- 468 Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita
- 821 Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans
- 1133 Hildebert, French writer and bishop
- 1290 King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)
- 1442 Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)
- 1495 Alfonso II, King of Naples (1494-95), dies at 47
- 1505 John of Hornes, Prince-Bishop of Lieges, executed
- 1565 Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist and historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62
- 1577 Anna, Duchess of Saxony, second wife of Prince William of Orange (1561-71) who was divorced and imprisoned for adultery, dies at 32
- 1597 Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of Emperor Charles V, mother of John of Austria, dies at 67
- 1633 Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62
- 1638 Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies
- 1651 Francisco the Melo, Portuguese-Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54
- 1682 Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England, dies at 60
- 1692 Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626)
- 1710 Petrus Codde, Dutch Roman Catholic clergyman (Apostolic Vicar of the Dutch Mission, 1688-1704; Archbishop of Utrecht, 1688-1710), dies at 62
- 1732 Johann Valentin Eckelt, German composer, and organist, dies at 59
- 1737 Antonio Stradivari, renowned Italian violin-maker, dies in Cremona, Italy, at 93
- 1751 Kilian Ignaz von Dientzenhofer, Bohemian Baroque architect (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62
- 1779 Jan Punt, Dutch engraver, painter, illustrator and actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68
- 1787 Soame Jenyns, British writer (View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion) and Member of Parliament (1741-80), dies at 83 [1]
- 1799 Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician, dies at 74
- 1803 Johann G. von Herder, German philosopher, theologist and poet, dies at 59
French naturalist (Lamarckian evolution), dies at 85
- 1831 Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet, historian, lawyer, and linguist (Luchtreis; My Relief), dies at 75
- 1832 Philip Freneau, American poet of the American Revolution (The American Village), dies at 80
- 1835 Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, Austrian composer, dies at 82
- 1839 Charles-Henri Plantade, French composer, dies at 75
- 1841 Felice Blangini, Italian composer, dies at 60
- 1843 Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748)
- 1848 Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1781)
- 1855 Samuel Rogers, English poet (Italy, a poem), dies at 92
- 1858 Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, Flemish composer, dies at 81
- 1862 Johnson Kelly Duncan, American architect and Confederate brig-general, dies at 35 of malarial fever
- 1865 Francisco Manuel da Silva, Brazilian composer (Brazilian National Anthem), dies at 70
- 1869 Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer, dies at 40
- 1879 Charley Parkhurst, American stagecoach driver who disguised herself as a women for 30 years, dies at 67
- 1881 George Edmund Street, English architect, dies at 57
- 1889 Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian, wrote first general history of medieval Germany, dies at 75
- 1891 Eduard Hille, German composer and conductor, dies at 69
- 1892 Richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosauria), dies at 88
- 1894 Erastus Flaval Beadle, American publisher (Beadle's Dime Novels), dies at 73
- 1899 John William Glover, Irish composer, dies at 84
- 1901 William F. Perry, American Brigadier General in the Confederate Army (Civil War), dies at 78
- 1911 Alberto Randegger, Italian composer, dies at 79
- 1915 Henry Enfield Roscoe, English chemist (vanadium and photochemistry), dies at 82
- 1915 Louise Blanchard Bethune, 1st American female professional architect (Buffalo Meter Company Building), dies at 59
- 1918 Henryk Jarecki, Polish composer, dies at 72
- 1919 Horatio Parker, American organist and composer, dies at 56
- 1919 John Alcock, English pilot (1st non-stop flight across Atlantic Ocean), dies in crash at 27
- 1927 Harry Barrett, British athlete (WR marathon 2:42:31 1909), dies at 47
- 1928 Lucien Capet, French composer and violinist, dies at 55
American Racing HOF jockey (Preakness Stakes 1920, 25; Belmont Stakes 1920, 28; US Champion Jockey by earnings 1920), dies from pneumonia at 31
American gangster and bootlegger during the Prohibition era, shot dead and murdered at 34
- 1932 Eduard Bernstein, German Marxist and revisionist, dies at 82
- 1935 Juan Vicente Gomez, Venezuelan general and dictator of Venezuela (1908-35), dies at 78
- 1936 Andrija Mohorovičić, Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav seismologist (b. 1857)
- 1937 Robert W. Bingham, American newspaper proprietor, attorney and ambassador to the UK (1933-37), dies of cancer at 66
- 1939 Bruno Liljefors, Swedish painter (Golden Eagle Chasing a Hare; Evening Wild Ducks), dies at 79
- 1939 Heywood Broun, American journalist (1st President of American Newspaper Guild), dies of pneumonia at 51
- 1948 Janet Fay, American murder victim of the Lonely Hearts Killers (later filmed as "The Honeymoon Killers"), hammered to death at 66
- 1948 William Arms Fisher, American composer, librettist (Going Home), musicologist, and educator, dies at 87
- 1963 Winfried Zillig, German opera composer, and conductor (Fantasia Irica), dies at 58
- 1966 Gene Gauntier [Liggett], American silent film screenwriter and actress. dies at 81
- 1966 Tara Browne, Irish socialite who inspired The Beatles song "A Day in the Life", dies in a car crash at 21
- 1968 Joan Tabor, American actress (Teenage Millionaire), dies at 36 after accidentally overdosing on influenza medication
- 1968 Sir John Layton Jarvis, English thoroughbred race horse trainer (9 x British Classic Races; 3 x British flat racing Champion Trainer), dies at 80
- 1971 Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Russian poet and editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61
American golfer, course designer (13 major titles, Grand Slam 1930), dies of syringomyelia at 69
- 1971 Diana Lynn [Dolores Eartha Loehr], American actress (Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go), dies of a stroke at 45
- 1972 Neilia Biden, Joe Biden's first wife and their 13-month-old daughter Naomi, are killed in an automobile accident a few days before he takes office as the newly elected Senator for Delaware
- 1973 Julio César Brero [or Giulio Cesare], Italian-born Argentine composer (Novella), and lawyer, dies at 64
- 1973 Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher, dies at 65
- 1974 Harry Hooper, American Baseball HOF right fielder (World Series 1912, 15, 16, 18 Boston Red Sox), dies at 87
- 1975 Theodosius Dobzhansky, Russian-American genetist, evolutionary biologist and author (Mankind Evolving), dies at 75
- 1977 Cyril Ritchard, Australian actor (Peter Pan; Hans Brinker), dies at 80
- 1977 Louis Untermeyer, American poet and critic (Immortal Poems, Story Poems), dies at 92
- 1977 Walter Breedveld, Dutch writer (Een schip vergaat), dies at 76
Soviet statesman and Premier of the Soviet Union (1964-80), dies of a heart attack at 76
- 1981 Mehmet Shehu, PM Albania (1954-81)/"US-Russ spy", commits suicide
- 1982 Bernard Malivoire, French rower (Olympic gold coxed pair 1952), dies at 44
- 1982 Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German Luftwaffe fighter pilot, the highest-decorated German soldier of WWII, founder of South American Nazi relief organization, and military consultant, dies after a series of strokes at 66
- 1982 Ray Emery, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 2 wickets, BB 2/52; Auckland, Canterbury), dies at 67
- 1982 Tibor de Machula, Hungarian-Dutch cellist, dies at 70
- 1985 Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (Thơ thơ / Young love), dies at 69 [1] [2]
- 1986 Mamo Clark, American actress (One Million BC; Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), and author, dies at 72
- 1987 Conny Plank, German record producer and musician, dies at 47
- 1990 Anne Revere, actress (National Velvet), dies of pneumonia at 87
- 1990 Connie Russell, American singer (Club Embassy; Garroway at Large), dies at 67
- 1990 Paul Tortelier, French concert cellist, composer, and teacher, dies at 76
- 1991 George Abecassis, English Formula 1 driver (b. 1913)
- 1991 June Storey, Canadian-born American actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73
- 1992 Charles Leatherland, Baron Leatherland, British journalist and Labour Party politician, dies at 94
- 1992 Clara Hale 'Mother Hale', American social activist (Hale House Center for disadvantaged children), dies at 87
- 1992 Edwin Gerschefski, American pianist, composer. and teacher (Saugatuck Suite), dies at 83
- 1992 Mark Goodson, American radio and TV game show producer, with Bill Todman ("I've Got A Secret"; "The Price Is Right"; "Password"), dies of pancreatic cancerat 77
- 1993 Sam Wanamaker, American-English actor (Private Benjamin), dies of prostate cancer at 74
- 1994 Heinz Bernhard [Löwenstein], German-born British actor and director (Oliver!, Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 71
- 1994 Lilia Skala, Austrian-American actress (Ship of Fools; House of Games; Flashdance; Charly), dies at 98
- 1994 Peter Hebblethwaite, English editor-in-chief (The Month), dies at 64
- 1994 Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician (b. 1916)
- 1995 Brian Brockless, English organist and composer, dies at 69
- 1995 Chaim Pearl, rabbi, dies at 76
- 1995 Georgio Fini, restaurateur, dies at 70
- 1995 Konrad Zuse, German engineer, pioneering computer scientist, and inventor of Z3 (world's first working programmable computer), dies at 85
- 1995 Ross Thomas, author, dies at 69
- 1996 Arthur Jacobs, English musicologist (Penguin Dictionary of Music), dies at 74
- 1998 Lev Demin, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 15), dies at 72
- 1999 Robert Bresson, French film director (A Man Escaped, Balthazar, at Random), dies at 98
- 1999 Robert Dougall, English TV host and broadcaster, dies at 86
- 2000 James Mitchell, American session baritone saxophonist (The Memphis Horns; Stax Records), dies at 69
- 2000 Kirsty MacColl, English singer and songwriter (Electric Landlady), dies when run over by a power boat in the National Marine Park of Cozumel at 41
- 2000 Randolph Apperson Hearst, American newspaper publisher (Hearst Newspapers), dies at 85
- 2000 Ruud de Wolff, Dutch Indonesian singer and guitarist (The Blue Diamonds), dies of bladder cancer at 59
- 2000 Stan Fox, American race car driver (b. 1952)
- 2001 Dan DeCarlo, American cartoonist (Archie Comics), dies at 82
- 2001 Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer, dies at 87
- 2001 Gilbert Bécaud [François Gilbert Léopold Silly], French singer, pianist, composer and actor (Nathalie) known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances, dies at 74
- 2001 Marcel Mule, French classical saxophonist, and founder of the French Saxophone School, dies at 100
- 2002 Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian lawyer, 24th Governor General of Canada (1990-95), dies at 68
- 2002 Wayne Owens, former U.S. Congressman (D-Utah) (b. 1937)
- 2003 Robin Hill, 8th Marquess of Downshire, Irish peer and the Hereditary Constable of Hillsborough Fort, dies at 74
- 2003 Susan Travers, English-French Foreign Legion soldier, dies at 94
- 2004 Anthony Sampson, British journalist and biographer (b. 1926)
- 2004 John W. Downey, American composer, dies at 77
- 2004 Vijay Hazare, Indian cricket batsman and captain (30 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 164no; Maharashtra, Central India, Baroda, Holkar), dies at 89
- 2005 Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner, developed a model predicting traffic patterns and planned subways around the world, dies at 83 [1]
- 2006 Daniel Pinkham, American organist, composer (Signs of the Zodiac) and educator (New England Conservatory), dies at 83
- 2006 Mike Dickin, British radio broadcaster (b. 1943)
- 2006 Ruth Bernhard, American photographer (1905)
- 2006 Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author, journalist, and political activist (God's Own Land, Jangloos), dies at 83 [1] [2]
- 2007 Bill Strauss, American writer on generations, satirist, and founder of the Capitol Steps (b. 1947)
- 2007 Gerald Le Dain, Canadian Supreme Court judge (b. 1924)
- 2007 Jack Linkletter, American TV host (Haggis Baggis, Hootenanny), dies at 70
- 2008 Jack Douglas [John Douglas Robertson], English actor (Carry On films), dies at 81
- 2008 Majel Barrett, American actress and producer (Star Trek), and the widow of Gene Roddenberry, dies at 76
- 2008 Mark Felt, the infamous "Deep Throat", American FBI official and whistle blower during the Watergate Scandal dies aged 95
- 2009 Connie Hines, American actress (Mister Ed), dies of heart problems at 78
- 2009 Oskar Danon, Yugoslav conductor (Belgrade Opera, 1944-65), dies at 96
- 2010 Jacqueline de Romilly, French philologist and classical scholar (b. 1913)
- 2010 James Pickles, English judge and columnist, dies at 85
- 2010 Phil Cavarretta, American baseball utility (MLB All-Star 1944, 45, 46, 47; NL MVP 1945; Chicago Cubs), dies at 94
- 2010 Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian banker and economist (b. 1940)
- 2011 Ralph MacDonald, American rock percussionist and songwriter ("Just the Two of Us"), dies of cancer at 67
Czech politician (President of Czechoslovakia, 1990-2, Czech Republic, 1993-2003), dies at 75
- 2012 Marcus Worsley, British noble and Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, dies at 87
- 2013 Ronnie Biggs, English criminal (Great Train Robbery of 1963), dies at 84 [1]
- 2014 Virna Lisi, Italian actress (Assault on a Queen, Bluebeard), dies at 78
- 2015 Luc Brewaeys, Belgian pianist, conductor, and composer, dies of cancer at 56
- 2016 China Machado, Chinese-born model, 1st non-Caucasian super model, dies at 86
Hungarian-born American actress (Queen of Outer Space), dies at 99
- 2017 Jonghyun [Kim Jong-hyun], South Korean singer-songwriter, radio host, and author (SHINee), commits suicide at 27
- 2018 David Austin, English rose breeder (Austin roses), dies at 92
- 2019 (Francisco) "Patxi" Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter, poet, and sociology professor, dies in a car crash at 72
- 2019 Abbey Simon, American concert pianist, and pedagogue, dies at 99
- 2019 Hugh McKenna, British rock keyboardist (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band), dies of cancer at 70
- 2019 Kenny Lynch, British pop-rock singer ("You Can Never Stop Me Loving You"; "Up On A Roof"), dies of cancer at 81
- 2020 Tim Severin, British author and explorer who replicated historic voyages, dies at 80
- 2021 Richard Rogers, British architect (European Court of Human Rights building; The Pompidou Centre; Millennium Dome), dies at 88
- 2021 Sayaka Kanda, Japanese singer and voice actress (Dragon Head, Star Blazers 2202), dies at 35 after falling from a window
- 2022 Count Desmond [Edward Benjamin], American sword swallower, dies at 81
- 2022 Martin Duffy, British rock keyboardist (Primal Scream), dies of head injuries after a fall at 55
- 2022 Terry Hall, British rock-ska-pop singer (Specials; Fun Boy Three; Vegas), dies at 63
- 2023 Abderrahim Ouakili, Moroccan soccer midfielder (11 caps; Mainz 05, 1860 Munich, Tennis Borussia Berlin, Karlsruher SC), dies at 53
- 2023 Bo Larsson, Swedish football striker (70 caps; Malmö FF 310 games 119 goals, VfB Stuttgart), dies at 79
- 2023 Brian Price, Welsh rugby union lock (32 Tests Wales, 4 British & Irish Lions; Newport RFC, Barbarians RFC), dies at 86
- 2024 Bob "Slim" Dunlap, American rock guitarist (The Replacements, 1987-91), dies 12 years after a debilitating stroke at 73
- 2024 Dietmar Constantini, Austrian soccer manager (Austria 2009-11; Austria Wien, Tirol Innsbruck, Mainz 05), dies from dementia at 69
- 2024 Fred Lorenzen, American auto racer (Daytona 500 1965; USAC Stock Car Champion 1958, 59; World 600 Winner 1963, 65), dies from dementia at 89
- 2024 Klaus Wolfermann, German athlete (Olympic gold FRG javelin 1972; WR 94.08m 1973), dies at 78
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