- 632 Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda
- 633 Edwin of Northumbria, king and saint of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Deira and Bernicia, killed at the Battle of Hadfield Chase at about 46 [1]
- 638 Honorius I [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies
- 642 Pope John IV, Dalmatian born Pope (640-42), dies
- 1093 Robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62
- 1095 Margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)
- 1176 William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician
- 1320 Michael IX Palaeologus, co-ruling Byzantine Emperor (1295-1320), eldest son of Andronikos II Palaiologos and Anna of Hungary, dies at 43
- 1343 Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies
- 1491 Fritz Herlen, German artist
- 1492 Piero della Francesca, Italian painter
- 1565 Jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520)
- 1590 Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter during the Azuchi–Momoyama period (Views in and around Kyoto), dies at 47
- 1600 Luis Molina, Spanish Jesuit priest (De liberi arbitrii cum gratiae donis), dies at 65
- 1632 Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549)
- 1646 François de Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies at 67
- 1654 Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (pupil of Rembrandt), injured in the Delft Explosion and later dies of his injuries at 32
- 1666 Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch States-General court clerk, dies at 66
- 1672 Frederik of Nassau, count of Buren, slain in battle
- 1678 Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate, mysteriously murdered at 56, his body found five days later impaled with his sword prompting anti-Catholic hysteria
- 1679 William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617)
- 1685 Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian jurist (b. 1628)
- 1685 Geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian, dies at 59
- 1685 Gerard Brandt, Dutch theologist, poet and historian, dies at 59
- 1692 Giovanni Battista Vitali, Italian composer, dies at 60
- 1694 Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet of the Edo period and master of haiku (Oku no Hosomichi / The Narrow Road to the Deep North), dies at about 49-50
- 1730 Frederik IV, King of Denmark and Norway (1699-1730), dies at 59
- 1758 Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, British field marshal (b. 1680)
- 1791 A L Karschin, writer, dies at 68
- 1794 James Lyon, American composer, dies at 59
- 1797 Pierre Jélyotte, French composer, dies at 84
- 1817 Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, German organist, pianist, kapellmeister, composer, and priest, dies at 66
- 1820 Elias Annes Borger, Dutch theologist and poet (By the Rhine), dies at 36
- 1829 Jacobus Blue, Dutch regent/patriot, dies at about 73
- 1837 Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (1815-37), dies at 62
- 1844 Claude Tillier, French journalist and writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies at 43
- 1858 Ando Hiroshige, Japanese painter, dies at 61
- 1860 Harry Smith, English military commander and leader of British-Indian forces (Battle of Aliwal), dies at 73
- 1864 Roger B. Taney, 5th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1836-64) who delivered the majority Dred Scott decision, dies at 87
- 1865 William Vincent Wallace, Irish-American violinist (known as the 'Australian Paganini'), and composer (Maritana), dies at 53
American General who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War, dies of pneumonia at 63
- 1875 Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter, dies at 48
- 1887 Dinah Craik, English writer (John Halifax, Gentleman), dies at 61
- 1890 William Worth Belknap, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), dies from a heart attack at 61
- 1896 Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (Council President of Denmark 1865-70), dies at 78
- 1898 Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816)
- 1904 Charles Dowd, American principal who was the 1st to propose standardized time zones (for America's railways), struck and killed by a train at 79
- 1914 Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (flat-bottomed paper bag), described as a "female Thomas Edison", dies at 76
- 1922 Margriet Baers, Flemish social worker, feminist, and philosopher, dies at 33
- 1923 A P "Bunny" Lucas, cricketer (five Tests for England 1879-82), dies
- 1924 Anatole France [Jacques Anatole Thibault], French writer (Thaïs, Wickerwork Woman, Nobel 1921), dies at 80
- 1924 Monroe Althouse, American composer, dies at 71
- 1926 Edwin Abbott Abbott, English schoolmaster, theologian, and author (Flatland), dies at 87
- 1929 Max Ettlinger, German philosopher/theorist, dies at 52
- 1934 Gertrude Käsebier, American pioneering photographer, dies at 82
- 1936 Bernard Bosanquet, English cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies at 58
- 1936 Edwin Blashfield, American painter who decorated the dome of Library of Congress, dies at 87
- 1938 Hugh Massie, Australian cricket batsman and captain (9 Tests; NSW), dies at 84
- 1940 Tom Mix, American silent screen cowboy actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60
- 1941 Harry Micajah Daugherty, American politician, lawyer and political manager accused of corruption, dies at 81
- 1943 Willi Graf, German anti-Nazi activist and member of the White Rose resistance group, dies at 25
- 1944 Regina Jonas, German first woman rabbi, dies at 42
- 1945 Jesse James Payne, a sharecropper, lynched in Madison County, Florida
- 1946 Joseph W. Stilwell, American general (commanded U.S. forces in China, Burma, and India in WWII), dies at 63
- 1947 Ian Hamilton, British military commander (Boer Wars, Gallipoli Campaign), dies at 94
- 1947 Mary Bonaparte, eldest surviving daughter of Prince Napoléon Bonaparte of Canino and Christine Ruspoli, dies at 76
- 1947 Nelson Betancourt, Trinidad and Tobago cricket wicket-keeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42
- 1948 Alfred Kerr, German-British writer, dies at 80
- 1948 Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English educational psychologist and psychoanalyst, dies at 63
- 1951 Leon Errol, Australian actor (Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde!), dies at 70
- 1951 Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congolese religious leader and founder of Kimbanguism, dies in captivity at 62
- 1954 George Welch, American World War II flying ace (Medal of Honor nominee) and test pilot, dies in a plane crash of his experiential F-100 Super Sabre at 36
- 1955 Bernarr McFadden, American physical culture advocate, credited with beginning the culture of health and fitness in the United States, dies of a urinary tract infection at 87
- 1958 Arie de Jong, Dutch linguist who reformed the constructed language Volapük, dies at 92
- 1958 Ed Hinton, American actor (I Lived 3 Lives -"Agent Henderson"), dies in a plane crash at Santa Catalina Island, California at 39
- 1958 Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect and painter, dies at 59
- 1958 Gordon Griffith, American silent and sound screen child actor, first to portray Tarzan on film (as Young Tarzan in "Tarzan of the Apes" (1918)), dies of a heart attack at 51
- 1959 Arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63
- 1960 Inejiro Asanuma, Leader of the Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61
1st African-American military pilot, flew for France in World War I as part of the French Foreign Legion, dies of stomach cancer at 66
- 1964 Mary Pinchot Meyer, American painter romantically linked with President John F. Kennedy, murdered by an unknown gunman at 43
- 1966 Arthur Lourié, Russian-American composer (Concerto spirituale; The Feast in a Time of Plague), dies at 74
- 1967 Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian Socialist politician, dies at 57
- 1967 Nathaniel "Nat" Pendleton, American wrestler (Olympics 1920, Silver) and actor (The Thin Man, Reckless), dies from a heart attack at 72
- 1968 Tauno Hannikainen, Finnish cellist and conductor (Turku Symphony, 1929–39; Duluth Symphony, 1942–46; Helsinki Philharmonic, 1950-63), dies at 72
- 1969 Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French abstract painter and guiatrist, dies at 69
- 1970 Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani Urdu poet, dies at 40
- 1971 Dean Acheson, American statesman and U.S. Secretary of State (1949-53), dies at 78
- 1971 Gene Vincent [Vincent Eugene Craddock], American rock guitarist and vocalist ("Be-Bop-A-Lula"), dies of bleeding ulcers at 36
- 1972 (Wilfred) "Billy" Williams, American pop singer ("I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter"), dies at 61
- 1974 Hendrik Diels, Flemish conductor, dies at 73
- 1974 Joseph Frederick Wagner, American composer, conductor (Boston Civic Symphony, 1925 to 44), and teacher, dies at 74
- 1976 José Rozo Contreras, Colombian saxophonist, conductor, and composer, dies at 82
- 1977 Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81
- 1977 Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter, dies at 86
- 1978 Nancy Spungen, killed by boyfriend Sid Vicious in NYC
- 1979 Celia Lovsky, Austrian-American actress (Man of a Thousand Faces), dies from natural causes at 82
- 1982 (Christiann) "Chris"Reumer, Dutch operatic tenor, dies at 73
- 1982 Howard Sackler, American screenwriter and playwright known for "The Great White Hope", found dead at 52
- 1983 Ernie Roth, American wrestling manager (ring name "The Grand Wizard of Wrestling"), dies at 57
- 1983 Jiří Lederer, Czech journalist and anti-communist dissident (Prague Spring), dies at 61
- 1984 Anthony Berry, British politician, killed in the IRA bombing of the Brighton Hotel at 59
- 1985 Johnny Olson, American radio personality and television announcer (The Price is Right), dies at 75
- 1985 Ricky Wilson, American rock guitarist (B-52's - "Love Shack"), dies of AIDS at 32
- 1987 Alf Landon, American politician, Governor of Kansas (1933-37) and Republican Presidential nominee in 1936, dies at his Topeka home at 100
- 1987 Philleo Nash, American politician and Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (1961-66), dies at 77
- 1988 Ken Murray, American comedian (Ken Murray Show, Judy Garland Show) and actor (Bill and Coo, Crooner), dies at 85
- 1988 Ruth Manning-Sanders, author of children's books (b. 1895)
- 1989 Carmen Cavallaro, American actor and pianist (Hollywood Canteen, Diamond Horseshoe), dies from prostate cancer at 76
- 1989 Franco Luambo [Makiadi], Congolese jazz and rumba guitarist, composer, and bandleader (TPOK Jazz), dies from AIDS at 51
- 1989 Jay Ward, American cartoonist (Rocky & His Friends, Bullwinkle), dies of kidney cancer at 69
- 1990 Max Tailleur, Dutch adjudant to Prince Bernhard and Jewish humorist, dies at 81
- 1990 Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (Speaker of the House of Representatives, 1984-90), assassinated by Islamist militants at 64
- 1990 Tom Carvel, Greek born American ice cream mogul (Carvels), dies at 84
- 1991 Aline MacMahon, American actress (Backdoor to Heaven), dies at 92
- 1991 Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky, Soviet-Russian sci-fi author (Tale of the Troika), dies at 66
- 1991 Sheila Florance, Australian actress (Cactus), dies of cancer at 75
- 1992 Alexander Pola [Abraham Polak], Dutch actor and writer (Farce Major), dies at 78
- 1992 John Hancock, American actor (LA Law, Love & War), dies of a heart attack at 51
- 1992 Ulysses Guimaraes, Brazilian MP (chairman), dies in accident
- 1993 Leon Ames, American actor (Mister Ed, Father of the Bride), dies from a stroke at 91
- 1993 Tofik Bakhramov, Russian footballer (b. 1926)
- 1994 Gérald Godin, French Canadian poet and politician, dies at 55
- 1995 David McLean [Eugene Joseph Huth], American actor known for appearing in Marlboro advertisements (Days of Our Lives, Tate), dies of lung cancer at 73
- 1995 Eleanor Aller, American cellist (Hollywood String Quartet), dies at 78
- 1995 Gary Bond, English actor who was the first to play Joseph on stage in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", dies from the effects of AIDS at 55
- 1996 David Gilroy Bevan, British politician and conservative MP for Birmingham, Yardley (1979-92), dies at 68
- 1996 Jack Robertson, English cricketer (Middlesex & England opening batsman 11 Tests), dies at 79
- 1996 Pavel Alexandrovich Solovyov, aero-engine designer, dies at 79
- 1996 Trevor Illtyd williams, scientific writer, dies at 75
- 1996 Vernon Elliott, British composer and bassoonist, dies at 84
American pop songwriter ("Leaving On A Jet Plane"), country-pop singer ("Sunshine On My Shoulders"; "Calypso"; "Thank God I'm A Country Boy"), and actor (Oh, God!), dies in a solo plane crash at 53
- 1998 Mario Beaulieu, Canadian politician (Senator for Quebec, 1990-94), dies at 68
- 1998 Matthew Shepard, American gay murder victim who was beaten, tortured and left to die tied to a fence in Laramie, Wyoming, murdered at 21 after dying of injuries sustained in the attack at six days earlier
- 1998 Oldřich Flosman, Czechoslovakian composer (Visions of Michelangelo; Butterflies Don't Live Here Any Longer), dies at 73
- 1999 Robert Marsden Hope, Australian Justice and Royal Commissioner, dies at 80
American College / Basketball HOF center (4 x NBA MVP; 13 x All Star; NBA C'ship 1967, 72 [MVP]; Philadelphia/SF Warriors, Philadelphia 76ers, LA Lakers), dies of heart failure at 63
- 2001 Quintin Hogg, British politician, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, dies at 94 (b. 1907)
- 2001 Witold Szalonek, Polish composer (Satire), educator, and musicologist, dies at 74
- 2002 Audrey Mestre, French freediver, dies attempting the No Limits world record dive at 28 [1] [2]
- 2002 Ray Conniff, American bandleader and musician (Ray Conniff Singers), dies at 85
American Racing Hall of Fame jockey (8,833 career victories, Kentucky Derby, 1955, 1959, 1965, and 1986; Belmont Stakes, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1967 and 1975), horse trainer, and mystery novelist, sometimes called "Willie", dies of natural causes at 72
- 2003 Jim Cairns, Australian politician who opposed the Vietnam War, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (1974-5), dies at 89
- 2003 Joan Kroc [Mansfield], American philanthropist and 3rd wife of Ray Kroc, the owner of McDonald's and the San Diego Padres, dies of a brain tumor at 75
- 2003 Ram Gopal, Indian-English dancer (Blue Peter, Purple Plain), dies at 90
- 2005 C. Delores Tucker, American politician and civil rights activist (b. 1927)
- 2006 Carlo Acutis, English-born Italian Catholic website designer and the 1st millennial saint, dies at 15 [1]
- 2006 Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian film director (b. 1919)
- 2007 Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (Nakagin Capsule Tower; Kuala Lumpur International Airport), dies at 73 [1]
- 2007 Lon "Lonny" Chapman, American actor (Investigator, For the People), dies from heart disease at 87
- 2008 Cliff Nobles American soul singer ("The Horse"), dies at 67
- 2008 Karl Chircop, Maltese politician (b. 1965)
- 2008 Marta Pan, Hungarian-French sculptor (Great spiral), dies at 85
- 2009 Dickie Peterson American heavy metal bassist (Blue Cheer), dies of liver cancer at 63
- 2009 Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian road racing cyclist, dies at 34
- 2009 Ian Wallace, British buffo bass-baritone opera and concert singer ("Gendarmes' Duet"), and broadcaster (BBC's My Music, 1964-97), dies at 90
- 2010 Belva Plain, American novelist (b. 1919)
- 2010 Woody Peoples, American football player (b. 1943)
- 2011 Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist (created C programming language, helped developed Unix), dies at 70
- 2011 Heinz Bennent, German actor (Possession, The Serpent's Egg), dies at 90
- 2011 Joel "Taz" DiGregorio, American country-rock keyboardist (Charlie Daniels Band), killed in a car accident at 67 [1]
- 2011 Patricia Breslin, American television and film actress dies at 80
- 2011 Peter Hammond, British actor and director (The Buccaneers, King of the Castle), dies at 87
- 2013 Eduard Martsevich, Soviet-Russian actor and People's Artist of the RSFSR, dies at 76
- 2013 Oscar Hijuelos, American novelist (The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love), dies from a heart attack at 62
- 2014 Graham Miles, English snooker player (World C'ship 1974 runner-up; Pot Black 1974, 75), dies at 73
- 2015 Armin Kircher, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor, dies of heart failure at 48
- 2015 Eugene Louw, South African minister of Internal affairs and Defense, dies at 84
- 2015 George Mueller, NASA Systems Engineer (managed 1969 Moon landing), dies at 97
- 2015 Joan Leslie, American actress (High Sierra, Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 90
- 2015 Willem Aantjes, Dutch political leader (CDA), had to resign over WWII war record, dies at 92
- 2016 (William) "Sonny" Sanders, American soul vocalist, songwriter, arranger and producer (Jackie Wilson), dies at 77
- 2017 Grape-kun, a Humbolt penguin from Tobu Zoo, who gained fame from the anime series "Kemono Friends", dies aged 21 (Miyashiro, Saitama Prefecture, Japan).
- 2018 (Roelof) "Pik" Botha, South African politician (Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1977-94; Minister of Energy, 1994-96), dies at 86
- 2018 Takehisa Kosugi, Japanese violinist and experimental music composer (Group Ongaku; Taj Mahal Travellers), dies at 80
- 2019 George Chambers, American rock bassist and vocalist (Chambers Brothers - "Time Has Come Today"), dies at 88
- 2020 Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera, Filipino Supreme Court jurist, dies at 98
- 2020 Nevzat Güzelırmak, Turkish soccer defender (18 caps; Göztepe) and manager (Denizlispor; Turkey U21), dies at 78
- 2021 Leon Black, American college basketball coach (Texas Longhorns men's team 1967-76), dies at 89
- 2021 Paddy Moloney, Irish uilleann pipe and tin whistle player, composer, and producer (The Chieftains), dies at 83
- 2021 Raúl Coloma, Chilean soccer goalkeeper (13 caps; Ferrobádminton, Municipal Santiago, Ferroviaros), dies at 93
- 2021 Renton Laidlaw, Scottish golf broadcaster and journalist (President Association of Golf Writers 1995-2015; BBC Radio), dies from COVID-19 at 82
- 2022 Luke Jackson, American basketball center/forward (Olympic gold 1964; NBA C'ship 1967 Philadelphia 76ers; NBA All-Star 1965), dies from heart failure at 80
- 2023 Lara Parker [Mary Rickey], American actress (Dark Shadows - "Angelique"; Save the Tiger; Race with the Devil), and novelist, dies at 84
- 2023 Peter Carlstein, South African cricketer (South African Test batsman 1958-64), dies at 84
- 2023 Rudolph Isley, American rock singer (Isley Brothers - "Shout"; "Twist and Shout"; "It's Your Thing"), and minister, dies at 84 [1]
- 2024 Alex Salmond, Scottish politician (Scottish National Party) First Minister of Scotland (2007-14), dies at 69 [1]
- 2024 Lilly Ledbetter (née McDaniel) Ledbetter, American fair labor and pay equality activist, dies at 86 [1]
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