- 1023 Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine (1012-23), dies at about 58
- 1328 Ibn Taymiya, Islamic Sunnī religious scholar, activist, inspired Salafism movement, dies at 65 [1]
- 1345 William IV, Count of Henegouwen, Holland and Zealand, dies at the Battle of Warns at about 27
- 1371 Vlkasin, Hungarian general/co-king of Serbia, dies
- 1417 Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal and jurist, dies at 57
- 1468 Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)
- 1559 George van Egmond, Dutch Bishop of Utrecht, dies at 55 [1]
- 1614 Felice Anerio, Italian composer for the pontifical royal chapel, and priest, dies at about 74 [birthdate uncertain, c. 1560]
- 1620 Taichang Emperor [Zhu Changluo], 14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, dies at 38
- 1626 Lancelot Andrewes, English theologist/bishop of Winchester, dies at 71
- 1626 Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese warrior (b. 1554)
- 1657 Hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48
- 1716 Antoine Parent, French mathematician, dies at 50
- 1763 John Byrom, English poet and hymnist, invented a system of shorthand, dies at 71
- 1764 Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar, dies at 89
- 1780 Bernard Paul Moll, German diplomat, map collector and cartographer, dies at 83 [1]
- 1788 François Bainville, French organist, and composer, dies at 63
- 1800 William Billings, American hymn composer (Rose of Sharon), dies at 53
- 1802 Jurij Vega, Slovene Baron, mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer, dies at 48
- 1808 Pavel Vranicky, Moravian-Austrian composer (Oberon – The Fairy King), and conductor, dies at 51
American frontiersman and explorer (US Hall of Fame 1915), dies at 85
- 1826 Alexander Gordon Laing, Scottish explorer (1st European to reach Timbuktu), murdered in or near Timbuktu at 31
- 1846 Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation), dies at 86
- 1866 Carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72
- 1866 Danville Leadbetter, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 55
- 1868 August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer, discovered the Möbius strip, dies at 77
- 1871 Cipriani Potter, English pianist and composer, dies at 78
- 1877 Hermann Grassmann, German linguist and mathematician, dies at 68
German-born American clothing designer who founded the 1st company to manufacture blue jeans (Levi Strauss & Co.), dies at 73
- 1904 John F. Stairs, Canadian prominent shipping businessman and politician, dies at 56
- 1904 Lafcadio Hearn, American author (Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan), dies at 54
- 1914 August Macke, German expressionist painter and member of the art group Der Blaue Reiter, killed in World War Ⅰ at 27
- 1935 Andy Adams, American writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76
- 1936 Harriet Monroe, American poet (You & I, A Poet’s Life) and editor of Poetry magazine, dies at 75
- 1937 Bessie Smith, American blues singer known as the “Empress of the Blues” (recorded over 200 songs), dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43
- 1937 Edward A. Filene, American entrepreneur and philanthropist, dies at 77
- 1940 William Henry Davies, Welsh poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp), dies at 69
- 1944 Ernst Isler, Swiss organist and critic, dies at 64
- 1945 Richard Beer-Hofmann, Austrian writer, dies at 78
- 1946 William Strunk Jr., American grammarian and author (The Elements of Style), dies at 77
- 1947 Hugh Lofting, English writer (Dr Dolittle), dies at 61
- 1951 Hans Cloos, German geologist and pioneer in the study of granite tectonics (the deformation of crystalline rocks), dies at 65
- 1952 George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher and poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88
- 1953 Xu Beihong, Chinese painter, dies at 58
- 1954 Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (US Nat C’ship 1890), dies at 86
- 1956 Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un Destin, Martin Luther), dies at 78
- 1958 Carl Brisson, Danish actor (Ship Cafe, Ring, Song of Soho, Murder at the Vanities), dies of jaundice at 64
- 1959 S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1956-59), assassinated by a Buddhist monk at 60
- 1960 William Ling, South African cricketer (batsman in 6 Tests 1921-23), dies at 68
- 1961 Charles Erwin Wilson, American engineer (President and CEO of General Motors) and politician (United States Secretary of Defense 1953-57), dies at 71
- 1961 Eily Malyon, English actress (Jane Eyre, I Married a Witch), dies at 81
- 1961 Juanita Hansen, actress (Fast Company), dies of heart ailment at 67
- 1965 James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (b. 1898)
- 1965 Otto Nothling, Australian rugby union player and cricketer (did next to nothling in Aust), dies at 65
- 1966 Helen Kane, American actress and singer (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), dies of cancer at 62
- 1968 Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian politician, 20th Premier of Quebec, dies at 53
- 1972 Charles Correll, American actor and radio comedian (Calvin & the Colonel), dies at 82
- 1973 Anton Schnack, German writer, war poet (Nocturnal Landscape), and editor, dies at 81
- 1973 Ralph Earnhardt, American stock car racer, dies of a heart attack at 45
- 1975 Jacob Paludan, Danish writer and critic (Jorgen Stein), dies at 79
- 1976 (Louis Charles) “L. C.” Robinson, American blues singer, guitarist, fiddler, and electric steel guitar player, dies of a heart attack at 62
- 1976 Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist (Nobel 1939), dies at 89
- 1977 Ernie Lombardi, American Baseball HOF catcher (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1940; NL MVP 1938; Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, NY Giants), dies at 69
- 1978 Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist (Nobel 1924-discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy), dies at 91
- 1979 Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (El Dorado, Big Sky, Apache Uprising), dies from mouth cancer at 69
- 1979 John Cromwell, American actor and director (Spitfire, Of Human Bondage), dies at 91
- 1979 Seymour Shifrin, American composer (Satires of Circumstance), dies at 53
- 1982 Alec Hurwood, Australian cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 11 wickets, BB 4/22; Queensland), dies at 80
- 1983 Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76
- 1984 Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter, dies after being gored by a bull in the ring at 36
- 1984 Shelly Manne, American ‘West Coast’ jazz and session drummer, percussionist, composer, and bandleader, dies of a heart attack at 64
- 1986 Hugh Franklin, American soap opera actor (b. 1916)
- 1989 Arnold Shaw, American writer on popular music and composer, dies at 80
- 1989 Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome
- 1990 Alberto Moravia [Pincherle], Italian writer (Woman in Red), dies at 82
- 1991 Billy Vaughn, American singer, saxophonist, and bandleader (“Sail Along Sil’vry Moon”), dies of stomach cancer at 72
- 1992 Ralph Manheim, Jewish-American translator (Mein Kampf), dies at 85
- 1993 James Boyden, British Labour MP (1959-79), dies at 82
- 1993 John Pennel, American athlete (pole vault WR 5.13m, 5.20m 1963; 5.34m 1966; 5.44m 1969), dies from stomach and liver cancer at 53
- 1993 Owen Aisher, British businessman (Marley Ltd 1945-93), and yachtsman (President of Royal Yachting Association 1970-75), dies at 93
- 1994 Jessie Kesson, Scottish writer and radio producer, dies at 77
- 1994 Maurice Ashley, British 17th century historian and editor of “The Listener”, dies at 87
- 1996 Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist (1973 Nobel Prize – organometallic compounds), dies at 75
- 1996 George Henderson, Scottish priest (Bishop of Argyll and the Isles from 1977-92), dies at 74
- 1996 Mark Frankel, British actor (Leon the Pig Farmer), dies in a motorcycle accident at 34
- 1997 Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), dies at 87
- 1998 Betty Carter [Lillie Mae Jones], American jazz singer and scat vocalist, dies of pancreatic cancer at 69
- 1999 Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908)
- 2000 Baden Powell, Brazilian jazz and samba guitarist, dies of bacterial pneumonia at 63
- 2000 Nick Fatool, American jazz and session drummer, dies at 85
- 2000 Richard Mulligan, American Emmy Award-winning actor (Soap – “Burt”; Empty Nest; The Big Bus), dies of colorectal cancer at 67
- 2000 Robert Lax, American poet (The Circus of the Sun; The Peacemaker’s Handbook), dies at 84
- 2003 Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 67
- 2003 Robert Palmer, English rock singer-songwriter (“Addicted To Love”; The Power Station), dies of a heart attack at 54
- 2003 Shawn Lane, American session rock, jazz, and world fusion guitarist, dies of lung issues at 40
- 2005 Helen Cresswell, English author and scriptwriter (Lizzie Dripping), dies at 71
- 2005 Michael Wittenberg, American investment banker and husband of actress Bernadette Peters, dies in a Montenegro helicopter crash at 43
American golfer (winner 5 major titles; record 19 tournaments 1945), dies of a blood disorder at 94
- 2006 Philip Randle, British biochemist (Randle cycle), dies at 80
- 2006 Tokyo Rose [Iva Toguri D’Aquino], American-born Japanese propagandist (WWII), dies at 90
- 2007 Bill Wirtz, American longtime Chicago Blackhawks owner, dies at 77
- 2007 Dorothy Schwartz (neé Cohen), American violinist (Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra), dies at 94
- 2008 Marc Moulin, Belgian jazz and rock pianist (Placebo), and journalist, dies of throat cancer at 66
American actor (Hud; Hombre; The Hustler), auto racer and team owner (Newman/Haas Racing) and charity food company founder (Newman’s Own), dies of lung cancer at 83
American actress (Titanic) and founder of the Screen Actors Guild, dies from respiratory failure at 100
- 2011 Bob Cassilly, American artist, sculptor, and founder of the St. Louis City Museum, dies in a bulldozer accident at 61
- 2011 Harry Muskee, Dutch blues-rock vocalist (Cuby & Blizzards), dies of cancer at 70
- 2012 Johnny Lewis, American actor, dies from injuries from a fall at 28
- 2015 Fred Ridgway, England cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets, BB 4/83; Kent CCC, MCC), dies at 92
- 2015 Manuel Oltra, Spanish secular and sacred music composer, and professor (Barcelona Conservatory, 1959-87), dies at 93
- 2015 Toshiya Sukegawa, Japanese contemporary classical and electro-acoustic composer (The Eternal Morning 1945.8.6; A Projection), dies at 85
- 2017 Robert Delpire, French publisher, editor and photographer, dies at 91
- 2019 Gennadi Mikhailovich Manakov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-10, Soyuz TM-16), dies at 69 [1] [2]
- 2019 Martin Wesley-Smith, Australian composer, dies at 74
- 2019 William Joseph Levada, American Catholic prelate, theologian, and educator (Archbishop of San Francisco, 1995-2005; Archbishop of Portland, 1985-95), dies at 83
- 2021 Alan Lancaster, British rock bassist (Status Quo, 1967-85 – “Pictures of Matchstick Men”), dies from multiple sclerosis complications at 72
- 2021 Commander Cody [George Frayne], American singer and pianist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen – “Hot Rod Lincoln”), dies of esophageal cancer at 77
- 2021 Ndakasi, Congolese mountain gorilla whose photobomb went viral, dies of illness at Virunga National Park at 14 [1]
- 2021 Syarhyey Hyerasimets, Belarusian soccer midfielder (25 caps; Shakhter Donetsk, Dinamo Minsk) and manager (Okzhetpes, Piter Saint Petersburg), dies at 55
- 2022 Ronney Pettersson, Swedish soccer goalkeeper (17 caps; IFK Skövde, Djurgårdens IF, Hudiksvalls ABK), dies at 82
- 2022 Tom Reed, American college football coach (Miami University, North Carolina State University), dies at 77
- 2022 Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian Muslim scholar (“Sharia and Life” on Al Jazeera), dies at 96
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