- 1280 Magnus VI Lagabuter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42
- 1315 Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 21
- 1443 Niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies at 70
- 1446 Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples, dies at 79
- 1474 Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight and land guardian, beheaded at 54
- 1590 Charles de Bourbon, Cardinal de Bourbon, French Archbishop of Rouen and Catholics candidate for King of France, dies in captivity at 66
American governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies at 57
- 1667 Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48), dies at 55
- 1688 Frederick William, Great Elector, ruler of Brandenburg (1640-88), dies at 68
- 1707 Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist and composer, dies at about 69
- 1745 Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian composer and violinist, dies at 82
- 1747 John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat, dies at 73
- 1760 Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, Austrian-born German religious & social reformer, dies at 59
- 1785 Franz Xaver Schnitzer, German composer, dies at 44
- 1790 William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress
- 1799 Claude-Bénigne Balbastre, French organist, harpsichordist, and composer, dies at 74
- 1805 Friedrich von Schiller, German poet, playwright, and librettist (Ode to Joy), dies of tuberculosis at 45
American military officer (Battles of Saratoga, Charleston, and Yorktown during the American Revolutionary War), dies at 77
- 1822 Charles Duquesnoy, South Netherlands composer and singer, dies at 62
- 1850 Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist, dies at 71
- 1853 Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, German composer, dies at 73
- 1861 Ernst von Lasaulx, German philologist and politician, dies at 55
- 1864 John Sedgwick, American Major General (Union Army), is shot in battle after claiming "they couldn't hit an elephant at this distance" at 50
- 1880 George Brown, Birtish-Canadian journalist, publisher (Toronto Globe), Premier of Canada West (Liberal: 1858) and one of the Fathers of Confederation, dies at 61 after being shot in the leg on March 25
- 1880 Johann Hermann Berens, German-born Swedish Romantic composer, dies at 54
- 1884 Hermanus Willem Witteveen, Dutch theologist, dies at 69
- 1889 William S. Harney, American general, dies at 88
- 1905 Ernst Pauer, Austrian composer and pianist, dies at 78
- 1914 C. W. Post, American food manufacturer of breakfast cereals, commits suicide at 59
- 1918 George Coşbuc, Romanian poet, dies at 51
- 1919 James Reese Europe, American ragtime and early jazz arranger, composer, and bandleader in New York, and with the military in France during WWI, dies of a stab wound (received during an argument with one of his drummers), at 38
- 1919 Ludwig Bösendorfer, Austrian piano builder, dies at 84
- 1926 J. M. Dent, British publisher (Everyman's Library), dies at 77
- 1927 Tommy Routledge, South African cricketer (4 Tests for South Africa 1892-96), dies at 60
- 1928 Constantin Dimitrescu, Romanian composer (Dans ţănănesc), dies at 81
- 1931 Albert A. Michelson, American physicist (1907 Nobel Prize), dies at 78
- 1933 John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (Olympic gold 1,000m, 4,000m, water polo 1900), dies at 61
- 1936 François Conrad Schlumberger, French physicist, dies at 57
- 1938 Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist, dies at 72
- 1942 Graham McNamee, American sportscaster (originated play-by-play sports broadcasting; Baseball HOF Ford C. Frick Award; 1st Rose Bowl), dies at 53
- 1944 Ethel Smyth, British composer, dies at 86 [1]
- 1949 Louis II [Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi], Prince of Monaco, dies at 78
- 1950 Esteban Terradas i Illa, Catalan mathematician, scientist and engineer, dies at 66
- 1951 Marie Ault [Mary Cragg], English actress (The Lodger), dies at 80
- 1952 Canada Lee [Leonard Canegata], African-American actor (Lost Boundaries), dies of a heart attack at 45
- 1955 Kate Booth, English Salvationist & evangelist, dies at 97
- 1957 Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan business magnate & philanthropist, dies at 69
- 1957 Ezio Pinza, Italian American operatic bass (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1926-48), and Tony Award-winning singer (South Pacific), dies at 64
- 1957 Heinrich Campendonk, German painter and wood carver, dies at 67
- 1958 Bill Goodwin, American television announcer (Jolson Story, Burns & Allen), dies at 47
3rd and last White Rajah of Sarawak (1917-46), dies at 88
- 1965 Leopold Figl, Austrian politician (13th Chancellor of Austria), dies at 62
- 1966 Alfred Mendelsohn, Romanian composer, and conductor (Romanian National Opera, 1944-63), and teacher, dies at 56
- 1966 Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers, Dutch Roman Catholic bishop of Hertogenbosch, dies at 58
- 1967 Elmar Berkovich, Hungarian-Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven theater), dies at 69
- 1967 Philippa Schuyler, African-American child classical piano prodigy, composer, and journalist, dies in a helicopter crash in Vietnam at 35
- 1968 Finlay Currie, Scottish actor (Quo Vadis, Avengers), dies at 90
- 1968 Harold Gray, American comic strip artist who created "Little Orphan Annie" (1924), dies at 74
- 1968 Marion Lorne [MacDougall] American stage and Emmy Award-winning screen actress (Bewitched - "Aunt Clara"; Mister Peepers - "Mrs. Gurney"; The Graduate), dies of a heart attack at 84
- 1968 Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite, dies at 76
- 1968 Phil Arnold, American actor (Errand Boy, Stud Lonigan, Damn Yankees), dies from a heart attack at 58
- 1970 Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician, dies at 86
- 1970 Percy Brier, Australian composer, dies at 84
- 1970 Walter P. Reuther, American worker's union leader & president of the CIO, dies in a plane crash at 62
- 1974 Lyubomir Pipkov, Bulgarian pianist, composer, music educator, and (with his father) Antarctic glacier namesake, dies at 69
- 1975 Philip Dorn, Dutch actor (Enemy Agent; I Remember Mama), dies of a heart attack at 73
- 1976 Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian poet and writer (Dikt, Jonas), dies at 55
- 1976 Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer, dies at 74
- 1976 Valentino Bucchi, Italian composer, dies at 59
- 1977 James Jones, American novelist (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), dies at 55
- 1977 Walter Kraft, German organist and composer, dies at 71
Italian Prime Minister (1963-68 and 1974-76), assassinated by the Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization Red Brigades at 61
- 1979 Eddie Jefferson, American jazz vocalese singer and lyricist ("Moody's Mood for Love"), shot to death by a disgruntled former employee at 60
- 1979 Lan Adomian, Russian-born American composer, dies at 73
- 1981 Nelson Algren, American novelist (Man with the Golden Arm), dies at 72
- 1981 Nip Pellew, Australian cricketer (10 Tests 484 runs at 37), dies at 87
- 1982 Ab Visser, Dutch poet and writer (Man Without a Head), dies at 69
- 1984 Nudie Cohn, Ukrainian-American tailor (created the rhinestone 'nudie suits' worn by musicians), dies at 81 [1]
- 1985 Redmond "Edmond" O'Brien, American actor (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight), dies of Alzheimer's at 69
- 1985 Reginald Dixon, British theatre organist, dies at 80
- 1986 Dirk de Vroome, Dutch political activist and defender of victims of injustice known as De Rooie Reus (The Red Giant), and refrigeration engineer (LSD), dies at 60
- 1986 Herschel Bernardi, American actor (Arnie, Voice of Charlie the Tuna, Front), dies of a heart attack at 62
Tibetan climber who was the 1st to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953 with Edmund Hillary, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 71
- 1987 Obafemi Awolowo, Nigerian statesman & nationalist, dies at 78
- 1989 Keith Whitley, American country music singer ("Don't Close Your Eyes"), dies of alcohol poisoning at 33
- 1990 Patrick Piggott, British pianist, composer, and musicologist (The Life & Music of John Field; The Innocent Diversion - Music in the Life and Writings of Jane Austen), dies at 74
- 1990 Pauline Frederick, American journalist and author (NBC), dies at 84
- 1991 James L. Reinsch, American broadcasting executive & presidential media adviser (Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy) who also advised Winston Churchill on his 1946 "Iron Curtain" speech, dies at 82
- 1991 Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian-American concert pianist (noted for Beethoven interpretations), and pedagogue (Curtis Institute; Marlboro School of Music), dies of cancer at 88
- 1992 Mike Tyrell, British air acrobat, dies in an accident at 45
- 1993 Freya Stark, English explorer and travel writer (The Southern Gates of Arabia), dies at 100
- 1993 Iván Patachich, Hungarian contemporary classical and electro-acoustic composer, dies at 70
- 1993 Mary Duncan Sanford, American actress, dies at 98
- 1993 Penelope Gilliatt, British author, dies at 61
- 1994 Anni Albers, German-American textile artist and printmaker (1st textile artist to exhibit solo at MOMA), dies at 94
- 1994 Elias Motsoaledi, South African freedom fighter & anti-apartheid activist, dies at 69
- 1995 Abha Gandhi, Indian servant and aid to Gandhi, dies at 68
- 1995 Charles Montgomery Monteith, Irish publisher (Faber & Faber - published "Lord of the Flies"), dies at 74
- 1995 Marshal Royal, American jazz alto saxophonist and clarinetist (Count Basie, 1952-70), dies of cancer at 82 [1]
- 1995 Percy Mansell, Rhodesian cricket all-rounder (13 Tests South Africa, 11 wickets, 2 x 50; Rhodesia), dies at 75
- 1996 Calvin Waller, US Army general (Persian Gulf War), dies of a heart condition at 58
- 1997 Bob Devaney, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (National C'ship, University of Nebraska 1970, 71; University of Wyoming; career record 136–30–7), dies at 82
- 1997 Marco Ferreri, Italian film director (La Grande Bouffe, La Carne), dies of a heart attack at 68
- 1997 Willy Hess, Swiss musicologist, composer and famous Beethoven scholar, dies at 90
- 1998 Alice Faye [Leppert], American actress and singer (Hello Frisco, Hello; Fallen Angel; Stowaway), dies of stomach cancer at 83
- 1999 Ivan M. Niven, Canadian-American mathematician, dies at 83
- 1999 Shirley Dinsdale, American ventriloquist (Judy Splinters), radio and television personality, dies of cancer at 72
- 2001 James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) and producer, dies at 81
- 2001 William T. Stearn, British botanist, dies at 90
- 2002 Dan Devine, American football coach, dies at 77
- 2002 Leon Stein, American composer, dies at 81
- 2003 Russell B. Long, American politician (Sen-D-LA, 1948-86), dies at 84
- 2004 Akhmad Kadyrov, 1st President of Chechnya, dies at 52
- 2004 Alan King [Irwin Kniberg], American comedian and actor (Anderson Tapes, Memories of Me), dies at 76
- 2005 Nasrat Parsa, Afghani singer, dies at 36
- 2007 Dwight Wilson, second-to-last Canadian WWI veteran, dies at 106
- 2007 Jacob Gilboa, Israeli composer, dies at 87
- 2008 Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league coach (NSWRL Premiership 1974, 75 Eastern Suburbs; 1981, 82, 83 Parramatta), dies from Alzheimer's disease & dementia at 79
- 2008 Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist, dies at 68
- 2009 Chuck Daly, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (2-time NBA champion Detroit Pistons), dies of pancreatic cancer at 78
- 2009 Turner Stephen Bruton, American country songwriter and musician (Crazy Heart), dies of throat cancer at 59
- 2010 Hans Dijkstal, Dutch minister, Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, dies at 67
American actress and Grammy Award-winning singer (Cabin in the Sky; Stormy Weather; The Wiz), dies at 92
- 2010 Otakar Motejl, Czechoslvakian politician, dies at 77
- 2011 Wouter Weylandt, Belgian cyclist, dies at 26
British-American hair stylist and CEO of Vidal Sasson, dies from leukemia at 84
- 2013 Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor (The Crach, Sinatra), dies at 80
- 2013 Andrew Simpson, British sailor (Olympic gold Star class 2008; World C'ship gold 2010), dies at 36 after being stuck under his Swedish Artemis America's Cup yacht near Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay
- 2014 Mary Stewart, British sci-fi author (Crystal Cave), dies at 97
- 2014 Mel Patton, American athlete (Olympic gold 200m, 4x100m relay 1948; WR 100 yards 9.2s 1948), dies at 89
- 2015 Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and novelist (Confessions), dies at 79
- 2015 Elizabeth Wilson, American screen and stage actress (Doc, East Side/West Side), dies at 94
- 2015 Johnny Gimble, American country music and Western swing fiddler (Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys), dies at 88 [1]
- 2015 Kenan Evren, Turkish soldier and politician, (President of Turkey 1980-1989 by military coup), dies at 97
- 2016 Dennis Nineham, British theologian (Synod and Doctrine Commission), dies at 94
- 2016 John Warr, English cricket fast-medium bowler (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Middlesex CCC, University of Cambridge CC) and executive (president MCC 1987-88), dies at 88
- 2017 Michael Parks, American actor (Tusk; Then Came Bronson; Kill Bill films), and country music singer ("Long Lonesome Highway"), dies at 77
- 2017 Qian Qichen, Chinese diplomat and vice premier, dies at 89
- 2017 Robert Miles [Roberto Concina], Swiss musician, record producer, and composer of trance and ambient music ("Children"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 47
- 2018 Duke Friedrich of Württemberg, German aristocrat & heir to the House of Württemberg, dies at 56 in a traffic collision
- 2018 Omar Daoud, Libyan footballer, dies in a traffic collision at 35
- 2018 Poldine Carlo, American writer and Koyukon elder, dies at 97
- 2018 Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, Australian heroin smuggler (Bali Nine), dies of stomach cancer at 34
- 2019 Alvin Sargent, American Academy Award-winning screenwriter for "Julia" (1977) and "Ordinary People" (1980), dies at 92
- 2019 Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer (The Freddie Starr Showcase), dies at 76
- 2019 Zbigniew Rudzinski, Polish composer (Mannequins), dies at 83
American rock 'n' roll pioneer, piano player, singer-songwriter ("Tutti Frutti", "Lucille"), and sometime preacher, dies at 87
- 2020 Pedro Pablo León, Peruvian soccer forward (49 caps; Alianza Lima), dies from pneumonia and kidney failure at 76
- 2021 Meindert Leerling, Dutch television director, journalist, and politician (Member of Parliament, 1981-94), dies at 85
- 2022 Midge Decter, American journalist and author (The Liberated Woman & Other Americans), dies at 94
- 2023 Antonio Carbajal, Mexican soccer goalkeeper (32 caps; Club León 364 games) and manager (León, Unión de Curtidores, Atlético Morelia), dies at 93
- 2023 Denny Crum, American College Basketball & Basketball Hall of Fame coach (University of Louisville 1971-2001; NCAA C'ship 1980, 86; 6 x Final Fours), dies at 86
- 2023 Heather Armstrong 'Queen of the Mommy bloggers', American web writer (Dooce blog), dies of suicide at 47 [1]
- 2023 Jackie Zeman, American actress (General Hospital - "Bobbie Spencer"), dies of cancer at 70
- 2023 John Bland, South African golfer (British Senior Open 1997, 99, 2000 runner-up; US Senior Open 1997 runner-up), dies from cancer at 77
- 2023 Jon Povey, English drummer (The Pretty Things; Electric Banana), dies of leukemia at 80
- 2024 Dennis "Machine Gun" Thompson, American rock drummer (MC5 -"Kick Out the Jams"), dies after complications following a heart attack at 75 [1]
- 2024 Jon Urbanchek, American swimming coach (US Olympic Team 1988, 92, 96, 2000, 04; HC University of Michigan 1982-2004; ISHOF), dies at 87
- 2024 Roger Corman, American film, producer, director (Little Shop of Horrors; The Raven), and Hollywood mentor, dies at 98 [1]
- 2025 (Juan) "Johnny" Rodriguez, American country music singer-songwriter ("I Just Can't Get Her Out of My Mind"), dies at 73 [1]
- 2025 Greg Cannom, American make-up artist and prosthetic specialist (Mrs. Doubtfire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), dies at 73
- 2025 Lynn Freed, South African essayist and novelist (Home Ground, The Mirror), dies of cancer at 79 [1]
- 2025 Margot Friedländer, German Holocaust survivor and advocate for Holocaust remembrance, dies at 103 [1]
- 2025 Monroe Milstein, American businessman and founder of Burlington Coat Factory, dies of complications of dementia at 98 [1]
