- 1440 St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384)
- 1444 Leonardo Bruni, Italian humanist, statesman and historian (1st to divide history into Antiquity, Middle Ages, Modern), dies at about 74
- 1566 David Rizzio, Italian secretary of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered by Protestant nobles
- 1620 Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59
- 1649 James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman, dies at 42
- 1649 Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier, executed at 58
- 1661 Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58
- 1688 Claude Mellan, French engraver, cartoonist and painter, dies at 89
- 1709 Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat, dies at 70
- 1747 Jacob Campo Weyerman, Dutch painter and writer active during the Dutch Enlightenment, dies at 69
- 1808 Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect who designed English country houses, dies at 69
- 1809 Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French ballonist (1st balloon flights in England and U.S.), dies at 55
- 1824 Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79
- 1831 Friedrich M. Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79
- 1836 Antoine Destutt de Tracy, French Enlightenment philosopher, dies at 81
- 1847 Mary Anning, British fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist (Jurassic marine fossil beds of Lyme Regis in Dorset), dies of breast cancer at 47
Hans Christian Ørsted
- 1876 Louise Colet, French Romantic poet who had long affair with Gustave Flaubert, dies at 65
- 1877 Mark Prager Lindo, English Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58
- 1883 Arnold Toynbee, English economic historian and social reformer, dies at 30
- 1888 William I, King of Prussia (1861-71) 1st German Emperor (1871-88), dies at 90
- 1895 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59
- 1897 Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier and pioneer of modern skiing, dies at 71
- 1907 John Alexander Dowie, Scottish-American evangelist (founded the city of Zion, Illinois), dies at 59
- 1913 Eberhard Nestle, German biblical scholar, dies at 61
- 1937 Paul Elmer More, American critic and essayist, dies at 72
- 1947 Carrie Chapman Catt, American women's suffrage leader, dies at 88
- 1954 Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (b. 1912)
- 1954 V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer, dies at 79
- 1955 Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88
- 1960 Jack Beattie, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886)
- 1962 Howard Engstrom, Boston, a designer of Univac computer, dies at 59
- 1963 Frederic G. Melcher, American publisher and editor who founded children's book week, dies at 83
- 1964 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general and politician, dies at 93
- 1965 Kazys Boruta, Lithuanian writer, dies at 60
- 1969 Riad, chief of staff (Egyptian army), dies
- 1974 Earl W Sutherland Jr, US pharmacologist (Nobel 1971), dies at 58
- 1975 Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82
- 1975 Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor, dies at 86
- 1981 Max Delbrück, German-American biologist and molecular geneticist (bacteriophage, Nobel Prize 1969), dies at 74
- 1982 Richard A Butler, England, min of Finance, dies at 79
- 1983 Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist famous for his work on neurotransmitters (Nobel 1970), dies at 78
- 1988 Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83
- 1989 Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer, dies at 42
- 1992 Jack McEdward, asst dir (Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell), dies at 94
- 1992 James Brooks, American mural painter (Flight, La Guardia NY), dies at 85
Menachem Begin
1992 Menachem Begin, 6th Prime Minister of Israel (1977-80, 81-83) and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies of a heart attack at 85
Menachem Begin
- 1993 Max August Zorn, German mathematician (lemma of Zorn), dies at 86
- 1994 Lawrence E. Spivak, American news panelist (Meet the Press), dies at 93
- 1995 Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79
- 1995 Edward Bernays, Austrian-American pioneer in the field of public relations and propaganda, dies at 103
- 1996 Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77
- 1996 Elman Ali Ahmed, peace campaigner, dies at 42
- 1996 Peter Mansfield, British political journalist and author, dies at 67
- 1997 Terry Nation, writer (Dr Who, Blake 7) at 66
- 2003 Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (b. 1946)
- 2004 Dr. Gerald Deskin, Ph.D., clinical child psychologist (b. 1929)
- 2005 Kurt Lotz, German business executive and second postwar CEO of Volkswagen, dies at 92
- 2005 Jeanette Schmid, Austrian transsexual professional whistler, dies at 80
- 2006 John Profumo, British cabinet minister (Profumo scandal), dies at 91
- 2006 Geir Ivarsøy, Norwegian programmer, co-founder of Opera Software ASA (b. 1957)
- 2007 Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, North Carolina politician (b. unknown)
- 2010 Doris Haddock, American political activist (b. 1910)
- 2011 David S. Broder, American journalist (Pulitzer 1973), dies at 81
- 2012 Selma Rubin, American environmental activist, dies at 96
- 2012 Lord Wedderton of Charlton, British academic and politician, dies at 84
- 2012 Bill Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton, British politician, dies at 84
- 2015 James Molyneaux [Baron Molyneaux of Killead], MP (Ulster unionist), dies at 94
John Gutfreund
2016 John Gutfreund, American investment banker, CEO of Salomon Brothers (King of Wall Street), dies at 86
John Gutfreund
- 2017 Howard Hodgkin, British abstract painter, dies at 84
- 2018 Joaquin Avila, American lawyer and civil rights champion who advocated against voter discrimination, dies from complications of colon and liver cancer at 69
- 2019 Bobbi Fiedler, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), dies at 81