- 45 BC Gnaeus Pompeius, the Younger, Roman general
- 65 Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist
- 238 Gordian II, Roman co-Emperor with his father Gordian I, killed in battle at Carthage
- 238 Gordian I, Roman Emperor, suicide, after losing battle at Carthage and death of son Gordian I
- 352 Julius I, pope (337-52), dies
- 434 Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople
- 1125 Vladislaus I of Bohemia (1109-17, 1120-25)
- 1443 Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1550 Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53
- 1555 Joanna of Castile (Joanna the mad), wife of Philip I of Castile dies at 75
- 1675 Richard Bennett, English Colonial Governor of Virginia, dies at 65
- 1687 Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer
- 1704 Johan van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (Concerning Reduction of Equations) and Mayor of Amsterdam (1672-1703), dies at 76
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
1704 Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer, dies at 77
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
- 1748 William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies
- 1782 Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698)
- 1795 Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian librettist and poet, dies at 80
- 1795 Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general, dies at 84
- 1817 Charles Messier, French astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects"), dies at 86
- 1828 Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer and politician (Minister of Finance), dies at 60
- 1845 Hendrik Marcus de Kock, Dutch general and politician (Lieutenant Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies 1826-30), dies at 65
- 1850 Adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788)
- 1859 John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84
- 1864 Thomas Green, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle at 50
- 1876 Joseph Dana Webster, American civil engineer and Brevet Major General (Union Army), dies at 64
Boss Tweed
1878 William Magear Tweed "Boss Tweed", American politician and corrupt New York fraudster, dies in prison of pneumonia at 55
Boss Tweed
Clara Barton
1912 Clara Barton, American nurse and founder of the American Red Cross, dies of tuberculosis at 90
Clara Barton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1945 Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd US President (Democrat: 1933-1945), dies in office with the war almost won of a stroke at 63
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 1946 August Borms, Flemish nazi collaborator, executed at 67
- 1946 F Guicciardi, writer, dies
- 1947 Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies
- 1953 Lionel Logue, Australian speech therapist who treated King George VI (The Kings Speech), dies at 73
- 1962 M. Visvesvaraya, Indian civil engineer and statesman (19th Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom), dies at 100
- 1966 Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed
- 1968 Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer and Volkswagen director (b. 1899)
- 1972 C W Ceram, [Kurt Marek], German/American writer (1st American), dies at 57
- 1980 William R Tolbert Jr, Liberian President & 27 others killed in coup
- 1986 Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (b. 1897)
- 1987 Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90
Alan Paton
1988 Alan Paton, South African author (Cry, the Beloved Country, Too Late the Phalarope) and anti-apartheid activist, dies of cancer at 85
Alan Paton
- 1989 Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52
- 1991 James Schuyler, American poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies
- 1993 Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies
- 1993 Patience Jarvis, dies of melanoma at 56
- 1994 Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81
- 1996 Marthe Robert, essayist/translator, dies at 82
- 1996 Nancy Sheehan, writer, dies at 69
- 1996 William Wilkinson, English conservationist and businessman, dies at 63
George Wald
1997 George Wald, American physiologist and biologist (Nobel Prize 1967, vitamin A in retina), dies at 90
George Wald
- 2001 Harvey Ball, American inventor and designer of a popular smiley graphic picture, dies at 79
- 2003 Cecil H. Green, American manufacturer (b. 1900)
- 2006 Puggy Pearson, American poker player (b. 1929)
- 2007 Kevin Crease, Australian TV anchor (b. 1936)
- 2008 Patrick 'Paddy' Hillery, 6th President of Ireland, EEC Commissioner and Irish Minister (b. 1923)
- 2008 Jerry Zucker, Israeli-born American businessman (b. 1949)
- 2015 Sheila Kitzinger, British author, anthropologist & child birth educator, dies at 86
- 2016 Arnold Wesker, British playwright (Chips with Everything), dies at 83
- 2018 John Melcher, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana), dies at 93
- 2020 John Horton Conway, British mathematician (cellular automaton Game of Life), dies of COVID-19 complications at 82