- 824 Heizei, 51st Emperor of Japan (806-9), dies at 50 or 51 (b. 773)
- 882 King Louis III of France (b. 863)
- 1063 Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd
- 1157 Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies
- 1364 Kōgon, 1st Japanese Emperor of the Northern Court (1331-3) during the period of Northern and Southern Courts, dies at 51
- 1447 John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader during the Hundred Years’ War, dies at 52
- 1579 Stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)
- 1600 Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman who attempted to kidnap King James, killed by defenders of the king at 20 (later hung drawn and quartered)
- 1610 Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile (b. c. 1552)
- 1638 Peter Minuit, Walloon merchant, Director of Dutch New Netherland colony and founder of New Sweden in North America, drowns at sea during a hurricane near St Kitts at 58
- 1644 J. Henry Alting, German theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61
- 1678 Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer, dies at 59
- 1743 John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (Memoirs of the Reign of George Ⅱ), dies at 46
- 1778 Charles Clémencet, French historian (b. 1703)
- 1778 Thomas Linley the younger, English violinist and composer known as the “English Mozart”, drowns in a boating accident at 22
Lord North, Prime Minister of Great Britain (Tory: 1770-82), “who lost America”, dies at 60
- 1799 Richard Howe, British admiral, dies at 73
- 1807 Jeanne Baré [Baret], French explorer (first woman to circumnavigate the world with Bougainville expedition, initially disguised as a man), dies at 67
- 1834 Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp, Dutch count and Minister of Foreign affairs (1813-14), dies at 71
- 1852 František Ladislav Čelakovský, Czech linguist, poet (national anthem, folk song), and Slavist, dies at 53
- 1856 Robert Lucas Pearsall, English composer, dies at 61
- 1862 Thomas Williams, US Union brigadier general, dies in battle at 47
- 1863 Adolf Friedrich Hesse, German composer, dies at 53
- 1864 Griffin A. Stedman, American Brigadier General (Union Army), dies in battle at 26
- 1866 William Burton, American politician, 39th Governor of Delaware (1859-63), dies at 76
- 1868 Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (discovered flint tools in the gravels of the Somme valley), dies at 79
- 1877 Gustavus, Crown Prince of Sweden, dies at 77
- 1880 Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician (b. 1816)
- 1886 Robert Allen, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), dies at 75
- 1888 Anna Haining Swan, Canadian giantess at 7ft 11in (exhibited with P. T. Barnum’s Museum), dies of consumption at 41 [1]
- 1888 Philip Sheridan, American general (fought Civil War for Union army, helped preserve Yellowstone Park), dies of heart failure at 57
- 1889 Willem Ruys, Dutch ship owner and founder of Rotterdam Lloyd (Nedlloyd), dies at 80
- 1891 Henry Litolff, French composer and pianist, dies at 73
German social philosopher and revolutionary socialist who co-authored “The Communist Manifesto” with Karl Marx, dies of throat cancer at 74
- 1900 James Augustine Healy, 1st African American Roman Catholic bishop (Diocese of Portland), dies at 80
- 1901 Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia by marriage to German Emperor Frederick III, dies at 60
- 1907 Gentil Theodoor Antheunis, Flemish poet and songwriter, dies at 66
- 1910 Wojciech Gawronski, Polish concert pianist and composer, dies at 42
- 1911 Bob Caruthers, American baseball pitcher/outfielder (American Association wins & ERA leader 1885, wins leader 1880; St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Bridegrooms), dies at 47
- 1916 George Butterworth, English composer, dies at 31
- 1916 Nikolay Ivanovich Kazanli, Russian composer, dies at 46
- 1922 Tommy McCarthy, American Baseball HOF outfielder (Boston Beaneaters, Philadelphia Quakers, St. Louis Browns), dies from cancer at 59
- 1923 Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian scholar of Slavic studies, dies at 85
- 1925 Jennie Lee, American actress (The Birth of a Nation), dies at 76
- 1927 Thomas Groube, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test; Victoria CA), dies at 69
- 1929 Millicent Fawcett, English suffragist, dies at 82
- 1931 Ullrich Haupt, Prussian actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion), accidentally shot at 43
- 1932 Israël Querido, Dutch poet and novelist (Menschenwee (Human Hearts); De Jordaan), dies at 59
- 1934 Neville Quinn, South African cricket fast bowler (12 Tests, 35 wickets), dies of heart failure at 26
- 1940 Frederick Cook, American explorer, claimed to have 1st discovered North Pole, dies at 75
- 1943 Adam Kuckhoff, German writer and resistance fighter, is executed during WWII at 55
- 1944 Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer (England) rugby player (Wales), dies fighting in WWII at 38
- 1946 Wilhelm Marx, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (1923-25, 1926-28), dies at 83
- 1950 Emil Abderhalden, Swiss physiologist and biochemist, dies at 73
- 1952 Sameera Moussa, Egypt’s first female nuclear scientist, dies in a car crash at 35
- 1955 Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer and actress (Down Argentine Way), dies of a heart attack at 46
- 1955 Suzan (Susan) Ball, American actress, dies of cancer at 21
- 1957 Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist (bile acids-Nobel 1927), dies at 80
- 1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist, conductor, and composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80
- 1959 Edgar Albert Guest, American poet and newspaperman, dies at 77
- 1961 Eva JC Beck, Dutch actress (Elckerlyc, Resurrection), dies at 63
- 1963 Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer, dies at 64
- 1964 Art Ross, Canadian Hockey HOF defenceman (Stanley Cup 1907 Kenora Thistles, 1908 Montreal Wanderers) and executive/coach (1905-54; Stanley Cup 1929, 39 Boston Bruins), dies at 79
- 1964 Moa Martinson, Swedish writer (My Mother Gets Married), dies at 73
- 1966 Austin Diamond, Australian cricketer (Australian captain to America 1913), dies at 92
- 1968 Luther Perkins American country and rockabilly guitarist (The Tennessee Three), dies as a result of a house fire at 40
- 1970 Otto “Toby” Hardwicke, American jazz alto saxophone player (The Washingtonians, 1923-28; Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1932-46 – “Sophisticated Lady”; “In A Sentimental Mood”), dies at 66
- 1971 Josef Stanislav, Czech composer, and pedagogue, dies at 74
- 1972 Frederic Tozere, American stage and screen actor (Stanley – “Mr. Phillips”), dies at 71
- 1972 Harry Hylton-Foster, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1905)
- 1976 Adrian Roland Holst, Dutch poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88
- 1976 Betty Clooney, American singer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 45
- 1977 Charles Carson, British actor (Cry the Beloved Country), dies at 91
- 1978 Dutch Clark, American Pro/College Football HOF back (Colorado College; 6 × First-team All-Pro; 3 × NFL rushing TD leader & NFL scoring leader; Portsmouth Spartans/Detroit Lions), dies at 71
- 1978 Jesse Haines, American Baseball HOF pitcher (World Series 1926, 31, 34; pitched no-hitter 1924; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 85
- 1978 Queenie Smith, American actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at 79
- 1980 Harold Runnels, American politician (b. 1924)
- 1982 Wanda Rotha, Austrian actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72
- 1983 Bart [Bartholomeus Jan] Bok, Dutch-American astronomer (Milky Way), dies at 77
- 1983 Judy Canova, American comedian and actress (Cannonball), dies of cancer at 66
Welsh Tony and BAFTA Award-winning stage and screen actor (Cleopatra: Camelot; Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), and fifth and sixth husband of Elizabeth Taylor (1964-74, 1975-76), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 58
- 1984 Rudolf Hagelstange, German writer, dies at 72
- 1985 Theodore Sturgeon, American sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67
- 1987 Anatoli Papanov, Russian actor (Cold Summer of 1953) named as a People’s Artist of the USSR (1973), dies at 64
- 1987 Zygmunt Mycielski, Polish composer, music writer and editor (Ruch Muzyczny, 1957-68), dies at 79 [1]
- 1988 Ralph Meeker [Rathgeber], American actor (Mister Roberts, Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker), dies of a heart attack at 67
- 1989 Helen Thomas, Welsh peace campaigner activist, dies of head injuries at 22 after being hit by a police car at the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp campaign
- 1990 Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies
- 1991 Gaston Litaize, French organist (St François-Xavier, Paris, 1946-91), composer, broadcaster, and pedagogue, dies at 81
American NFL Hall of Fame coach (Cleveland Browns, 1946-62, 1968-69; Cincinnati Bengals, 1970-75), dies of pneumonia at 82
- 1991 Soichiro Hondo, Japanese CEO and founder of Honda, dies of liver cancer at 84
- 1992 Jeff Porcaro, American drummer (Toto – “Rosanna”; “Africa”), dies of cardiac arrest at 38
New Zealand politician (Prime Minister, 1975-1984), dies at 70
- 1993 (Alexander) “Duke” Burrell, American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader (Louisiana Shakers; Louis Jordan; Johnny Otis), dies at 73
- 1993 Eugen Suchoň, Slovak organist and composer (Krútňava (The Whirlpool); Psalm of the Carpathian Lands; Kaleidoscope), and music educator, dies at 84
- 1993 Randy Hobbs, American rock musician (Johnny Winter Band; McCoys), dies of heart failure at 45
- 1994 Amy Sacks, American TV producer (ABC sports, Disney), dies of Lupus at 39
- 1994 Audrey Langford, English singing teacher, dies at 82
- 1994 Clive Robertson Caldwell, British fighter pilot, dies at 84
- 1994 Terry Hibbitt, English footballer, dies at 47
- 1995 Agha Hasan Abedi, Pakistani banker and felon (BCCI), dies at 73
- 1995 Anthony Barber Doncaster, English bookseller, dies at 81
- 1996 Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, Zanzibar-born revolutionary, politician and pan-Africanist, dies at 72
- 1996 Bruce Howard Lidington, English actor (Sword of Valiant, Mosses), dies at 46
- 1996 Frank Marcus, German playwright and critic, dies at 68
- 1997 Clarence M. Kelley, American 2nd Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1973-77), dies at 85
- 1997 Don Steele [Revert], American radio personality for 45 years, chiefly in Los Angeles, California market (KHJ; KRTH), dies of cancer at 61
- 1998 Otto Kretschmer, German U-boat commander, dies at 86
- 1998 Todor Zhivkov, Bulgaria communist leader of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria (PRB), 1954-89, dies at 86
- 1999 D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman, dies at 97
British actor (The Ladykillers, The Bridge on the River Kwai), dies of liver cancer at 86
- 2000 Dudley Randall, African-American poet who founded the pioneering publishing house “Broadside Press”, dies at 84
- 2000 Lala Amarnath, Indian cricket all-rounder and captain (24 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 118, 45 wickets; Gujarat CC, Hindus CC), dies at 88
- 2000 Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian writer and ecological activist, dies at 80
- 2001 Otema Allimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929)
- 2002 Chick Hearn, American basketball broadcaster (called 3,338 LA Lakers games), dies at 85
- 2002 Darrell Porter, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1974, 78-80; World Series MVP 1982), dies of heart failure at 50
- 2002 Franco Lucentini, Italian writer (b. 1920)
- 2002 Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982)
- 2005 (Lyle) “Spud” Murphy [Miko Stefanovic], Serbian-American jazz multi-instrumentalist, arranger (Benny Goodman; Casa Loma Orchestra), bandleader, composer (Columbia Pictures), and educator (Equal Interval System), dies at 96
- 2005 Jim O’Hora, American football coach (b. 1915)
- 2005 Polina Astakhova, Soviet-Ukrainian gymnast (5 Olympic gold 1956, 60, 64), dies at 68
- 2005 Raul Roco, Philippine senator (b. 1941)
- 2006 Daniel Schmid, Swiss opera and film director (La Paloma, Shadow of Angels), dies of cancer at 64
- 2006 Ed Thrasher, American Grammy Award-winning art director (Warner Brothers Records, 1964-79), and photographer (album art for Frank Sinatra; Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead), dies of cancer at 74
- 2006 Hugo Schiltz, Flemish lawyer and politician, dies at 78
- 2006 Susan Butcher, American dog musher and 4 x winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, dies of graft-versus-host disease while fighting acute myelogenous leukemia at 51
- 2007 Florian Pittiş, Romanian stage and screen actor and director, artist, and folksinger, dies at 63
- 2007 Jean-Marie Lustiger, French clergyman (Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Paris, 1981-2005), dies at 80
- 2007 Oliver Hill, American civil rights attorney (Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1999), dies at 100
- 2008 Reg Lindsay, Australian country and western singer-songwriter (“Armstrong”; “Close The Door Lightly”), dies of pneumonia, at 79
- 2008 Robert Hazard [Rimato], American singer-songwriter (“Escalator Of Life”; “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”), dies after surgery at 59
- 2009 Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter and novelist (On the Waterfront), dies at 95
- 2010 Robert Aitken, Zen co-founder (Diamond Sangha), dies at 93
- 2011 Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician (Deputy Prime Minister of Poland), dies at 57
- 2011 Zyzz [Aziz Shavershian], Kurdish-Russian-Australian bodybuilder and model, dies of heart attack in a sauna at 22
- 2013 George Duke, American Grammy Award-winning jazz and funk keyboard player, and composer, dies from chronic lymphocytic leukemia at 67
- 2014 Arvind Apte, Indian cricketer (brother of Madhav Scored 8 & 7 in one Test), dies at 79
- 2014 Chapman Pincher, British journalist and author (about secret service), dies at 100
- 2014 Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, 11th US Surgeon General (1969-73), dies at 87
- 2015 George Cole, English actor (Minder), dies at 90
- 2017 Doug Insole, English cricketer (England batsman of the 50’s, nine Tests), dies at 91
- 2017 Mark White, American politician, lawyer, and 43rd Governor of Texas (1983-7), dies at 77
- 2018 Charlotte Rae [Lubotsky], American character actress (Diff’rent Strokes, 1978-79, and The Facts Of Life, 1978-86 – “Mrs. Garrett”), comedienne, singer, and dancer, dies at 92
- 2018 Stanley Glasser, South African composer (Lalela Zulu; Lamentations; Zonkizizwe), academic (Goldsmiths College, 1969-96), and broadcaster, dies at 94 [1]
American writer (Tar Baby, Beloved, Song of Solomon), first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize (2010), dies at 88
- 2020 Agathonas Iakovidis, Greek folk-rebetiko singer, guitarist, and bouzouki player (“Alcohol Is Free”), dies of a heart attack at 65
- 2020 Aritana Yawalapiti, Brazilian indigenous cacique (leader) of Yawalapiti people, who sought to preserve the Amazon, dies of COVID-19 at 71
- 2020 Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher and founder of the Institute of Research and Innovation (2006), commits suicide at 68
- 2020 Eric Bentley, British-American critic and writer (In Search of Theater), dies at 103
- 2020 Pete Hamill, American journalist (New York Post; New York Daily News: The Village Voice, and novelist), dies of heart and kidney failure at 85
- 2021 Terry Davies, Welsh rugby union full back (21 Tests Wales, 2 British & Irish Lions; Swansea RFC, Llanelli RFC), dies at 88
- 2022 (William) “Clu” Gulager, American actor (Virginian; The Tall Man; The Last Picture Show), dies at 93
- 2022 Jô Soares, Brazilian comedian, late night television talk show host, author (O Xangô de Baker Street – A Samba for Sherlock), and jazz musician, dies at 84
- 2022 Judith Durham, Australian folk-pop singer (The Seekers – “Georgy Girl”; “A World of Our Own”), dies of lung disease at 79
- 2022 Luciano Macías, Ecuadorian soccer defender (21 caps; Barcelona de Ecuador), dies at 87
- 2022 Mark Paterson, New Zealand sailor (World C’ship gold Cherub 1978), dies at 74
- 2022 Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk and 14th Earl of Berkshire (House of Lords, 1956-99), dies at 87
- 2023 (Russell) “Rusty” Richards, American cowboy singer, yodeler, songwriter (Sons of the Pioneers, 1963-84), actor and film stuntman, dies at 89
- 2024 Adílio, Brazilian soccer manager (Flamengo 2003-07) and midfielder (1 cap; Flamengo 177 games), dies of pancreatic cancer at 68
- 2024 Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian rower (Olympic gold USSR single sculls 1956, 60, 64; World C’ship gold 1962), dies at 86
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