- 1022 Notker Labeo, German Benedictine monk (wrote on Aristotle at Saint Gall Abbey), dies at about 72 [exact birthday unknown, born c. 950]
- 1059 Bernard II, Duke of Saxony
- 1252 King Abel of Denmark (b. 1218)
- 1293 Hendrik van Gent, Flemish neo-Augustian philosopher and theologist, dies
- 1306 Musho [Hokai], Zen teacher (found subtemple at Jochiji), dies
- 1315 Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher, dies at about 79 [date disputed, some sources say 1316; exact birth date unknown, born c. 1235] [1]
- 1458 Mapheus Vegius [Maffeo Vegio], Italian lawyer, humanist and poet, dies
- 1509 Margaret Beaufort, English mother of Henry VII and paternal grandmother of King Henry VIII, foundered two Cambridge Colleges, dies at 66
- 1620 John Aerts, Flemish sculptor
- 1696 Michel Lambert, French composer, dies at about 86
- 1725 Arai Hakuseki, Japanese Confucian scholar and shogunal adviser, dies at 68 [1]
- 1764 Ralph Allen, English businessman and politician (b. 1693)
- 1779 Anton Raphael Mengs, German Bohemian painter and one of the precursors to Neoclassical painting, dies at 51
- 1784 Caesar Rodney, American judge and Founding Father (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 55 [1]
- 1790 Feike Van de Crew, Fries writer (Mayke Jakkelis), dies
- 1798 Kaat Mussel [Catharina Mulder], Dutch political protester in Rotterdam (orangism), dies at 75
- 1818 Carl Philipp Fohr, German painter and cartoonist, dies at 22
- 1820 Florido Toméoni, Italian composer, and playwright, dies at 55
- 1840 Lucien Bonaparte, Corsican-French prince of Canino and Musignano (younger brother of Napoleon Bonaparte), dies of cancer at 65
- 1841 Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Hanover as the wife of King Ernest Augustus (1837-41), dies at 63
- 1860 Thomas Addison, English physician (A-Biermer Disease), dies at 67
British poet and writer ("How Do I Love thee"), dies at 55
- 1873 Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Bengali poet (b. 1824)
- 1875 Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria (1835-48), dies at 82
- 1880 George Willem Vreede, Dutch lawyer and politician, dies at 71
- 1888 John Baillie McIntosh, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), dies at 59
- 1895 Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (comparative anatomy), dies at 70
- 1900 Ivan Pervushin, Russian mathematician (number theory), dies at 73
- 1903 Rentaro Taki, Japanese pianist and composer, dies at 23
- 1904 Tom Emmett, England cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, famous roundarm action), dies at 62
- 1909 George Blake Cosby, American Confederate Army general, dies at 79
- 1917 Frans Schollaert, Belgian Catholic Party politician and 19th Prime Minister of Belgium (1908-11), dies at 65
- 1919 José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician (b. 1864)
- 1921 Jennie Spencer-Churchill, American society beauty and mother of Winston Churchill, dies after complications from an amputation at 67
- 1921 Otto Seeck German classical historian (b. 1850)
- 1923 Fritz Mauthner, German author and philosopher (skepticism), dies at 73
- 1923 Gustave Kerker, German-American composer for Broadway musicals (The Belle of New York), dies at 66
- 1923 Juan C. Gomez, Venezuelan General, 1st Vice-President and brother of Dictator Juan Vicente Gomez, assassinated in bed
- 1930 Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Austrian Archduchess, dies of pneumonia at 38
- 1931 Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (Trois-Rivières), dies at 81
- 1933 (Roscoe) "Fatty" Arbuckle, American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter (Keystone Studios comedies), accused and acquitted for the manslaughter of actress Virginia Rappe in three widely publicized trials, dies of a heart attack at 46
- 1933 Roscoe Arbuckle, American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter, suspected for the manslaughter of actress Virginia Rappe in widely publicized trials (acquitted in 1922), dies of a heart attack at 46
- 1935 Jack O'Neill, American baseball player (b. 1873)
- 1940 Paul Klee, Swiss-German painter and educator at the Bauhaus, dies at 60
- 1944 Chick Henderson [Henderson Rowntree], British dance band vocalist (Joe Loss Orchestra - "Begin the Beguine"), killed in action while serving in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, at 31
- 1946 Frank Hadow, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1878; first exponent of the lob), dies at 91
- 1949 Walter Giffen, Australian cricketer "one of the worst Test batsmen of all time" (brother of George, 3 Tests), dies at 87
- 1950 Melitta Bentz, German entrepreneur and inventor of the coffee filter (Melitta coffee), dies at 77
- 1953 Jules van Nuffel, Belgian composer, priest, and musicologist (Nova Organi Harmonia), dies at 70
- 1955 Max Pechstein, German painter and graphic artist (Oceania), dies at 73
- 1956 Max Emmerich, American athlete and gymnast (Olympic gold, triathlon 1904), dies at 77
- 1957 Johan Hin, Dutch yachtsman (Olympic gold 12' Dinghy 1920), dies at 58
- 1958 Charles Spencelayh, English painter (Why War), dies at 92
- 1958 George Gunn, English cricket batsman (15 Tests, 2 x 100, 7 x 50, HS 122no; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 79
- 1958 Karl Arnold, German politician, Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia (1947-56), and President of the Bundesrat (1949-50), dies of a heart attack at 57
- 1959 A. Cecil Snyder, American lawyer and Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, dies at 51
- 1960 Frank Patrick, Canadian Hockey HOF pioneer (Stanley Cup 1915 Vancouver Millionaires; introduced uniform numbers, blue line, penalty shots) and coach (Boston Bruins 1934-36), dies at 74
- 1964 Eric Dolphy, American jazz saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute player, dies of insulin shock at 36
- 1964 Milenko Živković, Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue, dies at 63
- 1965 Joseph Ryelandt, Belgian composer (Christus Rex - Christ the King), dies at 95
- 1965 Sidney Marion, American actor (Outlaws is Coming, Quicksand), dies at 64
- 1966 Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer, dies at 82
- 1966 Isabel Dawn, American screenwriter, dies at 68
- 1966 Ronald Shiner, British actor (Dry Rot, Carry on Admiral, Keep it Clean, Aunt Clara), dies at 63
- 1967 Oskar Maria Graf, German-American writer (Wir sind Gefangene (We Are Prisoners)), dies at 72
Italian boxer (World Heavyweight Champion 1933-34), dies of alcohol-related liver disease at 60
- 1968 Kitty Kelly, American actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66
- 1968 Paddy Driscoll, American College-Pro Football HOF quarterback (First-team All-Pro x 6; NFL 1920s All-Decade Team; Racine/Chicago Cardinals, Chicago Bears) and coach (Cardinals, Marquette, Bears), dies at 73
- 1969 (Frederick) "Shorty" Long, American soul singer and pianist ("Here Comes The Judge"; "Devil In A Blue Dress"), dies in a boating accident at 29
- 1969 Moïse Tshombe, Congolese politician (President of the Democratic Republic of Congo 1964-5), dies at 49
- 1969 Veselin Stoyanov, Bulgarian composer and pedagogue, dies at 67
- 1970 Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica), dies at 77
- 1970 Stefan Andres, German writer (Wir sind Utopia), dies at 64
- 1971 Néstor Mesta Cháyres, Mexican lyric tenor, dies of a heart attack ay 63
- 1973 Tin-Tan [Germán Valdés], Mexican actor, singer and comedian (Spanish dubbing of The Jungle Book, The Aristocats), dies from cancer at 57
- 1975 Jerry Verno, British actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone, Sweeney Todd), dies at 79
- 1975 Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (Song to the Siren), dies of a heroin overdose at 28
- 1976 Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek mathematician, dies at 62
- 1976 Leonora Summers [Lillian Hill], American vaudeville and silent film actress [Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ; Hoboken To Hollywood), dies at 78
- 1977 Anton Hildebrand, Dutch children's book writer (Monus), dies at 70
- 1977 Magda Lupescu, Romanian mistress then consort of King Carol II of Romania, dies at about 81
- 1978 Bob Crane, American DJ and actor (Hogan's Heroes; The Donna Reed Show), murdered at 49
- 1979 Ben Barnett, Australian cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies at 71
- 1979 Lowell George, American rock vocalist and guitarist (Mothers of Invention; Little Feat), dies at 34
- 1981 Russell Drysdale, Australian artist who won the Wynne Prize for his painting Sofala, dies at 69
- 1982 Gerard Knuvelder, Dutch literary historian (Anthology), dies at 80
- 1982 Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (Balmain), dies at 68
- 1986 Dusolina Giannini, Italian-American dramatic soprano (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1935-42), and teacher, dies at 83
- 1986 Ida Mae McKenzie, American actress, dies at 75
- 1986 Jack Christiansen, American NFL football player. 1951-58 (Detroit Lions - 3 x Champion, 5 X Pro Bowl), NFL and college coach (San Francisco 49ers, Stanford University), dies after surgical complications at 57
- 1986 Jacques Hélian [Der Mikaélian], French music hall orchestra bandleader, dies at 74
- 1986 John P. East, American politician (Sen-R-NC), dies at 55
- 1986 Robert Drivas [Choromokos], American stage and screen actor (Cool Hand Luke; Illustrated Man; Our Private World), and theater director, dies of AIDS complications at 50
- 1987 Elizabeth Cotten, American folk and blues guitarist and songwriter ("Freight Train", "Shake Sugaree"), dies at 94
- 1989 Keith Chapman, American organist (Wanamaker Grand Court, 1966-89), dies in a plane crash at 43
- 1990 Irving Wallace, American author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74
- 1991 Richard "Groove" Holmes, American jazz organist (Misty), dies of cancer at 60
- 1992 Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian political leader, co-founder of the National Liberation Front, assassinated while President at 73
- 1992 Pierre Billotte, French military officer (Battle for France WWII), dies at 86
- 1993 Héctor Lavoe [Pérez], Puerto Rican salsa singer dies of complications from AIDS at 46
- 1994 Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor, dies at 85
- 1994 Ray Crane, English trumpeter, dies at 63
American pin-up model and actress (Peyton Place; The Postman Always Rings Twice; Imitation of Life), dies of cancer at 74
- 1995 Roy Rowland, American film director (Meet Me in Las Vegas, The Girl Hunters), dies at 84
- 1996 Alexander George Ogston, British biochemist, and educator (professor at Australian National University, 1959-70; president of Trinity College - Oxford, 1970-78), dies at 85
- 1996 Bobby Keetch, English footballer and entrepreneur, dies at 54
- 1996 Pamela Mason [Ostrer], British actress, author and talk-show host (Lady Possessed), dies of heart failure at 78
- 1997 William Hickey, American actor (Prizzi's Honor, The Nightmare Before Christmas), dies of emphysema at 69
- 1998 Horst Jankowski, German jazz and easy listening pianist ("A Walk In The Black Forest"), dies of lung cancer at 62
- 1998 Louis Hostin, French weightlifter (Olympic gold 1932, 36), dies at 90
- 1999 Allan Carr, American film producer and director (Grease, Happiest Millionaire), dies at 62
- 1999 Anita Carter, American country music singer, multi-instrumentalist ("Ring of Fire"), and songwriter, dies at 66
- 2000 Arnie Weinmeister, Canadian Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive tackle (Pro Bowl 1950–53; First-team All-Pro 1950–53; NY Yankees, NY Giants; BC Lions), dies at 77
- 2000 Coen Flink, Dutch actor (Pastorale 1943, Havinck, Honneponnetje), dies at 68
- 2000 Il Mattatore [Vittorio Gassman], Italian actor, director and screenwriter (Scent of a Woman, War & Peace), dies at 77
- 2000 John Aspinall, English zoo owner (Howletts; Port Lympne), and gambling club host, dies of cancer at 74
- 2002 François Périer [Pillu], French actor (Gervaise, Fantasia, Les Mains Sales), dies at 82
- 2002 Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1931)
- 2002 Rosemary Clooney, American singer ("Come On-a My House") and actress (White Christmas), dies of lung cancer at 74
- 2004 Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist, dies at 68
- 2006 Lloyd Richards, Canadian-American theaterical director (Joe Turner’s Come and Gone), dies at 87
- 2006 Randy Walker, American football fullback (Miami University) and coach (Miami University 1990-98, Northwestern University 1999-2005), dies of a heart attack at 52
- 2007 Edward Yang, Taiwanese film director (Yi Yi, In Our Time), dies of cancer at 59
- 2007 Fred Saberhagen, American sci-fi author (Book of Swords; Berserker stories), dies of prostate cancer at 77
- 2007 George McCorkle, American guitarist (Marshall Tucker Band), dies of cancer at 59
- 2007 Joel Siegel, American film critic for Good Morning America, dies of cancer at 63
- 2008 Don S. Davis, American actor and artist (b. 1942)
- 2009 Joe Bowman (marksman), American sharpshooter, Hollywood consultant, famed bootmaker & master showman (b. 1925)
- 2011 R. C. Alston, British bibliographer, dies at 78
- 2014 John Freeland, Legal advisor UK foreign office and judge at the European Court of Human Rights, dies at 86
- 2014 Paul Horn, American jazz and new age flautist, saxophonist, composer and producer (Inside), dies at 84
- 2015 Glenn Ford, American freed death row inmate (wrongly spent 30 years in prison), dies at 65
- 2015 Josef Masopust, Czech soccer midfielder (63 caps Czechoslovakia; Dukla Prague 386 games) and manager (Czechoslovakia, Dukla Prague, Zbrojovka Brno, Hasselt, FK Pelikán Děčín), dies at 85
- 2016 Elechi Amadi, Nigerian novelist (The Concubine), dies at 82
- 2016 Inocente Carreño, Venezuelan composer (Margariteña), and pedagogue (Prudencio Esáa, 1970-90), dies at 96
- 2016 Irving Gottesman, American psychologist known for his work on the causes of schizophrenia, dies at 85
- 2016 Rob Wasserman, American jazz and rock double bassist, and composer (RatDog; Duets), dies at 64
- 2018 Arvid Carlsson, Swedish neuropharmacologist whose work with dopamine to treat Parkinson's disease earned him a Nobel Prize (2000), dies at 95
- 2018 Irina Szewińska, Polish athlete, administrator (Olympic various sprint gold 1964, 68, 76), dies of cancer at 72
- 2018 Liliane Montevecchi, French-Italian actress, dancer, and singer (Nine, Grand Hotel), dies of colon cancer at 85
- 2018 Matt Cappotelli, American professional wrestler (WWE Tough Enough Ⅲ), dies of cancer at 38
- 2018 Steve Ditko, American comic artist and co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, dies at 90
- 2019 Gary Duncan [Grubb], American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service), dies of cardiac arrest at 72
- 2020 Ernesto Marcel, Panamanian boxer (WBA featherweight title 1972-74), dies at 72
- 2020 Hachalu Hundessa, Ethiopian singer songwriter (Waa'ee Keenyaa), shot and killed at 34
- 2020 Johnny Mandel, American composer, arranger and musician ("The Shadow of Your Smile"; M*A*S*H theme), dies at 94 [1]
- 2021 Carlos Vilar, Argentine sailor (Snipe World Championships gold 1948, 51), dies from COVID-19 at 91
- 2021 Delia Fiallo, Cuban author and screenwriter known as the "Mother of the Telenovela" (Kassandra, Cristal), dies at 96
- 2021 Donald Rumsfeld, American politician (US Congress, 1963-69; Nixon Whitehouse, 1969-74; Secretary of Defense, 1975-77 & 2001-06), dies at 88
- 2021 Elizabeth Martínez, American activist, member of the Chicana movement, writer and co-founder of El Grito del Norte (The Cry of the North), dies at 95
- 2021 Goolam Rajah, South African cricket administrator (manager RSA national team 1991-2011), dies from COVID-19 at 74
- 2021 John Lawton, British rock singer (Lucifer's Friend, 1970-76, 1981-82, 2014–21; Uriah Heep, 1977-79), dies at 74
- 2021 Stuart Damon [Zonis], American stage and screen actor (General Hospital, 1977-2007 - "Dr. Alan Quartermaine"), dies of kidney failure at 84
- 2021 Yitzhak "Vicky" Peretz, Israeli soccer striker (40 caps; Maccabi Tel Aviv, Strasbourg, Rennes), dies at 68
- 2023 Alan Arkin, American Tony and Academy Award-winning actor (The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming; Wait Until Dark; Catch-22; The In-Laws; Little Miss Sunshine), and director, dies of heart failure at 89 [1]
- 2023 Marvin Kitman, American satirist and television critic (Newsday 1969-2005), dies of cancer at 93
- 2024 Doug Sheehan, American actor (Knots Landing, 1983-87 - "Ben": General Hospital, 1979-82 - "Joe Kelly"), dies at 75
- 2025 Mark Brokaw, American theatre director (This is Our Youth, How I Learned to Drive), dies of cancer at 66
- 2025 Maureen Hingert, Sri Lankan dancer and actress (The King and I, Gun Fever), dies of liver failure at 88
- 2025 Pentti Matikainen, Finnish ice hockey coach (Finland men's national team 1987–1993; Olympic silver 1988, World C'ship silver 1992), dies from cancer at 74
- 2025 Sandy Gall, Scottish journalist and newscaster (ITN, 1963-92; LBC, 2003), dies at 97 [1]
- 2025 Stuart Burrows, Welsh operatic tenor, known as the "King of Mozart" (Royal Opera, 1967-89; Metropolitan Opera, 1971-83), and television personality (BBC), dies at 92
