- 69 Galba [Servius Sulpicius Galba], 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), lynched by his successor Otho at 70
- 570 Íte of Killeedy, Irish nun and saint (b. 475)
- 936 King Rudolph of France (923-936), dies at 45 or 46
- 1208 Peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered
- 1345 Martin Zaccaria, Italo-Greek ruler
- 1597 Juan de Herrera, Spanish Renaissance architect and mathematician (El Escorial, Vallododid Cathedral), dies (b. c. 1530)
- 1672 John Cosin, English clergyman, dies at 77
- 1683 Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (b. 1609)
- 1684 Caspar Netscher, Dutch portrait painter, dies at about 48
- 1705 Walraad, the Young, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nijmegen, dies
- 1744 Charles-Hubert Gervais, French baroque composer, dies at 72
- 1755 Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, Italian organist, harpsichordist, composer (Six Sonatas for Harpsichord), and organ builder, dies at 83
- 1765 Carlmann Kolb, German composer and priest, dies at 61
- 1775 Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian composer, musician, and choirmaster, dies at about 74 (born c. 1700)
- 1781 Mariana Victoria of Spain, Queen consort of Portugal (1750-77), dies at 62 from heart disease
- 1783 William Alexander, Lord Stirling, American general (American Revolutionary War leader), dies at 57
- 1788 Gaetano Latilla, Italian composer, dies at 77
- 1790 John Landen, English mathematician (elliptic integrals), dies at 70
- 1804 Dru Drury, English entomologist, dies at 78
- 1812 Johannes Herbst, German-American musician, composer, and Moravian minister, dies at 76 [1]
- 1815 Emma, Lady Hamilton, English mistress of Lord Nelson, dies of liver failure at 49
- 1816 Henry Harington, British physician, composer, and writer, dies at 88
- 1833 Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (Waxhaws Massacre), dies at 78
- 1844 Joseph Mazzinghi, English composer, dies at 78
- 1863 David Rumph Jones, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 37
- 1864 Isaac Nathan, British-Australian composer, dies at about 73 [exact birthdate undocumented]
- 1866 M T d'Azeglio, writer, dies
- 1876 Eliza Johnson, U.S. First Lady (b. 1810)
- 1885 Levin Minn Powell, American Commander (Union Navy), dies at 81
- 1890 Lucia Zarate, Mexican entertainer (lightest known adult human - 2.1 kg at 17), dies at 26
- 1893 Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble, British Shakespearian actress (Juliet) and author, dies at 83
- 1896 Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72
- 1902 Alpheus Hyatt, American zoologist and paleontologist, dies at 63
- 1904 Eduard Lassen, Belgian-Danish composer, dies at 73
- 1909 Arnold Janssen missionary (b. 1837)
- 1909 Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85
- 1909 Ernst von Wildenbruch, German playwright (Das Edle Blut), dies at 63
- 1911 Wilhelm Berger, German composer, pianist and conductor, dies at 49
- 1915 Fannie Farmer, American culinary pioneer who revolutionised modern cooking through the introduction of precise measurements (Boston Cooking-School Cook Book), dies of complications of a stroke at 57
- 1915 Guillaume Couture, Canadian choir conductor, composer, and teacher, dies at 63
- 1916 Modest Tchaikovsky, Russian writer (b. 1850)
- 1919 Karl Liebknecht, German Marxist revolutionary (Sparta Party), murdered at 47
- 1919 Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-German Marxist revolutionary and founder of the Spartacus League, murdered by the Freikorps at 47
- 1922 John Kirk Barry, British physician, explorer and administrator in Zanzibar (companion to explorer David Livingstone), dies at 89
- 1924 Géza Zichy, Hungarian composer and one-armed pianist, dies at 74
- 1926 Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 42
- 1932 Georg Kerschensteiner, German educational theorist (Theorie der Bildungsorganisation), dies at 77
- 1934 Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer, editor, dramaturg, and playwright (The Concert), and literary critic, dies at 70
- 1934 Patrick O'Malley, US policeman, killed by John Dillinger
- 1936 Henry Forster, British politician (Governor-General of Australia 1920-25) and cricketer (Oxford blue 1887-89), dies at 70
- 1942 Mel Sheppard, American athlete (Olympic gold 800m, 1,500m, medley relay 1908; 4x400 metre relay 1912), dies at 58
- 1949 Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron, diplomat and senator, dies at 63
- 1950 Henry "Hap" Arnold, American commanding general, US Army Air Force (WWII), dies at 63
- 1952 Ned Hanlon, Premier of Queensland (b. 1887)
- 1953 Patrick Vretblad, Swedish composer, dies at 76
- 1955 Yves Tanguy, French-American sailor/surrealistic painter, dies
- 1961 Francesco Maria Saraceni, Italian composer, dies at 49
- 1962 Kenneth MacKenna, American actor and director (Judgment at Nuremberg, Those We Love), dies of cancer at 62
- 1964 (Weldon Leo) "Jack" Teagarden, American jazz trombonist (Paul Whiteman, 1933-38; Louis Armstrong's All-Stars, 1946-51), singer ("Basin Street Blues"), and bandleader, dies from bronchial pneumonia at 58
- 1964 George Duncan, Scottish golfer, course designer (British Open 1920), dies at 80
- 1964 Harry Sunderland, Australian rugby league administrator (manager 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of GB; Queensland RFL secretary 1913-22; inspired establishment RL in France), dies at 74
- 1965 Pierre Ngendandumwe, premier of Burundi, murdered
- 1967 Albert Szirmai, Hungarian operetta composer, dies at 86
- 1967 David Burliuk, Ukrainian artist and poet, part of Russian Futurist movement dies at 84
- 1968 Bill Masterton, Canadian American NHL player, first to be fatally injured during a game (Jan 13), dies at 29
- 1968 Leopold Infeld, Polish nuclear physicist, writer (The Evolution of Physics: The Growth of Ideas from Early Concepts to Relativity and Quanta (with Albert Einstein); Whom the Gods Love: The Story of Évariste Galois), and peace activist, dies at 69
- 1969 Theodor Werner, German painter, dies at 82
- 1970 Vytautas Bacevičius [Bacewicz], Lithuanian avant garde composer (Della Guerra Symphony), dies at 64
- 1971 John Dall, actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of a heart attack at 50
- 1972 Margaret "Daisy" Ashford, British child author who wrote "The Young Visiters" (Mister Salteena's Plan) aged 9, dies at 90
- 1973 Coleman Francis, American film director (b. 1919)
- 1973 Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1901)
- 1973 Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist, educator, and conductor (Collegium Musicum Antverpiense), dies at 68
- 1974 Karel Salmon [Karl Salomon], Israeli operatic bass-baritone singer, composer, and conductor, dies at 76
- 1978 Jack Jackson, British trumpeter, dance band bandleader, and influential BBC disc jockey, dies at 71
- 1978 Margaret Bowman & Janet Levy, Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ted Bundy
- 1979 Euphemia Giannini Gregory, Italian-American opera singer and educator (Curtis Institute), dies at 83
- 1981 David E. Lilienthal, American attorney and government administrator (Tennessee Valley Authority, 1933-46; Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-50), dies at 81
- 1981 Emanuel Celler, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 92
- 1982 Red Smith, American sportscaster and columnist (Pulitzer 1976, Fight Talk), dies at 76
- 1983 Shepperd Strudwick, actor (Psychomania), dies of cancer at 75
- 1986 Jim Crowley, American football player (Notre Dame; College Football Hall of Fame) and coach, dies at 83
- 1987 Dolores Hawkins, American R&B singer ("Rocks in My Bed"; "A Kiss Before Dying"), dies at 58
- 1987 Gerrit Borgers, Dutch literary, dies at 69
- 1987 Ray Bolger, American dancer, actor, and singer (Wizard of Oz - "Scarecrow"; Partridge Family - "Grandpa Renfrew"), dies of bladder cancer at 83
Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army and founder of Amnesty International (Nobel 1974), dies at 83
- 1990 Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (Upstairs, Downstairs, The Professionals, The Great Escape), dies after a short illness at 66
- 1992 (David) Dee Murray [Oates], British bassist (Elton John backing band), dies after a stroke at 45
- 1992 Hari Rhodes, American actor (Earth II, Detroit 9000), dies at 59
- 1993 Henry Iba, American Basketball HOF coach (Olympic gold 1964, 68; NCAA C'ship 1945, 46 Oklahoma State Uni) and executive (AD Oklahoma State 1935-70), dies at 88
- 1993 Ken Cory, American actor (The Candidate; Without A Trace), dies of AIDS at 51
- 1993 Sammy Cahn [Cohen], American lyricist ("Three Coins in a Fountain"; "High Hopes"; "Call Me Irresponsible"), dies of heart failure at 79
- 1994 György Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist (Chopin, Liszt), dies at 72
- 1994 Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati novelist, poet and astrologist, dies at 77
- 1994 Martin Kosleck, German actor (Pursuit to Algiers; Agent for H.A.R.M.), dies at 89
- 1994 Philippe Brun, French jazz trumpeter, dies at 85
- 1995 Sollie McElroy, American R&B singer (The Flamingos. 1953-54 - "Golden Teardrops"), dies at 61
- 1996 Les Baxter, American exotica musician, orchestra leader and composer (Ritual Of The Savage, Born Again), dies at 73
- 1996 Minnesota Fats [Rudolf Wanderone Jr], American billiard player and entertainer, dies at 82
- 1996 Moshoeshoe II, King of Lesotho (1966-90), dies at 51
- 1996 Richard Cobb, British historian, dies at 78
- 1997 Jose Ignacio Domecq, Spanish wine maker, dies at 82
- 1997 Kenneth Thimann, English American botanist (Balzan Prize), dies at 92
- 1998 Gulzarilal Nanda, Indian politician and economist. temporary Prime Minister of India (1964, 1966), dies at 99
- 1998 Harriet Van Horne, American columnist and panelist (Leave it to Girls), dies at 77
- 1998 Junior Wells, American blues singer ("In My Younger Days"), dies at 63
- 1999 Betty Box, British film producer (Doctor in the House, Miranda), dies at 83
- 1999 William Crosbie, Scottish artist, dies at 83
- 2000 Arkan [Željko Ražnatović], Serbian paramilitary leader, dies at 47
- 2000 Fran Ryan, American actress (Stripes; The Long Riders), dies of natural causes at 83
- 2000 Georges-Henri Lévesque, Canadian Dominican priest and sociologist, dies at 96
- 2001 Bob Braun, American TV and radio personality (Dotty Mack Show), dies at 71
- 2001 Ted Mann, American screenwriter (b. 1916)
- 2002 Michael Bilandic, American lawyer, politician (Mayor of Chicago, 1976-79), and jurist (Illinois Supreme Court, 1990-2000), dies of heart failure at 78
- 2002 Steve Gromek, American baseball player (b. 1920)
- 2003 Doris Fisher, American singer and songwriter ("Tutti Frutti"; You Always Hurt the One You Love": "Tampico"), dies at 87
- 2004 Gus Suhr, American baseball first baseman (1,435 MLB games Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies; only player to be sued by a fan injured after struck by a foul ball), dies at 98
- 2005 Dan Lee, Canadian animator (b. 1969)
- 2005 Deem Bristow, American video game voice actor (b. 1947)
- 2005 Elizabeth Janeway, American author (b. 1913)
- 2005 Ruth Warrick, American actress (Citizen Kane; All My Children, 1970-2005 - "Phoebe"), civil rights and political activist, dies of complications from pneumonia at 88
- 2005 Victoria de los Ángeles, Catalan operatic lyric soprano, dies at 81
- 2005 Walter Ernsting, German author (b. 1920)
- 2006 Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, dies at 79
- 2007 Awad Hamed al-Bandar, former chief judge of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court (b. 1945) (executed)
- 2007 Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (b. 1908)
- 2007 Bruce Kenrick, British clergyman, housing campaigner and co-founder of Shelter, dies at 86
- 2007 David Vanole, American soccer player (b. 1963)
- 2007 James Hillier, Canadian-American inventor (co-created the electron microscope), dies at 91
- 2007 Pura Santillan Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (As I See It: Filipinos and the Philippines), dies at 101 [1] [2]
- 2008 Brad Renfro, American actor (The Client), dies of heroin overdose at 25
- 2008 Mark Haigh-Hutchinson, English Game Designer (Zombies Ate My Neighbors), dies of cancer (b. 1964)
- 2010 Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Jewish-American biochemist and geneticist (Nobel 1968), dies at 82
- 2011 Nat Lofthouse, English Footballer (b. 1925)
- 2011 Susannah York, British actress (Tom Jones; They Shoot Horses, Don't They?; Superman), dies of cancer at 72
- 2012 Edward Derwinski, American politician (1st Secretary of Veteran Affairs 1989-92; US Representative from Illinois, 1959-83), dies of cancer at 85
- 2012 Manuel Fraga [Iribarne], Spanish politician, President of Spanish Galicia (1990-2005), dies at 89
- 2013 (Jesús) "Chucho" Castillo, Mexican bantamweight boxer (WBA, WBC, 1970), dies from a heart attack at 68
- 2013 Daphne Anderson, British actress (Beggar's Opera; Hobson's Choice), dies at 90
- 2013 Jennings Michael Burch, American writer (They Cage the Animals at Night), dies at 71
- 2013 Mario Kuri-Aldana, Mexican composer, and teacher, dies at 81
- 2013 Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director and screenwriter, dies at 80
- 2013 Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian cellist (Borodin Trio, 1976-91), conductor (I Musici de Montreal Chamber Orchestra, 1983-2011), and teacher, dies at 73 [1]
- 2014 Joachim Nowotny, German writer, dies at 80
- 2015 Kim Fowley, American record producer (the Runaways), dies at 75
- 2016 Dan Haggerty, American actor (Grizzly Adams), dies of cancer at 73
- 2016 Noreen Corcoran, American actress (Bachelor Father), dies at 72
- 2017 Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka, Fijian-born American professional wrestler, dies at 73
- 2018 Cyrille Regis, English soccer forward (5 caps; WBA 237 games, Coventry City 238 games), dies of a heart attack at 59
Irish musician and singer-songwriter (The Cranberries - "Zombie"; ,"Linger"), drowns in the bath at 46
- 2018 Edwin Hawkins, American gospel musician, choir master and composer ("Oh Happy Day"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 74
- 2018 James Ball, British economist and principal of London Business School (1972-84), known for his work in macroeconomic forecasting, dies at 84 [1]
- 2018 Joe Frank [Joseph Langermann], American radio personality (KCRW), dies of cancer at 79
- 2018 Mathilde Krim, American medical researcher and founding chairman of amfAR (Foundation for AIDS Research), dies at 91
- 2018 Peter Wyngarde [Cyril Goldbert], British actor (Department S and Jason King), dies at 90
- 2019 Carol Channing, American comic actress, and singer (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Hello Dolly), dies at 97
- 2019 Steve Madaio, American session and touring trumpet player (Paul Butterfield; Stevie Wonder; Rolling Stones), dies of a heart attack at 70
- 2020 Bobby Brown, Scottish soccer goalkeeper (5 caps; Rangers, Falkirk) and manager (St Johnstone; Scottish national team 1967-71), dies at 96
- 2020 Chris Darrow, American country-rock pioneer, singer-songwriter, guitarist, fiddler, bassist, and banjo plucker (Kaleidoscope; Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, 1967-70), dies from complications following a stroke at 75
- 2020 Rocky Johnson, Canadian pro wrestler (father of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson; with Tony Atlas first black champions in WWE history), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 75
- 2021 Bruce Headley, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (Breeders' Cup Sprint 2000 Kona Gold), dies from a stroke at 86
- 2021 Vicente Cantatore, Argentine soccer manager (Chile, Real Valladolid, Colo Colo, Real Betis, Sevilla, Sporting de Gijón), dies at 85
- 2022 Ed Cheff, American College Baseball HOF coach (16 × NAIA World Series; Lewis–Clark State College 1977-2010), dies at 78
- 2022 Joe B. Hall, American Basketball HOF coach (NCAA Division I C'ship 1978; University of Kentucky 1972-85), dies at 93
- 2022 Ralph Emery, American country music DJ and television host (Nashville Now), dies at 88
- 2022 Ramazan Rragami, Albanian soccer midfielder (20 caps; KF Vllaznia) and manager (KF Vllaznia), dies at 77
- 2022 Scot Palmer, Australian sports journalist (The Sun, Sunday Press, Seven Network; President Football Writers Association), dies at 84
- 2023 Shaye Al-Nafisah, Saudi Arabian soccer forward (32 caps; Al-Kawkab FC), dies at 60
- 2024 Georgios Darivas, Greek soccer forward (16 caps; Olympiacos 270 games) and manager (Olympiacos 1971, 75-76), dies at 97
- 2024 Jorge Griffa, Argentine soccer defender (4 caps; CA Newell's Old Boys, Atlético Madrid 227 games), dies at 88
- 2025 Gus Williams, American basketball guard (NBA C'ship 1979 Seattle SuperSonics; NBA All Star 1982, 83; All-NBA First Team 1982), dies from stroke complications at 71
- 2025 Linda Nolan, Irish-British pop singer (The Nolans - "I'm In the Mood for Dancing"), and stage actress, and TV personality, dies of pneumonia while battling cancer at 65
- 2025 Melba Montgomery, American country music singer-songwriter ("We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds" with George Jones; "No Charge"), dies at 86
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