- 1322 Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)
- 1418 Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian
- 1421 Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388)
- 1471 George van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies
- 1544 Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)
- 1589 Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti), dies at 67
- 1602 Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (Communion of St. Jerome), dies at 44
- 1627 Cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about 81
- 1639 Thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies
- 1661 Hendrick Uylenburgh, art dealer, buried at about 73
- 1685 Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
Jonathan Edwards
1758 Jonathan Edwards, American Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (Original Sin), dies at 54
Jonathan Edwards
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1832 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and social philosopher (Faust), dies at 82
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1838 Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73
- 1840 Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician, dies at 41
- 1852 Marie Sophie of Hesse-Kassel, queen consort of Denmark and Norway, dies at 84
- 1890 Désiré de Haerne, Belgian Catholic priest and Congressional leader, dies at 85
- 1896 Thomas Hughes, English politician and author (Tom Brown's School days), dies at 73
- 1912 Henry Harrison Walker, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 79
- 1913 Sung Chiao-jen, Chinese Nationalist (b. 1882)
- 1922 Louis-Antoine Ranvier, French anatomist and historian, dies at 86
- 1923 Theophile Delcasse, French statesman, dies at 71
- 1924 Robert Nivelle, French military officer, dies at 67
- 1934 Theophilos Hatzimihail, Greek painter (b. 1870)
- 1937 Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, English aviator and ornithologist, dies at 71
- 1944 ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed
- 1945 J Postuma, Dutch resistance fighter, dies
- 1946 Clemens A von Galen, bishop of Munster/anti fascist, dies at 68
- 1953 James Anderson II, (Jo-Northern Exposure), dies
- 1955 Ivan Šubašić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister and last ban of Croatia (b. 1892)
- 1956 George Al Sarton, Belgian-American chemist and historian, dies at 71
- 1958 Michael "Mike" Todd [Avrom Goldbogen], American producer (Around the World in 80 Days) and 3rd husband of Elizabeth Taylor, dies in a plane crash at 48
- 1960 José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (b. 1904)
- 1971 Martin Bodmer, writer, dies
- 1977 A.K. Gopalan, Indian Communist leader (b. 1904)
- 1978 Karl Wallenda, falls to death walking high-wire in PR at 73
- 1979 Richard Sykes, British ambassador, assassinated by the IRA in The Hague, Holland
- 1981 James "Jumbo" Elliott, American track coach (b. 1915)
- 1990 Gerald Bull, Canadian long range artillery designer and engineer, dies at 62
- 1991 Léon Balcer, French Canadian politician (b. 1917)
- 1991 Paul Engle, American poet and writer (Worm Earth, American Song), dies at 82
- 1993 Phia Berghout, Dutch harpist, dies at 83
- 1994 Igor Aleinikov, Russian director (tractors, air crash), dies at 32
- 1994 Luther Diamond, radio Personality, dies at 89
- 1994 Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (Woody Woodpecker's creator), dies at 93
- 1995 Peter Woods, British journalist and newsreader, dies at 64
- 1996 Claude Mauriac, French writer (Le Temps immobile), dies at 81
- 1996 Robert Franklin Overmyer, astronaut (STS 5, STS 51-B), dies at 59
- 1996 Robert Mellors, gay activist, dies at 47
- 1996 Ron Hayward, English politician, General Secretary of the Labour Party, dies at 78
- 2003 Terry Lloyd, English reporter (b. 1952)
- 2004 Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (b. ca. 1937)
- 2005 Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect (b. 1913)
- 2006 Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)
- 2006 Kurt von Trojan, Australian sci-fi author (b. 1937)
- 2007 Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1918)
- 2010 James W. Black, Scottish Nobel Prize-winning doctor and medical research scientist (b. 1924)
- 2012 Haydn Tudor Evans, British high court judge, dies at 91
- 2013 Aya Zikken, Dutch author (Atlasvlinder, Rameh), dies at 93
- 2014 Patrice Wymore, American actress (The Big Tree), dies from natural causes at 87
- 2016 Rob Ford, Canadian politician (Toronto mayor caught with cocaine), dies at 46
- 2017 Francine Hughes Wilson, American domestic abuse victim "The Burning Bed" who changed pubic perceptions, dies at 69
- 2018 Johan van Hulst, Dutch teacher who helped save 600 children from the Nazis, dies at 107