- 775 Al-Mansur, second Abbasid Caliph (754-775) founded the round city of Bagdad, dies at about 61
- 1323 Amadeus V de Great, Count of Flanders and Savoy, dies at 74
- 1333 Nicolaas V [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies at about 73
- 1355 Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death
- 1473 Reinoud II, Dutch Lord of Brederode, dies
- 1553 Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81
- 1555 Hugh Latimer, English bishop and royal chaplain, burned at the stake as one of the Oxford Martyrs at 80
- 1555 Nicholas Ridley, English theologist/bishop of Rochester, burned at the stake as an Oxford martyr
- 1591 Gregory XIV [Niccolo Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies in office from a gallstone at 56
- 1594 William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62
- 1621 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59
- 1628 François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)
- 1649 Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried at 28
- 1655 Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist, dies at 64
- 1680 Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian general (b. 1608 or 1609)
- 1690 Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43
- 1694 Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62
- 1726 Giovanni Maria Capelli, Italian composer, dies at 77
- 1750 Silvius Leopold Weiss, German composer and lutenist, dies at 64
- 1755 Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint, dies at 29
- 1774 Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (Scottish Poems), dies at 24
- 1781 Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, British naval officer, won naval victory in Battle of Quiberon Bay, dies at 76
- 1791 Grigory Potemkin, Russian military leader, statesman and favorite of Catherine the Great, dies at 52
- 1793 John Hunter, Scottish surgeon and founder of pathological anatomy in England, dies at 65
- 1796 Victor Amadeus III of Savoy (b. 1726)
- 1799 Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, Belgian composer, dies at 44
- 1810 Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut, dies at 38
- 1814 Juan Jose Landaeta, Venezuelan composer, killed at 34
- 1817 Manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies
- 1822 Eva Marie Veigel [La Violette], Austrian ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick, dies at 98
- 1836 Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33
- 1849 George Washington Williams, 1st major African American historian, dies
- 1862 George B. Anderson, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 31
- 1865 Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet, lawmaker, philosopher, and sociologist (b. 1781)
- 1867 Salomon Judah Rappoport, Galician-Czech rabbi and scholar (Ereg miliem), dies at 77
- 1877 John Zwijsen, archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 83
- 1877 Theodore Barrière, French dramatist (b. 1823)
- 1880 Édouard Wolff, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 64
- 1883 Samuel Jameson Gholson, American jurist and Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, dies at 75
- 1884 Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Hawaiian princess and philanthropist, last descendent of the Royal House of Kamehameha, dies of cancer at 52
- 1888 John Wentworth, American politician, Mayor of Chicago (1857-58, 60-61), dies at 73
- 1891 Sarah Winnemucca, Northern Paiute writer and educator (“Life Among the Paiutes”, 1st English narrative by a Native American woman), dies of tuberculosis at 46 or 47 [1]
- 1893 Carlo Pedrotti, composer, dies at 75
- 1893 Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (b. 1808)
- 1906 Varina Howell Davis, First Lady of the Confederate States (1862-65), dies at 80
- 1909 Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Sorbian writer, dies at 53
- 1916 Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker’s union leader, dies at 73
- 1918 Felix Arndt, American organist, pianist, arranger, and composer (“Desecration Rag”; “Nola”), dies during the Spanish Flu pandemic at 29 [1]
- 1919 Charles Harford Lloyd, British organist and composer, dies on his 70th birthday
- 1920 Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer and conductor (Artemis), dies at 56
- 1928 Septimus Kinneir, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies
- 1937 Jean de Brunhoff, French children’s book author (Babar the Elephant), dies at 37
- 1937 William Sealy Gosset, English statistician (Student’s t-distribution), dies at 61
- 1939 Ludolf Nielsen, Danish composer, dies at 63
- 1942 12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed
- 1944 Eric Westberg, Swedish composer, dies at 52
- 1944 John Eigenhuis, Dutch writer (The Dike), dies at 78
- 1946 Alfred Rosenberg, German Nazi official who wrote Nazi ideologue “The Myth of the Twentieth Century”, hanged for war crimes at 53
- 1946 Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian Nazi politician (Austrian Chancellor, 1938), and war criminal responsible for deportation of Dutch Jews, hanged at 54
- 1946 Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian Nazi (SS/SD), hanged at 43
- 1946 Fritz Sauckel, German Nazi politician (General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment, 1942-45), and convicted war criminal, hanged at 51
- 1946 Granville Bantock, English composer and conductor (Hebridean Symphony), dies at 78
German Nazi Governor General of Occupied Poland, hanged by Allied forces after the Nuremberg war trials at 46
- 1946 Wilhelm Frick, German leading Nazi official and war criminal (Minister of the Interior, responsible for concentration camps), hanged for crimes against humanity at 69
- 1948 Henry Foley, New Zealand cricket batsman (1 Test; NZ’s first Test match; Wellington CA), dies at 42
- 1949 Hale A. VanderCook, American composer, dies at 85
- 1951 Liaquat Ali Khan, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (1947-51), assassinated by Said Akbar at 56
- 1956 Jules Rimet, French football administrator (3rd President of FIFA 1921-54), dies at 83
- 1958 Michalis Souyioul [Michail Sougioultzoglou], Greek composer and songwriter, chiefly for theater and film, dies of a stroke at 52
- 1962 Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (Water & Dreams), dies at 78
- 1966 George O’Hara, American silent era screenwriter and actor (The Sea Beast, The Grapes of Wrath), dies at 67
- 1969 Leonard Chess [Lejzor Czyż], Polish-American record company executive (Chess Records), and blues and R&B record producer, dies of a heart attack at 52
- 1972 (Thomas) Hale Boggs, American politician (US Representative from Louisiana, 1947-73), presumed killed in a plane crash at 58
- 1972 Leo G. Carroll, British actor (Topper; Strangers On A Train; The Man From U.N.C.L.E.), dies at 85
- 1973 Gene Krupa, American jazz and swing drummer (“Sing, Sing, Sing”), dies of heart failure while battling leukemia and emphysema at 64 [1]
- 1974 Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar [Iyer], Indian Carnatic music singer, dies at 78
- 1977 Michael Balcon, English film producer (head of Ealing Studios), dies at 81
- 1978 Dan Dailey, American stage and screen dancer and actor (You’re My Everything; Mother Wore Tights; The Governor & J.J.), dies of anemia at 62
- 1979 Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (Lillelord), dies at 77
- 1980 Carl Romme, Dutch politician, Minister of Social Affairs (KVP), dies at 83
- 1981 Stanley Clements, actor (Boys’ Prison, Army Bound, Hot News), dies
- 1982 Hans Selye, Austrian-Canadian endocrinologist, dies at 75
- 1982 Jakov Gotovac, Croatian conductor and composer (Ero the Joker), dies at 87
- 1982 Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini), dies at 67
- 1983 George Liberace, American violinist (The Liberace Show), dies of leukemia at 72
- 1983 Kelso, American racehorse (b. 1957)
- 1983 Øivin Fjeldstad, Norwegian conductor and composer, dies at 80
- 1984 Ken Carpenter, TV announcer (Lux Video Theater), dies at 84
- 1984 Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (Little Women, Daisy Kenyon), dies of cancer at 53
- 1985 Claude Stroud, American actor (Breakfast at Tiffany’s; Ted Knight Show; Duke), dies at 78
- 1986 Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian concert violinist, dies of a stroke at 65
- 1986 C Wttewaall van Stoetwegen, CHU Member of Dutch parliament, dies at 85
- 1987 Dana Suesse, American musician and songwriter (“You Ought To Be In Pictures”), dies at 77
- 1989 Cornel Wilde [Kornel Lajos Weisz], Hungarian-American actor (Sword of Lancelot, High Sierra, 5th Musketeer), dies at 74
- 1990 Art Blakey, American jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers), dies of cancer at 71
- 1990 Jorge Bolet, Cuban-born American pianist known for his performances of the work of Franz Liszt, dies at 75
- 1991 Boris Papandopulo, Croatian composer, dies at 78
- 1991 Tonny Huurdeman, singer/actress (Frills), dies
American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (Come Back, Little Sheba; Hazel), dies of natural causes at 94
- 1993 John Bowles, American businessman (president of Rexall Drugs), dies at 76
- 1995 John Walker, museum director, dies at 88
- 1995 Murdo Alex MacLeod, Free Church of Scotland minister, dies at 60
- 1995 Richard Caldicot, British actor (Horse’s Mouth, Strife, Mrs Thursday), dies at 87
- 1995 Thomas Augustine Martin, Irish academic, dies at 59
- 1996 Anthony Griffin, British Royal Navy admiral (Controller of the Navy, 1971–75; chairman of British Shipbuilders 1977–80). dies at 75
- 1996 Eric Malpass, English writer (Pentecost family books), dies at 85
- 1996 Ismond Rosen, South African born British psychoanalyst and artist, dies at 82
- 1996 James Wild, music teacher, dies at 68
- 1996 Jason Bernard, American actor (Liar Liar, While You Were Sleeping), dies of a heart attack at 58
- 1997 Adam Kennedy, American actor (The Californians) screenwriter (The Domino Principle), novelist (Just Like Humphrey Bogart), and painter, dies of a heart attack at 75
- 1997 Audra Lindley, American actress (Three’s Company; The Ropers;, The Relic), dies of complications from leukemia at 79
- 1997 James A. Michener, American author (South Pacific; Sayonara), dies of kidney failure at 90
- 1998 Jon Postel, American computer scientist known as “the god of the internet”, dies form heart surgery complications at 55
- 1998 M. Vasalis [Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans], Dutch poet (Phoenix), dies at 89
- 1999 Jean Shepherd, American storyteller, radio personality (WOR-NYC, 1955-77), and writer (A Christmas Story; In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash), dies at 78
- 2000 Mel Carnahan, American politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (1993-2000), dies in an airplane crash at 66
- 2000 Rick Jason [Richard Jacobson], American stage and screen actor (Combat! – “Lt. Hanley”; The Fountain of Youth; Day of the Wolves), dies of a self-inflicted gunshot at 77
- 2001 Etta Jones, American jazz singer (“Don’t Go To Strangers”; “Save Your Love for Me”), dies of cancer at 72
- 2001 Gotthold Gloger, German writer and painter, dies at 77
- 2002 Angela Dawson, American murder victim, killed when her house was firebombed in Baltimore
- 2003 Avni Arbas, Turkish artist (b. 1919)
- 2003 László Papp, Hungarian boxer (Olympic gold-1948, 1952, 1956), dies at 77 [1]
- 2003 Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler and trainer, dies at 88
- 2004 Pierre Salinger, American newsman (ABC) and press secretary (John F. Kennedy), dies at 79
- 2005 “Len” Dresslar, American singer and voice actor (b. 1925)
- 2005 David Reilly, American singer (“God Lives Underwater”), dies at 34
- 2005 Eugene “Porky” Lee, American child actor (Little Rascals), dies at 71
- 2005 John Baines Johnston, British diplomat (British High Commissioner to Rhodesia just before independence, High Commissioner of Malaysia), dies at 87
- 2005 Ursula Howells, British actress (Hard Times, Girly, Murder is Announced), dies at 83
- 2006 Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (b. 1921)
- 2006 Ross Davidson, British actor (b. 1949)
- 2006 Tommy Johnson, American orchestral and session tuba player (theme to “Jaws”), dies from cancer and kidney failure at 71
- 2006 ValentÃn Paniagua Corazao, Peruvian constitutional lawyer and President of Peru (2000-01), dies at 69 due to complications following heart surgery
- 2007 Barbara West, English survivor of the Titanic sinking, dies at 96
- 2007 Deborah Kerr, British actress (From Here to Eternity; The King and I; An Affair To Remember), dies from the effects of Parkinson’s disease at 86
- 2007 Toše Proeski, Macedonian pop music singer-songwriter and musician, dies in a car crash in Croatia at 26
- 2009 Robert W. Davis, American politician (Rep-R-MI, 1979-93), dies at 77
- 2010 Barbara Billingsley, American actress (Leave it to Beaver), dies at 94
- 2010 Eyedea [Micheal Larsen], American poet and rapper (Eyedea & Abilities), dies from opiate induced respiratory depression at 28
British race car driver (Indianapolis 500, 2005 & 2011), dies in multi car crash at IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas, Nevada at 33
- 2011 Pete Rugolo, American bandleader and arranger (Fugitive), dies at 95
- 2012 Eddie Yost, American MLB player, dies from cardiovascular disease at 86
- 2013 Ed Lauter, American actor (The Artist, The Number 23), dies from mesothelioma at 74
- 2014 John Spencer-Churchill, 11th duke of Marlborough, English large landowner, dies at 88
- 2014 Tim Hauser, American jazz singer (The Manhattan Transfer – “Boy From New York City”), dies from cardiac arrest at 72
- 2015 John Jennings, American guitarist and music producer (Mary Chapin Carpenter; John Gorka). dies of kidney cancer at 61
- 2015 Mikhail Burtsev, Soviet sabre fencer (Olympic gold 1976, 1980), dies at 59
- 2016 Kigeli V, last King of Rwanda (1959-61), dies at 80
- 2017 Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist (Panama Papers), killed by a car bomb at 53
- 2017 Roy Dotrice, British actor (A Moon for the Misbegotten, Amadeus) and narrator (A Song of Ice and Fire), dies at 94
- 2017 Sean Hughes, Irish stand-up comedian, writer and actor, dies at 51
- 2018 Berthold Leibinger, German entrepreneur (Trumpf) and philanthropist, dies at 87
- 2019 John Clarke, American actor (Days of Our Lives -“Mickey”), dies at 88
- 2020 Andrzej Pogorzelski, Polish motorcycle speedway rider (Speedway World Team Cup gold 1965, 66, 69), dies at 82
- 2020 Johnny Bush, American country singer, dies at 85
- 2020 Rodolfo Fischer, Argentine soccer striker (35 caps; San Lorenzo 271 games), dies at 76
- 2021 Betty Lynn, American actress (The Andy Griffith Show – “Thelma Lou”), dies at 95
- 2021 Jean Rochon, Quebec politician, dies at 83
- 2021 Leo Boivin, Canadian Hockey HOF defenceman (Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs) and coach (St. Louis Blues), dies at 89
- 2021 Pat Studstill, American football wide receiver (Pro Bowl 1965, 66; NFL receiving yards leader, record 99-yard TD reception [tied] 1966; Detroit Lions, LA Rams), dies at 83
- 2021 Ron Tutt, American session and touring drummer (Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris; Jerry Garcia; Neil Diamond), dies at 83
- 2022 Dagmar Rom, Austrian alpine ski racer (World C’ship gold slalom & giant slalom 1950; Olympic silver giant slalom 1952), dies at 94
- 2023 Eric Tweedale, Australian rugby union prop (10 caps; NSW RFU, Parramatta RFC), dies at 102
- 2023 Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish politician, and diplomat, President of Finland (1994-2000), Nobel Peace Prize 2008 for helping resolve international conflicts, dies at 86
English pop singer (One Direction– “What Makes You Beautiful”), dies after falling from a Buenos Aries hotel balcony at 31
- 2024 Patti McGee, American skateboarder (first female pro skateboarder; first Women’s US C’ship 1964; first woman inducted IASC Skateboarding HOF), dies of a stroke at 79
Palestinian politician and leader of Hamas, killed in battle by Israeli Defense Forces at 61
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