- 45 BC Gnaeus Pompeius, the Younger, Roman general
- 65 Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist
- 238 Gordian I, Roman Emperor, suicide, after losing battle at Carthage and death of son Gordian I
- 238 Gordian II, Roman co-Emperor with his father Gordian I, killed in battle at Carthage
- 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
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704)
French bishop and writer (Louis XIV court preacher), dies at 77
Charles Messier (1730-1817)
French astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects"), dies at 86
- 1828 Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer and politician (Minister of Finance), dies at 60
- 1832 Shadrach Bond, American politician (1st Governor of Illinois, 1818 to 1822), dies of pneumonia at 58
- 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 (1823-1878)
American politician and corrupt New York fraudster, dies in prison of pneumonia at 55
Clara Barton (1821-1912)
American nurse and founder of the American Red Cross, dies of tuberculosis at 90
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)
32nd US President (Democrat: 1933-1945), dies in office with the war almost won of a stroke at 63
- 1946 August Borms, Flemish nazi collaborator, executed at 67
- 1946 F Guicciardi, writer, dies
- 1947 Christian Frederik Leipoldt, South African poet, writer (Die Moormansgat) and physician, dies at 66
- 1953 Lionel Logue, Australian speech therapist who treated King George VI (The Kings Speech), dies at 73
Archibald McIndoe (1900-1960)
New Zealand plastic surgeon pioneer who rehabilitated badly burned Royal Air Force crew during WWII, dies in his sleep of a heart attack at 59 [or 11 April] [1]
- 1962 M. Visvesvaraya, Indian civil engineer and statesman (19th Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom), dies at 100
- 1963 Alfred Métraux, Swiss anthropologist, dies at 60
- 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 Tolbert, Liberian President (1971-80), killed with 27 others in a coup at 66
- 1986 Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (b. 1897)
Alan Paton (1903-1988)
South African author (Cry, the Beloved Country, Too Late the Phalarope) and anti-apartheid activist, dies of cancer at 85
- 1988 Charles Melvin Price, American politician (Rep-D-Illinois 1945-88), dies at 83
- 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, French essayist and translator who influenced Sigmund Freud, dies at 82
- 1996 William Wilkinson, English conservationist and businessman, dies at 63
George Wald (1906-1997)
American physiologist and biologist (Nobel Prize 1967, vitamin A in retina), dies at 90
- 2001 Harvey Ball, American inventor and designer of popular 'smiley-face' graphic, dies at 79
- 2003 Cecil H. Green, American manufacturer (b. 1900)
- 2006 Puggy Pearson, American poker player (World Series of Poker Main Event 1973; 4 x World Series of Poker bracelets), dies from heart failure at 77
- 2007 Kevin Crease, Australian TV anchor (b. 1936)
- 2008 Jerry Zucker, Israeli-born American businessman (b. 1949)
- 2008 Patrick 'Paddy' Hillery, 6th President of Ireland, EEC Commissioner and Irish Minister (b. 1923)
- 2009 John Maddox, British science writer and editor (Nature), dies at 83
- 2009 Kirby Laing, English Construction head (John Laing & Son), dies at 92
- 2010 Michel Chartrand, French Canadian union activist, dies at 93
- 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
- 2021 Shirley Williams, British politician (Labour Party; Social Democratic Party; Liberal Democrat), dies at 90
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