- 364 Jovian (Flavius Jovianus), Christian emperor of Rome (363-64), dies at about 32
- 440 St. Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist known for inventing the Armenian alphabet in c. 405 AD, dies (b. 361/362)
- 1339 Otto, Duke of Austria and Styria, dies at 37
- 1371 Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria, Emperor of Bulgaria (1331-1371)
- 1596 Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)
- 1600 Giordano Bruno, Italian friar and scholar, advocate of Copernican theory, burned at the stake at 51 or 52
- 1609 Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, dies at 59
- 1612 Ernest of Bavaria, Prince-elector-archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne, dies at 57
- 1612 Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartoonist and mathematician, dies at 48
- 1624 Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. 1536)
- 1659 Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)
- 1673 Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin], French playwright (The Misanthrope), dies of pulmonary tuberculosis at 51
- 1680 Jan Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist and entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 43
- 1680 Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer, dies at 81
- 1688 Rev James Renwick, hanged in Scotland for being a Presbyterian
- 1715 Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist, dies at 68
- 1768 Arthur Onslow, English politician (Speaker of the House of Commons 1728-61), dies at 76
- 1780 Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian, dies at 73
- 1796 James Macpherson, Scottish writer and poet, dies at 59
- 1827 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator (Leonard & Gertrude), dies at 81
- 1847 William Collins, English landscape painter, dies at 58
- 1852 Micha Joseph Levenson, Hebrew poet, dies
- 1854 Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, French Catholic priest and writer (L'avenir), dies at 71
- 1854 John Martin, English painter and engraver, dies at 64
- 1872 Jose Burgos, Catholic priest, is executed at 35
- 1874 Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician and sociologist (body mass index scale), dies at 77
- 1875 Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33
- 1878 José Amador de los Ríos, Spanish historian and poet, dies at 59
- 1883 Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian independence activist and revolutionary, dies at 37
Christopher Latham Sholes
1890 Christopher Latham Sholes, American newspaper man, politician and inventor of the typewriter, dies of tuberculosis at 71
Christopher Latham Sholes
Wilfrid Laurier
1918 Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (Liberal: 1896-1911), dies of a stroke at 76
Wilfrid Laurier
Henry Bacon
1924 Henry Bacon, American architect (Lincoln Memorial), dies at 57
Henry Bacon
- 1932 Franz Gailliard, Belgian painter and graphic artist (Egina), dies at 70
- 1934 Albert I, King of Belgium (1909-34), dies at 58
- 1936 Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theozentrische), dies at 74
- 1943 Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (b. 1872)
- 1944 Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter, dies at 64
- 1954 Evert Gorter, Dutch children's pioneering paediatrician, dies at 72
- 1958 Hugh McCrae, Australian writer and poet (Satyrs and Sunlight: Sylvarum Libri), dies at 81
- 1966 Hans Hofmann, German American painter (Search for the Real), dies at 85
- 1970 Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Jewish writer (Nobel Prize for Literature 1966), dies at 81
- 1977 Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (b. 1922)
- 1980 Graham Sutherland, English artist (official WWII war artist), dies at 76
- 1986 Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (Kingdom Happiness), dies at 90
- 1990 Frans Kellendonk, Dutch writer (Good for Nothing), dies at 39
- 1991 Enrique Bermudez, Nicaraguan commandant, founder of the Nicaraguan Contras, assassinated at 58
- 1993 Alfredo de Leon, leader (Philippines Red Scorpio Gang), killed
- 1994 Randy Shilts, American journalist (& the band played on), dies of AIDs at 41
- 1995 Thelma Hulbert, English painter (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies at 81
- 1996 Bentley Bridgewater, British Museum secretary, dies at 84
- 1996 Michel Pablo [Michalis N. Raptis], Chilean-Greek writer and Trotskyist revolutionary (Fourth International), dies at 84
- 1996 Hervé Bazin, French writer (Head Against the Wall), dies at 84
- 1997 Zein Isa, Palestinian militant imprisoned in the United States for the honor killing of his daughter
- 1998 Ernst Jünger, German author and entomologist (Storm of Steel), dies at 102
- 2001 Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (b. 1948)
- 2003 Frank Thistlethwaite, English academic and Vice Chancellor (University of East Anglia), dies at 87
- 2004 José López Portillo, President of Mexico (1976-82), dies at 83
- 2007 Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961)
- 2007 Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator, dies at 92
- 2009 Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter (b. 1922)
- 2012 Ulric Neisser, American psychologist, dies at 83
- 2018 Arno Motulsky, German-born founder of medical genetics, known as the "father of pharmacogenomics," dies at 94
Rush Limbaugh
2021 Rush Limbaugh, American right wing radio personality, dies of lung cancer at 70
Rush Limbaugh
- 2021 Murray Weideman, Australian rules football CHF (Collingwood VFL premiers 1953, 58 [c]; B&F 1957, 61, 62; Victoria 1956-60) and coach (Collingwood 1975-76), dies at 85