- 705 Wu Zetian, Chinese Empress (690-705) - only woman to rule China (b. 625)
- 714 Pepin II, of Herstal/Héristal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia and Duke and Prince of the Franks, dies
- 867 Eberhard of Friuli, Frankish Duke and catholic saint, dies at about 51
- 875 Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75
- 882 John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies
- 999 Saint Adelaide, Holy Roman Empress, wife of Emperor Otto I and regent to Otto II, dies at about 68
- 1263 Haakon IV, King of Norway (1217-63), dies at 59
- 1325 Charles, Count of Valois (1284-1325), son of King Philip III of France, founder of the French royal house of Valois, dies at 55
- 1378 Secondotto [Otto], Margrave of Montferrat (1372-78)
- 1379 John Fitzalan, 1st Baron Arundel, English general and politician, Lord Marshall of England, swept out to sea and drowned off the Irish coast at about 31 [Approx Date]
- 1404 Albert of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74
- 1470 John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)
Portuguese admiral, Duke of Goa and Viceroy of Portuguese India, dies at sea in sight of Goa at around 62 [birthdate uncertain]
- 1598 Yi Sun-sin, Korean Naval Commander, shot at the naval Battle of Noryang at 53
- 1669 Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician who served with the Parliamentarian army in the First English Civil War, dies at about 61 [b. circa 1608]
- 1670 Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies
- 1672 John II Casimir Vasa [Jan Kazimierz], King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1648-68), dies at 63
- 1687 William Petty, English political economist and statistician (Treatise of Taxes and Contributions), dies at 64
- 1719 Adrian van Wijck, Dutch archpriest of Delft who opposed Jansenism, dies at 78 [1]
- 1751 Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, German prince of the House of Ascania and Prussian general, dies at 50
- 1765 Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor
- 1774 François Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80
- 1779 Go-Momozono [Hidehito], 118th Emperor of Japan (1771-9), dies at 21
- 1781 Georg Simon Löhlein, German pianist and composer, dies at 56
- 1783 Johann Adolph Hasse, German operatic tenor, and composer (Antonio e Cleopatra; Artaserse), dies at 84
- 1783 Sir William James, British naval commander (b. 1720)
- 1783 Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (approximated the value of pi and its square, pi^2), dies at 68
- 1790 Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboe virtuoso, and composer, dies at 38
- 1798 Thomas Pennant, Welsh naturalist, dies at 72
- 1809 Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist who helped establish modern chemical nomenclature (Méthode de Nomenclature Chimique), dies at 54 [1] [2]
- 1816 Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomasselli], Italian dancer, ballet master (Royal Danish Ballet, 1775-1816), and choreographer (Amors og Balletmesterens Luner / The Whims of Cupid and the Ballet Master), dies at 73
- 1817 Pattimura [Thomas Matulesia] Ambonese soldier and leader of a rebellion against the Dutch (now Indonesian national hero), hung at Fort Victoria at 33 or 34 [1]
- 1833 Friedrich August Kanne, Austrian-German composer, dies at 55
- 1851 Anne Nagell van Ampsen, Dutch politician and ambassador to England, dies at 95
- 1852 Andries Hendrik Potgieter, South African Transvaal explorer and leader (led Voortrekkers group to settle Transvaal), dies at 59
- 1852 Henri-Jean Rigel, French composer, music director, and "pianiste de la musique particulière de l’Empereur et Roi" to Napoleon, dies at 80
- 1858 Richard Bright, English physician (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69
German story teller (Grimm's Fairy Tales), dies at 73
- 1861 Karol Joseph Lipinski, Polish composer and virtuoso violinist, dies at 71
- 1870 Stanisław Duniecki, Polish composer, dies at 31
- 1871 Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73
- 1874 Abraham Capadose, Dutch physician and missionary, dies at 79
- 1892 Henry Gray, American Confederate general and politician, dies at 76
French writer (Tartarin sur les Alpes), dies at 57
- 1898 Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector, dies at 65
- 1914 Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer and conductor, dies at 82
- 1916 Friedrich Ernst Dorn, German physicist who discovered that radon is emitted from radium, dies at 68
- 1919 Luigi Illica, Italian poet and opera librettist (Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème", "Tosca", and "Madama Butterfly"; Umberto Giordano's "Andrea Chénier"), dies at 62
- 1920 Ma Yuanzhang, Chinese Muslim rebel and Sufi master, crushed to death during the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake at an unknown age
- 1922 Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Russian-Jewish key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language, dies of tuberculosis at 64
- 1922 Gabriel Narutowicz, 1st President of Poland (Dec 7-16, 1922), assassinated
- 1923 Kacsóh Pongrác, Hungarian composer, dies at 50
American tennis player (US Nationals 1901-02, 07-11), dies of a self inflicted gun shot wound at 53
- 1927 Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88
- 1928 Elinor Wylie, American poet and writer (b. 1885)
- 1931 Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist and bishop of Bruges, dies at 82
- 1935 Thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies of 30
- 1940 Billy Hamilton, American Baseball HOF outfielder (NL batting champion 1891, 93; 5 × NL stolen base leader; KC Cowboys, Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 74
- 1940 Eugène Dubois, Dutch paleontologist who discovered human ancestor Pithecanthropus erectus "Java Man", dies at 82 [1]
- 1940 William Wallace, Scottish composer, dies at 80
- 1944 Don Meyer Basketball coach Northern State, Lipscomb, and Hamline
- 1944 Elisabeth ten Boom, Dutch woman portrayed in "The Hiding Place" dies at Ravensbrück concentration camp at 59
- 1944 Philip Guedalla, English barrister and historian, dies at 55
- 1945 Fumimaro Konu, Japanese prince and politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1937-39, 40-41), commits suicide at 54
- 1945 Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman and founder of Fiat, dies at 79
- 1949 Sidney Olcott, Canadian film director (Ben Hur), dies at 76
- 1949 Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed by the state at 52
- 1950 Otto Vrieslander, German composer and musicologist, dies at 70
- 1951 Dorothy Dix [Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer], American journalist and columnist, dies at 81
- 1956 Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist and writer, dies at 66
- 1960 Anna Luther, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at 63
- 1961 Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, Russian composer and teacher, dies at 61
- 1961 Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano singer, prima donna, dies at 93
- 1965 Tito Schipa [Raffaele Attilio Amedeo Schipa], Italian tenor/composer (La Rondine), dies at 77
- 1965 William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91
- 1969 Leo Mathisen, Danish jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer and bandleader, known as "The Lion" (Take It Easy; To Be Or Not To Be), dies at 63
- 1973 Sid Barnes, Australian cricket batsmen (13 Tests, 3 x 100, 5 x 50, HS 234; NSWCA), dies of barbiturate and bromide poisoning at 57
- 1974 Helen Hicks, American golfer (Western Open 1937, Titleholders Championship 1940), dies of throat cancer at 63
- 1974 Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet, dies at 90
- 1976 George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies
- 1976 Réal Caouette, French Canadian politician (Social Credit Party of Canada), dies at 59
- 1977 Benny de Weille, German swing jazz clarinetist and bandleader, dies at 62
- 1977 Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker, major figure during Finnish New Wave cinema, dies in a car accident at 43
- 1978 Blanche Calloway, American jazz vocalist, bandleader (Twelve Clouds of Joy), civil rights activist, and broadcaster, dies of breast cancer at 76
American founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90
- 1980 Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (rocket engines; gas turbines; submarine propulsion systems), dies at 80
- 1980 Roddy Connolly, Irish Socialist politician, son of James Connolly, dies at 79
- 1983 Grigori Aleksandrov, Russian film director (Veselye Rebjata), dies at 80
- 1983 Kusan Sunim, who found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74
- 1984 Debs Garms, American baseball utility (World Series 1944 St. Louis Cardinals; NL batting champion 1940 Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 77
- 1985 Paul Castellano, American organized-crime chief, shot dead at a NYC restaurant at 70
- 1985 Thomas Bilotti, American mafioso (b. 1940)
- 1986 Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist and composer (Vague et Sillon), dies at 71
- 1987 Albert P. Morano, American politician (Rep-R-Conn, 1951-59), dies at 79
- 1988 Hunter "Stork" Hendry, Australian cricket all-rounder (11 Tests, 1 x 100, 16 wickets; NSW CA, Victoria CA), dies at 93
- 1989 Aileen Pringle, American actress (Three Weeks, Puttin' on the Ritz), dies at 94
- 1989 Lee Van Cleef, American actor (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies at 64
- 1989 Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice, Barabbas), dies at 59
- 1990 Douglas Campbell, American aviator and World War I flying ace, dies at 94
- 1991 Ferdinando Orlandi, Italian actor (The House with Laughing Windows), dies at 66
- 1991 Fred Scott, American actor and singing cowboy, known as "The Silvery-Voiced Buckaroo" (Melody of the Plains), dies at 89
- 1992 Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Gekke Witte), dies at 80
- 1992 Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer defender (34 caps; Sparta 248 games), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 70
- 1993 Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46
- 1993 Charizma [Charles Hicks], American rapper, killed in a mugging at 20
- 1993 Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese Prime Minister (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking, dies at 75
- 1993 Moses Gunn, American actor (Amityville II, Good Times, Shaft) who co-founded the Negro Ensemble Company (The Blacks, The Poison Tree), dies of asthma at 64
- 1993 Ratu Penaia Ganilau, president of Fiji (1987-93), dies at 75
- 1993 Richard AFM Auwerda, Dutch journalist/writer (Volkskrant), dies at 68
- 1994 Mary Durack, Australian author and historian (Kings in Grass Castles and Keep Him My Country), dies at 81
- 1994 Samuel Lipman, American pianist and music critic, dies of leukemia at 60
- 1995 Johnny Moss, American poker player known as the "Grand Old Man of Poker", dies at 88
- 1995 Nina Verchinina, Russian-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer, dies at 85 [1]
- 1996 Jean-Pierre Levy, French resistance leader during WWII, dies at 85
- 1996 Joe Coral [Joseph Kagarlitski], British bookmaker (Gala Coral Group), dies at 92
- 1996 Laurens Jan van der Post, South African writer, explorer and conservationist, dies at 90
- 1996 Quentin Bell, artist author/teacher, dies at 86
- 1997 Lillian Disney, widow of animator Walt Disney, dies of a stroke at 98
- 1997 Nicolette Larson, American rock vocalist (Lotta Love; Twins), dies from brain seizure at 45
- 1997 Richard Warwick, English actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If), dies of AIDS complications at 52
- 1998 William Gaddis, American writer (b. 1922)
- 2001 Stefan Heym, German-American author (Crusaders, Family Benda), dies at 88
- 2001 Stuart Adamson, Scottish rock vocalist and guitarist (The Skids, Big Country), dies at 43
- 2003 Gary Stewart, American country singer (She's Actin' Single), commits suicide by shooting himself in the neck at 59
- 2003 Madlyn Rhue, American actress (Bracken's World; Executive Suite), dies of pneumonia at 68
- 2003 Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914)
- 2004 Agnes Martin, Canadian American abstract painter dies aged 92
- 2004 Freddie Perren, American songwriter and record producer (The Sylvers - "Boogie Fever"; Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive"; Peaches & Herb - "Reunited"), dies 11 years after a massive stroke at 61
- 2004 Peter Coker, English painter, dies at 78
- 2004 Seymour Melman, American political economist and peace activist (After Capitalism, Profits without Production), dies at 86 [1] [2]
- 2005 Ed Hansen, American film director and editor (b. 1937)
- 2005 Enzo Stuarti [Scapone], Italian-American pop tenor (That's A'Nice!), dies at 86
- 2005 John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)
- 2005 Kenneth Bulmer, English author (b. 1921)
- 2006 Cecil Travis, American baseball infielder (1st player to get 5 hits on debut; MLB All Star 1938, 40, 41; Washington Senators), dies at 93
- 2006 Don Jardine, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1940)
- 2006 Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist (b. 1922)
- 2006 Taliep Petersen, South African singer and composer (b. 1950)
- 2007 Dan Fogelberg, American rocker (Same Old Lang Syne), dies at 56
- 2007 Harald Genzmer, German composer, dies at 98
- 2008 Norma Hotaling, American activist and co-founder of the Standing Against Global Exploitation project, dies of cancer at 57
- 2009 Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, controversial South African Health Minister (b. 1940)
- 2009 Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930)
- 2009 Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician who launched the "shock therapy" program after the collapse of the Soviet Union, dies of poisoning at 53 [1]
- 2010 Mary Jane Odell, American politician and journalist, Iowa Secretary of State, dies at 87
- 2010 Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923)
- 2011 Dan Frazer, American actor (Kojak, Take the Money and Run), dies from cardiac arrest at 90
- 2011 Henry Kitchener, 3rd Earl Kitchener, British peer and Viscount Broome (1928-37), dies at 92
- 2011 Mark Kopytman, Russian-Israeli composer (Voices of Memory), musicologist, and pedagogue (Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, 1974-94). dies at 82
- 2011 Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (Excalibur), dies of esophageal cancer at 75
- 2011 Robert Easton [Burke], American actor referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices" (Someone Up There Likes Me), dies at 81
- 2012 Laurier LaPierre, Canadian journalist, broadcaster and senator, dies at 83
- 2013 Ray Price, American country music singer-songwriter, and guitarist ("For the Good Times"; "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me"), dies from pancreatic cancer at 87
- 2014 Ernie Terrell, American boxer (WBA heavyweight champion 1965-7), dies from dementia at 75
- 2015 Aafje Heynis, Dutch singer (contralto), dies at 91
- 2015 Peter Dickinson, British poet and author (Heartsease; City of Gold), dies on his 88th birthday
- 2017 Keely Smith [Dorothy Keely], American jazz and pop singer (w/ husband Louis Prima -"That Old Black Magic"; "I Wish You Love"), dies from heart failure at 89 [1]
- 2017 Z'EV [Stefan Weisser], American poet, percussionist and sound artist, dies at 66
- 2018 Colin Kroll, American co-founder of Vine and HQ Trivia, dies of a drug overdose at 34
- 2018 John Ford Noonan, American playwright (A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking), dies at 77
- 2018 Lee Leonard, American television personality (ESPN, CNN), dies at 89
- 2018 Oribe Canales, Cuban American celebrity hairdresser, dies of cancer at 62
- 2018 Robin Clark, New Zealand-born chemist (early transition metals and highly coordinated complexes), dies at 83
- 2019 Basil Butcher, West Indies cricket batsman (44 Tests; 3,104 runs @ 43.11), dies at 86
- 2020 Flavio Cotti, Swiss politician, President of the Swiss Federal Council (1991) advocate to join the EU, dies of COVID-19 at 81
- 2020 Kálmán Sóvári, Hungarian soccer defender (17 caps; Újpesti Dózsa, VM Egyetértés), dies at 79
- 2021 Bill Mahoney, Canadian ice hockey coach (NHL: Minnesota North Stars 1983-85), dies at 82
- 2021 Pavle Despalj, Croatian composer and conductor (Zagreb; Miami; Tokyo), dies at 87
- 2021 Taniela Moa, Tongan rugby union halfback (20 caps; Auckland Blues, Section Paloise RUFC), dies at 36
- 2021 Walter Lang, German jazz pianist (Rick Hollander Quartet; ELF), dies at 60
- 2022 Charlie Gracie [Graci], American rock pioneer, rhythm and blues singer, and guitarist ("Butterfly"; "Fabulous"), dies of complications following COVID-19 at 86
- 2022 José Maria Sison, Filipino writer, poet, and founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines (Philippine Society and Revolution), dies at 83 [1] [2]
- 2022 Rick Anderson, American actor and rock bassist (Tubes - "I'll Talk To You Later"), dies at 75
- 2022 Siniša Mihajlović, Serbian soccer defender (63 caps Yugoslavia; RS Belgrade, Roma, Sampdoria, Lazio) and manager (Serbia, Bologna, Fiorentina, Sampdoria, AC Milan, Torino), dies from leukemia at 53
- 2023 Carlos Lyra, Brazilian bossa nova guitarist and singer-songwriter, dies of sepsis at 90 [1]
- 2023 Richard Hunt, American sculptor (We Will; Pyramidal Complex), and 1st African American to have major retrospective at MOMA, dies at 88 [1] [2]
- 2023 Rolando Garbey, Cuban boxer (World C'ship gold light middleweight 1974; Olympic silver 1968, bronze 1976), dies of cardiac arrest at 76
- 2024 Anita Bryant, American singer ("My Little Corner of the World"), Florida orange juice spokeswoman, and anti-homosexuality campaigner, dies at 84 [1]
- 2024 Dick Van Arsdale, American basketball guard (NBA All Star 1969 -71; New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns), dies at 81
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