- 644 Umar ibn al-Khattāb, Second caliph of Islam, dies of injuries after assassination attempt 4 days earlier
- 739 Willibrord [Clemens], Northumbrian-born 1st bishop of Utrecht and saint 695-739, established Abbey of Echternach, dies at 81
- 1225 Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40
- 1550 Jon Arason, the last Roman Catholic bishop of Iceland prior to the reformation, beheaded in Skalholt with his two sons Are and Bjorn. (b. 1484)
- 1560 Peter Lotichius Secundus [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Opera omnia), dies at 32
- 1573 Solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies
- 1581 Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar
- 1599 Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (b. 1546)
- 1608 Adolf, Count of Nassau-Siegen, third son of ruling Count John VII, dies in battle at 22
- 1620 Hetman Stanisław Żólkiewski polish commander in the Battle of Ţuţora (1620) (b. 1547)
- 1633 Cornelis Drebbel, physicist/chemist/inventor (builder of the first submarine), dies
- 1639 Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, English politician
- 1639 William Cobbold, British organist and composer (Chapel Royal), dies at 79
- 1642 Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, English politician
- 1652 Henry II, Dutch noble (Count of Nassau-Siegen, 1611-23), military officer, diplomat, and administrator (Governor of Hulst, 1645-52), dies at 41
- 1678 Erasmus Quellinus II, Flemish painter and etcher, dies at 70
- 1708 Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter and cartoonist, dies at 76
- 1713 Elizabeth Barry, English actress of the restoration period, dies at 55
- 1723 Godfrey Kneller, German-British portrait and court painter, dies at 77
- 1766 Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter (painted Louis XV’s court), dies at 81
- 1802 Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, Austrian composer, dies at 50
- 1817 Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian composer, dies at 85
- 1819 Caleb Strong, American 6th and 10th Governor of Massachusetts, dies at 74
- 1827 Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 76
- 1837 Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher and abolitionist, murdered at 34
- 1857 Charles Zeuner, German-American composer and organist, dies at 62
- 1859 Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, German kappelmeister and composer, dies at 61
- 1861 Isobel Gunn, Orkney women who disguised herself as a man to work for the Hudson Bay Company (one of the first women in Western Canada), dies at 81 [1]
- 1872 Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician (algebraic geometry, invariant theory), dies at 39
- 1876 Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American Reformed vicar (settled Holland, Michigan), dies at 65
- 1880 Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, German composer, conductor, and music theorist, dies at 72
- 1881 John MacHale, Irish Archbishop (Tuam) and writer (b. 1791)
- 1893 Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India, dies at 37
- 1901 Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese modernizing politician and general (governor-general of Zhili province)), dies at 78
British naturalist, explorer and co-discoverer of the theory of evolution through natural selection, dies at 90
- 1919 Hugo Haase, German socialist politician (SPD, USPD) and co-chair of the Council of the People’s Deputies (1918-19), shot and killed in the Reichstag at 56
- 1922 Sam Thompson, American Baseball HOF right fielder (NL batting champion 1887 Detroit Wolverines; NL HR leader 1889, 1895 Philadelphia Quakers), dies at 62
- 1924 Hans Thoma, German painter, dies at 75
- 1935 Lidj Jasu [Iyasu], Emperor of Ethiopia (1913-16), dies under mysterious circumstances under guard at 39
- 1941 Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet and writer (Das Gewitter), dies at 46
- 1943 Dwight Frye, American actor (Black Camel, Dracula, Frankenstein), dies from a heart attack at 44
- 1944 Richard Sorge, German spy for the Soviet Union in Tokyo during World War II, hanged in Tokyo at 49
- 1945 Alfred Dipper, cricketer (England batsman scored in only Test), dies
- 1956 Charles J. French, American US Navy sailor, known as ‘the Human Tugboat’ for heroic actions in South Pacific during WWII, dies at 37 [1]
- 1956 Una Mae Carlisle, American jazz pianist and singer (“Walkin’ By The River”), dies of pneumonia at 40
- 1957 Roy Worters, Canadian Hockey HOF goaltender (Hart Memorial Trophy 1929; Vezina Trophy 1931; NY Americans), dies at 57
- 1958 Florence Walrath, American adoption agency founder (The Cradle), dies at 81
- 1960 A. P. Carter, American country-folk and gospel singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The Carter Family), dies at 68
- 1965 Friedrich Wildgans, Austrian composer, dies at 52
- 1967 John Nance Garner, American lawyer, and Democratic politician (32nd Vice President of the US, 1933-41), dies at 98
- 1967 Juan Tomas Perez, composer, dies at 71
- 1967 Larry Kent, director (High Stakes), dies at 67
- 1968 Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician, dies at 62
- 1969 Thurman Arnold, American lawyer, judge, and US Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division (1938-43), dies at 78 [1] [2]
- 1972 Tod Andrews, American actor (From Hell it Came, Outrage), dies of a heart attack at 55
- 1974 Eric Linklater, British novelist and poet (Blue Swallows), dies at 75
- 1974 Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican-American character actor (Salón México, The Fugitive, Littlest Outlaw), dies of cancer at 54
- 1974 Sandra Rivett, English nanny to John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, allegedly bludgeoned to death by Mr Lucan at 29 before he mysteriously disappeared
- 1975 John Carmel Heenan, British clergyman, Catholic Cardinal (Archbishop of Westminster, 1963-75), dies of a heart attack at 70
- 1978 Gene Tunney, American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1926-28), dies at 80
- 1978 Janet Flanner, American journalist (New Yorker), dies at 86
- 1979 Paolo Carlini, Italian actor (It Started in Naples), dies at 53
American actor called “The King of Cool” during the 1960s (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape), dies of a heart attack after surgery at 50
- 1980 Wolfgang Weyrauch, German writer, dies at 73
American author and historian (The Story of Philosophy, The Story of Civilization), dies at 96
- 1982 Salvador Contreras, Mexican composer (Grupo de los cuatro), dies at 71
- 1983 David Alexandrovich Toradze, Soviet composer, dies at 61
- 1983 Germaine Tailleferre [Taillefesse], French composer (Le Marin du Bolivar; L’adieu du cavalier), dies at 91
- 1984 George Mathews, American stage and screen character actor (The Eve of St. Mark; Glynis – “Chick”), dies of heart disease at 73
- 1986 Tracy Pew, Australian musician (The Birthday Party) (b. 1957)
- 1988 Hans Baumann, German nationalist writer, dies at 74
- 1990 Josephine Wilson, British actress (The Lady Vanishes, We Dive at Dawn), dies at 86
- 1990 Lawrence Durrell, Indian-British writer (Private Country, Alexandria Quartet), dies of a stroke at 78
- 1991 Tom of Finland [Touko Laaksonen], Finnish fetish artist, dies at 71
Slovak politician who headed the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and was deposed after the Soviet invasion, dies at 70 from injuries sustained in a car crash
- 1992 Henri Temianka, Scottish-born Polish composer (California Chamber Symphony), dies at 85
- 1992 Jack Kelly, American actor (Bart-Maverick, Get Christie Love), dies following a stroke at 65
- 1993 Adelaide Hall, American-English musical theatre, cabaret, and jazz singer (Cotton Club; “Creole Love Call” with Duke Ellington), dies at 92 [1]
- 1993 Charles Aidman, American actor (Kotch, Zoot Suit), dies of cancer at 68
- 1994 Carleton Young, American actor (Reefer Madness, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), dies at 89
- 1994 Charles Mathiesen, Norwegian speed skater (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 83
- 1994 Ebrahim Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests, 3 dismissals; Gujarat, Mumbai), dies at 72
- 1994 Shorty Rogers [Milton Rajonsky], American jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player, arranger, and composer, dies of melanoma at 70
- 1995 Jerry Daniels, singer/guitarist, dies at 79
- 1995 John Patrick, American screenwriter and playwright (Pulitzer Prize 1954), commits suicide at 90
- 1995 Melvin “Slappy” White, American comedian and actor, dies of a heart attack at 74
- 1996 Bryan Keith-Lucas, British political scientist, dies at 84
- 1996 Carmell Jones, American bebop jazz and session trumpet player (Bud Shank; Horace Silver), dies of heart failure at 60
- 1996 Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist and critic of the oil industry, dies in a plane crash at 57
- 1996 Jaja Wachuku, Nigerian Lawyer and First Foreign Affairs Minister (b. 1918)
- 1996 Kid Sheik [George Colar], American Dixieland jazz trumpeter (Eureka Brass Band; Preservation Hall Jazz Band), and band leader, dies at 88
- 1996 Michael Haddon, Zimbabwe mining engineer and race relations activist, dies at 81
- 1998 John Hunt, British Army officer and leader of the first expedition to summit Mount Everest, dies at 88
- 1998 Margaret Gowing, English historian (Independence and Deterrence: Britain and Atomic Energy), dies at 77
- 2000 Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian politician (b. 1910)
- 2000 Ingrid, Queen Mother of Denmark, Wife of King Frederik IX, ruler of Denmark (1947-72), dies at 90
- 2001 Nida Blanca, Filipino actress (John en Marsha), murdered at 65 after being beaten and stabbed 13 times at the Atlanta Centre in San Juan City
- 2002 Charles Hambro, English banker, multi-millionaire and CEO (Hambros), dies at 72
- 2002 Margaret “Peg” Phillips, American actress (Northern Exposure -“Ruth-Anne”; ER; 7th Heaven), dies of lung disease at 84
- 2002 Rudolf Augstein, German publisher (b. 1923)
- 2004 [Harold] Howard Keel, American actor, singer (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers; Kiss Me Kate), and president of the Screen Actors Guild (1958-59), dies of cancer at 87
- 2005 Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian-born Nazi war criminal (b. 1921)
- 2005 Harry Thompson, English-born comedian and novelist (b. 1960)
- 2006 (George) “Sonny” Cohn, American jazz trumpeter (Red Saunders, 1945-60; Duke Ellington, 1960-84), dies at 81
- 2006 Bryan Pata, American football defensive tackle (University of Miami) (murdered) (b. 1981)
- 2006 Jackie Parker, American College and Canadian Football Hall of Fame utility (Mississippi State University; Grey Cup 1954-56; Edmonton Eskimos), dies from throat cancer at 74
- 2006 Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist (b. 1924)
- 2006 Johnny Sain, American baseball pitcher, dies at 89
- 2006 Polly Umrigar, Indian cricket all-rounder & captain (59 Tests, 12 x 100, HS 223, 35 wickets; Bombay, Gujarat), dies from lymph cancer at 80
- 2007 Earl Dodge, American politician (Prohibition Party) (b. 1932)
- 2008 Hedley Howarth, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (30 Tests, 86 wickets; Auckland CA), dies of cancer at 64
American boxer (Olympic gold heavyweight 1964; undisputed world heavyweight champion 1970-73), dies of liver cancer at 67
- 2012 Carmen Basilio, American boxer (World Welterweight title 1955-56; Middleweight title 1957-58), dies from pneumonia at 85
- 2012 Cleve Duncan, American rocker (The Penguins – “Earth Angel”), dies at 78
- 2014 Gibson Kente, South African playwright and composer, dies at 82
- 2015 Eddie Hoh, American session and touring drummer (The Monkees; The Mamas and the Papas; Harvey Mandell), dies at 71
- 2015 Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic-born American actor (Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), dies of cancer at 68
- 2016 Janet Reno, first female US Attorney General (1993-2001), dies at 78
Canadian writer and singer–songwriter (“Hallelujah”; “Death of Ladies Man”; “Suzanne”), dies at 82
- 2017 Paul Buckmaster, British Grammy Award-winning artist, arranger, conductor and composer, dies at 71
- 2017 Pentti “Whitey” Glan, Finnish-Canadian touring and session drummer (Lou Reed; Alice Cooper – “Welcome To My Nightmare”), dies of cancer at 71
- 2017 Robert De Cormier, American conductor and musical director (The Belafonte Folk Singers), dies at 95
- 2017 Roy Halladay, American Baseball HOF pitcher (8 x MLB All-Star, Cy Young Award 2003, 10; perfect game 2010; postseason no-hitter 2010; Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies), died when piloting a plane under influence of painkillers, sleeping pills at 40
- 2018 Francis Lai, French film music composer (Love Story), dies at 86
- 2018 Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Irish pianist, composer and educator (University of Limerick), dies at 67
- 2018 Oskar Rabin, Russian painter and dissident during Soviet era, dies at 90
- 2019 Gabriel Charpentier, Canadian composer, dies at 94
- 2020 Cándido Camero, Cuban American percussionist (congo drum) and bandleader, dies at 99 [1]
- 2020 Jonathan Sacks, Lord Sacks, British intellectual and Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth (1991-2013), dies of cancer at 72 [1]
- 2020 Norm Crosby, American comedian and “Master of the Malaprop” (Liar’s Club), dies of heart failure at 93
- 2021 Dean Stockwell, American stage and screen actor (The Werewolf of Washington; Blue Velvet; Quantum Leap), dies at 85
- 2022 Evelyn de Rothschild, British banker and multi-millionaire (De Beers), dies of a stroke at 91
- 2022 Leslie Phillips, British stage, screen, and radio actor (Carry On; Harry Potter films), dies at 98 [1]
- 2022 Michael Butler, American theatrical producer (Hair; Lenny), dies at 95
- 2023 Alain Estève, French rugby union lock (20 Tests; French Rugby C’ship x 8 AS Béziers), dies at 77
- 2023 Betty Rollin, American broadcast journalist (NBC; PBS), and author (First, You Cry; Last Wish), dies by medically-assisted suicide at 87
- 2023 Diethelm Ferner, German soccer midfielder (2 caps; SV Werder Bremen, Rot-Weiss Essen) and manager (Rot-Weiss Essen, Hannover 96, Schalke 04, Lebanon), dies at 82
- 2023 Federico Sacchi, Argentine soccer central defender (15 caps; Newell’s Old Boys, Racing Club, Boca Juniors), dies at 87
- 2023 Mário Moinhos, Portuguese soccer forward (7 caps; Benfica, Boavista, Espinho), dies at 74
- 2023 Nikos Gioutsos, Greek soccer striker (15 caps; Olympiacos 276 games, 100 goals), dies at 81
- 2024 Jürgen Becker, German writer, poet, and radio dramatist, dies at 92
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