- 1203 Dirk VII, Count of Holland (1190-1203), dies
- 1411 Khalil Sultan, ruler of Transoxonia (b. 1384)
- 1652 Jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597)
- 1658 Antoine Le Maistre, French Jansenist (b. 1608)
- 1669 Johannes Cocceius, Dutch theologian (b. 1603)
- 1674 Kano Tanjoe, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits), dies at 72
- 1698 Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician and physicist, dies at 73
- 1702 John Benbow, English vice-admiral (Santa Marta), dies
- 1704 Andreas Acoluthus, German orientalist (b. 1654)
- 1768 Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist, philosopher and astronomer, dies at 57
- 1781 Johann Nikolaus Götz, German poet (Die Mädcheninsel), dies at 60
- 1791 Maj. General Richard Butler, American soldier dies in battle against Native American forces during St. Clair's Defeat, at 48
- 1801 William Shippen, American physician and delegate to the Continental Congress, dies at 89
- 1830 Frederic de Merode, Belgian revolutionary, dies in battle at 37
- 1837 Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert, French dermatologist, dies at 69
- 1850 Gustav Schwab, German writer, dies at 58
- 1856 Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter, dies at 62
- 1869 George Peabody, American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded the Peabody Trust and the Peabody Institute, dies at 74
- 1890 Jacob PP baron van Zuylen, Dutch foreign minister (1852-3), dies at 74
- 1890 Joseph B. Palmer, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 65
- 1893 Cornelis Eliza van Koetsveld, Dutch writer and preacher, dies at 86
- 1893 Pierre Tirard, French politician (b. 1827)
- 1906 John H. Ketcham, American politician (b. 1832)
- 1908 Tomés Estrada Palma, Cuban politician, 1st president of Cuba (1902-06), dies at 73
- 1914 Georg Trakl, Austrian poet, dies of a drug overdose at 27
- 1917 Chocolat [Rafael Padilla], Afro-Cuban clown, dies at 52
- 1918 Andrew Dickson White, American historian and educator, 1st President of Cornell University, dies at 85
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
English soldier and anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth, Futility), killed in action at 25 during the crossing of the Sambre–Oise Canal, exactly one week before the signing of the Armistice
Manuel Azaña (1880-1940)
Prime Minister of Spain (1931-33) and 2nd President of the Spanish Republic (1936-39), dies of a heart attack at 60 while in exile in France
- 1942 Marcel Barger [Streliskie], Dutch cabaret performer, killed in Auschwitz
- 1954 Stig Dagerman, Swedish author (Burned Child), dies at 31
- 1957 Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1897)
- 1968 Michel Kikoine, Belarusian painter (b. 1892)
- 1968 Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer and author, dies at 78
- 1969 Carlos Marighela, Brazilian politician and guerilla, shot by police at 57
- 1973 Karl H. Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75
- 1974 Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter and son of Charley Toorop, dies at 62
- 1980 Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer, 1st female in Canada to get bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, dies at 75
- 1986 Kurt Hirsch, German mathematician (b. 1906)
- 1987 Raphael Soyer, Russian-born American artist (Depression scenes in NYC), dies at 87
- 1993 Basuki Abdullah, Indonesian painter, murdered at 78
- 1993 Cornelis T "Cor" van de Molen, Dutch journalist (Beehive), dies at 62
- 1993 Ely Landau, American television and film producer (Play of the Week; Long Day's Journey into Night; King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis), dies of stroke at 73
- 1993 Jose L. Guarner, Spanish movie reviewer, dies at 56
- 1994 Alexander Hardie Williamson, British artist, dies at 87
- 1994 Sam Francis, American painter (Basel Mural), dies at 71
- 1995 Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (Difference and Repetition), dies at 70
Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995)
Prime Minister of Israel (1974-77 and 1992-95) and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize winner, assassinated by Jewish extremist Yigal Amir at 73
- 1996 Robert Rapoport, American social anthropologist, dies at 72
- 1997 George Chambers, Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago (1981-86), dies at 69
- 1999 Charles Wintour, English editor (The Evening Standard), dies at 82
- 1999 Daisy Bates, American civil rights activist and publisher, dies at 84
- 2001 Edward Boland, American politician (Rep-D-MA, 1953-89), dies at 90
- 2003 Charles Causley, Cornish writer and poet (b. 1917)
- 2003 Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (deeply engaged with issues that were central to the visual arts), dies at 89
- 2005 Nadia Anjuman, Afghan poet and journalist, dies after being beaten by her husband at 24
- 2006 Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (Cheaper by the Dozen), dies at 98
- 2006 Frank Calder, Canadian politician (British Columbia's first indigenous cabinet minister), dies at 91
- 2006 Torolf Elster, Norwegian journalist and writer (Frihet och demokrati), dies at 95
- 2008 Juan Camilo Mouriño, Mexican Secretary of the Interior (b. 1971)
- 2009 Hubertus Brandenburg, Roman Catholic Bishop of Stockholm (b. 1923)
- 2010 Eugénie Blanchard, French supercentenarian, dies at 114
- 2014 George E. Slusser, American scholar, writer and Sci-Fic critic, dies at 75
- 2018 Selma Engel [Saartje Wijnberg], Dutch born Jew, the first to tell of Nazi Sobibor extermination camp, dies at 96
- 2021 Ruth Ann Minner (née Coverdale), American businesswoman and politician (Governor of Delaware (D), 2001-09), dies at 86
- 2022 Michael Doyle, Irish-American priest (Pastor of Sacred Heart - Camden, 1974-2020), poet. and anti-war activist (Camden 28), dies at 88 [1] [2]
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