- 812 Staurakios, Byzantine Emperor
- 844 Michael I Rhangabes, Byzantine Emperor
- 1055 Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of Byzantium, dies
- 1083 Otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria (c. 1020)
- 1494 Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (b. 1449)
- 1495 Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman, dies at 66
- 1547 Pietro Bembo, Italian author, literary theorist, and Catholic cardinal (b. 1470)
- 1552 Johannes Cochlaeus, [Dobeneck], German humanist/theologist, dies
- 1641 Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (b. 1583)
- 1696 Charles Albanel, French missionary explorer in Canada (b. 1616)
- 1703 Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (b. 1632)
- 1713 Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (b. 1637)
- 1735 Danilo I, Vladika of Montenegro (b. c. 1670)
- 1753 Hans Sloane, Irish physician, naturalist and collector (providing the foundation of the British Museum), dies at 92
- 1762 Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (b. 1695)
- 1763 Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)
- 1771 Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French author, dies at 66
- 1775 Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia
- 1775 Prithvi Narayan Shah, began the unification of modern Nepal (b. 1723)
- 1788 François Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral (commanded the French fleet at the Battle of the Chesapeake), dies at 64
- 1797 Francis Lightfoot Lee, American advocate for independence (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 62
- 1836 John Molson, Canadian brewer (b. 1763)
- 1847 Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83
- 1856 Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23]
- 1867 Sir Stuart Donaldson, first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales (b. 1812)
- 1868 Henry Haywood Bell, U.S. Rear Admiral (Union Navy), dies at 59
Gail Borden
1874 Gail Borden, American manufacturer and inventor of condensed milk, dies at 72
Gail Borden
- 1882 Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and co-originator of cell theory, dies at 71
- 1891 Georges-Eugene, Baron Haussmann, French administrator and architect, dies at 81
- 1893 Benjamin F Butler, US gen/presidential candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74
- 1905 Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Warsaw, Hasidic rabbi (b. 1847)
Ambrose Bierce
1914 Ambrose Bierce, American writer and satirist, dies at 71
Ambrose Bierce
- 1914 Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and patron of the arts after whom the Carlsberg brewery was named (b. 1842)
- 1923 Constantine I, King of Greece (1913-17, 20-22), dies at 54
- 1927 Andrzej Gawroński, Polish Indologist and scholar, dies at 41
- 1928 Thomas Hardy, English novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd) and poet, dies near Dorchester at 87
- 1929 Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28
- 1931 James Milton Carroll, American Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author (b. 1852)
- 1943 Agustín Pedro Justo, President of Argentina (1932-38) during the Infamous Decade, dies at 66
- 1943 Carlo Tresca, NY's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered
- 1944 Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies
- 1950 Karin Michaelis, writer, dies at 77
- 1952 Jean JM de Lattre de Tassigny, gen (N-Africa/Indo-China), dies at 61
- 1953 Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89
- 1953 Ernst Herman van Rappard, Dutch Nazi founder (NSNAP), dies at 53
- 1953 Marcel Canneel, Flemish painter (Reuzenstoet), dies at 58
- 1953 Noach Zjordanija, Georgian Premier (1918-21), dies at 84
- 1954 Edgard Tytgat, Flemish painter and etcher, dies at 77
- 1955 Rodolfo Graziani, Italian Marshal, fascist and Viceroy of Italian East Africa, dies at 72
- 1957 Sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (b. 1867)
- 1959 Mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies
- 1960 Johan E. Elias, Dutch historian (Amsterdam's regency), dies at 84
- 1963 Arthur D Nock, English-Americans historian (St Paul), dies at 60
- 1966 Alberto Giacometti, Swiss-French painter and sculptor, dies at 64
- 1966 Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian politician and Prime Minister of India (1964-66), dies under suspicious circumstances at 61
- 1969 Richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890)
- 1971 I. (Irene) Rice Pereira, American abstract artist dies aged 68
- 1979 Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, German-French art dealer and publisher, dies at 94
- 1980 Barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913)
- 1983 Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79
- 1983 Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist and educator, dies at 88
- 1985 Sir William McKell, Premier of New South Wales, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
- 1986 Sid Chaplin, UK novelist (b. 1916)
- 1988 Pappy Boyington, American combat pilot (United States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II), dies of cancer at 75
- 1988 Isidor Isaac Rabi, nuclear physicist (Nobel Prize-1944), dies at 89
- 1988 Florence Knapp, American, one-time oldest person in the world (b. 1873)
- 1991 Jason Christmas, dies of a gunshot wound during robbery in NY at 49
Carl David Anderson
1991 Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel laureate, dies at 85
Carl David Anderson
- 1993 Lacey Fosburgh, author (Closing Time), dies of breast cancer at 50
- 1994 John Bradley, United States Navy corpsman, one of six who raised flag on top of Mt. Suribachi (see Iwo Jima), dies of a stroke at 70
- 1994 Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (b. 1902)
- 1995 John AG Gere, English art historian (Raphael & his Circle), dies at 73
- 1995 Onat Kutlar, Turkish screenplay/producer (Hazal), murdered at 59
- 1996 Eric Hebborn, artist/faker, dies at 61
- 1996 Harold Walter Bailey, British philologist, dies at 96
- 1996 Hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist, dies at 87
- 1997 Helen Foster Snow, American journalist (reported from China in the 1930s), dies at 89
- 1999 Naomi Mitchison, Scottish novelist and poet (The Corn King and the Spring Queen ), dies at 101
- 1999 Brian Moore, Irish novelist (Catholics, Doctor's Wife), dies at 77
- 2000 Ivan Combe, American inventor of personal care products (Clearasil), dies at 88
- 2001 Sir Denys Lasdun, English architect (b. 1914)
- 2002 Struan Sutherland, Australian medical researcher (b. 1936)
- 2004 Mervyn Pike [Baroness Pike], British politician (C), dies at 85
- 2006 Markus Löffel (Mark Spoon), German DJ (b. 1966)
- 2006 Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim, dies from extreme abuse
- 2007 Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)
- 2008 Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (b. 1917)
Edmund Hillary
2008 Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer/1st to climb Mt Everest in 1953, dies from a heart attack at 88
Edmund Hillary
- 2009 Vivian Ridler, British scholar and printer (Oxford University), dies at 95
- 2010 Miep Gies, Dutch Humanitarian, discoverer of Anne Frank's diary (b. 1909)
- 2010 Éric Rohmer [Maurice Schérer], French director, journalist and teacher (My Night at Maud's, Claire's Knee, Le rayon vert), dies at 89
- 2013 Aaron H. Swartz, American computer programmer, dies from an apparent suicide at 26
- 2013 Lars Werner, Swedish communist leader, dies at 77
- 2014 Ariel Sharon, Israeli politician and general, Prime Minister of Israel (2001-2006), dies from heart failure at 85
- 2018 Edgar Ray Killen, American convict, former preacher, K.K.K. member and murderer, dies at 92
- 2019 Michael Atiyah, English mathematician (Atiyah-Singer Index, Fields Medal 1966), dies at 89