- 309 Marcellus I, Roman Catholic Pope (308-09), and saint, dies at 54
- 484 Seinei, 22nd Emperor of Japan according to legend (480-484), dies at about 40 (b. 444) [dates disputed]
- 960 Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople
- 1263 Shinran, Japanese Buddhist monk and founder of what became the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Japanese Buddhism, dies at 89
- 1343 Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies
- 1391 Muhammad V of Granada [al-Ghani bi'llah], Sultan of Granada (1354-59, 1362-91) and 8th Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada, dies at 52
- 1400 John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician, executed at around 47 or 48 after the failure of the Epiphany Rising conspiracy against King Henry IV
- 1545 George Spalatin, German humanist, reformer and important figure in the Reformation, dies at 60
- 1547 Johannes Schöner, German polymath, astronomer and cartographer (Schöner globes), dies at 70
- 1554 Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480)
- 1585 Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512)
- 1592 Johan Casimir, German prince, and mercenary leader (occupied Ghent, 1578), dies at 48
- 1595 Murad III, Ottoman Sultan (1574-95), dies at 48
- 1659 Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer, dies at 78
- 1703 Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64
- 1710 Higashiyama [Asahito], 113th Emperor of Japan (1687-1709) during the Genroku era, dies at 34
- 1711 Joseph Vaz, Oratorian priest and missionary in Ceylon, dies at 59
- 1747 Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet, dies at 66
- 1748 Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar who studied philology and law (Livy, Silius Italicus), dies at 64 [1]
- 1752 Francis Blomefield, English topographer (History of Norfolk), dies at 46
English historian (The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire), dies in London at 56
- 1809 Sir John Moore, British General, at the Battle of Corunna (b. 1761)
- 1817 Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman and financier, dies at 57
- 1817 Antonín Volánek, Czech organist and composer, dies at 55
- 1833 James Ballantyne, Scottish printer and publisher of Walter Scott with the Ballantyne Press, dies at 61
- 1834 Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769)
- 1842 Thomas Fearnley, Norwegian landscape painter, dies of typhoid fever at 39
- 1849 Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69
- 1856 Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)
- 1864 Anton Schindler, German violinist and biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68
- 1866 Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, American cult leader as founder of the New Thought mental healing movement, dies at 63
- 1879 Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet, dies at 51
- 1885 Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (Le Roi des montagnes), dies at 56
- 1886 Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (I Lituani; La Gioconda), dies at 51
- 1886 Jacob Kats, Flemish writer (Earthly Paradise), dies at 81
- 1891 Clement Léo Delibes, French romantic composer (Coppélia, Sylvia, Le roi l'a dit, Lakmé), dies at 54
- 1892 Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies
- 1893 Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74
- 1898 Charles Pelham Villiers, British longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons, dies at 96
- 1899 Charles Chiniquy, Canadian Catholic priest who left the Roman Catholic Church and became a Presbyterian minister, dies at 89
- 1901 Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter (Isle of the Dead), dies at 73
American clergyman, politician, 1st African American in Congress (US Senator from Mississippi, 1870-71), and college president (Alcorn, 1871-82), dies at 73
- 1901 Jules Barbier, French opera librettist (Jacques Offenbach - "The Tales of Hoffmann"; Charles Gounod - "Faust"), dies at 75
- 1906 Marshall Field, American entrepreneur and the founder of Marshall Field and Company, dies at 71
- 1907 Alfred Shaw, English cricket spin bowler (7 Tests; bowled first ball in Test cricket; first to take 5 wickets in a Test innings; Nottinghamshire CCC, MCC), dies at 64
- 1908 Lydia Moss Bradley, American bank president, philanthropist, and college founder (Bradley Polytechnic Institute), dies at 91
- 1912 Georg Heym, German writer, dies in an ice skating accident at 24
- 1913 Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, American aeronaut and inventor, dies at 80
- 1916 Arnold Aletrino, Dutch physician, criminologist, and author (From Death), dies at 57
U.S. Admiral of the Navy, won Battle of Manila Bay, dies at 79
- 1919 Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil (b. 1848)
- 1919 Jaroslav Jeremiáš, Czech pianist and composer, dies at 19
- 1920 Reginald De Koven, American composer, dies at 60
- 1924 Maurice de Plessys, French poet (Palace Occidental), dies at 59
- 1924 Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, Welsh philanthropist (Order of Saint John), dies from heart failure at 64
- 1934 Annie Patterson, Irish organist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 65
- 1935 Ma Barker [Arizona Clark], American crime matriarch, mother of several Barker–Karpis Gang members, dies in police shootout at 61
- 1935 Richard Wetz, German composer (Requiem, Op. 50 in B minor), dies of lung cancer at 59
- 1936 Albert Fish, American serial killer and cannibal, executed via electric chair at 65
- 1936 Shapurji Saklatvala, British politician and communist, Ist British MP of Indian heritage (Battersea North), dies at 61
- 1938 Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian Bengali novelist (Devdas), dies at 61
- 1942 Carole Lombard [Jane Alice Peters], American actress (My Man Godfrey; To Be or Not to Be), dies in a plane crash at 33
- 1942 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (1911-16), dies at 91
- 1943 Franz Courtens, Belgian landscape painter (Sunny Lane, Autumn), dies at 88
- 1945 Dennis Donnini, British rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19
- 1945 Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian mathematician, dies at 79
- 1947 Fate Marable, American jazz pianist, riverboat calliope player, and bandleader, dies of pneumonia at 56
- 1954 Michail M Prishvin, Russian writer, dies
- 1957 Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and Canada, dies at 82
Italian cellist and conductor (La Scala, 1898-1908 & 1921-29; Metropolitan Opera, 1908-15; New York Philharmonic, 1926-36; NBC Symphony Orchestra, 1937-41 & 1944-54), dies after a stroke in NYC at 89
- 1961 János Viski, Hungarian classical pianist, composer (Enigma), and teacher, dies at 54
- 1962 Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77
- 1962 Frank Hurley, Australian photographer (Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-16; Australian Army WWI & WWII), dies at 76
- 1962 Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect, dies at 78
- 1963 Gilardo Gilardi, Argentine composer, pianist and conductor (La leyenda del urutaú, Réquiem, Misa de Gloria), dies at 73
- 1963 Ike Quebec, American jazz tenor saxophone player, and pianist, dies of lung cancer at 44
- 1966 Margarete Susman, German-Jewish writer, dies at 91
- 1967 Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright (Sage of Kai-Roi), dies at 72
- 1967 Robert J. Van De Graaff, American engineer and physicist (Mobility of Gaseous Ions), dies at 65
- 1968 John Davidson, American stage and silent and sound screen actor (The Bronze Bell; Dick Tracy vs Crime, Inc; Chinese Cat), dies at 81
- 1968 Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84
- 1969 Vernon Duke [Vladimir Alexandrovich Dukelsky], American composer and songwriter ("Taking a Chance on Love"), dies of lung cancer at 65
- 1970 Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Djinak-djinak merpati), dies at 61
- 1971 Kermit Maynard, American cowboy actor (Valley of Terror, Saturday Roundup), dies at 73
- 1971 Philippe Thys, Belgian road cyclist (Tour de France 1913, 14, 20; 13 x individual stages), dies at 81
- 1972 David Seville [Ross Bagdasarian], American songwriter ("Come On A-My House"), singer (Alvin & The Chipmunks - "Witch Doctor"), and actor (Rear Window), dies at 52
- 1972 Teller Ammons, American attorney and politician (Governor of Colorado, 1937-39), dies at 76
- 1974 Roy Bargy, American pianist and composer (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79
- 1975 Paul Beaver, American experimental musician, electronic, and psychedelic rock Moog synthesizer player (Beaver & Krause), dies of a cerebral aneurysm at 49
- 1975 Thor Johnson, American conductor (Cincinnati Symphony, 1947-58; Nashville Symphony, 1967-75), dies at 61
- 1977 Leif Panduro, Danish writer ('k Have varnish on traditions), dies at 53
- 1978 Virginia Pope, American fashion editor (New York Times), dies at 92
- 1979 August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (Head of the SS Main Office), dies at 82
- 1979 Fred Elizalde, Spanish Filipino composer, dies at 71
- 1979 Peter Butterworth, British actor and comedian (Carry On), dies of a heart attack at 63
American actor (Lurch-Addams Family), dies at 46
- 1980 Anna Maria Franciska van Wageningen-Salomons, Dutch author (Girl Student), dies at 94
- 1981 Bernard Lee, British actor (M in James Bond movies, Fallen Idol, Dr No), dies at 73
- 1982 Harald Søltoft Agersnap, Danish cellist, pianist, conductor, and composer (Royal Danish Theatre, 1931-66), dies at 82
- 1985 Robert Fitzgerald, American poet and translator, dies at 74
- 1986 Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
- 1987 Bertram Wainer, Australian physician pro-abortion access campaigner, dies of a heart attack at 58
- 1987 Earl Wilson, American journalist and columnist (Midnight Earl), dies at 79
- 1987 Ilse Lagner, German antiwar writer, dies at 87
- 1987 Joyce Jameson, American comedienne and actress (Spike Jones Show, The Outlaw Josey Wales), commits suicide at 59
- 1987 Robert De Kers [Keersmaeker], Belgian jazz trumpeter and bandleaders, dies at 80
- 1988 Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal and Nazi ally during WWII who operated concentration camps, dies in prison at 88
- 1988 Ballard Berkeley [Blascheck], British actor (Fawlty Towers, East meets West, The BFG), dies at 83
- 1989 Pierre Boileau, French screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82
- 1989 Romo Vincent, actor (Naked Jungle), dies
- 1989 Trey Wilson, actor (Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona), dies
- 1991 Cladys "Jabbo" Smith, American jazz trumpet pioneer, dies at 82
- 1992 Ajahn Chah, Thai Buddhist meditation master, dies at 73
- 1992 Roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95
- 1993 Florence Desmond [Dawson], actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at 87
- 1993 Freddie Cochrane, American boxer (World Welterweight champion 1941-1946), dies at 77
- 1993 Glenn Corbett [Glen Edwin Rothenburg], American actor (Route 66; Shenandoah; Chisum), dies of lung cancer at 59
- 1993 Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic powerlifter (World's Strongest Man 1984 , 86 , 88, 90), dies of familial heart failure at 32
- 1993 Sathasivam Krishnakumar, Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide
- 1994 Stephen Kritsick, veterinarian (Good Morning America), dies at 42
- 1995 William Dillard, American jazz trumpeter and Broadway singer dies from complications of Lupus, at 83 [1]
- 1996 Harry Potts, English soccer forward (Burnley, Everton) and manager (Burnley, Shrewsbury Town, Blackpool), dies at 75
- 1996 Kaye Webb, English writer and publisher (Puffin Club), dies at 81
- 1996 Marcia Davenport, American author and music critic (b. 1903)
- 1996 Richard Kermode, American rocker (Kozmic Blues Band), dies at 49
- 1997 Charlie Alfred Galbraith, English jazz trombonist, dies at 76
- 1997 Ennis Cosby, American only son of Bill Cosby, murdered in an attempted robbery on Los Angeles highway at 27
- 1997 Jim Kensil, American NFL executive (New York Jets president), dies of heart failure at 66
- 1997 Stephen Fitz-Simon, British fashion retailer and entrepreneur (Biba), dies at 59
- 1998 (David) "Junior" Kimbrough, American blues musician, dies at 67
- 1998 Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (A Girl in Black), dies of cancer at 66
- 1998 Lionel Birkett, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 50; Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago), dies at 92
- 1998 Peter Diamand, Austrian-Dutch artistic administrator of the Holland and Edinburgh music festivals, dies at 84
- 1999 Jim McClelland, Australian solicitor, politician, Minister, Royal Commissioner, judge (b. 1915)
- 1999 Oscar Cullmann, French-Swiss Lutheran theologist (Das Petrusproblem), dies at 96
- 2000 Gene Harris [Haire], American soul-jazz pianist (The Three Sounds), dies of kidney failure at 66
- 2000 Robert R. Wilson, American physicist (The Manhattan Project), sculptor and architect, dies at 85
- 2000 Will "Dub" Jones, American bass singer (The Coasters - "Charlie Brown"), dies at 71
- 2001 Auberon Waugh, British author and journalist (Private Eye), dies at 61
Congolese revolutionary and 3rd President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-2001), assassinated in his office at 61 by one of his own bodyguards
- 2001 Leonard Woodcock, American labor leader (United Auto Workers) and US ambassador to China, dies at 89
- 2001 Virginia O'Brien, American actress and singer (Meet the People, Gus, Ziegfeld Follies), dies of a heart attack at 81
- 2002 (Carl) "Bobo" Olson, American boxer World Middleweight Champion, 1953-55), dies at 73
- 2002 Eddie Meduza, Swedish composer (b. 1948)
- 2002 Robert Hanbury Brown, British-Australian astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)
- 2002 Ron Taylor, American actor, singer and writer know for "It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues", dies of a heart attack at 49
- 2003 Henryk Czyz, Polish composer and musician, dies at 79
- 2003 Richard Wainwright, English politician, Liberal MP for Colne Valley (1966–70), dies at 84
- 2004 John Siomos, American session and touring rock drummer (Peter Frampton; Todd Rundgren), dies at 56
- 2004 Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
- 2005 Marjorie Williams, American journalist (b. 1958)
- 2006 Anatoli Petrovich Kuklin, Russian-Soviet cosmonaut, dies at 74
- 2006 Stanley Biber, American physician and pioneer of transgender surgery, dies of pneumonia at 82
- 2007 Benny Parsons, American racecar driver and commentator (b. 1941)
- 2007 Ron Carey, American actor (Barney Miller), dies of a stroke at 71
- 2007 Thornton James "Pookie" Hudson, American vocalist (The Spaniels- "Goodnite Sweetheart Goodnite"), dies of cancer at 72
- 2009 Andrew Wyeth, American realist painter (Christina's World), dies at 91
- 2009 Joe Erskine, American boxer and long distance runner (b. 1930)
- 2009 John Mortimer, English barrister, screenwriter and author (A Voyage Round My Father), dies at 85
- 2012 Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch harpsichordist, organist and conductor, dies at 87
- 2012 Jimmy Castor, American pop and funk musician (Troglodyte (Cave Man), Jimmy Castor Bunch), died of heart failure at 71
- 2013 Abigail Van Buren [Pauline Phillips], American columnist and radio show host known for "Dear Abby" advice column, twin sister of fellow advice columnist Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer), dies from complications from Alzheimer's disease at 94
- 2013 Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Soviet skier (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 81
- 2014 Dave Madden, Canadian-born American actor (Charlotte's Web, Alice, The Partridge Family), dies from heart and kidney failure at 82
- 2014 Roger Lloyd-Pack, British stage and screen actor (Only Fools and Horses - "Trigger"; The Vicar of Dibley - "Owen"; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), dies of pancreatic cancer at 69
- 2014 Russell Johnson, American television and film actor, best known for his role as "The Professor" on Gilligan's Island, dies of kidney failure at 89
- 2016 Gary Loizzo, American rock guitarist and singer (American Breed - "Bend Me, Shape Me"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 70
- 2017 Cuthbert Johnson, English musician and Benedictine abbot, dies at 70
- 2017 Eugene Cernan, American NASA astronaut (12th person on the moon), dies at 82
- 2018 Bradford Dillman, American actor (Compulsion, Piranha, Sudden Impact, Enforcer), dies of complications of pneumonia at 87
- 2018 Dave Holland, English heavy metal rocker (Judas Priest - "Breakin' the Law"), dies at 69
- 2018 Jo Jo White, American basketballer (Olympic gold - 1968), dies of complications of dementia at 71
- 2019 Hugh Lewin, South African anti-apartheid activist and writer (Bandiet: Seven Years in a South African Prison), dies at 79
American investor and business magnate (founder and chief executive of The Vanguard Group), dies at 89
- 2019 Rita Vidaurri, American Ranchera singer, dies at 94
- 2020 Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player (London Symphony, 1955-68), dies at 88
- 2020 Christopher Tolkien, British author and son of J. R. R. Tolkien, dies at 95
- 2020 Efraín Sánchez, Colombian soccer goalkeeper (9 caps; San Lorenzo) and manager (Columbia), dies at 93
- 2020 Peter Hammersley, British Rear-Admiral who served on and designed submarines, dies at 91
- 2021 Jon Arnett, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (USC; 5 × Pro Bowl; LA Rams, Chicago Bears), dies from heart failure at 85
American record producer (Wall of Sound), and convicted murderer, dies of COVID-19 complications at 81 [1]
- 2022 Charles McGee, American US Air Force officer and fighter pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen (WWII, Korean War, Vietnam), dies at 102
- 2022 Collarwali, Indian tigress and 'Super Mum' who birthed 29 cubs, cremated at Pench Tiger Reserve at 16 [1]
- 2023 Arthur Ravenel Jr, American businessman and politician (Rep-R-South Carolina 1987-95), dies at 95
- 2023 Bjarne Hansen, Norwegian soccer centre-back (3 caps; Vålerenga FC), dies at 93
- 2023 Frank Thomas, American baseball outfielder (3 x MLB All-Star; Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 93
- 2023 Luigina "Gina" Lollobrigida, Italian actress (Trapeze; Falcon Crest), photojournalist, and sculptor, dies at 95 [1]
- 2023 Pierre Danos, French rugby union halfback (17 Tests; RC Toulon, AS Béziers), dies at 93
- 2023 Vladislovas Česiūnas, Lithuanian sprint canoeist (Olympic gold USSR C-2 1000 1972; 4 x World C'ship gold), dies at 82
- 2024 Laurence "Laurie" Johnson, British film and television score composer (Dr. Strangelove; The Avengers), dies at 96 [1]
- 2024 Peter Schickele (aka P.D.Q. Bach), American bassoonist, Grammy Award-winning composer, classical music parodist (No-No Nonette; Concerto for Horn & Hardart; Silent Running), and broadcaster, dies at 88 [1]
- 2025 Bob Uecker, American Baseball HOF broadcaster (Milwaukee Brewers, 1971-2024), catcher (World Series 1964 St. Louis Cardinals) and actor ("Mr. Belvedere"), dies of lung cancer at 90 [1]
- 2025 Dame Joan Plowright, British Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (National Theatre; Enchanted April; Brimstone & Treacle; Tea with Mussolini), dies at 95 [1] [2]
American actor, director (Blue Velvet; Eraserhead; Twin Peaks), and transcendental meditation advocate, dies of emphysema at 78 [1]
- 2025 Harry Bild, Swedish soccer striker (28 caps; IFK Norrköping, Feyenoord, Östers IF), dies from cancer at 88
- 2025 Toby Myers, American session and touring bass player (Roadmaster; John Mellencamp, 1982-99), dies of cancer at 75
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