- 1085 Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048)
- 1132 St-Hugues, Bishop of Grenoble (b. 1053)
- 1204 Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81
- 1205 Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies
- 1548 Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81
- 1611 Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72
- 1621 Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577)
- 1637 Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (b. 1571)
- 1682 Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian Catholic archbishop (b. 1625)
- 1787 Floyer Sydenham, English classical scholar (b. 1710)
- 1791 Richard Butler American soldier (b. 1743)
- 1814 Jozef de Ferraris, French-Austrian general and cartographer, dies at 87
- 1832 Robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies
- 1839 Benjamin Pierce, American politician (b. 1757)
- 1866 Johannes C H de Meijere, Dutch zoologist, dies
- 1869 Anthony Gerhard Alexander van Rappard, Dutch politician, dies at 69
- 1870 Patrick Gass, sergeant of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98
- 1872 Frederick Maurice, English theologian of the Church of England, dies at 66
- 1872 William Frederick Horry, English convicted murderer (b. 1843)
- 1878 John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician (b. 1796)
- 1890 David Wilber, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 69
- 1901 Francois M Raoult, Fren physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70
- 1910 Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94
- 1916 Gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed
- 1922 Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies
- 1922 Jane Bunford, Britain's tallest-ever person measuring 2.41 metres (7 ft 11 in) at the time of her death, dies at 26
- 1930 Zawditu, 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies
- 1933 Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, 22nd Governor of New South Wales (1908-13) and Viceroy of British India (1916-21), dies at 64
- 1941 Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian, dies at 81
- 1947 George II, King of Greece (1922-1924, and 1935-1947), dies of arteriosclerosis at 56
Charles R. Drew
1950 Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon who pioneered blood plasma research and developed the blood bank concept, dies in a car crash at 45
Charles R. Drew
- 1955 Robert R. McCormick, American editor and publisher (Chicago Tribune), dies at 74
- 1955 Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian), dies at 68
- 1957 Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies
- 1960 Piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch journalist/writer (Ciske), dies at 62
- 1965 Henry D G Crerar, Canadian general (WW I, Normandy), dies at 76
- 1965 Helena Rubinstein, Polish-born American cosmetics manufacturer (b. 1870)
- 1966 Karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89
- 1968 Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59
- 1975 Eugeen Yoors, Flemish etcher and glass painter, dies at 95
- 1976 Max Ernst, German-French surrealist painter and sculptor (founded surrealism), dies at 85
- 1976 S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal, dies at 75
- 1981 D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65
- 1985 Douglass Wallop, American novelist and playwright (b. 1920)
- 1988 Marius Holtrop, Dutch economist and President of Netherlands Bank, dies at 85
- 1989 Henk Gortzak [Hendricus Gortzak], Dutch carpenter and politician (CPN/PSP), dies at 57
- 1991 Martha Graham, American choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96
- 1991 Paulo Muwanga, chief of Uganda (1980), dies
- 1991 Jaime Guzmán, Chilean politician (b.1946)
- 1993 Ihsan Mohamed Salem, [Yunis Awad], Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, killed
- 1993 Juan of Borbon y Battemberg, father of king Juan Carlos I, dies
- 1993 Nicanor Zabaleta, Spanish harpist, dies at 86
- 1994 Leon Degrelle, Belgium general, dies
- 1994 Robert Doisneau, French photographer (The Kiss), dies at 81
- 1994 Rosalind Laura Burke, aviatrix, dies at 86
- 1994 Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot, dies at 72
- 1995 Lucie Rie, Austrian-born British potter, dies at 93
- 1995 Richard Pool, naval Officer, dies at 75
- 1995 Lucy Rie, American potter (b. 1902)
- 1995 H. Adams Carter, American Alpine Club President, 10th Mountain Division trainer (b. 1914)
- 1996 Alfredo Nobre Coast, PM of Portugal (1978), dies
- 1996 John Alwyne Kitching, British zoologist, dies at 87
- 1996 John McSheery, dies of heart attack while umpiring a game, at 51
- 1996 Florence Buchsbaum, French theater director (b. 1926)
- 1997 Jolie Gabor, mother of Zsa Zsa & Eva, dies at 97
- 1997 Nancy Woodhull, news editor (USA Today), dies of cancer at 52
- 1997 Norman Carr, British conservationist working in Central and Southern Africa, dies at 84
- 2000 Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish jurist (b. 1924)
- 2001 Olivia Barclay, British astrologer (revival of traditional forms of astrology in the late 20th century), dies at 81
- 2002 Simo Hayha, Finnish marksman (b. 1905)
- 2004 Aaron Bank, American OSS officer and founder of the US Army Special Forces (b. 1902)
- 2005 Robert Coldwell Wood, American educator (b. 1923)
- 2006 In Tam, Cambodian politician (b. 1916)
- 2012 Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican President, dies from complications of pulmonary emphysema at 77
- 2015 John Paul Hammerschmidt, American politician (Rep-R-AR, 1967-93 ), dies at 92
- 2017 Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet (Bratsk Station), dies at 83
Efraín Ríos Montt
2018 Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemalan general and dictator (1982-83) convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity, dies of a heart attack at 91
Efraín Ríos Montt
- 2018 Edward Digby, 12th Baron Digby, British Army (Coldstream Guards) officer, dies at 93