- 975 Balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies
- 1076 Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027)
- 1087 Bertha of Savoy, German queen and Holy Roman Empire Empress, completed walk to Canossa with husband Henry IV, dies at 36
- 1381 Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician
- 1548 Francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502)
- 1585 Pierre de Ronsard, French poet (Ode à Cassandre; Les Amours), dies at 61
- 1590 Emmanuel Philibert of Lalaing, Baron of Montigny and Marquis of Renty, dies at 33
- 1596 Pietro Pontio, Italian composer (Ragionamento di Musica), dies at 64
- 1603 Thomas Cartwright, English Presbyterian publicist, dies at about 68
- 1631 John Pijnas, Dutch painter, buried at about 47
- 1641 François van d'Aerssen, Dutch nobleman (Minister of Sommelsdijk), and diplomat, dies at 69
- 1663 Christine Marie of France, French born daughter of Henry IV of France and duchess and regent of Savoy, dies at 57
- 1707 Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and monastic scholar, established principles for dating medieval manuscripts, dies at 65
- 1737 William Bowyer, English printer to the Royal Society, known as 'the learned printer', dies at 38
- 1743 Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter, dies at 84
- 1771 Henri Pitot, Italian-French engineer, dies at 76
- 1782 Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish philosopher (b. 1697)
- 1800 Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters, dies at 82
- 1805 Belle van Zuylen, Dutch-Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies at 65
- 1812 Joanna Southcott, an English self-described religious prophetess.
- 1812 Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Lithuanian rabbi and founder of Chabad Hasidism (b. 1745)
- 1834 Charles Lamb, British critic/poet/essayist (Essays of Elia), dies at 59
Founded and helped colonize the US state of Texas, dies of pneumonia at 43
- 1858 Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French composer, dies at 73
- 1877 Nikolay Alekseyevich Nekrasov, Russian poet, writer and publisher (Russkije Zjenjshiny), dies at 56
- 1880 Alessandro Nini, Italian composer, dies at 75
- 1894 Francis II, last King of the Two Sicilies before Italian Unification, dies at 58
- 1896 John Brown, British manufacturer (b. 1816)
- 1900 William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, British industrialist and inventor (hydraulic crane Armstrong Gun), dies at 90
- 1914 Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and inventor, dies at 51
- 1916 Nicolai Soloviev, Russian music critic and composer, dies at 70
- 1919 Achilles Alferaki, Russian composer, dies at 73
- 1919 Theodoor de Meester, Dutch premier (1905-08), dies at 68
- 1923 Michael J. Owens, American glassmaker and inventor (glass bottle-making machine), dies at 64
- 1924 William Archer, Scottish critic and playwright (Green Goddess, translated and popularised Ibsen), dies at 68
- 1925 A.S.C. Wallis [Adèle S.C. Opzoomer], Dutch writer (In dagen van strijd; Vorstengunst), poet, translator, and painter, dies at 79
- 1925 Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet, dies at 30
- 1930 William Courtleigh, Canadian actor (The Birth of Character, Ashes, The Nightingale), dies at 63
- 1931 Peter C. Lutkin, American organist, composer (The Lord Bless You and Keep You), choral conductor, and educator (Northwestern University, 1891-1931), dies of a heart attack at 73
- 1931 Walter Courvoisier, Swiss composer, dies at 76
- 1936 Hans von Seeckt, German general and advisor of Chiang Kai-shek, dies at 70
- 1938 Calvin Bridges, American geneticist who worked on chromosome and heredity, dies of complications from syphilis at 49
- 1938 Emile Vandervelde, Belgian socialist politician, president of the Second International (1900-18), dies at 72
- 1938 Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and writer (Kamen), dies in a Siberian transit camp of typhoid fever at 47
- 1942 William Morgan, American physical education instructor and inventor of "mintonette" (now known as volleyball), dies at 72
- 1950 Max Beckmann, German painter and graphic artist, dies at 66
- 1952 Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76
- 1952 Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian Roman Catholic priest, dies at 74
- 1953 Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and lyricist, dies at 59
- 1955 Alfred Carpenter, English Royal Navy soldier, dies at 74
- 1955 Ham Fisher, American comic strip writer and cartoonist (Joe Palooka), dies at 55
- 1956 Lambert McKenna, Irish editor and lexicographer, dies at 86
- 1957 Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66
- 1959 Alfonso Reyes, Mexican writer (Simpatías y diferencias) and diplomat (Higenia Cruel), dies at 70
- 1965 Edgar Ende, German surrealist painter, dies at 64 [1]
- 1966 Ernest Burgess, American urban sociologist (ecological school), dies at 80
- 1966 Frankie Genaro, American boxer (World flyweight champion 1928-31; Olympic gold flyweight 1920), dies at 65
- 1966 Guillermo Stábile, Argentine soccer manager (Argentina 1939–58; Copa América 1941, 45, 46, 47, 55, 57) and striker (4 caps; Huracán, Genoa, Napoli), dies at 61
Canadian diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize, 1957) and politician (Prime Minister, 1963-68), and WWI aviator commonly known as "Mike", dies of cancer at 75
- 1974 Amy Vanderbilt, American authority on etiquette ("Complete Book of Etiquette"; "Complete Cook Book"), dies of multiple fractures of the skull at 66
- 1974 Bob Custer [Raymond Glenn], American silent and sound screen actor (The Fighting Hombre; The Law of the Wild), dies of a heart attack at 76
- 1976 Main Rousseau Bocher, American uniform designer (Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Waves), dies at 86
- 1978 Bob de Lange [Jacob Bernard de Lange], Dutch actor and director (Daniel), dies at 62
- 1978 Bob Luman, American country and rockabilly singer and guitarist ("Lonely Women Make Good Lovers"), dies of pneumonia at 41
- 1978 Chris Bell, American rock guitarist (Big Star - "In The Street"), dies in a car crash at 27
- 1978 Houari Boumédiènne, President of Algeria (1965-78), dies at 51
- 1979 Hafizullah Amin, Afghan politician (President of Afghanistan, 1979), killed by Russian forces in a coup during Soviet invasion at 50
American composer, pianist, singer ("In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening"; "Stardust"; "Two Sleepy People"), and actor, dies of a heart attack at 82
- 1982 John Leonard Swigert Jr., American astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51
- 1983 Walter Scott, American singer (Bob Kuban), murdered at 40
- 1986 Lars-Erik Larsson, Swedish composer (God in Disguise (Förklädd gud, Op. 24); Linden), and pedagogue (Stockholm Conservatory; Uppsala University), dies of complications from diabetes at 78
- 1986 Louis van Lint, Belgian painter (post-war abstraction), dies at 77
- 1987 Geoffrey D Lloyd, Chairman of the guild of British Newspaper editors (b. 1933)
- 1987 Priscilla Dean, actress (Outside the Law), dies of injuries at 91
- 1987 Rewi Alley, New Zealand labor and peace activist based in China and writer (Americans in China, dies at 90
- 1988 Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid & Nancy), dies
- 1988 Hal Ashby, American film director (The Last Detail; Shampoo; Being There), dies of pancreatic cancer at 59
- 1990 Helene Stanley, American actress (Carnival Story, Roar of the Crowd),and live-action model for Disney animators (Cinderealla; Sleeping Beauty), dies at 61
- 1991 Edward M Love, American Broadaway dancer and choreographer, dies of AIDS at 43
- 1991 John Morgan Evans, actor, dies after lengthy illness at 49
- 1991 W Hudson, US "strongest man to the world" (540 kg), dies
- 1992 Cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson, English comedian (Alfie), dies at 75
- 1992 Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolor painter, stained glass, tile, and monument artist, dies at 80
- 1992 Kay Boyle, American writer (Scottsboro: An American Tragedy), dies at 90
- 1993 Michael Callen, American AIDS activist, singer-songwriter, and author, dies of complications related to AIDS at 38
- 1993 Youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar and poet, murdered at 50
- 1994 Fanny Cradock, English TV chef and food critic, dies at 85
- 1994 Hans Berghuis, Dutch author and poet (3 Women, Adam, Kleitabletten), dies at 70 [1]
- 1994 J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, dies at 92
- 1994 Marjorie Stewart Joyner, American hair and beauty entrepreneur (invented permanent wave machine) and activist, dies at 98 [1]
- 1994 Peter May, English cricket batsman (66 Tests, 4,537 @ 46.77, 13 x 100, 22 x 50; HS 285no; Surrey CCC), dies from a brain tumour at 64
- 1994 Sadi de Gorter, Dutch author/diplomat (Abscess), dies at 82
- 1995 Al Barlick, American Baseball Hall of Fame umpire (7 x World Series; 7 x MLB All-Star games), dies at 80
- 1995 Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician known for his contributiuon to the study of probability theory, dies at 83 [1] [2]
- 1995 Jeremy John Beadle, British critic, writer and broadcaster, dies of AIDS at 39
- 1995 Peter Refn, Danish journalist/director (Violets are Blue), dies at 54
- 1995 Shura Cherkassky, American classical pianist, dies at 86
- 1996 Johnny Heartsman [Eastman], American R&B, soul and electric blues session musician and songwriter, dies of a stroke at 60
- 1997 Anthea Joseph, British music promoter, dies at 57
- 1997 Billy Wright, Irish Protestant paramilitary leader (b. 1960)
- 1997 Brendan Gill, American critic (The New Yorker), dies at 83
- 1997 Buxton Orr, Anglo-Scottish composer, dies at 73
- 1997 Dorothy Stroud, garden historian, dies at 87
- 1997 Ewart Abner, American record label executive, President of Motown Records, manager of Stevie Wonder), dies at 74
- 1997 Tom Hudson, British artist and teacher, dies at 75
- 1998 Ricardo Tormo, Spanish Grand Prix motocycle racer, dies at 46
- 1999 Bernard Chacksfield, British Air Vice-Marshal, dies at 86
- 1999 Pierre Clémenti, French actor known for "Belle de jour", dies of cancer at 57
- 2000 Jack McVea, American swing jazz, and R&B clarinetist, saxophonist, and bandleader, dies at 86
- 2002 George Roy Hill, American Academy Award-winning film director (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; The Sting; Slap Shot; A Little Romance; The World According to Garp), dies from complications of Parkinson's disease at 81
- 2002 Richard Mitchell, American professor and author (The Underground Grammarian), dies at 73
- 2003 Alan Bates, British actor (Zorba the Greek; An Unmarried Woman; The Rose), dies of pancreatic cancer at 69
- 2003 Ivan Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1991; Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos), dies from multiple firearm wounds at 41
- 2004 (Walter) "Hank" Garland, American Nashville-based country, rock and jazz session guitar virtuoso ("Sugarfoot Rag"; "(Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame"; "Jingle Bell Rock"), dies of complications from a staph infection at 74
- 2005 William Doody, Canadian politician (b. 1931)
- 2006 Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley and Chairman of the Board of Governors of BBC (1986-96), dies at 83
12th Prime Minister of Pakistan and 1st female leader of a Muslim nation, assassinated in Rawalpindi by a suicide bomber at 54
- 2007 Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (The Czar's Madman), dies at 87
- 2007 Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish film director (b. 1922)
- 2007 Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, grandson of Emperor Pedro I of Brazil and claimant to the throne of Brazil, dies at 94
- 2008 Delaney Bramlett, American rocker (Shindogs; Delaney & Bonnie), dies at 69
- 2010 Keith Andrew, English cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests; Northamptonshire CCC), dies at 81
- 2011 Helen Frankenthaler, American abstract expressionist artist (Arden), dies at 83
- 2012 Harry Carey Jr, American actor (Back to the Future Part III, Gremlins), dies from natural causes at 91
US Army General and commander of coalition forces in the Gulf War, dies of complications from pneumonia at 78
- 2012 Valentin Boreyko, Russian rower (Olympic gold coxless pair [Oleg Golovanov] 1960), dies at 79
- 2013 Boyd Lee Dunlop, American jazz pianist ("Boyd's Blues"), dies at 87
- 2015 (Meadow) "Meadowlark" Lemon, American basketball star (Harlem Globetrotters, 1955-80, 1990, and 3 other teams), and clergyman, dies at 83
- 2015 Andy M. Stewart, Scottish musician and composer (Silly Wizard), dies at 63
- 2015 Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer (Bound for Glory) and director (Medium Cool), dies at 93
- 2015 Stein Eriksen, Norwegian alpine skier (first Olympic giant slalom gold 1952), dies at 88
- 2015 Stevie Wright, British-born Australian singer with the Easybeats ("Friday On My Mind"), dies at 68
American actress (Princess Leia in Star Wars, When Harry Met Sally...) and writer (Postcards from the Edge), dies at 60 four days after suffering a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles
- 2019 (Beryl) "Jack" Sheldon, American jazz trumpeter (Merv Griffin), singer (Schoolhouse Rock), and actor (Run Buddy Run), dies at 88
- 2019 Art Sullivan [Marc Liénart van Lidth de Jeude], Belgian pop singer-songwriter ("Un océan de caresses"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 69
- 2019 Don Imus, American radio talk show host (WNBC), dies from complications of lung disease at 79
- 2019 Garrett List, American classical and jazz composer and trombonist (Julliard Ensemble), dies at 76
- 2019 Ilias Rosidis, Greek soccer defender (29 caps; Olympiacos FC), dies at 92
- 2020 Harry Bromfield, South African cricket spin bowler (9 Tests, 17 wickets; Western Province), dies at 88
- 2020 José Luiz Carbone, Brazilian soccer midfielder (6 caps; São Paulo, Internacional, Botafogo) and coach (Fluminense, Guarani), dies from liver cancer at 74
- 2020 Loyd Phillips, American College Football Hall of Fame defensive lineman (University of Arkansas; Chicago Bears), dies from a stroke at 75
- 2021 April Ashley, English model and one of the earliest British people known to have had sex reassignment surgery, dies at 86
- 2021 Keri Hulme, New Zealand novelist (The Bone People), poet and short-story writer, dies at 74
- 2022 Andrzej Iwan, Polish soccer forward (29 caps; Wisła Kraków, Górnik Zabrze, VfL Bochum), dies at 63
- 2022 Arnie Ferrin, American College Basketball HOF guard (NCAA C'ship, Final Four MOB 1944 Uni of Utah; NBA C'ship Minneapolis Lakers 1949, 50), dies at 97
- 2022 Imre Szöllősi, Hungarian sprint canoeist (World C'ship gold K-2 10,00m 1966; 2 x Olympic silver 1960, bronze 1968), dies at 81
- 2022 Luann Ryon, American archer (Olympic gold women's individual 1976), dies at 69
- 2023 Herb Kohl, American businessman (Kohls department stores; Milwaukee Bucks, 1985-2014), politician (US Senator (D) from Wisconsin, 1989-2013), and philanthropist, dies at 88
- 2023 Jacques Delors, French economist and politician (President of the European Commission, 1985-95; Minister of Finance, 1981-84; Member of European Parliament. 1979-81), dies at 98
- 2023 Lee Sun-kyun. South Korean actor (Parasite, Pasta; Paju), dies of apparent suicide at 48
- 2023 Mbongeni Ngema, South African playwright, lyricist, composer, and theatre producer (Sarafina!), dies in a car crash at 68 [1]
- 2024 Charlie Maxwell, American baseball left fielder (MLB All Star 1956, 57 Detroit Tigers; Boston Red Sox, Chicago WS), dies at 97
- 2024 Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster (CBS Sports, 1988-94 & 1998-2023; NBC. 1994-98; ESPN, WFAN), dies of cancer at 78
- 2024 Olivia Hussey, Argentine-British actress (Romeo & Juliet; Death on Nile; Black Christmas), dies at 73
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