- 754 Karloman, abbot of Monte Cassino, dies at 39
- 1153 Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. 1130)
- 1304 Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)
- 1464 Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies
- 1510 Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded for treason on orders of King Henry VIII
- 1510 Richard Empson, English treasurer, beheaded on orders of Henry VIII at 59 or 60
- 1536 Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight - on Index), dies
- 1553 Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1504-53), dies at 66
- 1635 Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48
- 1673 Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist, dies of possible suicide at 32
- 1676 Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German writer (Simplicius Simplicissimus), dies
- 1681 Nikon [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church, dies at 76
- 1720 Anne Lefèvre Dacier, French scholar and translator of classical works (b. 1654)
- 1723 Joseph Bingham, English scholar (b. 1668)
- 1768 Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1703)
- 1785 Jonathan Trumbull, American politician and statesman, dies at 74
Frederick the Great
1786 Frederick the Great, King of Prussia (1740-86), dies at 74
Frederick the Great
José de San Martín
1850 Jose de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero and general, dies at 72
José de San Martín
- 1861 Alcée Louis la Branche, American Politician (b. 1806)
- 1865 Mosby Munroe Parsons, United States officer in the Mexican–American War and brigadier general of the Confederate States Army, dies in battle at 42
- 1875 Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (Father of Bantu Philology), dies at 48
- 1878 Richard Upjohn, English-born American architect (Gothic Revival), dies at 76
- 1886 Arthur Middleton Manigault, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 61
- 1886 Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov, Russian chemist (discoverer of hexamine (1859)), dies at 57
- 1888 James Jameson, Scottish heir to Jameson Whisky and explorer who paid for a 10 yr old girl to be eaten in the Congo, dies of a fever at 32
- 1893 Aleksey Apukhtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 [NS=8/29]
- 1896 Bridget Driscoll, 1st person in Great Britain to die in an auto-accident
- 1914 James Grierson, British general, dies of an aneurism at 55
- 1915 Leo Frank, American convict, hanged in 1915 by a lynch mob in Georgia at 31
- 1924 Pavel S "Paul" Urysohn, Russian mathematician, drowns at 26
- 1925 Ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer of Romanian origin (b. 1848)
- 1929 Horace Alderman, American smuggler who murdered two coast guards and a secret service agent, hanged at 38
- 1935 Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American feminist, writer and lecturer for social reform, dies at 75
- 1940 Billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant and 1st American serviceman killed in action in World War II, dies at 29
- 1945 Pater Bleijs [Louis], Dutch catholic priest and resistance fighter in WWII, dies in car accident at 39
- 1948 Nico J. Polak, Dutch economist, dies at 60
- 1949 Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist (48th Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court) and politician, dies at 57
- 1953 Johannes Tielrooy, Dutch literary professor (French Living Lesson), dies at 66
- 1953 Bannister Fletcher, English architect and architectural historian (A History of Architecture), dies at 87
- 1962 Peter Fechter, East German bricklayer who was shot trying to cross the Berlin Wall at 18
- 1966 Michael Garrison, American TVproducer (Crowded Sky), dies after a fall at 43
- 1969 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect (November Group), dies at 83
- 1969 Philip Blaiberg, South African dentist, third person to receive an artificial heart, dies after 19 days at 59
- 1971 Wilhelm List, German field marshal during WWII, convicted of war crimes, dies at 91
- 1972 Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76
- 1972 Alexander Vampilov, Russian playwright (Elder Son), drowns at 34
- 1973 Conrad Aiken, American poet (Pulitzer), dies at 74
- 1974 Aldo Palazzeschi [Giurlani], Italian writer, dies at 89
- 1982 Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb
- 1984 Hollie Roffey, British youngest ever heart transplant, dies at 28 days
- 1987 Charles Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet (Claro Enigma), dies at 84
Rudolf Hess
1987 Rudolf Hess, German Nazi official (Deputy Fuhrer who dramatically escaped to Britain in 1941, sentenced to life in Spandau Prison), commits suicide at 93
Rudolf Hess
- 1988 Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr, (Rep-D-NY, 1949-55), dies on 74th birthday
- 1988 Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (1978-88), dies in plane crash at 64
- 1991 Leo Geerts [Marcel van der Linden], Belgian writer/critic, dies
- 1991 Mervyn Nelson, American stage director (Some of My Best Friends Are...), dies at 76
- 1992 Andre de Villiers, South African farmer and ANC informant, murdered at 42
- 1992 Barbara Morgan, American photographer (Martha Graham), dies at 92
- 1992 Tommy Nutter, English fashion designer (bell bottom pants), dies of AIDs at 49
- 1993 Max de Metz, Dutch publisher and translator, dies at 72
- 1993 Robert C Maynard, American journalist (Oakland Tribune), dies at 56
- 1993 Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician (b. 1920)
- 1994 Elias Canetti, Bulgarian writer (1981 Nobel Prize for Literature, buried next to James Joyce at 89
- 1995 Marjorie Sykes, British peace campaigner in India, dies at 90
- 1995 Ted Whitten, Australian rules footballer, dies at 62
- 1996 Edward Digby Baltzell, American Ivy League sociologist, dies at 80
- 1996 Eric Evans, English dean of St Paul's, dies at 68
- 2004 Thea Astley, Australian novelist and short-story writer, dies at 78
- 2005 John Bahcall, American astrophysicist (b. 1934)
- 2007 Bill Deedes, British journalist and politician (b. 1913)
- 2008 Franco Sensi, Italian oil tycoon and president of A.S. Roma
- 2010 Francesco Cossiga, Italian politician and 8th President of the Italian Republic (1985-92), dies at 82
- 2010 Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet (At Eighty), dies at 90
- 2012 Patrick Ricard, French businessman and CEO of Pernod Ricard, dies from cardiac arrest at 67
- 2013 John Hollander, American poet and literary critic, dies at 83
- 2016 Arthur Hiller, Canadian director (Love Story), dies at 92