- 45 BC Titus Labienus, Roman leader
Marcus Aurelius
180 Antonius Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome (161-180AD), dies at 58
Marcus Aurelius
- 461 Saint Patrick, Patron saint of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend)
- 659 Gertrude of Nivelles, Belgian abbess, patron saint of travellers, dies at about 32
- 1040 Harold Harefoot (Harold I), King of England (1035-40), dies
- 1058 King Lulach I of Scotland
- 1199 Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow
- 1272 Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)
- 1425 Ashikaga Yoshikazu, 5th Japanese shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, dies at 17
- 1516 Giuliano de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at 37
- 1565 Alexander Ales [Alesius], Scottish theologian of the school of Augsburg, dies at 64
- 1588 Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies
- 1605 Pieter Bast [Bastius], Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34
- 1640 Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies
- 1649 Gerardus Johannis Vossius [Gerrit Vos], Dutch regent, dies at 71
- 1649 Gabriel Lallemant, French Jesuit missionary, one of the Canadian Martyrs (b. 1610)
- 1653 Johan van Galen, admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48
- 1680 François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld, French writer of maxims and memoirs, dies at 66
- 1704 Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63
- 1713 Juraj Jánošík, famous Slovak outlaw [b. 1688)
- 1715 Gilbert Burnet, Scottish philosopher and Bishop of Salisbury, dies at 71
- 1741 Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (b. 1671)
- 1764 George Parker, English astronomer, dies
- 1782 Daniel Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and physicist (10 time French award), dies at 82
- 1796 Pieter Paulus, Dutch Patriot and President of the First National Assembly in The Hague, dies of a serious cold at 42
- 1806 David Dale, industrialist & philanthropist, dies
- 1830 Laurent, 1st Marquis of Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal, dies at 65
- 1846 Friedrich W Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), dies at 61
- 1849 William II, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg, dies at 56
Christian Doppler
1853 Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist, dies at 49
Christian Doppler
- 1860 Anna Brownell Jameson, Anglo-Irish historian and writer (Loves of the Poets), dies at 65
- 1863 John Pelham, U.S. Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24
- 1864 Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter, etcher and lithographer, dies at 53
- 1889 Joseph Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch poet (Dietsche Warande), dies at 68
- 1891 Napoléon JKP Bonaparte, French prince and member of National Convention, dies at 68
- 1893 Jules Ferry, French statesman, dies at 60
- 1898 Blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington
- 1901 Franz Melde, German physicist (Melde Test), dies at 69
- 1906 Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82
- 1912 Lawrence "Titus" Oates, British explorer (Antarctica), sacrifices himself during the Terra Nova Expedition at 32
- 1913 Richard Montgomery Gano, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 82
- 1915 Walter Crane, English painter, cartoonist and illustrator (The Lady of Shalott), dies at 69
- 1926 Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general most noted for the development of new offensive tactics used in the 1916 Brusilov Offensive, dies at 72
- 1941 Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle
- 1946 Dai Li, Chinese spymaster (b. 1897)
- 1949 Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (b. 1882)
- 1950 Adolf Meyer, American psychiatrist and neurologist (pioneered mental hygiene), dies at 83
- 1954 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88
Irene Joliot-Curie
1956 Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist (Nobel laureate 1935) and daughter of Marie Curie, dies at 58
Irene Joliot-Curie
Ramon Magsaysay
1957 Ramon Magsaysay, 7th President of the Philippines, dies in a plane crash at 49
Ramon Magsaysay
- 1961 Susanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101
- 1962 Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian integral geometer, dies at 76
- 1965 Nancy Cunard, British writer and activist, dies at 69
- 1967 Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at 67
- 1970 Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83
- 1971 Ernst Bachmeister, writer, dies
- 1974 [Robert] Carroll Nye, American actor (Gone with the Wind), dies at 72
- 1974 Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73
- 1976 Luchino Visconti, Italian director (The Leopard, Death in Venice), dies at 69
- 1982 Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador
- 1982 Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
- 1982 Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador
- 1983 Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
- 1986 John Bagot Glubb, British commandant and writer (A soldier with the Arabs), dies at 88
- 1987 Santo Trafficante, Jr., American gangster (b. 1914)
- 1992 George Lovi, American columnist (Sky & Telescope's "Ramblings"), dies
- 1993 Laadi Flici, Algerian MP, murdered
- 1993 Charlotte Hughes, British supercentenarian (lived under the rule of 6 monarchs and 24 British Prime Ministers), dies at 115
- 1994 Arthur C. Jacobs, Scottish poet, dies at 57
- 1994 Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79
- 1994 Charlotte Auerbach, German-Born British geneticist and zoologist, dies at 94
- 1995 Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48
- 1995 Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist and director (Weevers' Duin), dies at 56
- 1995 Ronnie Kray, English gangster (The Firm), dies at 61
- 1996 Bela Szigeti, Hungarian theoretical physicist, dies at 83
- 1996 Thomas Enders, diplomat, dies at 64
- 2002 Pat Weaver, American broadcast executive (b. 1908)
- 2002 Luise Rinser, German writer (Prison Journal), dies at 90
- 2003 Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (b. 1902)
- 2005 George F. Kennan, American Cold War strategist and historian (b. 1904)
- 2005 Andre Norton, American writer (b. 1912)
- 2006 Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (for Jackie Kennedy), dies at 92
- 2007 John Backus, American computer scientist and inventor (FORTRAN computer language), dies at 82
- 2007 Jim Cronin, Animal welfare campaigner and founder of Monkey World in Dorset, England. (b. 1951)
- 2008 Roland Arnall, American businessman and U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands, dies at 68
- 2010 Robert Michael White, American test pilot (X-15), dies at 85
- 2010 Sid Fleischman, American author, and screenplay writer (The Whipping Boy; Blood Alley: The Abracadabra Kid), dies at 90
- 2012 John Demjanjuk, convicted Nazi war criminal, dies from natural causes at 91
- 2012 Pope Shenouda III, Egyptian Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, dies from prostate cancer at 88
- 2012 Chaleo Yoovidhya, Thai co-creator of Red Bull energy drink, dies from natural causes at 88
- 2013 Jan van Houwelingen, Dutch politician (Undersecretary of Defense (CDA), dies at 73
- 2014 L'Wren Scott [Laura Bambrough], American fashion designer and partner of Mick Jagger, commits suicide at 49
- 2016 Paul Daniels, British magician (The Paul Daniels Magic Show), dies at 77
- 2017 Derek Walcott, Caribbean poet (Omeros), Nobel Prize for Literature 1992, dies at 87
- 2021 John Magufuli, Tanzanian politician, President of Tanzania (2015-2021) dies in office at 61