Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
1543 Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Portuguese-Spanish conquistador who conquered Central America and later discovered California, dies of gangrene at around 43
- 1552 Henry II of Bavaria, Bishop of Utrecht (1524-29), Worms (1523-52) and Freising (1541-52), dies at 64
- 1560 Peder Palladus, Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56
- 1570 Bartholomeus Latomus [Steinmetz], Flemish archbishop of Trier, dies
- 1571 Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (1535-71), dies at 65
- 1628 Francesco Maria Guaitoli, Italian composer, dies at 64
- 1641 Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomical prodigy, dies at 22
- 1656 Mathieu Molé, French statesman (b. 1584)
- 1670 George Monck, English general, dies at 61
- 1690 Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1615)
- 1701 Prince Louis I of Monaco (b. 1642)
- 1743 Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and designer, dies at 85
- 1759 Marquis & Marquess of Tavora, Portuguese nobles, executed
- 1761 Willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist and composer (Joseph), dies at 73
- 1767 Luca Antonio Predieri, Italian composer and violinist, dies at 78
- 1779 Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon, dies at 66
- 1785 Baldassare Galuppi, Venetian composer (opera buffa), dies at 68
- 1795 Josiah Wedgwood, English pottery designer and manufacturer (Wedgwood), dies at 64
- 1813 Bennelong, Australian aboriginal interlocutor between his tribe and the British settlers (b. c. 1764)
- 1826 Louis Gabriel Suchet, French marshal (b. 1770)
- 1829 Robert Archibald Smith, Scottish composer, dies at 48
- 1836 Friedrich Witt, German cellist and composer (Jena Symphony; The Suffering Saviour), dies at 65
- 1841 Wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch (Official) Gazette, dies at 82
- 1853 Theodor Uhlig, composer, dies at 30
- 1858 Rachel Félix [Elisabeth "Eliza/Élisa"], French singer and actress (Muse), dies at 36
- 1858 Henry Darcy, French hydraulic engineer (Darcy's Law), dies at 54
- 1865 Jozef Lies, Flemish painter, dies at 43
- 1868 Moritz Hauptmann, German composer, dies at 75
- 1870 Konstantin Ushinsky, Russian educationalist, dies at 46
- 1873 John Lodge Ellerton, British classical composer (The Bridal of Triermain, Domenica), dies at 71
- 1875 Pierre Larousse, French editor (b. 1817)
- 1882 William H Ainsworth, English writer (Guy Fawkes), dies at 76
- 1882 Clement Claiborne Clay, American politician (U.S. Senator from Alabama), dies at 65
- 1895 James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman (Currier and Ives), dies at 70
- 1898 James Wimshurst, British designer and inventor (electrostatic generator), dies at 70
- 1900 Edwin George Monk, English church organist and composer, dies at 80
- 1903 Alois Hitler, father of Adolf Hitler, dies at 65
- 1907 Josef Foerster, Czech composer, and music teacher, dies at 73
- 1911 Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (b. 1851)
- 1912 Felix Dahn, German historian, jurist and poet, dies at 77
- 1914 Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer, dies at 62
- 1915 James Elroy Flecker, English poet and dramatist (Hassan), dies at 30
Grenville M. Dodge
1916 Grenville M. Dodge, American railroad engineer (Transcontinental Railroad-Union Pacific) and Major General (Union Army), dies at 84
- 1920 Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician, dies at 31
- 1923 Jaroslav Hašek, Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk), dies at 39
- 1927 Carle David Tolmé Runge, German mathematician and physicist, dies at 70
- 1931 Joseph J C Joffre, French marshal, dies at 78
- 1933 Wilhelm Cuno, German Reich's chancellor (1922-23) and businessman, dies at 56
- 1933 Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor (The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come), dies at 37
- 1938 Arthur Boon, Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54
- 1942 Pauline Beersmans [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress, dies at 70
- 1943 Sir Walter James, Premier of Western Australia, dies at 79 (b. 1863)
- 1943 Bid McPhee, American Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (Cincinnati Reds; last 2nd baseman to play without a glove), dies at 83
- 1944 Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873)
- 1945 Théodore "Fyodor" Akimenko, Ukrainian composer, dies at 68
- 1945 Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877)
- 1945 Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (Lenin: God of the Godless), dies at 68
William Joyce
1946 William Joyce, American-born Irish Fascist politician and NAZI propagandist, hanged in Britain for treason at 39
- 1951 Ferdinand [Fred] Barlow, French composer, dies at 69
- 1954 Gus Dorais, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback (Notre Dame) and coach (Gonzaga, Detroit Lions), dies of arteriosclerosis and anorexia at 62
- 1956 Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/American composer, dies at 91
- 1956 Joseph Wirth, 5th Chancellor of the Weimar Republic, Germany (Stalin Peace Prize), dies at 76
- 1956 Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American composer, dies at 91
- 1960 Victor Sjöström, Swedish director (Wind, Under the Red Robe), dies at 80
- 1962 Babe Dye, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Stanley Cup 1922; NHL scoring champion 1922–23, 24-25; Toronto St. Patricks/Maple Leafs), dies at 64
- 1962 Hermann Lux, German soccer defender (3 caps; manager Tennis Borussia Berlin), dies at 68
- 1963 Oskar Back, Hungarian-Dutch violinist and pedagogue, dies at 83
- 1965 Betty Harte, entertainer, dies at 82
- 1965 Julius Tannen, comedian, dies at 84
- 1966 Rex Lease, American actor (Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand), dies at 62
- 1967 Mary Garden, opera star, dies at 92
- 1969 Howard McNear, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Irma La Douce), dies after long illness at 63
- 1969 Jean Focas, Greco-French astronomer (b. 1909)
- 1969 Buzz Borries, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Navy 1932–34), dies at 57
- 1970 Gladys Aylward, British missionary in China; portrayed by Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (b. 1902)
- 1972 Frans Masereel, Flem WWII resistance fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82
- 1973 Wilbur De Paris, American swing and Dixieland jazz trombone player, dies at 72
- 1974 Gino Cervi, Italian actor (Les Miserables, Naked Maja), dies at 72
- 1974 Arthur Daley, American sportswriter (NY Times-Pulitzer 1956), dies from a heart attack at 69
- 1975 Milton Cross, American radio announcer (Metropolitan Opera's Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, 1931-75), dies of a heart attack at 87
- 1975 Robert Neumann, Austrian-British author (False Flag), dies at 77
- 1975 Walter Linck, Swiss sculptor, dies at 71
- 1975 René Thomas, Belgian jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 47
- 1976 Mateusz Glinski, Polish conductor, musicologist, and composer, dies at 83
- 1976 Michael V. Love, American test pilot (X-24), dies in F-4 crash at 37
- 1977 Avraham Ofer, Israeli minister of housing, commits suicide
- 1977 Benno Stokvis, Dutch attorney/politician, dies at 75
- 1979 Conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91
- 1980 Amos Milburn, American R&B singer and pianist, dies at 52
- 1980 Axel Springer Jr, German photographer, commits suicide at 38
- 1980 Ivan Triesault [Johann Constantin Treisalt], Russian actor (Cry of the Werewolf, Black Parachute), dies at 81
- 1980 Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (Tour de France 1926), dies at 87
Joy Adamson
1980 Joy Adamson [Friederike Viktoria Gessner], Austrian naturalist and author (Born Free), murdered at 69 by her servant
- 1981 Princess Alice of Albany (b. 1883)
- 1982 Derek Sealy, West Indian cricket batsman (11 Tests; youngest West Indian Test player 17:122), dies at 69
- 1985 Lucien Cailliet, French-American composer, conductor and teacher (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1919-1937), dies at 93
- 1986 Jens Bjerre, Danish composer, dies at 82
Gaston Eyskens
1988 Gaston Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72), dies at 82
- 1988 William Cagney, American producer and actor (Torrid Zone), brother of James Cagney, dies of a heart attack at 82
- 1988 Rose Ausländer, German poet (b. 1901)
- 1988 Joie Chitwood, American racedriver & Daredevil (b. 1912)
- 1989 Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)
- 1989 Nick Virgilio, American Haiku poet, dies at 60
- 1990 Ken Hill, American actor (Cobra, Protocol), dies at 49
- 1990 Arthur Gold, American pianist, half of Gold and Fizdale duo (b. 1917)
- 1991 Luke Appling, American Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop, (7-time MLB All Star; AL batting champion 1936, 43; Chicago White Sox), dies of abdominal aortic aneurysm at 83
- 1992 Anthony Del Casino, band leader (Charlie Barnet Band), dies at 79
- 1992 Judith Anderson, actress (Star Trek 3), dies of pneumonia at 93
- 1992 Ken Grieves, Australian cricketer (NSW & Lancashire leg-spin all-rounder), dies at 66
- 1992 Lewis Michael Friedman, American pianist, dies at 47 of AIDS
- 1992 Radomiro Tomic, Chilean president (1970), dies
- 1993 Peter Brocco, blacklisted in the 1950's, dies of heart attack at 89
- 1993 Johnny Most, American sports announcer (b. 1923)
- 1994 Roel Bazen, Dutch sound technician (Van Kooten & The Bie), dies at 48
- 1994 Heather Sears, British actress (b. 1935)
- 1994 Frank Belknap Long, American writer (Rim of the Unknown), dies at 92
- 1995 Al Duncan, American blues drummer, dies at 68
- 1995 Byron MacGregor, newscaster, dies at 56
- 1995 Gerard W Taylor, South African/British surgeon, dies at 74
- 1995 Robert Nesbitt, impresario, dies at 88
- 1996 Geoffrey Pardoe, British engineer (Project Manager for the Blue Streak ballistic missile programme), dies at 67
- 1996 Terence Cuneo, English artist (official artist for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953), dies at 88
- 1997 Burton Lane, composer, dies at 84
- 1997 Roger Goeb, American composer, dies at 82
- 1999 Jerry Quarry, American boxer (famous bouts v world champions Floyd Patterson, Jimmy Ellis, Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Ken Norton), dies of chronic traumatic encephalopathy at 53
- 2000 Bernhard Wicki, Austrian director and actor (Morituri, Crime & Passion), dies at 80
- 2000 Harmonica Fats [Harvey Blackston], American blues session and touring harmonica player ("Tore Up"), dies at 72
- 2002 Juan García Esquivel, Mexican band leader (b. 1918)
- 2002 Freddy Heineken, Dutch beer brewer (Heineken), dies at 78
- 2002 Al Smith, American baseball outfielder and third baseman (3-time MLB All Star; Cleveland Indians), dies at 73
- 2003 Sid Gillman, Pro & College Football Hall of Fame end (Ohio State U) and coach (U of Cincinnati, LA Rams, Houston Oilers), dies at 91
- 2004 Des Corcoran, Premier of South Australia (b. 1928)
- 2004 Leon Wagner, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1962, 63; LA Angels), dies at 69
- 2005 Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (b. 1917)
- 2005 Will Eisner, American comic book artist (b. 1917)
- 2005 JN Dixit, Indian government official (b. 1936)
- 2005 Edward R. Roybal, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1963-93), dies at 89
- 2006 Bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954)
- 2006 Steve Rogers, Australian rugby league centre (24 Tests; NSW; Cronulla-Sutherland), dies after swallowing combination of prescription drugs and alcohol at 51
- 2007 William Verity Jr., United States Secretary of Commerce 1987-1989 (b. 1917)
- 2007 Michael Yeats, Irish Fianna Fáil senator 1961-1981 and son of W.B. Yeats (b. 1921)
- 2007 Sir Cecil Walker, Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for North Belfast 1983-2001 (b. 1924)
- 2007 Earl Reibel, Canadian ice hockey forward Detroit Red Wings (b. 1930)
- 2007 Janos Furst, Hungarian orchestral conductor (b. 1935)
- 2008 Werner Dollinger, German politician and economist (b. 1918)
- 2008 Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (b. 1953)
- 2008 Natasha Collins, British actress and television presenter (b. 1976)
- 2008 Yo-Sam Choi, South Korean boxer (Lineal & WBC light flyweight titles 1999-2002), dies of brain damage after fight at 35
- 2009 Martin Patterson "Pat" Hingle, American actor (Hang 'em High, Splendor in the Grass, Batman Returns), dies of myelodysplastic syndrome at 84
- 2009 Ulf G. Lindén, Swedish entrepreneur (b. 1937)
- 2009 Hisayasu Nagata, Japanese politician (b. 1969)
- 2009 Olga San Juan, American actress, dancer and comedian (Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus), dies at 81
- 2009 Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer (Missa Mundi), dies at 77
- 2009 Alan Walters, British political economist (Chief Economic Adviser to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher), dies at 82
- 2010 Professor Sir Ian Brownlie, International law specialist
- 2010 Mary Daly, American theologian and feminist scholar (b. 1928)
- 2010 Joyce Collins, American jazz and film and television session pianist, singer, and educator, dies at 79
- 2011 Fadil Hadžić, Croatian film director, dies at 88
- 2012 Wylie Walker Vale, American endocrinologist who discovered the stress hormone, dies at 70
- 2012 Robert L Carter, American civil rights activist & judge, dies after complications from a stroke at 94
- 2012 Winifred Milius Lubell, American illustrator & writer (The Outer Lands), dies of congestive heart failure at 97
- 2012 Josef Skvorecky, Czech writer & publisher, dies at 87
- 2012 Bob Weston, British guitarist & songwriter (Fleetwood Mac), dies from a gastrointestinal hemorrhage at 64 (body found this date)
- 2012 Harold Zirin, American astronomer, dies at 82
- 2012 Gene Bartow, American College Basketball Hall of Fame coach (US National Team 1974; Valparaiso, Memphis State, Illinois, UCLA), dies of stomach cancer at 81
- 2013 Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian film director, dies from surgical complications at 82
- 2013 M S Gopalakrishnan, Indian Carnatic violinist, dies at 81
Phil Everly
2014 Phil Everly, American rock and roll singer-guitarist (The Everly Brothers - "Bye, Bye Love"; "Wake Up Little Susie"; "When WIll I Be Loved"), dies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 74
Edward W. Brooke
2015 Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass), American politician & first popularly elected African American to the US Senate (1967-79), dies at 95
- 2015 Allie Sherman, American NFL coach (Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1953-56 CFL; New York Giants 1961–68), dies at 91
- 2015 Ivan Jullien, French jazz and session trumpeter and bandleader, dies at 80
- 2017 Igor Volk, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-12) & test pilot, dies at 79
- 2018 Bra Willie [Keorapetse Kgositsile], South African poet & political activist (Point of Departure: Fire Dance Fire Song), dies at 79
- 2018 Colin Brumby, Australian composer (Fibonacci Variations), conductor (Queensland Opera, 1968-71), and educator, dies at 84
- 2018 Konrad Ragossnig, Austrian classical guitarist and lutenist, dies at 85
- 2020 Qasem Soleimani, Iranian major general of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, killed at 62 in a US drone strike outside Baghdad airport, Iraq
- 2020 Pete Brewster, American football end & coach (NFL Pro Bowl 1955, 56; Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers), dies at 89
- 2020 Bo Winberg, Swedish instrumental rock guitarist (The Spotnicks - "Hava Nagila"; "Amapola"; "Karelia"), dies at 80
- 2021 Roger Hassenforder, French racing cyclist (8 stage wins Tour de France 1955-59), dies at 90
- 2021 Gerry Marsden, British rock vocalist and TV personality (Gerry & Pacemakers - Ferry Cross The Mersey), dies at 78 [1] [2]