- 446 St Proclus, patriarch and archbishop of Constantinople, dies
- 1115 Matilda of Tuscany, Countess of Canossa, feudal margravine dies at 68 or 69
- 1129 Shirakawa, 72nd Emperor of Japan (1072-87), dies at 76
- 1240 Konrad von Thüringen, German fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
- 1345 Jacob van Artevelde, Flemish political leader (Ghent), murdered by an angry mob at about 55
- 1594 John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)
- 1612 Ottavio Mirto Frangipani, Italian bishop, dies at 68
- 1652 Johann Weichmann, German organist, and sacred and secular music composer (Sorgen-Lägerin), dies at 32
- 1663 Thomas Baltzar, German violinist and composer dies at about 33
- 1739 Benedetto Marcello, Italian author and composer (Lettera Famigliare), dies on 53rd birthday
- 1756 George Vertue, English engraver, dies at about 72
- 1758 John Dyer, Welsh painter and poet (Grongar Hill), dies at 58
- 1768 Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)
- 1809 Johann Gottfried Eckard, German composer, dies at 74
- 1812 Joseph Schuster, German composer, dies at 63
- 1819 Sophie Gail, French singer and composer, dies at 43
- 1826 Jacob Kimball, American pioneering composer, musician, and educator, dies at 65
- 1865 Johan Filip von Schantz, Finnish violinist, conductor, and composer (Kullervo), dies of typhus at 30
- 1868 George Cattermole, English painter and illustrator, dies at 67
- 1875 Athanase Coquerel, French Protestant theologian and founder of the Protestant Liberal Union (Jean Calas et sa Famille / Jean Calas and his Family), dies at 55 [1]
- 1876 Thomas Molleson Mudie, English composer, dies at 66
English long distance swimmer who was first to swim unassisted across the English Channel, drowns in the Niagara Falls whirlpool at 35
- 1900 Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59
- 1908 Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet, dies at 41 (b. the same day 1867)
- 1910 Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian landscape painter, dies at 69
- 1920 Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer whose novels were often made into films (Hubertus Castle), dies at 65
- 1927 Ryūnosuke Akutagawa ‘father of the Japanese short story’, Japanese writer (Rashomon in Kappa), commits suicide at 35
- 1931 Willem Treub, Dutch economist and politician, dies at 75
- 1933 Max von Schillings, German composer and conductor (Der Pfeifertag), dies at 65
- 1934 Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician, dies at 54
- 1936 Georg Michaelis, German lawyer and politician (Chancellor of German Empire and Prime Minister of Prussia, July-November 1917), dies at 78
- 1936 James Philip Dunn, American composer, dies at 52
- 1944 Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49
- 1947 Ernest Austin, English composer, dies at 72
- 1954 Mary Church Terrell, American educator and civil rights activist (co-founder and President National Association of Colored Women, dies at 90
- 1955 Harry Haden, Canadian American actor (Harry-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 72
- 1957 Sacha Guitry, French actor and playwright (Deburan, The Story of a Cheat), dies at 72
- 1960 Carl Deis, American composer, dies at 77
- 1960 Hans Albers, German silent and sound screen actor (Blue Angel; Bombs on Monte Carlo), dies at 68
- 1962 Victor Moore, American comedian (Ziegfeld Follies, 7 Year Itch), dies of a heart attack at 86
- 1964 Erwin Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer (theory of relativity), dies at 79
- 1965 Constance Bennett, American actress (Madame X, Topper), dies at 59
- 1965 Irene Browne, English actress (Peg O’ My Heart), dies of cancer at 69
- 1966 Tony Lema, American golfer (British Open 1964), dies in a plane crash at 32
- 1967 Little Billy Rhodes, American actor (The Terror of Tiny Town), dies of stroke at 72
- 1969 Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Dziennik), dies at 64
- 1970 Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist, dies at 73
- 1971 Alan Rawsthorne, British classical and film score composer (Elegy for Guitar; The Cruel Sea), dies at 66
- 1972 Bobby Ramirez, American drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl
- 1974 Ernest Milton, American-British actor (Julius Caesar, Cat Girl), dies at 84
British physicist (Nobel Prize, 1935; discovered neutron), dies at 82
- 1976 Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (The Garden of Hope), dies at 64
- 1976 Leo Shuken, American film music composer and arranger (Stagecoach; The Fabulous Dorseys; The Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 69
- 1979 Archie Duncan, Scottish actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes), dies at 65
- 1979 Greg Davis, Australian rugby union flanker (39 Tests, 16 as captain; NSW, Drummoyne DRFC), dies from a brain tumour at 39
- 1980 Uttam Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1926)
- 1986 Fritz A. Lipman, German-American biochemist (discoverer co-enzymes, Nobel 1953), dies at 87
- 1986 Laurie Nash, Australian cricket fast-bowler (2 Tests, 10 wickets) and VFL player and coach (South Melbourne), dies at 76
- 1987 Dick Wellstood, American jazz pianist, dies at 59
- 1988 Ilona Elek, Hungarian fencer (Olympic gold 1936, 48), dies at 81
- 1989 Ernest Morrison [Sunshine Sammy Morrison], American child actor (Our Gang, East Side Kids), dies at 76
- 1990 Alan Clarke, English director (Elephant, Road, Scum, Firm), dies at 54
- 1991 Freddie Brown, English cricketer (English Test captain 1950-51), dies at 80
- 1991 Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American Yiddish writer (Yentl, Nobel Prize for Literature 1978), dies at 87
- 1991 Jørn Elniff, Danish bebop jazz drummer (Music for Mice and Men; Bud Powell), dies at 53
- 1992 Khaled Mahmoud Saeed, asst to Palestine terrorist Abu Nidal, murdered
- 1992 Lillian Oppenheimer, American origami pioneer (popularized origami in the West), dies of a heart attack at 93
- 1992 Sam Berger, Canadian football owner (b. 1900)
- 1993 Ben Polak, Dutch physician, communist and resistance fighter, dies at 79
- 1993 Francis Bouygues, French film producer, dies at 70
- 1993 Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (b. 1957)
- 1994 Grete Schickedanz, German head mistress, dies at 82
- 1994 Wangila Napunyi, Kenyan welterweight boxer (Olympic gold 1988), dies after a boxing match at 26
- 1995 Don Carpenter, American novelist (Hard Rain Falling), dies at 64
- 1995 Jerry Lordan, English singer and composer (Wonderful Land), dies at 61
- 1995 Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, Ukrainian-Polish filmmaker and film educator (Polish Film School), dies at 94
- 1996 Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (Love and Death, Delicatessen), dies at 82
- 1996 Jock Wallace, Scottish soccer manager (Berwick Rangers, Rangers, Leicester City, Motherwell, Sevilla), dies from Parkinson’s disease at 60
- 1996 Virginia Christine [Ricketts], American actress (Mrs Olson, Tales of Wells Fargo), dies of cardiovascular disease at 76
- 1997 Andrew Cunanan, American serial killer (Gianni Versace), commits suicide at 27
- 1997 Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (Alien 3, Kes), dies of a brain tumor at 63
- 1997 Frank Parker, American tennis player (4-time Grand Slam singles winner), dies at 81
- 1997 Saw Maung, Burmese general (President of Myanmar (Burma) (1988-92), dies at 68
- 1997 William J. Brennan, Jr. American Supreme Court judge (1956-90), dies at 91
- 2000 Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (The Book of Alley), dies at 74
- 2000 Anatoli Firsov, Russian ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 1964, 68, 72; 8 x World C’ship gold), dies at 59
- 2001 Georges Dor [Dore], French Canadian author, playwright, radio broadcaster, singer and songwriter, dies at 70
- 2002 Gus Tinsley, American College Football Hall of Fame end and coach (All-American 1935, 36; coach LSU 1948-55; NFL: Chicago Cardinals), dies at 87
- 2002 Maurice Denham, British actor (Mr Love, Damn the Defiant), dies at 92
- 2004 Claude Ballif, French composer, writer, and pedagogue, dies at 80
- 2004 Cotton Fitzsimmons, American Basketball HOF coach (NJCAA C’ship 1966, 67, Moberly Area CC; Kansas State; NBA: Phoenix Suns; Atlanta Hawks, San Antonio Spurs), dies of lung cancer and stroke at 72
- 2005 Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (pioneer in research linking smoking to health problems), dies at 92
- 2007 Albert Ellis, American psychologist, dies at 93
- 2007 Chaney Kley, American Actor (b. 1972)
- 2008 Norman Dello Joio [Nicodemo DeGioio], American classical composer (Choreography: Three Dances for Strings), dies at 95
- 2008 Robert T. Herres, American air force officer (Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff), dies at 75
- 2009 E. Lynn Harris, American Author (b. 1955)
- 2009 Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet and playwright, dies at 78
- 2010 Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (b. 1949)
- 2011 Dan Peek, American rock vocalist and guitarist (America), dies at 60
- 2011 Frank Dietrich, German politician (b. 1966)
- 2011 Jane White, African-American actress and singer (Strange Fruit, Once Upon a Mattress), dies at 88
- 2012 Chad Everett [Raymon Lee Cramton], American actor (Medical Center, Airplane II), dies from lung cancer at 75
- 2012 John Atta Mills, Ghanaian President, dies at 68
- 2012 Robert Ledley, American scientist (invented the CT scanner), dies at 86
- 2012 Sherman Hemsley, American actor (All in the Family; The Jeffersons; Amen), dies from natural causes at 74
- 2013 Nikos Mamangakis, Greek classical and electronic music composer, dies at 84
- 2014 Ik-Hwan Bae, South Korean-American violinist (Bargemusic, 1982-95) and educator (Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, 1999-2014), dies of cancer at 57
- 2016 (Margaret) “Marni” Nixon [McEathron], American soprano singer and film ‘ghost voice’ (for Audrey Hepburn in “My Fair Lady”; Natalie Wood in “West Side Story”; Deborah Kerr in “The King And I”), dies at 86
- 2018 John Murray, England cricket wicketkeeper (21 Tests; 55 dismissals, 1 x 100, HS 112; Middlesex CCC), dies at 83
- 2018 Tony Cloninger, American MLB pitcher and coach (2 Grand Slams in one game), dies at 77
- 2020 Ann Syrdal, American psychologist and computer science researcher (developed female synthetic voices at AT&T), dies at 74
- 2020 Eric Sweeney, Irish contemporary composer (The Green One), dies at 72
- 2020 Naazim Richardson, American boxing trainer (Bernard Hopkins, “Sugar” Shane Mosley), dies of stroke complications at 55
- 2020 Regis Philbin, American talk and game show host (Joey Bishop Show; Live with Regis & Kathie Lee; Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?), dies at 88 [1] [2]
- 2021 Dieter Brummer, Australian TV actor (Home and Away; Underbelly), takes his own life at 45
- 2022 David Warner, British Emmy Award-winning stage, screen, radio, and voice actor (Masada; Star Trek VI; Time Bandits), dies of lung cancer at 80
- 2022 Yuri Kolmakov, Russian biathlete (World C’ship gold relay 1973, 74), dies at 76
- 2023 Dan Morrison, American baseball umpire (World Series 1992; MLB All-Star Game 1988; AL C’ship Series 1989, 96, 99), dies at 75
- 2023 George Alagiah, Ceylonese-born British journalist and newsreader (BBC News), dies of cancer at 67 [1]
- 2023 Leny Andrade, Brazilian samba, bossa nova and jazz singer, dies of Lewy body dementia at 80
- 2023 Seiichi Morimura, Japanese mystery novelist (The Devil’s Gluttony), dies of pneumonia at 90
- 2023 Trevor Francis, British soccer forward (52 caps; Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Sampdoria, Sheffield Wed) and manager (QPR, Sheffield Wed, Birmingham City, Crystal Pal), dies of a heart attack at 69
- 2024 Hamzah Haz, Indonesian politician, Vice President of Indonesia (2001-04), dies at 84
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