- 417 Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies
Gregory I (c. 540-604 AD)
Roman noble, monk, Bishop of Rome, Pope (590-604), and saint known as Gregory the Great, 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
- 1868 Ernest Doudart de Lagrée, French naval officer and entomologist (led the Mekong River expedition 1866-68), dies during the Mekong Expedition at 44
- 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 (1846-1914)
American entrepreneur and engineer (air brakes, alternating current system) who was a pioneer of the electrical industry (Westinghouse Electric), dies at 67
Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925)
Chinese revolutionary and father of modern China, dies of liver cancer at 58
William George Barker (1894-1930)
Canadian Fighter Ace (Victoria Cross recipient), dies in a training accident at 35
David Beatty (1871-1936)
1st Earl Beatty and British Admiral of the Fleet during World War I (Battle of Jutland), dies of heart failure at 65
- 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, 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 Yevsei Liberman, Ukraine Soviet 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 Henry Lee Lucas, American drifter and serial killer, dies at 64
- 2001 Morton Downey, Jr., American television talk show host (b. 1933)
- 2001 Robert Ludlum, American spy novelist (Bourne Identity), dies at 73
- 2002 Jean-Paul Riopelle, Quebec painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
- 2002 Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot politician (b. 1932)
- 2003 Zoran Đinđić, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (2001-03), assassinated at 50
- 2005 Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist (b. 1943)
- 2006 Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (b. 1947)
- 2008 Howard Metzenbaum, American businessman and politician (U.S. Senator from Ohio), dies at 90
- 2008 Lazare Ponticelli, the last "poilu", French foot soldier of World War One, dies at 110 (b. 1897)
- 2010 Miguel Delibes, Spanish novelist (b. 1920)
Michael Graves (1934-2015)
American postmodernist architect and designer, dies at 80
Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
English author of fantasy novels (Discworld), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 66
- 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
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