- 472 Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire (467-72), killed fighting a civil war against the patrician Ricimer
- 937 King Rudolph II of Burgundy
- 969 Olga of Kiev, Regent and ruler of Kievan Rus, dies at about 79
- 1174 Amalrik I [Morri], French King of Jerusalem, dies
- 1183 Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
- 1302 Jacques de Châtillon, French Lord of Leuze and Governor of Flanders, dies in the Battle of the Golden Spurs at about 46
- 1302 Pierre Flote, French legist and Chancellor of France under King Philip IV, dies in the Battle of the Golden Spurs
- 1302 Robert II, Count of Artois and French soldier, dies in the Battle of the Golden Spurs at 51
- 1382 Nicholas Oresme, French philosopher, Bishop of Lisieux and counselor to Charles V of France, dies (b. c. 1320)
- 1502 Francisco de Bobadilla, Spanish soldier and second Governor of the Indies (1499-1502), dies during a storm at sea (born about 1450)
- 1535 Joachim I Nestor, Prince-elector of Brandenburg (opposed Protestantism), dies at 51
- 1581 Peder Skram, Danish senator and naval hero
- 1593 Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1st surrealist painter, dies (birth date unkn)
- 1649 Margaret Coventry, 1st English earl of Shaftesbury, dies
- 1667 John Fox, Amsterdam writer, buried
- 1679 William Chamberlayne, English poet (b. 1619)
- 1686 Michel Anguier, French sculptor, dies at 75
- 1688 Narai the Great, King of the Ayutthaya Kingdom (1656-88) and last monarch of the Thai Prasat Thong dynasty, dies at 55
- 1690 Frederick Schomberg, German-born military officer, General of the Ordnance in England, dies at the Battle of the Boyne at 75
- 1768 Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, Spanish composer, dies at 66
- 1774 Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer
- 1775 Simon Boerum, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
- 1781 Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer, dies at 60
- 1797 Ienăchiţă Văcărescu, Wallachian writer (b. 1740)
- 1806 James Smith, Irish/US attorney/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 87
- 1825 Thomas P. Grosvenor, American Revolutionary War soldier (b. 1744)
- 1826 Karl Bernhard Wessely, German composer (Sulamith und Eusebia), dies at 57
- 1844 Charles-Louis-Fleury Panckoucke, French publisher and editor (Description de l’Egypte), dies at 63
- 1844 Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (b. 1800)
- 1847 Joachim le Sage ten Broek, Dutch notary and publicist, dies at 71
- 1856 Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, writer and author of the Czech national anthem (Kde domov můj), dies of an unknown illness at 48
- 1866 James Henry Lane, US General during Civil War (Union) and Senator (Kansas), commits suicide at 52
- 1874 Xavier de Mérode, Belgium minister to the Pope in Rome, dies at 54
- 1876 Ottho Gerhard Heldring, Dutch preacher and reformer (Heldring Institutions), dies at 72
- 1882 Eugène Simonis, Belgian sculptor, dies on 72nd birthday
- 1889 Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author and poet, dies at 34
- 1896 Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist and historian (Olympia), dies at 81
- 1898 Charles Chanoine, French lt/mass murderer in Senegal, dies
- 1898 Daniel Ammen, American naval officer, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation (Civil War) and author, dies at 78
English poet, critic, and editor (Invictus), dies at 53
- 1906 Grace Brown American factory worker, drowned by her boyfriend Chester Gillette, later a famous court case, dies at 20
- 1909 Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American scientist, mathematician and astronomer (calculated extremely accurate tables for the solar system), dies at 74
- 1914 Julius Rodenberg [Levy], German writer (Die Deutsche Rundschau), dies at 83
- 1916 Rik Wouters, Belgian painter (Lady in Blue), and sculptor (The Nymph), dies of cancer at 33
- 1921 Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist and inventor, dies at 75
- 1929 Billy Mosforth, English footballer (b. 1857)
- 1931 Jean-Louis Forain, French impressionist etcher and lithographer, dies at 78
American tennis player (US Open mixed doubles 1908; US Open men’s singles 1917 runner-up) and figure skater (US C’ship gold singles 1918, 25, 27), dies at 46
- 1936 James Murray, American actor (The Crowd, The Shakedown), drowns at 35
American composer (An American in Paris, Porgy And Bess, Summertime), dies from a brain tumor at 38
- 1941 Arthur Evans, English archaeologist (discovered the Minoan palace of Knossos in Crete), dies at 90
- 1942 Simon de la Bella, Dutch president (NVV), dies in Dachau
- 1944 Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle
- 1947 Charles Frederick Goldie, New Zealand painter, known for his portraits of Maori, dies at 76 [1]
- 1948 Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semite theologist (Die Oden Salomons), dies at 59
- 1948 King Baggot, American actor and director (Tumbleweeds), dies at 68
- 1950 Timotei Popovici, Romanian priest, choral director, and composer, dies at 79
- 1953 Oliver Campbell, American tennis player (US Open 1890-92), dies at 82
Shia Imam who was one of the founders of the All-India Muslim League and later President of the League of Nations (1937-38), dies at 79
- 1958 Karel Wellens, Flemish painter, dies at 69
- 1959 (Rossiere) “Shadow” Wilson, American jazz drummer (Thelonious Monk), dies of meningitis at 39
- 1959 Charlie Parker, English cricketer (3,776 1st-class wickets, 2nd best ever; legend Gloucs SLA, but 2-32 in only Test), dies at 76
- 1961 Erskine Butterfield, American swing and boogie-woogie jazz pianist, singer, and composer, dies at 48
- 1964 Maurice Thorez, French politician and secretary-general (French Communist Party), dies at 64
- 1965 Ray Collins, American stage, radio, and screen character actor (Homecoming; Citizen Kane; Rose Marie; Perry Mason), dies at 75
- 1966 Delmore Schwartz, American poet, short story writer and critic (Shenandoah), dies at 52
- 1967 Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer, politician and judge, dies at 50
- 1971 John W. Campbell, American sci-fi writer (Space Beyond), dies at 61
- 1971 Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (Le Mans, 1968), killed in crash during sports car race at Norisring in Nuremberg, West Germany at 31
- 1973 Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian composer (Zavod), dies at 72
- 1973 Isabel Randolph, American actress (Fuller Brush Girl; Our Miss Brooks – “Mrs. Nestor”), dies at 83
- 1973 Robert Ryan, American actor (Billy Budd, The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Day), dies from lung cancer at 63
- 1974 Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish poet, novelist, and playwright (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1951), dies at 83
- 1975 Kurt Pinthus, German-American writer, dies at 89
- 1979 Claude Wagner, French Canadian judge and politician, dies at 54
- 1980 Bolesław Woytowicz, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 80
- 1980 Peggy Knudson, actress (April-So This is Hollywood), dies at 57
- 1983 Ross Macdonald [Kenneth Millar], American-Canadian detective novelist (Goodbye Look), dies at 67
- 1984 Karel Mengelberg, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 81
- 1987 Avi Ran, Israeli footballer (b. 1963)
- 1987 Thomas F Waddell, founder (Gay Olympics), dies of AIDS at 50
- 1987 Yaakov Yitzchak Ruderman, American Rosh Yeshiva (b. 1901)
- 1988 Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger, British sociologist and criminologist, dies at 91
- 1988 Milton Krims, American screenwriter (Prince of Foxes), dies at 84
- 1990 Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor (Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift), dies at 67
- 1991 Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered
- 1991 James McCallion, Scottish actor (Coogan’s Bluff, Vera Cruz), dies of a heart attack at 72
- 1991 Roger Christian, American radio personality and lyricist (“Don’t Worry Baby”; “Little Deuce Coupe”; “The Little Old Lady From Pasadena”), dies from kidney and liver failure at 57
- 1992 Annette Fischer, Danish chairman Amnesty International, dies in a car crash at 46
- 1992 Antoon Hubben, Dutch Mayor of Maasbree and trade union leader, dies at 73
- 1993 Deng Yingchao, high ranking communist China official, dies at 88
- 1993 Denis Tomlinson, South African cricket leg-spinner, dies
- 1993 Henri van Soede, sub commandant (WWII), dies at about 83
- 1993 Kelly Ahrendt, 1st death by rabies in NY since 1954, dies
- 1993 Mario Bauza, Cubans/US jazz musician, dies at 82
- 1993 Sergey Vozovikov, cosmonaut, dies during underwater test at 34
- 1994 Alan David Melville, polymath, dies at 82
- 1994 Bart Scheepens, actor/director, dies of AIDS at 50
- 1994 Charles “Lefty” Edwards, saxophonist, dies at 67
American computer scientist and entrepreneur who created the CP/M operating system, dies at 52
- 1994 Lex Humphries, American jazz drummer (Sun Ra Arkestra), dies at 57
- 1994 Savannah [Shannon Michelle Wilsey], American pornographic film actress, dies after a suicide attempt at 23
- 1995 John Cruickshank, Northern Irish-born scholar of French literature, dies at 70
- 1996 Florrie Rodrigo, Dutch dancer, choreography and teacher (Schepelingen), dies at 102
- 1996 Louis Gottlieb, American musician (The Limeliters), dies at 72
- 1996 Martin Corbett, English gay rights activist (Gay Liberation Front, OutRage!), dies of AIDS at 51
- 1998 Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player (Wimbledon runner-up 1926-28), dies at 93
- 1999 Helen Forrest [Fogel], American big band, pop, and swing jazz singer (Artie Shaw; Benny Goodman; Harry James), dies of heart failure at 82 [1]
- 2000 Pedro Mir, Dominican poet laureate (There Is a Country in the World, To Julia with No Tears), dies at 87 [1]
- 2000 Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 78
- 2001 Herman Brood, Dutch painter and pianist (Sleepin’ Bird), dies at 54
- 2001 Marco Zanuso, Italian Modernist architect and product designer, dies at 85
- 2002 Bernardas Brazdzionis, Lithuanian poet, editor and critic, dies at 95
- 2002 Rosco Gordon, American R&B pianist, singer, and songwriter (“Booted”; “No More Doggin'”), dies of a heart attack at 74
- 2004 Laurance Rockefeller, American CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank) and philanthropist, dies at 94
- 2005 Frances Langford, American singer (I’m In The Mood For Love), entertainer (Armed Forces Hour; USO tours), actress (All-American Co-Ed; Born To Dance), and philanthropist, dies of congestive heart failure at 92
- 2005 Gretchen Franklin, English actress (b. 1911)
- 2005 Jesús Iglesias, Argentine professional racing driver (b. 1922)
- 2006 Barnard Hughes, American stage and screen actor (Doc; Tron; Best Friends; Where’s Poppa?), dies at 90
- 2006 Bill Miller, American jazz pianist and arranger (Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Jr.), dies of a heart attack while on tour at 91
- 2006 John Spencer, English snooker player (b. 1935)
- 2006 Ross M. Lence, American political scientist, dies of cancer at 62
- 2007 Alfonso López Michelsen, 24th President of Colombia (1974-78), dies at 94
- 2007 Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman (Honest Ed’s) and philanthropist, dies at 92
- 2007 Ferhunde Erkin (née Remzi) Turkish concert pianist and pedagogue, dies at 98
- 2007 Glenda Adams (née Fenton), Australian novelist (Dancing on Coral; Longlegs), and playwright (The Monkey Trap), dies of ovarian cancer at 67
- 2007 Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
- 2007 Rod Lauren, American rocker (“If I Had a Girl”), commits suicide at 66
- 2008 Michael DeBakey, Lebanese-American cardiac surgeon and artificial heart pioneer, dies at 99
- 2009 Arturo Gatti, Canadian boxer (IBF junior lightweight title 1995-98, WBC super lightweight title 2004-05), dies under mysterious circumstances at 37
- 2009 Ji Xianlin, Chinese linguist and paleographer (b.1911)
- 2009 Valentinas Bagdonas, Lithuanian composer (Symphony of Peace), dies at 79
- 2010 Bishop Walter Hawkins, American gospel music singer (Edwin Hawkins Singers; Love Center Choir), dies of pancreatic cancer at 61
- 2010 Bob Sheppard, American public address announcer (MLB: NY Yankees 1951–2007; NFL: NY Giants 1956–2006), dies at 99
- 2011 George Lascelles, English Earl of Harewood, Director of the Royal Opera House, dies at 88
- 2011 Michael Chevalier, German film and television voice-dubbing actor, dies at 78
- 2012 Rutger Kopland [Rutger van den Hoofdakker], Dutch poet (Memories of the Unknown; Among the Cattle), dies at 77
- 2013 Eugene Wilkinson, American naval officer, dies at 94
- 2013 Robert Crichton-Brown, Australian businessman and CEO (Rothmans International), dies at 93
- 2014 Charlie Haden, American jazz double-bassist (Liberation Music Orchestra; Quartet West), dies at 76
- 2014 Tommy Ramone [Tamás Erdélyi], Hungarian-American rock drummer and bassist (Ramones), dies of bile duct cancer at 65
- 2015 Claudia Alexander, Canadian-born American NASA Scientist (led Galileo mission to Jupiter), dies of cancer at 56
- 2018 Lindy Remigino, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m 1952), dies of prostate cancer at 87
- 2018 Pat Swindall, American politician convicted of perjury (Rep-R-GA, 1985-89), dies at 67
- 2020 Frank Bolling, American baseball second baseman (MLB All-Star 1961–62²; Gold Glove Award 1958; Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves), dies from cancer at 88
- 2021 Charlie Gallagher, Scottish soccer inside forward (2 caps Republic of Ireland; Celtic, Dumbarton), dies at 80
- 2021 Charlie Robinson, American actor (Night Court, 1984-92 – “Mac”; Hart of Dixie), dies of glandular cancer complications at 75
- 2021 William Albert Penn, American composer (Living in the Next Great Ice Age; Garland Songs), educator, and record producer, dies at 78
- 2022 Gary Moeller, American football coach (University of Michigan 1990-94; Uni of Illinois 1977-79; Detroit Lions), dies at 81
- 2022 Monty Norman [Noserovitch], British big band singer, songwriter (False Hearted Lover), and film composer (James Bond Theme), dies at 94
- 2022 Víctor Benítez, Peruvian soccer centre-back / defensive midfielder (11 caps; AC Milan, Roma, Inter Milan, Boca Juniors), dies at 86
- 2023 Milan Kundera, Czech-French poet and novelist (The Joke: The Unbearable Lightness of Being; Immortality), dies at 94 [1]
- 2023 Peter Walters, British businessman (British Petroleum, 1954-90; CEO of Midland Bank, 1991-94; Chairman of SmithKline Beecham, 1994-2000), dies at 92
- 2023 Yūzō Toyama, Japanese composer and conductor, dies at 92
- 2024 Monte Kiffin, American football coach (Super Bowl XXXVII TB Buccaneers DC; NCAA C’ship 1970, 71 University of Nebraska DC), dies at 84
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