- 537 Saint Silverius, Italian Pope (536-37) till deposed in March 537, starves to death in exile
- 1348 Hanazono, 95th Emperor of Japan (1308-18), Zen priest, and last emperor of the Kamakura period, dies at 51
- 1381 John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic
- 1455 Isabel of Coimbra, Portuguese princess and Queen of Portugal (1447-55) as 1st wife of Alfonso V, dies possibly through poisoning at 23
- 1463 Albert VI, Archduke of Austria, dies at 44
- 1515 Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general known as El Gran Capitan, remade the Spain army in the age of the firearm, dies at 62
Spanish conquistador (defeated the Aztec Empire and colonized large parts of Mexico), dies of pleurisy at 61 or 62
- 1615 Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general
- 1665 Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French socialite (b. 1588)
- 1694 Pierre Paul Puget, French artist, dies at 74
- 1719 Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologist (La Foi), dies at 85
- 1723 Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and Regent of France (1715-23), dies at 49
- 1726 Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian, dies at 61
- 1747 Vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (b. 1695)
- 1748 Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, dies at 86
- 1763 Carl August Thielo, Danish composer and court organist, dies at 56
- 1774 Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court) composer and organist, dies at 54
- 1810 Philipp Otto Runge, German Romantic painter, dies at 33
French philosopher and writer (Justine) and where the words sadism and sadist are derived from, dies at 74
- 1828 Simon Paap, Dutch dwarf (71 cm/28 inches tall) cabaret artist, dies at 39
- 1831 Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, German composer, and Kapellmeister (Court of Schwartzberg-Rudolstadt, 1817-31), dies at 56
- 1844 Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician, dies at 76
- 1845 Johann "Giovanni" Simon Mayr, German composer and music director (Cathedral of Bergamo, 1802-45), dies at 82
- 1849 Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom, dies at 57
- 1860 Alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager (b. 1796)
- 1863 Jane Appleton Pierce, American 1st lady (1853-57) and wife of Franklin Pierce, dies of tuberculosis at 57
- 1864 Archibald Gracie III, Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle at Siege of Petersburg, Virginia aged 32
- 1880 Josephine Lang, German composer, dies at 65
- 1888 Franz Xaver Witt, German church musician, composer, and priest, dies at 54
- 1888 Namık Kemal, Turkish writer, journalist and political activist (Young Ottomans), dies at 47
- 1890 Cadmus M. Wilcox, American Major General (Confederate Army - American Civil War), dies at 66
- 1892 Jay Gould, American railroad developer and speculator, dies at 56
- 1899 Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general known as the 'boy general' during the Philippine-American War, killed at the Battle of Tirad Pass at 24
- 1903 Victor Roger, French vaudeville-opérette composer (Les vingt-huit jours de Clairette), dies at 50
- 1915 Jan Malát, Czech composer, pedagogue, and musicologist, dies at 72
- 1916 Paolo Tosti, Italian composer, dies at 69
- 1918 Edmond Rostand, French poet and dramatist (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies during the flu epidemic at 50
- 1918 Margit Kaffka, Hungarian writer, dies in the flu pandemic at 38
- 1919 Henry Clay Frick, American industrialist (built world's largest coke & steel operation) and art collector (Frick Collection), dies at 69
- 1923 Tomás Bretón, Spanish conductor and composer (La Dolores; La verbena de la Paloma), dies at 72
- 1924 Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879)
- 1925 Juli Garreta, Spanish-Catalan composer (Sardanes; Les illes Medes), dies at 50
French composer (Symphony on a French Mountain Air), and teacher, dies at 80
- 1933 Josef Gruber, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 78
- 1935 James Henry Breasted, American Egyptologist and anthropologist, dies at 70
- 1935 Martha Carey Thomas, American educator, suffragist, linguist and second President of Bryn Mawr College, dies of a coronary occlusion at 78
- 1935 State of California uses gas chamber instead of hanging for 1st time: Robert Lee Cannon (29) and Albert Kessel (28) executed for role in Folsom Prison escape attempt resulting in murder of warden and guard (San Quentin State Prison. Marin County)
- 1936 John Ringling, American entrepreneur and circus owner, one of the seven Ringling brothers (Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows), dies at 70
- 1942 Karen Jønsson née (Pedersen), Danish jazz singer, pianist, songwriter, composer, and actress, dies of pneumonia at 33
- 1943 Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian poet, dramatist and novelist (The Defeat), dies at 41
- 1944 Eiji Sawamura, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (first no-hitter in Japanese pro baseball 1936), dies in battle when his ship torpedoed, at 27
- 1944 Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian-French prose writer, novelist, poet, and dramatist (Futurism e Futurista), dies of cardiac arrest at 67
- 1949 Albert Ammons, American jazz, blues, and boogie-woogie pianist, dies at 42
- 1950 Constantin "Dinu" Lipatti, Romanian classical pianist and composer, dies of Hodgkins disease complications at 33
- 1951 Manuel Ugarte, Argentine diplomat, politician, newspaper owner, and author, dies at 79
- 1953 Ernie Hayes, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests; Surrey CCC, Leicestershire CCC), dies at 77
- 1953 Francis Picabia, French avante-garde artist, writer and typographist (Amorous Parade), dies at 74
- 1953 Reginald "Snowy" Baker, Australian boxer (Olympic silver middleweight 1908), rugby union halfback (2 caps) and actor (The Sword of Valor), dies at 69
- 1953 Walter "Doc" Meanwell, English Basketball Hall of Fame coach (University of Wisconsin 1911–1917, 1920–1934), dies at 69
- 1957 Harrison Ford, American silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73
- 1957 Leslie Henson, English comedian and actor (Lady Luck, Funny Face, Harvey), dies at 66
- 1957 Manfred Sakel, Polish neurophysiologist and psychiatrist, dies at 57
- 1963 Sabu [Dastagir], Indian actor (The Thief of Bagdad, Elephant Boy, Drum), dies of a heart attack at 39
- 1963 Wojtek, Syrian brown bear, adopted by 2nd Polish Corps during WWII who served as an enlisted soldier at the Battle of Monte Cassino, dies at Edinburgh Zoo at 21
- 1965 Maharajkumar of Vizianagram "Vizzy", Indian cricket batsman, captain, administrator, broadcaster and politician (3 Tests), dies at 59
- 1966 Bertus Brouwers, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (founder of modern topology), dies at 85
- 1967 Francis Spellman, American Bishop and Cardinal of Roman Catholic Church, dies at 78
- 1969 Kliment Voroshilov, Russian politician and military officer under Stalin (President of the USSR 1953-60), dies at 88
- 1969 Stephen Potter, English writer and humorist (School for Scoundrels, Shipbuilders), dies of pneumonia at 69
- 1972 Ip Man, Chinese martial artist, and a master teacher of Wing Chun, dies at 79
- 1972 José Limón, Mexican-American dancer and choreographer (The Moor's Pavane; I, Odysseus), dies of cancer at 64
- 1973 Watson Washburn, American tennis player (runner-up Wimbledon doubles 1924, US Nationals 1921, 23; founder International Tennis Hall of Fame), dies at 79
- 1974 Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor, dies at 77
- 1976 Danny Murtaugh, American baseball infielder (NL stolen base leader 1941 Philadelphia Phillies) and manager (World Series 1960, 71; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies from a stroke at 59
- 1976 William Tannen, American actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65
- 1979 Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, Russian composer, dies at 72
- 1980 Richard Pindle Hammond, American composer dies at 83
- 1980 Romain Gary [Roman Kacew], Lithuanian-French writer, also published as Émile Ajar (Les racines du ciel; La vie devant soi), diplomat, and screenwriter (The Longest Day), dies of a self-inflicted gunshot at 66
- 1981 Alexis Kagame, Rwandan philosopher, historian, poet and Tutsi intellectual and cultural leader, dies at 69
- 1981 Herman Jan Scheltema [NEM Pareau], Dutch jurist and poet, dies at 74
- 1981 Hershy Kay, American composer (Olympic Hymn, A Chorus Line), dies at 62
- 1981 Wallace Harrison, American architect (Metropolitan Opera House, United Nations complex), dies at 86
- 1982 David Blue [Cohen], American folk musician, dies of a heart attack while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41
- 1982 Giovanni Ferrari, Italian soccer midfielder (44 caps; US Alessandria, Juventus, Internazionale) and manager (Italy 1958–59, 1960–62), dies at 74
- 1982 Isador Goodman, South African-Australian composer, dies at 73
- 1982 Marty Feldman, English comedian and actor (Young Frankenstein; Silent Movie), dies of a heart attack at 49
- 1983 Atholl Mckinnon, South African cricket spin bowler (8 Tests, 26 wickets; Eastern Province, Transvaal), dies from a heart attack at 51
- 1983 Fifi D'Orsay [Yvonne Lussier] Canadian-American vaudeville and film actress and singer known as the "French Bombshell" (The Life Jimmy Dolan; Dixie Jamboree), dies from cancer at 79
- 1985 Alex Courtney, American actor (Sword of Justice), dies at 74
- 1985 Aniello Dellacroce, American gangster, underboss of the Gambino crime family, dies of cancer at 71
- 1985 Philip Larkin, English poet and writer (North Ship, Jill), dies at 63
Cuban-American singer ("Babalú"), bandleader, actor (I Love Lucy - "Ricky Riccardo"), and television producer (The Untouchables), dies of lung cancer at 69
- 1986 John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist of gifted children, dies at 74
- 1987 Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist, dies at 73
- 1988 Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist, and pedagogue, dies at 87
- 1988 Tata Giacobetti, Italian jazz singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra), dies at 66
- 1990 Robert Cummings, American actor (Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder), dies of kidney failure at 80
- 1991 George Lott, American tennis player (12 Grand Slam doubles titles), dies at 85
- 1992 Gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43
- 1992 Loek Elfferich, Dutch journalist and historian (Treason in Rotterdam), dies of a heart attack while smoking a cigar at 60
- 1993 Cal Tinney, American comedian and actor (The Missouri Traveler, Stop Me If You Heard This One), dies at 85
- 1994 Donald John Urquhart, English librarian, dies at 85
- 1994 Norman Anderson, English lawyer, missionary and Arabist dies at 86
- 1995 Mária Telkes, Hungarian-American biophysicist ('the Sun Queen' who invented solar energy technologies), dies at 94 [1]
- 1995 Robertson Davies, Canadian novelist essayist and dramatist, dies at 82
- 1995 Roxie Roker, Bahamian-American actress (The Jeffersons- Helen Willis), dies of breast cancer at 66
- 1995 Stanley Devon, British photographer (British press photographer of the year 1948, 50), dies at 88
- 1996 Karl H. Beyer Jr., American pharmacologist (discovered 1st drugs for hypertension and gout), dies at 82 [1]
- 1997 Endicott Peabody, American politician 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (1963-65), dies at 77
- 1997 Michael Hedges, American new-age guitarist, composer, and singer (Aerial Boundaries), dies in a car accident at 43
- 1997 Shirley Crabtree Jr. [Big Daddy], English pro wrestler (record-breaking 64-inch chest), dies from a stroke at 67
- 1997 Steve Hamilton, American baseball pitcher (New York Yankees) and basketball forward (Minneapolis Lakers), dies of cancer at 63
- 1998 Bob Haggart, American dixieland, swing jazz, and session double bass player, and composer ("What's New?"), dies at 84
- 1999 Charlie Byrd, American jazz and bossa nova guitarist (Desfinado), dies of lung cancer at 74
- 1999 Joey Adams [Joseph Abramowitz], American comedian, actor and columnist (ABC's Back That Fact), dies at 88
- 2000 Chris Antley, American Racing Hall of Fame jockey (Kentucky Derby 1991, 1999; Preakness 1999), dies of a drug overdose at 34
- 2000 Gail Fisher, American Emmy Award-winning actress (Mannix - "Peggy"), dies of kidney failure at 65
- 2002 Arno Peters, German historian (b. 1916)
- 2002 Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926)
- 2003 Alan Davidson, British author (Annabel stories) (b. 1924)
- 2003 Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian film actress (Othello), dies at 80
- 2004 Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1925-32), dies aged 94
- 2004 Anton Kersjes, Dutch violinist, conductor (Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra), and philanthropist, dies at 81
- 2004 Kevin Coyne, English rock musician, songwriter, and poet, dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 60
- 2004 Mona Van Duyn, American poet (Near Changes; To See, To Take) and the first woman US poet laureate (1992-93), dies of cancer at 83
- 2005 Kenneth Lee Boyd, American convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1948)
- 2005 Nat Mayer Shapiro, American visual artist best known for complex paintings, dies at 86
- 2005 Van Tuong Nguyen, Australian drug smuggler (hanged) (b. 1980)
- 2006 Dave Mount, English rock drummer (Mud), dies in apparent suicide at 59
- 2006 Mariska Veres [Ender], Dutch rock singer (Shocking Blue), dies of gallbladder cancer at 59
- 2007 Henry Cele, South African actor (Shaka Zulu), dies at 66
- 2007 Thomas F. Torrance, Scottish Protestant theologist, dies at 94
- 2008 (Edward) "Ted" Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur (Rogers Communications), MLB team owner (Toronto Blue Jays), and philanthropist, dies of congestive heart failure at 75
- 2008 Kathleen Baskin-Ball, American United Methodist Pastor
- 2008 Odetta [Odetta Holmes], American folk singer (Sanctuary), actress and civil rights activist, dies of heart disease at 77
- 2008 Renato de Grandis, Italian composer, dies at 81
- 2009 Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer and producer (The Alan Parsons Project), dies at 64
- 2009 Maggie Jones, English actress (b. 1934)
- 2010 Ron Santo, American Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman (9 x MLB All Star; 5 x Gold Glove; Chicago Cubs), dies from bladder cancer at 70
- 2011 Christopher Logue, British poet (Cold Calls; War Music), playwright, actor, and pacifist, dies at 85
- 2011 Howard Tate, American soul singer and songwriter ("Ain't Nobody Home"; "Get It While You Can"), dies of complications of multiple myeloma and leukemia at 72
- 2012 Israel Keyes, American serial killer, commits suicide awaiting trial at 34
- 2013 Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-born French businessman, entrepreneur and soft-drink manufacturer (Orangina), dies at 88
- 2013 Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan soccer midfielder and manager (52 caps; Peñarol, São Paulo F.C.), dies from mesencephalic atrophy at 70
- 2013 Vernon Shaw, Dominican politician and President of Dominica (1998-2003), dies at 83
- 2014 Bobby Keys, American session and touring rock saxophonist (Rolling Stones; Harry Nilsson; John Lennon), dies of liver cancer at 70
- 2014 Don Laws, American figure skater and coach (Scott Hamilton, Patrick Chan, Tiffany Chin), dies from heart failure at 85
Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (Hart Trophy 1956, 64; Art Ross Trophy 1956; Conn Smythe Trophy 1965; record 17 Stanley Cups), dies at 83
- 2014 Josie Cichockyj, British wheelchair athlete (wheelchair racing [WR 5,000m], basketball, tennis, table tennis), dies from cancer at 49
- 2015 Anthony Valentine, British actor (Colditz), dies at 76
- 2015 Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian film and stage actor (L'Avventura), dies at 90
- 2015 John Charles Eaton, American composer, dies at 80
- 2016 Paul de Wispelaere, Flemish writer and critic, dies at 88
- 2016 Sammy Lee, American diver (Olympic Gold 10m platform 1948, 52), dies from pneumonia at 96
- 2019 Francesco Janich, Italian soccer defender (6 caps; Bologna), dies at 82
- 2019 Fred Storey, Canadian curler (World C'ship gold 1966, 68, 69), dies at 87
- 2020 Pamela Tiffin, American actress (One, Two, Three; Viva Max!), dies at 78 [1]
- 2020 Pat Patterson, Canadian pro wrestler (WWE Hall of Fame; creator Royal Rumble), dies from cancer at 79
- 2020 Rafer Johnson, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1960), dies from stroke complications at 86
- 2020 Robert Hamilton, Lord Belhaven and Stenton, British politician (House of Lords, 1961-99), dies at 93
- 2020 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French politician, President of France (1974-81), dies of COVID-19 at 94
- 2020 Warren Berlinger, American actor (Larry-Joey Bishop Shop, Take Two), dies at 83
- 2020 Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician and 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan (2002-4), dies at 76
American tennis player (US C'ships 1960-61, French C'ships 1960; 18 Grand Slam doubles titles), dies at 85
- 2022 Yoshio Kikugawa, Japanese soccer defender (16 caps; Mitsubishi Motors FC) and manager (Avispa Fukuoka FC 1982-94), dies from pneumonia at 78
- 2023 Michel Le Milinaire, French soccer coach (Laval 1968-92, Rennes 1993-96), dies at 92
- 2023 Mike Maxfield, British rock guitarist and songwriter (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas - "The Cruel Sea"), dies at 79
- 2024 Don Ohl, American basketball guard (5 x NBA All-Star 1963–67; Detroit Pistons, Baltimore Bullets), dies at 88
- 2024 Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and Christian Zionist writer (The Late Great Planet Earth), dies at 95 [1]
- 2024 Israel Vázquez, Mexican boxer (WBC, IBF, Lineal Super bantamweight champion 2004-09), dies from sarcoma at 46
- 2024 Lucjan Brychczy, Polish soccer striker (58 caps; Legia Warsaw 368 games), dies at 90
- 2024 Marlos Nobre, Brazilian classical pianist and composer (Desafio; Kabbalah for Orchestra), dies at 85
Australian tennis player (3 x Grand Slam singles, 11 x doubles winner) and coach (Australian Davis Cup team x 4 winner), dies at 91
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