- 451 Theodoric I, King of the Visigoths (418-451), killed fighting the Huns. at the Battle of Châlons, dies at 60 or 61 [birth date uncertain]
- 885 Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (872-85), dies at about 44 [date disputed]
- 1585 Christianus Adrichomius, Dutch Catholic priest and writer (Vita Jesu Christi), dies at 52
- 1597 Willem Barents [Barentsz], Dutch navigator and arctic explorer (Barents Sea named after him), dies at sea in the Arctic at about 47
- 1649 Maria Tesselschade Visscher, Dutch writer and glass engraver (Muiderkring group), dies at 55
- 1668 Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)
- 1751 Adriaen Valckenier, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1737-41), dies at 56
- 1776 Benjamin Huntsman, British inventor and manufacturer, dies at 72
- 1787 Carl Friedrich Abel, German-British viola player and composer, dies at 63
- 1794 Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (discover the theory of homology in biology), dies at 46
- 1800 Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician, dies at 80
- 1810 Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman, dies at 54
- 1818 Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen consort of Sweden and Norway by marriage to King Charles XIII, dies at 59
Argentine politician and military leader who took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina, dies of dropsy at 50
- 1833 Philip Knapton, English organist and composer, dies at 44
- 1837 Giovanni Furno, Italian composer and famous music teacher in Naples, dies at 89
- 1837 William IV, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1830-37), dies at 71
- 1842 Michael Umlauf, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (premiere of Beethoven's 9th), dies at 60
- 1846 Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67
- 1869 Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese military leader, dies at 34
- 1870 Jules de Goncourt, French writer, wrote with his brother Edmond de Goncourt, dies at 39
- 1883 Gustave Aimard, French world explorer and writer (Grande Filbuste), dies at 64
- 1888 Cesare Dominiceti, Italian composer, dies at 66
- 1888 Johannes Zukertort, German chess player, dies at 45
- 1890 Theodore Lajarte, French writer on music and composer, dies at 63
- 1906 John Clayton Adams, British landscape artist (b. 1840)
- 1915 Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG), dies ay 76
- 1917 António Feijó, Portuguese poet and diplomat, dies at 58
- 1917 James Mason Crafts, American chemist (Friedel-Crafts alkylation synthesis), dies at 78
- 1920 Dmitry Ivanovsky, Russian Botanist who discovered the organisms that came to be known as viruses, dies at 55
- 1922 Vittorio Monti, Italian violinist, mandolin player, conductor, and composer (Csárdás), dies at 54
- 1923 Joseph Leopold Röckel, German-British composer, music publisher, and teacher, dies at 85
- 1925 Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist (b. 1842)
- 1925 Wilhelm Posse, German composer, dies at 72
- 1933 Clara Zetkin, German feminist, Socialist, and Communist leader, dies at 75
- 1937 Andreu Nin, Catalan revolutionary politician during the Spanish Civil War (P.O.U.M.) and translator, executed at 45
- 1938 Fred L Noonan, US aviator and navigator, declared dead after having disappeared over Pacific Ocean with Amelia Earhart in 1937
- 1940 Charley Chase, American comedian, actor and director, known for such silent shorts as "Mighty Like a Moose", dies of a heart attack at 46
- 1940 Jehan Alain, French organist and composer, dies fighting for the French Army in WWII Battle of Saumur at 29
- 1941 [Stephanie] Hélène Swarth, Dutch poet ("Lonely flowers"), dies at 81
- 1945 Bruno Frank, German-born American writer, dies at 58
American gangster who built casinos in Las Vegas, shot dead by a sniper in Beverly Hills at 41
- 1948 George Frederick Boyle, Australian-American composer, dies at 61
- 1950 Claude Jennings, Australian cricket batsman (6 Tests, HS 32; South Australia, Queensland), dies at 66
- 1952 Luigi Fagioli, Italian auto racer (oldest to win F1 race at 53), dies after Monaco Grand Prix practice accident at 54
- 1953 Henri de Man, Belgian educator, socialist theoretician (Plan de Man), politician (Chairman of Belgian Workers Party), and memoirist (Après Coup), killed along with his wife when their car is struck by a train at 67 [1]
- 1958 Kurt Alder, German chemist (Nobel 1950), dies at 55
- 1959 Hitoshi Ashida, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1948), dies at 71
- 1960 Mahlon Hamilton, American actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80 (b. 1880)
- 1960 Walter Dehmel, German writer, dies at 57
- 1963 Gordon Jones, American character actor (The Green Hornet; Flying Tigers; Abbott & Costello), dies from a heart attack at 52
- 1963 Joseph Self, American murderer, executed by hanging in Walla Walla, Washington at 32; last state execution until 1990
- 1963 Ralph Sanford, American actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 64
- 1963 Raphaël Salem, Greek mathematician, dies at 64
- 1964 Edgar Barrier, American actor (Phantom of the Opera, Macbeth, Rocky, Cornered), dies from a heart attack at 57
- 1965 Bernard Baruch, American financier and presidential adviser (Cold War), dies at 94
- 1965 Ira Louvin [Loudermilk], American country singer and mandolin player (Louvin Brothers - "The Only Way Out (Is to Walk Over Me)"), dies in a car crash at 41
- 1966 Georges Lemaître, Belgian Catholic Priest, astronomer and physics professor, who initially proposed the universe expansion and big-bang theories, dies at 71
- 1972 Henriette Roosenburg, Dutch political prisoner and journalist (The Walls Came Tumbling Down), dies at 56 [1] [2]
- 1972 Horst Salomon, writer, dies
- 1972 Howard Johnson, American hotelier (Howard John's chain), dies at 75
- 1974 Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker and billiards player (World Snooker C'ship 1936, 37, 46 runner-up), dies at 62
- 1975 Daniel Ayala Pérez, Mexican violinist, conductor, and composer, dies at 68
- 1976 Lou Klein, American baseball infielder (St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia A's) and manager (Chicago Cubs), dies from a stroke at 57
- 1977 Abner Biberman, American director and actor (His Girl Friday, The Leopard Man), dies at 68
- 1977 Fairfax M. Cone, American leading advertising executive (Foote, Cone and Belding), dies at 74
- 1978 Mark Robson, Canadian-American film director (Peyton Place, Valley of the Dolls), dies of a heart attack at 64
- 1980 Allan Pettersson, Swedish violist and composer (Symphony No. 7), dies at 68
- 1984 Estelle Winwood [Goodwin], British-American stage and screen character actress (Quality Street; Darby O'Gill and the Little Peoples; The Producers), and oldest member of the Screen Actors Guild, dies at 101
- 1984 Hans Studer, Swiss composer, dies at 73
- 1986 Tim Herbert, American comedian (Dagmar's Canteen), dies at 71
- 1989 Dona Drake [Eunice Westmoreland], African American singer, dancer, and actress who was able to hide her heritage to work during segregation, dies of pneumonia and respiratory failure at 74
- 1990 Ina Balin (née Rosenberg). American stage and screen actress (From the Terrace; Danger in Paradise; The Patsy), dies of pulmonary hypertension at 52 [1]
- 1991 Malcolm Frager, American concert pianist, dies at 56
- 1992 Nikolay Nikolayevich Sidel'nikov, Russian composer, dies at 62
- 1994 Bankole Timothy, Sierra Leonean journalist, dies at 70
- 1994 Bram Koopmans, cyclist/coach, dies at 78
- 1994 Jay Miner, American microchip designer, graphic and audio chips designer for Atari 2600 and Atari 8-bit computers, dies from kidney failure at 62
- 1994 Louis Benjamin, British showman, organized Royal Variety performances, dies at 71
- 1995 Al Hansen, American artist (Fluxus), found dead at 67
- 1995 Dennis Gomm, British composer and musician, dies at 84
- 1995 Emil Mihai Cioran, Romanina born writer and aphorist, dies at 84
- 1995 Henry Iliffe Cozens, English Royal Air Force pilot, dies at 91
- 1996 Hellevi Rombin Schine, Miss Universe (1955), dies in plane crash at 64
- 1996 Irving Krick, American meteorologist and inventor, dies at 89
- 1996 Joseph Green, Polish-American filmmaker, dies at 96
- 1996 Michel Lebrun [Cade], French crime novelist (Pleins Feux sur Sylvie), screenwriter, and literary critic, dies at 66
- 1996 Walter Guevara Arze, provisional president of Bolivia (1979), dies
- 1997 John Akii-bua, Ugandan athlete (Olympic gold 400m hurdles 1972), dies at 49
- 1997 Lawrence Payton, American pop & soul singer (Four Tops - "I'll Be There"), dies at 59
- 1998 Conrad Schumann, East German border guard, committed suicide at 56
- 1999 Clifton Fadiman, American editor, radio and TV host (Information, Please!; Quiz Kids), dies of pancreatic cancer at 95
- 1999 Ernie Wilkins, American jazz saxophonist, arranger (Count Basie, Harry James), and bandleader, dies after suffering a stroke at 76
- 2000 Jim De Courcy, Australian cricketer (Australian batsman 1953), dies at 73
- 2000 Karl Mickel, German writer, dies at 64
- 2002 Erwin Chargaff, Austro-Hungarian-American Jewish biochemist, known for Chargaff's rules, dies at 96
- 2002 Martinus Osendarp, Dutch 100m and 200m runner (2x Olympic bronze, 1936), dies at 86 [1]
- 2003 Bob Stump, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona, dies at 76
- 2005 Charles White, American actor (Airport 95, Serpico), dies at 87
American electrical engineer (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2000 - handheld calculator, integrated circuit), dies at 81
- 2005 Larry Collins, American writer, dies at 75
- 2006 Billy Johnson, American baseball third baseman (World Series 1943, 47, 49, 50; MLB All-Star 1947 NY Yankees), dies at 87
- 2006 Claydes Charles Smith, American musician (Kool & The Gang), dies at 57
- 2007 Trevor Henry, New Zealand Justice (b. 1902)
- 2008 Antonio Bibalo, Italian-Norwegian pianist, contemporary classical and opera composer (The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder; Ghosts), dies at 86
- 2010 Gundibail Sunderam, Indian cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets; Bombay, Rajasthan), dies at 80
- 2010 Harry Blackmore Whittington, British palaeontologist (b. 1916)
- 2011 Jerome Rosen, American composer, dies at 89
- 2011 Ryan Dunn, American actor and TV personality (Homewrecker), dies at 34
- 2011 [Anna] Ottilie Patterson, Irish blues and jazz singer (Chris Barber Jazz Band), dies at 79
- 2012 Andrew Sarris, American movie critic (Village Voice), dies at 83
- 2012 LeRoy Neiman, American painter, dies at 91
- 2015 Nazar Singh, British great-grandfather, believed to be Europe's oldest man, dies at 111
- 2016 Benoîte Groult, French feminist writer (Salt on Our Skin; Ainsi Soit-Elle), dies at 96
- 2016 Bill Ham [Billy Mack Ham], American music impresario and manager (ZZ Top), dies at 79
- 2016 Frank Chapot, American equestrian (Olympic silver 1960, 1972), dies at 84
- 2016 James Victor, Dominican-American actor (Boulevard Night, Streets of LA), dies at 76
- 2017 Prodigy [Albert Johnson], American rapper (Mobb Deep), dies at 42
- 2018 Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi, Pakistani satirical and humor writer, dies at 94
- 2020 Jim Kiick, American football running back (Super Bowl 1972, 73; AFL All-Star 1968, 69; Miami Dolphins), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 73
- 2021 Luis del Sol, Spanish soccer midfielder (16 caps; Betis, Real Madrid, Juventus, Roma) and manager (Betis), dies at 86
- 2021 [Beverly] Joanne Linville, American character actress, dies at 93
- 2022 Regimantas Adomaitis, Lithuanian actor known for "Amphibian Man", dies at 85
- 2023 Ray Wheatley, Australian boxer (NSW featherweight champion), official (IBF supervisor, referee & judge; VP IBF 2000-12) and broadcaster (Sky Channel, ESPN, 9 Network), dies at 74
Canadian actor (The Dirty Dozen; M*A*S*H (film): Ordinary People; The Hunger Games films), dies from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 88 [1]
- 2025 Blake Farenthold, American disgraced politician (US representative for Texas (R), 2010-18), dies at 63 [1]
- 2025 Francis Graham-Smith, British astronomer and 13th Astronomer Royal (1982-90), dies at 102 [1]
- 2025 Ian McLauchlan, Scottish rugby union prop (43 Tests Scotland, 8 British & Irish Lions; Glasgow District) and executive (President Scottish RU 2010-12), dies at 83
- 2025 Ivar Giaever, Norwegian-American physicist known for his work on superconductivity, dies at 96 [1]
- 2025 Kevin Prendergast, Irish thoroughbred race horse trainer (British Champion Trainer 1963; 8 x Irish Classics; 2,000 Guineas Stakes 1977), dies at 92
- 2025 Marita Camacho Quirós, Costa Rica First Lady (1962-66) and supercentenarian (oldest ever Costa Rican), dies at 114
- 2025 Mikayla Raines, American wildlife rehabilitator and founder of Save a Fox Rescue, commits suicide at 30
- 2025 Pauli Nevala, Finnish athlete (Olympic gold men's javelin 1964), dies at 84
