- 1144 Aboe 'l-Kasim Mahmoed ibn Omar al-Zapowersjari, theologist, dies at 69
- 1161 Qinzong, last Emperor of Song Dynasty in China, dies at 61
- 1349 Günther von Schwarzburg, German anti-king 1349 who gave up his claim to the throne for 20,000 marks of silver, dies at about 44
- 1381 Simon of Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury (1375-81) and Chancellor, beheaded during the Peasants' Revolt
- 1497 Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, murdered under mysterious circumstances in Rome at about 23
- 1534 Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Bengali saint, inspired Chaitanya movement, dies at 48
- 1544 Antoine, Duke of Lorraine and military leader (freed the Duchy of Lorraine from the Holy Roman Empire), dies at 55
- 1548 Carpentras [Elzéar Genet], French composer, dies at about 78 [birthdate uncertain]
- 1594 Orlandus Lassus, Flemish composer (Prophet sybillarum), dies at about 61 [birthdate uncertain]
- 1662 Henry Vane the Younger, English politician and Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1613)
- 1674 Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French writer and poet (Polexandre), dies at about 74
- 1703 Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (Mémoires), dies at 77
- 1709 Gottfried Wegner, German theologian and hymn composer (court preacher at Konigsberg), dies at 65
- 1727 Cornelis Cruys, Norwegian-Dutch admiral, dies at 70
- 1744 Andre Campra, French composer, dies at 83
- 1750 Franz Anton Maichelbeck, German organist, composer, kapellmeister (Freiburg Cathedral), and priest, dies at 47
- 1752 Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer, dies at 57
- 1752 Daniel Marot, French-Dutch architect and engraver (brought Louis XIV style to Netherlands and England), dies at about 88
- 1789 Johann Wilhelm Hertel, German composer, dies at 61
- 1794 Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland, dies at 75
- 1800 Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general, dies at 47
- 1800 Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French general and military hero, killed in action at the Battle of Marengo at 31
American general and turncoat (American Revolutionary War), dies of delirium in London at 60
- 1824 Agustín de Betancourt, Spanish civil engineer (steam engines, hot air balloons), dies at 68
French-born American architect who laid out Washington, D.C., dies at 70
- 1828 Karl August, grand duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, dies (b. 1757)
- 1837 Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher (The Poems of Leopardi), dies at 38
- 1864 Leonidas Polk, American bishop soldier (Confederate Army major-general), killed in action in Battle of Pine Mt at 58
- 1873 Friedrich von Raumer, German historian, travel writer (Italy and the Italians) and politician, dies at 92
- 1883 Edward FitzGerald, British poet, writer, and translator (Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam), dies at 74
Russian playwright (Artists & Admirers), dies at 63
- 1891 Nicolò Gabrielli, Italian opera composer, dies at 77
- 1905 Tippu Tip [Hamad bin Muhammad al-Murjabi], Arabic ivory and slave trader based in Zanzibar, dies of malaria at about 73
- 1907 Adolf Daens, Belgian priest, politician and founder of the Daensist movement, dies at 69
- 1907 Bob McLeod, Australian cricket medium pace bowler (6 Tests, 12 wickets, BB 5/53; Victoria), dies at 39
- 1908 "Blind" Tom Wiggins, African-American pianist and composer, dies at 59
- 1908 Frederick Stanley, British politician (Governor General of Canada 1888-93, gave Canada Hockey's Stanley Cup), dies at 67
- 1911 Johan Svendsen, Norwegian composer, dies at 70
- 1914 Adlai Stevenson I, American politician (D), 23rd Vice President of the United States (1893-97), dies at 78
- 1916 João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian writer (b. 1865)
- 1923 Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor (William Penn statutue atop City Hall in Philadelphia), dies at 76
- 1926 Mary Cassatt, American impressionist painter (Woman Bathing), dies at 82
- 1927 Jerome K. Jerome, English writer (The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow), dies at 68
- 1927 Johanna Barbiers, Dutch actress (Voddenraper of Paris), dies at 79
- 1927 Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (the first Italian winner of the Tour de France), dies at 32
British suffragette who formed the Women's Social & Political Union (1903), dies at 69
- 1932 Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian business pioneer (founded what became Desjardins Group), dies at 73
- 1933 Albert Ross Parsons, American composer, dies at 85
- 1936 G. K. Chesterton [Gilbert Keith], English writer (Father Brown; The Everlasting Man), dies of congestive heart failure at 62
- 1936 Hans Poelzig, German architect (Grosses Schauspielhaus), dies at 67
- 1938 William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and Director of Lick Observatory, dies at 76
- 1944 Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist and anthropologist, dies at 78
- 1944 Robert H. Iseley, American pilot (Saipan), dies when his plane is shot down in battle at 35
Scottish inventor and father of the television, dies of a stroke at 57
- 1946 Kristian Hellström, Swedish athlete (Olympic bronze 1,500m 1906) and executive (first Secretary-General International Association of Athletics Federations 1913-14), dies at 65
- 1948 Ernst Henrik Ellberg, Swedish composer, dies at 79
- 1948 John Blackwood McEwen, Scottish classical composer, dies at 80
- 1951 Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician, dies at 73
- 1952 Felix Calonder, Swiss politician (Free Democratic Party), dies at 88
- 1952 John Kirby [Kirk], American jazz double-bassist and tuba player (Benny Goodman; "Undecided"), dies at 43
- 1960 Ana Pauker, Romanian communist leader and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1947-52), the world's 1st female Foreign Minister, dies of cancer at 67
- 1960 Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, Russian composer, dies at 57
- 1962 Anna Sleasers, American murder victim (first Boston Strangler victim), killed in her apartment at 55
- 1962 Mykhaylo Verikivsky, Ukrainian composer, dies at 65
- 1965 Guido Guerrini, Italian composer, dies at 74
American boxer (Olympic gold - light heavyweight, 1920), and bobsledder (Olympic gold - 4-man team, 1932), dies of a heart attack at 70
- 1968 (Ernest) "Pop" Stoneman, American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and autoharp player ("Sinking of the Titanic"; The Stoneman Family), dies at 75
- 1968 Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish composer (Facettes; Aniara), dies at 51
- 1968 Ken Errair, American pop-jazz singer (Four Freshmen, 1953-55 - "Graduation Day"), dies in a chartered plane crash at 42
- 1969 Wynonie Harris, American rhythm and blues singer ("Who Threw The Whiskey in the Well"; "Good Rocking Tonight"), dies of cancer at 53
- 1971 Carlos P. Garcia, 8th President of the Philippines (1957-61), dies at 74
- 1974 Knud Jeppesen, Danish organist, composer, educator (Royal Danish Academy, 1920-47; Aarhus University, 1946-57), and musicologist (La frottola), dies at 81
- 1975 Clancy Cooper, American actor (Enchanted Forest, Girls in Chains), dies at 68
- 1975 Pablo Antonio, Filipino modernist architect (b. 1902)
- 1976 Géza Anda, Hungarian-Swiss pianist (Mozart; Bartók), dies at 54
- 1977 Alan Reed, American actor (Breakfast at Tiffany's) and voice artist (Fred Flintstone, Lady and the Tramp), dies at 69
- 1977 Robert Middleton, American actor (Barney-Monroes), dies at 66
- 1978 Theodore Karyotakis, Greek classical composer, dies at 74
- 1979 David Butler, American director (April in Paris, Calamity Jane), dies at 84
- 1982 Marie Rambert, Polish-British ballerina, teacher and director (Ballet Rambert), dies at 94
- 1982 Marjorie Bennett, actress (Blossom-Dobie Gillis), dies at 87 of cancer
American Tony and Academy Award-winning lyricist (with Frederick Loewe - My Fair Lady; Gigi; Camelot), and screenwriter, dies of lung cancer at 67
Argentine short-story writer of fiction (Ficciones; El Aleph; The Book of Sand), essayist, and poet, dies in Geneva, Switzerland at 86
- 1986 Marlin Perkins, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom), dies at 81
- 1987 Les Favell, Australian cricket batsman (19 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 101; South Australia), dies at 57
- 1988 Johnny Farrell, American golfer (US Open 1928), dies of a stroke at 87
- 1989 Christopher Bernau, American actor (Guiding Light, Dark Shadows), dies of complications of AIDS at 49
- 1989 Pete de Freitas, British drummer (Echo & the Bunnyman), dies in a motorcycle accident at 27
- 1990 Erna Berger, German lyric soprano, and voice teacher, dies at 89
- 1991 Bernard Miles, British actor (The Man Who Knew Too Much, Great Expectations, In Which We Serve), dies at 83
- 1991 Joy Finzi, British painter (Finzi Trust), dies at 84
- 1991 Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (A passage to India), dies at 83
- 1993 Vincent T. Hamlin, cartoonist (Alley Oop), dies at 93
American Grammy and Academy Award-winning film and television composer (Breakfast at Tiffany's; Peter Gunn; Pink Panther films), arranger, and conductor, dies of pancreatic cancer at 70 [1]
- 1994 Denys Hay, British historian, dies at 78
- 1994 Lionel Grigson, British jazz musician, dies at 52
- 1994 Mark Alexander Lees, English rowing coach, dies at 38
- 1994 Michel Vitold, Russian-French actor (Madame et le Mort), dies at 78
- 1995 Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, English TV documentary film producer (BBC), dies at 69
- 1995 Els Aarne, Estonian composer, dies at 78
- 1995 Gesualdo Bufalino, Italian novelist (Night's Lies), dies at 74
- 1995 Gordon Greig, British political journalist (Daily Mail), dies of leukemia at 63 [1]
- 1995 Roger Joseph Zelazny, American poet and sci-fi writer (Chronicles of Amber), dies of cancer at 60
- 1995 Rory Gallagher, Irish rock guitarist (See Here), dies at 47
- 1996 Ted Nightingale, British Governor of Equatoria Province, Sudan 1952-54, dies at 91
- 1996 Thomas Edward Montgomery, American jazz drummer and musical director, dies at 73
- 1997 Richard Jaeckel, American actor (3:10 to Yuma, Sands of Iwo Jima, Sometimes a Great Notion), dies of cancer at 70
- 1997 Tesslynn O'Cull, American child abuse victim (featured in Oregon "Stop the Abuse" campaign), murdered by her mother's boyfriend at 3
- 1999 Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian professional football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats), dies at 66
- 2000 Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer, dies at 88
- 2000 Maria do Carmo Geronimo, Brazilian maid, former slave and oldest Brazilian, dies at about 129
- 2000 Paul Griffin, American session musician and pianist, dies at 62
- 2002 June Jordan, Caribbean-American playwright and poet (His Own Where), dies at 65
- 2004 Eamonn McGirr, Irish-born singer and entertainer
- 2004 Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide, dies at 103
- 2005 Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor, dies at 91
- 2005 Mimi Parent, Canadian painter, dies at 80
- 2006 Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (Boule et Bill), dies at 75
- 2006 Monty Berman, British film and television producer (b. 1905)
- 2007 Robin Olds, American fighter pilot, flying ace in WWII and the Vietnam War, dies at 84
- 2007 Ruth Graham [Bell], American Christian author and wife of evangelist Billy Graham, dies at 87
- 2008 Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish jazz pianist (b. 1964)
- 2008 Jamelão, Brazilian samba singer (b. 1913)
- 2008 Rafael del Pino, Spanish civil engineer and construction entrepreneur (Grupo Ferrovial), dies at 87
- 2009 Bob Bogle, American surf rock bassist and guitarist (Ventures - "Walk, Don't Run"), dies at 75 [1]
- 2009 Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
- 2010 Leonid Kizim, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15), dies at 68
- 2010 Peter Moore, British academic, actuary and statistician, dies at 82 [1]
- 2012 Dumitru Capoianu, Romanian conductor and classical and film composer (The Little Man), dies at 82
- 2014 Francis Matthews, British actor (Paul Temple, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons), dies at 86
- 2014 Rodney Thomas, American NFL running back, dies at 41
- 2014 Sam Kelly [Roger Michael Kelly], English actor ('Allo 'Allo!, Porridge), dies of cancer at 70
- 2016 Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show - "Millie Helper"; The Nanny - "Yetta"), dies at 87
- 2016 Henry McCullough, Irish guitarist (Wings), dies at 72
- 2017 Don Matthews, American CFL HOF coach (Grey Cup 1985 BC Lions, 1995 Baltimore Stallions, 1996-97 Toronto Argonauts, 2002 Montreal Alouettes), dies of cancer at 77
- 2020 Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez, Mexican soccer striker (55 caps; Pumas, Atlante, Veracruz), dies at 77
- 2020 Elsa Joubert [Elsabé Antoinette Murray Joubert], South African author (The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena, To Die at Sunset), dies at 97
- 2020 Keith Tippett (Tippetts), British progressive rock and jazz pianist, composer. and bandleader, dies at 72
- 2020 Noel Kelly, Australian rugby league hooker (25 Tests; Queensland, NSW, Western Suburbs) and coach (Western Suburbs, North Sydney), dies from a stroke at 84
- 2021 Enrique Bolaños, President of Nicaragua (2002-07), dies at 93
- 2021 Markis Kido, Indonesian badminton player (Olympic gold men's doubles 2008 [with Hendra Setiawan]; World C'ships gold 2007; World Cup gold 2006), dies from a heart attack at 36
- 2021 Robert Keppel, American detective and author (Signature Killers), dies at 76
- 2022 Bill Ashurst, English rugby league second rower (3 Tests GB; Wigan, Penrith RLFC, Wakefield Trinity), dies at 74
- 2022 Davie Wilson, Scottish soccer forward (22 caps; Rangers, Dundee United) and manager (Dumbarton), dies at 83
- 2022 Gene Kenney, American soccer coach (Michigan State Spartans 1956-69; NCAA C'ship 1967, 68), dies at 94
- 2023 Charles L. Blockson, American historian, author, bibliophile, and curator (co-founder of the African American Museum in Philadelphia), dies at 89
- 2023 Homer Jones, American football wide receiver (Pro Bowl 1967, 68; NFL record: career yards per reception: 22.3; NY Giants, Cleveland Browns), dies at 82
- 2023 John Hollins, English soccer midfielder (1 cap; Chelsea 465 games, QPR, Arsenal) and manager (Chelsea, Swansea City AFC, Rochdale AFC), dies at 76
- 2023 Vladimir Shmelyov, Russian modern pentathlete (Olympic gold USSR, team [with Boris Onishchenko & Pavel Lednyov] 1972), dies at 76
- 2025 Joel Shapiro, American artist known for his stick figure sculptures (Loss and Regeneration), dies of cancer at 83 [1]
- 2025 Leonard A. Lauder, American philanthropist and CEO of Estée Lauder cosmetics (1982-99), dies at 92 [1]
- 2025 Ralph J. Lamberti Jr., American politician and Staten Island Borough President (1984-89), dies of complications of Alzheimer's disease at 90
- 2025 Violeta Chamorro, Nicaraguan politician (President of Nicaragua, 1990-97; 1st female president of the country), dies at 95 [1]
