- 314 Pope St. Miltiades, Bishop of Rome (311-314)
- 681 Agatho, Sicilian pope (678-81), dies
- 866 Lin-chi I-hsuan [J Rinzai Gigen], Zen teacher, dies
- 976 John I Tzimisces/Tzimiskes, Byzantine Emperor (969-76), dies at 51
- 1094 Al-Mustanṣir, 8th Fāṭimid Caliph of Cairo, dies at 64
- 1221 Muhammad II of Khwarazm, Shah of the Khwarazmian Empire (1200-1221), dies on the run from Genghis Khan at 50 or 51
- 1271 Otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies
- 1276 Pope Gregory X, (Tedaldo Visconti), dies at about 65
- 1542 Gerardus Noviomagus [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59
- 1645 William Laud, English Archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45), beheaded for treason in the Tower of London at 71
- 1654 Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616)
- 1662 Prince Honoré II of Monaco (b. 1597)
- 1698 Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French ecclesiastical historian, dies at 60
- 1707 Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (b. 1621)
- 1754 Daniel Raap, Dutch porcelain salesman/politician, dies at about 51
- 1754 Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (Gentlemen's Magazine, coined term "magazine"), dies at 62
- 1761 Edward Boscawen, British admiral in the Royal Navy, 1723-61 (Seven Years War - Battle of Lagos), and politician (Member of Parliament, 1742-61), dies of Typhoid fever, at 49
- 1768 Charles Cressent, French court furniture maker, dies at 82
- 1775 Jemeljan Pugatshov, Russian kosak leader/"Tsar Peter III", dies
- 1777 Spranger Barry, Irish Shakespearean actor, dies at 57
Swedish botanist, explorer and the Father of Taxonomy, dies at 70
- 1780 Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist and composer, dies at 82
- 1785 Henry William Stiegel, German-American early glassmaker (built American Flint Glassworks at Manheim which had rapid rise and fall), dies at 55
- 1789 Pierre Lyonet, Dutch zoologist and cryptologist, dies at 82
- 1792 Jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60
- 1794 Georg Forster, German writer, naturalist (A Voyage Round the World) and revolutionary, dies at 39
- 1800 Johan Wikmanson, Swedish composer, dies at 46
- 1811 Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (Caïus Gracchus), dies at 46
- 1824 Victor Emanuel I, king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at 64
- 1828 François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure, dies at 77
- 1833 Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician who worked on elliptic integrals, dies at 80
- 1833 António da Silva Leite, Portuguese composer, dies at 73
- 1840 Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, 7th child and 3rd daughter of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, dies at 69
- 1846 Étienne Pivert de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75
- 1851 Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal, dies at 75
- 1855 Mary Russell Mitford, English playwright and poet (Julian), dies at 67
- 1863 Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)
- 1866 Pyotr Pletnyov, Russian poet (b. 1792)
- 1868 Athanase Laurent Charles Coquerel, Protestant theologian and president of the Presbyterian Council of Paris (L'Orthodoxie Moderne / Modern Orthodoxy), dies at 72 [1]
- 1871 Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41
- 1876 Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70
American Major General during the Civil War (Union Army), dies at 54
- 1882 Giovanni Duprè, Italian sculptor (Pieta), dies at 64
- 1883 Samuel Mudd, American physician (imprisoned for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth), dies of pneumonia at 49
- 1889 Martin Andreas Udbye, composer, dies at 68
- 1891 Laza Lazarević, Serbian writer (Prvi put s ocem na jutrenje) and psychiatrist, dies at 39
- 1892 Heinrich Dorn, German composer and opera conductor, dies at 91
- 1895 Benjamin Godard, French violinist, orchestral and opera composer (Symphonie légendaire; Jocelyn), dies at 45
- 1899 Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69
- 1901 Sir James Dickson, Premier of Queensland, Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1832)
- 1904 Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
- 1905 Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (Dievs, svētī Latviju! (“God bless Latvia!”), the national anthem of Latvia), dies at 69
- 1908 Anna S Barbiers, Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at 65
- 1913 José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican artist and illustrator (Biblioteca del niño mexicano), dies at 60
- 1917 William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American Wild West hunter and showman (Buffalo Bill's Wild West), dies at 70
- 1919 Wallace Sabine, American physicist (father of architectural acoustics), dies at 50 [1]
- 1922 Frank Tudor, Australian Labor Opposition leader (b. 1866)
- 1922 Ōkuma Shigenobu, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1898, 1914-1916), dies at 83
- 1926 Eino Leino, Finnish poet, dies at 47
- 1931 Oscar Fetrás [Otto Faster], German composer (Mondnacht auf der Alster), dies at 76
Dutch communist, beheaded by the Nazis for setting fire to the German Reichstag at 24
- 1935 Charlie McGahey, Australian cricketer (MCC tour of Aus 1901-02 cured his TB), dies
Australian athlete, (Olympic gold 800m, 1500m 1896), dies at 61
- 1936 Charles Wright, English cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Cambridge Uni CC, Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 72
- 1939 Jameson Thomas, British actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), dies from tuberculosis at 50
- 1939 Julius Bittner, Austrian composer (Little Violet; Missa Austriaca), dies at 64
- 1941 Frank Bridge, British violinist and composer (Sea), dies at 61
- 1941 Joe Penner, Hungarian-born comedian and actor (b. 1904)
- 1941 Sir John Lavery, Irish wartime painter, dies at 84
- 1944 Joseph Schmidlin, German clergyman, church historian, and anti-fascist, beaten to death in a Nazi labor camp at 67
- 1945 Rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67
- 1949 Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist, dies at 83
- 1951 Athos Palma, Argentine composer, dies at 59
- 1951 Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist (known as the founding father of modern physics research in Japan), dies at 60
- 1951 [Harry] Sinclair Lewis, American writer (Nobel Prize in Literature 1930), dies from advanced alcoholism at 65
- 1953 Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56
- 1954 Fred Raymond, Austrian composer, dies at 53
- 1955 Charles Rist, French economist who opposed the Keynesian Revolution, dies at 79
- 1956 Henk Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84
- 1956 Karl Ludwig Schmidt, German-Swiss theologist (Urchristentum), dies at 64
Chilean poet (Nobel Prize for Literature, 1945), educator and diplomat, dies of pancreatic cancer at 67
- 1958 Charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52
- 1959 Colin Gregory, English tennis player (Australian C'ship 1929, chairman All-England Club, Wimbledon), dies at 55
- 1960 Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 80
- 1961 Dashiell Hammett, American detective writer (Thin Man, Maltese Falcon), dies at 66
- 1963 Tadeusz Szeligowski, Polish composer (The Peacock and the Girl), dies at 66
- 1964 A. Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46
- 1966 Fen Cresswell, New Zealand cricket slow bower (3 Tests, 13 wickets; Wellington, Central Districts), dies from suicide at 50
- 1966 Hermann Kasack, German writer (Die Stadt hinter dem Strom), dies at 69
- 1967 Emerson Treacy, American actor (California Straight Ahead, Prowler), dies after surgery at 66
- 1967 Laura Ingalls, American aviator (first woman to pilot transcontinental flight), and Nazi propaganda agent, dies at 73 [1]
- 1967 Vilém Petrželka, Czech composer, dies at 77
- 1968 Basil Sydney, British actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife), dies of pleurisy at 73
- 1968 Howard Smith, American actor (Kiss of Death, Call Northside 777), dies at 74
- 1968 Josue Teofilo Wilkes, Argentine composer, dies at 85
- 1969 John Brownlee, Australian operatic baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1937-57), dies at 69
- 1970 Charles Olson, American poet (The Maximus Poems), dies of liver cancer at 59
- 1970 Pavel Belyayev, Soviet fighter pilot and cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44
- 1972 Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897)
- 1972 Al Goodman, Russian-American orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
- 1972 Georg Rendl, Austrian writer (The Bees Novel), beekeeper and painter, dies at 68
- 1972 Sverre Jordan, Norwegian composer, orchestra conductor and pianist (Norwegian Rapsody), dies at 82
- 1974 Eddie Safranski, American jazz double bassist and orchestra leader (Jonathan Winters Show), dies at 55
- 1976 Howlin' Wolf [Chester Arthur Burnett], American blues musician (Smokestack Lightnin', Killing Floor), dies of complications during kidney surgery at 65
- 1977 Ruth Wakefield, American inventor who created the Toll House Cookie, the first chocolate chip cookie, dies at 73
- 1978 Don Gillis, American composer (Symphony 5½ - A Symphony for Fun), dies at 65
- 1978 Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist, publisher and editor of "La Prensa", assassinated in Managua at 53
- 1978 Zeb Turner [William Grishaw], American country-rockabilly guitarist, singer-songwriter ("Chew Tobacco Rag"; "It's A Sin"), and disc jockey, dies at 62
- 1980 Bo Rein, American college football coach (b. 1945)
- 1980 George Meany, American labor leader (AFL-CIO), dies at 86
- 1981 Fawn M. Brodie, American historian (b. 1915)
- 1981 Richard Boone, American actor (The Richard Boone Show, Have Gun Will Travel), dies of throat cancer at 63
- 1982 Lazar Weiner, Russian-born American composer, dies at 84
- 1982 Paul Lynde, American comedian and actor (The Hollywood Squares, Uncle Arthur-Bewitched), dies after a heart attack at 55
- 1983 Ewan Roberts, Scottish actor (The Day of the Triffids, Five to One), dies at 68
- 1984 Souvanna Phouma, Prince and Prime Minister of Laos (1951–54, 1956–58, 1960 and 1962–75), dies at 82
- 1985 Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer (The Third Man), dies at 78
- 1986 Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel Prize for Literature 1984), dies at 84 [1]
- 1986 Joe Farrell, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 48
- 1986 Joseph Kraft, American columnist, dies at 61
- 1987 Håkan Malmrot, Swedish swimmer (Olympic gold 200m & 400m breaststroke 1920), dies at 86
- 1987 Marion Hutton [Thornburg], American singer (Glenn Miller Orchestra, 1938-42), and actress (In Society), dies of cancer at 67 [1]
- 1987 Sir David Robinson, English philanthropist and entrepreneur (b. 1904)
- 1989 Colin Winchester, Australian Assistant Police Commissioner, murdered (b. 1933)
- 1989 Donald Voorhees, American conductor (Bell Telephone Hour), dies at 85
- 1989 Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (b. 1905)
- 1990 Juliet Berto, screenwriter/actress (Bastienne Bastien), dies at 42
- 1990 Yvonne Peattie Marquard, actress (Donovan's Reef), dies
- 1991 Dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62
- 1992 Barbara Couper, British actress (Last Days of Dolwyn), dies at 89
- 1993 Diana Adams, ballerina, dies
- 1993 Noorjahan Begum, "adulterous" wife in Bangladesh, stoned to death
- 1994 Charles "Chub" Feeney, American MLB executive (President of the National League), dies at 72
- 1994 Ien Dales, Dutch politician (Minister of Internal affairs (1989-94), dies at 62
- 1994 Michael Aldridge, British actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Murder in Cathedral), dies at 73
- 1995 Elaine Greene, American-British literary agent (Arthur Miller, Dr Seuss), dies at 74
- 1995 Fred Böhler, Swiss jazz bandleader, pianist, and early proponent of the Hammond organ, dies at 82
- 1995 Halton Kathleen Tynan, writer, dies at 57
- 1996 Alexander Robertus, organic chemist, dies at 88
- 1996 Arthur Sydney Martin, British MI5 spycatcher and Soviet molehunter who exposed Anthony Blunt, dies at 81
- 1997 Alexander R. Todd, British chemist (Nobel Prize 1957), dies at 89
- 1997 Alvinio Misciano, Italian tenor, killed in a fall from a window
- 1997 Darrell A. Amyx, American classical archaeologist (Greek Ceramics), dies at 85
- 1997 Elspeth Huxley, English author (The Flame Trees of Thika and The Mottled Lizard), dies at 89
- 1997 George Young, Scottish soccer defender (54 caps; Rangers 293 games), dies at 74
- 1997 Hilary Grover Barratt Brown, British conservationist in Mallorca and for the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), dies at 71
- 1997 Shiv Verma, Indian revolutionary soldier and Marxist, dies at 88
- 1999 (Elbert) "Sonny" Forriest, American guitarist (The Coasters; Ray Charles; Hank Crawford), dies at 64
- 1999 Frank Parker, American singer (Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party), dies at 95
- 1999 John Hervey, 7th marquess of Bristol, English flamboyant peer who lost his fortune to drug addiction, dies at 44
- 1999 Primož Ramovš, Slovenian avant-garde composer (Za Harmoniko; Tryptychon), pedagogue, and library director (Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 1945-87), dies at 77
- 1999 Sir Edward Williams, Australian judge (b. 1921)
- 2000 Sam Jaffe, American music and film producer (Born Free, The Fighting Sullivans), dies at 98
- 2001 Jacques Marin, French character actor (The Vintage, Charade), dies at 81
- 2002 John Buscema, American comics artist (Conan the Barbarian), dies at 74
- 2002 W.A. Criswell, American Baptist pastor, President of the Southern Baptist Convention, dies at 92
- 2004 Alexandra Ripley, American author (b. 1934)
- 2004 Sidney Miller, American actor (Here Comes Donald) and director (The Mickey Mouse Club), dies at 87
American actor (Beaches, Clara's Heart, Heavy Petting), commits suicide at 62
- 2005 Erwin Hillier, British cinematographer (b. 1911)
- 2005 Gene Baylos, American comedian (b. 1906)
- 2005 Jack Horner, American sports journalist (b. 1912)
- 2005 James Forman, American civil rights leader (b. 1928)
- 2005 Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Princess of Belgium, dies at 77
- 2005 Kalevi Hämäläinen, Finnish cross country skier (b. 1932)
- 2005 Margherita Carosio, Italian soprano (b. 1908)
- 2005 Metropolitan Wasyly Fedak, primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (b. 1909)
- 2005 Tommy Fine, American baseball player, dies at 90
- 2007 Bradford Washburn, American explorer and cartographer, dies at 96
- 2007 Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (Marriage Italian Style, Doctor Zhivago), dies at 94
- 2008 (Walter) "Pete" Candoli, American jazz, big band, and session trumpeter (Woody Herman; Stan Kenton; Henry Mancini; The Brothers Candoli), dies of prostate cancer at 84
- 2008 Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (b. 1967)
- 2008 Maila Nurmi [Syrjäniemi], Finnish-American actress (The Vampira Show), dies at 85
- 2008 Mikhail Minin, Russian Soviet soldier (b. 1922)
- 2009 Bill Stone, British serviceman; one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, dies at 108
- 2009 Jean Pelletier, French Canadian politician (Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, 1993–2001; Mayor of Quebec, 1977-89), dies of colon cancer at 73
- 2009 Sidney Wood Jr, American tennis player (Wimbledon 1931), dies at 97
- 2010 Donald Acheson, Irish physician and Chief Medical Officer for England (1983-90), dies at 83
- 2010 Mano Solo [Emmanuel Cabut], French singer, dies from multiple aneurisms at 46
- 2011 Bosko Petrovic, Croatian jazz musician, founder of the Zagreb Jazz Quartet, dies at 75
- 2011 Cookie Gilchrist, American football fullback (AFL All Star 1962-65; AFL MVP 1962; CFL All Star 1956-60), dies of chronic traumatic encephalopathy at 75
- 2011 John Gross, English editor and author (editor of the Times Literary Supplement), dies at 75
- 2011 Liana Alexandra, Romanian pianist and composer, dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at 63
- 2011 Margaret Whiting, American singer (It Might As Well Be Spring, Time After Time), dies at 86
- 2012 Gevork Vartanian, Soviet intelligence agent, dies at 87
- 2013 Christel Adelaar, Dutch actress (Pipo the Clown - "Mammaloe"), dies of lung cancer at 77
- 2013 Evan Connell, American author, dies at 88
- 2014 Aram Gharabekian, Armenian conductor (National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia; Boston SinfoNova, 1983-96), dies at 58
- 2014 Larry Speakes, Acting White House Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan, dies at 74
- 2015 Brad Stephen "Taylor" Negron, American actor and writer (Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Easy Money), dies of liver cancer at 57
- 2015 Francesco Rosi, Italian film director ("The Mattei Affair" - Palme d'Or 1972), dies at 92
- 2015 Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch scientist, inventor, and writer, dies at 86
- 2015 Michael Wright, British academic and Vice-Chancellor of Aston University (1996-2006), dies of cancer at 67
- 2015 Robert Stone, American novelist (Dog Soldiers, WUSA), dies from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 77
- 2015 Timothy Lee Drummond, American musician, dies at 74
English rock singer-songwriter ("Space Oddity"; "Changes"; "Ziggy Stardust"; "Heroes"), mime, and actor (Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence; Labyrinth), dies of cancer at 69
- 2017 (Armando) "Buddy" Greco, American jazz and pop singer ("Ooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty"; "The Lady Is A Tramp"), pianist, and television personality (Away We Go), dies at 90
British war correspondent who was the first to report on the outbreak of WWII, dies at 105
- 2017 Daan van Golden, Dutch sculptor, dies at 80
- 2017 Oliver Smithies, British biochemist (2007 Noble Prize for gene targeting), dies at 91
- 2017 Steven McDonald, New York City Police Department patrolman who was shot and paralyzed in the line of duty, dies at 59
- 2017 Tony Rosato, Italian-born Canadian comedian (SCTV, Saturday Night Live), dies at 63
- 2018 "Fast" Eddie Clarke, British guitarist (Fastway, Motörhead), dies from pneumonia at 67
- 2018 Doreen Tracey, British-born American performer (The Mickey Mouse Club), dies at 74
- 2018 Tom Luken, American politician (U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio, 1974-75 and 1977-91), dies at 92
- 2018 Wiesje Backer, Dutch ballet dancer, actress. and playwright, dies at 79
- 2020 Guido Messina, Italian road and track cyclist (World C'ship gold individual 4000m pursuit 1948, 53-56; Olympic gold team 1952), dies at 89
- 2020 Petko Petkov, Bulgarian soccer forward (33 caps; Beroe Stara Zagora, Austria Wien), dies at 73
- 2020 Wolfgang Dauner, German jazz-fusion pianist and composer (United Jazz + Rock Ensemble), dies at 84
- 2021 David Barclay, British hotel magnate (The Ritz) and multi-billionaire, dies at 86
- 2021 Dee Rowe, American college basketball coach (UConn Huskies men's 1969-76), dies at 91
- 2021 Donald Smith, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 wicket; Sussex CCC), dies at 97
- 2021 Hubert Auriol, French off-road motorcyclist and auto racer (Dakar Rally 1981, 83, 92), dies from COVID-19 at 68
- 2021 Sydney Hodkinson, Canadian-American classical composer and educator (Eastman School, 1973-99), dies at 86
- 2022 Alfred Gager, Austrian soccer midfielder (6 caps; Austria Wien, FC Wacker Wien), dies at 79
- 2022 Don Maynard, American Pro Football HOF wide receiver (Super Bowl 1969; First-team All-AFL 1968, 69; AFL All-Star 1965, 67–69; NY Titans/Jets), dies at 86
- 2022 Francis Jackson, British organist, composer (East Acklam; A Time of Fire), and music director (York Minster, 1946-82), dies at 104
- 2022 Gary Waldhorn, British stage and screen comic actor (The Vicar of Dibley; Brush Strokes), dies at 78
- 2022 Gerry Granahan, American rockabilly singer-songwriter (Dickey Doo & The Dont's - "Click-Clack"), record producer, and label executive, dies at 89
- 2022 Khan Jamal [Warren Cheeseboro], American jazz vibraphonist and marimba player (Sounds of Liberation; Creative Art Ensemble), dies of kidney failure at 75 [1]
- 2023 Bruce Murray, New Zealand cricket batsman (13 Tests, 5 x 50, HS 90; Wellington), dies at 82
- 2023 Constantine II, last King of Greece until the abolition of the Greek monarchy (1964-73), dies after stroke at 82
- 2023 Gaudenzio Bernasconi, Italian soccer midfielder (6 caps; Sampdoria 334 games), dies at 90
- 2023 George Pell, Australian Catholic Cardinal and treasurer of the Vatican, convicted, and then acquitted, of child sex abuse, dies of complications after hip surgery at 81 [1]
English Grammy Award-winning rock guitarist (Yardbirds, 1965-66; Jeff Beck Group, 1967-72), dies of bacterial meningitis at 78 [1] [2]
- 2023 Tyre Nichols, African American motorist, dies in hospital in Memphis of his injuries, three days after being beaten by police at a traffic stop, at 29 [1]
- 2024 Bud Harrelson, American baseball shortstop (MLB All-Star 1970, 71; World Series 1969; Gold Glove 1971 New York Mets) and manager (NY Mets 1990, 91), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 79
- 2024 Jennell Jaquays, American video game designer and "Dungeons & Dragons" artist, dies of complications of Guillain-Barré syndrome at 67
- 2024 John Wells, American fashion photographer and blogger (The Field Lab), dies of cancer at 64
- 2024 Tisa Farrow, American actress (Zombie; Fingers; Grim Reaper), dies at 72
- 2025 Bill McCartney, American College Football HOF coach (Colorado Buffaloes 1982–94; NCAA C'ship 1990), dies at 84
- 2025 José Jiménez, Puerto Rico-American civil rights leader, founder of the Young Lords in Chicago, co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition, dies at 76 [1]
- 2025 Sam Moore, American R&B and soul vocalist (Sam & Dave - "Soul Man", "I Thank You"), dies of post-surgical complications at 89 [1]
- 2025 Thelma Hopkins, Irish athlete (High jump WR 1.74m 1956; Olympic silver 1956), dies at 88
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