- 1165 Malcolm IV of Scotland, nicknamed Virgo "the Maiden", King of Scots (1153-65), dies of poor health at 24
- 1292 Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies
- 1437 Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1410-37), dies at 70
- 1544 Teofilo Folengo, Italian macaronic poet, dies at 53
- 1565 Pius IV [Giovanni Angelo Medici], Italian lawyer and Pope (1559-65), dies at 66
- 1603 William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)
- 1625 Ubbo Emmius [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist and historian, dies at 78
- 1636 Fabian Birkowski, Polish writer (b. 1566)
- 1636 Giovanni B Aleotti, Italian writer/theater architect, dies at about 90
- 1640 Pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)
- 1641 Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter and court painter to Charles I of England, dies at 42
- 1669 Clement IX [Giulio Rospigliosi], Italian Pope (238th: 1667-69), dies allegedly of broken heart at 69
- 1674 Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English statesman, lawyer, chief advisor to Charles I, and Lord Chancellor to Charles II, dies at 65
- 1692 William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist, dies at approximately 38
- 1706 Pedro II, King of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58
- 1718 Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopedist, dies at 68
- 1767 Benedetto Alfieri, Italian architect (San Giovanni Battista), dies
- 1770 Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, German composer, dies at 80
- 1775 Pietro Gnocchi, Italian sacred music composer, choir director Brescia Cathedral, 1723-33 and 1762-75), priest, historian, and geographer, dies at 86
- 1793 Yolande de Polastron, Duchess de Polignac, French aristocrat, dies at 44
- 1798 Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (naturalist on James Cook's second Pacific voyage), dies at 69
- 1814 José Ángel Lamas, Venezuelan chirimía player, bassoonist, and composer (Popule Meus), dies at 39
- 1814 Joseph Bramah, British inventor and locksmith who invented the beer pump, dies of pneumonia at 66
- 1819 Ann C Coleman, American socialite and fiancée of lawyer and future US President James Buchanan, dies of a laudanum overdose at 23 [1]
- 1827 François Léonard Rouwyzer, Dutch composer, dies at 90
- 1830 Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy (research work in malacology), dies at 73
- 1854 Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer (b. 1799)
- 1858 Robert Baldwin, Canadian politician (popularizer of responsible government), dies at 54
- 1874 Ezra Cornell, American businessman and philanthropist (founder of Western Union Telegraph and Cornell University), dies at 67
- 1876 George Trenholm, American plantation owner, politician, and Secretary of the Treasury for the Confederate States, dies at 69
- 1887 Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese marabout and military leader
- 1893 George Elvey, British organist and composer, dies at 77
- 1905 Henry Holmes, English violinist and composer, dies at 66
- 1908 William Harvey Carney, American Civil War soldier (first African-American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor), dies of injuries sustained in an elevator accident at 68
- 1915 Willem Molkenboer, Dutch sculptor and art educator, dies at 71
- 1916 Natsume Sōseki, Japanese novelist (b. 1867)
- 1916 P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73
- 1921 Arthur Pearson, English newspaper proprietor (Daily Express), dies at 55
- 1924 Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel, To My Fatherland), dies at 70
- 1925 Eugène Gigout, French organist (St Augustin de Paris, 1863-1925), and composer (10 pièces pour orgue), dies at 81
- 1929 Willis Cuttell, English cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 6 wickets; Lancashire CCC), dies at 66
- 1930 Jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies
- 1930 Rube Foster, American Baseball HOF manager and executive (Negro National League pennant 1920–22, 26; Chicago American Giants), dies from insanity at 51
- 1933 Morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies
- 1935 Walter Liggett, American crusading newspaper editor and muckraker (b. 1886)
Swedish physicist and industrialist (AGA, Nobel Prize in Physics 1912), dies at 68
- 1938 Johannes van Laar, Dutch chemist (thermodynamics), dies at 78
- 1940 Pietro Maletti, Italian major-general, died in battle in North Africa at the age of 60
- 1941 Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian writer and philosopher (b. 1865)
- 1941 Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen concentration camp at 61
- 1944 Laird Cregar, American stage and screen actor (Charley's Aunt; The Lodger; Hangover Square), dies of a heart attack while recovering from abdominal surgery,at 31
- 1948 Sir Timothy O'Brien, cricketer (Bart 5 Tests England 1884-96), dies
- 1954 Bill McGowan, American Baseball HOF umpire (AL 1925-54; 8 x World Series; 4 x MLB All-Star Games), dies from a heart attack at 58
- 1955 Hermann Weyl, German mathematician and philosopher, dies at 70
- 1956 Hans Barth, German-born American composer, dies at 59
- 1957 Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies
- 1959 Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47
- 1964 Edith Sitwell, English poet and author (Wheels), dies at 77
- 1964 Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez, Filipino politician, President of the Senate of the Philippines (1954-63), dies at 81
American Baseball HOF catcher (St. Louis Browns), manager (St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals), and executive (GM St. Louis Cardinals - 4X World Series champions, Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates), noted for breaking MLB color barrier by signing Jackie Robinson, dies of heart failure at 83
- 1966 Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, Russian-Ukrainian Soviet composer, dies at 79
- 1967 Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and President of the European Court of Justice (b. 1898)
- 1970 Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65
- 1970 Sir Feroz Khan Noon, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893)
American diplomat, UN delegate and 1st person of color to win the Nobel Peace Prize (1950), dies at 67
- 1971 Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor, dies at 97
- 1972 Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist, dies at 91
- 1974 George Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies
- 1974 Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, Portuguese composer, dies at 64
- 1975 Esdras Minville, Quebec writer, economist and sociologist, dies at 79
- 1975 Frank Signorelli, American swing jazz pianist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band; Joe Venuti's Blue Four), and songwriter (Stairway to the Stars), dies at 74
- 1975 Jeff Heath, Canadian baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1941, 43, 45; Cleveland Indians), dies from a heart attack at 60
- 1975 William A. Wellman, American director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79
- 1976 Nino Martini, Italian actor (The Gay Desperado, Here's to Romance), dies from a heart attack at 71
American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1933, 37; no-hitter 1931; record 37 career HRs hit by a pitcher), dies at 68
- 1977 Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian writer (Laços de Família), dies at 56
- 1978 Ed Healey, NFL tackle (Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears), dies at 83
- 1979 Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop and religious broadcaster (Life is Worth Living), dies in NYC at 84
- 1981 Daniel Faulkner, Philadelphia police officer (b. 1955)
- 1981 Sonny Til [Earlington Carl Tilghman], American doo-wop singer (The Orioles), dies from heart failure at 56
- 1982 Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song Against Death), dies at 87
- 1982 Joey Forman, American actor (Sid Caesar Show, Joey Bishop Show), dies at 53
- 1982 Leon Jaworski, American Watergate scandal special prosecutor, dies at 77
- 1982 Paul Godwin, Polish-Dutch violinist, dies at 80
- 1982 Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist, Hammond organ player, and bandleader, dies at 55
- 1983 David Rounds, American actor (Terence-Beacon Hill, Alice, The Blue and The Grey), dies of cancer at 53
- 1990 Mike Mazurki, Austrian-American actor and professional wrestler (Some Like It Hot, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World), dies at 82
- 1991 Berenice Abbott, American photographer (The World of Atget; Changing New York), dies at 93
- 1992 Carl Barger, American baseball executive (President of Pittsburgh Pirates, Fla Marlins), dies at 62
- 1992 Vincent Gardenia, Italian-American actor (Bang the Drum Slowly, Moonstruck, Little Shop of Horrors), dies of a heart attack at 71
- 1993 Danny Blanchflower, Irish soccer midfielder (56 caps Northern Ireland; Tottenham Hotspur 337 games, Aston Villa) and manager (Northern Ireland, Chelsea), dies of pneumonia at 67
- 1993 Muhammad Reza Golpayegani, ayatollah of Iran, dies
- 1994 Alex Wilson, Canadian athlete (Olympic silver 800m, 2 x bronze 400m, 4x400m relay 1932), dies at 87
- 1994 Garnett Silk [Garnet Smith], Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter (Hey Mama Africa; Greenline), dies in a house fire while trying to save his mother at 28
- 1994 Maureen Starkey [Mary Cox], English ex-wife of Beatle Ringo Starr, dies of leukemia at 48
- 1994 Max Bill, Swiss painter, sculptor, and politician, dies at 85
- 1995 Benny Lee, Scottish singer and actor (Are You Being Served), dies at 79
- 1995 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, American aviator, dies at 88
- 1995 Hugh Armstrong Clegg, English industrial relations academic, dies at 75
- 1995 Toni Cade Bambara, filmmaker, dies at 56
- 1995 Vivian Blaine, American actress (Guys & Dolls; Skirts Ahoy), dies of heart failure at 74
- 1996 Alain Poher, French politician and President of the European Parliament (1966-69), dies at 87
- 1996 Anne Bolt, British photo-journalist and trade unionist, dies at 84
- 1996 Heinrich Schmidt-Barrien, German author (Moorkeerl), dies at 94
- 1996 Ivor Roberts-Jones, British sculptor (known for sculpted heads of Yehudi Menuhin and George Thomas), dies at 83
- 1996 Mary Leakey, British archaeologist and anthropologist who discovered the earliest human footprints (3.6 million years old), dies at 83
- 1996 Patty Donahue, American new wave rock singer (The Waitresses - "I Know What Boys Like"; "Christmas Wrapping), dies of lung cancer at 40
- 1996 Raphael Samuel, British Marxist historian, dies at 61
- 1997 Tamara Geva, Russian-born dancer and actress, dies at 91
American light-heavyweight boxing champion (1952-60), dies at 84
- 1998 Shaughnessy Cohen, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
- 2001 Michael Carver, British soldier (b. 1915)
- 2002 Ian Hornak, American Painter, Draughtsman and Sculptor (b. 1944)
- 2002 Mary Hansen, Australian guitarist and singer (Stereolab), dies at 36
- 2002 Stan Rice, American painter, educator, and poet (b. 1942)
- 2003 Norm Sloan, American basketball coach (b. 1926)
- 2003 Paul Simon, American politician (U. S. House of Representatives, 1975-85; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1985-97), dies at 75
- 2004 David Brudnoy, American radio personality (b. 1940)
- 2004 Lea De Mae, Czech actress (b. 1976)
- 2004 Peter Emery, British Conservative Party politician (Member of Parliament, 1959-2001), dies at 78
- 2005 György Sándor, Hungarian pianist, dies at 93
- 2005 Robert Sheckley, American sci-fi author (10th Victim, Mindswap), dies at 77
- 2006 Freddie Marsden, British rock drummer (Gerry & Pacemakers - "How Do You Do It?"; "Ferry Cross The Mersey"), dies at 66
- 2006 Georgia Gibbs [Frieda Lipschitz], American jazz and pop singer ("Kiss of Fire"; "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake"), dies at 88 [1]
- 2007 Thore Skogman, Swedish entertainer, dies at 76
- 2008 Ibrahim Dossey, Ghanaian football player (b. 1972)
- 2008 Yury Glazkov, Soviet Air Force officer and cosmonaut (Soyuz 24), dies at 69
- 2009 Gene Barry [Eugene Klass], American actor (The Atomic City, Bat Masterson), dies of congestive heart failure at 90
- 2010 Dov Shilansky, Israeli politician (b. 1924)
- 2010 James Moody, American Grammy Award-winning bebop jazz saxophonist, flutist, and orchestra leader, dies of pancreatic cancer at 85
- 2010 John du Pont, American member of the Du Pont family and convicted murderer (b. 1938)
- 2011 Myra Taylor (née Render), American jazz singer ("Spider and the Fly"; Wild Women of Kansas City), songwriter, and actress, dies at 94
- 2012 Alexander Moulton, English engineer and bicycle designer (folding bicycle), dies at 92
- 2012 Charles Rosen, American pianist and musicologist (Sonata Forms), dies at 85
- 2012 Norman Joseph Woodland, American co-inventor of the barcode, dies at 91 [1]
- 2012 Patrick Moore, English astronomer, author and TV presenter (The Sky at Night), dies from an infection at 89
- 2013 Eleanor Parker, American actress (Caged, Detective Story, Hans Brinker), dies from pneumonia at 91
- 2014 José Feghali, Brazilian concert pianist (Van Cliburn Gold Medalist, 1985), takes his own life at 53
- 2014 Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress (Miss America 1959, Diff'rent Strokes), dies from breast cancer at 77
- 2014 Winfred "Blue" Lovett, American singer (Manhattans - "One Life to Live"), dies at 78
- 2015 Gheorghe Gruia, Romanian handball player, dies at 75
- 2018 (Arie) "Aat" Veldhoen, Dutch visual artist, dies at 84
- 2018 Melvin Dummar, American gas station attendant, claimant to the Howard Hughes estate, and subject of the film "Melvin and Howard", dies at 74
- 2018 Riccardo Giacconi, Italian American astrophysicist, Nobel Prize for Physics 2002 for X-ray astronomy, dies at 87
- 2019 Elizabeth Sutherland, Countess of Sunderland, Scottish aristocrat, head of Clan Sunderland, dies at 98
- 2019 Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer (Roxette - Must Have Been Love), dies after a long illness at 61
- 2020 Gordon Forbes, South African tennis player and author (French Open mixed doubles [Darlene Hard] 1955), dies from COVID-19 at 86
- 2020 Paolo Rossi, Italian soccer striker (48 caps; FIFA World Cup 1982 [Golden Boot, Golden Ball]; L.R. Vicenza, Juventus), dies at 64
- 2020 Ray Hunter, Northern Irish cricket all-rounder (28 international matches) and rugby union centre (10 Tests; British & Irish Lions 1962; Portadown RFC), dies at 82
- 2020 Ray Perkins, American football coach (New York Giants, University of Alabama, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Arkansas State University), dies from heart disease at 79
- 2021 Brian Aldridge, New Zealand cricket umpire (26 Tests, 45 ODIs), dies at 81
- 2021 Cara Williams, American actress (Pete & Gladys, Cara Williams Show), dies at 96
- 2021 Demaryius Thomas, American football wide receiver (Super Bowl 2015; 4 × Pro Bowl; Denver Broncos), dies at 33
- 2021 Lina Wertmüller [Arcangela Braueich], Italian screenwriter, film director, and 1st woman nominated for an Academy Award for Directing (Seven Beauties), dies at 93
- 2021 Speedy Duncan, American football cornerback (Pro Bowl 1971; AFL All-Star 1965, 66, 67; SD Chargers, Washington Redskins), dies at 79
- 2022 David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, British politician (House of Lords, 1984-2022), cabinet minister, and businessman (CEO of Cables & Wireless), dies at 90
- 2022 Ruth Madoc (née Baker), British actress (Hi Di Hi! - "Gladys"), dies from complications after a fall at 79
- 2023 Frank Wycheck, American football tight end (Pro Bowl 1998, 99, 2000; Washington Redskins, Houston/Tennessee Oilers-Titans), dies after a fall at 52
- 2024 (Yolande) "Nikki" Giovanni, American poet (Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea), writer, civil rights activist, and educator (Virginia Tech, 1987-2022), dies of cancer at 81 [1]
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