- 1239 Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1187)
- 1459 Ausiàs March, Catalan poet of Valencian literature, dies at 59
- 1554 Johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50
- 1580 Jacob Hillebrand, Dutch mayor of Groningen, dies
- 1635 Philips de l'Espinoy, historian/mayor of Ghent, dies
Robert Hooke
1703 Robert Hooke, English scientific genius (Micrographia), dies at 67
Robert Hooke
- 1707 Aurangzeb, Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at 88
- 1717 Pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75
- 1744 Jean Barbeyrac, French jurist
- 1765 William Stukeley, English physician and archaeologist (pioneered investigation of Stonehenge and Avebury), dies at 77
- 1792 Robert Adam, Scottish architect and designer (Adelphi Terrace, London), dies at 63
- 1806 Heinrich Christian Boie, German author and editor, dies at 61
- 1808 Johann Christian Fabricius, Danish Entomologist, dies at 63
- 1848 Heinrich Olivier, German painter, dies
- 1850 Oliver Cowdery, American religious leader (b. 1806)
- 1858 Jozsef Bajza, Hungarian author/poet/critic, dies at 54
- 1864 Ulric Dahlgren, Union colonel, dies in battle at 21
- 1878 Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English artist and Egyptologist, dies at 81
- 1899 William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (b. 1827)
- 1902 Isaac D France van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866), dies at 79
- 1920 Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (b. 1840)
- 1921 P.J.H. [Pierre] Cuypers, Dutch architect (Amsterdam museum), dies at 93
- 1927 Mikhail Artsybashev, Russian writer (b. 1878)
- 1928 Jan [Jean] T Toorop, Dutch graphic artist (3 Brides), dies at 69
- 1941 Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59
- 1941 Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed
- 1942 Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43
- 1945 Arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61
- 1948 Antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51
- 1956 Willem Hendrik Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79
- 1982 Georges Perec, French writer, dies at 45
- 1984 Heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor, dies at 81
- 1985 Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86
- 1990 Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86
- 1990 Gérard Blitz, Belgian waterpoloist and entrepreneur (b. 1912)
- 1991 Clara Eggink, [Ebbele], Dutch poet (Life with J C Bloem), dies at 84
- 1993 Albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at 86
- 1993 Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (b. 1910)
- 1995 Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at 84
- 1995 Howard Hunter, US leader of Mormon Church (1994-95), dies at 87
- 1995 Howard Yanks, founder of the Philadelphia folk festival, dies at 65
- 1995 Pierre Tisseyre, publisher (Circle du livre de France), dies at 85
- 1996 David Bowman, trade unionist, dies at 82
- 1996 John Joseph Krol, cardinal, dies at 95
- 1996 Leo Malet, French crime novelist, dies at 86
- 1996 Ludwig Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord, journalist, dies at 76
- 1996 Marguerite Duras, French novelist and playwright (Sea Wall), dies at 81
- 1996 Meyer Schapiro, Lithuanian-born American art historian, dies at 91
- 1997 Stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies
- 1998 Fred Friendly, American broadcast executive (b. 1915)
- 1999 Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- 2003 Luis Marden, American photojournalist (b. 1913)
- 2003 Peter Smithson, English architect (b. 1923)
- 2005 Max M. Fisher, American philanthropist (b. 1928)
- 2006 Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (b. 1923)
- 2006 William Herskovic, Holocaust hero and philanthropist (b. 1914)
- 2007 Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian catoonist, creater of La Linea.
- 2010 Michael Foot, British politician (L) and writer, Leader of the Opposition (1980-83), dies at 96
- 2011 May Cutler, Canadian politician and publisher (b. 1923)
- 2012 Ralph McQuarrie, American conceptual designer, dies at 82
- 2014 William R. Pogue, American astronaut, dies at 84
- 2017 René Préval, President of Haiti (1996-2001, 2006-2011), dies at 74
- 2017 Stephen Ross, American economist (arbitrage pricing theory), dies at 73