- 741 Charles Martel, ruler of the Franks, dies at 63
- 1383 Ferdinand I, the wise, king of Portugal, dies
- 1494 Gian Galeazzo, Italian duke of Milan (1476-94), dies
- 1565 Jean, Vicomte d'Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile (b. 1479)
- 1625 Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (b. 1561)
- 1674 Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (b. 1621)
- 1707 Cloudesley Shovell, Admiral, drowns at Scilly
- 1708 Herman Witsius, [Wits], reformed theologist, dies at 72
- 1751 Willem IV KH Friso, prince of Orange-Nassau, dies at 40
- 1755 Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (b. 1694)
- 1763 French van Mieris "the Young", painter/historian, dies at 73
- 1792 Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer, dies at 67
- 1818 Joachim H Campe, German theory/author, dies at 72
- 1847 Sahle Selassie, Negus of Shewa
- 1852 Hans C E Freiherr von Gagern, German advisor to Dutch king, dies at 86
- 1854 Jeremias Gotthelf [Albert Bitzius], Swiss writer (The Black Spider), dies at 57
- 1869 Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist, dies at 64
- 1871 Roderick Murchison, Scottish Geologist (Silurian system), dies at 79
- 1882 Janos Arany, Hungarians poet (Toldi Szerelme), dies at 65
- 1883 Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (The Headless Horseman), dies at 65
- 1891 Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist (b. 1846)
Paul Cézanne
1906 Paul Cézanne, French artist and Post-Impressionist painter (The Basket of Apples), dies of pneumonia at 67
Paul Cézanne
- 1915 Andrew Noble, Scottish physicist who was a founder of the science of ballistics, dies at 84
- 1919 Bruce Frederick Cummings, English author (Journal of a Disappointed Man), dies at 30
- 1926 Jules Van de Hill, Belgian lawyer/politician, dies
- 1927 Borisav "Bora" Stanković, Serbian writer (b. 1876)
- 1928 Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (1908-09, 1910-13, 1914-15), dies at 66
- 1932 Anna Dickinson, dies just a week shy of her 90th birthday
- 1934 Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, gangster, shot dead at 30 by FBI in Ohio
- 1942 Gustave "Staff" de Clercq, leader Flemish Nationally Covenant, dies
- 1942 Sybren Tulip, NSBer/supt of police in Amsterdam (1941-42), dies
- 1948 August Hlond, Polish cardinal of the Roman Catholic church, dies at 67
- 1954 Prosper Cocquyt, Belgian brewer/pilot, dies at 54
- 1954 Jibanananda Das, Bengali poet (b. 1899)
- 1954 Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian author (one of the modernist Group of Five), dies at 64
- 1960 Edgar Scauflaire, Belgian painter and decorator, dies at 67
- 1963 Elvin M. Jellinek, American Physiologist and pioneer in the study of alcoholism, dies at 73
- 1964 Khawaja Nazimuddin, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan and President of Pakistan Muslim League, dies at 70
- 1965 Dipa Nusantara Aidit, Indonesian communist leader of PKI (1951-65), murdered at 42
- 1965 Paul Tillich, German-American theologist (Courage To Be), dies at 79
- 1966 Hewlett Johnson [Red Dean of Canterbury], English bishop, dies at 92
- 1970 René Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered
- 1972 Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudist/portraits), dies at 82
Arnold J. Toynbee
1975 Arnold J. Toynbee, English historian (A Study of History), dies at 86
Arnold J. Toynbee
- 1978 John Riley, English poet (murdered) (b. 1937)
- 1979 Jesse Bishop, murderer, dies in Nevada gas chamber
- 1982 Savitri Devi [Maximiani Portas], Greek French Nazi writer, dies at 77
- 1986 Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, bio-chemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937), dies at 93
- 1986 Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician
- 1993 Elie A Cohen, physician (held in Auschwitz), dies at 84
- 1993 Fred C Shapiro, US journalist (Tiananmen-square 1989), dies at 62
- 1993 Jiří Hájek, Czech politician and diplomat, dies at 80
- 1994 Chester WIlliams, painter, dies at 73
- 1994 Fabio Grobart, founder (Cuban Communist Party), dies
- 1994 Harold Horace Hopkins, inventor (Endoscope), dies at 75
- 1994 Rollo May, founder (Humanistic Psychology Movement), dies at 85
- 1994 Sandy Horn, lesbian Activist, dies at 59
- 1994 William Frankena, American philosopher, dies at 86
- 1995 Edward Totah, art Dealer, dies at 46
- 1995 K B Wilson, methodist principal (Westminster College), dies at 50
- 1995 Kingsley Amis, English author (Lucky Jim), dies of injuries from a fall at 73
- 1995 Ralph Whitlock, English writer, dies at 81
- 1995 Simone Gallimard, publisher, dies at 77
- 1996 Charles Edward Pevensey Tennant, aristocrat, dies at 39
- 1996 Matthew Harding, businessman/football supporter, dies at 42
- 1998 Eric Ambler, English novelist (b. 1909)
- 2002 Queen Geraldina of the Albanians (b. 1915)
- 2004 Samuel Lee Gravely Jr., American naval officer, First African American fleet commander, dies at 82
- 2004 Alastair Down, CEO (Burmah Oil), dies at 90
- 2005 Arman, French-born artist (b. 1928)
- 2006 Choi Kyu-hah, President of South Korea, dies at 87
- 2007 Ève Curie French writer (b. 1904)
- 2011 Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Crown Prince (2005-11), dies at 82 or 83
- 2012 Russell Means, Native American activist, dies from esophageal cancer at 72
- 2012 Arthur Jensen, American psychologist, dies at 89
- 2016 Steve Dillon, English comic book artist (Preacher), dies at 54
- 2017 Paul J. Weitz, American test pilot and NASA astronaut (Skylab 2, STS 6), dies at 85