- 257 St Stephen I, bishop of Rome (Pope) (254-57) and heretic fighter, dies
- 640 Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies
- 686 Pope John V, 1st Greek-Syrian Pope (685-86) dies
- 924 Ælfweard of Wessex, briefly King of the Anglo-Saxons
- 1002 Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64
- 1075 John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian and patriarch of Constantinople, dies
- 1100 William II [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44
- 1222 Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1194-1222), dies at 65
- 1511 Andrew Barton, Scottish sailor and privateer, killed in a battle at sea
- 1512 Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher, dies at 48
- 1589 Henry III, King of Poland and France (1573-89), assassinated at 37
- 1600 Arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70
- 1611 Kato Kiyomasa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1562)
- 1649 Elisabeth Bas, Dutch business woman and wife of Admiral Swartenhondt, dies at about 78
- 1655 Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar and diplomat, dies at 83
- 1696 Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, Scottish military commander (b. 1630)
- 1769 Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, dies at 80
- 1776 Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French nobleman and military leader, dies at 58
- 1788 Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61
- 1799 Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French inventor (1st hot air balloon), dies at 54
- 1811 William Williams, American merchant (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 80
- 1815 Guillaume Brune, French marshal, dies at 52
- 1823 Lazare Carnot, French politician, engineer and mathematician known as the Organizer of Victory in the French Revolutionary Wars, dies at 70
- 1849 Governor Muhammad Ali of Egypt (b. 1769)
Horace Mann
1859 Horace Mann, American education advocate, dies at 63
Horace Mann
Wild Bill Hickok
1876 Wild Bill" Hickok [James Butler], American cowboy and scout, shot dead from behind by Jack McCall while playing poker (he held a pair of Aces and a pair of 8's), dies at 39
Wild Bill Hickok
- 1881 Marcus Clarke, English born Australian author (For the Term of His Natural Life) dies at 35
- 1889 Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (Juan Moreira), dies at 38
- 1890 Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (works characterized by a deep sense of pessimism), dies at 76
- 1891 George Washington Williams, American historian (History of the Negro Race in America), dies from tuberculosis and pleurisy at 41
- 1895 Joseph Thomson, Scottish geologist and early African explorer (Thomson's Gazelle), dies of pneumonia at 37
- 1903 Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian (Louis Pasteur Institute), dies at 53
Alexander Graham Bell
1922 Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born British American inventor (telephone), dies of diabetes complications at 75
Alexander Graham Bell
- 1922 Mina Kruseman, Dutch author and feminist, dies at 82
Warren G. Harding
1923 Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (1921-23), dies of a heart attack at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco at 57
Warren G. Harding
Paul von Hindenburg
1934 Paul von Hindenburg, German WW1 general and President of Germany (1925-34), dies of lung cancer at 86
Paul von Hindenburg
- 1936 Louis Blériot, French aviator who made the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier than air aircraft, dies of a heart attack at 64
- 1939 Harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosicrucian author and mystic, dies at 55
- 1941 Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (el Florilegio), dies at 70
- 1942 Friedrich Aereboe, German landlord and agricultural economist, dies at 77
- 1955 Rupprecht, last crown prince of Bavaria and German fieldmarshall during WWI, dies at 86
- 1955 Wallace Stevens, American poet (The Auroras of Autumn), dies at 75
- 1956 Albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109
- 1961 Giovanni Battista Angioletti, Italian author (Il giorno del giudizio), dies at 64
- 1963 Oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge, American anthropologist and novelist, dies at 61
- 1965 N. Howell Furman, American Chemist whose work on separating uranium contributed to the development of the atomic bomb, dies at 73
- 1967 Claude Albert Barnett, American journalist and founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77
- 1971 Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77
- 1972 Paul Goodman, US social critic/writer, dies at 60
- 1972 Helen Hoyt, American poet, dies at 85
- 1973 Jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57
- 1976 Fritz Lang, Austrian-German-American director (M, Metropolis, Fury, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse), dies from a stroke at 85
- 1978 Satomi Myodo, Zen nun/attendant of Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, dies at 82
- 1978 Totie Fields [Sophie Feldman], American comedienne, dies at 48
- 1986 Roy Marcus Cohn, American lawyer (Joseph McCarthy), dies of AIDS at 59
- 1987 Myron Stout, US abstract artist, dies at 79
- 1988 Raymond Carver, American poet and short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50
- 1988 Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (The Green Grocer), dies at 73
- 1990 Norman Mclean, American writer (b. 1902)
- 1992 Julio C Fernandez, Cuban/American journalist (founder Alma Mater), dies
- 1994 Bhagwatpersad Ausan, commandant Suriname military police, dies at 38
- 1995 Colin Falkland Gray, New Zealand fighter ace of the Second World War, dies at 80
- 1996 Michel Debre, French politician, Prime Minister of France (1959-62), dies at 84
William S. Burroughs
1997 William S. Burroughs, American writer (Naked Lunch, The Nova Trilogy) and visual artist, dies of a heart attack at 83
William S. Burroughs
- 2003 Peter Safar, Austrian physician (pioneered cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR), dies at 79
- 2003 Charles Kerruish, Manx politician and President of Tyndwald Isle of Man, dies at 86
- 2004 François Craenhals, Belgian comic artist (Chevalier Ardent), dies at 77
- 2005 Steven Vincent, American journalist and writer, kidnapped and murdered by religious extremists in Iraq at 49
- 2007 Chauncey Bailey, American journalist and editor, murdered while investigating a crime syndicate at 57
- 2007 Holden Roberto, Angolan independence leader, founder of the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA), dies at 84
- 2008 Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist, dies of pneumonia at 72
- 2008 John F. Seiberling, American politician (Rep-D-OH, 1971-86), dies at 89
- 2011 Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American immunologist (Nobel 1980 - discovery of genes that regulate immune responses and of the role that some of these genes play in autoimmune diseases), dies at 90
- 2011 Clarence E. Miller, American politician (Rep-R-OH, 1967-93), dies at 93
- 2015 Forrest Bird, American aviator and inventor (1st respirators and ventilators), dies at 94
- 2016 Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist, (Nobel Prize 1999), dies at 70