- 685 Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies
- 973 Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60
- 1092 Remigius de Fécamp, first bishop of Lincoln (b. unknown)
- 1166 Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)
- 1205 Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6
- 1427 Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English churchman
- 1523 Franz von Sickingen, German knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42
- 1539 Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (b. 1466)
- 1617 David Fabricius, German astronomer (discovered variable star), dies at 53
- 1671 Pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of Opperkrijgshof, dies at 62
- 1673 Johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58
- 1682 Tsar Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)
- 1718 Mary of Modena, wife of James II of England (b. 1658)
- 1792 Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82
- 1793 Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68
- 1800 Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel, Dutch Grand Pensionary of Zeeland and Holland (1787-95), dies at 64
William Petty
1805 William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of Great Britain (1782-83), dies at 68
William Petty
- 1840 Caspar David Friedrich, German painter (b. 1774)
- 1863 Amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46
- 1868 Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
- 1871 Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies
- 1876 William Buell Sprague, American clergyman and author (b. 1795)
- 1884 Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72
- 1887 C. F. W. Walther, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1811)
- 1890 James Nasmyth, Scottish Engineer and Inventor of the steam hammer, dies at 81
H. H. Holmes
1896 H. H. Holmes [Herman Webster Mudgett], 1st known American serial killer executed by hanging at 34
H. H. Holmes
- 1904 Peter Hille, writer, dies
- 1915 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Sr., American businessman and sportsman (New York Central Railway), dies aboard the RMS Lusitania during World War I at 37
- 1915 Alfred Scott Witherbee Jr, US Lusitania officer, dies
- 1915 Charles Frohman, dies aboard Lusitania
- 1925 William Hesketh Lever, First Viscount Leverhulme (b. 1851)
- 1929 Albert Anselmi, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
- 1929 John Scalise, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
- 1929 Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
- 1932 Albert Thomas, French socialist politician (Minister of Armament WW1), dies at 53
- 1940 George Lansbury, Labour Party Leader (b. 1859)
- 1941 David Wijnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies
- 1941 Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (b. 1854)
- 1946 Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed
- 1958 Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81
- 1968 Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41
- 1971 Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83
- 1982 Alfred Adam, dies at 72
- 1983 Peter Edel, writer, dies
- 1986 Gaston Deferre, French politician, dies at 75
- 1987 Colin Blakely, dies at 56
- 1994 Clement Greenberg, US art critic (Art & Culture), dies at 85
- 1994 Margaret Skeete, oldest American, dies at 115
- 1995 Ernest H Martin, impressario, dies at 75
- 1995 Lawrence Josset, engraver, dies at 84
- 1995 Maria Luisa Bemberg, fil maker, dies at 73
- 1996 Albert Meltzer, anarchist, dies at 76
- 1996 Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP, dies at 87
- 1996 Howard Frank Trayton Smith, diplomat/head of MI5, dies at 76
- 1998 Allan McLeod Cormack, South African physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1924)
- 2002 Kevyn Aucoin, Makeup Artist and Photographer (b. 1962)
- 2004 Waldemar Milewicz, Polish reporter (b. 1956)
- 2005 Peter W. Rodino, American politician (b. 1909)
- 2006 Richard Carleton, Australian news reporter (b.1943)
- 2006 Joan C. Edwards, American philanthropist (b. 1918)
- 2007 Octavian Paler, Romanian writer and journalist (b. 1926)
- 2007 Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader (b. 1935)
- 2009 David Mellor, English cutlery designer (b. 1930)
- 2013 Ray Harryhausen, American visual effects creator, dies at 92
- 2015 Sir Samuel "Sam" Edwards, Welsh physicist (condensed matter physics), dies at 87
- 2016 Harold Kroto, English chemist, (Nobel Prize laureate 1996), dies at 76