- 1073 Alexander II, [Anselmo da Baggio], Pope (1061-73), dies
- 1109 Anselmus, philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies
- 1142 Pierre Abélard, French writer (b. 1079)
- 1329 Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)
- 1509 Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52, Henry VIII succeeds him aged 17
- 1551 Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)
- 1552 Petrus Apianus [Peter Apian], German mathematician, astronomer and cartographer, dies at 50
- 1574 Cosimo de Medici, Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54
- 1652 Pietro Della Valle, Italian composer, dies at 66
- 1696 Andres de Sola, Spanish composer, dies at 61
- 1699 Jean Racine, French dramatist (Iphigénie), dies at 59
- 1701 Asano Naganori, Japanese warlord (b. 1667)
- 1719 Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (b. 1640)
- 1720 Antoine Hamilton, French writer (b. 1646)
- 1722 Robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673)
- 1730 Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79
- 1736 Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72
- 1780 Ferdinand Zellbell the younger, Swedish composer and co-founder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, dies at 60
- 1792 Tiradentes, Brazilian revolutionary (b. 1746)
- 1793 John Michell, English seismologist (b. 1724)
- 1815 Joseph Winston, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (b. 1746)
- 1825 Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathemattician (b. 1765)
- 1852 Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
- 1868 Henry James O'Farrell, Australian would-be assassin of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
- 1871 Elisabeth Grube, writer, dies
- 1878 Temistocle Solera, composer, dies at 62
- 1898 Louis Théodore Gouvy, French-German composer, dies at 78
- 1899 Heinrich Kiepert, German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80
- 1900 Heinrich Vogl, composer, dies at 55
Mark Twain
1910 Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens], American author (Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), dies at 74
Mark Twain
The Red Baron
1918 Manfred von Richthofen [The Red Baron], German World War I fighter ace, dies at 25 after his plane is shot down
The Red Baron
- 1922 Alessandro Moreschi, Italian castrato (b. 1858)
- 1924 Eleanora Duse, Italian actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64
- 1930 Robert Bridges, English poet (Testament of beauty) and British Poet Laureate (1913-30), dies at 85
- 1930 Alex Smith, Scottish golfer (US Open 1906, 10), dies at 56
- 1938 Muhammad Iqbal, British East Indies lawyer and Pakistan national hero, dies at 65
- 1938 Allama Iqbal, Indian philosopher and poet, dies at 60
- 1939 Herman Finck, composer, dies at 66
- 1945 John Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25
- 1946 Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for South Africa in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies
John Maynard Keynes
1946 John Maynard Keynes, English economist whose ideas changed the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, dies of a heart attack at 62
John Maynard Keynes
- 1948 Carlos Lopez Buchardo, Argentine composer, dies at 66
- 1952 Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61
- 1952 Stafford Cripps, British Labour politician, dies at 62
- 1956 Charles MacArthur, American writer (b. 1895)
- 1961 James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57
- 1962 Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies
- 1965 Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72
- 1967 Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77
- 1968 Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69
- 1968 Toby Halicki, car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt
- 1971 Edmund Lowe, American actor (Black Sheep, Good Sam, Dillinger, Hot Pepper), dies at 81
- 1971 Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti, dies at 64
- 1973 Ursula Jeans, British actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon, I Lived With You), dies of cancer at 66
- 1973 Arthur Fadden, thirteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
- 1974 Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (b. 1895)
- 1975 Jack Westrup, English composer, dies at 70
- 1977 Milton "Gummo" Marx, American comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84
- 1978 Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37
- 1980 Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894)
- 1980 Sohrab Sepehri, Persian poet and painter (b. 1928)
- 1981 Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies
- 1982 Joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80
- 1985 Rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62
- 1985 Tancredo Neves, president-elect of Brazil, dies at 75
- 1985 Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio pioneer (b. 1902)
- 1986 Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930)
- 1987 Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77
- 1988 I. A. L. Diamond, Hollywood screenwriter (1960 Acad Award-Apartment), dies at 67
- 1989 James Kirkwood, American actor, author and playwright (A Chorus Line, P. S. Your Cat Is Dead!), dies of cancer at 64
- 1989 Princess Dukhye of Korea (b. 1912)
- 1990 Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies
- 1990 Erté, French artist
- 1991 Richard Bolling, American politician (Rep-D-Missouri 1949-83), dies at 74
- 1991 Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies at 81
- 1992 Robert Harris, American criminal and murderer, executed in a gas chamber at 39 in San Quentin State Prison, California
- 1992 Vladimir K Romanov, Grand Duke/Rus pretender to the throne, dies at 74
- 1993 Hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82
- 1994 Clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93
- 1995 Bob Wyatt, English cricketer (1927-37), dies at 93
- 1995 Stafford Heginbotham, British toymaker (Tebro Toys) and Football Club Chairman, dies at 61
- 1996 A H Kardar, cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pak 1946-58), dies
- 1996 Dzhokhar Dudayev, separatist leader and President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (1991), dies at 52
- 1996 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, oddsmaker/sportscaster (CBS), dies at 76
- 1996 Robert Hersant, press baron, dies at 76
- 1996 Rodney Meredith Thomas, English architect and painter, dies at 93
- 1996 Zora Arkus-Duntov, engineer, dies at 86
- 1997 Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies
- 1997 Diosdado Macapagal, President of the Philippines (1961-65), dies at 86
- 1998 Jean Francois Lyotard, French philosopher and sociologist (b. 1924)
- 1998 Peter Lind Hayes, American comedian and singer (Peter Lind Hayes Show), dies at 82
- 1999 Charles "Buddy" Rogers, American musician actor (An Innocent Affair, Wings), dies at 94
- 2000 Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires), dies at 70
Nina Simone
2003 Nina Simone [Eunice Waymon], American singer and civil rights activist (I Loves You, Porgy), dies of breast cancer at 70
Nina Simone
- 2004 Mary McGrory, American journalist and columnist, dies at 85
- 2005 Gerry Marshall, British racing driver (b. 1941)
- 2006 T.K. Ramakrishnan, Indian politician (b. 1922)
- 2006 Telê Santana, Brazilian football manager (b. 1931)
- 2007 Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist and songwriter (b. 1941)
- 2007 Parry O'Brien, American shot putter (Olympic golds 1952, 1956, silver 1960), dies at 75
- 2008 Al Wilson, American singer (b. 1939)
- 2010 Gustav Lorentzen, Norwegian singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
- 2010 Juan Antonio Samaranch, International Olympic Committee president (b. 1920)
- 2012 Charles Colson, Nixon adviser (Watergate), dies from a brain hemorrhage at 80
- 2013 Leopold Engleitner, Austrian Holocaust survivor, dies at 107
- 2014 George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (helped invent LCD displays), dies at 77
Prince (Rogers Nelson)
2016 Prince [Rogers Nelson], American singer-songwriter and musician (1999, Purple Rain), dies at 57
Prince (Rogers Nelson)
- 2016 Lonnie Mack, American rocker (Baby What's Wrong), dies at 74
- 2018 Nabi Tajima, Japanese supercentenarian and the last living person certified to have been born in the 19th century, dies at 117
- 2018 Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Brazilian movie director (Como Era Gostoso o Meu Francês, Vidas Secas), dies at 89