- 1003 Pope Sylvester II [Gerbert of Aurillac], French scholar and clergyman, 1st French Pope (999-1003), dies at about 57 [exact birthdate unknown]
- 1012 Sergius IV [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies
- 1182 Valdemar I of Denmark, King of Denmark (1146–82), dies at 51
- 1382 Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies
- 1465 Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea dies in Rome at about 56
- 1634 George Chapman, English dramatist, poet and translator of Homer, dies
1st earl of Strafford and Viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48
- 1649 Isaac Dorislaus, Dutch historian and diplomat serving Oliver Cromwell, murdered by English Royalists at about 54
- 1684 Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest (invented Newtons cradle and discovered the eye's blind spot), dies (b. c. 1620)
- 1690 John Rushworth, English lawyer, historian, and House of Commons member (1657-85), dies at about 78 (b. 1612)
- 1699 Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626)
- 1708 Adolf Fredrick II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German first Duke of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1701-1708), dies at 49
- 1737 Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian, collector of antiquities and author (Coinage of the Counts of Holland), dies at 83 [1]
- 1748 Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer, founder of the Lowndean professorship of astronomy at Cambridge University (b. 1692)
- 1759 Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor, dies at 58
- 1784 Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (first to study freshwater polyps or hydra), dies at 73
- 1792 Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist, dies at 81
- 1796 Johann Peter Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75
- 1801 Nicholas Repnin, Russian statesman (b. 1734)
- 1811 Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, French classical cellist and composer, dies at 52
- 1814 Robert Treat Paine, American judge and Founding Father (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 83
- 1820 Jacob Andries van Braam, Dutch merchant and colonial administrator (Suriname), dies at 49
- 1825 Elias Mann, American composer, dies at 75
- 1825 Stanislao Mattei, Italian composer, teacher, musicologist, and monk dies at 75
- 1838 Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish writer, physician, chemist (creation of modern Polish terminology in the field of chemistry), dies at 69
- 1843 Charlotte von Kalb, German writer, dies at 81
- 1843 Johann Georg Lickl, Austrian organist, kapellmeister, and composer, dies at 74
- 1845 August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet, translator and critic, dies at 77
- 1845 János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (The Valour of the Magyars), dies at 82
- 1852 John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies at 55
- 1856 Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist and astronomer, dies at 70 [1] [2]
- 1860 Charles Barry, British architect (rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster, dies at 64
- 1861 Christian Heinrich Hohmann, German composer, dies at 50
- 1864 Abner Monroe Perrin, American Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, dies in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House at 37
- 1867 Friedrich William Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist (b. 1795)
- 1871 Daniel François Esprit Auber, French opera composer (Fra Diavolo), dies at 89
- 1871 John F. W. Herschel, British astronomer (Catalogue of Nebulae), dies at 79
- 1876 Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian revolutionary, brutally killed by the Turks (b. 1843)
- 1876 Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros, French poet and writer (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63
- 1878 Catherine Beecher, American educator (championed higher education for women), dies at 77
Czech composer (The Bartered Bride; Má vlast; Moldau), dies of syphilis related dementia at 60
- 1896 Juan Morel Campos, Puerto Rican composer (Danza), dies at 38
- 1897 Minna Canth, Finnish playwright (Anna Liisa) and social activist, dies of a heart attack at 53
- 1897 Willem Roelofs, Dutch Revival painter and lithographer, dies at 75
- 1906 Gabriel C. Wharton, American civil engineer and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 81
- 1907 Joris-Karl Huysmans, French writer (Against the Grain), dies at 59
- 1908 Melesio Morales, Mexican composer (Ildegonda; Anita; Sinfonía Vapor), conductor, and teacher, dies at 69
- 1909 Bertha Townsend, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1888-89), dies at 40
- 1916 James Connolly, Irish socialist (founder of the Irish Socialist Republican Party), dies at 47
- 1918 Abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (Violet Crumble), dies at 73
- 1921 Emilia Pardo Bazán, Spanish countess and writer (Pascual López: Autobiography of a Medical Student), dies at 68
- 1924 Henri Maréchal, French composer (Les Amoureux de Catherine), and music critic (Le Figaro), dies at 82
- 1925 Alfred Milner, British governor (Cape Colony) and colonial administrator, dies at 71
- 1925 Amy Lowell, American imagist poet (Pulitzer Prize for Poetry) 1926, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 51
- 1925 Artur Napoleão dos Santos, Portuguese pianist, composer, and music publisher, dies at 82
- 1931 Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violin virtuoso (Caesar Franck's sonata), composer (Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, op. 27), educator (Brussels Conservatoire, 1881-98), and conductor (Cincinnati Symphony, 1918-22), dies pf complications from diabetes at 72
Father of the Second Polish Republic who served as its Chief of State (1918-22), Marshall of Poland and later its de facto leader (1926-35), dies at 67
- 1941 Ruth Stonehouse, American silent film actress and director, dies at 48
- 1943 Albert Stoessel, American violinist, conductor, composer, and educator, dies of a heart attack on the podium at 48
- 1944 Arthur Quiller-Couch, Cornish novelist and editor (The Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250–1900), dies at 80
- 1948 Isidor Achron, American composer, dies of a heart attack at 55
- 1951 Oscar DePriest, American politician (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 80
- 1956 Hendrik Marchant, Dutch politician (his private member's bill led to women's suffrage), dies at 87
- 1956 Louis Calhern, American actor (Julius Caesar; Blackboard Jungle), dies at 61
- 1956 Vladimír Ambros, Czech composer, dies at 65
- 1957 Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
- 1957 Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American film director and actor (Greed; La Grande Illusion; Sunset Boulevard), dies of prostate cancer at 71
- 1960 (Cecil) Armstrong Gibbs, English composer, dies of pneumonia at 70
- 1960 Prince Aly Khan [Ali Salman Aga Khan], Pakistani socialite, jockey, political ambassador and third husband to Rita Hayworth, dies from injuries sustained in a car accident at 48
- 1962 Dick Calkins, American comic strip artist and co-author of Buck Rogers), dies at 67
- 1962 Eugene Sullivan, American chemist and inventor (PYREX® Glass), dies at 90 [1]
- 1963 Elise Cavanna (née Seeds), American character actress (The Pharmacist: The Dentist; The Barber Shop), dies of cancer at 61
- 1963 Robert Kerr, Canadian runner (1908 Olympics), dies at 80
- 1963 Stanisław Wiechowicz, Polish composer, dies at 69
- 1965 Roger Vailland, French author (Drôle de jeu, La loi) and screenwriter, dies at 57
- 1966 Felix Steiner, German SS commander during the Nazi era, dies at 69
- 1967 John Masefield, British writer and poet (Salt-Water Ballads), Poet Laureate (1930-67), dies at 88
- 1967 Julius Kalas, Czech composer, dies at 64
- 1969 Martin Lamble, British folk-rock drummer (Fairport Convention, 1966-69), killed in a vehicle crash at 19
German-Swedish poet and playwright (O the Chimneys - Nobel Prize for Literature 1966), dies at 78
- 1970 Wladyslaw Anders, Polish army general (WWI and WWII), and politician (Parliament-in exile), dies at 78
- 1971 Heinie Manush, American Baseball HOF left fielder (MLB All-Star 1934 Washington Sens; AL batting champion 1926 Detroit Tigers), dies from throat cancer at 69
- 1971 Johnny Taylor, Australian cricket batsman (20 Tests; 1 x 100, 8 x 50) and rugby union fly-half (2 caps), dies at 75
- 1971 Tor Johnson [Tore Johansson], Swedish wrestler and actor (Bride of the Monster), dies at 67
- 1973 Art Pollard, American racecar driver (b. 1927)
- 1973 Frances Marion, American screenwriter (Pollyanna, Camille), dies at 85
- 1975 Joe Mooney, American jazz and pop accordionist, organist, and vocalist, dies at 64
- 1976 Rudolf Kempe, German conductor (Tonhalle Orch 1965-72), dies at 65
- 1977 Barry Ashbee, Canadian NHL ice hockey defenseman, 1965, 1969-74 (Stanley Cup - Philadelphia Flyers), and coach, 1974-77 (Flyers), dies of leukemia at 37
- 1977 Luc van Brabant, Flemish writer and erotic poet, dies at 67
- 1980 Lillian Roth [Rutstein], American singer and actress (Animal Crackers; Alice Sweet Alice), dies at 69
- 1981 Benjamin Sheares, President of Singapore (1971-81), dies at 73
- 1982 Humphrey Searle, British composer and musicologist (Twentieth Century Counterpoint; The Music of Franz Liszt), dies at 66
- 1984 Doris May, American silent film actress (Peck's Bad Boy), dies at 81 of heart failure
- 1985 Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (Landscape with 2 Personages), dies at 83
- 1986 Elisabeth Bergner, Austrian British stage actress, dies at 85
- 1986 Lee Bonnell, American actor, dies at 67
- 1987 Victor Feldman, British jazz pianist and drummer, dies of a heart attack at 53
- 1988 Paul Osborn, American playwright (Mornings at 7), dies at 86
- 1989 Joe Valdez Caballero, American creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81
- 1989 Marcelle de Manziarly, French pianist and composer, dies at 89
- 1989 Ron Wilson, American drummer and percussionist (The Surfaris - "Wipe Out"), dies of a brain aneurysm at 44
- 1990 Andrei Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of Communist Party, dies at 83
- 1992 Joe Burke, American baseball executive (president KC Royals 1981-92), dies from lymphatic cancer at 68
- 1992 Lenny Montana [Leonardo Passafaro], American professional wrestler (NWA Georgia), and actor (The Godfather), dies of a heart attack at 66
- 1992 Robert Reed, American actor (The Brady Bunch - "Mike"; Nurse), dies of AIDS at 59
- 1993 Zeno Colò, Italian downhill skier (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 72
- 1994 Alfred Beit, British politician and art philanthropist, dies at 91
- 1994 Erik Erikson, American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst (coined the phrase "identity crisis"), dies at 91
- 1994 Helen Lee Mai, Hong Kong actress, dies at 63
- 1994 John Smith, British Labour Party chairman (1992-94), dies at 55
- 1994 Paul Cushing Child, American civil servant, diplomat, and husband of Julia Child, dies at 92
- 1994 Roy J. Plunkett, American chemist and inventor of Teflon, dies at 83 [1]
- 1994 Xenophon Balaskas, South African cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 22 wickets, BB 5/49, 1 x 100, HS 122no; North Cape, Western Province, Transvaal), dies at 83
- 1995 Arthur Lubin, American film director and producer (Francis The Talking Mule, Mr Ed), dies at 95
- 1995 Giorgio Belladonna, Italian bridge player (16 x World C'ships; 10 x European C'ships, Italy open team-of-four), dies of lung cancer at 71
- 1995 Marcel Rubin, Austrian composer, dies at 89
- 1995 Mia Martini [Domenica Bertè], Italian pop singer-songwriter, dies at 47
- 1995 Reza Abdoh, Iranian born American theater director and playwright, dies of AIDS at 32
- 1996 Homer Keller, American contemporary classical composer (Quiet Music for a Tree), and educator (University of Oregon, 1958-76), dies at 81
- 1996 Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer, dies on Mt Everest at 35
- 1998 Hermann Lenz, German writer (Swabian Chronicles), dies at 75
- 1999 Abd-al-Aziz ibn Abd-Allah ibn Baaz, Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia 1993-1999 (b. 1910)
- 1999 Penny Santon [Pierina Burlando], American actress (Fletch, Roll Out, Matt Houston), dies at 82
- 1999 Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist and illustrator (The New Yorker), dies at 84
- 2000 Adam Petty, American auto racer (son of Kyle Petty; death leads to NASCAR mandate of steering wheel kill switch), dies in practice session accident at 19
- 2001 (Pierino) Perry Como, American singer ("Catch A Falling Star") and TV personality (The Perry Como Show), dies at 89
- 2001 Alexei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1925)
- 2001 Didi (Waldyr Pereira), Brazilian soccer midfielder (68 caps; Fluminense), dies at 72
- 2001 Simon Raven, British novelist (Alms for Oblivion series), playwright, and screenwriter (The Scapegoat), dies after a series of strokes at 73
- 2002 Erich Kulas, ECW Wrestler (Mass Transit), dies after surgery at 22
- 2003 Michael Richardson, British investment banker and advisor to Margaret Thatcher known as "Mr Privatisation", dies at 78
- 2003 Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-born UN High Commissioner for Refugees (1965-70), uncle of Aga Khan IV, dies at 70
- 2004 John LaPorta, American jazz clarinetist and composer, dies at 84
- 2005 Frankie LaRocka (Frank LaRocca), American session and touring drummer, and record producer (Spin Doctors), dies of heart surgery complications at 51
- 2005 Martin Lings, English Islamic scholar (b. 1909)
- 2005 Maurice Catarcio, American professional wrestler known as "The Matador", and fitness advocate, dies of prostate cancer at 76
- 2005 Monica Zetterlund, Swedish jazz singer (with Bill Evans - "Waltz For Debby"), and dies in an accidental apartment fire at 67
- 2006 Sonny Montgomery, American politician (Rep-D-Mississippi 1967-97), dies at 85
- 2007 Mullah Dadullah Akhund, Taliban military leader (b. 1966?)
- 2007 Teddy Infuhr, American former child actor (The Bishop's Wife, They Live By Night), dies at 70
- 2008 Irena Sendler [née Krzyżanowska], Polish nurse, social worker, and WWII heroine who helped smuggle Jewish ghetto children to safety, dies at 98 [1]
- 2008 Robert Rauschenberg, American painter (Gloria), dies of heart failure at 82
- 2009 Antonio Vega, Spanish pop-rock singer-songwriter, dies of lung cancer at 51
- 2010 Lev Vasilyevich Vorobyov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 13), dies at 79
- 2011 Harry Danielsen, Norwegian educator and politician, dies at 74
- 2014 Cornell Borchers, German actress (The Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul), dies at 89
- 2014 H. R. Giger, Swiss surrealist artist (album cover art for ELP - "Brain Salad Surgery"; Debbie Harry - "'KooKoo"), and Oscar-winning special effects designer (Alien), dies from injuries from a fall at 74
- 2015 Mervyn Burtch, Welsh composer (The Raven King) and educator, dies at 85
- 2015 Ruth Mompati, South African politician and Secretary of Nelson Mandela, dies at 89
- 2016 Delbert L. Latta, American politician (Rep-R-OH, 1959-89), dies at 96
- 2016 Julius La Rosa, American singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air), dies at 86
- 2017 Bill Dowdy, American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds), dies at 84
- 2017 Mauno Koivisto, President of Finland (1982-94), dies at 93
- 2017 Michael Jackson, American NFL wide receiver (NFL receiving TD leader 1996; Baltimore Ravens), dies in a motorcycle accident at 48
- 2018 Chuck Knox, American football coach (LA Rams, Buffalo Bills, Seattle Seahawks; AP NFL Coach of the Year 1973, 80, 84), dies of dementia at 86
- 2018 Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer, dies at 72
- 2019 Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (Gate of Hell, Rashomon, Ugetsu), dies at 95
- 2020 Astrid Kirchherr, German photographer, helped establish The Beatles image, dies at 81
- 2020 Michel Piccoli, French actor (Topaz, Peril, May Fools), dies at 94
- 2020 Mischa de Vreede, Dutch poet (Our Eternal Hunger), and novelist, dies at 83
- 2020 Richard Gilder, American philanthropist, investor and co-founder of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, dies of congestive heart failure at 87
- 2021 Higinio Vélez, Cuban baseball manager (Olympic gold 2004; Santiago de Cuba, Cuban National Series 1999–2001), dies from COVID-19 at 73
- 2021 Jerry Burns, American football coach (University of Iowa 1961-65; Minnesota Vikings 1986-91), dies at 94
- 2022 Gino Cappelletti, American football running back (AFL All-Star 1961, 63-66; AFL MVP 1964; Boston Patriots), dies at 88
American Marine Corps veteran and civil servant (National Security Adviser, 1983-85), involved in the Space Defense Initiative, and Iran-Contra Affair, dies at 84
- 2023 Bruce Robertson, New Zealand rugby union centre (34 Tests, 22 tries; Counties Manukau RFU), dies at 71
- 2023 Don Denkinger, American baseball umpire (World Series: 1974, 80, 85, 91; MLB All-Star Game 1971, 76, 87; "The Call"), dies at 86
- 2023 Owen Davidson, Australian tennis player (mixed doubles Grand Slam 1967 [Lesley Turner Bowrey, Billie Jean King]; Australian Open doubles 1972, US Open doubles 1973), dies at 79
- 2024 David Sanborn, American Grammy Award-winning jazz and session saxophonist (David Bowie - "Young Americans"; David Letterman Show), dies of prostate cancer at 78 [1]
- 2024 Ron Lynch, Australian rugby league forward (12 Tests; NSW 17 games, Parramatta 194 games), dies at 84
- 2025 Ernst Mahle, German-Brazilian composer (O Garatuja), and conductor (Escola de Música de Piracicaba), dies at 96
- 2025 Lorna Raver, American actress (Mrs. Ganush in "Drag Me to Hell"), dies at 81
- 2025 Louis Diaz [Luis Diaz], American undercover agent who helped bring down Nicky Barnes, dies of complications of Parkinson’s disease at 79 [1]
- 2025 Vlastimil Hort, Czechoslovak-born German chess grandmaster, dies of diabetes complications at 81 [1]
- 2025 Yasunao Tone, Japanese-American avant-garde composer and multi-media artist (Fluxus), dies at 90 [1]
