- 384 Pope Saint Damasus I, Pope of the Catholic Church, dies
- 711 Justitianus II, Emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42
- 969 Nicephorus Phocas [Nikephoros II Phokas], Byzantine emperor (963-969), assassinated in his sleep at about 57 by his nephew and his wife's lover John Tzimiskes and entourage
- 1121 Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)
- 1226 Robert de Ros, northern English Nobleman (one of the Twenty-five barons appoints under the Magna Carta) (b. 1177)
- 1241 Ögedei Khan, 2nd Khagan-Emperor of the Mongol Empire (1229-1241) and son of Genghis Khan who expanded Mongolian empire, dies of suspected poisoning or alcoholism at about 56
- 1282 Michael VIII, Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1259-82), dies
- 1524 Henry van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, 1st Lutheran martyr, burned at the stake in Brussels
- 1532 Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (Dean of the Roman Rota), dies at 77
- 1573 Alardus/Eilard de Waterlant, duke of Alva, hanged
- 1582 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish noble and diplomat (governor of the Netherlands (1567–1573)), dies at about 75
- 1610 Adam Elsheimer, German painter, cartoonist and etcher, buried at 32
- 1610 False Dmitry 2, Tsar of Russia, murdered
- 1686 Louis II Condé, Duke of Bourbon (Rocroy), dies at 65
- 1694 Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, dies at 64
- 1737 John Strype, English historian and biographer, dies at 94
- 1747 Edmund Curll, English bookseller who quarrelled with poet Alexander Pope (b. ca. 1675)
- 1748 Ewald G. von Kleist, German lawyer/, inventor of condensator, dies at 55
- 1756 Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress as the spouse of Emperor Charles VII, dies at 55
- 1756 Theodor A. Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer and King of Corsica, dies at 62
- 1797 Richard Brocklesby, English physician, Surgeon General of the British Army and friend of Samuel Johnson, dies at 75
- 1817 Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34
- 1826 Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Empress of Brazil who supported independence, consort of Emperor Dom Pedro, dies at 29
- 1831 George Schetky, Scottish-American cellist, music teacher, and composer, dies at 55
- 1840 Kōkaku [Morohito], 119th Emperor of Japan (1779-1817), dies at 69
- 1847 Moritz von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25
- 1857 Castil-Blaze [Francois Henri Joseph Blaze], French composer and music critic, dies at 73
- 1872 Kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (1863-72), dies at 42
- 1880 Oliver Winchester, American politician and rifle maker (Winchester Repeating Arms Company), dies at 70
- 1883 Richard Doyle, British comic illustrator (designed the cover of "Punch"), printmaker, and painter, dies at 59 [1]
- 1884 Samuel Greene, American naval commander inboard USS Monitor during the Battle of Hampton Roads, commits suicide at 45
- 1888 John Rylands, English cloth merchant and philanthropist (Rylands & Sons, Manchester's 1st multi-millionaire), dies at 87
- 1891 Johan C. J. van Schagen, Dutch poet and writer (Narrenwijsheid), dies
- 1892 William Milligan, Scottish theologian, known for his commentary on the Revelation of St. John, dies at 71
- 1899 Andrew Wauchope, British Major-General, dies in Battle of Magersfontein in the Boer war, South Africa. Another British Major, The Marquess of Winchester also killed.
- 1902 Matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at 68
- 1903 Patrick McShane, Australian cricket player and umpire (1884-85 Ashes series), dies at 45
- 1911 Thomas Ball, American sculptor, painter and musician, dies at 92
- 1918 Ivan Cankar, Slovene author, poet, novelist and playwright (Erotika, The Bailiff Yerney and His Rights), dies of pneumonia at 42, a complication of the Spanish flu
- 1928 Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor (carbon filament lightbulb), dies at 80
- 1930 Friedrich von Bernhardi, German general and military historian (Germany & the Next War), dies at 80
- 1933 Emile Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87
- 1938 Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian pacifist and internationalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1921), dies at 69
- 1941 Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician, died at 85
- 1941 John Gillespie Magee Jr., Anglo-American Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot and war poet, dies from accidental mid-air collision at 19
- 1942 Franz C. Schmelkes, Czech-born Chemist who discovered azochloramid (chlorazodin), a disinfectant, dies of a heart attack at 43
- 1942 Jochen Klepper, German writer, journalist, and hymnist, commits suicide with his family as they faced Nazi persecution at 39
- 1945 Charles Fabry, French physicist, discoverer of ozone layer in upper atmosphere, dies at 78
- 1950 Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer, dies at 57
- 1952 Charles Kortright, English cricketer described at the time of his death as "probably the fastest bowler in the history of the game", dies at 81
- 1953 Albert Coates, English conductor and composer (Eagle; Pickwick), dies at 78
- 1955 Franz Syberg, Danish organist and composer, dies at 51
- 1955 Johan Coenraad Altorf, Dutch sculptor (October 3 Monument), dies at 79
American Baseball HOF first baseman (MLB all-time single game RBI record [12] 1924; World Series 1926, 31; NL MVP & NL HR leader 1928; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 59
- 1964 Percy Kilbride, American stage and screen actor (The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films), dies at 76
American singer and entrepreneur described as "the inventor of soul music" ("You Send Me"; "A Change Is Gonna Come"), shot to death at 33
- 1966 Gregorio López y Fuentes, Mexican author of the Mexican Revolution known for "El Indio", dies at 71
- 1967 Howard Freeman, American actor (Studio One, Double Dynamite), dies after illness at 68
- 1967 Richard Stöhr, Austrian composer, dies at 93
- 1967 Victor De Sabata, Italian conductor and composer (II Macigno), dies at 75
- 1968 Nadine Riga, American actress, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59
- 1971 Maurice "Mac" McDonald, American fast food pioneer, co-founder of McDonald's, dies from heart failure at 69
- 1972 John Mills, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests, 241 runs, 1 x 100), dies at 67
- 1972 Semjon I. Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Zolushka), dies at 66
- 1974 Reed Hadley, American actor (Zorro's Fighting Legion, Racket Squad, Shock, Grand Canyon), dies from a heart attack at 63
- 1975 Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (Night in Manhattan), dies at 67
- 1977 Bodi Rapp [Johanna Goetmakers], Dutch mezzo-soprano and teacher, dies at 1977
- 1978 Paul O'Dea, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- 1978 Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and (1955 Nobel Prize for Chemistry - for work on sulphur compounds), dies at 77
- 1979 Claire Carleton, American actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66
- 1979 James J. Gibson, American perceptual psychologist (b. 1904)
- 1980 Ignacio Prieto [Arrizubieta], Spanish composer, dies at 80
- 1981 I. D. du Plessis, South African writer and director (3rd World), dies at 81
- 1983 Neil Ritchie, British General (commanded British Eighth Army in North Africa in WWII), dies at 86
- 1983 Szymon Laks, Polish composer (head of prisoners orchestra at Auschwitz), dies at 82
- 1984 George Waggner, American director and writer (The Wolf Man), dies at 90
- 1984 Oskar Seidlin, German-born American scholar (b. 1911)
- 1986 Paul Keenan, American actor (Summer Fantasy), dies of AIDS at 30
- 1987 Clabon Allen, Australian astronomer (University of London Observatory director, wrote "Astrophysical Quantities"), dies at 82 [1]
- 1987 G. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (RamalKhuna), dies at 64
- 1989 Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American fashion photographer, dies at 94
- 1990 Fernand Collin, Belgian economist and banker, dies at 92
- 1991 Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer and professor (Swedish Academy), dies at 85
- 1991 Robert Q. Lewis, American TV host (Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show), dies at 71
- 1991 Simon Scott, American actor, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 71
- 1992 Andy Kirk, American jazz saxophonist, tuba player, and bandleader (Clouds Of Joy - "I Won't Tell a Soul (I Love You)"), dies at 94
- 1992 Michael Robbins, British actor and comedian (On the Buses; The Great Muppet Caper), dies of cancer at 62
- 1992 Suzanne Lilar, Belgian writer (Le burlador), dies at 91
- 1993 Ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45
- 1993 Eliva "Elvire" Popesco, Romanian-French actress (Le roi), dies at 99
- 1994 Carl Marzani, Italian-born American left wing political activist, publisher and documentarian, dies at 81
- 1994 Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (Mississippian culture), dies at 94
- 1994 Stanislav Maczek, Polish general, tank commander and war hero (WWII Battle of Falaise, Normandy invasion), dies at 102
- 1994 Yao Yilin, Vice Prime Minister of China (1979-88), dies at 77
- 1995 Arthur Mullard, English actor, comedian and singer (Romany Jones), dies at 82
- 1995 John Heawood, Canadian actor, singer and choreographer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), dies at 75
- 1995 Robert Shelton [Shapiro], American born music and film critic, dies at 69
- 1996 Herbert Sally Frankel, South African born economist, dies at 93
- 1996 Robert Bromston Thesiger Daniell, English soldier, dies at 95
- 1996 W. G. G. Duncan-Smith, British WWII fighter pilot, dies at 82
- 1996 William Rushton, actor, author and cartoonist (TW3, Private Eye), dies of a heart attack at 59
- 1997 Kenneth W. Gatland, British pioneering aerospace scientist, dies at 73
- 1998 André Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915)
- 1998 [James] Lynn Strait, American singer (Snot), dies in a car accident at 30
- 1999 Charles Earland, American jazz Hammond organist, and bandleader, dies of heart failure at 58
- 2000 David Lewis, American actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital), dies at 84
- 2000 Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author, dies at 75
- 2002 Lou Stein, American pianist (Tonight! America After Dark), dies at 80
- 2003 Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (Les Soleils des indépendances / The Suns of Independence), dies at 76
- 2004 Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach, dies at 87
- 2004 José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian soccer defender (21 caps; Vélez Sársfield, Boca Juniors, Nîmes Olympique), dies from gunshot wound in stomach while hunting at 43
- 2004 M.S. [Madurai Shanmukhavadivu] Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (1st singer to be awarded the Bharat Ratna), dies at 88
- 2004 Margaret Fay Shaw, American photographer, folklorist, and ethnomusicologist, known for her work in the Scottish Hebrides, dies at 101
- 2007 Ashleigh Aston Moore, Canadian child actress (Now and Then), dies of a drug overdose at 26
- 2007 Christie Hennessy, Irish singer (b. 1945)
- 2007 Grace Paley, American poet, political activist and teacher (1970 Arts & Letters Award), dies of breast cancer at 84
American pinup model considered the 'Queen of Pinups' and the 'Dark Angel', dies at 85
- 2008 Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (b. 1960)
- 2008 Patricia Hutchinson, British diplomat (Ambassador to Uruguay, 1980-83), dies at 82
- 2008 Ron Carey, American labor leader (International Brotherhood of Teamsters), dies of lung cancer at 72
- 2009 Claudia Boyarskikh, Soviet cross country skier (5 Olympic gold 1964, 1968), dies at 70
- 2009 Richard O'Brien, British Industrial relations expert (Manpower Services Commission), dies at 89
- 2010 Dick Hoerner, American football player (b. 1922)
- 2012 Colleen Walker, American golfer (du Maurier Classic 1997), dies of cancer at 56
Bengali Brahmin sitar master and Indian classical music composer (West Meets East; Concert for Bangladesh), dies at 92
- 2013 Barbara Branden, Canadian writer and lecturer (The Passion of Ayn Rand, Who is Ayn Rand?), dies from a lung infection at 84 [1] [2]
- 2013 Nadir Afonso, Portuguese geometric abstractionist painter, dies at 93
- 2014 Hans Wallat, German opera conductor, dies at 85
- 2015 John "Hot Rod" Williams, American NBA center/forward (Phoenix Suns), dies of cancer at 53
- 2016 Esma Redžepova, Macedonian Romani folk music vocalist, songwriter and humanitarian, known as "the Queen of the Gypsies", dies at 73
- 2016 Sid O'Linn, South African cricketer (soccer for South Africa 1947, cricket 1960), dies at 89
- 2017 Aline Griffith, American-born Spanish aristocrat, Countess of Romanones, spy and author, dies at 94
- 2017 Keith Chegwin, English television presenter and actor, dies at 60
- 2019 David Bellamy, English botanist and TV presenter, dies at 86
- 2019 John Graham, British diplomat (His Majesty's Diplomatic Service, 1950-86, Ambassador to NATO, 1982-86), dies at 93
American Gothic novelist (Interview With A Vampire), dies of complications from a stroke at 80
- 2021 Dennis Ward, Australian rugby league halfback (6 Tests; Canterbury- Bankstown RLFC, Manly RLFC), dies at 74
- 2021 Galina Samsova [Samtsova], Russian ballerina (London Festival Ballet, 1964-73), and artistic director, dies at 84
- 2021 Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player (French Open 1961, 64; Wimbledon 1966; US Open 1965; French Open doubles 1963), dies at 83
- 2022 Angelo Badalamenti, American Grammy Award-winning film composer (Twin Peaks; The Straight Story; Blue Velvet; Mulholland Drive), dies at 85 [1]
- 2022 Mel James, Welsh rugby league front rower (11 caps Wales; St. Helens RLFC) and rugby union prop (Swansea RFC), dies at 74
- 2023 Andre Braugher, American Emmy Award-winning actor (Homicide: Life on the Street; Brooklyn Nine-Nine), dies of lung cancer at 61 [1]
- 2023 Essra Mohawk [Sandra Hurvitz], American singer-songwriter, dies of cancer at 75 [1]
- 2023 Jeffrey Foskett, American session and touring singer and guitarist (The Beach Boys; Brian Wilson; Wondermints), dies of thyroid cancer at 67
- 2023 Kenny Graham, American football safety (AFL All-Star 1965, 67, 68, 69 San Diego Chargers; Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers), dies at 82
- 2023 Osamu Kido, Japanese wrestler (NJPW/UWF), dies at 73
- 2023 Zahara [Bulelwa Mkutukana], South African singer-songwriter and guitarist (Loliwe), dies of an illness at 36 [1]
- 2024 Mamiya Michio, Japanese composer (Narukami; Grave of the Fireflies), dies at 95
- 2024 Syd Hynes, English rugby league centre (13 Tests GB, 4 England; Leeds 366 games) and coach (Leeds 1975-81), dies at 80
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