- 366 Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)
- 866 Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies
- 927 Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria (b. 864 or 865)
- 1039 Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies
- 1178 Godfried van Rhenen, Bishop of Utrecht 91156-78), dies
- 1444 John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, 3rd Earl of Somerset, English military commander during the Hundred Years' War, dies at 40
Italian duke of Milan (1494-1508) who commissioned "The Last Supper", dies at 55
- 1525 Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader
- 1541 Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, beheaded at 67 for treason in Tower of London by Henry VIII
- 1549 Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns
Protestant religious reformer and theologian (Calvinism), dies at 54 (b. 1509)
- 1569 François de Coligny d'Andelot, French general (Battle of Jarnac) and leading French Protestant, dies at 48
- 1576 Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44
- 1580 Barthold Entens of Mentheda, Dutch noble who fought for the water beggers, dies hit by a cannon at about 40
- 1596 Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies
- 1610 François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France, scalded and executed by draawing and quartering at about 31 (b. 1578, (exact birthday unknown)
- 1615 Margaret de Valois, 1st Queen of Henry IV of France (1672-99) daughter of Henry II, dies at 61
- 1627 Eberhard Bronchorst, Dutch lawyer, dies at 73
- 1638 Nicolas Formé, French composer, dies at 71
- 1652 Jacques Huyn, French baroque composer, dies at 39
- 1661 Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53
- 1675 Gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613)
- 1690 Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63
- 1702 Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628)
- 1707 Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of King Louis XIV of France, dies at 66
- 1708 Jacques Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 51
- 1768 Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies
- 1770 Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Queen consort of Denmark and Norway (1730-46), dies at 69
- 1781 Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist, dies at 64
- 1790 Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed & stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89
- 1797 Gracchus Babeuf, French utopian socialist and revolutionary, guillotined for planning an insurrection at 36
- 1831 Jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799)
- 1840 Niccolò Paganini, Italian violin virtuoso, and composer (24 Caprices for Solo Violin; Princess Lucca), dies at 57
- 1848 Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, 5th daughter of King George III, dies at 70
- 1855 Nikolaj Bestuzhev, Russian Navy officer, writer and painter (Decembrist revolt), dies at 64
- 1863 Edward Payson Chapin, American lawyer and Union Army Colonel (posthumously elevated to Brigadier General), dies of injuries from the Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana at 31
- 1867 Thomas Bulfinch, American mythologist (Bulfinch's Mythology), dies at 70
- 1869 Auguste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian-French violinist, dies at 68
- 1876 Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies
- 1878 Carlo Marsili, Italian composer, dies at 49
- 1887 Coenraad Johannes van Houten, Dutch chemist and cocoa manufacturer (Dutch process chocolate), dies at 86
- 1896 Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist, made advances in electrical engineering, dies at 56
- 1896 Allard Pierson, Dutch theologist, philosopher and art historian, dies at 65
- 1902 Jan Ferguut [Jan van Droogenbroeck], Belgian poet, dies at 67
German pioneering bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel Prize 1905), dies at 66
- 1914 Joseph Swan, English physicist and chemist (incandescent light bulb), dies at 85
- 1916 Joseph Gallieni, French general (Battle of Marne) and military governor of Paris, dies at 67
- 1918 Henry Adams, American historian and writer (Education of Henry Adams), dies at 80
- 1919 Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social reformer from Andhra Pradesh, dies at 71
- 1926 Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (Our Eyes, It Sways in the Wind), dies at 22
- 1933 Jean de Merode, Belgian lieutenant colonel, Grand Marshal of the Court of Belgium, and Prince de Merode, dies at 65
- 1934 Meijer Linnewiel [Prof Cockadorus], Amsterdam famous street hawker, dies at 67
- 1937 Frank Grant, American Baseball HOF second baseman (International League; pioneer early Negro leagues; considered greatest African-American player of 19th century), dies at 71
- 1939 Joseph Roth, Austrian-Jewish journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies of pneumonia at 44
- 1941 AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76
- 1942 Chen Duxiu, Chinese revolutionary socialist and author who co-founded the Chinese Communist Party with Li Dazhao and was the 1st General Secretary (1921-27), dies at 62
- 1947 Ed Konetchy, American MLB player, dies at 61
- 1949 Ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY
- 1951 Thomas Blamey, Australian general (WWI, WWII), dies at 67
- 1953 Jesse Burkett, American Baseball HOF left fielder (NL batting champion 1895-96, 1901; 240 hits in 1896 MLB record for 15 years; Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos/Cardinals), dies at 84
- 1954 Herzmanovsky-Orlando, writer, dies
- 1958 Ainslie Pryor, American actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies of cancer at 37
- 1958 Samuel Stritch, US cardinal/archbishop (Chicago), dies
- 1960 Edward Brophy, American character actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy, The Cameraman, Doughboys), dies at 65
- 1960 George Zucco, British actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Captain Fury), dies at 74
- 1960 James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator, dies at 82
- 1962 Egon Petri, Dutch classical pianist, dies at 81
- 1963 Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered
- 1969 Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (Star Trek Cage, The Searchers), dies of an intracranial hemorrhage at 43
- 1970 Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch writer and literary critic, dies at 78
- 1971 Chips Rafferty [John William Pilbean Goffage], Australian actor (Wake in Fright, Desert Rats), dies from a heart attack at 62
- 1971 Jack Doscher, American baseball pitcher (1st son of a major leaguer to play MLB), dies at 90
- 1972 Jack Strachey, British songwriter, and light classical composer ("These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)", "In Party Mood"), dies at 77
- 1972 Roy K. Marshall, American astronomer, TV host (Nature of Things), and first director of Morehead Planetarium, dies at 64
American world heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies of ALS at 53
- 1976 Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80
- 1983 Arnold van Wyk, South African concert pianist and composer (Nagmusiek - Night Music), dies at 67
- 1985 (Clifton) "Skeeter" Best, American jazz guitarist (Erskine Hawkins; Earl Hines; Oscar Pettiford; Ray Charles; Milt Jackson), dies at 70
- 1985 Kay Campbell [Catherine Hibben], American actress (Kate Martin in "All My Children"), dies at 80
- 1986 Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82
- 1986 Isma'il Raji' al-Faruqi, Palestinian-born philosopher (b. 1921)
- 1987 John H. Northrop, American biochemist (crystallized enzymes (Nobel 1946)), dies at 95
- 1988 Florida Friebus, American actress (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ' Mrs. Gillis"; The Bob Newhart Show - "Mrs. Bakerman"), dies of a stroke at 78
- 1988 Renato Salvatori, Italian actor (Burn; Luna; Two Women), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 55
- 1989 Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator, dies at 81
- 1989 Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies
- 1990 Robert B. Meyner, American politician (44th Governor of New Jersey), dies at 81
- 1991 Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88
- 1991 Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (International Bruckner Society; Mozart's Requiem), and educator (Vienna University, 1932-73), dies at 86
- 1992 Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Writing Prague, The Unstable Silence) and winner of the Ark Prize of the Free Word (1964), dies at 55 [1]
- 1992 John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies at 70
- 1992 Uncle Charlie Osborne [Charles osborne], American fiddler (Relics and Treasure, One Hundred Years Farther On), dies at 101 [1]
- 1993 Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies
- 1993 Roger MacDougall, Scottish playwright and screenwriter (The Man in the White Suit), dies at 82
- 1994 Norman Cook, British museum curator and co-founder of the Museum of London, dies at 88 [1]
- 1994 Red Rodney [Robert Chudnick], American jazz trumpeter (Charlie Parker Quintet), dies from lung cancer at 66
- 1994 Theo Swagemakers, Dutch portrait painter (Queen Juliana, Princess Beatrix), dies at 95 [1]
- 1995 C W Stubblefield, music promoter, dies at 64
- 1995 László Kalmár, Hungarian composer (Triangles), dies at 63
- 1995 Ulysses Kay, American neoclassical composer (Of New Horizons: Overture), dies of Parkinson's disease complications at 78
- 1996 Albert "Pud" Brown, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, dies at 79
- 1996 Ivan Sutton, British classical music concert promoter (City Music Society), dies at 82
- 1998 Ghazar Saryan, Armenian composer (Symphonic Panels on motifs by Saryan; Day of Peace), and educator (Komitas State Conservatory, 1960-86), dies at 77
- 1999 Alice Adams, American author (Beautiful Girl), dies at 72
- 1999 Zach de Beer, South African politician (MP, 1953-61 and 1977-94) and diplomat (Ambassador to Netherlands, 1994-99), dies at 70
- 2000 Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch, British statesman (b. 1917)
- 2000 Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot, intelligence and counter-intelligence officer (b. 1912)
- 2001 Ramon Bieri, American actor (Badlands, The Andromeda Strain), dies at 71
- 2001 Victor Kermit Kiam II, American businessman (Remington shavers) and NFL owner (New England Patriots 1988–91), dies at 74
- 2003 Francois Bondy, Swiss writer and journalist (Preuves), dies at 88
- 2003 Luciano Berio, Italian composer (Chemins), dies at 77
- 2004 Denis ApIvor, British composer, dies at 88
- 2006 Alex Toth, American cartoonist (b. 1928)
- 2006 Craig Heyward, American NFL fullback (Pro Bowl 1995; New Orleans Saints), dies from brain cancer at 39
- 2006 Dieter Acker, German composer and pedagogue, dies at 65
- 2006 Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (b. 1944)
- 2006 Paul Gleason, American actor (Breakfast Club, Die Hard), dies of lung cancer at 67
- 2006 Rob Borsellino, American columnist (b. 1949)
- 2007 Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon and known as "Father of the Modern Day Hot-Air Balloon.", dies at 87
- 2007 Gretchen Wyler, American actress, dancer (Silk Stockings), and animal rights activist, dies at 75
- 2007 Izumi Sakai, Japanese pop singer (Zard - "Makenaide (Please Don't Lose)"), dies from head injuries after a fall, while undergoing cancer treatments at 40
- 2007 Ron Archer, Australian cricket all-rounder (19 Tests, 1 x 100, 48 wickets; Queensland CA), dies at 73
- 2008 Franz Künstler, Last remaining Austro-Hungarian Empire World War I veteran (b. 1900)
- 2009 Ammo Baba, Iraqi football player and coach, dies at 74
Welsh-born British economist (Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences 2003), dies at 74
- 2010 John William Finn, American US Navy sailor, awarded the 1st Medal of Honor of WWII for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 100
- 2010 Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator (The Adventure of Sudsakorn), dies at 81
- 2011 Gill Scott-Heron, American writer, poet and singer ("Whitey on the Moon"), dies at 62
- 2011 Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (Taxi - "Bobby"; Grease - "Kenickie"; Babylon 5 - "Zack"), dies of pneumonia and sepsis at 60
- 2011 Margo Dydek, Polish basketball player (b. 1974)
- 2013 Bill Pertwee, British actor (Dad's Army), dies at 86
- 2014 Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director and writer (Apple Trees; Germany, Pale Mother), dies of cancer at 73
- 2015 Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver, dies at 86
- 2015 Gordon Hobday, English scientist (developed penicillin with Alexander Fleming, worked on Ibuprofen), dies at 99
American Hammond organist, guitarist and vocalist (The Allman Brothers Band - "Whipping Post"), dies of cancer at 69
- 2018 Connie Kurtz, American Gay Rights advocate, dies at 81
- 2018 Donald Herod Peterson, American USAF Colonel, and NASA astronaut (STS-6), dies of Alzheimer's disease and bone cancer, at 84
- 2018 Russell Nype, American singer and actor (The Stuff,;Call Me Madam; Dorothy), dies at 98
- 2019 Bill Buckner, American MLB first baseman (1986 World Series infamous fielding error; NL batting champ 1980), dies of dementia at 69
- 2019 Robert L. Bernstein, American publisher (Random House), dies at 96
- 2019 Tony Horwitz, American journalist and author (Confederates in the Attic, Blue Latitudes), dies of a cardiac arrest at 60
- 2020 Larry Kramer, American playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84
- 2020 Liesbeth Migchelsen, Dutch soccer defender (97 caps; FFC Heike Rheine, SV Fortuna Wormerveer, AZ Alkmaar), dies from cancer at 49
- 2020 Sam Johnson, American politician (US Representative from Texas, 1991-2019), USAF pilot (Korean War, Vietnam), and POW (1966-73), dies at 89
- 2021 Cornelis] Kees de Jager, Dutch astronomer (predicted solar variations), dies at 100
- 2021 Robert Hogan, American actor (Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat), dies at 87
- 2021 William Jay Sydeman, American avant-garde composer, dies at 93
- 2022 Boris Porena, Italian composer, music theorist, poet, and writer, dies at 94
American Basketball Hall of Fame center (NBA C'ship 1977, 1986; NBA Finals MVP 1977; Portland Trail Blazers, Boston Celtics), dies from cancer at 71 [1]
- 2025 Alexander Polikoff, American author and lawyer known for work on the Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority court case, dies at 98 [1]
- 2025 Ed Gale, American actor (Child's Play, Howard the Duck), dies at 61 [1]
- 2025 Presley Chweneyagae, South African actor (Tsotsi, The River), dies at 40 [1]
- 2025 Ronnie Dugger, American journalist and founding editor of The Texas Observer, dies of complications of Alzheimer’s disease at 95 [1]
