- 1802 Johann Jakob Engel, German author (Herr Lorenz Stark), dies at 60
- 1880 Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy, dies at 33
- 1946 Antoinette Perry, American actress and theater director, dies at 58
- 1964 King Calder, actor (Lt Grey-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64
- 1965 [Theodora E] Betsy Ranucci-Beckman, actress (Dood Water), dies at 88
- 1974 Frank Sutton, American actor (Marty, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.), dies of a heart attack at 50
- 1975 Rod Serling, American screenwriter and TV host (The Twilight Zone; Night Gallery), dies after multiple heart attacks at 50
- 1976 Stanley Baker, Welsh actor and producer (Concrete Jungle, Zorro, Zulu), dies of pneumonia at 49
- 1980 Herbie Faye, comedian (Doc, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 81
- 1980 Helen Gahagan Douglas, American actress and politician (Nixon's 1st opponent for the United States Senate in 1950), dies at 79
- 1981 Peter Paul Kreuder, German-Austrian pianist and film score composer, dies at 75
- 1982 Gerard Rutten, Dutch film director (Sterren stralen overal), dies at 79
- 1985 James Craig [Meador], American actor (Devil & Daniel Webster, Cyclops), dies of lung cancer at 73
- 1985 Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (O blofatzis, Anna of Rhodes), dies at 72
- 1988 Kurt Raab, writer/actor (Boarding School, Stationmaster's Wife), dies
- 1994 Fredericka Carolyn Washington, actress (Black & Tan), dies at 90
- 2000 Nils Poppe, Swedish actor (the Seventh Seal, Dum-Bom), dies of viral complications after several stroke at 92
- 2001 Joan Sims, British actress ("Carry on" films, As Time Goes By), dies from liver failure and diverticulitis at 71
- 2006 George Page, American television host (b. 1935)
- 2006 Lennie "Len" Weinrib, American comedian and actor (H.R. Pufnstuf, Bedknobs and Broomsticks), dies from a stroke at 71
- 2008 Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model, dies aged 20 after falling from the ninth-floor balcony of her Manhattan apartment under unexplained circumstances
- 2009 Fred Travalena, American comedian and impressionist (b. 1942)
- 2009 A. K. Lohithadas, Indian screenwriter, director, and producer (b. 1955)
- 2013 Matt Osborne, American professional wrestler, dies at 55
- 2015 Jack Carter [Chakrin], American comedian and actor, dies at 93
- 2018 Harlan Ellison, American sci-fi author and screenwriter (Star Trek-"The City on the Edge of Forever"), dies at 84