- 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
- 1958 Herman Hickman, American College Football Hall of Fame guard, coach and broadcaster (Army, Yale), dies at 46
- 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)
- 2005 John Love, Zimbabwean Formula One driver, dies at 80
- 2007 Alan Ball, English footballer (b. 1945)
- 2007 Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928)
- 2007 Les Jackson, English cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 7 wickets; Derbyshire), dies at 86
- 2013 Rick Camp, American MLB pitcher, dies of natural causes at 59
- 2014 Earl Morrall, American NFL quarterback (Super Bowl 1970, 72, 73; Pro Bowl 1957, 68; First-team All-Pro 1968, 72; NFL MVP 1968; Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins), dies from Parkinson's disease at 79
- 2019 John Havlicek, Basketball Hall of Fame guard (8-time NBA champion, Boston Celtics; 13-time NBA All Star), dies of Parkinson's disease at 79
- 2020 Marino H. Casem, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Alabama State, Alcorn State, Southern) and athletic administrator (Alcorn State, Southern), dies at 85