Aurelia Cotta
54 BC Aurelia Cotta, mother of Julius Caesar, dies at 66
Aurelia Cotta
- 855 Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Muslim Jurisprudent (b. 780)
- 1358 Etienne Marcel, French textile merchant/reformer/Boer leader, dies
- 1396 William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1342)
- 1508 Na'od, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1494)
- 1556 Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish knight from a Basque noble family, hermit, priest, theologian and founder of the Society of Jesus, dies in Rome at about 65
- 1566 Bartholome de Casas, Spanish historian/bishop of Chiapa, dies at 92
- 1638 Sybilla Schwarz, German baroque poet, dies at 17
- 1648 Benedictus J van Haeften, poet (Regia thru Crucis), dies at about 60
- 1653 Thomas Dudley, British colonial governor of Massachusetts, dies at 76
- 1693 Willem Calf, Rotterdams still life painter, dies at 73
- 1693 Willem Kalf, Dutch painter (still lifes), dies at 73
- 1726 Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695)
- 1750 John V, King of Portugal (1706-50), dies at 60
- 1763 James Kent, Fredericksburgh NY, legal scholar (Columbia), dies
Denis Diderot
1784 Denis Diderot, French writer/philosopher, dies at 70
Denis Diderot
- 1795 Basílio da Gama, Portuguese poet (O Uraguai), dies at 54
- 1805 Dheera Chinnamalai, Indian Polygar (governor) and freedom fighter, executed by the British at 49
- 1849 Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet (A virágnak megtiltani nem lehet - You Cannot Forbid the Flower), and revolutionary, last seen alive at the Battle of Segesvár (Transylvania), presumed killed in action at 26
- 1854 Samuel Wilson, American meat packer and possible namesake of Uncle Sam, dies at 87
- 1864 Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (Librairie Hachette), dies at 64
- 1871 Phoebe Cary, American poet (Poems of Alice & Phoebe Cary), dies at 46
Andrew Johnson
1875 Andrew Johnson, 17th US President (Unionist: 1865-69), dies of a stroke at 66
Andrew Johnson
- 1891 Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French-Belgian glass painter, dies at 77
- 1895 Richard Morris Hunt, American architect and educator, dies at 67
- 1913 John Milne, British geologist (developed the first modern seismograph), dies of Bright's disease at 62
- 1914 A J Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L'Humanité/Les Preuves), murdered=
- 1917 Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet (b. 1881)
- 1917 Hedd Wyn, Welsh poet (b. 1887)
Charles E. Hires
1937 Charles E. Hires, American pharmacist, inventor and manufacturer of the Hires Root Beer beverage, dies at 85
Charles E. Hires
- 1940 Whitey Krakow [or Krakower], American gangster and hitman (Murder Inc), murdered by "Bugsy" Siegel
- 1942 Francis Younghusband, British journalist and explorer (1904 British expedition to Tibet), dies at 79
- 1944 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer, poet and pioneering aviator (The Little Prince), dies during a reconnaissance mission at 44
- 1951 J of Oudshoorn [John K Feylbrief], writer (Maze of Sentences), dies
- 1953 Robert A. Taft, American politician (U.S. Senator from Ohio), dies at 63
- 1958 Eino Kaila, Finnish psychologist and philosopher, dies at 67
- 1966 Alex von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II), dies at 87
- 1967 Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist (Nobel 1938-work on carotenoids and vitamins), dies at 66
- 1967 Margaret Kennedy, English novelist (The Constant Nymph), dies at 71
- 1972 Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/sect-gen (NATO, 1957-61), dies at 73
- 1977 Stacy Moskowitz, shot to death by Son of Sam, at 20
- 1981 Gen Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash
- 1985 Eugene Carson Blake, US Secretary-General of World Council of Churches (1966-72), dies at 78
- 1986 Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
- 1990 Fernando Sancho, dies after operation for malignant tumor at 72
- 1992 G Harold Carswell, supreme court justice candidate 1970, dies at 72
- 1992 Joseph L George, dies of cancer at 65
- 1992 Ralph Strait, dies of heart attack at 56
- 1992 Sjoerd de Free, reporter (Radio Herrijzend Netherland), dies
- 1993 Elmar Klos, director (Obzalovany, Obchod na Korze), dies at 83
- 1993 Paul Henry, US Republicans Congressional leader, dies at 51
- 1993 George Keyt, Sri Lankan painter, dies at 92
- 1993 Baudouin I, King of Belgium (1951-93), dies from heart issues at 62
- 1994 Caitlin Thomas, dies
- 1994 G de Ru, chairman of Dutch Reformed Synode, dies
- 1994 Pieter C Buitendijk, co-founder (Free Netherlands), dies at 92
- 1996 Joan Warburton, Scottish painter, dies at 76
- 1996 Michael Jinks, child care pioneer, dies at 59
- 1997 Edith Fore, pitchwoman (I've fallen and I can't get up!), dies at 81
- 1997 Ulrich Ernst Simon, German-Jewish Anglican theologian, dies at 63
- 1998 Serge Golovine, French ballet choreographer (Death of Narcissus), dies at 73
- 2000 Hendrik Christoffel Van de Hulst, Dutch astronomer (correctly predicted the existence of the 21 cm hyper-fine line of neutral atomic hydrogen in interstellar space), dies at 81
- 2001 Poul Anderson, American science-fiction and fantasy author, winner of 7 Hugo and 3 Nebula Awards (The Sharing of Flesh; Mirkheim; After Doomsday), dies of prostate cancer at 74
- 2001 Francisco da Costa Gomes, President of Portugal’s ruling military junta (1974-76), dies at 87
- 2001 Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)
- 2002 Jerome Beatty Jr., American author of children's literature (Matthew and Maria Looney books), dies at 85
- 2003 Guido Crepax, Italian comics artist (b. 1933)
- 2005 Wim Duisenberg, Dutch banker (b. 1935)
- 2010 Mitch Miller, American oboist and recording producer (Sing Along with Mitch), dies at 99
- 2012 Gore Vidal, American author (Myra Breckinridge; Lincoln), dies from pneumonia at 86
- 2016 Seymour Papert, South African mathematician, dies at 88
- 2019 V. G. Siddhartha, Indian coffee entrepreneur (Café Coffee Day), found dead at 60
- 2020 Alan Parker, English director (Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express), dies at 76 [1]
- 2021 Terry Cooper, English soccer defender (20 caps; Leeds, Middlesborough) and manager (Bristol City, Birmingham City), dies at 77