- 1160 Peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies
- 1425 Manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies
- 1540 John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies
- 1544 René of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle
- 1683 Lord William Russell, English politician and plotter against Charles II, beheaded at 43
- 1688 James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610)
- 1717 Niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies
- 1782 Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63
- 1793 Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, French explorer (b. 1739)
Robert Burns
1796 Robert Burns, Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne), dies at 37
Robert Burns
- 1798 François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)
- 1821 Maurice J M prince de Broglie, bishop of Ghent, dies at about 55
- 1831 Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen), dies at 55
- 1861 Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44
- 1878 Sam Bass, American Old West train robber and outlaw, dies at 27
- 1880 Hiram Walden, American politician, dies at 79
- 1888 Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53
- 1889 Nelson Dewey, American politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
- 1891 Franco Faccio, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 51
- 1899 Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and military officer (b. 1833)
- 1910 Johan Peter Selmer, composer, dies at 66
- 1917 Christopher J Forster, British RAF-pilot/capt, dies in battle
- 1922 Djemal Pasha, dictator of Turkey, murdered
- 1927 J J Lyons, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia), dies
- 1928 Dame Ellen Terry, British Shakespearean actress (Imperial Theatre), dies at 81
- 1932 Bill Gleason, late 19th century baseball player
- 1938 Owen Wister, American author (b. 1860)
- 1941 Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian writer and poet, dies at 68
- 1943 Charles William Paddock, 100m runner (Olympic gold 1920), dies at 42
- 1944 Gerrit van den Bosch, led illegal Dutch CPN party, dies in Dachau
- 1944 Henning von Tresckow, Gen-Maj, "July 20th plotter", commits suicide
- 1946 Gualberto Villarroel, President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
- 1948 Arshile Gorky, abstract expressionist, dies at 43
- 1948 Donald Nichols Tweedy, American composer, dies at 58
- 1950 Albert Riemenschneider, American musician and composer, dies at 71
- 1952 Silvio Cator, Haitian athlete long jumper (Olympic silver 1928), dies at 51
- 1957 Bernard Spooner, US inventor (bulletproof jacket), dies
- 1957 Rockley Wilson, cricketer (bro of Clem, Test for England 1921), dies
- 1962 G. M. Trevelyan [George Macaulay Trevelyan], British historian and academic, dies at 86
- 1966 Eugeen Calleen, Flemish sculptor, dies at 83
- 1967 Albert J Luthuli, president South Africa (ANC), dies
Basil Rathbone
1967 Basil Rathbone, actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies of heart attack at 75
Basil Rathbone
- 1967 Jimmie Foxx, American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (9-time MLB All Star), dies at 59
- 1967 Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet (English paint box), dies at 80
- 1968 Ruth St. Denis, American modern dance pioneer and teacher (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91
- 1970 Mikhail Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
- 1970 Bob Kalsu, American football player (b. 1945)
- 1972 Jigme Dori Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, dies
- 1972 Ralph Craig, American athlete (Olympic gold 1912), dies at 83
- 1973 Russell Hardie, American actor (Sequoia, In Old Kentucky), dies after long illness at 69
- 1974 Willem F K Hussem, painter/poet (Steltlopen on Sea), dies at 74
- 1975 Billy West [Roy B Weissburg], Russian actor, Charlie Chaplin impersonator and silent film director (Further Perils of Laurel & Hardy), dies at 82
- 1975 Fie Carelsen, actress (Malle Gevallen), dies at 85
- 1975 George Petty, American pin-up artist, dies at 81
- 1976 Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to Ireland, assassinated
- 1977 Lee Miller, American photographer (War correspondent for Vogue in WWII), dies at 70
- 1979 Ludwig Renn, German writer, dies at 90
- 1982 Dave Garroway, TV host (Today Show), dies at 69
- 1982 Jean J A Girault, French director (Gendarme Saint-Tropez), dies at 58
- 1984 Michael Osborne, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Axe), dies at 34
- 1985 Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65
- 1985 Vicki Vola, actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney)
- 1986 Paulo Correia, Guinee-Bissaus colonel/putschist, executed
- 1986 Virginia Hewitt, American actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies of cancer at 60
- 1986 Ernest Maas, American screenwriter (b. 1892)
- 1990 Manuel Puig, Argentine writer (Buenos Aires Affair), dies at 57
- 1990 Sacha Piteoff, dies of heart failure at 70
- 1990 Stanley Shapiro, dies of leukemia at 65
- 1991 Theodore Wilson, dies at 47
- 1991 Paul Warwick, English racing driver (b. 1969)
- 1993 Henk Kersting, bureau chef (Associated Press-WW II), dies at 88
- 1993 Piet Wielinga, TV producer (Dutch Glory), dies at 56
- 1993 Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53
- 1994 Dorothy Collins [Marjorie Chandler], Canadian-American singer and actress (Your Hit Parade), dies at 67
- 1994 John Ernest, constructionist Artist, dies at 72
- 1995 Edwin "Russell" House, saxophonist, dies at 65
- 1995 Elleston Trevor, author, dies
- 1995 Jon Boulle, motorcyclist, dies at 59
- 1996 Francis James Claude Piggott, soldier, dies at 85
- 1996 Gerald McArthur, detective, dies at 70
- 1996 Herb Edelman, American actor (Good Guys, Strike Force, 9 to 5), dies of emphysema 62
- 1996 James Tye, safety expert, dies at 74
- 1996 John Kevin Moorhouse, test pilot, dies at 50
- 1996 Macha Louis Rosenthal, critic/poet, dies at 79
- 1996 Wolf Morris, actor (Padmasambhava-Dr Who), dies at 71
- 1998 Alan Shepard, American astronaut and 1st American in space, dies of leukemia at 74
- 1998 Robert Young, American actor (Father Knows Best, Marcus Welby, M.D.), dies at 91
- 2001 Steve Barton, American actor (b. 1954)
- 2001 Sivaji Ganesan, South Indian Tamil actor (b. 1927)
- 2002 Gus Dudgeon [Angus Boyd Dudgeon], British pop record producer (Elton John, David Bowie), dies in a car crash at 59
- 2002 John Cunningham, British Royal Air Force night fighter ace (WW II), dies at 84
- 2003 John Davies, New Zealand Olympic Committee president (b. 1938)
- 2003 Walter M. "Matt" Jefferies, American film art director (b. 1921)
- 2004 Jerry Goldsmith, American composer (b. 1929)
- 2004 Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1918)
- 2004 Julian Ridsdale, British politician (C), Member of Parliament for Harwich (1954-92), dies at 89
- 2005 Long John Baldry, British blues musician (b. 1941)
- 2005 Lord Alfred Hayes, British Wrestling Announcer for WWE (b. 1928)
- 2006 Mako, Japanese-born American actor (b. 1933)
- 2006 Ta Mok, "The Khmer Rouge Butcher", war criminal in Democratic Kampuchea (b. 1926)
- 2008 Lord Stokes [Donald Stokes], English industrialist, dies at 94
- 2010 Ralph Houk, MLB catcher, coach, manager (6-time World Series champion), dies at 90
- 2010 Luis Corvalán, Chilean communist leader (b. 1916)
- 2012 Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-born American journalist, dies from cancer at 72
- 2012 James D. Ramage, American Naval Aviator in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War, dies at 96
- 2015 E. L. Doctorow, American author (Ragtime, Billy Bathgate), dies at 84
- 2015 Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American folk singer and actor (The Russians Are Coming), dies at 91
- 2017 John Heard, American actor (Home Alone, Cat People, Big), dies at 71
- 2017 Peter Doohan, Australian professional tennis player, dies from motor neurone disease at 56