- 1024 Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (1014-24) and King of Germany (1002-24), dies at 51
- 1105 Rashi [Rabbi Shlomo Yitzaki], Jewish intellectual, dies
- 1205 Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England
- 1309 Jan I van Nassau, bishop of Utrecht, dies
- 1357 Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian jurist (b. 1313)
- 1380 Bertrand du Guesclin, French King of Granada, dies at about 60
- 1399 Peter Parler, German architect (b. 1330)
- 1402 Jianwen, 2nd Emperor of the Ming Empire (1398-1402), dies at 24
- 1551 John Wallop, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1490)
- 1621 Albert VII, Archduke of Austria and cardinal-archbishop of Toledo, dies at 61
- 1626 Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman, dies at 62
- 1628 Robert Shirley, English adventurer (b. 1581)
- 1629 Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Danish physician, theologian, writer on anatomy, dies at 44
- 1640 Henry Casimir I, Dutch count of Nassau-Dietz and Stadholder of Freisland, dies a day after being injured at the Battle of Hulst at 28
- 1683 Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (b. 1631)
- 1693 Hendrik Trajectinus, Count of Solms, Dutch lieutenant-general (b. 1636)
- 1705 Titus Oates, English Protestant conspirator, dies at 55
- 1755 Edward Braddock, British General, dies of his wounds from the Battle of Fort Duquesne (near present day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), during French & Indian War at 60
- 1760 Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans, dies at 63
- 1761 Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (b. 1712)
James Bradley (1693-1762)
English astronomer, 3rd Royal, discovered Earth's nutation motion, dies at 69
Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793)
French journalist and revolutionary (Friend of the People periodical), is murdered by Charlotte Corday in a bath at 50
- 1807 Henry Benedict Stuart, Jacobite claimant to the throne of England (b. 1725)
- 1854 José María Vargas, Venezuelan doctor, botanist and 2nd President of Venezuela (1835-36), dies at 68
- 1859 Rufus Choate, American lawyer (Hall of Fame), dies at 59
- 1860 John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69
- 1861 Robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate Brigadier General, dies at 41
- 1863 John S. Bowen, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies at 32
- 1877 Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, German politician and bishop of Mainz, dies at 65
- 1882 Johnny Ringo, American Gunfighter (b. 1850)
- 1889 Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (b. 1830)
- 1890 John C. Frémont, American army officer, explorer of the American West and presidential candidate, dies at 77
- 1896 August Kekule von Stradonitz, German chemist who discovered structure of benzene ring, dies at 66
- 1922 Martin Dies, American politician (b. 1870)
- 1924 Alfred Marshall, English economist (Principles of Economics), dies at 81
- 1925 Gerben Postma [Ids], Fries writer (Lytse Fryske Spraekleare), dies
- 1927 James E K Aggrey, Ghana/US theologist, dies
Kate Sheppard (1847-1934)
New Zealand suffragette and the most prominent member of New Zealand's women's suffrage movement, dies at 87
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946)
American photographer and art dealer (Camera Work), dies at 82
Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)
Mexican painter who explored questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender and race in Mexican society, dies of a pulmonary embolism at 47
- 1954 Grantland Rice, American sportswriter (New York Herald Tribune 1914-30, Colliers 1925-37), dies from a stroke at 73
- 1954 Irving Pichel, dies at 63
- 1955 Beulah Ecton Woodard, African-American sculptor, dies at 59
- 1955 Ruth Ellis, last English woman (murderess), executed by hanging
- 1960 Anna Blaman, Dutch writer (Life & Death), dies at 55
- 1960 Joy Davidman, American poet, writer and wife of C. S. Lewis, dies at 45
- 1960 Joy Gresham, American writer (b. 1915)
- 1965 Photis Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer, dies at 69
- 1966 Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, dies at 82
- 1967 Cornelis A Eman, chairman (State of Aruba Peoples Party), dies at 51
- 1969 Madiba Thembekile, Nelson Mandela's son, dies in a car accident at 24
Leslie Groves (1896-1970)
American army engineer who directed the Manhattan Project and construction of the Pentagon, dies of a heart attack at 73
- 1974 Patrick Blackett, British physicist (Nobel 1948 - nuclear reaction), dies at 76
- 1976 Frederick Hawksworth, GWR Chief mechanical engineer. (b. 1884)
- 1976 Joachim Peiper, German military leader (SS, by assassination; b. 1915)
- 1979 Corine Griffith, dies at 84
- 1980 Seretse Khama, 1st President of Botswana (1966-80), dies of pancreatic cancer at 59
- 1982 Michael Blankfort, American writer, producer and director, dies at 74
- 1983 Gabrielle Roy, French Canadian author (The Tin Flute, Street of Riches), dies at 73
- 1987 Patience Collier, dies
- 1988 Huub Bals, Dutch film promotor, dies at 51
- 1988 Samuel L Mendel, oldest US war veteran, dies at 104
- 1989 Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran Kurds leader, murdered
- 1989 Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, Cubans general, executed
- 1990 Lois Moran Young, dies of cancer at 81
- 1991 Cor Ria Leeman, Flemish (youth)writer, dies
- 1993 Edwin "Rick" Bakker, author (Rick's Report/AIDS Diary), dies at 31
- 1994 Bob Payton, American pizza magnate (The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory), dies at 50
- 1995 Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish toy manufacturer (Lego Group), dies at 75
- 1996 Walter Hassan, British automotive engineer, dies at 91
- 1997 Michael Jaffe, English professor and museum director (Fitzwilliam Museum), dies at 74
- 1997 Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 1968)
- 2002 Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born Armenian photographer (b. 1908)
- 2008 Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian and politician (b. 1932)
- 2014 Nadine Gordimer, South African author & Nobel laureate, dies at 90
- 2014 Thomas Berger, American novelist, dies at 89
- 2015 Gerhard Zwerenz, German writer and politician, dies at 90
- 2016 Bernardo Provenzano, Mafia Boss (Cosa Nostra), dies in a prison hospital at 83
Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017)
Chinese writer and human rights activist, dies from liver cancer at 61
- 2018 Nancy Barbato Sinatra, first wife and life-long friend of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101
- 2020 Grant Imahara, American TV Mythbuster, dies of a brain aneurysm at 49
- 2020 [Zindziswa] Zindzi Mandela, South African politician and poet, dies at 59