- 52 BC Publius Clodius Pulcher, Roman politician known for his involvement in various scandals, murdered by a rival's bodyguards (b. 93 BC)
- 474 Leo I, Thracian born Byzantine Emperor (457-474), dies of dysentery at 73
- 1213 Tamar of Georgia, Queen of Georgia (1184-1213) presided over Gerogia's Golden Age, dies
- 1367 Pedro I, King of Portugal (also called "the Just" or "the Cruel"), King of Portugal and of the Algarves (1357-67), dies at 46
- 1425 Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician, dies at 33
- 1471 Emperor Go-Hanazono, 102nd Emperor of Japan, dies at 51
- 1479 Louis IX, the Rich, Duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61
- 1586 Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)
- 1664 Moses Amyraut, French theologian (b. 1596)
- 1677 Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch founder of Cape Colony (Cape Town), dies at 57
- 1769 Hakuin Ekaku, Japanese Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan at 82
- 1803 Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian author and poet (Dushenka), dies at 59
- 1854 Judah Touro, American philanthropist (Mount Sinai Hospital in NY), dies at 78
- 1859 Alfred Vail, American inventor and early telegraph pioneer, dies at 51
- 1861 John Heathcoat, English inventor of lace-making machinery, dies at 77
John Tyler (1790-1862)
American politician, 10th US President (1841-45), dies in Richmond, at 71
- 1873 Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English author (b. 1803)
- 1878 Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist who pioneered the study of electric and luminescent phenomena, dies at 89
- 1886 Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
- 1890 Amadeus/Amadeo I, duke of Aosta and King of Spain (1870-73), dies at 44
- 1892 Anton Anderledy, Swiss Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
- 1896 Charles Floquet, French statesman and 44th Prime Minister of France, dies at 67
- 1913 Edmond Robert Hubert Regout, Dutch industrialist and politician, dies at 49
- 1919 Prince John of the United Kingdom, youngest son of English king George V, dies at 13
- 1921 Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor, dies at 73
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
English author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907), dies at 70
- 1940 Kazimierz P. Tetmajer, Polish writer and poet (Young Poland), dies at 74
- 1949 Charles Ponzi [Carlo], Italian con-man (Ponzi scheme in the US), dies at 66
- 1951 Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41
- 1956 Konstantin Päts, Estonian Prime Minister (1921-23, 1932-33) and dictator (1933-40), dies at 81
- 1963 Hugh Gaitskell, British politician (Leader of the Labour Party), dies at 56
- 1966 Kathleen Norris, American novelist and newspaper columnist, dies at 85
- 1967 Simon FHJ Berkelbach van der Sprenkel, vicar/theologist, dies at 84
- 1969 Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher, dies at 81
- 1970 David O. McKay, 9th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, dies at 96
- 1977 Carl Zuckmayer, German-Swiss-American playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80
- 1978 Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher, critic and writer, dies at 58
- 1978 Walter H. Thompson, English Scotland Yard detective, bodyguard of Winston Churchill, dies of cancer at 77
- 1980 Cecil Beaton, British photographer, dies at 76
- 1984 Malcolm H. Kerr, 9th President of American University of Beirut, shot dead at 52
- 1985 Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Muslim leader, hanged at 76
- 1987 Renato Guttuso, Italian painter (Flight From Etna; Crucifixion), theater set designer, and politician, dies at 75
- 1989 Bruce Chatwin, British travel writer and novelist (In Patagonia, On a Black Hill), dies of AIDS at 49
- 1991 Hamilton Fish III, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 102
- 1993 Eleanor Hibbert, British author (b. 1906)
- 1993 M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies at 85
- 1993 Mike Templeton, American, 2nd person to receive a heart pump, dies at 34
- 1995 Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1939 for sex hormones work), dies at 91
- 1995 Joseph Kagan, Lithuanian-British businessman, and inventor (Gannex raincoats), dies at 79
- 1996 Leonor Fini, Argentine artist, dies at 87
- 1996 Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, also known as NTR, Indian film star (Patala Bhairavi; Mayabazar), and politician (Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (1983-89 & 1994-95), dies at of a heart attack at 72
- 1997 Paul Tsongas, American politician (Sen-D-Mass), dies of complications from pneumonia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma at 55
- 2000 Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. 1897)
- 2001 Reg Prentice, British government minister, dies at 77
- 2003 Gavin Lyall, British author (Conduct of Major Maxim, The Secret Servant), dies of cancer at 70
- 2006 Jan Twardowski, Polish poet (b. 1915)
- 2008 John Stroger, first African-American Cook County Board President (b. 1929)
- 2009 Grigore Vieru, Romanian poet (b. 1935)
- 2011 Sargent Shriver, American politician and activist (Peace Corps), dies at 95
- 2015 Piet van der Sanden, Dutch journalist and politician (CDA), dies at 90
- 2016 Michel Tournier, French writer (Friday, or, The Other Island), dies at 91
- 2018 John Barton, British theatre director and co-founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, dies at 89
- 2018 Lucas M Mangope, 1st president of Bophuthatswana (1977-94), dies at 94