- 946 Eadgyth, English-born German Queen, wife of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1109 Albericus of Côteaux, French saint, dies
- 1567 Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat
- 1630 Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)
- 1636 Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
- 1697 Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)
- 1744 Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal, dies at 60
- 1750 Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)
- 1799 Gabriel Christie, British general, dies at 76
Edward Jenner
1823 Edward Jenner, English physician, father of (western) immunology, pioneered smallpox vaccinations, dies of a stroke at 73
Edward Jenner
- 1824 Théodore Géricault, French painter (The Raft of the Medusa), dies at 32
- 1831 Sangolli Rayanna, Indian military chief warrior, dies at 32
- 1844 John Wedgwood, British ceramicist and founder of the Royal Horticultural Society, dies at 77
- 1849 Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), committed suicide at 45
- 1850 Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies
- 1855 Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)
- 1869 Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross, committed suicide at 22
- 1870 Victor de Broglie, 3rd Duke of Broglie, 14th Prime Minister of France (1835-36), dies at 84
- 1878 Ernst Heinrich Weber, German anatomist and physiologist (one of the founders of experimental psychology), dies at 82
- 1884 John Letcher, American lawyer and politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia, dies at 70
- 1885 Charles George Gordon, British Governor-General of Sudan, executed at 51
- 1885 Edward Davy, English inventor (b. 1806)
- 1886 David Rice Atchison, American politician ((not President of the United States for a day on March 4, 1849), dies at 78 [1]
- 1891 Nikolaus Otto, German auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies. (b. 1833)
- 1895 Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies
- 1904 John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64
- 1904 Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (b. 1846)
- 1911 Charles Dilke, British statesman and Radical politician, dies at 67
- 1920 Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered
- 1926 John Flannagan, Catholic priest, 2nd president of St. Ambrose University, dies at 66
- 1933 Alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853)
- 1942 Gerard Philips, Dutch industrialist and manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83
- 1942 Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (Hausdorff space), dies at 73
- 1943 Nikolai Vavilov, Soviet botanist and geneticist (identified the centers of origin of cultivated plants), dies at 55
- 1943 Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist (b. 1880)
- 1946 Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1884)
- 1947 Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Swedish prince second in line to the Swedish throne, dies in an airplane crash at 40
- 1952 Louis van Deyssel, Dutch writer (Diary of Franc Rozelaar), dies at 87
- 1952 Khorloogiin Choibalsan, leader of Mongolia (b. 1895)
- 1953 Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet and linguistic (spelling), dies at 58
- 1953 Athanase David, French Canadian politician and businessman (b. 1882)
- 1954 Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor, dies at 80
Charles "Lucky" Luciano
1962 Charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies of a heart attack at 65
Charles "Lucky" Luciano
- 1965 Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered
- 1968 Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher (b. 1883)
- 1968 Yvor Winters, American poet (b. 1900)
- 1973 Meijer Sluyser, Dutch journalist/commentator (VARA), dies at about 71
- 1974 Siegfried von Vegesack, German writer, dies at 85
- 1976 João Branco Núncio, Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901)
Nelson Rockefeller
1979 Nelson Rockefeller, American politician (Vice President: 1974-1977; Governor of New York (R), 1959-73), dies of a heart attack at 70
Nelson Rockefeller
- 1985 James Cameron, journalist, dies
- 1989 Paul Daels, Flemish chairman (IJzerbedevaart committee), dies
- 1990 Boy Trip, Dutch minister, dies at 68
- 1990 Lewis Mumford, American historian (b. 1895)
- 1991 Johnny van Doorn, Dutch writer/poet, dies at 46
- 1992 Okke Jager, Dutch theologist, writer and poet, dies at 63
- 1993 Axel Von Dem Bussche, German aristocrat, dies
- 1993 Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at 87
- 1993 Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (large iron sculptures), dies at 80
- 1993 Jeanne Sauvé, 23rd Governor-General of Canada (1984-90), dies at 70
- 1995 Bernardo Leighton, Chilian politician (1964-70), dies
- 1995 Louis Heren, journalist, dies at 65
- 1996 Harold Brodkey, American writer (My Venice), dies at 65
- 1996 Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, dies at 74
- 1996 Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer, Dutch theologist (Dogmatic Studies), dies at 92
- 1997 Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/the Rhine, dies at 83
- 1997 Sarah Lucas, theatre administrator, dies at 53
- 1997 Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b. 1904)
- 1998 Walter Edmonds, writer (Drums Along the Mohawk), dies at 93
- 2000 Kathleen Hale, British children book writer and illustrator (Orlando), dies at 101
- 2000 A. E. van Vogt, Canadian sci-fi author (Wizard of Linn), dies at 87
- 2003 Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian (The Last Days of Hitler), dies at 89
- 2003 George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b. 1931)
- 2006 Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani opposition leader and Pashtun nationalist (b. 1917)
- 2006 Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (b. 1920)
- 2007 Hans J. Wegner, Danish furniture designer (b. 1914)
- 2008 Viktor Schreckengost, American industrial designer, dies at 101
- 2013 Hiroshi Nakajima, Japanese doctor, dies at 84
- 2015 Tom Uren, Australian politician, Australian heritage and conservation campaigner, dies at 93