- 457 Siyah Chan K'awil, 11th ruler of the Maya city of Tikal, dies
- 687 St. Cuthbert, patron saint of Northumbria (b. c. 634).
- 842 Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies
- 1191 Clement III [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies
- 1239 Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (c. 1179)
- 1351 Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies
- 1393 Johannes Nepomucenus [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed
King of England and Lord of Ireland (1399-1413), dies in Jerusalem Chamber of the Abbots House, Westminster Abbey at 45
- 1501 Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72
- 1531 Sicke Freerks/Frericx [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded
- 1549 Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded
German prince and the 1st Duke of Prussia (1525-68) who helped spread Protestantism, dies at 77
- 1586 Richard Maitland, Scottish statesman and historian (b. 1496)
- 1604 Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyō, dies at 57
- 1610 Hasegawa Tohaku, Japanese painter (famous for his byōbu/folding screen paintings), (b. 1539)
- 1617 Franciscus Aguilon, Belgian Jesuit physicist, mathematician, and architect book on Optics "Opticorum Libri Sex), dies at 50
- 1619 Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1612-19), dies at 62
- 1646 Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35
- 1663 Biagio Marini, Italian violin virtuoso and composer, dies at 69
- 1673 Augustyn Kordecki, Polish prior, dies at 69
- 1703 Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies
- 1730 Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (Comédie-Française) inspiration for 1849 drama "Adrienne Lecouvreur", dies at 37
- 1732 Johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681)
- 1746 Nicolas de Largillière, French painter, dies at 89
- 1751 Frederick Louis, British royal (Prince of Wales) and son of George II, dies at 44
- 1757 Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60
- 1767 Firmin Abauzit, French scholar and scientist, dies at 87
- 1780 Benjamin Truman, English entrepreneur and brewer (Truman Brewery), dies at 80 or 81
- 1793 William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician, dies at 88
- 1804 Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47
- 1812 Jan Ladislav Dussek [Jan Václav Dusík], Czech piano virtuoso, glass harmonica player, and composer, dies of complications from gout at 52
- 1816 Maria I of Portugal, Queen of Portugal and the Algarves, dies at 81
- 1818 Johann Nikolaus Forkel, German musicologist (1st biography of Johann Sebastian Bach), dies at 69
- 1835 Louis Léopold Robert, Swiss painter (Summer Reapers Arriving in the Pontine Marshes), dies at 40 [1]
- 1848 Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27
- 1855 Joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788)
- 1865 Keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
- 1866 Rikard Nordraak, Norwegian composer, dies at 23
- 1871 Antonio Buzzolla, Italian composer, dies at 56
- 1873 Adolphe Fétis, Belgian-French pianist and composer, dies at 52
- 1874 Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish waltz composer, and musical director (Tivoli Gardens, 1843-72), dies at 63
- 1875 John Mitchel, Irish nationalist (Jail Journal), dies at 59
- 1876 Richard Waterhouse, American soldier and Confederate general, dies of pneumonia at 44
- 1878 Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (first law of thermodynamics), dies at 63
- 1890 Alexander F. Mozhaiski, Russian aviation pioneer, dies at 65
- 1892 Arthur Goring Thomas, English composer, dies at 41
- 1894 Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, politician, journalist, and liberal revolutionary (Governor-President of Hungary, 1849), dies at 91
- 1897 Apollon Maykov, Russian poet, dies at 76
- 1899 Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist, dies at 77
- 1899 Martha M Place, American murderer who becomes 1st woman to be executed in an electric chair, dies at 49
- 1910 James Hogan, Irish College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Yale), dies of Bright's disease at 37
- 1910 Nadar [Félix Tournachon], French photographer and balloonist, took the first aerial photograph, dies at 89
- 1911 Jean-Theodore Radoux, Belgian composer, dies at 75
- 1913 Christian Barnekow, Danish composer, dies at 75
- 1916 Ota Benga, Congolese pygmy (b. 1884)
- 1918 Lewis A. Grant, American Civil War General (b. 1828)
- 1925 George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66
- 1929 Ferdinand Foch, French Allied military commander and marshal of France during WW I, dies at 77
- 1931 Hermann Müller, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
- 1932 Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, Russian biologist (artificial insemination of animals), dies at 61
- 1933 Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American laborer, executed by electrocuted for assassination attempt on Franklin D. Roosevelt and murder of Chicago mayor at 32
- 1934 Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Queen consort of William and Regent of the Netherlands, dies at 76
Jersey golfer (6 time British Open champion, US Open 1900), dies of lung cancer at 66
- 1939 Percy Dean, British naval lieutenant and politician who received the Victoria Cross for saving men during the raid of Zeebrugge, dies at 61
- 1940 Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist, dies at 79
- 1941 D A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies
- 1942 Theodoro Valcarcel, Peruvian classical composer, dies at 41
- 1942 Vasily Kalafati, Russian composer (Cygany), dies in the siege of Leningrad during World War II at 73
- 1944 Felix Woyrsch, German composer, dies at 83
- 1945 Lord Alfred Douglas, English poet ('Two Loves', The City of the Soul), journalist, and partner of Oscar Wilde, dies from heart failure at 74
- 1947 Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and film director (Ebberöds bank, Med folket för fosterlandet), dies at 62
- 1950 Walter Eucken, German economist (social market economy), dies at 59
- 1951 Kathleen Lockhart Manning, American composer, dies at 60
- 1953 Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60
- 1956 Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian politician and 3rd President of Austria (1928-38), dies at 83
- 1957 Charles Kay Ogden, British writer, philosopher, and linguist (Basic English, The Cambridge Magazine), dies at 67 [1] [2]
American astronomer and inventor of dendrochronology (tree-ring dating), dies at 94
- 1962 C. Wright Mills, American sociologist and writer (The Power Elite), dies at 45
- 1963 Karl Otten, German Expressionist writer, dies at 73
Irish author and poet (Borstal Boy, The Hostage), dies of complications from diabetes and alcoholism at 41
- 1964 Jean Rogister, Belgian virtuoso violist and composer, dies at 84
- 1968 Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish film director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies at 79
- 1969 Henri Longchambon, French politician, dies at 72
- 1972 Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter, graphic artist and cartoonist, dies at 51
- 1972 Jan Engelman, Dutch poet and art critic (At the Front), dies at 71
- 1972 Marilyn Maxwell, American actress and entertainer (Champion, The Lemon Drop Kid, East of Sumatra), dies of a heart attack at 50
- 1974 Chet Huntley, American newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62
- 1974 [Lavinia] Marian Fleming Poe, African American advocate in Virginia, dies at 83
- 1976 Michael Goodliffe, British actor (A Night to Remember, Cromwell, 5th Day of Peace), commits suicide at 61
- 1979 Mino Pecorelli, Italian journalist, shot dead in Rome at 50
- 1981 Irving Jaffee, American speed skater (Olympic gold 5,000/10,000m 1932), dies at 74
- 1983 Ivan Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (analytic number theory), dies at 91
- 1984 Stan Coveleski, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1920; AL ERA leader 1923, 25; AL strikeout leader 1920; Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators), dies at 94
- 1987 Norman Harris, American soul, R&B, and disco session guitarist (Philadelphia International; O'Jays; Salsoul Orchestra), dies of cardiovascular disease at 39
- 1987 Rita Streich, Russian-German soprano, dies at 66
- 1988 Gil Evans, Canadian-American jazz pianist, composer and arranger (Miles Davis; Absolute Beginners, Out of the Cool), dies at 75
- 1989 Alan Gifford [John Lennox], American actor (Time Lock, 2001: A Space Odyssey), dies at 78
- 1989 Archie Bleyer, American orchestra leader (Arthur Godfrey), dies at 79
- 1990 Jannetje Visser-Roosendaal, Dutch writer, dies at 90
- 1990 Lev Yashin, Russian soccer goalkeeper (74 caps USSR; Dynamo Moscow 326 games; namesake FIFA award for best World Cup Finals GK), dies of stomach cancer at 60
- 1990 Maurice Cloche, French film director and screenwriter, dies at 82
- 1991 Conor Clapton, Eric Clapton's son, falls to his death out of 53rd floor window at 5
- 1992 Avonne Taylor, actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers), dies at 93
- 1992 Frank Westbrook, American Broadway dancer and choreographer, dies at 82
- 1992 Georges Delerue, French film composer (Sword of Gideon, A Little Romance), dies of a heart attack at 67
- 1992 Lina Bo Bardi, Italian born Brazilian modernist architect (SESC Pompéia Factory), dies at 77
- 1993 Claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian president Yeltsin, dies at 85
- 1993 Jonathan Ball, English youngster, killed by IRA at 3
- 1993 Polykarp Kusch, American nuclear physicist (1955 Nobel Prize for Physics - for determining the magnetic moment of the electron), dies at 82
- 1994 Don Goddard, American news anchor (ABC Evening News, 1958-59), dies at 89
- 1994 Lewis Grizzard, American writer, humorist, and newspaper columnist (Atlanta Journal-Constitution), dies of aortic mass complications at 47
- 1995 James Kilfedder, Northern Ireland unionist politician, dies at 66
- 1995 John Minton [Big John Studd], American pro wrestler (Royal Rumble 1989), dies from liver cancer and Hodgkin's disease at 47
- 1995 Rachida Hammadi, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 32
- 1995 Sidney Kingsley, American playwright (Men in White - Pulitzer Prize 1934), dies at 88
- 1996 Alan Ridout, English composer, dies at 61
- 1996 Claude Bourdet, French human rights activist and journalist, dies at 86
- 1996 Victor Zorza, Polish journalist and specialist on the Soviet Union, dies at 71
- 1997 Carlo Fassi, Italian figure skating coach (Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, John Curry, Robin Cousins, Jill Trenary) and skater (World C'ship bronze men's singles 1953), dies at 67
- 1997 Grace Hefner, mother of Hugh Hefner (Playboy), dies at 101
- 1997 Ronnie Barron [Barrosse], American session keyboardist, and blue-eyed soul singer (Dr. John; Sonny & Cher; Tom Waits), dies of heart disease at 53
- 1997 Tony Zale, American boxer (World Middleweight Champion 1940-47, 48), dies at 83
- 1997 V. S. Pritchett, British literary critic and writer (Myth Makers), dies at 96
- 1998 Beverley Cross, English playwright and screenwriter (Strip the Willow; Half a Sixpence), dies at 66
- 1998 George Howard, American smooth jazz saxophonist (Dream Ride), dies of colon cancer at 41
- 1999 Patrick Heron, British abstract painter, dies at 79
- 1999 Roy L. Johnson, American admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean, commanded Seventh Fleet 1960s), dies at 93
- 2000 Ādolfs Skulte, Latvian composer, and pedagogue, dies at 80
- 2000 Gene Eugene [Andrusco], Canadian-American actor, singer-songwriter (Adam Again; Lost Dogs), and record producer, dies of a brain aneurysm at 38
- 2000 Vivian Fine, American composer (Women in the Garden), dies after a car accident at 86
- 2001 Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1949)
- 2003 Sailor Art Thomas, American professional wrestler (b. 1924)
Queen of the Netherlands (1948-80), dies at 94
- 2004 Pierre Sévigny, Canadian military officer and politician, dies at 86
- 2005 Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish film director (Kohtalo tekee siirron; Pete & Runt, Master Painters), dies at 93
- 2006 John Morressy, American sci-fi author (Starbra;t; Greymantle; Kingsbane), dies at 75
- 2007 Gilbert E. Patterson, American minister and presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ, dies at 67
- 2007 Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (b. 1948)
- 2007 Raynald Fréchette, Quebec politician and judge, dies at 73
- 2007 Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi politician (b. 1938)
- 2008 Brian Wilde, English actor (b. 1921)
- 2008 Eric Ashton, English rugby league footballer (b. 1935)
- 2008 Klaus Dinger, German electronic rock musician (Neu!; Kraftwerk; La Düsseldorf), dies of heart failure at 61
- 2008 Shoban Babu, Indian actor (b. 1937)
- 2009 Mel Brown, American-Canadian blues guitarist and singer (Eighteen Pounds of Unclean Chitlings), dies of complications from emphysema at 69
- 2010 Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepalese politician (b. 1925)
- 2010 Liz Carpenter, American feminist writer (b. 1920)
- 2010 Stewart Udall, American politician and environmentalist (US Secretary of Interior 1961-69), dies at 90
- 2010 Vasile Herman, Romanian pianist and composer, dies at 80
- 2011 Johnny Pearson, British pianist, arranger, orchestra leader, and composer (Cilla Black; Top of the Pops; Dusty Springfield), dies at 85
- 2012 Jim Stynes, Irish Australian rules footballer, dies from cancer at 45
- 2012 Mel Parnell, American MLB pitcher (Boston Red Sox, 1947-56), coach, and broadcaster, dies from cancer at 89
- 2013 James Herbert, British horror writer, dies at 69
- 2013 Risë Stevens [Steenberg], American mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1938-61 - "Carmen"), vocal coach, and arts administrator, dies at 99
- 2014 Hilderaldo Bellini, Brazilian soccer defender (51 caps; Vasco da Gama, São Paulo), dies from complications from a heart attack at 83
- 2015 A.J. Pero, American drummer (Twisted Sister - "We're Not Gonna Take It"), dies of a heart attack at 55
- 2015 Eva Burrows, Austrian Salvation Army officer, 13th General of The Salvation Army, dies at 85
- 2015 Gregory Walcott, American actor (Plan 9 from Outer Space, 87th Precinct), dies at 87
- 2015 Jim Berry, American cartoonist (Berry's World), dies at 83
- 2015 Perro Aguayo, Jr., Mexican wrestler (CMLL), dies of cardiac arrest in the ring at 35
- 2015 Robert Kastenmeier, American politician (Rep-D-WI, 1959-91), dies at 91
- 2016 Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (1972-3, 75-82), dies at 93
- 2016 Peter Williams, British organist and musicologist, dies at 78
- 2017 David Rockefeller, American CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank) and philanthropist, dies at 101
- 2017 George Weinberg, American psychotherapist (coined "homophobia"), dies at 87
- 2017 Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Filipino Senator, lawmaker and women's rights activist who led the drafting of the international women’s bill of rights, dies of colon cancer at 87
- 2018 Ariel Bybee, American mezzo-soprano (Morman Tabernacle Choir; Metropolitan Opera, 1977-95), dies at 75
- 2018 Bobby Mitchell, American golfer (US Masters runner-up 1972), dies of a heart attack at 75
- 2018 Katie Boyle [Lady Sander Saunders], Italian born British actress and broadcaster (Eurovision), dies at 91
- 2019 Linda Gregg, American poet (The Night Before Leaving, Too Bright to See), dies of cancer at 76
- 2019 Randy Jackson, American MLB baseball third baseman, 1950-59, 2X All-Star (Chicago Cubs; Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodger; Cleveland Indians), dies of pneumonia at 93
- 2020 Borislav Stanković, Serbian Basketball Hall of Fame administrator (International Basketball Federation secretary general 1976-2002), dies at 94
American pop and country singer-songwriter ("The Gambler"; "Through the Years") and entrepreneur (Kenny Rogers Roasters), dies of natural causes at 81
- 2021 Peter Lorimer, Scottish soccer midfielder (21 caps; Leeds United 526 games), dies at 74
- 2021 William "Buddy" Deppenschmidt, American jazz drummer (Charlie Byrd Trio - "Jazz Samba"), dies of COVID-19 at 85 [1]
- 2023 John Sattler, Australian rugby league prop (4 Tests; NSWRL Premiership 1967, 68, 70, 71 South Sydney), dies from dementia at 80
- 2023 Osvaldo Héctor Cruz, Argentine soccer forward (22 caps; Independiente 235 games), dies at 91
- 2024 António Pacheco, Portuguese soccer winger who played 6 internationals; Benfica 162 games; and manager Atlético, Portimonense SC, dies from a heart attack at 57
- 2024 Dumitru Macri, Romanian soccer defender who played 8 internationals (FC Rapid București) and coached Algeria (1974-75), dies at 92
- 2024 Phil Lowe, English rugby league second rower who played 12 Tests for Great Britain and 5 England; Hull KR, Manly Warringah RLFC, dies at 74
- 2024 Saeed Ahmed, Pakistan cricket batsman, who played 41 Tests, 5 x 100, HS 172, 22 wickets; Karachi, Lahore; dies at 86
- 2025 Eddie Jordan, Irish motorsport executive (team principle Jordan F1 1991-2005; co-owner London Irish RFC) and broadcaster (BBC, C4F1), dies of prostate & bladder cancer at 76
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