- 639 Dagobert I, king of Austrasia, Soissons, Burgundy and Neustrië, dies at about 36
- 1526 Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark, dies at 24
- 1547 Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29
- 1549 Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies
- 1576 Hans Sachs, German composer, playwright, shoemaker, and inspiration for "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" opera by Richard Wagner, dies at 81
- 1591 Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60
- 1597 Maharana Pratap, Rajput king of Mewar (1572-1597), dies of injuries sustained in a hunting accident at 56
- 1625 Erhard Buttner, German organist and composer, commits suicide at 32
- 1629 Abbas I, Abbas the Great, Shah of Persia who made Eṣfahān his capital (1588-1629), dies at 57
- 1647 Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch writer and town physician of Dordrecht (Treasure of Health, Treasure of Disease), dies at 52 [1] [2]
- 1661 Thomas Venner, Fifth Monarchist (executed) (b. 1799)
- 1669 Leo Allatios, Greek/Italian theologist/literary, dies at about 82
- 1692 Jan Commelin, Dutch botanist and director of Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, dies at 62
- 1729 William Congreve, English dramatist (Love for Love), dies at 58
- 1757 Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1674)
- 1761 Charlotte Aglaé of Orléans, French noblewoman and Duchess of Modena and Reggio (1737-61), dies at 60
- 1766 Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French architect, dies at 70
- 1785 Jonathan Toup, English classical scholar and critic (b. 1713)
- 1795 Maria Teresa Agnesi, Italian harpsichodist, singer, and composer, dies at 74
- 1805 Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, German composer, dies at 43
- 1830 Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, Czech guitarist, and composer, dies at 56
- 1833 Ferdinand Hérold, French pianist, violinist, and composer of over twenty operas, dies of tuberculosis at 41
- 1839 Georg Abraham Schneider, German horn player and composer, dies at 68
- 1847 Charles Bent, American fur trader and Governor of New Mexico Territory for 100 days (1846-47), killed at 47
- 1851 Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer known for "The Slaughter Yard" and political activist, dies at 45
- 1862 Felix Zollicoffer, American journalist and Confederate Brigadier General, killed in action at the Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky at 49
- 1865 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)
- 1871 Henri Regnault, French painter, dies at 27
- 1874 August Heinrich Hoffmann, German writer, dies at 75
- 1878 Henri V. Regnault, French physicist and chemist, dies at 67
- 1885 Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle
- 1893 Julius Eichberg, German composer, dies at 68
- 1894 Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer (Snikken en grimlachjes), dies at 58
- 1901 Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, Prime Minister of France (1873-74, 1977), dies at 79
- 1902 Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart [Esther Pariseau], Canadian religious leader (US capitol), dies at 78
- 1905 Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher of the Bengal Renaissance, religious reformer and founder of the Brahmo religion, dies at 87
- 1906 Bartolomé Mitre [Martínez], Argentine general, author, statesman and President (1862-1868), dies at 84
- 1913 David Emlyn Evans, British composer, dies at 69
- 1915 Anna Leonowens, Anglo-Indian travel writer, educator, social activist, and co-founder of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, dies at 83
- 1921 William Gunn, English cricket batsman (11 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 102no; Nottinghamshire CCC) and soccer winger (2 caps; Notts County FC), dies at 62
- 1925 Maria Sophie of Bavaria, Queen consort of the Two Sicilies, dies at 83
- 1927 Carlota of Mexico, princess of Belgium and empress consort of Mexico (1864-67), dies at 86
- 1927 Jim McLaughlin, American Hall of Fame thoroughbred jockey (Kentucky Derby 1881, Preakness Stakes 1885, 6 x Belmont Stakes), dies at 65
- 1929 Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar, politician and reformer, dies at 55
- 1934 Armand Parent, Belgian composer, dies at 70
- 1940 William E. Borah, American lawyer and politician (Republican U.S. Senator from Idaho), dies at 74
- 1944 Harold Fraser-Simson, British light music and theatre composer {The Maid of the Mountains), dies at 71
- 1945 Ernest-Bernard Allo, French Dominican theologist, dies at 71
- 1948 Tony Garnier, French architect (b. 1869)
- 1951 Constantin C. Nottara, Romanian violinist and composer (Peace Poem), dies at 60
- 1954 Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (Kaluza-Klein theory), dies at 68
- 1956 Charles Dingle, American actor (The Little Foxes), dies at 68
- 1957 József Dudás, Romanian/Hungarian resistance fighter (b. 1912)
- 1962 Harry "Snub" Pollard, Australian actor (Don't Shove, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72
- 1964 Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist who twice won the Tour de France (1919, 1922), dies at 77
- 1964 Joe Weatherly, American auto racer (NASCAR Sprint Cup champion 1962-63), dies of head injuries in race crash at 41
- 1965 Frank Reicher, German-American actor (King Kong, Son of Kong), dies at 89
- 1966 Frank Foyston, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (Stanley Cup 1914 Toronto Blueshirts, 1917 Seattle Metropolitans, 1925 Victoria Cougars), dies at 74
- 1967 Grace Cunard, American silent screen actress (Untamed, Resurrection), dies at 73
- 1968 Ray Harroun, American auto racer (inaugural Indianapolis 500 1911; Motorsports Hall of Fame of America 2000), dies at 89
- 1969 Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau, American jazz guitarist and double-bassist, dies at 80
- 1969 Charles Winninger, American actor (Cafe Metropole, Coney Island, Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 84
- 1969 Jan Palach, Czech student, dies of burns from self-immolation protesting the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia at 20
- 1970 Hal March [Harold Mendelson], American comedian, actor and TV host ($64,000 Question; Outrage), dies of lung cancer at 49
- 1971 Harry Shields, American musician (b. 1899)
- 1972 Michael Rabin, American violinist (In Memorium), dies at 35
- 1973 Max Adrian, Irish actor (Boy Friend), dies of a heart attack at 69
- 1975 Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and muralist (Lonesome Road), dies at 85
- 1976 Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (Yagi-Uda antenna), dies at 89
- 1976 Kevin Coughlin, American actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in a hit and run at 30
- 1979 Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans, American NFL fullback (NY Giants), dies of a heart attack at 66
- 1979 Paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies
- 1980 Richard Franko Goldman, American educator and composer, dies at 69
- 1980 William O. Douglas, American member US Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81
- 1982 Elis Regina (Costa), Brazilian pop-samba-bossa nova singer ("Arrastão" - "Pull the Trawling Net"), dies from cardiac arrest after consuming alcohol, cocaine and tranquilizers at 36
- 1982 Leopold Trepper, Polish-Israeli spy (founded CP Palestina), dies at 77
- 1983 Don Costa, American composer (Hello, Dolly!), arranger, and record producer (Sinatra and Strings; My Way), dies at 57
- 1984 Max Bentley, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (Hart Trophy 1946; Chicago Blackhawks), dies at 63
- 1987 Fred Lohse, German composer and educator, dies at 78
- 1987 Gerald Brenan, English writer (The Spanish Labyrinth), dies at 92
- 1989 Norma Varden, English-American actress (Loose in London), dies at 90
- 1990 (Alberto) Semprini, British pianist and radio broadcaster (BBC's Semprini Serenade), dies at 81
- 1990 Arthur Goldberg, American jurist and statesman (UN ambassador, Supreme Court justice 1962-65), dies at 81
- 1990 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian leader of the Rajneesh movement, dies at 58
- 1990 Herbert Wehner, German politician (Member of the Bundestag, 1949-83; chairman of the SPD, 1969-83), dies of complications from Binswanger's disease at 83
- 1990 Myles Horton, American educator and Civil Rights Movement teacher, dies at 84
- 1991 Don Beddoe, actor (Bullwhip, Loophole, Texas), dies at 87
- 1991 Glenn Langan, American actor (Amazing Colossal Man, Margie, Jungle Heat, Rapture), dies of lymphoma at 73
- 1991 John Russell, American actor (Apache Uprising, Yellow Sky), dies at 70
- 1991 Marcel Chaput, French Canadian politician, dies at 72
- 1992 Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Bengali singer and composer (Ei Ganga ei Padda), dies at 60
- 1993 Chris Street, basketball player, dies at 20
- 1993 Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), dies at 72
- 1993 Reginald Lewis, CEO (Beatrice), dies of brain cancer at 50
- 1993 William LeMassena, American stage and screen actor (All That Jazz; As The World Turns, 1985-92), dies of lung cancer at 76
- 1995 Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist, dies at 80
- 1995 Gene MacLellan, Canadian singer-songwriter ("Snowbird"; "Put Your Hand in the Hand"), takes his own life at 56
- 1996 Bernard Baily, American comic artist (co-creator of DC Comics), dies at 79
- 1996 Donald Simpson, American film producer (Flashdance), dies at 52
- 1996 Harold Wolpe, South African sociologist, lawyer, and activist, dies at 70
- 1997 Adriana Caselotti, American actress and singer, best known as the voice of Snow White in Walt Disney's animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), dies of cancer at 70
- 1997 James Dickey, American poet, novelist and lecturer (Deliverance, Buckdancer's Choice), dies at 73
- 1999 Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby union footballer (b. 1967)
- 2000 Bettino Craxi, Italian socialist politician (Prime Minister, 1983-87), dies from complications of diabetes at 65
Austrian-American actress (Ecstasy, Samson & Delilah) and inventor (radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes), dies of heart failure at 86
- 2001 Dario Vittori, Argentinean actor (b. 1921)
- 2003 Françoise Giroud, French journalist and politician (French Minister of Culture), dies at 86
- 2004 David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach, dies at 48
- 2004 Harry E. Claiborne, American judge (suicide) (b. 1917)
- 2005 Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (2004 Player of the Year), dies in a car accident at 28
- 2005 Bill Andersen, New Zealand communist and trade union leader (b. 1924)
- 2005 K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974)
- 2006 Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1933)
- 2006 Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricket all-rounder, captain (NZ 12 Tests @ 31.22, 16 wickets), dies at 84
- 2006 Thomas Christian David, Austrian flutist, conductor, choral director, and composer, dies at 80
- 2006 Tony Franciosa [Anthony Papaleo], American stage and screen actor (A Hatful of Rain; Career; Ben-Hur, Name of the Game), dies of a massive stroke at 77
- 2007 Denny Doherty, Canadian musician, singer, songwriter (The Mamas and The Papas - "California Dreamin'"), dies from abdominal aortic aneurysm at 66
- 2007 Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist and newspaper editor (Agos), shot by an assassin at 52
- 2007 Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer and composer, dies at 37
- 2007 Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, American professional wrestler, dies of a drug overdose at 45
- 2008 Don Wittman, Canadian sportscaster for CBC (b. 1936)
- 2008 John Stewart, American pop-folk singer, guitsrist, banjo player (Kingston Trio, 1961-67), and songwriter ("Daydream Believer"), dies of a stroke at 68
- 2008 Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (The Birds; The Bob Newhart Show - "Emily"), dies at 70
- 2009 José Torres, Puerto Rican boxer (world light-heavyweight champion), dies of a heart attack at 72
- 2010 Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby commentator known as "the voice of rugby", dies at 86
- 2010 Panajot Pano, Albanian soccer forward (28 caps; Partizani Tirana 210 games; "The little Puskás"), dies of a heart attack at 70
- 2011 Ernest McCulloch, Canadian stem cell research pioneer, dies at 84
- 2011 Wilfrid Sheed, British-American writer (Boys of Winter; Transatlantic Blues; The House That George Built), dies at 80
- 2012 Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer (Painted Birds), dies from lymphoma at 78
- 2013 Anatoly Bannik, Ukrainian chess master, dies at 91
American Baseball HOF manager (World Series 1970 Baltimore Orioles), dies from a heart attack at 82
American Baseball HOF outfielder (24 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1942, 44, 46; NL MVP 1943, 46, 48; 7 × NL batting champion; St Louis Cardinals), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 92
- 2014 Bert Williams, English soccer goalkeeper (24 caps; Wolverhampton Wanderers 381 games), dies at 93
- 2014 Christopher Chataway, British middle and long-distance runner (world record 5k) and Conservative MP, dies at 82
- 2014 Udo Kasemets, Estonian-born Canadian composer, dies at 94
- 2015 Anne Kirkbride, English actress (Deirdre-Coronation Street), dies of breast cancer at 60
- 2015 Karl H. Pribram “Magellan of the Mind”, Austrian-American neuroscientist, psychologist and philosopher (research into brain’s limbic system), dies at 95
- 2015 Robert Fell, British civil servant and the first paid chief executive of the London Stock Exchange (1975-81), dies at 93
- 2016 Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (A Special Day), dies at 84
- 2017 H. Boyd Woodruff, American microbiologist whose research led to antibiotics, dies at 99
- 2017 Miguel Ferrer, American actor (Robocop, NCIS LA), dies of cancer at 61
- 2017 Paul Ornstein, Hungarian-American Holocaust survivor and psychoanalyst, dies of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at 92
- 2018 Allison Shearmur [Allison Ivy Brecker], American film executive and producer (Star Wars, The Hunger Games, Jason Bourne), dies of complications from lung cancer at 54
- 2018 Dorothy Malone, American actress (At Gunpoint, Night & Day, Peyton Place), dies at 93
- 2018 Geoffrey Caston, British diplomat and academic administrator (University of Oxford, 1972-79; Vice-Chancellor of University of the South Pacific, 1983-92), dies at 91
- 2018 Olivia Cole, American actress (Roots, Backstairs at the White House), dies of a heart attack at 75
- 2019 Henry Sy, Chinese- Filipino businessman known as the "Philippines' Retail King", dies at 94
- 2019 Mario Bertoncini, Italian composer, dies at 86
- 2019 Ted McKenna, Scottish drummer (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band; Rory Gallagher), dies from surgery complication at 68
- 2020 Jimmy Heath, American jazz saxophonist and composer, known as "Little Bird", dies at 93
- 2020 Kazım Ayvaz, Turkish wrestler (Olympic gold lightweight, 1964; World C'ship gold welterweight, 1958; lightweight, 1962), dies at 81
- 2020 Robert Parker, American saxophonist and soul singer ("Barefootin'"), dies at 89
- 2020 Shin Kyuk-Ho, Korean businessman (Lotte Corporation), dies at 98
- 2022 Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (Hannibal Rising; Saint Laurent), dies from head injuries suffered in helmet-less skiing accident at 37
- 2022 Gloria McMillan, American radio and television actress (Our Miss Brooks - "Harriet"), dies at 88
- 2022 Hans-Jürgen Dörner, German soccer defender (96 caps; Dynamo Dresden 400 games) and manager (Werder Bremen), dies at 70
- 2022 Hardy Krüger, German actor (The Flight of the Phoenix), novelist, and travel writer, dies at 93
- 2022 Nils Arne Eggen, Norwegian soccer defender (29 caps; Rosenborg, Vålerengen FC) and manager (Norway; Rosenborg), dies at 80
- 2023 David Sutherland, Scottish cartoonist (Beano - Bash Street Kids, Dennis the Menace), dies at 89 [1]
- 2023 Norbert Sattler, Austrian slalom canoeist (World C'ship gold K-1 team 1971, K-1 1973; Olympic silver K-1 1972), dies at 71
- 2024 Jack Burke Jr, American golfer (US Masters, PGA C'ship 1956; Ryder Cup 1951, 53, 55, 59; 1973 [non-playing captain]), dies at 100
- 2024 Lance Larson, American swimmer (Olympic gold 4x100m freestyle relay, silver 100m freestyle 1960; WR 100m butterfly 58.7s 1960), dies at 83
- 2024 Marlena Shaw [Marlina Burgess], American jazz, R&B, and disco singer ("California Soul"; "Touch Me In the Morning"), dies at 81
- 2024 Mary Weiss, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las - "Leader of the Pack"), dies at 75
- 2025 Jeff Torborg, American baseball catcher (World Series 1965 LA Dodgers) and manager (AL Manager of the Year - 1990 Chicago White Sox), dies from Parkinson's disease at 83
- 2025 Kaiti Grey [Athanasia Gizili], Greek pop singer, dies at 100
- 2025 Marcel Bonin, Canadian ice hockey forward (5 x NHL All Star; Stanley Cup 1955 Detroit Red Wings; 1958, 59, 60 Montreal Canadiens), dies at 92
- 2025 Tom McVie, Canadian ice hockey coach (Washington Capitals 1975-79, Winnipeg Jets 1979-81, NJ Devils 1983-84, 1990-92), dies at 89
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