- 17 Ovid, Roman poet (Metamorphoses), dies at ~59
- 1512 Svante, Regent of Sweden, dies at ~52
- 1514 William Smyth, English bishop & statesman, dies at ~54
- 1543 Francesco da Milano, Italian lutenist and composer, also known as 'Il divino', dies at 45
- 1557 Pontormo, Italian painter (Sepulture of Christ), dies at 62
- 1685 Harbottle Grimston, English politician, Speaker of the House of Parliament during the Civil War, dies at 82
- 1694 Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician who supported William III, dies at 42
- 1726 Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer, dies at 37
- 1740 Johann Georg Weichenberger, Austrian lutenist and composer, dies at 63
- 1763 John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (C) & English chief minister (1722-42), dies at 72
- 1780 Johann Ludwig Krebs, German Baroque organist and composer, dies at 66
- 1789 Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer of Schauensee, Swiss composer and organist, dies at 68
- 1790 Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer, German rococo sculptor, dies at 73
- 1801 Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss writer, philosopher, founder of physiognomics, dies at 59
- 1803 Ignaz Franz von Beecke, German composer, dies at 69
- 1819 Maria Luisa of Parma, Queen of Charles IV of Spain, dies at 67
- 1861 Frederick William IV, King of Prussia (1840-61) and Germany (1849-61), dies at 65
- 1863 Roger Weightman Hanson, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in Battle of Murfreesboro at 35
- 1868 John Doyle, Irish portrait painter and leading political caricaturist, grandfather of Arthur Conan Doyle, dies at about 71
- 1888 Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, Major General in the Confederate Army and civil engineer, dies at 85
- 1892 Frederick William Barber, South African frontiersman and scientist, dies at 78
- 1892 George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and 7th Astronomer Royal, dies at 90
- 1893 John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist, dies at 87
- 1904 Mathilde Bonaparte, French princess (daughter of Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte and his second wife, Catharina of Württemberg, daughter of King Frederick I of Württemberg) and socialite, dies at 83
- 1913 Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (discovered the stratosphere), dies at 57
- 1915 (Károly) "Karl" Goldmark, Hungarian-Viennese violinist and composer (Rustic Wedding Symphony; The Queen of Sheba; Sakuhtala), dies at 84
- 1917 Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (Primitive Culture), dies at 84
- 1918 Sybe Kornelis Bakker, Dutch Christian socialist and reformed preacher, dies at 42
- 1923 Sam Carter, African American resident of Rosewood Florida, lynched in the Rosewood Massacre
- 1924 Sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist, dies at 89
- 1929 Erich Wichmann, Dutch fascist painter and sculptor, dies at 38
- 1933 William "Kid" Gleason, American baseball utility (St. Louis Browns, NY Giants, Philadelphia Phillies) and manager (Chicago White Sox, during "Black Sox" scandal), dies from a heart condition at 66
- 1936 Sir Francis Newdegate, English politician (Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia), dies at 73
- 1937 Ross Alexander, American stage and film actor (Captain Blood, Boulder Dam), commits suicide by gunshot at 29
- 1939 Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, dies at 74
- 1941 Mischa Levitzki, Russian-born American pianist and composer (The Enchanted Nymph), dies of a heart attack at 42
- 1945 Bertram Home Ramsay, English naval officer (Admiral who oversaw Dunkirk evacuations and Normandy landings), dies during a plane crash in France at 61
- 1946 Joe Darling, Australian cricket batsman and captain (34 Tests, 21 as captain; 3 x 100s, TS 178; South Australia CA), dies following a gall bladder operation at 75
- 1948 Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet, dies at 69
German actor (Faust, The Blue Angel, The Way of All Flesh), dies of liver cancer at 65
- 1950 James Dooley, Irish-Australian Premier of New South Wales, dies at 72
- 1951 Sir William Campion, Governor of Western Australia, dies at 80
- 1953 Guccio Gucci, Italian founder of Gucci fashion house, dies at 71
- 1955 Jose Antonio Remon, President of Panama (1952-55), assassinated at 46
- 1960 Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor and director (Hague Comedy), dies at 60
- 1960 Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American writer and novelist (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about 79
Italian cyclist (Giro d'Italia 1940, 47, 49, 52-53; Tour de France 1949, 52; World Championship gold Individual pursuit 1947, road race 1953), dies from malaria at 40
- 1960 Friedrich Adler, Austrian socialist politician and revolutionary (assassinated Count von Storgkh), dies at 80
- 1960 Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer, WWII veteran, and 17th Premier of Québec (1959-60), dies at 52 [1]
- 1961 Bob Catterall, South African cricket batsman (24 Tests, 3 x 100s, HS 120; Transvaal, Natal), dies at 60
- 1963 Dick Powell [Richard Ewing Powell], American singer, actor, producer and director (Cry Danger, Dick Powell Theater), dies from cancer at 58
- 1963 Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52
- 1968 Marvin 'Bud' Ward, American golfer (US Amateur 1939, 41), dies of cancer at 54
- 1968 Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer and journalist (founded news agency Antar;), dies at 62
- 1969 George Renevant [Georges de Cheux], French actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X), dies at 74
- 1970 Piotr Rytel, Polish composer, dies at 85
- 1971 Lloyd Hall, African-American chemist and pioneer in food chemistry (science of food preservation), dies at 76
- 1971 Richard Maxwell (Dick) Haldane, South African trade unionist, dies at 62
- 1971 Willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker, dies at 64
- 1973 Joe Harriott, Jamaican-British be-bop and free-form jazz, and world-fusion alto saxophonist (Abstract; Indo-Jazz), dies of cancer at 44
- 1974 (Woodward) "Tex" Ritter, American country singer (5 Star Jubilee, "Wayward Wind"), dies of a heart attack at 67
- 1975 Lenn Hjortzberg, Swedish director ("Persona"; "Through a Glass Darkly"), dies at 55
- 1975 Theo Osterkamp, German fighter pilot, dies at 82
American jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53
- 1981 David Lynch, American singer (Platters - "Twilight Time"; "Only You"; "The Great Pretender"), dies of cancer at 51
- 1983 Bernard George Stevens, British composer, dies at 66
- 1983 Harriet Parsons, American film producer (Susan Slept Here), dies at 76 of cancer
- 1983 Richard "Dick" Emery, British comedian and actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies from cardio-respiratory failure at 65
- 1985 Moses Josiah Madiba, South African author and first African chancellor of the University of the North, dies at 76
American Baseball HOF executive (owner Chicago WS, Cleveland Indians [World Series 1948], St. Louis Browns), dies of lung cancer at 71
- 1986 Herbert Magidson, American lyricist, winner of first Academy Award for Best Original Song ("The Continental"; "Gone With The Wind"; "The Masquerade Is Over"), dies at 79
- 1986 Una Merkel, American actress (42nd Street, Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82
- 1987 Jean de Gribaldy, French road cyclist & team director (Frimatic - Viva, Miko, Sem - France Loire), dies at 64
- 1988 E.B. Ford, British ecological geneticist, dies at 86
American actor (Skipper-Gilligan's Island), dies of cancer at 68
- 1990 Vladimir Ussachevsky, Manchurian-American composer (Creation), dies at 78
- 1991 Irving Johnson, American sail training pioneer & adventurer, dies at 85
- 1991 Renato Rascel, Italian actor (7 Hills of Rome, Secrets of Santa Vittoria), dies of heart failure at 78
- 1992 Virginia Field, British-born actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74
- 1994 Dixy Lee Ray, American politician (17th Governor of Washington) and chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), dies at 79
- 1994 Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French director of IMF (1963-73), dies at 81
- 1994 Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at 81
- 1995 Graham Sharp, British figure skater (World C'ship, European C'ship 1939), dies at 77
- 1995 Manuel Rivera, Spanish painter and co-founder (El Paso), dies at 67
- 1995 Nancy Kelly, American child actress and model (The Bad Seed, Double Exposure, Jesse James), dies at 73
- 1995 Siad Barre, Somalia politician (President, 1969-91), dies at 84
- 1996 Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist & Holocaust survivor, dies at 80
- 1996 Thornton Page, American astrophysicist, dies at 82
- 1997 Randy California, American rock guitarist, dies at 45
- 1998 Frank Muir, British raconteur and comedy writer for radio and television (My Word!, Whack-O!), dies at 77
- 1999 Sebastian Haffner [Raimund Pretzel], German journalist and author (Germany: Jekyll & Hyde; Defying Hitler, a Memoir), dies at 91 [1] [2]
- 1999 Shepard Menken, American voice & character actor (The Wild Wild West), dies at 77
- 2000 Elmo Zumwalt, American admiral, dies at 79
- 2000 Nat Adderley, American jazz trumpeter ("Work Song"), dies from diabetes complications at 68
- 2000 Patrick O'Brian, British novelist, dies at 85
- 2001 Elizabeth Wilkinson, English professor of German (University College London), dies at 91
- 2001 Teri Diver, American actress, dies at 29
- 2001 William P. Rogers, American Republican politician and US secretary of state (1969-73), dies at 87
- 2002 Armi Aavikko, Finnish beauty queen (Miss Finland, 1977), and pop singer, dies at 43
- 2002 Margaret "Bibi" Osterwald, American actress (As Good as It Gets, Bridget Loves Bernie), dies of lung disease at 83
- 2002 Zac Foley, English rock bassist (EMF "Unbelievable"), dies at 31
- 2003 Eric Jupp, British-born musician, dies at 80
- 2004 Doralyn "Lynn" Cartwright, American character actress (A League of Their Own), dies at 76
- 2004 Jess Collins, American artist, dies at 80
- 2005 Arnold Denker, American chess champion (1944-46), dies at 90
- 2005 Cyril Fletcher, British comedian, dies at 91
- 2005 Edo Murtić, Croatian painter, dies at 83
- 2005 Frank Kelly Freas, American artist, dies at 82
- 2005 Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist, dies at 93
- 2005 Ronald "Bo" Ginn, American politician, dies at 70
- 2006 Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice, dies at 92
- 2006 Osa Massen [Aase Madsen Iversen], Dutch actress (Jack London, Rocketship X-M), dies at 91
- 2007 A. Richard Newton, Australian-born technology pioneer & professor, dies at 55
- 2007 David Perkins, Stanford University geneticist, dies at 87
- 2007 Don Massengale, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1967 runner-up), dies of a heart attack at 69
- 2007 Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian, dies at 65
- 2007 Garry Betty, American CEO of Earthlink, dies at 49
- 2007 Mauno Jokipii, Finnish professor & World War II researcher, dies at 82
- 2007 Paek Nam-sun, North Korean Foreign Affairs minister, dies at 77
- 2007 Robert C. Solomon, American scholar of continental philosophy, dies at 64
- 2007 Sergio Jiménez, Mexican actor, dies at 69
- 2007 Teddy Kollek, Israeli politician (Mayor of Jerusalem), dies at 95
- 2008 Galyani Vadhana, Princess of Naradhiwas, dies at 84
- 2008 George MacDonald Fraser, British poet and author (Flashman at the Charge), dies at 82
- 2008 Gerry Staley, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1952-53, 60; St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox), dies of natural causes at 87
- 2008 Lee S. Dreyfus, American politician, dies at 81
- 2009 Jett Travolta, son of actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston, dies of a seizure at 16
- 2009 Maria de Jesus, oldest Portuguese supercentenarian (born 1893), dies at 115 years, 114 days
- 2010 Oscar Sala, Italian-born Brazilian nuclear physicist, dies at 87
- 2011 Anne Francis, American actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet, Pancho Villa), dies at 80
- 2011 Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (In the Name of the Father, Inception), dies of pancreatic cancer at 64
- 2011 Richard Winters, American army officer and war hero (commanded 'Easy Company' during Normandy Invasion portrayed in "Band of Brothers"), dies at 92
- 2011 Szeto Wah, Hong Kong politician and educationalist, dies at 79
- 2012 David Barron, British physicist and computer scientist, at 76 (b.1935)
- 2012 Gordon Hirabayashi, American sociologist & opponent to Japanese-American internment, dies after Alzheimer's disease at 93
- 2012 Ian Bargh, Canadian jazz pianist and composer, dies from lung cancer at 76
- 2012 Ivan Calin, Moldavian President & Prime Minister 1980-1990, dies at 76
- 2012 Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt, American rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly), dies at 63
- 2012 William Carey, American businessman and philanthropist (W. P. Carey & Co.), died from complications after a heart attack at 81
- 2013 Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, Uruguayan soccer goalkeeper (36 caps; Atlético Mineiro), dies from a respiratory illness at 67
- 2013 Margaret A. Brewer, American soldier & first female general officer in US Marine Corps, dies at 82
- 2013 Ned Wertimer, American actor (The Jeffersons), dies from complications from a fall at 89
- 2013 Rod Hicks, American bassist (Paul Butterfield Blues Band), dies at 71
- 2014 Elizabeth Jane Howard, English novelist (The Cazalet Chronicles), dies at 90
- 2014 Jay Traynor, American singer (Jay and the Americans), dies of liver cancer at 70
- 2015 "Little" Jimmy Dickens, American country singer (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 94
- 2015 Bob Gilmore, Irish keyboard player (Trio Scordatura), educator, and musicologist (Harry Partch: A Biography), dies of cancer at 53
- 2016 Marcel Barbeau, Canadian abstract artist, dies at 90
- 2016 Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Shiite religious leader & non-violent critic of the Saudi Arabian government, executed by the Saudi authorities aged 56 or 57
- 2017 Jean Vuarnet, French alpine skier (Olympic gold downhill 1960; World C'ship gold 1960), dies after a stroke at 83
- 2017 John Berger, English art critic and author (Ways of Seeing), dies at 90
- 2018 Rick Hall, American record producer, songwriter, and creator of the "Muscle Shoals sound" (FAME Studio), dies of prostate cancer at 85
- 2018 Thomas Monson, 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 90
- 2019 "Mean" Gene Okerlund, American pro wrestling interviewer, announcer and television host (WWF, WCW), dies of kidney failure at 76
- 2019 Bob Einstein, American comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne), dies of leukemia at 76
- 2019 Daryl Dragon, American keyboardist (The Beach Boys (touring); Captain & Tennille - "Love Will Keep Us Together"), dies of kidney failure at 76
- 2019 Julia Grant [prev George Roberts], transgender activist featured in "A Change of Sex", dies at 64
- 2020 Grant Weatherstone, Scotland rugby union winger (16 caps; Edinburgh District), dies at 88
- 2020 John Baldessari, American visual and conceptual artist, dies at 88
- 2020 Sam Wyche, American NFL coach (Cincinnati Bengals 1984-91; Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1992-95; introduced no-huddle offense), dies from melanoma at 74
- 2021 Don Salls, American football linebacker (Alabama) and coach (Jacksonville State University 1946-52, 1954-64), dies at 101
- 2021 Paul Westphal, American Basketball Hall of Fame guard (NBA C'ship 1974; NBA All-Star 1977–81; Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns) and coach (NBA: Phoenix, Seattle, Sacramento), dies from glioblastoma at 70
- 2022 Bob Halloran, American sportscaster (CBS Sports NY) and event organiser (MGM Mirage), dies at 87
- 2022 Jens Jørgen Hansen, Danish soccer right back (40 caps; Esbjerg fB), dies at 82
- 2022 Larry Biitner, American MLB baseball outfielder, 1970-83 (Washington Senators/Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, and 2 other teams), dies of cancer at 75
- 2023 Cliff Gustafson, American College Baseball HOF coach (College World Series 1975, 83; Collegiate Coach of the Year 1983; University of Texas, Austin), dies at 91
- 2023 Frank Cameron, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (19 Tests; 62 wickets; Otago CA), dies at 90
- 2023 Fred White, American drummer (Earth Wind & Fire, 1974-84 - "Shining Star"; "September"), dies at 67
- 2023 Ken Block, American rally driver (Hoonigan Racing Division) and co-founder of DC Shoes, dies in a snowmobile accident at 55
- 2024 Alberto Festa, Portuguese soccer right-back (19 caps; FC Tirsense, FC Porto), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 84
- 2024 Ángel Castellanos, Spanish soccer defender (3 caps; Granada CF, Valencia CF 363 games), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 71
- 2024 Cameron Dunkin, American boxing manager (Diego Corrales, Terence Crawford, Johnny Tapia, Kelly Pavlik, Timothy Bradley, Mikey Garcia), dies of pancreatic cancer at 67
- 2024 Carmen Valero, Spanish athlete (IAAF World Cross Country C'ship gold 1976, 77; bronze 1975), dies from a stroke at 68
- 2024 Daniel Revenu, French fencer (Olympic gold team foil 1968; bronze x 5; World C'ship gold 1971, 75), dies at 81
- 2024 Saleh al-Arouri, Palestinian militant, senior Hamas leader and founding commander of its military wing the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (1993-2024), killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon
- 2024 Zvi Zamir [Zvicka Zarzevsky], Israeli major general and director of Mossad (1968-74), dies at 98
- 2025 Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian-Israeli gymnast (Olympic gold Floor 1952; Uneven bars, balance beam, floor, team 1956) and Holocaust survivor, dies of pneumonia at 103 [1]
- 2025 Aldo Agroppi, Italian soccer coach (Fiorentina, Perugia, Como, Pisa) and midfielder (5 caps; Torino 212 games), dies from pneumonia at 80
- 2025 Cristóbal Ortega, Mexican soccer midfielder (24 caps; Club América 608 games), dies from cancer at 68
- 2025 Ján Zachara, Slovak boxer (Olympic gold Czechoslovakia featherweight 1952), dies at 96
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