- 62 Claudia Octavia, wife of Roman Emperor Nero and daughter of Emperor Claudius, killed on Nero's orders at 22
- 373 Ephrem the Syrian, Christian hymnodist
- 597 Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland, dies at 75
- 630 Shahrbaraz, General and King of Sasanian Persian Empire (630), killed after 40 days in power
- 1171 Jacob Ben Meir [Rabbenu Tam], French Tosofist, dies
- 1361 Philippe de Vitry, French composer and poet, dies at 69
- 1382 Philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies
- 1563 William Paget, 1st Baron Paget, English statesman (b. 1506)
- 1572 Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarra (1555-72), mother of French King Henry IV, dies at 43
- 1583 Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- 1597 Jose de Anchieta, Spanish saint, Jesuit poet and missionary to Brazil (founder of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), dies at 63
- 1616 Cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist and composer (Madrigalen), dies at about 58
- 1656 Thomas Tomkins, Welsh-born virginalist composer, dies at 83 or 84
- 1681 William Lilly, English astrologer (Christian Astrology), dies at 79
- 1716 Banda Bahadur, Sikh military commander, executed in Delhi by Mughal forces at 45
- 1717 Jeanne Guyon, French mystic, dies at 69
- 1717 Louis Le Quointe, Flemish composer and organist (Bouquet de fleurs), dies at 64
- 1820 Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (1767-1806), dies at 68
- 1825 Pauline Bonaparte, Corsican duchess of Parma and Guastalla, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 44
- 1834 William Carey, one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society (b. 1761)
- 1836 Supply Belcher, American composer and singer (The Harmony of Maine), dies at 85
- 1839 Gerrit J. Pijman, Dutch Minister of War during the Batavian Republic (1798-1800), dies at 89
- 1847 Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher and poet (Orphée), dies at 70
- 1863 Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30
English writer (Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol), dies of stroke at 58
- 1870 Erik Drake, Swedish composer (Royal Swedish Academy of Music), dies at 82
English botanist, photographer and the 1st person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images, dies of paralysis, rheumatism, and exhaustion at 72
- 1875 Gérard-Paul Deshayes, French geologist, known for his research on Cenozoic marine fossil molluscs of the Paris Basin, dies at 80 [1]
- 1877 Hugh W. Mercer, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 68
- 1884 Abraham Buford, American Confederate general and horse breeder, dies at 64
- 1886 Erminnie Adelle Platt, American anthropologist (first woman to specialize in ethnographic field work), dies at 50
- 1892 Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, German musician and composer, dies at 59
- 1892 Taiso Yoshitoshi, Japanese woodblock artist and painter, dies at 53
- 1892 William Grant Stairs, Canadian-British explorer and adventurer with leading role controversial African expeditions, dies of malaria at 28
- 1897 Alvan Graham Clark, American telescope maker and astronomer (Sirius B), dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40" lens at 64
- 1900 Birsa Munda, Indian tribal freedom fighter, religious leader and folk hero of the Munda tribe who led an uprising in Bengal against the British Raj, dies in jail awaiting trial at 24
- 1901 Walter Besant, English writer and philanthropist (Rebel Queen), dies at 64
- 1908 José Trindade Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os meus amores), commits suicide at 46
- 1911 Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate who smashed hotels with a hatchet, dies at 64
- 1912 Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian actor and playwright (O Noapte Furtunoasa), dies at 60
- 1921 Luis María Drago, Argentine statesman and author of Drago Doctrine, dies at 62
- 1922 Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter and etcher, dies at 56
- 1923 Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria, wife of Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, dies at 77
- 1929 Lewis Bennison, American actor (The Road Called Straight), commits suicide at 44
- 1931 Henrique Oswald, Brazilian composer, dies at 79
- 1932 Natalia Janotha, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 76
- 1939 Owen Moore, Irish actor (She Done Him Wrong), commits suicide at 52
- 1944 99 inhabitants of Tulle, hanged by SS
- 1946 Rama VIII [Ananda Mahidol], King of Siam (1935-46), dies of a mysterious gunshot wound at 21
- 1947 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, Polish politician (President of Poland in-exile 1939-47), dies at 62
- 1950 Edward Asahel Birge, American pioneer in limnology, dies at 98
- 1952 Adolf Busch, German-Swiss violinist (Busch Quartet, 1920-51), conductor (Lucerne Festival; Marlboro Festival), and composer, dies at 60
- 1953 Ugo Betti, Italian judge and dramatist (The Fugitive), dies at 61
- 1954 Alain LeRoy Locke, African-American writer and philosopher “Father of the Harlem Renaissance”, dies at 68
- 1957 Robert Oboussier, Swiss composer, stabbed to death in his apartment by a male prostitute at 56
British stage and screen actor (Goodbye Mr. Chips; The 39 Steps; Citadel), dies of a brain tumor at 53
- 1959 Adolf Windaus, German chemist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1928, dies at 82 [1]
- 1960 René Maran, French writer (Batouala, 1st black writer to win Prix Goncourt), dies at 72
- 1961 Camille Guérin, French scientist (b. 1872)
- 1962 Henry Kendall, British director and actor (Amazing Quest, Shadow, Rich & Strange), dies from a heart attack at 65
- 1963 Vasyl Barvinsky, Ukrainian pianist, composer, conductor, musicologist ("Béla Bartók in Lviv"), and teacher (Lysenko Higher Institute of Music, 1915-48), dies at 75
- 1964 [William Maxwell] Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian British newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies at 85
- 1967 Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, Polish composer, dies at 64
- 1968 Bernard Cronin, English-Australian author and journalist (Three Against the Stars), dies at 84
- 1971 Harold Lloyd Jr, American actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), cabaret singer, and son of famous silent film actor Harold Lloyd, Sr., dies of a complications from a stroke at 40
- 1973 Erich von Manstein, German Nazi-military commander convicted of war crimes, dies from stroke at 85
- 1974 Phillips Tead, American character actor (The Front Page; Lightnin'; Fighting Blade; The Adventures of Superman - "Professor Pepperwinkle), dies at 80
- 1975 Clara Stover, American chemist, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Russell Stover Candies with her husband Russell Stover, dies at 92
- 1975 David Frederick Barlow, English composer, dies at 48
- 1976 Gerd Gaiser, German writer (Ship in the Mountain), dies at 67
- 1976 James A. Farley, American politician (ran Franklin Roosevelt's presidential campaign, US Postmaster General 1932-38), dies at 88
- 1976 Paul Rodenko, Dutch poet and writer (Never Marry a Witch), dies at 55
- 1976 Sybil Thorndike, English actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93
- 1977 Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (6 Tests, 12 wickets; Canterbury, Northamstonshire CCC), dies at 68
- 1977 Hans Andreus [Johan Wilhem van der Zant], Dutch children's author (Mr. Bumblemoose books), and poet (Muziek voor Kijkdieren), dies at 51
- 1978 Chief Tahachee [Jeff Davis Tahchee Cypert], Cherokee stage and film actor, dies from a heart attack at 74
- 1979 Cyclone Taylor, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame rover (Stanley Cup 1909 Ottawa, 1915 Vancouver), dies at 94
- 1980 Leonhard Huizinga, Dutch journalist and writer (Olivier & Adrian), dies at 73
- 1981 Allen Ludden [Ellsworth], American TV personality and gameshow host (Password), husband of Betty White, dies of stomach cancer at 63
- 1981 Russell "Lucky" Hayden [Pate Lucid], American actor (Judge Roy Bean, Three Men from Texas), dies from pneumonia at 68
- 1982 Elmer Robinson, American politician (33rd Mayor of San Francisco), dies at 87
- 1982 Hank Ladd, TV host (Arrow Show, Waiting for the Break), dies at 74
- 1987 Grandon Rhodes, actor (Gentleman From Nowhere), dies
- 1987 Madge Kennedy, actress (Marrying Kind, 3 Bad Sisters), dies
- 1989 George Beadle, American geneticist (biochemical genetics - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1958), dies at 85
- 1989 Piet[er J] Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52), dies
- 1989 Rashid Behbudov, Azerbaijani singer and actor, dies of kidney disease at 73
- 1989 Wolfdietrich Schnurre, German writer, dies at 68
- 1991 Bob Irwin, Comedian, dies of Alzheimer's related illness at 88
- 1991 Charles Loloma, painter/sculptor, dies
- 1991 Claudio Arrau, Chilean pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra), dies following surgery at 88
- 1991 Joe Hamilton, American actor, singer, and television producer (The Skylarks, The Garry Moore Show), dies at 62
- 1992 Cathy Bennett, jury selection expert, dies of breast cancer at 41
- 1992 Clarence Miller, American blues and jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack
- 1993 Alexis Smith, Canadian actress and singer (The Age of Innocence; Follies), dies of brain cancer at 72
- 1993 Arthur Alexander, American singer-songwriter ("Lonely Just Like Me"), whose songs were covered by The Beatles ("Anna"), The Rolling Stones ("You Better Move On"), and Bob Dylan ("Sally Sue Brown"), dies of a heart attack at 53 [1]
- 1993 Ian Mikardo, British politician, dies
- 1993 Juan Downey, Chilean video artist (Video Trans Americas), dies of cancer at 53
- 1994 Angela Lakeberg, American siamese twin, dies at 11 months
- 1994 Dhirendra Bhramachari [Flying Swami], hindu leader, dies at 70
- 1994 Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist (Plan of Labor, Nobel 1969), dies at 91
- 1994 Lloyd Lindroth, American harpist known as 'The Liberace of the Harp', dies at 63
- 1995 Frank Chacksfield, English easy listening pianist, arranger and orchestra leader ("Ebb Tide"), dies from complications of Parkinson's disease at 81
- 1995 Walter Landor [Landauer], German-British industrial and brand designer, and consumer researcher, dies at 81
- 1996 Bert Schierbeek, Dutch writer and poet (Cross Roads), dies at 77
- 1996 Edward Morris Bernstein, American economist (US negotiator at Bretton Woods conference and establishment of IMF), dies at 91
- 1996 Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist, dies at 48
- 1996 Walter Pardon, British folk singer and carpenter, dies at 81
- 1997 Reid Shelton, American stage and screen actor (Annie - "Daddy Warbucks"; 1st & 10 - "Ernie"), dies of stroke at 71
- 1997 Stanley Knowles, Canadian Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Whip (1944-58) and New Democratic Party House Leader (1962-81), dies at 88
- 1998 Jackie McGlew, South African cricket batsman (34 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 255no; Natal), dies at 69
- 1998 Lois Mailou Jones, American painter (Peasants on Parade), dies at 92
- 2000 Ernst Jandl, Austrian writer and poet (Otto's Pug), dies at 74
- 2000 George Segal, American painter and sculptor of lifelike mixed-media figures (Bus Driver), dies at 75
- 2000 Jacob Lawrence, African-American artist (Sanitarium), dies at 82
- 2001 Ciro Kroon, Curaçao politician (Premier of Dutch Antilles 1968-69), dies at 85
- 2001 David Sheinfeld, American violinist and composer, dies at 94
- 2002 Hans Janmaat, Dutch politician and party leader (CP, CD), dies of heart failure at 67
- 2004 "Rosey" Roosevelt Brown, American football player, dies at 71
- 2004 Brian Williamson, Jamaican Gay Activist (b. 1945)
- 2006 Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer, dies of heart failure at 60
- 2007 Frankie Abernathy, American reality TV personality (The Real World: San Diego), dies of cystic fibrosis at 25
- 2007 Ousmane Sembène, Senegalese author and director (Doctor Noir), dies at 84
- 2007 Rudolf Arnheim, German-American film theorist and author of "Art and Visual Perception", dies at 102 [1]
- 2008 Algis Budrys, American writer (b. 1931)
- 2009 Dick May, Former NASCAR racecar driver
- 2010 Marina Semyonova, Russian ballerina, dies at 101
- 2011 M. F. Husain, Indian artist and painter, dies at 95
- 2011 Mike Mitchell, American basketball small forward (NBA All-Star 1981; Italian League top scorer 1998), dies from cancer at 55
- 2011 Tomoko Kawakami, Japanese voice actress, dies at 41
- 2013 Bruno Bartoletti, Italian operatic conductor (Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1964-99; Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, 1965–73; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 1985–91), dies at 86
- 2013 Iain Banks, Scottish author (The Wasp Factory), dies from gallbladder cancer at 59
- 2014 Bob Welch, American baseball pitcher (AL Cy Young Award 1990; Oakland A's; World Series 1981, 89, 2001), dies from a broken neck at 57
- 2014 Gerd Zacher, German composer and organist, dies at 84
- 2014 Rik Mayall, British comedian and actor (Drop Dead Fred, The Young Ones), dies from a cardiac arrest at 56
- 2015 Fred Anton Maier, Norwegian speed skater (Olympic gold 5,000m 1968, bronze 1964; silver 10,000m 1964, 68; 11 x WRs), dies from cancer at 76
- 2015 James Last, German-born composer and big band bandleader, dies at 86
- 2017 Adam West [William West Anderson], American actor (Batman, Last Precinct), dies from leukemia at 88
- 2017 Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, Namibian activist, political prisoner and co-founder of the South West Africa People’s Organization (Swapo), dies at 92 [1]
- 2018 Kenyatta Jones, American NFL and arena football player (New England Patriots and 3 other teams, dies of cardiac arrest at 39
- 2018 Lorraine Gordon [Stein], American jazz music advocate and owner of Village Vanguard jazz club, dies at 95
- 2018 Reinhard Hardegen, German WWII U-Boat commander (sunk 25 ships), dies at 105
- 2019 Gerlind Reinshagen, German novelist, children's book author, and playwright (Himmel und Erde (Heaven and Earth)), dies at 93
- 2021 Gottfried Böhm, German architect (Pritzker Prize, 1986), dies at 101 [1]
- 2022 Billy Bingham, Irish soccer forward (56 caps Northern Ireland; Sunderland, Luton Town, Everton) and manager (Northern Ireland, Greece, Everton), dies at 90
- 2022 Don Perkins, American football fullback (Pro Bowl 1961–63, 66–68; All-Pro 1962, 67, 68; Dallas Cowboys) and broadcaster (CBS, ABC), dies at 84
- 2022 Julee Cruise, American singer (Falling) and stage actress, takes her own life at 65
- 2022 Oleg Moliboga, Ukrainian volleyball player (Olympic gold USSR 1980, silver 1976; World C'ship gold 1978, 82), dies at 69
- 2024 Frank Carroll, American figure skating coach (Linda Fratianne, Michelle Kwan, Evan Lysacek; World Figure Skating HOF), dies of cancer at 85
- 2024 James Lawson, American Methodist clergyman, civil rights activist, nonviolent resistance proponent, and educator, dies at 95 [1]
- 2024 Ralph Caulton, New Zealand rugby union wing (16 Tests; Wellington RFU), dies at 87
- 2024 Reijo Jyrkiainen, Finnish acoustic and electronic music composer, musicologist (Béla Bartók), and arts administrator (Helsinki Philharmonic, 1971-90; Cultural Affairs Centre, 1990-97), dies at 90
- 2025 Barbara Holdridge, American co-founder of Caedmon Records and a pioneer of the audiobook industry, dies at 95 [1]
- 2025 Chris Robinson, America actor (Stanley; General Hospital; Another World), dies of heart failure at 86 [1]
- 2025 David H. Murdock, American real estate mogul, investor and philanthropist, dies at 102 [1]
- 2025 Frederick Forsyth, British author (The Day of the Jackal; The Deceiver; The Odessa File), dies at 86 [1]
- 2025 Peter Easterby, English racehorse trainer (British jump racing Champion Trainer 1978/79, 1979/80, 1980/81), dies at 95
- 2025 Pik-Sen Lim [Lim Phaik Seng], Malaysian-British actress (Mind Your Language, Johnny English Reborn), dies of cancer at 80
- 2025 Sly Stone [Sylvester Stewart], American funk-rock singer-songwriter, and musician (Sly & The Family Stone - "Everyday People"; "Dance To The Music"), dies of C.O.P.D lung disease at 82 [1] [2]
