 7 x 100s; 1st-class 13,819 runs @ 65.18; Victoria), dies at 90
Russian-American scientist and sci-fi writer (I Robot; Foundation Trilogy), dies from kidney failure at 72
- 1992 Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey), dies of Alzheimers at 94
- 1993 Divya Bharati, "Baby Doll" Indian Bollywood actress (Diwana), dies at 19 by mysteriously falling from her husband's apartment
- 1993 Hedi Amira Nouira, Prime Minister of Tunisia (1970-80), dies
- 1994 Cyprien Ntaryamira, 5th President of Burundi (1994), assassinated by missile strike on the plane he was travelling on over Kigali, Rwanda at 39
- 1994 Dick Cary, American jazz musician, dies at 77
Rwandan General, Dictator and President of Rwanda (1973-94), assassinated by missile strike on his plane over Kigali, Rwanda at 57
- 1994 Theo Bosch, Dutch architect (Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam), dies of cardiac arrest at 54
- 1995 Vieno J Sukselainen, Prime Minister of Finland (1959-61), dies
- 1996 Gordon Clough, English journalist (BBC Radio 4), dies at 61
British actress (Goodbye Mr Chips, Mrs Miniver), dies at 92
- 1996 Nadieh [Karin Meis], Dutch singer, guitarist and composer (Haifa Blue), dies from a pulmonary embolism and breast cancer at 37
- 1997 Jack Kent Cooke, Canadian entrepreneur, NFL team owner (Washington Redskins), dies at 84
- 1997 Stephan Hermlin, German writer, dies at 81
- 1998 Wendy O. Williams, American singer (Plasmatics) (b. 1949)
- 1999 Gene Benson, American baseball outfielder (Negro League All-Star 1940, 45-46), dies at 85
- 1999 Red Norvo [Kenneth Norville], American jazz vibraphonist known as "Mr. Swing" (Congo Blues; Knockin' on Wood), dies at 91
- 1999 William Pleeth, British cellist and teacher of Jacqueline du Pré, dies of leukemia at 83
- 2000 Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian statesman, 1st President of Tunisia (1957-87), dies at 96
- 2001 Charles Pettigrew, American soul singer (Charles & Eddie - "Would I Lie To You?"), dies of cancer at 37
- 2003 Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian percussionist (Drums of Passion), educator, and social activist, dies at 75
- 2003 David Bloom, American reporter (b. 1963)
- 2003 Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian Catholic clergyman (Archbishop of Toronto, 1978-90; Cardinal 1979-2003), dies at 91
- 2004 Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident, dies at 74
- 2004 Lou Berberet, American MLB baseball catcher (NY Yankees, Washington Senators), dies at 74
- 2004 Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets), dies of a heart attack at 66
- 2005 Geoff Millman, English cricket wicket-keeper (6 Tests; Bedfordshire CCC, Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 70
Prince of Monaco (1949-2005), dies at 81
- 2006 Augustyn Bloch, Polish composer, dies at 76
- 2006 Francis L. Kellogg, U.S. diplomat and prominent socialite, dies at 89
- 2006 Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (b. 1977)
- 2007 Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (L'imperatore di Capri; Bread, Love and Dreams), dies at 90
- 2009 Shawn Mackay, Brumbies rugby player (b. 1982)
- 2009 Svetlana Ulmasova, Soviet long-distance runner (3000m world record 1982), dies at 56
- 2010 Corin Redgrave, British actor (Excalibur, A Man For All Seasons), dies at 70
- 2010 Lorraine Chargin, American boxing promoter (IBHOF; Bobby Chacon, Tony "The Tiger" Lopez, Loreto Garza), dies from cancer at 79
- 2010 Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (26 Tests, 70 wickets; Canterbury CA), dies at 85
Native American activist and 1st woman chief of the Cherokee Nation, dies of cancer at 64
- 2011 Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani Sindhi scholar (compiled first Sindhi-English dictionary), dies at 93 [1]
- 2012 Bingu wa Mutharika, President of Malawi (2004-2012), dies from a heart attack in office at 78
- 2012 Fang Lizhi, Chinese astrophysicist/dissident, dies at 76
- 2012 Thomas Kinkade, American artist, dies from acute intoxication at 54
- 2013 Bigas Luna, Spanish screenwriter and director (Jamón Jamón, Anguish), dies of cancer at 67
- 2013 Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist, 1944-62, dies at 85
- 2014 Jacques Castérède, French composer and pianist (Pandora's Box), dies at 87
American Emmy award-winning actor (Boys Town, The Black Stallion), dies at 93
- 2015 Dave Ulliott, English poker player (World Series of Poker bracelet 1997; World Poker Open 2003), dies of colon cancer at 61
- 2015 David Leon Kaplan, American-Canadian music professor (University of Saskatchewan, 1960-82), conductor (Saskatoon Symphony, 1962-72), and composer, dies at 91
- 2015 Dollard St. Laurent, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 85
- 2015 James Best [Jewel Franklin Guy], American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Sounder), dies at 88
- 2015 Milton Delugg, American pianist, accordion player, composer ("Hoop-Dee-Do"; "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians"), and orchestra leader (The Tonight Show, 1966; The Paul Winchell Show; The Gong Show), dies at 96 [1]
- 2016 Dennis Davis, American jazz, rock and funk drummer (Roy Ayers; David Bowie, 1975-80; Stevie Wonder), dies of cancer at 66
American country singer-songwriter ("Mama Tried"; "If We Make It Through December"; "Okie from Muskogee"), dies on his 79th birthday
- 2017 Bob Cerv, American baseball player (Yankees), dies at 91
- 2017 Don Rickles, American comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey), dies at 90
- 2018 Daniel Akaka, American educator and politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii), dies at 93
- 2018 Julien Van Remoortere [Piet Mortelman], Flemish writer (Fist), dies at 87
- 2019 Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, American Democratic Senator from South Carolina (1966-2005) and Governor of South Carolina (1959-63), dies at 97
- 2019 Jim Glaser, American country music singer (Tompall & the Glaser Brothers - "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)"; solo - "You're Gettin' to Me Again"), dies at 71
- 2019 Richard Green, American sexologist, lawyer, and author who advocated for gay and transexual rights, dies of oesophageal cancer at 82
American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (18 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1968; 10 × Gold Glove Award; Detroit Tigers), dies at 85
- 2020 Earl G. Graves, Sr., American businessman and publisher (Black Enterprise), dies at 85
- 2020 Fred Singer, Austrian-American physicist and climate change doubter, dies at 95 [1]
- 2020 Graham "Jock" Edwards, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests, 3 x 50; Central Districts), dies from heart failure at 64
- 2020 James Drury, American actor (The Virginian), dies of natural causes at 85
- 2020 Radomir Antić, Serbian soccer defender (1 cap Yugoslavia; Partizan, Luton Town) and manager (Atlético Madrid; Serbia), dies from pancreatitis at 71
- 2021 Alcee Hastings, American politician (U.S. House of Representative- Florida), dies at 84
- 2021 Hans Küng, Swiss theologian and critic of the Vatican, dies at 93 [1]
British writer (Elmer the Patchwork Elephant), dies at 87
- 2022 Fujiko F. Fujio [Motoo Abiko], Japanese manga cartoon artist (Doraemon), dies at 88
- 2022 John Creighton, New Zealand rugby union hooker (1 Test, 6 apps NZ; Canterbury), dies at 85
- 2022 Rae Allen [Raffaellla Abruzzo], American stage and screen actress, dies at 95
- 2022 Tom Smith, Scottish rugby union loosehead prop (61 Tests, 6 British & Irish Lions; Glasgow Warriors, Caledonia Reds, Northampton Saints RUFC), dies from cancer at 50
- 2024 John Buck Wilkin, American singer-songwriter and session musician (Ronny & the Daytonas - "GTO"). dies at 77
- 2024 Pat Hennen, American motorcycle racer (first US rider to win a 500cc GP 1976), dies at 70
- 2025 Clem Burke [Clement Bozewski], American rock drummer (Blondie - "Heart Of Glass"; The Romantics, 1990-2004), dies of cancer at 70
- 2025 Dave Allen, English rock bassist (Gang of Four, 1976-81 - "Damaged Goods"; Shriekback, 1981-88 - "My Spine is the Bassline"), dies of complications from early-onset dementia at 69
- 2025 Elvis Ramone [Clement Bozewski], American drummer (The Ramones, August 1987), dies of cancer at 70
- 2025 Jay North, American actor (Dennis the Menace; Maya), dies of colon cancer at 73 [1]
- 2025 John Chillingworth, British documentary photographer known for his work with Picture Post magazine (1949-56), dies at 97
- 2025 Jorge Bolaño, Colombian soccer midfielder (36 caps; Atlético Junior, Parma, Modena), dies at 47
- 2025 Marlene Warfield, American actress (Across 110th Street, Maude), dies of cancer at 83
- 2025 Ronald Appleton, Northern Irish lawyer who prosecuted the Shankill Butchers, dies at 97
