- 741 Leo III de Isaurier, Byzantine Emperor (717-41), dies
- 1234 Emperor Chukyo of Japan (b. 1218)
- 1291 Alfonso III, King of Aragon (1285-91), dies
- 1464 Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter, dies at 65
- 1580 Juliana van Stolberg, Engraver of Nassau, dies
- 1588 Anna, daughter of prince Willem I/Anna van Saksen, dies at 24
- 1588 Robert Crowley, English printer and poet
- 1629 Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander (Spanish silver fleet) and folk hero (b. 1577) shot by cannonball at 51
- 1667 Louise Henriette, daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, dies at 39
- 1669 Abraham Crijnssen, Swiss admiral, conquered Suriname, dies
Jeanne Mance
1673 Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler and founder of the first hospital in North America, dies at 66
Jeanne Mance
- 1704 Thomas "Tom" Brown, English translator and writer of satire ( Amusements Serious and Comical, calculated for the Meridian of London), dies at 41
- 1742 John Aislabie, English politician (b. 1670)
- 1749 Ambrose Philips, English poet (b. 1674)
- 1772 Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician (Austrian Empress Maria Theresa's personal physician), dies at 72
- 1772 Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (b. 1706)
- 1788 Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (b. 1714)
- 1794 James Murray, British military officer and administrator (b. 1721)
- 1815 Thomas Picton, British general (killed in battle) (b. 1758)
- 1815 Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general (b. 1766)
- 1817 Joannes Siberg, governor-general of Neth-Indies (1801-05), dies
- 1824 Ferdinand III JJ-B, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane, dies at 55
- 1835 William Cobbett, English journalist and author, dies at 72
- 1853 Branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising), dies
- 1866 Jacobus T Abels, painter, dies at 62
- 1880 John Sutter, US colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77
- 1884 Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Argentine writer (Crime of War), dies at 74
- 1886 Joannes Paredis, Belgian Bishop of Roermond, dies at 90
- 1902 Samuel Butler, British writer (Erewhom), dies at 66
- 1915 Eufemio Zapata, brother to Mexican revolutionist Emiliano Zapata, killed by Sidronio Comancho
- 1916 Helmuth J L von Moltke, German chief general of staff, dies at 67
- 1916 Max Immelmann, German pilot (WWI), killed
- 1921 Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Uruguayan writer (Nativa, Lanza y Sable), dies at 70
- 1921 Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer (Kantkennis), dies at 37
- 1922 John C Kapteyn, astronomer, dies at 71
Roald Amundsen
1928 Roald Amundsen, Norwegian polar explorer who led the 1st expedition to the South Pole, dies in a plane crash while flying on a rescue mission in the Arctic at 55
Roald Amundsen
Maxim Gorky
1936 Maxim Gorky, [Alexei M Peshkov], Russian writer (Mother), dies at 68
Maxim Gorky
- 1937 Gaston Doumergue, 60th Prime Minister of France (1913-14 and 1934) and 1st protestant French President (1924-31), dies at 73
- 1942 Adolf Opalka, Czech resistance fighter, shot down
- 1942 John Kubris, Czech resistance fighter, killed Heydrich, dies at 28
- 1945 Colonel Roberts, commandant 22nd regiment marines, dies in battle
- 1945 Simon B Buckner, US lt-gen/commandant of 10th Army, dies in action
- 1945 Florence Bascom, American geologist and 1st woman hired by the US Geological Survey, dies at 82
- 1947 Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
- 1971 Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
- 1973 Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder AVRO, dies at 84
Georgy Zhukov
1974 Georgy Zhukov, Russian deputy commander-in-chief of the Red Army during WWII (Battles of Stalingrad, Kursk and Berlin) and Minister of Defense, dies at 77
Georgy Zhukov
- 1974 Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian writer (b. 1896)
- 1975 Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh shopping center parking lot for killing his uncle the king
- 1978 Walter C. Alvarez, American physician (b. 1884)
- 1982 Djuna Barnes, American author (Nightwood), dies at 80
- 1982 Roberto Calvi, director (Banco Ambrosiano), hangs himself
- 1982 John Cheever, American writer (Wapshot Chronicle, Pulitzer), dies at 70
- 1984 Alan Berg, American radio talk show host
- 1985 Paul Colin, French poster designer, dies at 92
- 1986 Frances Scott Fitzgerald, Daughter of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre. (b. 1921)
- 1987 Bruce Marshall, writer, dies at 87
- 1989 I. F. Stone, American journalist (b. 1907)
- 1992 Peter Allen, entertainer (Legs Diamond), dies of aids at 48
- 1992 Mordecai Ardon, one of Israel's greatest painters (b. 1896)
- 1992 Benjamin Guinness, 3rd Earl of Iveagh, British brewer (Guinness) and large landowner, dies of cancer at 55
- 1994 Jack Harkness, British rose grower, dies at 75
- 1995 Charles Martin, cartoonist, dies at 85
- 1996 Maitland Mackie, farmer, dies at 84
- 1997 Lev Kopelev, Russian writer and dissident (b. 1912)
- 2005 Manuel Sadosky, Argentine mathematician (b. 1914)
- 2005 J.J. Pickle, American politician (Rep-D-Texas, 1963-95), dies at 91
- 2008 Tasha Tudor, American illustrator (b. 1915)
José Saramago
2010 José Saramago, Portuguese writer and Nobel laureate, dies of leukemia at 87
José Saramago
- 2015 Ralph J Roberts, American businessman and founder of Comcast, dies of natural causes at 95
- 2016 Paul Cox, Dutch-born Australian director (Lonely Hearts), dies at 76
- 2017 Hope Ryden, American wildlife activist and photographer, dies at 87
- 2017 Lord Joffe [Joel Goodman Joffe], South African-born British lawyer (instructing solicitor for Nelson Mandela’s defence team) and businessman, dies at 85