- 1931 Bert Hopkins, Australian cricketer (20 Tests for Aust, 509 runs), dies at 56
- 1944 Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player, dies at 85
- 1946 Albert Knight, cricketer (3 Tests for England on 1903-04 tour), dies
- 1946 Joseph Vine, cricketer (batted in two Tests Eng v Aust 1911-12), dies
- 1968 John Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876)
- 1991 Theo Laseroms, [Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), dies
- 1999 Lord Killanin, Irish 6th International Olympic Committee President (1972-80), dies at 84
- 2001 Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (b. 1956)
- 2003 Samson Kitur, Kenyan athlete (b. 1966)
- 2007 Alan Ball, English footballer (b. 1945)
- 2007 Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928)
- 2013 Rick Camp, American MLB pitcher, dies of natural causes at 59
- 2014 Earl Morrall, American football player, dies from complications from Parkinson's disease at 79