- 775 Al-Mansur, second Abbasid Caliph (754-775) founded the round city of Bagdad, dies at about 61
- 1323 Amadeus V de Great, Count of Flanders and Savoy, dies at 74
- 1333 Nicolaas V [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies at about 73
- 1355 Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death
- 1473 Reinoud II, Dutch Lord of Brederode, dies
- 1553 Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81
- 1555 Hugh Latimer, English bishop and royal chaplain, burned at the stake as one of the Oxford Martyrs at 80
- 1555 Nicholas Ridley, English theologist/bishop of Rochester, burned at the stake as an Oxford martyr
- 1591 Gregory XIV [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies in office from a gallstone at 56
- 1594 William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62
- 1621 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59
- 1628 François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)
- 1649 Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried at 28
- 1655 Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist, dies at 64
- 1680 Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian general (b. 1608 or 1609)
- 1690 Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43
- 1694 Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62
- 1726 Giovanni Maria Capelli, Italian composer, dies at 77
- 1750 Silvius Leopold Weiss, German composer and lutenist, dies at 64
- 1755 Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint, dies at 29
- 1774 Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (Scottish Poems), dies at 24
- 1781 Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer, won naval victory in Battle of Quiberon Bay, dies at 76
- 1791 Grigory Potemkin, Russian military leader, statesman and favorite of Catherine the Great, dies at 52
- 1793 John Hunter, Scottish surgeon and founder of pathological anatomy in England, dies at 65
Queen of France (1774-92) who allegedly uttered the phrase "let them eat cake", beheaded at 37
- 1796 Victor Amadeus III of Savoy (b. 1726)
- 1799 Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, Belgian composer, dies at 44
- 1810 Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut, dies at 38
- 1814 Juan Jose Landaeta, Venezuelan composer, killed at 34
- 1817 Manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies
- 1822 Eva Marie Veigel [La Violette], Austrian ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick, dies at 98
- 1836 Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33
- 1849 George Washington Williams, 1st major African American historian, dies
- 1862 George B. Anderson, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 31
- 1865 Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet, lawmaker, philosopher, and sociologist (b. 1781)
- 1867 Salomon Judah Rappoport, Galician-Czech rabbi and scholar (Ereg miliem), dies at 77
- 1877 John Zwijsen, archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 83
- 1877 Theodore Barrière, French dramatist (b. 1823)
- 1880 Édouard Wolff, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 64
- 1883 Samuel Jameson Gholson, American jurist and Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, dies at 75
- 1884 Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Hawaiian princess and philanthropist, last descendent of the Royal House of Kamehameha, dies of cancer at 52
- 1888 John Wentworth, American politician, Mayor of Chicago (1857-58, 60-61), dies at 73
- 1891 Sarah Winnemucca, Northern Paiute writer and educator ("Life Among the Paiutes", 1st English narrative by a Native American woman), dies of tuberculosis at 46 or 47 [1]
- 1893 Carlo Pedrotti, composer, dies at 75
- 1893 Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (b. 1808)
- 1906 Varina Howell Davis, First Lady of the Confederate States (1862-65), dies at 80
- 1909 Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Sorbian writer, dies at 53
- 1916 Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73
- 1918 Felix Arndt, American organist, pianist, arranger, and composer ("Desecration Rag"; "Nola"), dies during the Spanish Flu pandemic at 29 [1]
- 1919 Charles Harford Lloyd, British organist and composer, dies on his 70th birthday
- 1920 Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer and conductor (Artemis), dies at 56
- 1928 Septimus Kinneir, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies
- 1937 Jean de Brunhoff, French children's book author (Babar the Elephant), dies at 37
- 1937 William Sealy Gosset, English statistician (Student's t-distribution), dies at 61
- 1939 Ludolf Nielsen, Danish composer, dies at 63
- 1942 12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed
- 1944 Eric Westberg, Swedish composer, dies at 52
- 1944 John Eigenhuis, Dutch writer (The Dike), dies at 78
German general during World War II (head of the German High Command, signed unconditional Nazi surrender), hanged by Allied forces after the Nuremberg trials at 56
- 1946 Alfred Rosenberg, German Nazi official who wrote Nazi ideologue "The Myth of the Twentieth Century", hanged for war crimes at 53
- 1946 Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian Nazi politician (Austrian Chancellor, 1938), and war criminal responsible for deportation of Dutch Jews, hanged at 54
- 1946 Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian Nazi (SS/SD), hanged at 43
- 1946 Fritz Sauckel, German Nazi politician (General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment, 1942-45), and convicted war criminal, hanged at 51
- 1946 Granville Bantock, English composer and conductor (Hebridean Symphony), dies at 78
German Nazi Governor General of Occupied Poland, hanged by Allied forces after the Nuremberg war trials at 46
- 1946 Wilhelm Frick, German leading Nazi official and war criminal (Minister of the Interior, responsible for concentration camps), hanged for crimes against humanity at 69
- 1948 Henry Foley, New Zealand cricket batsman (1 Test; NZ's first Test match; Wellington CA), dies at 42
- 1949 Hale A. VanderCook, American composer, dies at 85
- 1951 Liaquat Ali Khan, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (1947-51), assassinated by Said Akbar at 56
- 1956 Jules Rimet, French football administrator (3rd President of FIFA 1921-54), dies at 83
- 1958 Michalis Souyioul [Michail Sougioultzoglou], Greek composer and songwriter, chiefly for theater and film, dies of a stroke at 52
- 1962 Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (Water & Dreams), dies at 78
- 1966 George O'Hara, American silent era screenwriter and actor (The Sea Beast, The Grapes of Wrath), dies at 67
- 1969 Leonard Chess [Lejzor Czyż], Polish-American record company executive (Chess Records), and blues and R&B record producer, dies of a heart attack at 52
- 1972 (Thomas) Hale Boggs, American politician (US Representative from Louisiana, 1947-73), presumed killed in a plane crash at 58
- 1972 Leo G. Carroll, British actor (Topper; Strangers On A Train; The Man From U.N.C.L.E.), dies at 85
- 1973 Gene Krupa, American jazz and swing drummer ("Sing, Sing, Sing"), dies of heart failure while battling leukemia and emphysema at 64 [1]
- 1974 Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar [Iyer], Indian Carnatic music singer, dies at 78
- 1977 Michael Balcon, English film producer (head of Ealing Studios), dies at 81
- 1978 Dan Dailey, American stage and screen dancer and actor (You're My Everything; Mother Wore Tights; The Governor & J.J.), dies of anemia at 62
- 1979 Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (Lillelord), dies at 77
- 1980 Carl Romme, Dutch politician, Minister of Social Affairs (KVP), dies at 83
- 1981 Stanley Clements, actor (Boys' Prison, Army Bound, Hot News), dies
- 1982 Hans Selye, Austrian-Canadian endocrinologist, dies at 75
- 1982 Jakov Gotovac, Croatian conductor and composer (Ero the Joker), dies at 87
- 1982 Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini), dies at 67
- 1983 George Liberace, American violinist (The Liberace Show), dies of leukemia at 72
- 1983 Kelso, American racehorse (b. 1957)
- 1983 Øivin Fjeldstad, Norwegian conductor and composer, dies at 80
- 1984 Ken Carpenter, TV announcer (Lux Video Theater), dies at 84
- 1984 Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (Little Women, Daisy Kenyon), dies of cancer at 53
- 1985 Claude Stroud, American actor (Breakfast at Tiffany's; Ted Knight Show; Duke), dies at 78
- 1986 Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian concert violinist, dies of a stroke at 65
- 1986 C Wttewaall van Stoetwegen, CHU Member of Dutch parliament, dies at 85
- 1987 Dana Suesse, American musician and songwriter ("You Ought To Be In Pictures"), dies at 77
- 1989 Cornel Wilde [Kornel Lajos Weisz], Hungarian-American actor (Sword of Lancelot, High Sierra, 5th Musketeer), dies at 74
- 1990 Art Blakey, American jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers), dies of cancer at 71
- 1990 Jorge Bolet, Cuban-born American pianist known for his performances of the work of Franz Liszt, dies at 75
- 1991 Boris Papandopulo, Croatian composer, dies at 78
- 1991 Tonny Huurdeman, singer/actress (Frills), dies
American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (Come Back, Little Sheba; Hazel), dies of natural causes at 94
- 1993 John Bowles, American businessman (president of Rexall Drugs), dies at 76
- 1995 John Walker, museum director, dies at 88
- 1995 Murdo Alex MacLeod, Free Church of Scotland minister, dies at 60
- 1995 Richard Caldicot, British actor (Horse's Mouth, Strife, Mrs Thursday), dies at 87
- 1995 Thomas Augustine Martin, Irish academic, dies at 59
- 1996 Anthony Griffin, British Royal Navy admiral (Controller of the Navy, 1971–75; chairman of British Shipbuilders 1977–80). dies at 75
- 1996 Eric Malpass, English writer (Pentecost family books), dies at 85
- 1996 Ismond Rosen, South African born British psychoanalyst and artist, dies at 82
- 1996 James Wild, music teacher, dies at 68
- 1996 Jason Bernard, American actor (Liar Liar, While You Were Sleeping), dies of a heart attack at 58
- 1997 Adam Kennedy, American actor (The Californians) screenwriter (The Domino Principle), novelist (Just Like Humphrey Bogart), and painter, dies of a heart attack at 75
- 1997 Audra Lindley, American actress (Three's Company; The Ropers;, The Relic), dies of complications from leukemia at 79
- 1997 James A. Michener, American author (South Pacific; Sayonara), dies of kidney failure at 90
- 1998 Jon Postel, American computer scientist known as "the god of the internet", dies form heart surgery complications at 55
- 1998 M. Vasalis [Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans], Dutch poet (Phoenix), dies at 89
- 1999 Jean Shepherd, American storyteller, radio personality (WOR-NYC, 1955-77), and writer (A Christmas Story; In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash), dies at 78
- 2000 Mel Carnahan, American politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (1993-2000), dies in an airplane crash at 66
- 2000 Rick Jason [Richard Jacobson], American stage and screen actor (Combat! - "Lt. Hanley"; The Fountain of Youth; Day of the Wolves), dies of a self-inflicted gunshot at 77
- 2001 Etta Jones, American jazz singer ("Don't Go To Strangers"; "Save Your Love for Me"), dies of cancer at 72
- 2001 Gotthold Gloger, German writer and painter, dies at 77
- 2002 Angela Dawson, American murder victim, killed when her house was firebombed in Baltimore
- 2003 Avni Arbas, Turkish artist (b. 1919)
- 2003 László Papp, Hungarian boxer (Olympic gold-1948, 1952, 1956), dies at 77 [1]
- 2003 Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler and trainer, dies at 88
- 2004 Pierre Salinger, American newsman (ABC) and press secretary (John F. Kennedy), dies at 79
- 2005 "Len" Dresslar, American singer and voice actor (b. 1925)
- 2005 David Reilly, American singer ("God Lives Underwater"), dies at 34
- 2005 Eugene "Porky" Lee, American child actor (Little Rascals), dies at 71
- 2005 John Baines Johnston, British diplomat (British High Commissioner to Rhodesia just before independence, High Commissioner of Malaysia), dies at 87
- 2005 Ursula Howells, British actress (Hard Times, Girly, Murder is Announced), dies at 83
- 2006 Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (b. 1921)
- 2006 Ross Davidson, British actor (b. 1949)
- 2006 Tommy Johnson, American orchestral and session tuba player (theme to "Jaws"), dies from cancer and kidney failure at 71
- 2006 Valentín Paniagua Corazao, Peruvian constitutional lawyer and President of Peru (2000-01), dies at 69 due to complications following heart surgery
- 2007 Barbara West, English survivor of the Titanic sinking, dies at 96
- 2007 Deborah Kerr, British actress (From Here to Eternity; The King and I; An Affair To Remember), dies from the effects of Parkinson's disease at 86
- 2007 Toše Proeski, Macedonian pop music singer-songwriter and musician, dies in a car crash in Croatia at 26
- 2009 Robert W. Davis, American politician (Rep-R-MI, 1979-93), dies at 77
- 2010 Barbara Billingsley, American actress (Leave it to Beaver), dies at 94
- 2010 Eyedea [Micheal Larsen], American poet and rapper (Eyedea & Abilities), dies from opiate induced respiratory depression at 28
British race car driver (Indianapolis 500, 2005 & 2011), dies in multi car crash at IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas, Nevada at 33
- 2011 Pete Rugolo, American bandleader and arranger (Fugitive), dies at 95
- 2012 Eddie Yost, American MLB player, dies from cardiovascular disease at 86
- 2013 Ed Lauter, American actor (The Artist, The Number 23), dies from mesothelioma at 74
- 2014 John Spencer-Churchill, 11th duke of Marlborough, English large landowner, dies at 88
- 2014 Tim Hauser, American jazz singer (The Manhattan Transfer - "Boy From New York City"), dies from cardiac arrest at 72
- 2015 John Jennings, American guitarist and music producer (Mary Chapin Carpenter; John Gorka). dies of kidney cancer at 61
- 2015 Mikhail Burtsev, Soviet sabre fencer (Olympic gold 1976, 1980), dies at 59
- 2016 Kigeli V, last King of Rwanda (1959-61), dies at 80
- 2017 Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist (Panama Papers), killed by a car bomb at 53
- 2017 Roy Dotrice, British actor (A Moon for the Misbegotten, Amadeus) and narrator (A Song of Ice and Fire), dies at 94
- 2017 Sean Hughes, Irish stand-up comedian, writer and actor, dies at 51
- 2018 Berthold Leibinger, German entrepreneur (Trumpf) and philanthropist, dies at 87
- 2019 John Clarke, American actor (Days of Our Lives -"Mickey"), dies at 88
- 2020 Andrzej Pogorzelski, Polish motorcycle speedway rider (Speedway World Team Cup gold 1965, 66, 69), dies at 82
- 2020 Johnny Bush, American country singer, dies at 85
- 2020 Rodolfo Fischer, Argentine soccer striker (35 caps; San Lorenzo 271 games), dies at 76
- 2021 Betty Lynn, American actress (The Andy Griffith Show - "Thelma Lou"), dies at 95
- 2021 Jean Rochon, Quebec politician, dies at 83
- 2021 Leo Boivin, Canadian Hockey HOF defenceman (Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs) and coach (St. Louis Blues), dies at 89
- 2021 Pat Studstill, American football wide receiver (Pro Bowl 1965, 66; NFL receiving yards leader, record 99-yard TD reception [tied] 1966; Detroit Lions, LA Rams), dies at 83
- 2021 Ron Tutt, American session and touring drummer (Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris; Jerry Garcia; Neil Diamond), dies at 83
- 2022 Dagmar Rom, Austrian alpine ski racer (World C'ship gold slalom & giant slalom 1950; Olympic silver giant slalom 1952), dies at 94
- 2023 Eric Tweedale, Australian rugby union prop (10 caps; NSW RFU, Parramatta RFC), dies at 102
- 2023 Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish politician, and diplomat, President of Finland (1994-2000), Nobel Peace Prize 2008 for helping resolve international conflicts, dies at 86
English pop singer (One Direction- "What Makes You Beautiful"), dies after falling from a Buenos Aries hotel balcony at 31
- 2024 Patti McGee, American skateboarder (first female pro skateboarder; first Women's US C'ship 1964; first woman inducted IASC Skateboarding HOF), dies of a stroke at 79
Palestinian politician and leader of Hamas, killed in battle by Israeli Defense Forces at 61
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