- 468 Pope St. Hilarius (461-468), calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)
- 1528 Patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake
- 1604 John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74
- 1740 Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667)
- 1744 John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British natural philosopher and freemason, dies at 60
- 1820 Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German literary critic (b. 1743)
- 1852 John Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies
- 1868 Ludwig/Louis I, King of Bavaria, dies at 81
- 1880 Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1812, also on 29 February)
- 1908 Pat Garrett, American Western lawman, dies at 57
- 1908 John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, first Governor-General of Australia (as Lord Hopetoun)
- 1928 Adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist, dies at 65
- 1928 Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24), dies at 66
- 1928 Ina Coolbrith, first poet laureate of California (b. 1841)
- 1940 Edward Frederic Benson, English novelist, dies at 72
- 1944 Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (b. 1861)
Elpidio Quirino
1956 Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of Philippines (1949-53), dies at 65
Elpidio Quirino
Melvin Purvis
1960 Melvin Purvis, American FBI Agent, dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at 56
Melvin Purvis
- 1964 Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist/paleontologist, dies at 74
- 1968 Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (b. 1886)
- 1980 Yigol Alton, Israeli Foreign Minister, dies at 61
- 1980 Gil Elvgren, American artist (b. 1914)
- 1992 Earl Scheib, CEO (Earl Scheib Auto Paint), dies at 85
- 1992 Ruth Pitter, British poet and 1st woman to receive the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1955, dies at 94
- 1996 Duncan Stuart Wilson Fighter pilot-MacDonald, dies at 83
- 1996 Joe Minogue, journalist, dies at 72
- 1996 John Grant, rear-admiral, dies at 87
- 2000 Dennis Danell, American artist (b. 1961)
- 2004 Jerome Lawrence, American playwright (b. 1915)