- 772 Stephen III, Greek Sicilian-born Catholic Pope (768-72), dies. (b. 720)
- 817 Stefanus IV, Pope (816-17), dies
- 1125 David IV of Georgia (b. 1073)
- 1336 Alfonso IV, the Benignant, King of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36
- 1376 Richard FitzAlan, 3rd Earl of Arundel, English military leader for Edward III during Hundred Years' War dies at 62 or 63
- 1473 Conrad Paumann, German blind organist and composer, dies
- 1547 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason
- 1595 Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Governor of Bohemia, dies at 65
- 1619 Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator against the rule of James I of England, dies at 54
- 1626 Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer, dies at 45
- 1639 [George] Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss Grisons leader, assassinated by a man disguised as a bear at about 42
- 1666 Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and Baroque music theorist, dies at 77
- 1678 Joan Maetsuyker, Dutch colonial ruler (Governor-general of Dutch East Indies, 1653-78; Governor of Zeylon, 1646-50), dies at 71
- 1709 George Rooke, English admiral, captured Spanish treasure fleet at Battle of Vigo Bay, dies at 58 or 59
- 1728 Johann Philipp Käfer, German composer, 55
- 1805 Giacomo Conti, Italian composer, dies at 50
- 1812 Eligio Celestino, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 72
- 1824 Ercole Consalvi, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal, dies at 66
- 1848 Horace Wells, American dentist (pioneered use of medical anesthesia), commits suicide after committing a crime under the influence of chloroform at 33
- 1851 Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian opera composer and conductor (La Vestale), dies at 76
- 1856 Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir, Polish Hasidic leader (b. 1775)
- 1860 James Pollard Espy, American meteorologist (Philosophy of Storms), dies at 74
- 1862 James McIntosh, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at about 33
- 1864 Otto Jonas Lindblad, Swedish composer (Kungssången - Royal Anthem), dies at 54
- 1864 Stephen Gardner Champlin, American physician and brigadier general (Union), dies Of his battle wounds at about 36
- 1874 Adam Black, Scottish politician and publisher (A & C Black), dies at 89
- 1877 Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist (b. 1796)
- 1880 José Gautier Benítez, Puerto Rican poet, dies at 28
- 1882 Levi Boone, American politician, Mayor of Chicago (1855-56), dies at 73
- 1883 Friedrich von Flotow, German composer, dies at 70
- 1884 Johann Christian Gebauer, Danish composer, dies at 75
- 1885 Martin Delany, African-American abolitionist and physician (1st African American major in US Army), dies at 72
- 1894 Constance Fenimore Woolson, American writer (Jupiter Lights), dies falls to her death in Venice at 53
- 1895 Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (chancellor of the Exchequer, father of Winston Churchill), dies at 45
- 1901 Simon Hassler, German-American composer, dies at 68
- 1904 Franz Coenen, Dutch violinist and composer, dies at 77
- 1905 William Sellers, American engineer and inventor (US standard screw thread), dies at 80 [1]
- 1911 Carl Eilhardt, German composer and conductor, dies at 67
- 1911 David Graham Phillips, American journalist and novelist (The Treason of the Senate, Susan Lenox), assassinated at 43
- 1912 James Allen, English writer (As a Man Thinketh), dies at 47
- 1913 Gustav Luders, German-American conductor and stage musical composer (The Prince of Pilsen), dies at 47
- 1918 George Arthur Crump, American golf course architect (Founder Pine Valley Golf Club), dies from possible suicide at 46
- 1920 Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (Reclining Nude), dies from tubercular meningitis at 35
- 1924 Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, dies at 29
- 1924 Thephilo Braga, Portuguese poet and politician, dies at 80
- 1929 Willem Royaards, Dutch theater director (Adam in Ballingschap), dies at 62
- 1930 Rebecca Latimer Felton, American writer and politician (first woman to serve as U.S. Senator (Georgia)), dies at 94 [1]
- 1932 Alfred Yarrow, English shipbuilder (Yarrow Shipbuilders), die sat 90
- 1932 Paul Warburg, German-American investment banker who influenced and encouraged the design of the Federal Reserve, dies at 63
- 1939 Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist, dies at 71
- 1940 Emile van Bosch, Belgian revue, operetta and opera singer, dies at 52
- 1941 Tommy Bond, Irish baseball pitcher and right fielder (Triple Crown 1877; Boston Red Caps; first man born in Ireland to play MLB), dies at 84
- 1943 John Burns, British minister of Local Government (1905-14), dies
- 1947 Felix Timmermans, Flemish painter and illustrator (Pallieter), dies at 60
- 1948 Arthur Liebehenschel, German Commandant at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, executed for war crimes at 46
- 1948 Maria Mandl, Austrian Nazi concentration camp worker (Lichtenburg; Ravensbrück) extermination camp official (Auschwitz II-Birkenau), and convicted war criminal, executed by hanging at 36
- 1950 Bull Montana [Luigi Montagna], Italian actor (Brass Buttons, Victory, The Son of the Sheik), dies from coronary thrombosis at 62
- 1953 Ben Taylor, American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (Indianapolis ABCs) and manager (Washington Potomacs, Baltimore Black Sox), dies of pneumonia at 64
- 1953 Mike Jacobs, American boxing promoter (Twentieth Century Sporting Club - Joe Louis' promoter; 3 x $1m fights), dies at 72
- 1955 Ira Hayes, American World War II hero (b. 1923)
- 1957 Dan Taylor, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests, HS 36; Natal), dies at 70
- 1960 Edwin Fischer, Swiss concert pianist and conductor, dies at 73
- 1960 John Miljan, American actor (The Ten Commandments, Possessed, Final Extra, Susan Lenox), dies at 67
American inventor and businessman who invented the Erector Set, one of the most popular toys of all time, dies at 76
- 1961 Willem van Eysinga, Dutch jurist and diplomat (Paris Peace Conference), dies at 82
- 1962 Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish poet, novelist, recognized as one of the most important representatives of modernism in Turkish literature (A Mind at Peace, The Time Regulation Institute), dies of a heart attack at 60
- 1962 Stanley Lord, Captain of the SS Californian the night of the Titanic disaster, dies at 84
- 1962 Tom Shirley, American actor and TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62
- 1963 Otto Harbach [Hauerbach], American librettist, lyricist ("Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "I Won't Dance"), and mentor to Oscar Hammerstein II, dies at 89
- 1964 Stuart Davis, American modernist painter, dies at 71
British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1940-45, 1951-55) during World War II, and writer (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1953), dies of a stroke at 90
- 1966 Homi J. Bhabha, Indian nuclear physicist, dies at 56
- 1969 Pauline Hall, Norwegian composer, dies at 78
- 1970 Caresse Crosby, American poet (b. 1891)
- 1970 James "Shep" Shepherd, American R&B singer-songwriter (The Heartbeats - "One Thousand Miles"; Shep & Limelites - "Daddy's Home"), beaten to death in a robbery at 34
- 1971 Bill W. [William Wilson], American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
- 1971 Bill Wilson, American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, dies of emphysema at 75
- 1972 Jerome Cowan, American actor (Blondie, Tab Hunter Show), dies at 74
- 1973 Alan Lissette, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets; Auckland, Northern Districts), dies from heart disease at 53
- 1973 J. Carrol Naish, American actor (Sahara; A Medal for Benny), dies of emphysema at 77
- 1975 Erich Kempka, German chauffeur to Adolf Hitler, dies at 64
- 1975 Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 72
- 1978 Herta Oberheuser, German Nazi doctor and convicted war criminal, dies at 66
- 1979 Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51
- 1979 Mabel Taliaferro, actress (My Love Come Back), dies at 91
- 1982 Alfredo Ovando Candia, Bolivian 48th president (1965-66, 1969-70), dies at 73 [1]
- 1986 Gordon MacRae, American singer and actor (Oklahoma!, Carousel), dies of pneumonia at 64
- 1986 L. Ron Hubbard, American sci-fi writer (Death Quest; Dianetics) and founder of Church of Scientology, dies at 74
- 1988 Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (b. 1905)
- 1989 George Knudson, Canadian golfer (8 PGA Tour titles; Masters 1969 runner-up), dies of lung cancer at 51
- 1990 Madge Bellamy, American actress, dies of heart failure at 90
- 1991 Harold "Shot" Jackson, American country dobro player, and pedal steel guitarist (Roy Acuff), and guitar designer and builder (Sho-Bud), dies after his second stroke at 70
- 1991 Jack Schaefer, American author (Shane), dies at 83
- 1991 John M. Kelly, Irish politician and academic (b. 1931)
- 1991 Lawrence Lott, American actor (Real Men, Philadelphia Experiment), dies of AIDS at 40
- 1991 P. Padmarajan, Indian film director and screenwriter (Aparan, Innale), dies of a heart attack at 45
- 1992 Charles Moulin, French actor (French Tarzan), dies
- 1992 John Bleifer, American actor (Highway to Heaven), dies at 90
- 1992 Ken Darby, American vocal arranger, lyricist, Academy Award-winning film score composer, and writer, dies at 82
- 1992 Ricky Ray Rector, American criminal who murdered two people, including a police officer in Alabama, executed in prison at 42
- 1992 Tina Chow, American model and jewellery designer, dies of AIDS at 41
1st African American supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84
- 1993 Ugur Mumcu, Turkish journalist and writer (Cumhuriyet Murder), dies at 50
- 1994 Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at 48
- 1994 Yves Navarre, French writer (Le Jardin d'acclimatation), dies at 53
- 1995 David Cole, American songwriter ( C+C Music Factory - "Gonna Make You Sweat"), and record producer (Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, James Brown), dies at 32
- 1995 Ian Prestt, English ornithologist, dies at 65
- 1995 Victor Reinganum, English artist and illustrator, dies at 87
- 1995 Wim Sinnige, Dutch politician (PvdA) (Amsterdam Alderman of Finance, 1973-80), and arts administrator, dies at 60
- 1996 Sandor Iharos, Hungarian runner, dies at 65
- 1997 Callum Alexander MacDonald, Scottish historian, dies of cancer at 49
- 1998 Jay Monahan, husband of Katie Couric, dies of cancer at 42
- 1998 Justin Tubb, American country singer (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 62
- 1998 Walter Bishop, Jr, American bebop jazz pianist, music theorist, and educator, dies of a heart attack at 70
- 2000 Bobby Duncum, Jr., American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
- 2001 Leif Thybo, Danish composer and organist, dies at 78
- 2002 Elie Hobeika, Lebanese Forces militia commander (b. 1956)
- 2002 Kurt Schaffenberger, American comics artist (Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane), dies at 81
- 2002 Peter Gzowski 'Mr Canada', Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter, dies of emphysema at 67
- 2003 (Giovanni) "Gianni" Agnelli, Italian industrialist, executive (President of Fiat Automobiles, 1966-96), and Italian Senator-for-life (1991-2003), dies of prostate cancer at 81
- 2003 Lucien Blackwell, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania), dies at 71
- 2004 Leônidas da Silva, Brazilian footballer (b. 1913)
- 2005 Chalkie White, English rugby union coach (b. 1929)
- 2005 June Bronhill, Australian stage and opera singer, dies at 75
- 2005 Robert Stevens Baker, American organist, composer, and educator (Union Theological Seminary, 1961-72; Institute of Sacred Music at Yale, 1973-75), dies at 88
- 2005 Vladimir Savchenko, Ukrainian writer (b. 1933)
- 2006 Chris Penn, American actor (The Wild Life), dies at 40
- 2006 Fayard Nicholas, American tap dancer, one-half of The Nicholas Brothers and actor (The Five Heartbeats), dies of pneumonia and complications from a stroke at 91
- 2006 Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician
- 2007 Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World's oldest living man 2004-2007, dies at 115
- 2007 Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian politician (b. 1956)
- 2007 Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)
- 2008 J. Robert Hooper, American politician, dies at 71
- 2008 Randy Salerno, co-anchor of Chicago's CBS 2 News (b. 1963)
- 2009 Diane Holland, British actress and dancer (Crossroads - "Sarah"; Hi-de-Hi! - "Yvonne"), dies of bronchial pneumonia at 78
- 2009 Gérard Blanc, French pop singer ("Une Autre Histoire"), dies at 61
- 2009 Kay Yow, North Carolina State Univ. women's basketball head coach (b. 1942)
- 2009 Leonard Gaskin, American jazz bassist (Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis), dies at 88
- 2009 Reg Gutteridge, British Boxing Journalist (b. 1924)
- 2010 Pernell Roberts, American actor (Bonanza- "Adam"; Trapper John, M.D.), dies at 81
- 2010 Robert Mosbacher, American businessman, yachtsman and political appointee (US Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92), dies of pancreatic cancer at 82
- 2011 Bernd Eichinger, German film producer and director, dies at 61
- 2011 Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Indian khayal (romance) and devotional (bhajan and abhangsad) singer, dies at 88
- 2011 Peter Paul Zahl, German left-wing writer and printer (shot two police officers), dies at 66
- 2012 James Farentino, American actor (The Final Countdown; Dynasty; Mary), dies of heart failure at 73
- 2012 Patricia Neway, American opera and musical theatre singer, dies at 83
- 2012 Theo Angelopoulos, Greek film director (The Travelling Players, Eternity and a Day), dies at 76
- 2013 Richard Stern, American writer (Pacific Tremors), and educator (University of Chicago, 1955-2002), dies at 84
- 2015 Joe Franklin, American radio host, TV personality and New York institution (The Joe Franklin Show), dies of prostate cancer at 88
- 2015 Toller Cranston, Canadian figure skater (Olympic bronze men's singles 1976; World C'ship bronze 1974) and painter, dies of a heart attack at 65
- 2016 Yvonne Chouteau, Native American dancer (one of the "five Moons" of Oklahoma), dies at 86
- 2017 (Claude) "Butch" Trucks, American rock drummer (The Allman Brothers Band - "Whipping Post"), dies of a self-inflicted gunshot at 69
- 2018 Jack Ketchum [Dallas William Mayr], American horror fiction author (Off Season, Red, The Woman), dies of cancer at 71
- 2018 Mark E. Smith, British rock vocalist (The Fall, The Post-Nearly Man), dies after a long illness at 60
- 2020 Duje Bonačić, Croatian rower (Olympic gold - coxless four 1952), dies at 90
- 2020 Juan José Pizzuti, Argentine soccer striker and manager (12 caps; Racing Club de Avellaneda), dies at 92
- 2020 Pete Stark, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1973-2013), dies at 88
- 2020 Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch soccer left winger or forward (46 caps; Anderlecht), dies of progressive muscular atrophy at 72
- 2021 George Armstrong, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame centre (Stanley Cup 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs; 7 x NHL All Star), dies from heart complications at 90
- 2021 Gunnel Lindblom, Swedish actress (Hunger, Virgin Spring), dies at 89
- 2021 Jóhannes Eðvaldsson, Icelandic soccer defender (34 caps; Celtic, Tulsa Roughnecks, Hannover 96, Motherwell), dies from COVID-19 at 70
- 2022 Aftab Baloch, Pakistan cricket batsman (2 Tests; 7th player to pass the 400 first class run milestone, 428 for Sind 1974), dies at 68
- 2022 Szilveszter Csollány, Hungarian gymnast (Olympic gold - rings 2000, silver 1996; World Championship gold - rings 2002), dies from COVID-19 at 51
- 2023 Duncan Pugh, Australian bobsledder (Olympics, 2010), and school teacher, dies of a brain aneurysm at 48
- 2023 Lance Kerwin, American actor (James at 15; Salem's Lot; Enemy Mine; Outbreak), dies at 62 [1]
- 2024 Carl Andre, American sculptor (minimal/conceptual art), dies at 88
- 2024 N. Scott Momaday, Native American author (House Made of Dawn, Pulitzer Prize - 1969), dies at 89 [1]
- 2025 Ellert Schram, Icelandic soccer forward (23 caps; KR) and executive (chairman Icelandic FA 1973-89), dies at 85
- 2025 Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Native American artist (Gifts for Trading Land With White People, Kalispell #1), dies of cancer at 85 [1]
- 2025 Mimis Domazos, Greek soccer midfielder (50 caps; Panathinaikos FC 502 games), dies at 83
- 2025 Unk [Anthony Platt], American hip-hop DJ and rapper ("Walk It Out"), dies of a heart attack at 43
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