- 843 Judith, French empress/2nd wife of Louis de Vrome, dies
- 1012 Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 954)
- 1044 Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies
- 1054 Pope Leo IX [Bruno, Graf von Egisheim und Dagsburg], Catholic Church's 151st pope (1049-54), dies at 51
- 1390 King Robert II of Scotland, first monach of the House of Stewart (1371-90), dies at 74
- 1529 John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at about 55
- 1560 Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63
- 1567 Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79
- 1578 Uesugi Kenshin, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1530)
- 1588 Paolo Veronese (Cagliari), painter, dies
- 1608 Earl of Dorset, poet/statesman, dies
- 1618 Thomas Bastard, clergyman and epigrammatist (b. 1565 or 1566)
- 1627 John Beaumont, English poet (b. 1583)
- 1645 Anton van Diemen, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at about 51
Roger Williams
1684 Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist, dies at 80
Roger Williams
- 1686 Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish writer (b. 1610)
- 1689 Christina, Queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic (1644-54), dies at 62
- 1706 Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist pastor (Lambs' War), dies at 83
- 1733 Elizabeth Villiers, mistress of William III of England
- 1739 Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies
- 1751 Peter Lacy, Irish-born Russian Field marshal (b. 1678)
- 1768 Filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor, dies at about 70
- 1768 Giovanni Antonio Canal [Canaletto], Italian painter and printmaker (Rialto), dies at 70
- 1776 Jacob Israel Emden [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 78
- 1791 Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World), dies
- 1813 Benjamin Rush, physician/abolotionist (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 67
Lord Byron
1824 Lord Byron [George Gordon Byron], British romantic poet (Childe Harold's Pilgrimage) , dies at 36
Lord Byron
- 1831 Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician, dies at 65
- 1840 Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)
- 1852 Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus), dies at 69
- 1854 Robert Jameson, Scottish naturalist (b. 1774)
- 1862 Louis Powell Harvey, US governor of Wisconsin, drowns
- 1862 Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer, dies
- 1867 Robert Smirke, British architect, dies
- 1870 Andreas Schelfhout, painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 83
- 1874 Owen Jones, architect, dies
Benjamin Disraeli
1881 Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, British Prime Minister (Tory: 1868, 1874-80) and writer, dies of bronchitis at 76
Benjamin Disraeli
- 1881 Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor, dies at 53
Charles Darwin
1882 Charles Darwin, English naturalist (Origin of the Species) who conceived the theory of evolution by natural selection, dies of heart failure at 73
Charles Darwin
- 1889 Warren De La Rue, astronomer/chemist, dies
- 1892 Fr. Thomas Dale SSC, Anglican clergyman prosecuted for Ritualist practices in the 1870s (b. 1821)
- 1893 John Addington Symonds, British historian and writer (Probs in Greek Ethics), dies at 52
- 1895 George Scharf, critic, dies
- 1895 Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70
- 1901 Alfred Horatio Belo, American newswriter and businessman (b. 1839)
- 1906 Pierre Curie, French physicist (Nobel 1903) and husband of Marie Curie, dies in a cart accident at 46
- 1914 Charles Peirce, American scientist and philosopher known as "the father of pragmatism", dies at 74
- 1916 Ephraim Shay, American inventor of Shay type of geared steam locomotive, dies at 76
- 1926 Alexander Alexandrovich Chuprov, Russian statistician (b. 1874)
- 1930 Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Canadian senator (b. 1827)
- 1937 William Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English historian and explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81
- 1938 Henry John Newbolt, English poet and author (Studies Green & Gray), dies at 75
- 1943 Alexander Schmorell, German resistance fighter, beheaded
- 1943 Willy Graf, German resistance fighter, beheaded
- 1944 Tommy Hitchcock, polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 27), dies at 44
- 1945 J P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed
- 1949 Stephen Samuel Wise, American Rabbi and President of Zionist Org of America, dies at 75
- 1956 Ernst Robert Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70
- 1956 Leon N H Jungschlaeger, head milt intelligence Neth-Indies, dies at 52
- 1957 Charles Earle Funk, American lexicographer (Funk & Wagnalls), dies at 76
- 1957 Johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch SDAP minister (1939-45), dies at 79
Konrad Adenauer
1967 Konrad Adenauer, West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 91
Konrad Adenauer
- 1972 Adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82
Percy Lavon Julian
1975 Percy Lavon Julian, African American chemist who received 130 patents, pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants, dies at 76
Percy Lavon Julian
- 1977 Günter Bruno Fuchs, German writer, poet and artist, dies at 48
- 1978 Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70
- 1979 Rogers Morton, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), dies at 64
- 1983 Jerzy Andrzejewski, Polish writer (Ashes and Diamonds), dies at 73
- 1987 Maxwell D Taylor, American commander 101st airborne (WWII), dies at 85
- 1988 Kwon Ki-ok, first Korean female pilot (b. 1901)
- 1989 Daphne Du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), dies at 82
- 1990 Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 52
- 1992 Alice Mary Riley, entertainer, dies of cancer at 51
- 1993 David Koresh, [Vernon Howell], American cult leader (Davidians), dies shot at 33
- 1993 George Mickelson, Gov of SD, & 7 others, die in a plane crash
- 1994 Frederick Ferrari, crazy Gang Member, dies at 81
- 1994 Louis Simmonds, bookseller, dies at 87
- 1995 Igor Hajek, translator/writer, dies at 64
- 1995 J. Peter Grace, American businessman and industrialist, , dies from cancer at 81
- 1995 Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/Orientalist, dies at 70
- 1996 Peg Ridge, peace campaigner, dies at 72
- 1998 Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
- 1999 David Sanes, US Navy employee
- 1999 Hermine Braunsteiner, Nazi war criminal and female camp guard at Ravensbrück and Majdanek concentration camps, dies at 79
- 2004 Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)
- 2004 John Maynard Smith, English biologist (b. 1920)
- 2005 Clement Meadmore, Australian sculptor (b. 1929)
- 2006 Scott Crossfield, American pilot, first man to fly at Mach 2 (b. 1921)
- 2006 Zola Levitt, Messianic Jewish preacher (b. 1938)
- 2006 Ian Morrow, British company director, best known for saving Rolls Royce, dies at 93
- 2006 Ellen Kuzwayo, South African member of parliament (ANC) and noted writer ("Call me Woman"), dies at 91
- 2007 Helen Walton, wife of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (b. 1919)
- 2008 Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (b. 1907)
- 2008 Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, dies at 72
- 2009 J.G. Ballard, British novelist. (b. 1930)
- 2010 Carl Williams, Australian criminal (b. 1970)
- 2013 Patrick Garland, British director (Doll House), dies at 78
- 2013 François Jacob, French biologist and bacteriologist (Nobel 1965), dies at 92
- 2015 Roy Mason [Baron Mason of Barnsley], British defense secretary and Labour MP, dies at 91
- 2016 Patricio Aylwin, Chilean lawyer, politician and President of Chile (1990-94), dies at 97
- 2016 Walter Kohn, Austrian-born American scientist (Nobel Prize Chemistry 1998), dies at 93