- 79 Gaius Plinius Secundus, [Pliny the Elder], Roman admiral/writer, dies during eruption of Mount Vesuvius
- 383 Gratian (Flavius Gratianus), Emperor of Rome (375-383), murdered at 25
- 471 Gennadius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 458)
- 882 Louis III, King of France (879-82), dies at 19
- 1192 Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)
- 1227 Ghengis Khan, [Temudjin], founded Mongolia, dies
- 1270 Louis IX (Saint Louis), King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56
- 1282 Thomas Cantilupe, English saint (b. ca 1218)
- 1330 Sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286)
- 1346 Louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, dies in battle
Margaret of Anjou
1482 Margaret of Anjou, wife of King Henry VI of England, dies at 52
Margaret of Anjou
- 1554 Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English great admiral, dies
- 1556 David Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54
- 1580 Frederick Schenk van Toutenburg, last archbishop of Utrecht, dies
- 1632 Thomas Dekker, English dramatist (b. ca. 1572)
- 1649 Richard Crashaw, English clergyman/poet, dies at about 36
Henry Morgan
1688 Henry Morgan, Welsh pirate and privateer who raided Spanish settlements and shipping, dies at 53
Henry Morgan
David Hume
1776 David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (A Treatise of Human Nature), dies of abdominal cancer at 65
David Hume
James Watt
1819 James Watt, Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer and chemist (steam engine), dies at 83
James Watt
William Herschel
1822 William Herschel, German-British astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 83
William Herschel
- 1835 Ann Rutledge, said to be Abraham Lincoln's true love, dies at 22
- 1840 Karl Leberecht Immermann, German writer, dies at 44
- 1846 Giuseppe Acerbi, Italian traveller and naturalist, dies at 73
- 1867 Michael Faraday, English scientist who discovered principle of electric motor, dies at 75
- 1868 Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60
- 1868 Henry P Scholte, Dutch/US vicar (Iowa), dies at 62
- 1868 Jacob van Lennep, Dutch 2nd member of parliament, dies at 66
- 1885 Reuben Fenton, American merchant and politician (22nd Governor of New York), dies at 66
- 1900 Kuroda Kiyotaka, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (1894-1899), dies of a brain haemorrhage at 59
Friedrich Nietzsche
1900 Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher and philologist (Übermensch and the doctrine of eternal return), dies at 55
Friedrich Nietzsche
Henri Becquerel
1908 Henri Becquerel, French physicist who discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903), dies at 55
Henri Becquerel
- 1908 Eyre Massey Shaw, British first chief of London Fire Brigade, dies at 78
- 1924 Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (b. 1818)
- 1925 Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (b. 1852)
- 1936 Grogorij J Zinovjev, Russian revolutionary, dies
- 1938 Aleksander Kuprin, Russian author (Jama), dies at 67
- 1942 George EAE, English prince/earl of St Andrews, dies in battle at 39
- 1942 W van Daalen, opposition leader on Celebes, beheaded
- 1942 George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
- 1943 Johan Petter Johansson, Swedish inventor and industrialist (modern adjustable spanner), dies at 86
- 1944 Krijn van den Helm, resistance fighter (KP Leeuwarden), shot to death
- 1944 Mussa Dshalil, writer, dies
- 1945 John Birch, American intelligence officer and missionary (b. 1918)
- 1947 Clark Wissler, US cultural anthropologist, dies at 76
- 1956 Alfred C Kinsey, American biologist, zoologist and sexologist ("The Kinsey Reports"), dies at 62 from a heart ailment and pneumonia
- 1956 Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (Kinsey Report), dies from a heart ailment and pneumonia at 62
- 1957 Leo Perutz, Austrian writer and mathematician, dies at 74
- 1967 George Lincoln Rockwell, head of American Nazi Party, assassinated
- 1967 Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
- 1975 John R Dunning, US physicist, dies at 67
- 1976 Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author (Nobel-1974), dies at 76
- 1980 Gower Champion, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show), dies at 60
Truman Capote
1984 Truman Capote, American author (In Cold Blood), dies of liver cancer at 59
Truman Capote
- 1988 Price Daniel, (Gov/Sen-D-Texas), dies at 77
- 1990 Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (b. 1903)
- 1991 Niven Busch, American writer (Duel in the Sun), dies
- 1991 Sergei Ajromeiev, soviet general, commits suicide
- 1992 Jan G Toonder, writer (Castle in Ireland), dies at 78
- 1993 Amy Biehl, US activist in South-Africa, murdered at 26
- 1994 Ramdas Nayak, Indies hindu leader/politician, murdered at about 52
- 1996 Dai Houying, writer, dies at 58
- 1996 Erskine Childers, UN official/civil servant, dies at 67
- 1996 Les Burns, local councillor, dies at 53
- 1997 Clodomiro Almeyda Medina, Chilean external minister (1970-73), dies
- 1997 Robert Pinget, French novelist (The Interrogation) and playwright, dies at 78
- 2000 Carl Barks, American cartoonist (creator of Scrooge McDuck), dies at 99
- 2002 Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (b. 1923)
- 2005 Peter Glotz, German politician (b. 1939)
- 2008 Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer (b. 1959)
- 2009 Edward [Ted] M. Kennedy, United States Senator from Massachusetts (b. 1932)
Neil Armstrong
2012 Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, dies from heart surgery complications at 82
Neil Armstrong
- 2015 Frank E. Petersen Jr, American soldier and 1st African American Marine aviator & General, dies at 83
- 2016 Sonia Rykiel, French fashion designer, dies at 86
- 2016 James Cronin, American nuclear physicist (Physics Nobel Prize 1980), dies at 84
- 2016 Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer (Miles Davis, John Coltrane), dies at 91