- 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
- 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, 1st president Cuba (1902-06), dies
- 1914 Georg Trakl, writer, dies at 27
- 1918 Andrew Dickson White, American historian and educator, 1st President of Cornell University, dies at 85
- 1918 Wilfred Owen, 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
- 1921 Takasji Hara, premier of Japan, murdered
- 1924 Richard Conner, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (b. 1843)
Manuel Azaña
1940 Manuel Azaña, 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
Manuel Azaña
- 1942 Marcel Barger, [Streliskie], 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 Paul JM Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author, dies at 78
- 1968 Michel Kikoine, Belarusian painter (b. 1892)
- 1969 Carlos Marighela, Brazilian guerilla, dies in battle
- 1973 Karl H. Waggerl, Austria author (Green Friends), dies at 75
- 1974 Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/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 A Landau, producer (Long Day's Journey), dies of stroke at 73
- 1993 Jose L Guarner, Spanish movie reviewer, dies at 56
- 1994 Alexander Hardie Williamson, artist, dies at 87
- 1994 Sam Francis, American painter (Basel Mural), dies at 71
- 1995 Gilles Deleuze, philosopher, dies at 70
Yitzhak Rabin
1995 Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel (1974-77 and 1992-95) and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize winner, assassinated by Jewish extremist Yigal Amir at 73
Yitzhak Rabin
- 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
- 2003 Richard Wollheim, British philosopher (deeply engaged with issues that were central to the visual arts), dies at 89
- 2003 Charles Causley, Cornish writer and poet (b. 1917)
- 2005 Nadia Anjuman, Afghan poet and journalist (b. 1980)
- 2006 Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American author (Cheaper by the Dozen), dies at 98
- 2006 Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician (b. 1915)
- 2006 Torolf Elster, Norwegian journalist and writer (Frihet och demokrati), dies at 95
Michael Crichton
2008 Michael Crichton, American author, dies at 66
Michael Crichton
- 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 (b. 1896)
- 2018 Selma Engel [Saartje Wijnberg], Dutch born Jew, the first to tell of Nazi Sobibor extermination camp, dies at 96