- 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)
- 1666 Adriaen A Bloemaert, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 56
- 1677 Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch founder of Cape Colony (Cape Town), dies at 57
- 1769 Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan
- 1803 Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (b. 1743)
- 1854 Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies
- 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
1862 John Tyler, 10th US President (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71
John Tyler
- 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 Michal Czajchovski [Sadik Pasja], writer, dies
- 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
1936 Rudyard Kipling, English author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70
Rudyard Kipling
- 1940 Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/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
- 1963 Hugh Gaitskell, British politician (Leader of the Labour Party), dies at 56
- 1966 Kathleen Norris, American author, 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/US 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 (b. 1890)
- 1980 Cecil Beaton, British photographer, dies at 76
- 1984 Malcolm H Kerr, 9th President of American U of Beirut, shot dead
- 1985 Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Muslim leader, hanged at 76
- 1989 Bruce Chatwin, British writer, dies at 49
- 1991 Hamilton Fish III, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 102
- 1992 John Remme, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56
- 1992 Tom Elios, entertainer, dies
- 1993 M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies at 85
- 1993 Mike Templeton, 2nd person to receive a heart pump, dies at 34
- 1993 Eleanor Hibbert, British author (b. 1906)
- 1995 Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939), 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 Minnesota Fats [Rudolf Wanderone Jr], billiard hustler, dies at 82
- 1996 N T Rama Rao, Prime Minister of Andhra Pradesh India (1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), dies
- 1997 Myfanwy Piper, British librettist and art critic, dies at 85
- 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