- 347 Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies
- 649 Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies
- 964 John XII [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies
- 1219 William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke 'the best knight in all the world', Anglo-French soldier and advisor to English Kings (regent to Henry III), dies at 72 [1]
- 1470 Charles VIII of Sweden, King of Sweden (1448–57, 1464–65 and 1467-70) and Norway (1449–50), dies at 60
- 1565 Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist, dies at 81
- 1574 Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru, dies at 95
- 1608 Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (1545-1608), known as "the Great", dies at 65
1st Bourbon King of Navarra (1572-1610) and France (1589-1610), assassinated at 56
King of France (1610-43), dies at 41
- 1649 Friedrich Spanheim, German theologian, Calvinistic professor, and writer (Dubia Evangelica, Disputatio de Gratia Universali), dies at 49
- 1667 Georges de Scudéry, French writer and dramatist (L'Amour tyrannique), dies at 65
- 1688 Antoine Furetière, French writer and lexicographer (Dictionnaire Universel / Universal Dictionary; Le Roman Bourgeois / The Bourgeois Novel), dies at 68 [1]
- 1726 John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies
- 1726 Moshe Darshan, Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies
- 1742 Dominique Marie Valet, French Roman Catholic bishop and missionary (Diocese of Quebec), dies at 64
- 1754 Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (L’École des Mères), dies at 62
- 1761 Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50
- 1791 Francesca Lebrun (née Franziska Danzi), German soprano and composer (Court at Mannheim), dies at 35
- 1801 Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66
- 1818 Matthew Lewis, English novelist (The Monk), dies at 42
- 1820 Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43
- 1832 John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried
- 1833 Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, German composer, dies at 88
- 1847 Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, German composer, and pianist, dies of complications from a stroke at 41
- 1860 Ludwig Bechstein, German writer who collected folk fairy tales, dies at 58
- 1863 Emile Prudent, French pianist and composer, dies at 46
- 1864 William N Green Jr, Union brigadier general, dies
- 1868 John Newton Brown, American publisher and Baptist teacher, dies at 64
- 1870 Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, Catalan composer and choirmaster, dies at 69
- 1873 Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and Jewish writer, dies at 76
- 1877 John Roberts, Welsh composer, minister and poet, dies at 54
- 1878 Ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830)
- 1881 Mary Seacole, Jamaican businesswoman, author and nurse to British soldiers during Crimean War, dies at 76 [1]
- 1887 Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808)
- 1887 William Burnham Woods, American politician, judge, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), dies at 62
- 1889 Volney E. Howard, American politician, dies at 79
- 1893 Ernst Kummer, German mathematician (Kummer surface), dies at 83 [1]
- 1904 Richard Hol, Dutch composer, organist and conductor, dies at 78
- 1905 Thomas James Churchill, American Confederate general and 13th Governor of Arkansas (1881-83), dies at 81
- 1906 Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)
- 1912 August Strindberg 'Father of modern Swedish Literature', Swedish dramatist and writer (Miss Julie), dies at 63
- 1912 Frederik VIII, King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68
- 1916 William Stanley, American inventor of the induction coil (electricity transformer), dies at 57 [1]
- 1918 James Gordon Bennett Jr., American newspaper publisher (thought to have inspired the phrase "Gordon Bennett"), dies at 77
German-American entrepreneur who founded prepared-foods company (H.J. Heinz Company-57 varieties), dies at 74
- 1923 Charles de Freycinet, French prime minister (b. 1828)
- 1925 Henry Rider Haggard, British author (King Solomon's Mines, She, Dawn), dies at 68
- 1930 Władysław Orkan [Franciszek Ksawery Smaciarz], Polish author (Nowele Zebrane), dies at 54
- 1931 David Belasco, American theatrical producer (b. 1853)
- 1931 Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter, dies at 44
- 1936 Edmund Allenby, Viscount Allenby, English Fieldmarshal, General in Egypt during WWI, dies at 74
- 1936 Samuel Pierre l'Honoré Naber, Dutch rear-admiral and librarian, dies at 71
- 1938 Jacobus C J "Jacques" Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at 81
- 1940 Edgar du Perron, Dutch author and poet (Land of Origin), dies at 40
Russian-American anarchist, writer (Anarchism and Other Essays; Living My Life), publisher (Mother Earth), and feminist, dies from stroke complications at 70 [1]
- 1940 Jacob van Gelderen, Dutch economist (Kondratiev waves), sociologist and politician, commits suicide at 49
- 1940 Menno ter Braak, Dutch critic and writer (Forum, New Elite), commits suicide at 38
- 1940 Willem Johannes Leyds, Dutch-South Africa lawyer and diplomat (State Secretary of the South African Republic), dies at 81
- 1943 Henri La Fontaine, Belgian international lawyer (1st Socialist to win Nobel Peace Prize 1913), dies at 89
- 1945 Heber J. Grant, 7th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 88
- 1947 John Ray Sinnock, US chief engraver (1925-47), dies at 59
- 1953 Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japanese-American painter, etcher and lithographer, dies at 59
- 1954 Heinz Guderian, German Army General (WWII - developed Panzer Division, advocated 'blitzkrieg'), and memoirist (Panzer Leader), dies at 65
- 1955 Betty Ann Davies, British stage and screen actress (Merry Comes To Town), dies of post-surgical complications at 44
- 1956 Robert Willem Pieter Peereboom, Dutch editor in chief (Haarlem Newspaper), dies at 64
- 1957 Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French Left Bank artist, dies at 73
- 1959 Sidney Bechet, American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, bandleader, and composer ("Petite Fleur"), dies of lung cancer on his 62nd birthday
- 1962 Florence Auer, American actress (b. 1880)
- 1965 Frances Perkins, American politician and 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position (Labor 1933-45), dies at 83
- 1966 Georgia BD Camp Johnson, American poet/playwright, dies at 88
- 1966 Megan Lloyd George, English politician (1st female MP for Welsh - Carmarthen), dies at 64
- 1968 Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant US Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86
- 1969 Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75
- 1969 Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 200m freestyle, 200m obstacle 1900), dies at 89
American logician ("A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity" with Warren McCulloch), dies at 46
- 1970 (Mary) "Billie" Burke, American radio, stage, silent and sound film actress (Zieigfield Follies; The Wizard of Oz; Merrily We Live), dies at 85
- 1972 Sandor Rado, Hungarian-American psychoanalyst, dies at 82
- 1973 Jean Gebser [Hans Gebser], German-Swiss philosopher, author (Ursprung und Gegenwart (The Ever-Present Origin)), llinguist, and poet, dies at 67
- 1975 Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-American television pioneer (Alexanderson alternator), dies at 97 [1]
- 1977 Robert Maynard Hutchins, American educational philosopher (University of Chicago), dies at 78
- 1978 Bill Lear, American engineer, manufacturer and CEO (Lear Jet Corp), dies at 75
- 1979 Paul van 't Veer, Dutch journalist and writer (Vrije Volk), dies at 57
- 1980 Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (Ben-Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver!), dies from a heart attack at 67
- 1980 Wilhelm Weismann, German composer, dies at 79
- 1982 Hugh Beaumont, American actor (The Mole People, Leave it to Beaver), dies from a heart attack at 73
- 1982 Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister who unsuccessfully attempted to establish a Belgian government in London during World War II, dies at 80
- 1983 Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican attorney and President of Mexico (1946-52), dies at 80
- 1983 Roger J. Traynor, American judge (b. 1900)
- 1984 Elmer Riddle, American baseball pitcher (NL wins leader 1943; Cincinnati Reds), dies at 69
- 1984 Walter Rauff, Nazi German military officer, mobile gas chamber developer, and spy, dies of a heart attack while suffering from lung cancer at 77
- 1985 Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed
- 1988 Willem Drees, Dutch politician (co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA); Prime Minister, 1948-58), known as "Daddy Drees", dies at 101
- 1989 Joe Primeau, Canadian Hockey HOF center (Stanley Cup, Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 1931–32; Toronto Maple Leafs) and coach (Stanley Cup 1950-51 Toronto Maple Leafs), dies at 83
- 1990 Andre Ameller, French double bassist (Paris Opéra, 1937-53), conductor, composer, and educator (École Nationale de Musique - Dijon, 1953-81), dies at 78
- 1990 Franklyn Seales, West Indian-American stage and screen actor (The Onion Field; Silver Spoons - "Dexter"), dies of AIDS at 37
- 1991 Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (7 Olympic gold 1932, 36, 48, 52, 56, 60), dies at 81
- 1991 Ast Fonteyne, Flemish lecture artist, dies
- 1991 Herman Niels, Flemish radio director, dies
Chinese communist and wife of Mao Zedong, commits suicide at 77
- 1991 Shintaro Abe, minister of Exterior of Japan (1982-86), dies
- 1992 Lyle Alzado, American NFL football defensive linesman (Los Angeles Raiders) and actor (Oceans of Fire, Hangfire), dies of cancer at 43
- 1993 Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal, commits suicide at 40
- 1993 William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American newspaper magnate (Hearst Newspapers) and 1955 Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 85
- 1994 Dave Albritton, American high jumper (Olympic silver 1936), dies at 81
- 1994 Leonard Teale, Australian actor/reciter (Homicide), dies
- 1995 Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1972 for ribonuclease,), dies at 79
- 1995 Hakuyū Taizan Maezumi, Japanese teacher 9Rinzai/Soto lines of Zen Buddhism), dies at 64
- 1996 Edward Gurney, American attorney and politician (US Senator for Florida, 1969-74; US Representative for Florida, 1963-69), dies at 82
- 1996 Qazaleh Alizadeh, writer, dies at 48
- 1996 Sritharan Jeganathan, cricketer, 1st Sri Lankan Test player to die
- 1996 Vera Chapman, English writer and Tolkien Society founder, dies at 98
- 1997 Boris Parsadanian, Soviet Armenian-Estonian violinist, and composer, dies on his 72nd birthday
- 1997 Harry Blackstone, Jr., American stage magician (Blackstone Book of Magic & Illusion), dies of cancer at 62
- 1997 Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco, descendant of Dracula, dies at 76
- 1997 Thelma Carpenter, American radio and jazz band singer (Coleman Hawkins; Count Basie), and stage and screen actress (Hello, Dolly!; Barefoot In The Park (TV); The Wiz (film)), dies of cardiac arrest at 76
American singer ("Strangers in the Night"; "My Way"; "The Summer Wind") and actor (From Here to Eternity; Guys and Dolls, The Manchurian Candidate), known as the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", dies at 82
- 1998 Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist, conservationist (1st Lady of the Everglades) and women's suffrage advocate, dies at 108
- 2000 Obuchi Keizo, Prime Minister of Japan (1998-2000), dies at 62
- 2001 Gil Langley, Australian cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper 1951-56), dies at 81
- 2001 Mauro Bolognini, Italian film director ( Il Bell’Antonio; Senilità), dies at 78
- 2002 Derek Birley, English founding Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ulster and sports writer, dies at 75
American NBA forward (NY Knicks) and last ABA commissioner (1975-76), dies of a heart attack at 62
- 2003 Gennidy Nikonov, Russian weapons inventor, designed Nikonov machine gun, dies at 52
American actor (The Untouchables - "Elliot Ness"; Unsolved Mysteries; Written on the Wind), dies of a heart attack at 84
- 2003 Wendy Hiller, English actress (Major Barbara, David Copperfield), dies at 90
- 2003 William Jackson [Pepper LaBeija], American drag queen and fashion designer, dies of a heart attack at 54
- 2004 Anna Lee [Joan Boniface Winnifrith], British actress (General Hospital, How Green Was My Valley), dies of pneumonia at 91
- 2006 Eva Norvind, Norwegian-Mexican actress, dies from drowning at 62
- 2006 James Botten, South African cricketer (all-rounder in 1965 South African series v England), dies at 67
- 2006 Lewis "Lew" Anderson, American actor and musician (The Howdy Doody Show), dies of prostate cancer at 84
- 2006 Stanley Kunitz, American poet, 10th US Poet Laureate, dies at 100
- 2007 Colin St John Wilson, English architect (The British Library), dies at 85
- 2007 Edward Jones, British Army officer (UK Military Representative to NATO, Black Rod UK parliament), dies fishing at 70
- 2007 Jean Saubert, American alpine ski racer (Olympic giant slalom silver, slalom bronze 1964), dies of breast cancer at 65
- 2007 Mary Scheier [Goldsmith], American ceramist, dies at 99
- 2007 Ülo Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter and war historian, dies at 86
- 2009 Bob Rosburg, American golfer, broadcaster (PGA Championship 1959), dies of head injuries from a fall at 82
- 2010 Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, South African politician, businessman, and leader of the Progressive Federal Party (1979-86), dies at 70
- 2010 Goh Keng Swee, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1918)
- 2012 Derek Hammond-Stroud, English operatic baritone, dies at 86
- 2012 Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian playwright and detective writer, dies at 80
- 2014 Stephen Sutton, English cancer blogger (Stephen's Story), dies at 19
- 2015 Zdzisław Żygulski Jr., Polish art historian, dies at 93
- 2017 Brad Grey, American film and TV producer (Sopranos), Chairman of Paramount Pictures, dies of cancer at 59
- 2017 Elske ter Veld, Dutch politician (State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment), dies at 72
- 2017 Frank Brian, American basketball guard (NBA All-Star 1951, 52; Fort Wayne Pistons), dies at 94
- 2017 Powers Boothe, American Actor (Sin City, Deadwood), dies at 68
- 2018 Doug Ford, American golfer (PGA Championship 1955, US Masters 1957), dies at 95
- 2018 Tom Wolfe, American journalist and author (The Right Stuff, Bonfire of the Vanities), dies at 88
- 2019 (Thomas) "Tim" Conway, American Emmy Award-winning comic actor and screenwriter (McHale's Navy; The Carol Burnett Show, 1975-78; The Apple Dumpling Gang), dies from complications of normal pressure hydrocephalus at 85
- 2019 Grumpy Cat [Tardar Sauce], American cat internet celebrity, dies following complications from urinary tract infection at 7
- 2019 Sven Oskar Lindqvist, Swedish writer (Exterminate All the Brutes), dies at 87
- 2020 (Guillermo) "Jorge" Santana, Mexican rock guitarist (Malo- "Suavecito"), dies at 68
- 2020 Bob Watson, American MLB baseball player (All Star 1973, 1975; Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees) and executive (GM Yankees, World Series 1996), dies of kidney disease at 74
- 2020 Ezio Bosso, Italian pianist, composer (Rain, In Your Black Eyes; Domes of Freedom), and conductor, dies from complications of a neurodegenerative syndrome at 48
- 2020 Pepper Rodgers, American football coach (University of Kansas, UCLA, Georgia Tech; USFL: Memphis Showboats), dies at 88
- 2020 Phyllis George, American beauty queen (Miss America, 1971), sportscaster (CBS, 1974-85), and First Lady of Kentucky, 1979-83, dies of a blood disorder at 70
- 2021 Ester Mägi, Estonian composer 'First Lady of Estonian music', dies at 99
- 2021 Olga Domuladzhanova, Russian boxer (World amateur heavyweight gold 2001), dies from COVID-19 at 52
- 2021 Sándor Balassa, Hungarian composer (Requiem for Lajos Kassák; The Third Planet), and educator (Liszt Ferenc Academy, 1981-95), dies at 86
- 2021 Torkild Brakstad, Norwegian soccer defender (3 caps; Molde) and coach (Molde, Tromsø, Rosenborg), dies at 75
Australian cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, 2 x 100, 10 x 50, HS 162no, 24 wickets; Queensland CA, Kent CCC, Deccan Chargers), dies in a single-car crash at 46
- 2022 David West, American MLB baseball pitcher, 1988-98 (Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, and 3 other teams), dies of brain cancer at 57
- 2022 Ray Hill, British former neo-Nazi turned anti-fascist activist, dies at 82 [1]
- 2023 Doyle Brunson, American poker player (10 x bracelets; World Series of Poker Main Event champion 1976, 77; Poker HOF), dies at 89
- 2023 Ferran Olivella, Spanish soccer defender (18 caps Spain, 2 Catalonia; FC Barcelona 214 games), dies at 86
- 2024 Donald Perlin, American comic book artist and co-creator of "Moon Knight", dies at 94
- 2024 Gudrun Ure, Scottish actress (Super Gran; 36 Hours; Lady MacBeth; BBC Sorcerer), dies at 98
- 2025 Brian Avnet, American music executive and manager who worked with Josh Groban and The Manhattan Transfer, dies at 82 [1]
