- 1406 Coluccio Salutati, Italian political leader and humanist, Chancellor of the Republic of Florence, dies at 75
- 1436 Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)
- 1471 Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, dies in Battle of Tewkesbury at 17, becoming the only heir apparent to the English throne to ever die in battle
- 1506 Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)
- 1519 Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, dies at 26
- 1535 John Houghton, English monk, first of the Carthusian Martyrs, hung, drawn and quartered at the Tower of London
- 1566 Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)
- 1594 Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62
- 1604 Claudio Merulo, Italian organist and composer, dies at 71
- 1605 Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist and naturalist, created a museum and library of natural history, dies at 82
- 1615 Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)
- 1626 Arthur Lake, English Bishop of Bath and Wells, and translator of the King James Bible, dies at 56
- 1677 Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)
- 1684 John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639)
- 1729 Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French bishop and cardinal, dies at 77
- 1734 James Thornhill, English painter (St. Paul's Cathedral dome), dies at about 58 (birth year disputed)
- 1737 Eustace Budgell, English writer (The Spectator, writing 37 numbers signed X), dies at 50
- 1752 Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter and engraver, dies at 71
- 1770 Christian Gottfried Krause, German composer, dies at 51
- 1774 Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, dies at 59
- 1776 Jacques Saly, French sculptor, dies at 58
- 1790 Matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress, dies at 72
Indian ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (1782-99) and pioneer of rocket artillery known as the "Tiger of Mysore", killed by British forces in the Battle of Seringapatam at 48
- 1804 Simon Stijl, Frisian physician and writer, dies at 73
- 1811 Nikolay Kamensky, Russian army general, dies at 34
- 1824 Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)
- 1832 Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church
- 1855 Camille Pleyel, Austrian pianist, piano manufacturer, and music publisher, dies at 66
French explorer and botanist who traveled with Alexander von Humboldt, dies at 84 (date disputed)
- 1859 Joseph Diez Gergonne, French mathematician, dies at 87
- 1873 William Holmes McGuffey, American professor (wrote elementary school McGuffey Readers - 120 million copies sold), dies at 72
- 1879 William Froude, English engineer and naval architect, dies at 68
- 1880 Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
- 1884 Maria Anna of Savoy, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, dies at 80
- 1885 Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78
- 1893 George Washington Hewitt, American composer, dies at 82
- 1893 Sherlock Holmes, British fictional detective (created by Arthur Conan Doyle), "dies" at 37 at Reichenbach Falls [death date disputed]
- 1900 Augustus Pitt Rivers, British military officer, and archaeologist, dies at 73
- 1901 John Jones Ross, Canadian politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (1884-87), dies at 69
- 1903 Goce Delchev, a revolutionary from the Balkans - leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (b. 1872)
- 1912 Nettie Stevens, American geneticist (discovered sex chromosomes), dies of cancer at 51 [1]
- 1916 Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, prominent Russian physicist and inventor of the first electromagnetic seismograph, dies at 54
- 1916 Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish revolutionary (b. 1887)
- 1919 Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French army general (WWI), Czecho-Slovak nationalist resistance leader, aviator, and astronomer, dies in a plane crash at 38
- 1922 Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician and leader of the Estonian Communist Party, executed at 34 [1] [2]
- 1924 Edith Nesbit, British children books author (The Story of the Treasure Seekers, Five Children and It), dies at 65
- 1928 Barry Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63
- 1929 Henry Morton Dunham, American composer, dies at 75
- 1937 Noel Rosa, Brazilian guitrist, mandolin player, and songwriter, dies of tuberculosis at 26
- 1938 Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist and writer (Nobel Peace Prize 1935), dies at 48
- 1938 Kanō Jigorō, Japanese educator and the founder of Judo, dies at 77
- 1945 Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (commander in the German occupation of Austria, invasions of Poland, France, and Russia during WWII), dies at 64
- 1953 Edward Shanks, British poet and critic, dies at 60
- 1953 T. Tertius Noble, English composer, dies at 85
- 1954 Pauline de Haan-Manifarges, Dutch concert and opera contralto singer, dies at 82
- 1955 George Enescu, Romanian violinist, conductor, composer (Romanian Dances), and teacher, dies at 73
- 1955 Louis Charles Breguet, French aviation pioneer (founded the Compagnie des messageries aérienne which became Air France), dies at 75
- 1961 Anita Stewart, American silent film actress (South of Hell Mountain), producer, and mystery novelist, dies of a heart attack at 66
- 1965 Norman Brokenshire, Canadian-American radio announcer and TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies of a stroke at 66
- 1966 Bob Elliott, American MLB baseball third baseman and outfielder (7 x All-Star, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves, and 3 other teams), dies of a ruptured windpipe vein at 49
- 1966 Juan María Thomas Sabater, Spanish composer, dies at 69
- 1967 Bengt Axel von Torne, Finnish composer, dies at 75
- 1969 Osbert Sitwell, English writer (Out of the Flame), dies at 76
- 1970 Allison Beth Krause, American student, killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent State University while protesting against US military at 19
- 1970 Jeffrey Miller, American student, killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent State University while protesting against US military, at 20
- 1970 Sandra Scheuer, American student, killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent State University while protesting against US military, at 20
- 1970 William Schroeder, American student, killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent State University while protesting against US military at 20
- 1971 Donald Dexter Van Slyke, American chemist (Micromanometric analysis), dies at 88
- 1971 Joseph Csaky, Hungarian-French sculptor (Cubism), dies at 83
- 1971 Louis de Bree [Louis Davids], actor (De man zonder hart, The Cross-Patch, Bluejackets), dies at 87
- 1971 Seamus Elliott, Irish road bicycle racer (first English speaker to win stages in all the Grand Tours), dies at 36
- 1972 Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886)
- 1973 Jane Bowles, American writer and playwright, dies at 56
- 1974 Geraldo [Gerald Walcan Bright], British "sweet music" dance band leader (Gaucho Tango Orchestra), dies of a heart attack at 69
- 1974 Israel Citkowitz, Polish-American composer (The Lambs), and pedagogue, dies at 65
- 1974 John Wengraf, Austrian actor (12 to the Moon, Pride & Passion), dies at 77
American actor and comedian (The 3 Stooges), dies at 77
- 1976 Henri Bosco, French author and poet (Gogol), dies at 87
Yugoslav communist revolutionary and leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87
- 1980 Kay Hammond, British actress (Blithe Spirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies at 71
- 1981 Paul Green, American novelist and playwright (In Abraham's Bosom), dies at 87
- 1983 Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor (La Fenice) and composer, dies at 72
- 1984 Bob Clampett, American cartoonist (b. 1913)
- 1984 Diana Dors [Fluck], British actress and singer (Berserk!; Steaming), dies of cancer at 52
- 1984 Larry Stock, American singer-songwriter ("Blueberry Hill"; "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You"), dies at 87
- 1985 Clarence Wiseman, Canadian solider and the 10th General of The Salvation Army (1974-77), dies at 77
- 1987 Cathryn Damon, American actress (Mary-Soap, She's Having a Baby), dies of cancer at 56
- 1987 Dick Hillenius, Dutch biologist and writer, dies at 59
- 1987 Paul Butterfield, American blues singer and harmonica player (Paul Butterfield Blues Band; Better Days), dies of drug abuse at 44
- 1989 Evelle Jansen Younger, American prosecutor (Charles Manson; Sirhan Sirhan), dies at 70
- 1990 Don Appell, American actor, director and playwright (Milk and Honey, A Girl Could Get Lucky), dies at 73
- 1991 Bernie Winters [Weinstein], British comedian, actor, and TV presenter (The Big Top Variety Show), dies of stomach cancer at 60
- 1991 Dennis Crosby, American singer, actor, and son of singer Bing Crosby, commits suicide at 56
- 1991 George Delacorte, American philanthropist and publisher (Dell Books), dies at 96
- 1992 Gregor Mackenzie, British Labour politician and Member of Parliament for Glasgow Rutherglen (1964-87), dies at 64 [1]
- 1992 Henri Guillemin, French historian, dies at 89
- 1992 Ismael Galeano, "Commandant Franklyn" (Contra), dies
- 1992 Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 50
- 1994 Karl Francis Hettinger, American police officer (Onion Field survivor), dies at 59
- 1995 Lewis Thompson Preston, American banker (President of the World Bank 1991-95), dies at 68
- 1995 Louis Krasner, Ukrainian-American violinist, dies at 91
- 1996 Jean Crepin, French general and head of Nord Aviation (oversaw development of Exocet missiles), dies at 87
- 1996 Rowley Israel Arenstein, South African attorney, communist and activist (under house arrest for 18 years), dies at 77
- 1997 Alvin "Alvy" Moore, American comic actor (Green Acres, Scream, Intruder), dies of heart failure at 75
- 1997 Vijayananda Dahanayake, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1959-60), dies
- 1999 Brinsley Ford, British art historian and CEO (National Art Collections Fund), dies at 90
- 2001 Bonnie Lee Bakley, American second wife of actor Robert Blake murdered in her car outside a Studio City, California restaurant at 44
- 2002 Dane Škerl, Slovene conductor, composer (Rhapsodic Symphony), and teacher, dies at 70
- 2004 (Clement) "Coxsone" Dodd, Jamaican record producer (Toots and the Maytals, The Skatalites), dies of a heart attack at 72
- 2004 Richard Holme, Baron Holme of Cheltenham, British politician, Liberal Party president (1980-1), dies from cancer at 71
- 2005 David Hackworth, U.S. Army officer and military journalist (b. 1930)
- 2009 Dom DeLuise, American comic actor (Mel Brooks films Dean Martin Show; Cannonball Run; Fatso; Don Bluth films), director, and cookbook writer, dies of kidney failure, while suffering from diabetes and cancer at 75
- 2009 Jane Randolph, American actress (Cat People, Railroaded!), dies of complications after hip surgery at 93
- 2010 Ernie Harwell, American baseball broadcaster (Detroit Tigers, 1960-2002), dies at 92
- 2010 Zvonimir Levačić - Ševa, Croatian humorist and entertainer (b. 1943)
- 2011 Mary Murphy, American actress (A Man Alone, Maggie-Investigators), dies at 80
- 2011 Sada Thompson, American actress (Family, Pursuit of Happiness), dies at 83
- 2012 Mort Lindsey [Lippman], American pianist, arranger, musical director (Judy Garland, 1961-64; Merv Griffin Show, 1962-86; Barbra Streisand, 1968), and composer, dies at 89
- 2013 Christian de Duve, British cytologist and biochemist (Nobel 1974), dies from euthanasia at 95
- 2013 Mario Machado, Chinese-American eight-time Emmy Award-winning television and radio broadcaster, first Chinese-American on-air news anchor in Los Angeles, dies from pneumonia at 78
- 2013 Morgan Morgan-Giles, British Naval officer and Conservative MP for Winchester (1964-79), dies at 98
- 2013 Otis Bowen, American politician, US Sec of Health & Human Services (1985-89), dies at 95
- 2014 Ross Lonsberry, Canadian NHL hockey left winger, 1966-81 (Stanley Cup, 1974, 1975 - Philadelphia Flyers, and 3 other teams), dies of cancer at 67
- 2016 Robert "Bob" Bennett, American politician (U.S. Senator fromfrom Utah, 1993-2011), dies at 82
- 2016 Ursula Mamlok, German-American avant-garde composer, and teacher, dies at 93
- 2017 William J. Baumol, American economist (Baumol’s cost disease), dies at 95
- 2018 Abi Ofarim [Abraham Reichstadt], Israeli dancer, folk and pop singer, guitarist, and record producer (Ester & Abi - "Cinderella Rockerfella"), dies at 80
- 2018 Barnet Fain, American businessman and artist, dies at 86
- 2018 BN Vijaya Kumar, Indian politician, dies at 59 of a heart attack
- 2018 Bobbie Louise Hawkins, American poet and author (Back to Texas, Almost Everything), dies at 87
- 2018 Cathy Godbold, Australian actress (The Saddle Club, Home and Away), dies of cancer at 43
- 2018 Edwin G. Burrows, American historian and professor, dies at 74
- 2018 Larry Hunter, American college basketball coach (Wittenberg Tigers, Ohio Bobcats, Western Carolina Catamounts), dies at 68
- 2018 Naser Cheshm Azar, Iranian composer, dies of a heart attack at 67
- 2018 Paul Bloodgood, American artist, dies at 58 of Alzheimer's disease
- 2018 Renate Dorrelstein, Dutch writer and journalist, dies of cancer at 64
- 2018 Steve Coy, British rocker and producer (Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)), dies at 56
- 2019 (James) "J.R." Cobb American guitarist and songwriter (Classics IV - "Spooky"; Atlanta Rhythm Section - "Champagne Jam"), dies of a heart attack at 76
- 2019 Alice Rivlin, American economist and government budget official (Federal Reserve Board member, 1996-99; Director of Office of Management and Budget, 1993-96; Director of Congressional Budget Office, 1975-83), dies at 88
- 2020 Alan Sutherland, New Zealand rugby union number 8 (10 caps; Marlborough), dies at 76
American Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (Super Bowl 1972, 73; Miami Dolphins; Baltimore Colts; NFL Coach of the Year 1964, 67, 68, 72), dies at 90
- 2020 Jean Erdman, American dancer, choreographer and co-founder The Open Eye Theater, dies at 104
- 2021 Alan McLoughlin, Irish soccer midfielder (42 caps Rep of Ireland; Swindon Town, Portsmouth), dies from cancer at 54
- 2021 Bertil Johansson, Swedish soccer striker (5 caps; IFK Göteborg 267 games) and manager (IFK Göteborg), dies at 86
- 2021 Margaret Forsyth, New Zealand netball goal attack (NZ 1979-87; World Cup gold 1979, 87) and coach (Waikato BOP Magic), dies from cancer at 59
- 2021 Paulo Gustavo, Brazilian comedian and actor (Dona Hermínia in "My Mother Is a Character"), dies of complications of COVID-19 at 42
- 2021 Ray Miller, American baseball manager (Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles), dies at 76
- 2022 Gerhard Mans, Namibian rugby union utility back (27 Tests; Orange Free State RFU, South West Africa RFU), dies at 60
- 2022 Harm Ottenbros, Dutch bicycle racer (World C'ships gold men's road race 1969), dies at 78
- 2023 Petr Klíma, Czech NHL right wing, 1985-99 (Detroit Red Wings; Edmonton Oilers, and 3 other teams), dies at 58
- 2023 Tom Spencer, British politician (Member of the European Parliament, 1979-84 and 1989-99), dies of progressive supranuclear palsy at 75
- 2024 Dagoberto Fontes, Uruguayan soccer forward (13 caps; Defensor SC), dies at 80
- 2024 Frank Stella, American artist, dies at 87 [1]
- 2025 David Cope, American composer known his pioneering work using artificial intelligence to create music, dies of congestive heart failure at 83 [1]
- 2025 Jochen Mass, German auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1989; Spanish F1 GP 1975; European Touring Car C'ship 1972) and broadcaster (RTL), dies from stroke complications at 78
- 2025 Peter McParland, Irish soccer forward (34 caps Northern Ireland; Aston Villa 293 games), dies at 91
