- 535 Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
- 754 Boniface [Winfrid], English saint, Archbishop of Mainz, murdered by robbers at 79
- 754 Eoda, English speaking bishop of Utrecht, murdered
- 1017 Sanjō, 67th Emperor of Japan (1011-16), dies at 42
- 1118 Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester
- 1288 Hendrik VI, earl of Luxembourg/Laroche (1281-88), dies in the Battle of Worringen
- 1296 Edmund Crouchback, English prince and son of Henry III of England, dies at 51
- 1316 Louis X, King of France (1314-16), dies at 26
- 1383 Dmitry Konstantinovich, Russian prince (b. 1324)
- 1443 Ferdinand, Portuguese prince and saint, dies serving as a hostage in Moorish Fez, at 40
- 1568 Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman executed at 45
- 1568 Philips van Montmorency count of Horne, admiral/statesman, beheaded
- 1568 Willem Key, Flemish Renaissance painter, dies at about 47
- 1667 Francesco Sforza Pallavicino, Italian theologist and historian (Istoria del Concilio di Trento), dies at 59
- 1688 Constantine Phaulkon, Greek adventurer who served as advisor to King Narai of Ayutthaya (Siam), decapitated and disemboweled for high treason (b. 1647)
- 1716 Roger Cotes, English mathematician (Newton-Cates formulas), dies at 33
- 1738 Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor, dies at 79
- 1791 Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (b. 1718)
- 1825 Odysseas Androutsos, hero in the Greek War of Independence (Chani of Gravia,), executed for supposedly collaborating with the Ottomans at 37
- 1861 John Garland, US Union colonel and brigadier general, dies in battle
- 1864 William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at 39
- 1866 John McDouall Stuart, Australian explorer, dies at 50
- 1877 Prairie Flower, daughter of Ponca tribe Chief Standing Bear, dies during forced removal to Oklahoma Indian Reservation
- 1880 Jacob Cremer, Dutch painter and author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52
Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823-1893)
American-Canadian publisher and anti-slavery campaigner, 1st African American newspaper publisher, dies of stomach cancer at 69
Stephen Crane (1871-1900)
American novelist (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28
O. Henry (1862-1910)
American short story writer (Cabbages and Kings), dies of cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes complications and an enlarged heart at 47
- 1915 Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, French artist and sculptor, killed fighting in WWI at 23
Horatio Kitchener (1850-1916)
British General who commanded British forces during the Battle of Omdurman (Sudan) and the Second Boer War who became British Secretary of State for War during WWI (1914-16), drowns at 65 after the HMS Hampshire struck a German mine
- 1920 Rhoda Broughton, Welsh author (b. 1840)
- 1921 Georges Feydeau, French playwright (Chat and Poche), dies at 58
- 1923 George H. Breitner, Dutch impressionist painter, dies at 65
- 1930 Jules Pascin [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian American painter and cartoonist, commits suicide at 45
- 1931 John Lawson Stoddard, American lecturer, photographer, and author, considered the father of travelogue, dies at 81
- 1939 Elijah Beardsworth, British world quick shaving champion, dies
- 1939 Frank Van de Goes, Dutch writer and Marxist theorist, dies at 80
- 1963 Donat Raymond, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame builder (head Canadian Arena Company, Montreal Forum rebuilt in 1968) and politician, dies at 83
- 1965 Thornton W. Burgess, American conservationist & author (The Bedtime Story-Books; Now I Remember: Autobiography of an Amateur Naturalist), dies at 91
- 1970 "Jopie" Pengel [Johan A], Premier of Suriname (1963-69), dies at 54
- 1970 Jay Irving, American cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh), dies at 69
- 1975 Kenneth Horne, British writer and playwright (Fools Rush In; The Coming-Out Party), dies of cancer at 75
- 1976 Walter Field, entertainer, dies at 101
- 1978 John Meulenhoff, Dutch publisher, dies at 71
- 1979 Pauline Offner, Zen Theravadin nun, dies at 53
- 1980 Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician, dies at 70
- 1984 Frederick Stratten Russell, English marine biologist (plankton life history and long-term changes in marine ecosystems), dies at 86
- 1984 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader
- 1988 Clarence M. Pendleton Jr., African-American chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1981-88), dies at 57
- 1990 Jan Zeldenrust, Dutch pathologist and anatomist, dies at 83
- 1990 Vasily V Kuznetsov, President of USSR supreme soviet (1982-83, 85), dies
- 1992 Max Lerner, American writer/columnist (NY Post), dies at 88
- 1994 Thomas Millar, historian, dies at 67
- 1996 Baldev Singh Chahal, campaigner, dies at 59
- 1997 J Anthony Lukas, writer (Pulitizer, Common Ground), suicide at 64
- 1998 Alfred Kazin, American writer and literature critic (The Inmost Leaf), dies at 83
- 1998 Sam Yorty, American politician, Mayor of Los Angeles (1961-73), dies at 88
- 2001 Pedro Laín Entralgo, Spanish writer, medical and humanist, dies at 93
- 2003 Jürgen Möllemann, German politician, German Vice Chancellor (1992-3), dies in a parachuting accident at 57
- 2005 Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican politician (b. 1949)
- 2006 Frederick Franck, American artist and writer (b. 1909)
- 2007 Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer, dies at 85
- 2012 Barry Unsworth, British novelist, dies from lung cancer at 81
- 2012 Ray Bradbury, American author (Fahrenheit 451), dies at 91
- 2013 Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, Irish paramilitary and political leader of Sinn Féin, dies at 80
- 2015 Tariq Aziz, Iraqi politician and close adviser to Saddam Hussein, dies at 79
- 2018 Kate Spade, American fashion designer, commits suicide by hanging at 55