- 1168 Paschal III [Guido di Crema], Italian Antipope (1164-68), dies of cancer at around 58
- 1246 Michael of Chernigov, Ruler and grand prince of Kiev (1234-43), trampled, slaughtered and martyred at around 61 on orders of the Khan of the Golden Horde, Batu Khan, for refusing to bow to the fires and idols of the Mongols
- 1384 Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1360-84) and King of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies while on the march at 45
- 1493 Philippe Pot, Burgundian nobleman, military leader and diplomat, dies at around 65 [1]
- 1586 Anthony Babington, English page and conspirator to Mary, Queen of Scots convicted of plotting the assassination of Elizabeth I, hanged, drawn and quartered at 24
- 1613 Willem Hessels van Est [Estius], Dutch Catholic theologist and commentator on the Pauline epistles. dies at around 71
- 1624 Isaac Le Maire, Amsterdam ship owner, dies at about 66
- 1625 Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet, dies at 69
- 1627 Jan Gruter, Flemish-born Dutch critic, dies at 66
- 1639 John Meursius [van Meurs], Dutch classical scholar, dies at 60
- 1643 Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, English politician and writer
- 1653 Humphrey Chetham, English cloth merchant (his will leaves money to establish Chetham Library - oldest English language public library in the world), dies at 72 [1]
- 1679 Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Dutch vice admiral of Zealand, dies at 51
- 1703 Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish privy councillor, dies at 52
- 1731 Sicco van Goslinga, Fries diplomat/sect of High Council, dies at 67
- 1773 Pieter de Swart, Dutch architect (Delfts Port Rotterdam), dies at 63
- 1803 Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist, executed
- 1806 Utamaro Kitagawa, painter, dies
- 1810 Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk, Dutch painter, dies at 28
- 1839 Jose Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay (1816-39), dies at 74
- 1852 Philander Chase, American Episcopal Church bishop and founder of Kenyon College, dies at 76
- 1863 Benjamin Hardin Helm, US attorney/Confederate brigadier general, dies at 33
Jacob Grimm (1785-1863)
German philologist, folklorist and editor of "Grimm's Fairy Tales", dies at 78
- 1863 William Haines Lytle, US politician, poet and Brigadier General (Union Army), killed in action during the American Civil War at 36
- 1865 William H Revere Jr, US Union brigadier general, dies
- 1880 Donald McKay, Canadian-American naval architect (built fastest clipper ships), dies at 70
- 1884 Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist, dies at 82
- 1898 Theodor Fontane, German writer (Der Stechlin), dies at 78
- 1905 Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian Realist writer (Pavao Šegota), dies at 46
- 1906 Robert R. Hitt, American politician (b. 1834)
- 1917 Herbert Morris, Jamaican deserter in France, executed at 17
- 1932 Max Slevogt, German painter, dies at 63
- 1932 Wovoka, Paiute visionary
- 1933 Annie Besant, English social reformer and supporter of Indian independence, dies at 85
- 1939 Paul Bruchési, French Canadian Catholic archbishop of Montreal, dies at 83
- 1944 John Grayburn, British soldier who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry during the defence of Arnhem bridge, dies during the battle at 26
- 1945 Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian president (b. 1869)
- 1945 William Buehler Seabrook, Writer, journalist, occultist and explorer (b. 1884)
Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1947)
American politician and Mayor of New York City (Republican: 1933-45), dies of pancreatic cancer at 64
- 1960 Lee Duncan, owner/trainer (Rin Tin Tin), dies of a heart attack at 67
- 1971 Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat (Nobel Prize for Literature 1963), dies at 71
- 1971 William F. Albright, American old testament scholar and archaeologist, dies at 80
- 1975 Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and poet (Nobel 1960), dies at 78
- 1976 Kermit Bloomgarden, American producer (The Diary of Anne Frank, The Music Man), dies at 71
- 1979 Ludvík Svoboda, Czech general and politician (8th President of Czechoslovakia, 1968-75), dies at 83
- 1987 Michael Stewart [Myron Stuart Rubin], American playwright (Hello, Dolly!), dies at 63
- 1993 Erich Hartmann, German WW II pilot (downed 352 Russian aircraft), dies at 71
- 1994 Davidson Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and author, dies at 70
- 1995 Monica Maurice, industrialist and Managing Director and Chairman of the Wolf Safety Lamp Company, Sheffield, dies at 87
- 1996 Max Manus, Norwegian resistance fighter and author who specialized in sabotage during World War II, dies at 81
- 1996 Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician, dies at 42
- 1996 Paul Erdos, Hungarian mathematician, dies of a heart attack at 83
- 1999 Raisa Gorbachyova, wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1932)
- 2000 Dorothy Emmet, English philosopher, dies at 95
- 2000 Gherman Titov, cosmonaut (b. 1935)
- 2001 Marcos Pérez Jiménez, President of Venezuela (1953-58), dies at 87
- 2003 Lord Williams of Mostyn, Welsh barrister, politician, and Lord President of the Council, dies at 62
- 2003 Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwean politician (1st Vice-President of Zimbabwe), dies at 80
- 2004 Townsend Hoopes, American politician (b. 1922)
- 2005 Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian-Polish Nazi hunter (b. 1908)
- 2005 Tobias Schneebaum, American writer, anthropologist and explorer dies at 83
- 2011 Burhanuddin Rabbani, President of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996. (b. 1940)
- 2015 Charles Kenneth "C K" Williams, American poet and translator (Pulitzer prize 2000), dies at 78
- 2016 Bill Barrett, American politician (Rep-R-Nebraska 1991-2001), dies at 87
- 2019 Su Beng [Lim Tiau-hui], Taiwanese revolutionary, 'Father of Taiwanese Independence' (Taiwan’s 400-Year History), dies at 100
- 2021 Sherwood Boehlert, American politician (Rep-R-NY, 1983-2007), dies at 84
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