- 223 Liu Bei, Emperor of Shu Han (b. 161)
- 524 Chlodomer, Frankish King of Orléans dies at about 29 [exact birthdate uncertain]
- 1040 Fulk the Black, French Count of Anjou, one of the great medieval castle builders (Langeais, Loches)), dies at 69 or 70
- 1205 Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice (b. 1107)
- 1208 Philip of Swabia, King of Germany and duke of Swabia (b. 1177)
- 1305 Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia & Poland (1278-1305), dies, likely of tuberculosis, at 33
King of England (1327-77) noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority, dies at 64
- 1421 Jean Le Maingre, Marshal of France (b. 1366)
Italian statesman and author (The Prince), dies at 57
- 1529 John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69
- 1547 Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (b. 1485)
Japanese warlord who unified much of Japan, assassinated at 47 by his own general Akechi Mitsuhide
- 1591 Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian aristocrat and Jesuit saint, dies at 23
- 1621 Kryštof Harant, Czech nobleman, soldier, writer, and composer, dies at about 57
English explorer (Chesapeake Bay, New England) and leader of the Virginia Colony (Jamestown), dies at 51
- 1652 Inigo Jones, English architect (Queen House, Covent Garden), dies at 78
- 1738 Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English statesman (b. 1674)
- 1788 Johann Georg Hamann, German counter-enlightenment philosopher ("Reason is language"), dies at 57
- 1796 Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer (British Army; French Indian Wars, Continental Army; American Revolutionary War), dies at 86
- 1824 Étienne Aignan, French writer and translator, dies at 51
- 1865 Frances Adeline Seward, American First Lady of New York (1839-42) and wife of US Secretary of State William H. Seward, dies of a heart attack at 59
- 1874 Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (Spectroscopy), dies at 59
President of Mexico who dominated Mexican history in the first half of the 19th century, dies at 82
- 1884 Alexander, Prince of Orange, heir apparent to the Netherlands, dies of typhus at 32
- 1887 Adolf Schimon, Austrian German composer, dies at 67
American business tycoon (Southern Pacific Railroad), 8th Governor of California and founder of Stanford University, dies of heart failure at 69
- 1900 Polibo Fumagalli, Italian organist, pianist, and composer, dies at 69
- 1907 Lena Rice, Irish tennis player (Wimbledon 1890), dies of tuberculosis at 41
- 1908 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (Scheherazade; Flight of the Bumblebee), and conductor, dies at 64
- 1913 Gaston Tarry, French mathematician, dies at 69
- 1913 Stefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), dies at 37
- 1914 Bertha von Suttner, Austrian writer and pacifist, 1st woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (1905), dies at 71
- 1914 Glauco Velasquez, Brazilian composer, dies at 30
- 1925 J. H. Leopold, Dutch poet (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60
- 1932 (Marshall) "Major" Taylor, American track cyclist (first African-American world champion; 1899 World Track C'ships), dies from a heart attack at 53
- 1932 Alexander Winton, Scottish-American automotive pioneer, designed and sold 1st gasoline automobile in America, dies at 72 [1]
- 1934 Thorne Smith, American humorist sci-fi author (Stray Lamb; Topper, Turnabout), dies of a heart attack at 42
- 1935 Alice Brown Davis, first female Principal Chief of the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma (1922-35), dies at 82
- 1940 Édouard Vuillard, French painter and graphic artist, dies at 71
- 1940 Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet (Herinnering aan Holland - Remembrance of Holland; Vrees - Fear), drowns in the North Sea when cargo ship he was travelling on explodes at 40
- 1940 Smedley Butler, American Marine general, dies at 58
- 1940 Walter Hasenclever, German Expressionist writer, dies at 49
- 1944 Jan Bonekamp, Dutch resistance fighter and friend of Hannie Schaft, dies
- 1945 Josef Hora, Czech writer and poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53
- 1946 Heinrich Kaminski, German composer, dies at 59
- 1948 D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Scottish zoologist and classicist (On Growth & Form), dies at 88
- 1951 Charles Dillon Perrine, American-born astronomer, dies at 83
- 1952 Wop May, Canadian aviator, flying ace in the WWI, dies at 56
- 1954 Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American inventor, perfected the zipper, dies at 74 [1]
- 1957 Donald MacBride, American vaudeville, stage and screen character actor (Topper Returns; The Seven Year Itch; My Friend Irma - "Mr. Clyde"), dies of a heart ailment at 63
- 1957 Frantisek Kupka, Czech pioneering abstract artist, dies at 85
- 1957 Johannes Stark, German physicist (Stark Effect; Nobel Prize in Physics -1919), and Nazi sympathizer, dies at 83
- 1960 Alfred Wikenhauser, German RC exegetist (John-Apokalyps), dies at 77
- 1964 Andrew Goodman, US civil rights activist, murdered at 20
- 1964 James E. Chaney, American civil rights activist who helped organize the Freedom Summer campaign, murdered by the Ku Klux Klan at 21
- 1964 Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist, murdered at 21
- 1965 Bernard Baruch, American presidential advisor (termed "Cold War"), dies at 94
- 1965 Kay Fisker, Danish architect (Hornbeck House, Copenhagen), dies at 72
- 1966 Anthony Craxton, British TV producer, dies at 48
American tennis player (1st women's Grand Slam 1953; 9 x Grand Slam singles titles), dies of ovarian cancer at 34
1st President of Indonesia (1945-67), dies from kidney failure while under house arrest at 69
- 1972 Seth Bingham, American organist and composer (Six Pieces for Organ), dies at 90
- 1973 Frank Leahy, American football coach (Notre Dame), dies at 64
- 1975 Heinz Lau, German composer, dies at 49
- 1976 Margaret Herrick, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences director (b. 1902)
- 1979 Angus Maclise, American percussionist, mystic, shaman, and composer (Velvet Underground), dies of hypoglycemia and pulmonary tuberculosis at 41
- 1979 Julian Orchard, English actor (Perfect Friday, Bless this House), dies at 49
- 1980 Bert Kaempfert, German orchestra leader, songwriter ("Strangers in the Night"; "Danke Schoen"), and record producer (The Beatles first recordings), dies of a stroke at 56
- 1981 Gunnar Ek, Swedish composer, dies on his 81st birthday
- 1981 Johan Fabricius, Dutch novelist (Island of Demons) and adventurer, dies at 81
- 1983 Anton van de Velde, Belgian writer and director (Tijl), dies at 87
- 1984 Webster Booth, British tenor singer of light opera, known with wife Anne Ziegler as the "Sweethearts in Song", dies at 82
- 1985 Tage Erlander, Swedish politician (25th Prime Minister of Sweden 1946-69), dies at 84
- 1986 Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer, with his lyricist brother, Mansour (Biya el-Khawatim - The Ring Seller), dies at 63
- 1987 Madman Muntz, American entrepreneur, businessman, electrical engineer, TV commercial actor (b. 1914)
- 1988 Bobby Dodd, US football coach (Georgia Tech), dies at 79
- 1988 John J. Duncan Sr., American politician (Rep-R-TN, 1965-1988), dies in office at 69
- 1989 Lee Calhoun, American athlete (Olympic gold 110m hurdles 1956, 60), dies at 56
- 1989 Simon van Collem, Dutch journalist and TV host (Amsterdamned), dies at 70
- 1990 Cedric Belfrage, English writer and journalist (co-founder of National Guardian), dies at 85
- 1990 June Christy, American jazz singer (Tampico), dies at 64
- 1992 Li Xiannian, President of the People's Republic of China (1983-88), dies at 82
- 1992 Thomas Whitfield, American gospel vocalist, dies of a heart attack at 38
- 1993 Frank Moro, Cuban American actor, dies at 49
- 1993 Jerry Strivelli, actor (Out for Justice, Lock Up), dies at 61
- 1993 Ticho Parly, Danish tenor, dies at 64
- 1994 Mark Isfeld, Canadian soldier and combat Engineer, dies from a landmine at 31
- 1995 Kenneth Lamb, British broadcaster, dies at 71
- 1995 Laurence McKinley Gould, American Geologist and Polar Explorer who was chief scientist and second-in-command on the first expedition to the interior of Antarctica in 1929, dies at 98
- 1995 Tristan Jones, British sailor and author (The Incredible Voyage), dies from stroke complications at 71
- 1997 Arthur Prysock, American jazz and R&B singer ("I Didn't Sleep a Wink Last Night"; "In The Rain"), dies at 68 or 73 [birth year disputed]
- 1997 Fidel Velázquez Sánchez, Mexican labor leader, dies at 97
- 1997 Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, producer, and director (Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman), dies at 65
- 1998 Al Campanis, Greek baseball second baseman and executive (first Greek player in MLB history; GM LA Dodgers 1968-87), dies from coronary artery disease at 81
- 1999 Kami [Ukyō Kamimura], Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 27
- 1999 Karl Krolow, German poet and translator, dies at 84
- 2000 Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American composer (Lousadzak, Ukiyo), dies at 89
- 2000 Johanna Moosdorf, German writer (Next Door), dies at 88
American actor (All in the Family, In the Heat of the Night), dies of a heart attack at 76
- 2001 John Lee Hooker, American blues guitarist ("Boom Boom"; "Boogie Chillen"), dies at 83
- 2001 Souad Hosni, Egyptian actress the "Cinderella" of Arab cinema, dies falling from a balcony at 58
- 2002 Matt Dennis, American pianist, singer, and songwriter ("Everything Happens To Me", "Let's Get Away From It All', "Angel Eyes"), dies at 88
- 2003 Jason Moran, Australian criminal (Melbourne gangland killings), murdered in prison at 35
- 2003 Leon Uris, American novelist (Exodus; Topaz; QB VII), dies of kidney failure at 78
- 2003 Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1934)
- 2004 Leonel Brizola, Brazilian politician (b. 1922)
- 2005 Jaime Sin, Filipino cardinal and the Roman Catholic archbishop of Manila (1974-2003), dies of renal failure at 76
- 2007 Bob Evans, American restaurateur (Bob Evans Farms), dies at 89
- 2008 Scott Kalitta, American drag racer (b. 1962)
- 2010 Hector Laing, Baron Laing of Dunphail, Scottish biscuit manufacturer (McVitie & Price), pilot and Director of the Bank of England (1973-91), dies at 87
- 2011 Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author (b. 1927)
- 2012 Richard Adler, American musical theater composer and songwriter (ThePajama Game; Damn Yankees)), dies at 90
- 2013 Edgeworth Blair "Elliott" Reid, American actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies from heart failure at 93
- 2014 Anthony Jacobs, English businessman (Nig Securities Group; British School of Motoring), dies at 82
- 2014 Gerry Conlon, Irish human rights campaigner and member of the Guildford Four, dies of cancer at 60 [1]
- 2015 Gunther Schuller, American horn player, composer, and proponent of jazz-classical "third stream" (Visitation; Of Reminiscences and Reflections - Pulitzer Prize, 1994), dies at 89
- 2015 Veijo Meri, Finnish writer, dies at 86
- 2016 Wayne Lamar Jackson, American soul and R&B trumpeter (Mar-Keys; The Memphis Horns), dies of congestive heart failure at 74
- 2017 Ludger Rémy, German harpsichordist, conductor (Les Amis de Philippe), and musicologist, dies at 68
- 2018 Charles Krauthammer, American conservative political commentator and psychiatrist (The Washington Post), dies small intestine cancer of at 68
- 2019 Elliot Roberts [Rabinowitz] American music manager (Joni Mitchell; Neil Young), and label executive (Asylum Records), dies at 76
- 2019 Jan Meyers, American politician (Rep-R-Kansas, 1985-97), dies at 90
- 2019 Peter Ball, British Church of England clergyman (Bishop of Gloucester. 1992-93; Bishop of Lewes, 1977-92), and convicted sex offender, dies at 87
- 2019 William Simons, Welsh actor (Heartbeat - "PC Alf Ventress"), dies at 78
- 2020 Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi soccer striker (121 caps; 62 goals; Al-Rasheed; Asian Footballer of the Year 1988), dies of COVID-19 at 56
- 2020 Dennis Young, New Zealand rugby union hooker (22 caps; Canterbury 139 games), dies from cancer at 90
- 2020 Rajinder Goel, Indian cricket spin bowler (record for most wickets in Ranji Trophy 637), dies at 77
- 2021 Pat Lupo, American rock bassist (Beaver Brown Band, 1972-94 - "On The Dark Side"; "Tough All Over"), dies at 66
- 2021 Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey defenseman (Hobey Baker Award 1984; Stanley Cup 1986 Montreal Canadiens), dies from adenocarcinoma at 58
- 2022 James Rado [Radomski], American stage actor, playwright, director, and composer (Hair; Rainbow), dies at 90
- 2023 Guillermo Escalada, Uruguayan soccer forward (30 caps; Nacional, Gimnasia de La Plata, Montevideo Wanderers FC), dies at 87
- 2023 Peter Allan, Australian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Queensland), dies at 87
- 2023 Ronnie Nolan, Irish soccer wing-half (33 caps League of Ireland XI, 10 Republic of Ireland; Shamrock Rovers 297 games), dies at 89
- 2023 Winnie Ewing, Scottish lawyer and politician (Member of Scottish Parliament, 1999-2003; President of the Scottish National Party, 1987-2005; Member of the European Parliament, 1979-99), dies at 93
- 2024 Hattie Wiener, American sexologist, dating coach and media personality known as the "Oldest Cougar in the World", dies at 88
- 2025 Frederick W. Smith, American businessman and founder of FedEx, dies at 80 [1]
- 2025 Rose Leiman Goldemberg, American playwright and screenwriter (The Burning Bed, Stone Pillow), dies at 97
