- 218 Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54
- 632 Muhammad, Arabic prophet and founder of Islam (Quran), dies of suspected fever at around 62 (approximate date)
- 1042 Harthacnut/Harthacanute, King of Denmark and England (b. 1018), last Danish king to rule England, dies
English prince, knight and heir to King Edward III, dies of dysentery at 46
- 1383 Thomas Ros, 4th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, English Crusader, dies at 49
- 1384 Kan'ami [Yūsaki Kiyotsugu], Japanese actor, playwright, musician and co-founder of Noh drama, dies at 51
- 1476 George Neville, English archbishop and statesman
- 1505 Hongzhi, Emperor of China, 10th Emperor of Ming Dynasty (1487-1505), dies at 34
- 1516 Hanno, Indian white elephant gifted by King Manuel I of Portugal to Pope Leo X, dies at about 7 [1]
- 1611 Jean Bertaut, French poet (b. 1552)
- 1612 Hans Leo Hassler, German composer, dies at 49
- 1621 Anne de Xainctonge, French saint and founder of the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin, dies at 53
- 1628 Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher who popularized the term psychology, dies at 81
- 1630 Giovanni Francesco Anerio, Italian composer, choirmaster, and oratorio pioneer, dies at 60
- 1651 Tokugawa Iemitsu, 3rd Japanese shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate (1623-51) who expelled all Europeans from Japan and closed Japan's borders, dies at 46
- 1688 Hans Bontemantel, Amsterdams merchant, buried
- 1711 Katharina Lescaille [Netherlands Sappho], poetess, dies at 61
- 1714 Sophia of Hanover, Princess Palatine and Electress of Saxony, dies at 83
- 1716 Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (1690-1716), dies at 58
- 1727 August Hermann Francke, German Lutheran clergyman, theologian, and Biblical scholar, dies at 64
- 1742 Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker, son of Antonius, dies at 62
- 1768 Johann Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art), dies at 50
- 1771 George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman, dies at 54
- 1790 Charles-Joseph van Helmont, South Netherlands organist and composer, dies at 75
- 1794 G A Borger, writer, dies
- 1795 Louis XVII Charles, King of France (1793-95), dies at 10
- 1796 Felice Giardini, Italian composer, dies at 80
- 1803 Jean Noel Paquot, Belgian theologian and historian, dies at 80
- 1806 George Wythe, US attorney (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at about 79
English American writer and political essayist (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72
- 1814 Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, German composer, dies at 48
- 1831 Sarah Kemble Siddons, English tragic actress (Fatal Marriage, Lady Macbeth), dies at 75
- 1835 Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (b. 1761)
- 1857 Douglas William Jerrold, English playwright and satirist, dies at 54
American inventor (safety pin, sewing machine), dies at 62
- 1865 Joseph Paxton, English architect, gardener and MP (Crystal Palace), dies at 61
- 1866 Wilhelm Schirmer, German landscape artist, dies at 64
- 1870 Johann Gottlob Töpfer, German organist, composer, and teacher, dies at 78
- 1871 Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death
- 1874 Cochise, Chiricahua Apache principal nantan and war leader during the Apache Wars (1861-72), dies of natural causes at 68 or 69
- 1876 George Sand [Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dudevant], French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71
- 1884 Henry Clay Work, American composer, dies at 51
- 1885 Ignace Bourget, French Canadian Bishop of Montreal, dies at 85
- 1889 Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (Windhover), dies at 54
- 1902 Charles Ingalls, father of American author Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prairie), dies at 66
- 1906 C. F. E. Horneman, Danish composer, dies at 65
- 1908 Johan Lindegren, Swedish composer, musician and teacher, dies at 66
English suffragette, dies from head injury after being hit by King George V's horse at the Derby at Epsom Downs four days earlier, at 40
- 1919 Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer, dies at 78
- 1924 Andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1902)
English mountain climber ("because it is there"), dies in a climbing accident at 37
- 1929 Bliss Carman, Canadian poet, dies at 68
- 1934 Dorothy Dell [Goff], American child actress (Little Miss Marker; Wharf Angel), dies in a car crash at 19
- 1940 Frederick Converse, American composer (The Pipe of Desire), dies at 69
- 1943 (Wilford) "Min" Leibrook, American jazz tuba player and bassist (Paul Whiteman Orchestra), dies of meningitis at 40
- 1945 Karl Hanke, German Nazi Party (NSDAP) official and army officer (final Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), 1945), killed while trying to escape as a prisoner of war at 41
- 1946 John L. Bates, American lawyer and politician (41st Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 86
- 1947 Tom O'Brien, American actor (The Flying Fool, The Private Life of Helen of Troy), dies at 56
- 1948 Franz Carl Bornschein, American composer, dies at 69
- 1948 Sammy Carter, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (28 Tests, 65 dismissals; NSWCA), dies at 70
- 1951 Eugène Fiset, French Canadian Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (1939-50), dies at 77
- 1953 Godfrey Tearle, English-American actor (39 Steps; Mandy; At Dawn We Die), dies at 68
- 1956 Marie Laurencin, French painter, dies at 72
- 1961 Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian explorer (one of first five men to reach South Pole 1911) and cross-country skier (Holmenkollen Ski Festival gold Nordic combined 1902), dies at 88
- 1965 Edmondo Rossoni, Italian fascist (b. 1884)
- 1965 Erik Chisholm, Scottish conductor, composer (Hindustani Piano Concerto), and educator (South African College of Music, 1949-65), dies of a heart attack at 61
- 1965 Julius Bissier, German painter, dies at 71
- 1966 Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and founder of the Anton Melik Geographical Institute (The Geography of Slovenia), dies at 76 [1]
- 1967 Elliot Griffis, American composer (The Port of Pleasure), and educator, dies at 74
- 1969 Robert Taylor, American actor (Waterloo Bridge, Quo Vadis, Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57
American psychologist (Maslow's hierarchy of needs), dies of a heart attack at 62
- 1972 Jimmy Rushing, American jump blues singer, known as "Mr. Five By Five" (Count Basie Orchestra, 1935-48), and pianist, dies at 70
- 1973 (Edward) "Tubby" Hayes, British jazz saxophonist, flautist, and vibraphone player, dies during heart surgery at 38
- 1973 Christine Bakker-van Bosse, Dutch feminist and pacifist, dies at 88
- 1973 Eino Linnala, Finnish composer, pedagogue (university of Helsinki, 1927-66), and musicologist dies at 76
- 1973 Gerald F. Bogan, U.S. Navy aviator and vice admiral who served in World War I & II, dies at 78
- 1975 Elizabeth Hirsh Fleisher, American architect (Parkway House), dies at 82
- 1975 Murray Leinster [William Fitzgerald Jenkins], American science-fiction author (Time Tunnel; Land of the Giants), dies at 78
- 1978 Ruth Rose, American screenwriter (King Kong), dies at 82
- 1979 Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79
- 1979 Louis Palange, American arranger, classical music and film score composer (Hollywood Panorama; King Dinosaur), and conductor, dies at 61
- 1980 Ernst Busch, German cabaret and political song singer, and actor (Life of Galileo), dies at 80
American Baseball HOF pitcher (6 x Negro League, 2 x MLB All Star; World Series 1948 Cleveland Indians), dies of a heart attack at 75
- 1984 Gordon Jacob, British composer, dies at 88
- 1987 Yogi Horton, American R&B and funk drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33
- 1988 Eli Mintz [Edward Satz], Polish-American stage and screen actor (The Goldbergs; Boardwalk), dies of pneumonia at 83
- 1988 Russell Harty, broadcaster, dies
- 1988 Virgil Oliver Jr, entertainer, dies
- 1990 Alfredo Poveda, president of Consul of Ecuador (1976-79), dies
- 1990 Georgie Auld [John Altwerger], Canadian-American big band, jazz, and rock tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader, dies at 70
- 1990 Jose Figueres, president of Costa Rica (1948-49, 53-58, 70-74), dies
- 1991 Bertice Reading, American stage and screen actress and singer (The Jazz Train; Requiem For A Nun; Moon In The Gutter), dies at 57
- 1992 Alfred Uhl, Austrian composer, dies at 83
- 1992 Beverly Carter, entertainer, dies at 51
- 1992 Farag Foeda, Egyptian writer/publicist, murdered
- 1992 William McGowan, entrepreneur (MCI), dies at 64
- 1993 René Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief (deported Jews), dies at 84
- 1993 Roberto Caamaño, Argentine composer, dies at 69
- 1993 Root Boy Slim [Foster MacKenzie III], American entertainer, dies at 48
- 1994 William Marshall, American singer, bandleader and actor (State Fair, Pennsylvanians), dies at 76
- 1995 Juan Carlos Ongania, President of Argentina (1966-70), dies
- 1995 Jürgen Rausch, German philosopher and author (End of the Playboys), dies at 85
- 1995 Lord Erskine of Rerrick, British peer, dies of cancer at 69
- 1996 Barry Linehan, English actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), dies at 70
- 1996 Phyllis Stedman, politician, dies at 79
- 1997 George Turner, Australian author known for "The Sea and Summer", dies at 80
- 1998 Harry Lookofsky, American classical and jazz violinist (Stringsville), arranger, and producer (The Left Banke), dies at 84
- 1998 Maria Reiche, German-Peruvian mathematician and archaeologist specializing in Nazca lines, dies of cancer at 95
de facto President of Nigeria (1993-98), dies at 54
- 1999 Christina Foyle, English book seller (Foyles), dies at 88
- 1999 James "Rosy" McHargue, American jazz clarinetist, and vocalist (Ted Weems Orchestra; The Wolverines), dies at 97
- 2000 (Abram) "Abe" Lincoln, American sweet jazz trombonist (Paul Whiteman; Ozzie Nelson), and Dixieland jazz revivalist, dies at 93
- 2000 Jeff MacNelly, American Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist (Shoe), dies at 52
- 2003 Leighton Rees, Welsh darts player (BDO World Champion 1978), dies at 63
- 2004 Dan Armstrong American session guitarist, and luthier, dies of a heart attack at 69
- 2006 Abouna Matta El Meskeen, Coptic Orthodox monk (b. 1919)
- 2006 Robert Donner, American actor (b. 1931)
- 2007 Kenny Olsson, Swedish speedway racer (b. 1977)
- 2007 Martin Buckmaster, 3rd Viscount Buckmaster, British barrister and diplomat, dies at 86
- 2007 Nellie Lutcher, American jazz and R&B singer, pianist, and songwriter (He's a Real Gone Guy), dies at 94
- 2007 Richard Rorty, American postanalytic, pragmatic philosopher (b. 1931)
- 2008 Peter Rohmkorf, German writer, dies at 78
- 2008 Šaban Bajramović, Serbian Romani singer-songwriter, dies from a heart attack at 72
- 2009 Omar Bongo, 2nd President of Gabon (1967-2009), dies of a heart attack at 73
- 2010 Crispian St. Peters [Robin Peter Smith], British pop singer (The Pied Piper; No No No), dies at 71
- 2011 Alan Rubin, American jazz and session trumpeter and flugelhorn player (SNL; The Blues Brothers) known as "Mr Fabulous", dies of cancer at 68
- 2012 Frank Cady, American actor (The Beverly Hillbillies; Petticoat Junction; Green Acres - all as "Sam Drucker"), dies at 96
- 2013 John Boyd [Boyd Bradfield Upchurch], American sci-fi author (The Last Starship from Earth), dies at 93
- 2013 Paul Cellucci, American politician, 69th Governor of Massachusetts and former United States Ambassador to Canada, dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 65
- 2014 Ivo Vinco, Italian operatic bass singer, dies at 86
- 2015 Marie-Louise Grog-Carven, French fashion designer (Ma Griffe perfume), dies at 105
- 2016 Michael Manser, English architect, dies at 87
- 2016 Pierre Aubert, Swiss lawyer and politician (Member of the Swiss Federal Council, 1978-87), dies at 89
- 2017 Glenne Headly, American actress (Dick Tracy, Making Mr Right), dies of complications of a pulmonary embolism at 62
- 2018 Anthony Bourdain, American-French celebrity chef, author, and TV personality considered one of the most influential chefs in the world (No Reservations, Parts Unknown), commits suicide by hanging at 61
- 2018 Danny Kirwan, British musician, singer and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac - "Albatross"), dies at 68
- 2018 Eunice Gayson, British actress and 1st Bond Girl (Sylvia Trench- "Dr. No" and "From Russia With Love"), dies at 90 [1]
Brazilian tennis player (7 Grand Slam singles titles), dies of mouth cancer at 78
- 2018 Thomas Stuttaford, British doctor, medical columnist (The Times, 1981-2009), and Conservative MP (1970-74), dies at 87
- 2019 Arthur Frackenpohl, American composer, arranger, and pedagogue (Natural Superiority of Music), dies at 95
- 2020 Bonnie Pointer, American pop and R&B singer (The Pointer Sisters - "Jump"; "I'm So Excited"), dies at 69
- 2020 Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi (2005-20), dies at 55
- 2020 Tony Dunne, Irish soccer left-back (33 caps, Republic of Ireland; Manchester United; Bolton Wanderers; Irish Footballer of the Year 1969), dies at 78
- 2021 John Angus, English soccer defender (1 cap; Burnley 439 games), dies at 82
- 2022 Aarno Turpeinen, Finnish soccer defender (16 caps; HJK 225 games), dies at 51
- 2022 Julio Jiménez, Spanish road cyclist (King of the Mountains: Tour de France 1965, 66, 67 & Vuelta a España 1963, 64, 65), dies at 87
- 2022 Paula Rego, Portuguese-British artist (The Policeman’s Daughter), dies at 87
- 2023 Jorge Roldán, Guatemalan soccer midfielder (43 caps; Aurora FC 380 games) and coach (Aurora FC), dies at 82
- 2023 Pat Robertson, American Baptist televangelist (700 Club), media mogul (CBN), and politician (Presidential candidate-R-1989), dies at 93 [1]
- 2023 Rale Rasic, Australian soccer coach (Australia 1969-74; Marconi Stallions FC) and broadcaster (SBS), dies at 87
- 2023 Renato Longo, Italian cyclo-cross racer (World Cyclo-cross C'ships gold 1959, 62, 64, 65, 67), dies at 85
- 2023 Wade Goodwyn, American broadcast journalist (NPR), dies of cancer at 63
- 2024 Chet Walker, American Basketball HOF forward (7 x NBA All-Star; NBA C'ship 1967 Philadelphia 76ers; Chicago Bulls), dies at 84
- 2024 Frank Arnold, American college basketball coach (Brigham Young University 1975-83, University of Hawaii 1985-87), dies at 89
- 2024 Mark James [Francis Zambon], American Grammy Award-winning songwriter ("Hooked on a Feeling", "Suspicious Minds", "Always on My Mind"), dies at 83
- 2025 Nick Hedges, British photographer known for documenting the lives of poor people, dies at 81
- 2025 Nina Kuscsik, American long-distance runner and officially the first woman to win the Boston Marathon, dies of respiratory failure at 86 [1]
- 2025 P. Adams Sitney, American avant-garde film scholar (Visionary Film: The American Avant-Garde), dies of cancer at 80
- 2025 Stu Wilson, New Zealand rugby union winger (34 Tests; Wellington RFU), dies at 70
- 2025 Uriah Rennie, Jamaican-British football referee and the first Black referee in the Premier League, dies at 65 [1]
