- 869 Lothair II of Lotharingia (855-869) dies at about 34
- 1506 Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86
- 1553 Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)
- 1555 Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)
- 1588 Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter
- 1604 Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)
- 1616 Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68
- 1631 Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579)
- 1684 George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. 1622)
- 1685 Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna), dies at 75
- 1694 Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82
- 1705 Willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded
- 1747 Madeleine de Verchères, New France heroine (b. 1678)
- 1788 Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92
George Canning
1827 George Canning, British Prime Minister (Tory: 1827) and Foreign Secretary, dies in office at 57
George Canning
- 1828 Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743)
- 1863 Angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b.1825)
- 1879 Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher, dies at 83
- 1887 Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier, dies at 79
- 1897 Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79
- 1898 Eugène Boudin, French painter (beach scenes), dies at 74
- 1902 James Tissot, French painter and illustrator, dies at 65
- 1908 Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40
- 1911 William P. Frye, American politician (b. 1830)
- 1921 Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59
- 1928 Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies
- 1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal, hanged at 62
- 1947 Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)
- 1950 Ernest Douwes Dekker, Indo-Dutch nationalist and founder of National-India Party, dies at 70
- 1950 Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman and aviation pioneer (Qantas), dies at 71
- 1960 Danton Walker, American columnist (Broadway Spotlight), dies at 61
- 1961 Franc N D Buchman, US theology (Moral Rearms), dies at 83
Shirley Jackson
1965 Shirley Jackson, American author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45
Shirley Jackson
- 1965 Olga Fastrová, Czech writer and editor (National Policy), dies at 89
- 1968 Orovida Camille Pissarro, British painter and etcher, dies at 74
- 1969 Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German human biologist and Nazi physician, dies at 73
- 1973 Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author and historian (b. 1898)
- 1974 Baldur von Schirach, German author/nazi politician, dies at 67
- 1976 John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered
- 1979 Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist (b. 1910)
- 1980 Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63
- 1980 Jacqueline Cochran, US pilot and 1st woman to break sound barrier, dies at 74
- 1980 Paul Triquet, Canadian military officer, dies at 70
- 1982 Hermine Heijermans, author (Snikken en Smartlapjes), dies at 80
- 1982 Valeer van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer (De Weerlozen), dies
- 1984 Ellen Raskin, American author (b.1928)
- 1987 Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician (b. 1903)
- 1991 James B Irwin, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15), dies at 61
- 1991 John Brasser, Zaans resistance fighter (White Ko), dies
- 1991 Magdalena G Schenk, historical (Vorstenhuizen of our time), dies
- 1992 Abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah, leader of Sjiieten, dies at 92
- 1992 Alison L Gertz, US aids-activist, Esquire women of year, dies of aids at 26
- 1992 Eitan Berglas, Israeli banker and advisor, dies at 58
- 1992 Thomas J. McIntyre, American senator and writer (Fear Brokers), dies at 77
- 1993 Lou van Raised, impresario, dies at 77
- 1994 Henriette Santer, clinical psychologist, dies at 62
- 1994 Leonid Leonov, Russian writer and playwright (Russky Lesson), dies at 95
- 1994 Robin Cavendish, English campaigner for the disabled, dies at 64
- 1996 George Richard Samways, children's writer, dies at 101
- 1996 Herbert Huncke, writer, dies at 80
- 1996 Julian Stryjkowski, Polish journalist and writer known for his radical leftist leanings, dies at 91
- 1996 Nevill Francis Mott, physicist, dies at 90
- 1998 Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist
- 2005 Ahmed Deedat, Islamic scholar (b. 1918)
- 2005 John H. Johnson, African-American publisher (b. 1918)
- 2005 Monica Sjöö, Swedish artist (b. 1938)
- 2007 Joybubbles, A notable phone phreak. (b. 1949)
- 2007 Ma Lik, Chinese politician (b. 1952)
- 2014 Charles Keating, English actor, dies from lung cancer at 72
- 2016 Doris Bohrer [Sharrar], American WWII spy, dies at 93