- 304 Saint Agnes, Christian virgin martyr, beheaded in Rome during persecutions by the Emperor Diocletian at 12 or 13
- 879 Boudouin with the Iron Arm, earl of Flanders, dies
- 917 Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (c. 880)
- 1059 Michael I Cerularius, Patriarch of Constantinople (1043-59) whose excommunication by Rome caused the Great Schism, dies (b. c. 1000)
- 1118 Pope Paschal II, born Raniero (1099-1118), dies
- 1344 Prince Narinaga, 2nd and last Japanese shōgun of the Kenmu Restoration (1335-7), dies at about 18 (b. circa 1326) [death date disputed]
- 1519 Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer executed on charges of treason at about 42 [birthdate undocumented, born c. 1475; exact death date uncertain, may have been as early as 15 January]
- 1527 Juan de Grijalva, Spanish conquistador (c. 1489)
- 1546 Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)
- 1596 John Ligarius, German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66
- 1609 Joseph Justus Scaliger, French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68
- 1626 John Dowland, English composer (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at 62
- 1638 Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (c. 1570)
- 1665 Domenico Mazzocchi, Italian Baroque composer, dies at 72
- 1670 Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French aristocrat playwright and poet, dies at 80
- 1683 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury, English statesman who tried to bar Catholic James II from throne (Lord Chancellor 1672-73), dies at 61
- 1686 Nicolas-François Blondel, French architect, dies
- 1699 Obadiah Walker, English writer, academic, and Master of University College, Oxford (1676-88), dies at about 82 (b. 1616)
- 1704 Willem Bastiaensz Schepers, Dutch merchant and admiral, dies at about 83
- 1706 Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic, dies at 56
- 1710 Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and religious leader, dies at 71
- 1722 Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661)
- 1731 Thomas Woolston, English theologian (b. 1669)
- 1746 Gottfried Kirchhoff, German organist and composer, chiefly of sacred music, dies at 60
- 1766 James Quin, British actor (Covent Garden Theatre), dies at 72
- 1773 Alexis Piron, French dramatist (La Métromanie), dies at 83
- 1774 Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (1757-74). dies of a heart attack at 56
King of France (1774-93), beheaded during the French Revolution at 38
- 1795 Samuel Wallis, English explorer (Wallis Island), dies at 66
- 1809 Josiah Hornblower, American statesman, New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress, dies at 79
- 1814 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French writer and botanist (Paul et Virginie), dies at 77
- 1815 Matthias Claudius, German poet (Death and the Maiden), and journalist (Der Wandsbecker Bote), dies at 74
- 1823 Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (b. 1761)
- 1831 Achim von Arnim [Ludwig Joachim von Arnim], German Romantic poet and writer (Des Knaben Wunderhorn),u dies at 49
- 1836 Maria Christina of Savoy, Queen of the Two Sicilies and saint, dies in childbirth at 23
- 1851 (Gustav) Albert Lortzing, German Spieloper composer and actor (Zar und Zimmerman), dies at 49
- 1859 Henry Hallam, British lawyer and historian who wrote on European history, dies at 81
- 1870 Aleksandr Herzen, Russian writer and political thinker, known as the father of Russian socialism (My Past and Thoughts, The Bell), dies of tuberculosis at 57 [1] [2]
- 1871 Jan Jacob Rochussen, Dutch Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (1845-51), dies at 73
- 1872 Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81
- 1872 Thomas Bragg, American politician, 34th Governor of North Carolina (1859-61), dies at 61
- 1879 John Blair Scribner, American magazine and book publisher, dies of pneumonia at 28
- 1881 Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor, co-drafted 1848 constitution, dies at 78
- 1882 Anton Emil Titl, Austrian composer, dies at 72
- 1883 Jacopo Tomadini, Italian composer, dies at 62
- 1884 Auguste Franchomme, French cellist and composer, dies at 75
- 1888 Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, British born composer who worked in Australia (Australia's 1st opera), dies at 83
- 1891 Calixa Lavallee, Canadian composer (O Canada), dies at 48
- 1892 John Couch Adams, English astronomer (co-discover Neptune), dies at 72
- 1894 Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian composer (Épithalame), dies of typhoid fever at 24
- 1895 Michael Corrette, French organist (Church of Sainte-Marie du Temple - Paris, 1737-91), composer, and educator, dies at 87
- 1901 Elisha Gray, American inventor (telephone prototype), dies at 65
- 1903 Hermanus Schaepman 'the doctor', Dutch poet, Roman Catholic priest, theologian, and politician, dies at 58
- 1914 Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857)
- 1919 Gojong, Emperor Gwangmu of Korea (1897-1907), dies at 66
- 1927 Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65
- 1928 George Washington Goethals, American army general and civil engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal, dies at 69
- 1931 Felix Blumenfeld, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, 1885-1911), dies at 67
- 1932 Lytton Strachey, English biographer and critic (Benson Medal 1923), dies at 51
- 1933 George Moore, Irish novelist and painter (Esther Waters), dies at 80
- 1937 Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (b. 1898)
- 1938 George Méliès, French early filmmaker (A Trip to the Moon), dies at 76
- 1942 Henryk Opieński, Polish violinist, conductor, choral director, composer (Zygmunt August and Barbara), and musicologist (Moniuszko), dies at 72
- 1943 Otakar Sini, composer, dies at 61
- 1944 Gustaaf Schamelhout, Flemish physician and writer, dies at 74
- 1944 Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, German major and pilot, shot down
- 1945 Rash Behari Bose, Indian revolutionary leader against the British Raj in India, dies at 58
Italian light opera composer, dies at 72
British author (Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four), dies at 46
- 1952 Katie Sandwina [Katie Brumbach], Austrian-American weight-lifter (Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus), dies at 67
- 1955 Archie Hahn, American athlete (Olympic gold 60m, 100m, 200m 1904), dies at 74
- 1955 Maarten Pleun Vrij, Dutch lawyer, criminology professor (University of Groningen, 1928-47), and jurist (Supreme Court Justice, 1947-55), dies at 59
- 1956 Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (World Coloured Heavyweight Champion x 5 1910-18), dies at 72
- 1957 Arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87
- 1959 Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, American actor (Our Gang; Beginner's Luck; General Spanky), shot by an acquaintance during a financial dispute at 31
- 1959 Lamar Stringfield, American composer, dies at 61
- 1961 John Joseph Becker, American composer and conductor, dies a day before his 75th birthday
- 1962 André Lhote, French painter and art historian (Traité du paysage), dies at 76
- 1963 Al St. John, American vaudeville and silent film comic (Young and Dumb),and talkie character actor billed as "Fuzzy" St. John (Outlaws of the Plains), dies of a heart attack at 70
- 1963 Franz Jung, German writer and political activist, dies at 74
- 1964 Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian actor (Cleopatra, Joseph Schildkraut Presents, Diary of Anne Frank), dies from a heart attack at 68
- 1965 Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68
- 1966 Shane Paltridge, Australian politician and minister for the Liberal Party, dies of cancer at 56
- 1967 Ann Sheridan, American actress (They Drive by Night; Dodge City; King's Row; Another World), dies of cancer at 51
- 1968 Will Lang Jr., American magazine executive (b. 1914)
- 1971 Richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73
- 1974 Jan Arends, Dutch poet and author, commits suicide at 48
- 1974 Ken Viljoen, South African cricket batsman (27 Tests, 2 x 100, HS 124; Griqualand West, Orange Free State, Transvaal), dies at 63
- 1974 Lewis L Strauss, head US Atomic Energy Comm (1953-58), dies at 78
- 1975 Ernst Gernot Klussmann, German composer, dies at 73
- 1975 Marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84
- 1977 John Vincent, American composer, dies at 74
- 1977 Sandro Penna, Italian poet, dies at 70
- 1977 Zoltan Vasarhelyi, composer, dies at 76
- 1978 Freda Utley, British scholar and author. (b. 1898)
Soviet developmental psychologist and philosopher (activity theory), dies at 75
- 1981 Allyn Joslyn, American actor (They Won't Forget; Cafe Society), dies at 79
- 1981 James Stronge former Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament, assassinated by IRA, alongside his father Norman
- 1981 Norman Stronge, former Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament, assassinated by IRA alongside son James
- 1983 Lamar Williams, American musician (The Allman Brothers Band), dies of cancer at 34
- 1984 Giannis Skaribas, Greek writer, dramatist, and poet (b. 1893)
American soul singer-songwriter and performer ("Lonely Teardrops"; "Higher And Higher": "I Get the Sweetest Feeling"), dies from stroke complications at 49
- 1985 Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler and promoter, dies at 55
- 1985 James Beard, American culinary expert and author (Delights & Prejudices), dies at 81
- 1986 Jos Panhuysen, Dutch author (Don't Walk in Water, Life Alone is Not Enough), dies at 85 [1]
- 1987 Charles Goodell, American lawyer and politician (US Representative for New York (R), 1959-68; US Senator, 1968-71), dies at 60
- 1987 Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (7th Day), dies at 83
- 1988 Abraham Sofaer, Burmese born British actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies at 91
- 1989 Billy Tipton [Dorothy Tipton], American jazz pianist, saxophone player, and bandleader, dies from an untreated hemorrhaging peptic ulcer at 74 [1] [2]
- 1989 Carl Furillo, American baseball outfielder (NL Batting Champ 1953; MLB All-Star 1952, 53; World Series 1955, 59; Brooklyn/LA Dodgers), dies from leukemia at 66
- 1991 Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies
- 1992 (William Thomas) "Champion Jack" Dupree, American boxer, blues and boogie-woogie pianist, singer-songwriter (Walkin' The Blues), and WWII P.O.W., dies of cancer at 81
- 1993 Charlie Gehringer, American Baseball HOF second baseman (6 x MLB All Star; World Series 1935; AL MVP & batting champion 1937; Detroit Tigers), dies at 89
- 1993 Jan Zimmer, Slovak composer, dies at 66
- 1994 Basel al-Assad, Syrian president Hafez al-Assad's son and chosen successor, dies in car accident at 31
- 1995 Flavio "Negao" Pires da Conceicao, drug Trafficker, dies at 25
- 1995 John Halas, Hungarian-American cartoonist and animator (Animal Farm), dies at 82
- 1996 Jordan Christopher, American stage and screen actor (Angel, Angel, Down We Go; Secrets of Midland Heights), dies of a heart attack at 55
- 1996 René Marc Jalbert, sergeant-at-Arms at the National Assembly of Quebec (b. 1921)
- 1996 Roman Cieślewicz, Polish French artist and graphic designer, dies at 66
- 1996 Sam Green, industrialist/inventor, dies at 88
- 1997 Colonel Tom Parker [Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk], Dutch-born talent manager (Elvis Presley), dies after suffering a stroke at 87
- 1997 Dennis Main-Wilson, British TV and radio producer (Marty, Till Death Us Do Part), dies of lung cancer at 72
- 1997 Michael Duane, British progressive educationalist and author, dies at 81
- 1998 Jack Lord, American actor (Hawaii FIVE-O), dies at 77
- 1998 Larry Gilbert, American golfer (Senior Players Championship 1997), dies of lung cancer at 55
- 1999 Charles Brown, American blues singer and pianist ("Merry Christmas Baby"), dies at 76
- 1999 Jacques Chailley, French musicologist and composer, dies at 88
- 1999 Leslie French, British actor and singer (Death in Venice, More than a Miracle), dies at 94
- 1999 Susan Strasberg, American stage and screen actress (The Diary of Anne Frank; In Praise of Older Women;, Manitou), and memoirist, dies of breast cancer at 60
American white supremacist and assassin of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, dies at 80
- 2003 Paul Haines, American-born Canadian poet (b. 1933)
- 2004 Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer and playwright (The Tied Up Balloon), dies at 74
- 2005 John L. Hess, American journalist (b. 1917)
- 2005 Parveen Babi, Indian actress (b. 1955)
- 2005 Theun de Vries, Dutch writer (The Girl with the Red Hair), dies at 97
- 2006 Bedanand Jha, Nepalese politician
- 2006 Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovar nationalist writer and President of Kosovo (1992-2006), dies at 61
- 2007 Maria Cioncan, Romanian athlete (b. 1977)
- 2007 U;Nee [Lee Hye-ryeon], Korean pop artist, commits suicide at 25
- 2008 Marie Smith Jones, last native speaker of the Eyak language (b. 1918)
- 2008 Pam Barrett, Canadian politician (b. 1953)
- 2009 Pat Crawford, Australian cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1956), dies at 75
- 2010 Paul Quarrington, Canadian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator (b. 1953)
- 2011 Dennis Oppenheim, American conceptual artist (b.1938)
- 2011 E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Indian Telugu Film Director, screenwriter and producer, dies at 54
- 2012 Jonathan Idema, American con-artist and mercenary, found guilty of running an unsanctioned private prison in Afghanistan, dies from Aids complications at 55
- 2012 Roy John Britten, American molecular biologist (repeated DNA sequences in eukaryotic genomes), dies of pancreatic cancer at 92
- 2013 Alden Winship Clausen, American banker (President of World Bank), dies at 89
- 2013 Michael Adamis, Greek electro-acoustic music composer, dies at 83
- 2013 Michael Winner, English film director and producer (Death Wish), dies at 77
- 2015 Leon Brittan, British politician, Home Secretary and member of the European Commission, dies at 75
- 2015 Martin Honeysett, British cartoonist (Punch, Private Eye), dies at 71
- 2015 Pauline Yates, British actress (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin), dies at 85
- 2015 Waldemar Kmentt, Austrian operatic tenor (Vienna State Opera, 1951-2005), dies at 85
- 2016 Bill Johnson, alpine skier (first American to win alpine Olympic gold - 1984), dies at 55
- 2017 Emma Tennant, English writer (Pemberley: Or, Pride and Prejudice Continued), dies at 79
- 2017 Maggie Roche, American singer-songwriter (The Roches - "Hammond Song"), dies of cancer at 65
- 2017 Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer, specializing in choral music (Curse Upon Iron (Raua needmine)), dies at 86
- 2018 Chartchai Chionoi, Thai boxer (WBC/WBA flyweight champion), dies of Parkinson's disease at 75
- 2018 Connie Sawyer [Rosie Cohen], American actress known as "The Clown Princess of Comedy" (Pineapple Express, Dumb and Dumber), dies at 105
- 2018 David Pithey, Rhodesian cricket all-rounder (8 Tests for South Africa), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 81
- 2019 Harris Wofford, American politician (Sen-D-Pennsylvania 1991-94), head of AmeriCorps, dies at 92
- 2019 Kaye Ballard, American stage and screen actress, comedienne, and singer (Mothers-in-Law - "Kaye"), dies at 93
- 2019 Maxine Brown, American country music singer (The Browns - "I Take the Chance", "The Three Bells"), dies of heart and kidney failure at 87
- 2019 Russell Baker, American columnist, author and humorist (NY Times), dies at 93
- 2020 Morgan Wootten, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (46 seasons DeMatha Catholic HS, Hyattsville, Maryland; National C'ships 1962, 65, 68, 78, 84), dies at 88
- 2020 Terry Jones, Welsh comedian (Monty Python), dies from complications of dementia at 77
- 2021 David Bolton, English rugby league five eighth (23 caps Great Britain; Wigan, Balmain) and coach (Parramatta), dies at 83
- 2021 John Reilly, American actor (General Hospital; Dallas; Passions), dies at 86
- 2022 Clark Gillies, Canadian Hockey HOF left wing (Stanley Cup 1980, 81, 82, 83 New York Islanders; Buffalo Sabres), dies of cancer at 67
- 2022 Louie Anderson, American comedian, Emmy Award-winning actor (Baskets; Life With Louie; Coming To America), TV game show Host (Family Feud, 1999-2002), and writer, dies of cancer at 68
- 2023 Bill Schonely, American sports broadcaster (Portland Trail Blazers 1970-98), dies at 93
- 2025 Barry Michael Cooper, American screenwriter (New Jack City; Sugar Hill; Above the Rim), and journalist (Village Voice), dies at 66
- 2025 Garth Hudson, Canadian rock Lowrey organist, accordion player and saxophonist (The Band - "Chest Fever"; "Up On Cripple Creek"), dies at 87 [1] [2]
- 2025 Jo Baer [Josephine Kleinberg], American painter and minimalist artist, dies at 95 [1]
- 2025 Mauricio Funes, El Salvadoran president (2009-2014) and journalist, dies at 65 [1]
- 2025 Valérie André, French aviator and parachutist, first woman to become a general officer in France, dies at 102 [1]
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