- 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 Melanchthon (Schwazerd), German Protestant reformer and theologian (Martin Luther's right-hand man), 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 (1603-1684)
English theologian and colonist, dies at 80
- 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 (1788-1824)
British romantic poet (Childe Harold's Pilgrimage), dies at 36
- 1831 Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician, dies at 65
- 1840 Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)
- 1852 Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian folk poet and 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 (1804-1881)
1st Earl of Beaconsfield, British Prime Minister (Tory: 1868, 1874-80) and writer, dies of bronchitis at 76
- 1881 Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor, dies at 53
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
English naturalist (Origin of the Species) who conceived the theory of evolution by natural selection, dies of heart failure at 73
- 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 Charles Scribner II, American magazine and book publisher, dies at 75
- 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 Junschlaeger, Dutch sailor, soldier, and head of military intelligence in Dutch Indonesia, dies after a series of strokes while on trial fighting charges of subversion 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 (1876-1967)
Chancellor of West Germany (CDU: 1949-63), dies at 91
- 1972 Adolf Bach, German language professor and sociologist, dies at 82
Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975)
African American chemist who received 130 patents, pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants, dies at 76
- 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 army general, (WWII Commander 101st airborne), Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff 1962-64), 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, British bookseller, dies at 87
- 1995 Igor Hajek, Czech translator and 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 John Maynard Smith, English biologist (b. 1920)
- 2004 Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (b. 1925)
- 2005 Clement Meadmore, Australian sculptor (b. 1929)
- 2006 Ellen Kuzwayo, South African member of parliament (ANC) and noted writer ("Call me Woman"), dies at 91
- 2006 Ian Morrow, British company director, best known for saving Rolls Royce, dies at 93
- 2006 Scott Crossfield, American pilot, first man to fly at Mach 2 (b. 1921)
- 2006 Zola Levitt, Messianic Jewish preacher (b. 1938)
- 2007 Helen Walton, wife of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (b. 1919)
- 2008 Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, dies at 72
- 2008 Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (b. 1907)
- 2009 J.G. Ballard, British novelist (Empire of the Sun; Crash), dies of prostate cancer at 78
- 2010 Carl Williams, Australian criminal (b. 1970)
- 2013 François Jacob, French biologist and bacteriologist (Nobel 1965), dies at 92
- 2013 Patrick Garland, British director (Doll House), dies at 78
- 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
Walter Mondale (1928-2021)
American politician (US Senator from Minnesota (D), 1964-76 ; 42nd Vice President, 1977-81), dies at 93
- 2022 Kane Tanaka, Japanese centenarian (world's 2nd oldest recorded person), dies as the world's oldest living person at 119 [1]