- 401 Anastasius I, Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies
- 1075 Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor of England
- 1111 Al-Ghazali, Muslim philosopher, theologian, jurist and mystic (The Revival of the Religious Sciences), dies at about 53 [birthdate uncertain]
- 1327 Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy
- 1370 Urban V [Guillaume de Grimoard], 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies
- 1442 Elisabeth II of Bohemia. Queen consort of Hungary, dies at 33
- 1494 Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet (Orlando innamorato), dies at about 54
- 1614 Melchior Bischoff, German composer, dies at 67
- 1737 James Louis Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland, dies at 70
- 1741 Vitus Bering, Danish navigator and explorer (explored Bering Strait and Alaska coast), dies after being shipwrecked at 60
- 1749 Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer, dies at 76
- 1751 Louise of Great Britain, wife of Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1724)
- 1798 Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, French publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62
- 1800 Georg Peter Weimar, German cantor and composer, dies at 66
- 1804 Mary Bright, British PM Rockingham, dies
- 1807 Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-born French language journalist, artic critic, and diplomat, dies at 84
- 1810 Johann Heinrich Egli, Swiss violinist and composer, dies at 68
- 1813 James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, dies at 69
- 1815 Michel Woldemar, French violinist and composer, dies at 65
- 1815 Robert Hudson, British tenor, organist, and composer, dies at 83
- 1819 Thomas Fremantle, British naval officer, dies at 54
- 1823 Nicolas-Joseph Hüllmandel, Alsatian composer, dies at 67
English novelist (Wuthering Heights), dies of tuberculosis at 30
- 1848 Frans Adam van der Duyn van Maasdam, Dutch governor (South Holland), dies at 77
English landscape painter (Shipwreck, Rain, Steam & Speed), dies of cholera at 76
- 1867 Jean-Georges Kastner, French composer, dies at 57
- 1878 Bayard Taylor, American poet, travel author and diplomat, dies at 53
- 1911 John Bigelow, American statesman and author, dies at 94
- 1914 Johann Friedrich von Schulte, German Catholic lawyer, dies at 87
German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (Alzheimer Disease), dies at 51
- 1925 José Ignacio Quintón, Puerto-Rican composer (El coquí; Requiem por Angel Mislán), dies at 44
- 1929 Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson, American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 36
- 1930 Johnny Douglas, English cricket all-rounder, captain (23 Tests, 1 x 100, 45 wickets; Essex CCC) and boxer (Olympic gold middleweight 1908), dies by drowning at 48
- 1932 Yoon Bong-Gil, Korean activist (b. 1908)
- 1933 George Jackson Churchward, British engineer who was chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway (1902-22), struck and killed by a Paddington to Fishguard express train at 76
- 1938 Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), dies at 65
- 1939 Eric Fogg, English composer (The Golden Butterfly), conductor, and broadcaster, dies under a train at 36
- 1939 Karl Wagenfeld, Low German writer (Lucifer, Death & Devil), dies at 70
- 1939 Willem Benoy, Flemish actor and director (The White), dies at 57
- 1940 Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author (Frutos de mi Tierra), dies at 82
- 1941 L M Dovator, Russian general, dies in battle
- 1944 Rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur and owner of department store chain Karstadt Warenhaus AG, dies at 88
- 1946 Paul Langevin, French physicist (b. 1872)
- 1951 Barton Yarborough, American radio and screen actor (One Man's Family; Dragnet), dies of a heart attack at 51
- 1952 Harry Makepeace, English cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 117; Lancashire CCC) and soccer midfielder (4 caps; FA Cup 1906 Everton), dies at 71
American physicist (photoelectric effect; Nobel 1923), dies at 85
- 1953 Rudolf Leonhard, writer, dies
English playwright (I Remember Mama, I am a Camera) and theater director, dies at 56
- 1959 Walter Williams, American, claimed to be last survivor of the US Civil War, dies at 117 (age disputed)
- 1966 Ehm Welk [Thomas Trimm], German writer, dies at 82
- 1967 Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78
- 1968 Norman Thomas, American socialist, pacifist and presidential candidate (1928-48), dies at 84
- 1970 May Singhi Breen, American ukulele player, and early radio performer ("The Sweethearts of the Air" with Peter DeRose), dies at 79
- 1977 Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator, politician, 1st woman to serve as a governor (Wyoming, 1925-27), and administrator (Director of US Mint, 1933-53), dies at 101
- 1982 Dwight Macdonald, American social critic (b. 1906)
American professor of engineering at Stanford University known as the "father of Silicon Valley", dies at 82
- 1982 Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist and composer, dies at 71
- 1982 Lawrance Collingwood, English composer, dies at 95
- 1984 Joy Ridderhof, American missionary and founder of Gospel Recordings, dies at 81
- 1984 Michel Magne, French experimental music and film score composer (Gigot; Barbarella), and recording studio owner (Château d'Hérouville). takes his own life at 54
- 1986 V. C. Andrews, American author (Flowers in the Attic), dies of breast cancer at 63
- 1989 Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist and author (Cold Comfort Farm), dies at 87
- 1990 Basil Henson, actor (Change Partners), dies of stroke at 71
- 1990 Massimo Amfiteatrof [Maksim Amfiteatrov], Russian-Italian classical musician, known as 'the Cellists' Caruso', dies at 83
- 1991 Andries Dirk Copier, Dutch glass designer (the Gilde glass), dies at 90
- 1991 Ernest K. Gann, American adventure novelist, dies at 81
- 1991 Joe Cole, American roadie (Black Flag, Rollins Band), shot and killed at 30
- 1991 Paul Maxwell, Canadian actor (Aliens, City of Fear, Freedom to Die), dies at 70
- 1993 Anthonius AM "Ton" Kors, writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47
- 1993 Antoon Veerman, Dutch ARP asst sect of Education (1973-75), dies at 77
- 1993 Michael Clarke, American rock drummer (The Byrds, 1964-67 - "Turn! Turn! Turn!"; Flying Burrito Brothers, 1969-71; Firefall, 1974-80), dies of liver failure at 47
- 1994 Noel Pointer, American jazz violinist and record producer, dies of a stoke at 39
- 1995 Harold Watkinson, British politician/businessman, dies at 85
- 1995 Janet Wilder, stuntwoman, dies at 29
- 1995 Ruth Nita Barrow, 1st female Governor-General of Barbados (1990-95), dies at 79
- 1996 Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (8½; La Dolce Vita; Dark Eyes; The Pizza Triangle), dies of pancreatic cancer at 72
- 1996 Ronald Howard, British actor (Naked Edge; Come September; Murder She Said), dies at 78
- 1996 Yuli Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist and "chief nuclear weapon designer" for the Soviet Union, dies at 92
- 1997 David Schramm, American astrophysicist (pioneer in establishing particle astrophysics as a vibrant research field), dies at 52
- 1997 Jimmy Rogers, American blues musician (Muddy Waters' Band), dies at 73
- 1998 Antonio Ordóñez, Spanish bullfighter (over 3,000 bullfights), dies of liver cancer at 66
- 1998 Mel Fisher, American treasure hunter (b. 1922)
- 1999 Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (James Bond films, 1963-99), WWII army veteran and POW, dies in a car crash at 85
- 2000 (Roebuck) "Pops" Staples, American gospel singer (The Staple Singers), dies at 85
- 2000 John Lindsay, American politician (Mayor of New York 1966-73, Rep-D-NY 1959-65), dies at 79
- 2000 Milt Hinton, American jazz bassist (Cab Calloway) and session musician, dies at 90
- 2000 Rob Buck, American musician (10,000 Maniacs), dies at 42
- 2001 Hans Warren, Dutch writer, poet and critic (Secret Diary), dies at 80
- 2001 Marcel Mule, French classical saxophonist, composer, and teacher, dies at 100
- 2002 Arthur Rowley, English soccer forward (most goals in English league football, 434 from 619 games; Leicester City, Shrewsbury Town), dies at 76
- 2002 Will Hoy, English auto racer (British Touring Car C'ship 1991), dies from a brain tumour at 50
- 2003 Hope Lange, American actress (Peyton Place, The Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies at 70
- 2003 Lester "Les" Tremayne, British radio, film and television actor (Angry Red Planet, War of the Worlds), dies of heart failure at 90
- 2003 Peter Carter-Ruck, English lawyer (b. 1914)
- 2003 Roy Hughes, Baron Islwyn, British politician (L), dies at 78
- 2004 Herbert C. Brown, English-born American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
- 2004 Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano, dies at 82
- 2005 Keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer, designed Cosworth double four valve engine for F1, dies at 72
- 2005 Vincent Gigante, Italian-American mafioso, dies at 77
- 2008 Carol Chomsky, American linguist and education specialist (b. 1930)
- 2008 Dock Ellis, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star, World Series 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates; pitched no-hitter 1971), dies of liver issues at 63
- 2008 Kenny Cox, American jazz pianist dies of lung cancer at 68
- 2009 Hossein-Ali Montazeri, Iranian dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah (b. 1922)
- 2009 Kim Peek, American prodigious savant and inspiration for the 1988 film Rain Man, dies of a heart attack at 58
- 2010 Anthony Howard, English Journalist (b. 1934)
- 2010 Harold Blanchard, American jazz pianist and jazz and classical composer (New Earth Sonata), dies at 80
- 2010 Trudy Pitts, American jazz Hammond B-3 organist, pianist, and vocalist, dies of pancreatic cancer at 78
- 2012 Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli military leader, dies from cancer at 68
- 2012 Inez Andrews (née McConico), American gospel singer (The Caravans, 1957-62; solo - "Lord Don't Move the Mountain"), and songwriter, dies at 83
- 2012 Larry Morris, American College Football HOF iinebacker (NCAA C'ship 1952 Georgia Tech; NFL C'ship 1963 Chicago Bears), dies at 79
- 2012 Robert Bork, American lawyer, government official (US Solicitor General, 1973-77), jurist (US Court of Appeals, 1982-88), rejected Supreme Court nominee (1987), and professor (Yale), dies from heart disease at 85
- 2012 Sir Lawrence "Lawrie" Barratt, British businessman and housing developer (Barratt Developments), dies at 85
- 2015 Douglas Dick, American actor and psychologist (Rope, Waterfront), dies at 95
- 2015 Harry Hyams, British real estate developer (Centre Point - London), dies at 87
- 2015 Kurt Masur, German conductor (Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, 1970-96; New York Philharmonic, 1991-2002; London Philharmonic, 2000-07), dies from complications of Parkinson's disease at 88
- 2017 Clifford Irving, American novelist and investigative reporter (hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes), dies of pancreatic cancer at 87
- 2017 Leo "Bud" Welch, American gospel and Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("You Can't Hurry God"; "Cadillac Baby"), dies at 85
- 2017 Mamie "Peanut" Johnson, American baseball pitcher (1st female pitcher to play in the Negro Leagues), dies from heart complications at 82
- 2019 Jules Deelder, Dutch poet (T of Vondel), dies at 75
- 2019 Saoul Mamby, American boxer (WBC super lightweight title 1980-82), dies at 72
- 2019 Shahdon Winchester, Trinidadian soccer winger (27 caps; Murciélagos), dies in a traffic collision at 27
- 2020 Maria Piątkowska, Polish athlete (WR 4 x 100m relay 1964), dies at 89
- 2020 Pelle Alsing, Swedish drummer (Roxette - "Listen to Your Heart"), dies at 60
- 2020 Rosalind Knight, British stage and screen actress (Friday Night Dinner - "Horrible Grandma"), dies at 87
- 2021 Carlos Marín, Spanish pop-opera baritone (Il Divo), dies of COVID-19 at 53
- 2021 Ed van Thijn, Dutch politician (House of Representatives, 1977-82; Mayor of Amsterdam, 1983-94; Member of Senate, 1999-2007), dies at 87
- 2021 Johnny Isakson, American Republican politician and U.S. senator (2005-19), dies at 76 [1]
British-American stage and screen actress and singer (Brigadoon; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - "Truly Scrumptious"), dies at 91
- 2022 Ali Ahmed Aslam, Pakistani-Scottish restaurateur (credited with creation of Chicken Tikki Masala), dies at 77
- 2022 Aonghas MacNeacail [Angus Nicolson], Scottish poet Gaelic activist, dies at 80 [1]
- 2022 Steve Smoger, American boxing referee (200+ title bouts; International Boxing HOF), dies at 72
- 2022 Tom Browning, American baseball pitcher (perfect game 1988; MLB All Star 1991; World Series 1990 Cincinnati Reds), dies at 62
- 2023 Boro Jovanović, Croatian tennis player (Wimbledon doubles 1962 runner-up [Nikola Pilić]), dies at 84
- 2023 Ed Budde, American football guard (Pro Bowl 1970, 71; Super Bowl IV KC Chiefs; 5 × AFL All-Star; First-team All-AFL 1966, 69), dies at 83
- 2024 Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Spanish scientist, scholar, politician, diplomat (UNESCO director, 1987-99 ), and poet, dies at 90
- 2024 Kirsten Simonsen, Danish prima ballerina, dies at 90 [1]
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