- 1904 Wilson Barrett, British manager, actor, and playwright (The Sign of the Cross), dies at 58
- 1953 Cyrus "Cy" Kendall, American actor (Tarzan's New York Adventure, Mysteries of Chinatown), dies from heart problems at 55
- 1955 Joseph Foley, American actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45
- 1974 Edna Lewis Thomas, American actress (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 88
- 1974 Lili Darvas, Hungarian actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron), dies at 68
- 1979 Hope Summers, actress (Clara - "The Andy Griffith Show"), dies at 78
- 1979 Tony "Two-Ton" Galento, American heavyweight boxer and actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 69
- 1990 Preben Neergaard, Danish actor (Mordskab), dies of cancer at 70
- 1992 Wayne McLaren, American stuntman, rodeo performer, model and actor best known for playing the Marlboro Man, dies of lung cancer at 51
- 2000 Eric Christmas, British actor (b. 1916)
- 2000 Claude Sautet, French film director (b. 1924)
- 2001 Frances Horwich, American educator and television personality (Ding Dong School), dies at 94
- 2003 Wahome Muthahi, Kenyan humourist (b. 1954)
- 2007 Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953)
- 2007 Laszlo Kovacs, Hungarian-born cinematographer (b. 1933)
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2008 Estelle Getty, American actress (The Golden Girls, The Golden Palace), dies of Lewy body disease at 84
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- 2009 Peter Krieg, German documentary filmmaker, producer and writer (b. 1947)
- 2011 Linda Christian, Mexican actress (Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone), dies at 87
- 2011 Tom Aldredge, American actor (The Sopranos, What About Bob, Nurse, Mind Snatchers), dies at 83
- 2012 Nan Merriman, American-Dutch singer (Arturo Toscanini NBC Orchestra), dies at 92
- 2013 Dennis Farina, American actor, dies from a pulmonary embolism at 69