Babur (1483-1530)
Timurid founder and 1st Emperor of the Mughal dynasty in the Indian Subcontinent (1526-30), dies at 47
- 1574 Charles Guise, archbishop/cardinal of Reims, dies at 50
- 1624 Simon Marius, astronomer, dies in Bavaria at 54
- 1627 Gonzaga, Italian monarch of Mantua/Monferrato, dies
- 1658 Simon Guillain, French sculptor (Castle of Blois/Sorbonne), dies at 78
- 1676 Domenicus van Tol, Dutch painter, dies
- 1679 John van de Cappelle, Amsterdam landscape painter, dies at 53
- 1731 Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672)
- 1740 Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies
- 1771 Claude Adrien Helvétius, French controversial philosopher (On the Mind), dies at 56
- 1776 Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian colonel/mercenary, dies in battle in American Revolutionary War
- 1780 John Fothergill, English physician, dies at 68
- 1784 Otto Friedrich Müller, Danish Naturalist who was a pioneer in the study of microorganisms, dies at 54
- 1784 Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader, dies at 41
- 1786 Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist, dies at 73
John Wilkes (1725-1797)
English radical, journalist (The North Briton) and politician, dies of marasmus at 72
- 1837 Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87
- 1861 Philip St. George Cocke, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), commits suicide at 52
- 1866 Samuel Ryan Curtis, Union general-major, dies at 49
- 1869 Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (blood pressure), dies at 72
Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890)
German archaeologist who rediscovered Troy, dies of cholesteatoma at 86
- 1893 Victor Schœlcher, French abolitionist writer, dies at 89
- 1896 Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physiologist, co-discoverer of nerve action potential and founder of modern electrophysiology, dies at 78
- 1909 Frederic Remington, American artist and sculptor of American West, dies at 48
- 1917 Judith Gautier, French poetess, novelist (Le Dragon Impérial) and daughter of Theophile Gautier, dies at 71
- 1923 Dietrich Eckart, German Nazi politician (b. 1868)
- 1931 Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator (created Dewey Decimal System for libraries), dies at 80
- 1933 Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian Marxist revolutionary, author and literary critic, dies at 58
- 1942 Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, French resistance fighter and assassin of Admiral of the Fleet and Vichy Prime Minister François Darlan, executed by firing squad at 20
- 1950 James Stephens, Irish poet (Crock of Gold), dies at 68
- 1952 Pietro Pancrazi, Italian critic (Pegaso), dies at 59
- 1960 Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Hansa quarter, Berlin), dies at 54
- 1960 Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (b. 1889)
- 1965 Nico Donkersloot, Dutch literary and writer, dies at 63
- 1966 Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker, Dutch playwright and author (Poverty), dies at 91
- 1969 Johannes Gerard van Dillen, Dutch economic historian (Of Wealth & Oligarchists), dies at 86
- 1969 Josef Hromádka, Czech theologist (Lenin prize 1957), dies at 80
- 1969 Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, French poet and author (History d'aimer), dies at 67
Harry Truman (1884-1972)
33rd US President (Democrat: 1945-53), dies in Kansas City Mo at 88
- 1973 Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, Head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 74
- 1976 Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician (U.S. Senator (D) from Michigan, 1959-76), dies from cancer at 64
- 1980 Tony Smith, American sculptor (b. 1912)
- 1981 Amber Reeves, feminist writer (b. 1887)
- 1985 Dian Fossey, American zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered in Rwanda at 53
- 1988 Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (b. 1907)
- 1990 Nancy Cruznan, accident victim/right-to-die case, dies at 33
- 1991 Sam Cresson, dies at 73
- 1992 Bert Voeten, Dutch journalist and poet (Antipodes), dies at 74
- 1992 John G Kemeny, US computer pioneer (BASIC), dies
- 1994 Asta ER Elstak, Suriname/Neth welfare worker, dies at 74
- 1994 Johannes J "Joop" Klant, Neth/South African economist/author, dies
- 1994 Karl Schiller, German economist and politician (Minister of Economics), dies at 83
- 1997 Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek philosopher and economist, dies at 75
- 1997 John Hinde, photographer/circus promoter, dies at 81
- 1997 John Whitley, British air-marshal, dies at 92
- 1999 Shankar Dayal Sharma, Indian politician and 9th President of India (1992-97), dies at 81
- 2000 Jack Jacob, British senior master (British Supreme Court), dies at 92
- 2002 Armand Zildjian, American cymbal manufacturer (b. 1921)
- 2002 Herb Ritts, American fashion photographer, dies at 50
- 2004 Jonathan Drummond-Webb, South African pediatric heart surgeon (b. 1959)
- 2004 Marianne Heiberg, Norwegian mediator (b. 1945)
- 2004 Simon Atlee, British fashion photographer, drowned by tsunami in Thailand at 33
- 2004 Sir Angus Ogilvy, British businessman and husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent, dies at 76
- 2004 Troy Broadbridge, Australian rules footballer, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1980)
- 2005 Erich Topp, German submarine commander (b. 1914)
- 2005 Kerry Packer, Australian businessman (b. 1937)
Gerald Ford (1913-2006)
38th US President (R: 1974-77) and 41st US Vice President (R: 1973-74), dies at 93
- 2006 Ivar Formo, Norwegian skier (b. 1951)
- 2007 Andrew Grima, Italian-born British jeweller known for his modern designs, dies at 86
- 2007 John A. Garraty, American biographer (b. 1920)
- 2010 Edward Bhengu, South African activist (b. 1934)
- 2014 Leo Tindemans, Belgian statesman, Prime Minister of Belgium (1974-78), dies at 92
- 2018 Wendy Beckett, South African British nun and TV art critic, dies at 88
Desmond Tutu (1931-2021)
Anglican Archbishop of South Africa and 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 90
- 2021 Edward O. Wilson, American sociobiologist (world’s leading authority on ants), dies at 92
- 2021 Karolos Papoulias, President of Greece (2005-15), dies at 92
- 2021 Sarah Weddington, American attorney (represented "Jane Roe" in Roe v. Wade before US States Supreme Court), dies at 76
- 2022 Sergey Dmitriyev, Russian soccer striker (6 caps USSR; Zenit Saint Petersburg, CSKA Moscow), dies at 58