- 604 Pope Gregory I, Bishop of Rome (590–604), dies at 64
- 1209 Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies
- 1289 King Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259)
- 1374 Emperor Go-Kōgon, 4th Northern Emperor of Japan, dies at 37
- 1447 Shahrukh Mirza, Ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (1405-47), dies at 69
- 1471 Dionysius the Carthusian [Denis Ryckel], Flemish scholastic theologist, dies at 69
- 1496 Johannes de Lapide [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies
- 1507 Cesare Borgia, Duke of Valentinois, Italian aristocrat and illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI, killed in a battle at 31
- 1570 Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies
- 1608 Koriki Kiyonaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1530)
- 1648 Tirso de Molina, Spanish Baroque dramatist, poet and Roman Catholic monk (The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest), dies at about 63
- 1681 Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter, dies at 45
- 1699 Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman, dies at 63
- 1721 Jan Luyts, Dutch physicist and mathematician, dies at 65
- 1734 Antonius Schultingh [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74
- 1753 George Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday
- 1790 Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (b. 1710)
- 1820 Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish born Canadian explorer, First European to cross North America, dies at roughly 56
- 1834 Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, German mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33
- 1872 Zeng Guofan, Chinese statesman, military general and Confucian scholar of the late Qing dynasty, dies at 60
- 1888 Henry Bergh, Founder of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), dies at 76
- 1889 John Archibald Campbell, American jurist and Supreme Court justice (1853–61), dies at 77
- 1894 Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840)
- 1895 Henry Eustace McCulloch, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 78
- 1895 John H. Balsley, American carpenter and inventor (a practical folding wooden stepladder), dies at 71
- 1898 Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (b. 1818)
- 1902 John Peter Altgeld, German-American politician (Governor of Illinois, 1893-97), known for pardoning of Haymarket anarchists, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage, while delivering a speech, at 54
- 1905 Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, dies at 92
- 1908 Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (L'idioma Gentile), dies at 61
- 1909 Joe Petrosino, NYPD lieutenant (b. 1860)
George Westinghouse
1914 George Westinghouse, American entrepreneur, engineer (Westinghouse Electric) and pioneer of the electrical industry,, dies at 67
George Westinghouse
Sun Yat-sen
1925 Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary and father of modern China, dies of liver cancer at 58
Sun Yat-sen
William George Barker
1930 William George Barker, Canadian fighter ace (Victoria Cross recipient), dies in a training accident at 35
William George Barker
David Beatty
1936 David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty and British Admiral of the Fleet during World War I (Battle of Jutland), dies of heart failure at 65
David Beatty
- 1942 Robert Bosch, German industrialist (b. 1861)
- 1943 Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, dies at 73
- 1944 Artur Gavazzi, Croatian geographer, dies at 82
- 1947 "Winston Churchill the American", American novelist (b. 1871)
- 1947 Smith Wigglesworth, British religious figure, dies at 87
- 1950 L Heinrich Mann, German/American writer (Between the Races), dies at 78
- 1955 Theodor Plievier, writer, dies
- 1958 Princess Ingeborg of Sweden, wife of Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, dies at 79
- 1973 Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chilean writer (Hijo de Ladron), dies at 77
- 1974 Billy Fox, Protestant Dublin MP, assassinated
- 1974 George D. Sax, Drive-in bank and instant loan innovator. Owner of the Saxony Hotel. (b. 1904)
- 1982 Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90
- 1983 Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85
- 1988 William Camp, dies at 74
- 1990 Wallace Breem, British author (Eagle in the Snow), dies at 73
- 1991 Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92
- 1991 Ragnar Granit, Finnish neuroscientist, (Nobel 1967 - discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye), dies at 90
- 1992 Hans G. Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (known for the comic strip Eric de Noorman), dies at 70
- 1992 Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies
- 1992 Karel Poons, father of Paul Deen, dies
- 1992 Philippe Soupault, writer, dies
- 1992 Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/MP (chr-dem), murdered
- 1993 Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62
- 1993 Wang Zhen, marxist/vice-premier of China (1988), dies
- 1994 Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59
- 1996 Charles Bruce Perry, Professor of Medicine (Bristol University), dies at 92
- 1996 Gyula Kallai, Prime Minister of Hungry (1965-67), dies at 85
- 1996 John Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher, dies at 67
- 1998 Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramist (b. 1893)
- 2001 Morton Downey, Jr., American television talk show host (b. 1933)
- 2001 Robert Ludlum, American spy novelist (Bourne Identity), dies at 73
- 2001 Henry Lee Lucas, American drifter and serial killer, dies at 64
- 2002 Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician (b. 1932)
- 2002 Jean-Paul Riopelle, Quebec painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
- 2003 Zoran Đinđić, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (2001-03), assassinated at 50
- 2003 Howard Fast, American author (b. 1914)
- 2005 Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist (b. 1943)
- 2006 Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (b. 1947)
- 2008 Lazare Ponticelli, the last "poilu", French foot soldier of World War One, dies at 110 (b. 1897)
- 2008 Howard Metzenbaum, American businessman and politician (U.S. Senator from Ohio), dies at 90
- 2010 Miguel Delibes, Spanish novelist (b. 1920)
Terry Pratchett
2015 Terry Pratchett, English author of fantasy novels (Discworld), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 66
Terry Pratchett
Michael Graves
2015 Michael Graves, American postmodernist architect and designer, dies at 80
Michael Graves
- 2016 Lloyd Shapley, American Mathematician (2012 Nobel Prize, Game Theory), dies at 92
- 2017 Luigi Barbarito, Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, dies at 94