- 779 Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies
- 1246 Dafydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd, 1st to take name Prince of Wales, dies at about 33
- 1247 Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies
- 1495 Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35
- 1522 William Lilye, English classical scholar
- 1536 Berthold Haller, German-born reformer (b. 1492)
- 1553 Hirate Masahide, Japanese diplomat and tutor of Oda Nobunaga (suicide) (b. 1492)
- 1558 Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France, dies at 59
- 1601 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth I
- 1602 Everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51
- 1634 Albrecht von Wallenstein Bohemian general and statesman (Thirty Years' War) assassinated at 50
- 1655 Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580)
- 1713 Frederick I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55
- 1715 Pu Songling, Qing Dynasty Chinese writer (Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio), dies at 74
Christopher Wren
1723 Christopher Wren, English astronomer and architect (St. Paul's Cathedral), dies at 90
Christopher Wren
- 1798 Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1716)
- 1805 Thomas Pownall, British colonial statesman (b. 1722)
- 1826 Peter von der Pahlen, Baltic courtier and military governor of St Petersburg, dies at 80
- 1841 Philip Pendleton Barbour, American politician and U.S. Supreme Court justice, dies at 57
- 1850 Daoguang, 8th Emperor of Qing Dynasty, dies at 67
- 1860 Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, educator, and lexicographer (b. 1790)
- 1865 Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47
- 1878 Townsend Harris, American diplomat (1st Western consul to reside in Japan), dies at 73
- 1899 Paul Julius von Reuter, German-born founder of Reuters news agency, dies at 82
- 1912 Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1905-12), dies at 59
- 1914 John Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93
- 1915 George Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies
- 1920 Prince Louis of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein nobleman and politician, dies at 73
- 1922 Henri Désiré Landru, French sex murderer, guillotined at 52
- 1940 Mary Mills Patrick, American author and 1st President of Istanbul Woman's College, dies at 89
- 1945 Mário de Andrade, Brazilian writer, photographer and modernist, dies of a heart attack at 51
- 1947 Friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies at 82
- 1950 George Minot, American physician (Nobel 1934 - introduction of a raw-liver diet in the treatment of pernicious anemia), dies at 64
- 1957 Mark Aldanov, Russian-French writer and critic (Novy Zhurnal), dies at 70
Bugs Moran
1957 Bugs Moran, American gangster, dies of lung cancer in prison at 65
Bugs Moran
- 1960 Everhardus Jacobus van Romondt, Dutch Antillean minister, dies at 51
- 1962 Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist, dies at 81
- 1964 Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and water colors painter, dies at 76
- 1964 Grace Metalious, American writer (b. 1924)
- 1968 Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96
- 1969 Jan Zajic, Czech student, who died setting himself alight to protest the Communist takeover at 18
- 1970 Mark Rothko [Marcus Rothkovich], American abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at 66
- 1971 Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, worked with colloids (Nobel 1926), dies at 86
Elijah Muhammad
1975 Elijah Muhammad [Elijah Robert Poole], American religious leader (Nation of Islam), dies of heart failure at 77
Elijah Muhammad
Tennessee Williams
1983 Tennessee Williams, US playwright and writer (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 71
Tennessee Williams
- 1991 Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, South African Kwazulu politician (first President of Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (CONTRALESA)), dies at 41
- 1992 Ollie O'Toole, dies after long illness at 79
- 1993 Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans, Dutch PM (social dem, 1965-69), dies
- 1994 Baruch Goldstein, physician/murderer (53 in mosque), lynched at 42
- 1994 Yann Piat, French MP (FN/PR), murdered at 44
- 1995 Jack Clayton, British director (Great Gatsby), dies at 73
- 1995 Oh Jin Woo, Korean minister of defense, dies
- 1996 Marion Farouk Political scientist-Sluglett, dies at 59
- 1996 Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist, dies at 94
- 1997 Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, Russian writer and critic, dies at 71
- 1998 Luigi Veronesi, Italian abstract artist (Campo Grafico), dies at 90
- 1998 Umberto Mastroianni, Italian sculptor, dies at 87
- 1998 B.A. Santamaria, Australian political activist and journalist, dies at 82
- 1999 Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist (AEC, Plutonium, Nobel 1951), dies at 86
- 2003 Tom O'Higgins, Irish Chief Justice (b. 1916)
- 2004 Donald Hings, Canadian inventor (b. 1907)
- 2005 Peter Benenson, Britsh founder of Amnesty International, dies at 83
- 2007 William R. Anderson, CO USS Nautilus submarine, US Congressman (b. 1921)
- 2008 Hans Raj Khanna, Judge of the Supreme Court of India (b. 1912)
- 2009 Ivan Cameron, son of David Cameron UK politician
- 2009 Philip José Farmer, American sci-fi writer (Riverworld) dies aged 91
- 2010 İhsan Doğramacı, Turkish paediatrician, academic and the founder of YÖK, dies at 94
- 2012 Lynn Compton, American jurist and commissioned officer, dies from heart attack at 90
- 2013 C Everett Koop, American pediatric surgeon, health administrator and 13th US Surgeon General (1982-89), dies at 96
- 2017 Boaz Vaadia, Israeli-born sculptor who worked in America, dies of cancer at 65
- 2018 Penny Vincenzi [Hannaford], British novelist (An Absolute Scandal, Spoils of Time trilogy), dies at 78
Hosni Mubarak
2020 Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian president (1981-2011) who was ousted during the Arab spring, dies at 91
Hosni Mubarak