Gaius Marius
86 BC Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (held the office of consul seven times), dies at 70
Gaius Marius
- 533 Remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533)/saint, dies about 96
- 703 Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645)
- 858 Aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies
- 888 Charles III, The Fat [Charles Le Gros], Carolingian Emperor (King of West Francia and Acquitaine, 884-887), dies at 49
- 1049 Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle
- 1139 Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
- 1151 Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. 1081)
- 1177 Hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies. (b. 1107)
- 1307 Arnoud van Foreest, Dom deacon of Utrecht, dies
- 1330 Frederick I (III), the Fair, Duke of Austrian/German anti-king, dies (b. 1286)
- 1363 Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol (b. 1344)
- 1488 Hermann Vischer, "the Old", buried
- 1599 Edmund Spenser, poet (Faerie Queene), dies at about 46
- 1625 Pieter Bruegel "the Older", (Bloemenbruegel), Flemish painter, dies
- 1630 Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese military commander (b. 1584)
- 1651 Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies at 86
- 1658 Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
- 1682 Simon van Leeuwen, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 55
- 1691 George Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66
- 1702 Peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41
- 1762 Leonhard Trautsch, composer, dies at 68
- 1766 King Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
- 1790 Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen, French admiral, dies at 77
- 1795 Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer, dies at 73
- 1796 John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726)
- 1797 Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81
- 1828 Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, French composer and painter, dies at 80
- 1832 Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founder of Lord's cricket ground (b. 1755)
- 1838 Ferdinand Ries, German composer dies at 53
- 1853 Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest, humanist and revolutionary (b. 1783)
- 1860 William Mason, American politician (b. 1786)
Stephen Foster
1864 Stephen Foster, American composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in New York
Stephen Foster
- 1879 Henry the Navigator, prince of the Netherlands, third son of King William II of the Netherlands, dies at 58
- 1882 Wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer and manufacturer (b. 1834)
- 1885 Schuyler Colfax, American politician (b.1823)
- 1889 Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823)
- 1892 Charles Albert White, composer, dies at 62
- 1894 Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)
- 1901 Carlo Angeloni, Italian composer, dies at 66
- 1905 George Thorn, Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
- 1906 Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)
- 1913 Thomas P. Krag, Norwegian author and novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), dies at 44
- 1914 Bernardus Hermanus Heldt, Dutch trade union leader and politician, dies at 72
- 1914 Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer, dies 76
- 1915 Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848)
- 1924 Georg H Quincke, German physicist (Test of Quincke), dies at 89
- 1928 Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57
Wyatt Earp
1929 Wyatt Earp, US marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80
Wyatt Earp
- 1929 H. B. Higgins, Australian politician and judge (b. 1851)
- 1930 C-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66
- 1930 Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, English electrical engineer and inventor, dies at 65
- 1932 Sophia of Prussia, consort of Constantine I of Greece (b. 1870)
- 1934 Jean-Baptiste Marchand, soldier/explorer (Sudan), dies at 70
- 1934 Paul Ulrich Villard, French Chemist and Physicist who discovered gamma rays, dies at 73
- 1937 Walter Brearley, cricketer (17 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1905-12), dies
- 1937 Martin Elmer Johnson, American adventurer and filmmaker, dies at 52
- 1939 Jacob Ruppert, CEO (NY Yankees, 1915-39), dies
James Joyce
1941 James Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zurich Switzerland, at 58
James Joyce
- 1943 Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss artist (b. 1889)
- 1947 Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61
- 1953 Paul Niggli, Swiss mineralogist (crystal structures), dies at 64
- 1954 Roland Diggle, English-born American composer and organist, dies at 69
- 1956 Lyonel Feininger, German-American cartoonist and painter, dies at 84
- 1958 Edna Purviance, American actress (Charlie Chaplin, Sunnyside), dies at 61
- 1958 John Lindeboom, Dutch vicar/church historian, dies at 75
- 1958 Jesse L. Lasky, U.S. film producer (b. 1880)
- 1960 Sibilla Aleramo [Rina Faccio], Italian feminist and poet (Una Donna), dies at 83
- 1962 Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42
- 1963 Rad Kortenhorst [Leonardus Gerardus Kortenhorst], Dutch politician (KVP), dies at 76
- 1968 Bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later
- 1969 Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (England, v Aust Headingley 1938), dies
- 1969 Wilton Graff, American actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn), dies at 65
- 1971 Bernard "Heinz" Lammerding, German SS-gen/contractor (Tulle), dies at 65
- 1971 Robert Still, English composer, dies at 60
- 1974 Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor (b. 1906)
- 1974 Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (b. 1904)
- 1976 Margaret Leighton, British actress (The Go-Between, The Night of the Iguana), dies of multiple sclerosis at 53
- 1978 Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn, VP), dies at 66 in Waverly, Minn
- 1978 Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (NY Yankees), dies at 96
- 1979 Donny Hathaway, American rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33
- 1979 Marjorie Lawrence, Australian soprano (b. 1907)
- 1980 Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor (Lincoln Portrarit), dies of pneumonia at 78
- 1981 Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Mary, My Child), dies at 83
- 1982 Marcel Camus, French director (Orfeu Negro), dies at 69
- 1983 Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74
- 1983 D Mack Reynolds, American writer (Amazon Planet, Once Departed), dies
- 1983 John McHugh, actor (Unspeakable), dies of a heart attack at 69
- 1985 Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42
- 1987 E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/co-founder (Trouw, Loyal), dies
- 1988 Chiang Ching-huo, president of Taiwan (1978-88), dies at 69
- 1989 Joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51
- 1992 Josef Neckermann, German equestrian dressage (Olympic gold 1964, 68), dies at 79
- 1992 Yvonne Bryceland, actress (Road to Mecca), dies of cancer at 66
- 1993 Rene Pleven, PM of France (1950-51, 51-52), dies
- 1993 Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer, dies at 85
- 1994 Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist, dies at 79
- 1994 Johan J Holst, Norwegian min of defense/foreign affairs, dies at 56
- 1995 Arnold Smith, painter (Vigelius Prize 1935), dies at 89
- 1995 Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop, dies at 81
- 1995 Maxwell Henley Harris, Austrian poet/publisher (Critics), dies at 73
- 1995 Ruby Starr, vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at 44
- 1996 Denise Grey, [Edouardine Verthuy], actress (Julietta), dies at 99
- 1996 Willian Myuon Bany Guerrilla leader, dies
- 1997 William Mills, painter, dies at 74
- 2000 Alfred Nzo, South African General Secretary of the ANC (1969-91), dies at 75
- 2001 Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985)
- 2002 Ted Demme, American film director, dies at 38
- 2002 Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban fisherman, reputed model for Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea (b. 1897)
- 2002 Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster), dies at 85
- 2003 Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
- 2004 Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber (b. 1937)
- 2004 Harold Shipman, British general practitioner and prolific serial killer, commits suicide at 57
- 2005 Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1915)
- 2005 Nell Rankin, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1924)
- 2006 Frank Fixaris, American sportscaster (b. 1934)
- 2006 Marc Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
- 2007 Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (Brecker Brothers), dies at 57
- 2007 Danny Oakes, racecar driver (b. 1911)
- 2008 Sergei Larin, Lithuanian tenor (b. 1956)
- 2008 Johnny Podres, American baseball player (b. 1932)
- 2009 Doña Mary Ejercito, Filipino supercentarian, mother of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (b. 1905)
- 2009 Patrick McGoohan, American-born Irish actor, writer, and director (The Prisoner, Secret Agent/ Danger Man), dies at 80
- 2009 Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer and lyricist (b. 1925)
- 2009 Nancy Bird Walton, Australian aviator (b. 1915)
- 2009 William De Witt Snodgrass, American poet under the pseudonym S. S. Gardons (b. 1926)
- 2010 Teddy Pendergrass, American R&B singer (b. 1950)
- 2010 Jay Reatard, American garage punk musician (b. 1980)
- 2010 Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan writer and linguist
- 2011 Ellen Stewart, American actress, director and founder of La Mama Theatre Group, dies at 91
- 2012 Rauf Denktash, leader of Turkish Cypriots, dies of multiple organ failure at 87
- 2012 Gianpiero Moretti, steering wheel designer, dies from cancer at 71
- 2013 Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer, dies from complications from a stroke at 76
- 2014 Bobby Collins, Scottish footballer, dies at 82
- 2015 Ronnie Ronalde [Ronald Charles Waldron], British entertainer and world famous whistler, dies at 91
- 2015 Trevor Leonard Ward-Davies 'Dozy', English musician (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), dies at 70
- 2016 Brian Bedford, English actor (Anthony-Coronet Blue), dies at 80
- 2017 Dick Gautier, American stage and screen actor (Get Smart, Bye Bye Birdie), dies at 85
- 2017 Anthony Armstrong-Jones [Lord Snowdon], British photographer and ex-husband of Princess Margaret, dies at 86
- 2018 Doug Harvey, American National League umpire (Baseball Hall of Fame 2010), dies at 87
- 2018 Jack Nel, South African cricketer (South African opening bat in 6 Tests 1949-57), dies at 89