- 577 Saint Brendan, Irish navigator and Catholic saint dies* at about 93 [*Feast Day - exact dates of birth and death undocumented - born c. 484]
- 942 Saadiah Gaon, head of Talmudic Academy of Sura, dies
- 1265 Saint Simon Stock, English saint (b. 1165)
- 1434 Pieter Appelmans, Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about 60
- 1569 Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr
- 1620 William Adams, English navigator, first ever Western Samurai who life was the basis for novel "Shōgun", dies in Japan at 55
- 1657 Andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
- 1667 Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English statesman (b. 1607)
- 1669 Pietro da Cortona [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies
- 1669 Reyer Anslo, writer/poet, dies at about 42
- 1691 Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason
French author and fairy tale writer (Tales of Mother Goose), dies at 75
- 1754 Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, Italian composer, dies at 76
- 1762 Ernst Christian Hesse, German composer, dies at 86
- 1768 Cornelis Writer, fleet supervisor, dies at about 81
- 1778 Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician, dies at 59
- 1782 Daniuel Charles Solander, botanist, dies
- 1790 Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician and writer, dies at 70
- 1805 Christiaan Brunings, Dutch hydraulic engineer, dies at 68
- 1819 Alexander van Bylandt, military, dies at 75
- 1826 Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden), German-born Russian Tsarina as consort to Tsar Alexander I, dies at of a heart condition at 47
- 1829 William Congreve, English artillery officer and inventor who designed fire rockets, dies at 56
- 1830 Joseph Fourier, French mathematician (mathematical theory of heat conduction) and Egyptologist, dies at 62
- 1835 Felicia Dorothea Hemans, English-Welsh poet ("The boy stood on the burning deck", "The stately homes of England"), dies of dropsy at 41
- 1847 Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59
- 1862 Joseph L. Hogg, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 55
- 1862 Lev Mej, Russian dramatist and poet (The Tsar's Bride), dies at 40 [O.S. 5/16]
- 1863 Lloyd Tilghman, American Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle at 47
- 1864 Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered
- 1880 Karl August Krebs, German pianist and composer, dies at 76
- 1883 Ferdinand de Braekeleer the Elder, Belgian painter of genre scenes, dies at 91
- 1891 Ion Brătianu, Romanian statesman (Premier of Romania 1876-88), dies at 69
- 1892 John Banvard, American artist who painted worlds largest painting (3 mile canvas), dies at 75
- 1892 Théodore-Joseph Canneel, Flemish painter, dies at 74
- 1903 Eduard Rappoldi, composer, dies at 72
- 1904 N I Bobrikov, Russian governor-general in Finland, dies
- 1910 Henri-Edmond Cross [Delacroix], French painter (Fauvism), dies at 53
- 1913 Louis Perrier, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council, dies at 63
- 1918 Eusapia Palladino, Italian spiritual medium, dies at 64
- 1920 Joselito [José Gómez Ortega], Spanish matador (bullfighter) prodigy, gored to death by a bull at 25
- 1920 Levi Parsons Morton, American ambassador and politician (R) (Vice President of the United States 1889-93, Governor of New York 1895-96), dies at 96 [1]
- 1924 William "Candy" Cummings, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (credited with creating the curveball), dies at 75
- 1926 Mehmed VI Vahideddin, Last sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1918-22), dies at 65
- 1928 Edmund Gosse, English poet, author (Father & Son) and critic, dies at 78
- 1929 Lilli Lehmann, German opera soprano (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 80
- 1932 William Pember Reeves, politician/poet, dies
- 1936 Julius Schreck, German Nazi military man (1st head of the SS), and confidant of Adolf Hitler, dies of meningitis at 37
- 1938 Joseph Strauss, American civil engineer (chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge), dies at 68
- 1938 Steve Fairbairn, British rower and coach (Jesus College Boat Club, Cambridge University), dies at 75
- 1942 Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, anthropologist, dies
- 1943 Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist (b. 1865)
- 1944 Ferdinand Alphons Marie van der Ham, Dutch WW II resistance fighter, dies at 27
- 1944 George Ade, American playwright, writer and humorist (Counsel Widow, Fables in Slang), dies at 78
- 1944 Leone Sinigaglia, Italian composer, dies at 75
- 1944 Max Brand [Frederick Schiller Faust], western author, dies
- 1947 Frederick Gowland Hopkins, British biochemist (Nobel Prize, 1929), dies at 85
- 1949 William Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies
- 1952 Alec Hearne, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1894; Kent), dies at 88
- 1952 Frances Benjamin Johnston, American pioneering female photographer
- 1954 Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera; Berlin State Opera), dies at 61
- 1954 Werner Bischof, Swiss photographer (Magnum), dies accidentally in a road accident at 38
- 1955 James Agee, American author (African Queen, Death in Family), dies at 45
- 1956 H. B. Reese, American businessman, candy maker, and inventor (Reese's Peanut Butter Cups), dies of a heart attack at 76
- 1957 Dick Irvin, Canadian Hockey HOF center (Chicago Black Hawks) and coach (Stanley Cup 1932 Toronto Maple Leafs; 1944, 46, 53 Montreal Canadiens), dies at 64
- 1957 Eliot Ness, American federal agent "The Untouchables" (put away Al Capone), dies of a heart attack at 54
- 1958 Jeroom Verten [Jozef Frans Vermetten], Flemish playwright, dies at 49
- 1959 Elisha Scott, Irish soccer goalkeeper (31 caps Ireland [IFA]; Liverpool 430 games), dies at 65
- 1959 Joe Cook [Lopez}, American vaudeville and radio comedian, dies at 69
- 1961 George A. Malcolm, American jurist (17th Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court) and educator, dies at 79
- 1963 Oleg Penkovsky, Soviet military intelligence (GRU), dies at 44
- 1966 Randy Turpin, British boxer (NYSAC, NBA and The Ring middleweight titles 1951-53), shot dead in his home at 37
- 1969 Johnny Jordan, English cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at 44
- 1971 Barney Stanley, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame forward (Stanley Cup 1915, Vancouver Millionaires; coach Chicago Black Hawks 1927-28), dies at 77
- 1972 Maxime Dumoulin, French composer, dies at 79
- 1975 Michael X [de Freitas], Trinidadian civil rights activist, Black revolutionary, and convicted murderer, also known as Abdul Malik, hanged at Port of Spain Royal Gaol in Trinidad and Tobago, at 41
- 1977 Edouard Van Remoortel, Belgian conductor (St Louis Symphony, 1958-62), dies at 50
- 1978 William Steinberg, German-American conductor (Pittsburgh Symphony, 1952-76; Boston Symphony, 1969-71), dies at 78
- 1979 A. Philip Randolph, American labor leader (Railroad Porter's Union), dies at 90
- 1981 Ernie Freeman, American R&B and pop musician ("Raunchy"), session pianist, arranger, and music director (Reprise Records; Liberty Records), dies of a heart attack at 58
- 1983 Carel Brons, Dutch composer, dies at 52
- 1984 Andy Kaufman, American comedian and actor (Taxi -"Latka"), dies of cancer at 35
- 1984 Irwin Shaw, American writer (Rich Man, Poor Man), dies at 71
- 1984 Wessel Couzijn, Dutch sculptor and cartoonist (Auschwitz-monument), dies at 71
- 1988 Charles Keeping, English illustrator (b. 1924)
- 1988 Kay Baxter, American bodybuilder (NPC Gold's Classic 1981), dies in car crash at 42
- 1988 Louise Wood, American director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72), dies at 78
- 1989 Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered
- 1990 Dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by her brother Christian
American puppeteer, artist, screenwriter and filmmaker, best known as the creator of 'the Muppets" (Sesame Street, The Muppet Show), co-founder of Muppets, Inc. with his wife Jane Henson, dies of toxic shock syndrome caused by pneumonia at 53
American vaudeville, stage, and screen dancer, singer ("The Candy Man"), actor (Ocean's 11), and Rat Pack member, dies of throat cancer at 64
- 1991 Prudence Nesbitt, British actress, and television director, dies at 71
- 1992 Chalino Sánchez, Mexican musician, murdered at 31
- 1992 Marisa Mell, Austrian actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at 53
- 1993 Madan Kumar Bhandari, Nepalese politician (Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)), dies at 41
- 1993 Marv Johnson, American R&B pianist, songwriter, and singer ("You Got What It Takes"; "(You've Got To) Move Two Mountains"), dies of a stroke at 54
- 1994 Alain Cuny, French actor (La Dolce Vita, Detective, Weite Land, Emmanuelle), dies at 85
- 1994 Barbara Jean Jones, fictional character on General Hospital, dies at 7
- 1994 Phani Majumdar, Indian film director (Street Singer), dies at 82
- 1994 Vasek Simek, Czech/American actor (Green Card, Mistress), dies at 66
- 1995 Lola Flores, Spanish singer, dancer and actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70
- 1995 Ragnhild Marie Hatton, Norwegian historian, dies at 82
- 1996 Edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at 60
- 1996 Jeremy Boorda, U.S. Navy admiral (25th Chief of Naval Operations), commits suicide at 56
- 1996 Pierre Debizet, resistance fighter/special agent, dies at 72
- 1997 Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (b. 1903)
- 1997 Horace "Bones" McKinney, American basketball forward, coach and broadcaster (Washington Capitols, Wake Forest), dies at 78
- 2000 Bodacious the Bull Famous rodeo bull (b. 1988)
- 2000 William Ferris, American composer and conductor (William Ferris Chorale, 1971-2000), dies while conducting a rehearsal of Verdi's Requiem at 63
- 2001 Brian Pendleton, English musician (The Pretty Things) (b. 1944)
- 2002 Alec Campbell, the last surviving ANZAC (b. 1899)
- 2002 Big Dick Dudley, American professional wrestler (b. 1968)
- 2003 Mark McCormack, American businessman (b. 1930)
- 2004 June Taylor, American choreographer, dies at 86
- 2004 Marius Constant, Romanian-born French composer and conductor (founded Ars Nova), dies at 79
- 2005 Andrew Goodpaster, American general (NATO Supreme Allied Commander 1969-74), dies at 90
- 2007 (Terry) "Topper" Price, American blues, jazz and rock vocalist and harmonica player (The Upsetters). dies at 54
- 2007 Albert Delvaux, Belgian composer (Symphonia Burlesca), dies at 93
- 2008 Robert Mondavi, American winemaker pioneer and entrepreneur (Robert Mondavi Winery), dies at 94
- 2008 Wilfrid Howard Mellers, British musicologist (François Couperin and the French Classical Tradition), and composer, dies at 94
- 2009 Ashley Massaro, American model, professional wrestler and winner of WWE Diva Search (2005), commits suicide at 39
- 2010 Hank Jones, American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer, dies at 91
- 2010 Ronnie James Dio [Padavona], American singer, songwriter and musician (Elf; Rainbow; Black Sabbath; Dio; and Heaven & Hell), dies at 67
- 2011 Bill Skiles, American comic (b. 1931)
- 2011 Bob Davis, Australian football forward (All Australian captain 1958; VFL Premiership 1951, 52 Geelong FC), coach (VFL Premiership 1963 Geelong FC) and broadcaster (7 Network), dies at 82
- 2011 Edward Hardwicke, British actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 78
- 2012 Doug Dillard, American country rock musician (The Dillards, Gene Clark, Dillard & Clark) and actor (Clem-Popeye), dies of a lung infection caused by a collapsed lung at 75
- 2012 James Abdnor, American senator, dies at 89
- 2013 Bernard Waber, American children's book author ("The House on East 88th Street"; "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile"), dies from kidney failure at 88
- 2013 Dick Trickle, American auto racer (7 x ARTGO C'ships, ASA AC-Delco Challenge C'ship 1984, 85; NASCAR Rookie of the Year 1989), dies by self inflicted gunshot at 71
- 2013 Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986), dies at 79 [1]
- 2013 Paul Shane, English comedian and actor, dies at 72
- 2015 Dean Potter, American free climber and BASE jumper, dies in a wingsuit flying accident at Yosemite National Park, aged 43
- 2015 Prashant Bhargava, American filmmaker (Patang: The Kite), dies of cardiac arrest at 42
- 2016 Deepak Shodhan, Indian cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 110 on debut; Gujarat, Baroda), dies at 87
- 2016 Julia Meade [Kunz], American actress and TV hostess (Spotlight Playhouse), dies at 90
- 2018 Joseph Campanella, American character actor (Guiding Light; Mannix), dies at 93
- 2018 Michael Slive, American college sports executive (Commissioner SEC 2002-15), dies of prostate cancer at 77
Chinese-American modernist architect (Louvre Pyramid; JFK Library; Dallas Symphony Hall; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), Brunner Prize (1961), PrItzker Prize (1983), dies at 102 [1]
- 2020 Arthur Summons, Australian rugby union fly-half (10 Tests; Gordon RFC) and rugby league five-eighth (9 Tests; Western Suburbs RLFC), dies at 84
- 2020 Donn Trenner, American jazz pianist, arranger, and orchestra leader (Steve Allen's Westinghouse Show), dies at 93
- 2020 Michael McCaskey, American football executive (Chicago Bears president 1983-98; chairman 1999-2011), dies from cancer at 76
- 2020 Monique Mercure [Marie Monique Émond], French Canadian actress (Naked Lunch; J.A. Martin Photographer), dies of throat cancer at 89
- 2020 Tony Yates, American college basketball point guard (National C'ship 1961, 62 Cincinnati Bearcats) and head coach (Cincinnati 1983-89), dies at 82
- 2021 Rildo da Costa Menezes, Brazilian soccer defender (38 caps; Santos, CEUB, New York Cosmos), dies at 79
- 2022 John Aylward, American actor (ER, The West Wing), dies at 75
- 2022 Maurice Lindsay, British sports administrator (chairman Preston North End FC, Wigan Warriors RLFC; CEO RFL 1992-99), dies at 81
- 2023 Marlene Bauer Hagge, American golfer, co-founder LPGA (Woman's PGA C'ship 1956), dies after a fall at 89
- 2023 Nelsinho Rosa, Brazilian soccer coach (Saudi Arabia, Fluminense, Vasco da Gama), dies at 85
- 2023 Per Røntved, Danish soccer defender (75 caps; Werder Bremen, Brønshøj BK, Randers SK Freja), dies from cancer at 74
- 2023 Uwe Kitzinger, German-British political scientist, educator and administrator (President of Templeton College Oxford), dies of a heart attack at 95
- 2024 Dabney Coleman, American Emmy Award-winning character actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Mayor Jeeter"; 9 to 5; Buffalo Bill; Boardwalk Empire), dies at 92 [1]
- 2025 Brian Glanville, British journalist and football writer (The Sunday Times, 1958–92; World Soccer magazine), dies at 93
- 2025 Dame Margaret June Clark, British Professor Emeritus of Community Nursing at Swansea University, dies at 83
- 2025 Peter Lax, Hungarian-American mathematician and the first applied mathematician to win the Abel Prize (2005), dies at 99 [1]
