- 389 Gregory Nazianzus, theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 329)
- 477 Geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans
- 844 Pope Gregory IV, Italian Pope (827-844)
- 1067 Zhao Shu, Chinese Emperor Yingzong of Song (1063-67), dies of illness at 34
- 1138 Anacletus II [Pietro Pierleone], Jewish anti-pope (1130-38), dies
- 1139 Godfried I, with the Beard, Duke of Brabant and Earl of Leuven, dies
- 1366 Henry Suso, German Dominican friar, mystic and popular spiritual writer (Clock of Wisdom), dies at 70
- 1431 Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364)
- 1494 Ferdinand I [Ferrante], King of Naples (1458-1494), dies at 70
- 1547 Lieven Algoet, Flemish humanist who worked for Erasmus, dies
King of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, dies at 77
- 1573 Hirate Hirohide, Japanese samurai, dies at the Battle of Mikatagahara (b. 1553)
- 1586 Lucas Cranach the Younger, German Renaissance painter, dies at 70
- 1627 Louis Hébert, French apothecary, kings attorney and colonist of New France, dies at 51 or 52
- 1640 Robert Burton, British writer and Anglican clergyman (The Anatomy of Melancholy), dies at 62
- 1670 Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1612)
- 1726 Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
- 1733 Gilbert Heathcote, Mayor of London (b. 1652)
- 1733 Reinhart Vincent Graf van Hompesch, German general and governor who fought for the Dutch, dies at 72 or 73
- 1744 Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer, dies at 64
- 1751 Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts, dies at 75
- 1775 Georg Friedrich Schmidt, German engraver and etcher (court artist for King Frederick of Prussia and Empress Elizabeth of Russia), dies at 63
- 1820 Joseph Franz Weigl, German cellist and early proponent of the 'thumb technique', dies at 79
- 1821 Johan Valckenier, Dutch politician and patriot, dies at 62
- 1828 Caroline Lamb, English aristocrat, author (Glenarvon), wife of William Lamb, lover of Lord Byron, dies at 42
- 1829 William Shield, English violist, violinist, and composer (Master of the King's Music, 1817-29), dies at 80
- 1844 Horace H. Hayden, 1st American licensed dentist and cofounds 1st dental college, dies at 74
- 1849 Elias Parish Alvars, British harpist and composer ("Voyage d'un Harpiste en Orient"), dies of pneumonia at 40
Russian explorer who discovered the continent of Antarctica, dies at 72
- 1855 Dorothy Wordsworth, English poet, diarist and sister of William Wordsworth, dies at 83
- 1872 Richard S. Ewell, US Army officer and Confederate General (Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House), dies at 54
- 1875 Leopold Jansa, Bohemian violinist, composer, and teacher, dies at 79
- 1881 Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (Grand Kremlin Palace), dies at 86
- 1882 Peter Singer, Austrian composer and instrument maker, dies at 71
- 1896 Frans Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68
- 1896 Frederic Leighton, British painter and sculptor, President of the Royal Academy (1878-96), dies a day after being made a baron (shortest-lived peerage) at 65
- 1899 Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay, Brazilian politician and writer (Innocencia), dies at 55
- 1906 Joseph Wheeler, American Major General (Confederacy/Cavalry/Army of Tennessee), dies at 70
- 1906 Pierre-Lambert Goossens, Belgian archbishop of Mechelen and Cardinal Primate of Belgium, dies at 78
- 1907 René Pottier, French racing cyclist (Tour de France 1906), dies of suicide at 27
- 1908 Ouida [Maria Louise Ramé], English writer (under Two Flags), dies of pneumonia at 69
- 1910 Leon Walras, French economist (School of Lausanne), dies at 75
- 1911 Kanno Sugako, Japanese anarcho-feminist journalist, hanged for her role in the plot to assassinate Emperor Meiji, dies at 29
- 1917 Ted Tyler, English cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 4 wickets; Somerset CCC), dies at 52
- 1920 Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (Reclining Nude), dies at 35
- 1921 Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer, dies at 43
- 1925 Juan Vucetich, Croatian-born Argentine anthropologist who pioneered fingerprint identification, dies at 66
- 1933 William Faulkes, British organist, transcriber and composer, dies at 59
- 1940 Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)
- 1942 Eugène Samuel-Holeman, Belgian composer, dies at 78
- 1943 Spencer Charters, American actor (3 Faces West, Big Town Girl, St Louis Kid), dies at 67
- 1949 Emil Axman, Czech composer and musicologist (Moravian folk songs), dies at 61
- 1949 Makino Nobuaki, Japanese statesman and court official, dies at 87
- 1952 Sveinn Bjornsson, Danish-Icelandic politician (1st President of Iceland 1944-52) and poet, dies at 70
- 1957 Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese industrialist and Minister of Commerce and Industry (b. 1873)
- 1957 Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871)
- 1960 Diana Barrymore, American actress (Nightmare, Lady Courageous, Fired Wife), dies of an alcohol and drug overdose at 38
- 1960 Rutland Boughton, British composer (The Immortal Hour), dies at 82
- 1963 Wilson Kettle, of Newfoundland, dies at 102, leaving 582 living descendants
- 1965 (Gustaaf) "Staf" Nees, Flemish-Belgian carillonist, organist, composer (Maria-oratorio), and educator, dies at 63
- 1968 Virginia Maskell, English actress (Only Two Can Play), dies after an overdose at 31
- 1969 Irene Castle, American vaudeville, stage, and screen dancer, and animal rights activist, dies at 75
- 1970 Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese television writer and producer (Ultraman) (b. 1901)
- 1970 Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st African American female district attorney (NY), dies at 70
- 1970 Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano, dies at 92
- 1972 Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892)
- 1973 Masao Ohba, Japanese boxer (WBA flyweight champion 1970-73), dies in a car accident at 23
- 1975 Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician, Mayor of Ottawa (1951-56), dies at 78
- 1975 Vivien Kellems, American industrialist, who battled the Federal tax system as discriminatory against single people, dies at 78
- 1977 Donald Kerr, American actor (Devil Bat, Killer Bats), dies at 85
- 1979 Robertson Hare, English actor (All Gas and Gaiters. Our Girl Friday, Banana Ridge), dies at 87
- 1980 David Newell, American actor (Runaway Bride, White Heat, Dangerous Curves), dies at 75
- 1980 Queenie Watts [Mary Spenton], British singer and actress (Up the Junction, Holiday on the Buses), dies at 56
- 1981 Adele Astaire [Lady Charles Cavendish], American dancer and entertainer, sister of Fred Astaire (Last Man on Earth, Millie), dies at 82
- 1981 Richard Talmadge, German-American actor (Speed Reporter) and stuntman, dies at 88
- 1982 Mikhail Suslov, Soviet party ideologist and statesman, dies at 79
- 1986 Dennis Smith, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (1 Test; lone wicket off first ball; Otago, Canterbury), dies at 73
- 1986 Ernst Schnabel, German writer and pioneer of the radio documentary, dies at 72
- 1987 Emil Hlobil, Czech composer, dies at 85
- 1988 Colleen Moore, American silent screen actress (These Girls Won't Talk), dies at 87
- 1990 Alexander Lockwood, American actor (Duel), dies at 87
- 1991 Lillian Bond, English-American actress (Air Mail, Pick-up, Blond Cheat), dies at 83
- 1991 Stanley Brock, American actor (UHF, Hard to Kill, Ivan-He's the Mayor), dies of a heart attack at 59
- 1991 Walter "Hoot" Evers, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1948, 50 Detroit Tigers), dies from heart disease at 69
- 1992 John Touchstone, American actor (Across Five Aprils), dies of cirrhosis at 59
- 1992 Mahmoud Riad, Egyptian diplomat, Secretary-General of Arab League (1972-79), dies at 74
- 1992 Nico Schuyt, Dutch composer, dies at 70
- 1993 Henry Louis Miller, American Rear Admiral (WW II-Pacific), dies at 80
- 1994 Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (Regular Expressions), dies at 85
- 1995 John Smith, American actor (Cimarron City, Laramie, 7 Angry Men), dies at 63
- 1995 Peter Black, English TV critic, dies at 82
- 1995 Tom Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Brave Dodo), dies at 62
- 1995 William Sylvester, American actor (2001: A Space Odyssey, Gemini Man), dies at 72
- 1996 Jonathan Larson, American composer (Rent), dies of an aortic aneurysm at 35
- 1996 Ruth Berghaus, German choreographer and opera director, dies at 68
- 1997 Jeane Dixon [Lydia Pinckert], American celebrity psychic and astrologer (A Gift of Prophecy), dies of a heart attack at 93
- 1997 Jim Boyd, American boxer (Olympic gold light-heavyweight, 1956), dies at 66
- 1997 Seldon Powell, American jazz tenor saxophonist and flautist, dies at 68
- 1998 Attila Zoller, Hungarian-American jazz guitarist, educator (Vermont Jazz Center, 1974-98), and inventor (bi-directional pickup), dies at 70
- 1998 Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies
- 1999 Robert Shaw, American chorale conductor (Robert Shaw Chorale), dies of a stroke at 82
- 1999 Sarah Louise "Sadie" Delany, American author and teacher, dies at 109
- 1999 Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (b. 1924)
- 2001 Margaret Scriven, English tennis player (French C'ships 1933-34), dies at 88
- 2002 Winston Place, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 100; Lancashire CCC, MCC), dies at 87
- 2003 Samuel Weems, Armerican lawyer (disbarred), Armenian genocide denier, and writer, dies of a heart attack at 66
- 2004 Francina "Fanny" Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 200m, 80m hurdles, 4x100m relay 1948), dies at 85
- 2004 Miklós Fehér, Hungarian soccer striker (25 caps; Győri ETO, Porto, Benfica), dies of cardiac arrest at 24
- 2005 Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean writer and poet (b. 1907)
- 2005 Netti Witziers-Timmer, Dutch athlete (Olympic gold 4×100m relay 1948), dies at 81
- 2005 Philip Johnson, American architect (International and Postmodern Style, 1st Pritzker Prize), dies at 98
- 2005 Ray Peterson, American singer (Tell Laura I Love Her), dies at 65
- 2005 Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist, dies at 81
- 2005 William Augustus Bootle, American judge (b. 1902)
- 2008 Christopher Allport, American actor (To Live and Die in L.A.), dies at 60
- 2008 Evelyn Barbirolli, English musician (b. 1911)
- 2009 Kim Manners, American television producer and director (b. 1951)
- 2010 Ali Hasan al-Majid aka Chemical Ali, Iraqi defense minister and military commander (b. 1941)
- 2010 Charles Mathias Jr., American Republican politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), dies at 87
- 2012 Paavo Berglund, Finnish violinist and conductor (Helsinki Chamber Orchestra; Finnish RSO, 1956-72), dies at 82
- 2013 Zekkariyas [Cecil Womack], American soul songwriter, singer, and record producer (Womack & Womack - "Teardrops"), dies at 64
- 2015 Bill Monbouquette, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1960, 60², 62, 63; no-hitter 1962 Boston Red Sox), dies of myeloid leukemia at 78
- 2015 Demis Roussos, Greek singer and performer (Aphrodite's Child), dies from an undisclosed illness at 68
- 2016 Concepcion Picciotto, American peace activist (longest political protest in US history, outside The White House), dies at 80
- 2016 Denise Duval, French soprano (music of Francis Poulenc), dies at 94
- 2016 Frank Collett [Taglieri], American jazz pianist and bandleader, dies of liver failure at 75
- 2016 Leif Solberg, Norwegian organist, choral conductor and composer, dies at 101
- 2016 Paul Terasaki, American scientist, invented tissue typing for organ transplants and founded first kidney transplant registry, dies at 86 [1]
- 2017 Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian-English writer and novelist (Second Class Citizen; The Bride Price), dies at 72
- 2017 John Hurt, English actor (Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express), dies at 77
American Emmy Award-winning actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show - "Laura"; The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Ordinary People), dies at 80
- 2017 Robert Garcia, American politician hit by Wedtech scandal (Rep-D-NY, 1978-83), dies at 84
- 2018 John Morris, American film and Broadway composer who commonly worked alongside Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder, dies of a respiratory infection at 91
- 2019 Donald N. Langenberg, American physicist, dies at 86
- 2019 Florence Knoll Bassett, American furniture designer (Knoll), dies at 101
- 2019 Meshulam Riklis, Turkish-born Israeli businessman and husband of Pia Zadora, dies at 95
- 2020 Gene Corrigan, American lacrosse player, coach and college athletics administrator (President of the NCAA 1995-97), dies at 91
- 2020 Monique van Vooren, Belgian-American actress (Andy Warhol's Frankenstein), and writer, dies of cancer at 92
- 2021 Barry Heywood, British director of the British Antarctic Survey, dies at 83
- 2021 Maryan Synakowski, French soccer defender (16 caps; UA Sedan Torcy 241 games), dies at 84
- 2021 Raymond Miquel, Scottish businessman (Bell's Whisky), and athletic administrator (Chairman of Scottish Sports Council; Ryder Cup), dies at 89
- 2022 Barry Cryer, British comic, writer (The Kenny Everett Show; Ross Abbot; The Two Ronnies), and actor (All You Need Is Cash), dies at 86
- 2022 Esteban Edward Torres, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1983-99), dies at 91
- 2022 Heinz Werner Zimmermann, German contemporary sacred music composer (Prosalieder; Missa profana), and educator, dies at 91
- 2022 Wim Jansen, Dutch soccer utility (65 caps; Feyenoord 415 games) and manager (SC Lokeren, Feyenoord, Celtic), dies from dementia at 75
- 2023 B. V. [Balkrishna] Doshi, Indian architect (Pritzker Prize 2- 018), dies at 95 [1]
- 2023 Cindy Williams, American actress (Laverne & Shirley - "Shirley; American Graffiti), dies at 75 [1]
- 2024 Kenneth Smith, American convicted murderer, first person to be executed using nitrogen gas in Alabama at 58 [1]
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