"The Great", last Roman Emperor to rule both the East and West empires, dies from severe oedema at 48
- 1103 Frutolf of Michelsberg, German monk, musicologist, and historian, dies
- 1119 Boudouin VII Hapkin, count of Flanders, dies
- 1229 Albert, Bishop of Riga/Albert of Buxhoeveden, founder of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, dies at about 68
- 1318 Erwin Steinbach, German architect (Strasbourg Cathedral), dies (b. c. 1244)
- 1369 Peter I of Cyprus, King of Cyprus (1358-69), murdered at 40
- 1468 Skanderbeg, Albanian leader (b. 1405)
- 1588 Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (Ming Dynasty general who led defense against Wokou pirates and the Great Wall), dies at 59
- 1598 Fyodor I Tsar of Russia (b. 1557)
- 1604 Santino Garsi da Parma, Italian lutenist and composer, dies at 61
- 1617 Faust Vrančić, Croatian inventor (b. 1551)
- 1617 Pieter C. Bockenberg, Dutch historian, dies at 68
- 1620 Diego Alvarez de Paz, Span missionary/writer (Peru), dies at about 59
- 1625 Nicolò Rubini, Italian composer and cornettist, dies at 50
- 1654 Paul Potter, Dutch painter, buried
- 1661 Andres Malong, Philippines rebel leader, executed
- 1702 Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [OS=Jan 6]
- 1705 John Ray, British naturalist (advances in taxonomy), dies at 77
- 1718 Captain Benjamin Church, Plymouth Colony settler and military leader
- 1736 Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect, dies at 73
- 1738 Jean-François Dandrieu, French Baroque organist, harpsichord player, and composer, dies at about 56 [birth date uncertain]
- 1751 Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor), dies at 79
- 1758 Gerard van Loon, Dutch lawyer, numismatist and writer (Contemporary Numismatics, multi-volume works on Netherlands medals and obsidional coinage), dies at 75 [1]
- 1781 Marie de Negre Dables, marquess, dies
- 1788 Alessio Prati, Italian composer, dies at 37
- 1805 Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, French scholar and interpreter, dies at 73
- 1820 Daniel Albert Wyttenbach, German-Swiss classicl scholar and historian, dies at 73
- 1823 Zacharius Werner, German playwright, dies at 36
- 1826 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (b. 1806)
- 1830 W Waiblinger, writer, dies
- 1833 William Rush, American sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill), dies at 76
- 1834 Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist, dies at 71
- 1851 Thomas Lincoln, American farmer, carpenter, and father President Abraham Lincoln, dies at 73
- 1856 Thomas Attwood Walmisley, English organist, composer and educator (Cathedral Music), dies at 41
- 1861 Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)
- 1863 Horace Vernet, French painter of battles and Orientalist subjects, dies at 73
- 1869 Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer, dies at 55
- 1870 Alexander Anderson, American engraver and illustrator (Shakespeare), dies at 94
- 1874 Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, die at 62
- 1877 Joseph Smith, American rear admiral (Union Navy), served during the War of 1812 and the American Civil War, dies at 86 in Washington D.C.
- 1882 Alexander Bullock, American lawyer, politician, and 26th Governor of Massachusetts, dies at 65
- 1884 Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist, dies at 79
- 1887 William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician (Premier of Tasmania, 1878 & 1879-84), dies of heart disease at 46
- 1888 Mistahimaskwa [Big Bear], Plains Cree chief (refused to sign 1876 Treaty 6), dies [1]
- 1889 Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), dies at 56
- 1890 Salomon Sulzer, composer, dies at 85
American historian (History of the United States), dies at 90
- 1891 Johannes Verhulst, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 74
- 1892 Alexandre Levy, Brazilian composer and pianist, dies at 27
- 1899 Jedediah Hotchkiss, American topographer and cartographer, dies at 70
- 1901 Jacob Georg Agarah, Swedish botanist, dies at 87
- 1902 Gideon Scheepers, South Africa Boer leader, executed
- 1903 Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
- 1908 Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, dies at 72
- 1909 Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819
- 1910 Wilhelm F Kohlrausch, German physicist (Additiviteitsregel), dies at 69
- 1911 Francis Galton, British anthropologist and geneticist (eugenics), dies at 88
- 1913 Carl Baermann, German composer, dies at 73
American activist and founder of the Girl Scouts of America, dies of breast cancer at 66
- 1928 William Corless Mills, American museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds), dies at 68
- 1932 Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, first Australian to win the Victoria Cross in WWI, dies of kidney disease at 39
- 1933 John Hodges, Australian cricket fast bowler (2 Tests [first 2 played], 6 wickets; Victoria), dies at 77
- 1933 Louis Comfort Tiffany, American artist and designer known for his glasswork (Tiffany & Co), dies at 84
- 1936 Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian poet and author (Craii de Curtea-Veche), dies after suffering a stroke at 50
- 1938 William Henry Pickering, American astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79
- 1942 Frederick Jerome Work, African-American composer, arranger (The Jubilee Singers), and music publisher, dies at 61
- 1942 Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (The Severity Order - allowing for killing non-combatant Jews), dies from complications of a stroke at 57
- 1946 Gottfried Rudinger, German composer, dies at 59
- 1947 Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, French cardinal and Archbishop of Quebec, dies at 63
- 1947 Pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869)
- 1949 Jean Galia, French rugby player and boxer, established rugby league in France, International Hall of Fame 1988, dies at 43 [1]
- 1952 Walter O Briggs, American entrepreneur and sports team owner (Detroit Tigers 1935-52), dies at 74
- 1959 Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi
Congolese politician and independence leader who was the 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1960), executed by the Katangan and Belgian government at 35
- 1962 Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Dead End), dies of a heart attack at 56
English novelist (England Have My Bones) and author of the King Arthur novels, dies of heart failure at 57
- 1965 Hans Marchwitza, German writer and communist, dies at 75
- 1966 Vincent J. Donehue, American stage and screen director (Lonelyhearts), dies of Hodgkin's at 50
- 1967 Barney Ross, American welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at 57
- 1967 Evelyn Nesbit, American 'Gibson Girl' model and actress (Redemption), wife of murderer Harry Kendall Thaw, dies at 82
- 1968 Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/general Spanish rep army, dies at 83
- 1970 Billy Stewart, American singer ("I Do Love You"), dies in auto-accident at 32
- 1970 Robert Lindley Murray, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1917-18), dies at 77
- 1970 Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoonist (b. 1890)
- 1972 Betty Smith, American novelist (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at 75
- 1972 Rochelle Hudson, American actress (Les Misérables, Imitation of Life, That's My Boy), dies from pneumonia at 55
- 1973 Fred Essler, Austrian actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk), dies at 77
- 1976 Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in a car crash [or 1/18]
- 1977 Gary Gilmore, American murderer executed in Utah at 36, 1st US execution since 1967
- 1980 Barbara Britton [Brantingham], American actress (Captain Kidd; Young and Willing; Mr. and Mrs. North), dies of pancreatic cancer at 60
- 1981 Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer (b. 1899)
- 1983 Bill Bonthron, American athlete (world 1,500m record 3:48.8 1934), dies at 70
- 1983 Doodles Weaver [Winstead Sheffield Weaver], American comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers, The Zodiac Killer), commits suicide by shooting himself at 70
- 1984 Kostas Giannidis [Yannis Constantinidis], Greek composer and pianist, dies at 80
- 1985 Jimmy DeBerry, American blues guitarist, banjo player, and singer, dies at 73
- 1987 Hugo Fregonese, Argentine film director (b. 1908)
- 1987 Raymond Scheyven, Belgian, banker, minister of Economic Affairs, and founder of the Socrates Service - a WWII underground civil resistance group, dies at 75
- 1989 Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan folk and milonga singer-songwriter ("Recordándote"), poet, and journalist, dies at 52
- 1989 Sterling A Brown, American poet/critic (Southern Road), dies at 87
- 1990 Anna Arnold Hedgeman, African-American social activist (NYC cabinet), dies at 90
- 1990 Charles Hernu, French politician (Minister of Defense, 1981-85; Mayor of Villeurbanne, 1977-90), and environmental antagonist, dies at 66
- 1990 Fritz "Freddie" Brocksieper, German big band jazz drummer, and bandleader, dies at 77
- 1991 Olav V, King of Norway (1957-91), dies at 87
- 1992 Bill Walker, actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 95
- 1992 Charlie Ventura [Venturo], American jazz tenor saxophonist and bandleader (Bop for the People), dies of lung cancer at 75
- 1992 Dorothy Alison, actress (Maggie, 3rd Key, Long Arm), dies
- 1992 Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner, dies at 76
- 1993 Albert Hourani, English historian (b. 1915)
- 1993 Barbara Buczek, Polish pianist, composer (Anekumena – Concerto for 89 Instruments; Two Impressions), and teacher, dies at 53
- 1993 Ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies
- 1994 Allan Gilbert Odell, American Ad exec (Burma Shave), dies at 90
- 1994 Chung Il Kwon, Prime Minister of South Korea (1964-70), dies
- 1994 Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor Sax Player, dies at 66
- 1994 Han Jansen, Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies at 61
- 1994 Helen Stephens, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m & 4x100m relay 1936), dies at 75
- 1994 Klaas Peereboom, Dutch sports reporter (Het Parool), dies at 77
- 1994 Noël Chiboust, French jazz trumpeter, saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader, dies at 84
- 1994 Yevgeny Ivanov, Soviet spy involved in the Profumo affair (b. 1926)
- 1995 Isador Caplan, British lawyer and Aldeburgh Festival pioneer, dies at 82
- 1995 Urias Nooteboom, Dutch journalist and critic (The Time), dies at 54
- 1996 Amber Hagerman, American namesake of the Amber Alert system (b. 1986)
- 1996 Barbara Charline Jordan, politician, dies at 59
- 1996 Charles Henry Madge, English poet and founder of Mass-Observation, dies at 83
- 1996 F. Don Miller, American sports executive (executive director USOC 1973-85; President US Olympic Foundation 1985-96), dies at 75
- 1996 Giles Playfair, English writer, dies at 85
- 1996 Mostafa Sid Ahmed, Sudanese singer (b. 1953)
- 1996 Robert Covington, American drummer and singer, dies at 54
- 1997 Amha Selassie, Crown prince of Ethiopia and son of emperor Haile Selassi, dies at 82
- 1997 Andrea Fisher, American artist, dies at 41
- 1997 Bert Kelly, Australian politician (b. 1912)
- 1997 Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (discovered Pluto), dies at 90
- 1998 Emil Sitka, American actor (Three Stooges shorts), dies of stroke at 83
- 1999 Robert Eads, American transsexual (b. 1945)
- 2000 Philip Jones, British classical trumpeter (Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, 1951-86), and educator, dies at 71
- 2001 Gregory Corso, American beat poet, dies of prostate cancer at 70
- 2001 Norris Turney, American jazz flute and saxophone player (Billy Eckstine, 1947-48; Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1968-73), dies at 79
- 2002 Bishop Karas, Sudanese-born American religious leader (b. 1955)
- 2002 Camilo Jose Cela, Spanish writer, (Nobel Prize laureate 1989), dies at 85
- 2002 Héctor Tosar, Uruguayan pianist and composer, dies at 78
- 2002 Queenie Leonard, American actress (b. 1905)
- 2003 Balint Vazsonyi, Hingarian pianist (b. 1936)
- 2003 Richard Crenna, American actor (Rambo, Summer Rental, Sand Pebbles), dies at 76
- 2004 Czeslaw Niemen, Polish musician (b. 1939)
- 2004 Harry Brecheen, American baseball player (b. 1914)
- 2004 Noble Willingham, American actor (Walker, Texas Ranger; The Corndog Man), dies at 72
- 2004 Ray Stark, American stage and film producer, dies at 88
- 2004 Zenobia Powell Perry, American composer (Tawawa House), educator, and civil rights activist, dies at 94
- 2005 Albert Schatz, American microbiologist (b. 1920)
- 2005 Charlie Bell, Australian fast food executive (b. 1960)
- 2005 Virginia Mayo [Jones], American actress (The Best Years of Our Lives, Out of the Blue, White Heat), dies of congestive heart failure at 84
Premier of the People's Republic of China (1980-87) and General Secretary of the CCP (1987-89), dies after multiple strokes at 95
- 2006 Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (b. 1930)
- 2006 Pierre Grondin, Canadian pioneering cardiac surgeon, performed 1st heart transplant in Canada, dies at 80
- 2007 Art Buchwald, American columnist and author (The Washington Post), dies at 81
- 2007 Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian politician (b. 1951)
- 2008 Allan Melvin, American character actor (Brady Bunch, All in Family), dies of cancer at 84
- 2008 Rod Allen [Bainbridge] British pop-rock singer and bassist (Fortunes - "You've Got Your Troubles"; "Here It Comes Again"), dies of cancer at 63
- 2009 Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist, writer, and historian (b. 1943)
- 2010 Daisuke Gouri, Japanese seiyu (b. 1952)
- 2010 Erich Segal, American author (Love Story, Oliver's Story), dies at 72
- 2010 Jyoti Basu, Indian Communist politician, dies at 95
- 2011 Don Kirshner, American rock & roll producer known as "The Man With the Golden Ear", credited with inventing "bubblegum pop" music, dies of heart failure at 76
- 2012 Francisco Pulgar Vidal, Peruvian musicologist and composer, dies at 82
- 2012 Johnny Otis [Ioannis Veliotes], American R&B musician, songwriter, producer and talent scout ("Willie and the Hand Jive"; "Cupid's Boogie"), known as "the godfather of rhythm and blues", dies at 90
- 2012 Marty Springstead, American Major League baseball umpire and umpire supervisor, dies of a heart attack at 74
- 2013 Lizbeth Webb, English soprano, dies at 86
- 2013 Robert F. Chew, American actor, dies from heart failure at 52
- 2014 Francine Lalonde, Canadian politician (Member of Parliament for La Pointe-de-l'Île), dies of cancer at 73
- 2014 Mohammed Burhanuddin, Indian Islamic religious leader (52nd Da'i al Mutlaq of the Dawoodi Bohrans), dies at 98
- 2014 Robert Alistair McAlpine, Lord McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician, advisor to Margaret Thatcher, dies at 71
- 2015 Greg Plitt, American fitness model and entrepreneur, dies when hit by a train at 37
- 2016 Dale "Buffin" Griffin, English rock drummer (Mott The Hoople - "All Young Dudes"), and producer (BBC's John Peel sessions), dies from complications of Alzheimer's disease at 67
- 2016 Mic Gillette, American trumpet, trombone, and flugelhorn player (Tower of Power, Cold Blood, The Sons of Champlin), dies of a heart attack at 64
- 2017 Tibor Fátyol, Hungarian composer, dies at 81
- 2018 Jessica Falkholt, Australian actress (Hope Morrison in "Home and Away"), dies at 29, three days after a car crash which also killed both her parents
- 2018 Simon Shelton Barnes, British actor (Teletubbies-Tinky Winky), dies of hypothermia at 52
- 2019 Lajos Papp, Hungarian composer (Otoño / Autumn), and educator, dies at 83
- 2019 Reggie Young, American session guitarist (The Memphis Boys), dies of heart failure at 82 [1]
- 2019 Windsor Davies, British actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum), dies at 88
- 2020 Bapu Nadkarni, Indian cricket all-rounder (41 Tests; top score 122; 88 wickets), dies at 86
- 2020 Claudio Roditi, Brazilian jazz trumpeter, arranger, and composer, dies at 74
- 2020 Derek Fowlds, British actor (Yes Minister, The Basil Brush Show), dies at 82
- 2020 Morimichi Takagi, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (NPB All-Star 1966–67, 73, 79; Chunichi Dragons), dies at 78
- 2020 Pietro Anastasi, Italian soccer striker (25 caps; Juventus, Ascoli, Inter), dies from motor neurone disease at 71
- 2021 Julian "Junior" Mance, American jazz pianist (Dinah Washington; Dizzy Gillespie), dies of a brain hemorrhage after a fall at 92
- 2021 Sammy Nestico [Nistico], American Grammy Award-winning arranger (Count Basie Orchestra, 1968-84; Capitol Records), composer and trombonist, dies at 94
- 2022 Kevin Flynn, Irish rugby union centre (22 caps; Leinster RFC), dies at 82
- 2022 Oliver Braddick, British developmental psychologist who researched infant visual perception, dies at 77 [1]
- 2022 Yvette Mimieux, American actress (Time Machine; Where the Boys Are; Light in the Piazza), dies at 80
- 2023 Chris Ford, American basketball guard (NBA C'ship 1971 Detroit Pistons; Boston Celtics) and coach (Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, LA Clippers), dies from a heart attack at 74
- 2023 Jean-Claude Marty, French rugby league winger (13 Tests; FC Lézignan XIII, Racing Club Albi XIII), dies at 79
- 2023 Lucile Randon, 2nd oldest French supercentenarian and oldest living nun ever recorded (born 1904), dies at 118 years, 340 days [1]
- 2023 Renée Geyer, Australian singer ("It's A Man's Man's World"; "Stares and Whispers"), dies at 69 [1]
- 2024 Anthony Lloyd, British Labour politician who served for 36 years, dies of cancer at 73
- 2024 Bennie Muller, Dutch soccer midfielder (43 caps; AFC Ajax 341 games), dies at 85
- 2024 Shawn Barber, Canadian athlete (World C'ship gold pole vault 2019; World Indoor Tour 2016), dies after long illness at 29
- 2024 Toni Stern, American poet (The Wet Clay of My Heart), and lyricist (Carole King - "It's Too Late", "Where You Lead"), dies at 79 [1]
- 2025 Denis Law, Scottish soccer striker (55 caps; Manchester United 309 games; Ballon d'Or 1964; World Soccer World XI 1964), dies from Alzheimer's disease & vascular dementia at 84
- 2025 Jules Feiffer, American Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist (The Village Voice, 1956-2000; New York Times, 1997-2000), illustrator (The Phantom Tollbooth), playwright, and author (Tantrum), dies at 95 [1]
- 2025 Nurdin Jivraj, Tanzanian-British hotel magnate (Queensway group), dies at 92
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