James I (1394-1437)
King of Scotland (1406-37), murdered in a coup attempt at 42
Julius II (1443-1513)
Italian Pope (1503-13) and patron of Michelangelo, Bramante and Raphael, dies at 69
- 1554 Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies
- 1575 Claude of Valois, French princess. second daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici, dies in childbirth at 27
- 1595 Robert Southwell, English Roman Catholic priest and Jesuit and poet, hung drawing, and quartered for treason at 33 (canonized 1970)
- 1624 Dirck van Baburen, Dutch painter (Sepulture), dies at about 28
- 1653 Adriaen Pauw, master of Heemstede and Dutch Grand Pensionary, dies at 71
- 1668 John Thurloe, English Puritan spymaster for Oliver Cromwell (b. 1616)
- 1677 Baruch Spinoza, Dutch Jewish philosopher (Ethics), dies of consumption at 44
- 1684 Pieter van den Abeelen, Dutch medallist/jeweller, dies at about 75
- 1689 Isaacus Vossius [Isaac Vos], Dutch librarian, dies
- 1711 Joan van Hoorn, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1704-09), dies at 57
- 1715 Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland, dies at 77
- 1730 Benedict XIII [Pietro Francesco Orsini], Italian Pope (1724-30), dies in office at 81
- 1788 Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer, 1st saw Halley's comet on return, dies at 64
- 1790 Johann Friedrich Klöffler, German composer, dies at 64
- 1803 Edward Despard, Irish born British officer, convicted for organising a conspiracy against the government and hung in front of a crowd of 20,000 in London
- 1821 Georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (b. 1756)
- 1823 Charles Wolfe, Irish poet, dies at 31
Eugène de Beauharnais (1781-1824)
French military officer and stepson of Napoleon Bonaparte (son of Alexandre de Beauharnais and Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie), dies at 42
- 1842 Wojciech Żywny, Polish pianist, composer and Chopin's first piano teacher, dies at 85
- 1846 Emperor Ninko, 120th Emperor of Japan (1817-46), dies at 45
- 1861 Lars Levi Laestadius, Swedish botanist and founder of Laestadianism, dies at 61
- 1862 Justinus Kerner, German physician and medical writer (first detailed description of botulism), dies at 75
- 1862 Nathaniel Gordon is hanged in NYC for engaging in the slave trade, the only slave trader in US history to be convicted and executed under the Piracy Law of 1820
- 1864 Jeffery Forrest, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle
- 1866 Stephen Elliott, Jr., Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 35
- 1872 Pavel Gagarin, Russian politician, dies at 82
- 1876 Henry John Gauntlett, English organist and composer, dies at 70
- 1879 Pieter van Bosse, Dutch politician, Liberal Minister of Finance, dies at 69
- 1884 John Pike Hullah, English composer, dies at 71
- 1894 Gustave Caillebotte, French painter (Rue de Paris) and member of Impressionists, dies at 45
- 1899 Sir George Bowen, British provincial governor and 5th Governor of New Zealand (1868-73), dies at 77
- 1901 George Francis FitzGerald, Irish mathematician (b. 1851)
- 1908 Harriet Hosmer, American neoclassical sculptor, dies at 77
- 1918 Neltje Blanchan, American nature writer, dies at 52
- 1919 Giovanni Bolzoni, Italian composer and violinist, dies at 77
- 1919 Habibullah Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1901-19), murdered at 46
- 1919 Karl Anton of Hohenzollern, Prince of Belgium, dies at 51
- 1919 Kurt Eisner, German socialist politician, revolutionary and journalist (President of the People's State of Bavaria 1918-19), murdered by a far-right German nationalist at 51
- 1919 Mary Edwards Walker, American surgeon and feminist, only woman awarded Medal of Honor (US Civil War), dies at 86
- 1924 Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi, Italian opera composer, dies at 78
- 1925 Alfred Baldwin Sloan, American composer, dies at 52
- 1926 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist (liquid helium, Nobel Prize for Physics 1913), dies at 72
- 1933 Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician who identified the plague in Bombay, dies at 76
- 1938 Albert Huybrechts, Belgian composer, dies at 39
- 1938 George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (discovery of magnetic fields in sunspot), dies at 69
Frederick Banting (1891-1941)
Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, dies in a plane crash at 49
- 1944 Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian auto racer (winner 1st Grand Prix motor racing event in Le Mans, France 1906), dies at 70
Anne Frank (1929-1945)
Dutch diarist and Jewish victim of the Nazi Holocaust (Diary of Anne Frank), dies of typhus in the Belsen concentration camp at 15 [estimate - exact date undocumented] [1]
- 1945 Eric Liddell, Scottish 400m runner (Olympic gold 1924) and Christian missionary in China, dies of an inoperable brain tumor at 43 while interned at the Weihsien Internment Camp in Weifang, Shandong, China
- 1946 José Streel, Belgian World War II collaborator (b. 1911)
- 1948 Frederick Lamond, Scottish pianist and composer, dies at 80
- 1949 Ernest Walker, British composer, dies at 78
- 1949 Tan Malaka, Indonesian philosopher and founder (Indonesian Communist), executed at 49
- 1951 Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Potasch & Perlemoer, Boefje), dies at 63
- 1956 Edwin Franko Goldman, American march music composer (founder of American Bandmasters Association), dies at 78
- 1958 Duncan Edwards, English soccer midfielder (18 caps; Manchester United), dies from injuries sustained in Munich air disaster at 21
- 1961 Blaise Cendrars [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Swiss poet and writer, dies at 73
- 1961 Frederick McKinley Jones, American inventor (developments in refrigeration), dies of lung cancer at 67
Malcolm X (1925-1965)
African American human rights activist and Muslim minister, assassinated in New York City at 39
Howard Florey (1898-1968)
Australian pathologist and pharmacologist who purified penicillin (Nobel 1945), dies at 69
- 1969 Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies at 57
- 1971 Adolph Weiss, American bassoonist and composer, dies at 79
- 1971 Robert Manry, American copy editor of the Cleveland newspaper editor who sailed the Atlantic (Tinkerbelle), dies of a heart attack at 52
- 1972 Bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (Ballets Russes) and choreographer (1914-70), dies of a heart attack at 81
- 1972 Eugène Tisserant, French Catholic candinal (b. 1884)
Tim Horton (1930-1974)
Canadian ice hockey player and co-founder of the Tim Hortons restaurant chain, dies in a car crash at 44
- 1977 Henry Jordan, American Pro Football HOF defensive tackle (Super Bowl 1967, 68; 7 × All-Pro; 4 × Pro Bowl; Cleveland Browns, GB Packers), dies from a heart attack at 42
- 1978 Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (b. 1901)
- 1979 Ray Whitley, American country and western singer-songwriter ("Back in the Saddle Again") and actor (Tim Holt films), dies at 77
- 1980 Chester Lauck, American actor (Dreaming Out Loud, 2 Weeks to Live), dies at 78
- 1980 Janet Vogel, American doo-wop soprano (Skyliners - “Since I Don’t Have You”), takes her own life at 37
- 1982 Murray the K [Kaufman], American disk jockey sometimes referred to as the 5th Beatle, dies of cancer at 60
- 1984 Mikhail Sholokhov, Soviet writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965), dies at 78
- 1985 Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer (Lurelei) and actor (Floris), dies of a brain tumor at 47
- 1985 Ina Claire [Fagan], American stage and screen actress (Ninotchika), dies of a heart attack at 91
- 1985 Louis Hayward, British-American actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), dies of lung cancer at 75
- 1986 Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer ("...And Ladies of the Club"), dies at 90
- 1986 Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese sugarcane farmer, once thought to be the world's oldest man ever but now disputed (b. 1865)
- 1989 Alex Thépot, French footballer (b. 1906)
- 1989 Otar Vasilisdze Taktakishvili, Georgian composer, conductor, teacher, and musicologist, dies at 64
- 1991 John Sherman Cooper, American jurist, politician (US Senator), and diplomat (Ambassador to India, 1954-55; Ambassador to East Germany, 1974-75), dies of heart failure at 89
- 1991 Margot Fonteyn, English ballerina considered the 1st lady of British Ballet (Giselle), dies at 71
- 1991 Nutan Bahl, Indian actress (Seema, Bandini), dies of breast cancer at 54
- 1991 Roger Swaybill, American actor and writer (Porky's II, Breaking Point), dies at 47
- 1992 Eva Jessye, American singer and choral director (Eva Jessye Choir - "Four Saints in Three Acts";"Porgy and Bess"), dies at 97
- 1992 Franc Holden, British astronomer (Binary Stars), dies
- 1992 Jane Pickens, American stage (Regina) and pop-harmony, singer, dies of heart failure at 83
- 1992 William Magginetti, American producer and set designer, dies at 98
- 1993 Dick White, British intelligence officer (Director General of MI5 1953–1956; Head of the Secret Intelligence Service 1956–1968), dies at 86
- 1993 Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist and founding editor of Mad magazine, dies at 68
- 1993 Inge Lehmann, Danish geophysicist and seismologist, dies at 104
- 1995 Robert Bolt, British playwright (Doctor Zhivago, Bounty), dies at 70
- 1996 H. L. Gold, American sci-fi writer and editor, dies at 81
Morton Gould (1913-1996)
American pianist, conductor and theatrical, screen and concert composer (Pulitzer Prize, 1956 - Stringmusic), dies at 82
- 1996 Terence Edward Armstrong, British polar geographer, dies at 75
- 1997 Kenneth Rowntree, British painter, dies at 81
- 1997 Michael Hollings, British Catholic priest/crusader, dies at 75
Gertrude B. Elion (1918-1999)
American biochemist and drug researcher who developed groundbreaking leukemia and herpes drug treatments (Nobel 1988), dies at 81
- 1999 Wilmer Mizell, American politician (Rep-R-North Carolina 1969-75), and MLB baseball pitcher, 1952-62, 2X All-Star (St. Louis Cardinals and 2 other teams), dies at 68
- 2000 Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Spanish basketball coach (b. 1933)
- 2000 Violet Archer [Balestreri], Canadian percussionist, composer, teacher, and organist, dies at 86
- 2001 Ronnie Hilton, British radio presenter and singer (Moonraker), dies at 75
- 2002 A. L. [Audrey] Barker, English writer, dies at 83
- 2002 Harold Furth, Austrian-American physicist, dies at 72
- 2002 Harold Pruett, American actor (Sybil, Embrace of the Vampire), dies of a drug overdose at 32
- 2002 John Thaw, British stage and screen actor (Inspector Morse), dies of cancer at 60
- 2003 Eddie Thomson, Australian soccer coach (Socceroos 1990-96), dies of cancer at 55
- 2004 Bart Howard [Howard Joseph Gustafson], American songwriter ("Fly Me to the Moon"), dies at 88
- 2004 Guido Molinari, Canadian painter, dies at 70
- 2004 Irina Press, Soviet 80m hurdles runner and pentathlete (Olympic gold 1960, 64), dies at 64
- 2004 John Charles, Welsh footballer (b. 1931)
- 2004 Les Gray, English vocalist (Mud - "Cat Crept In"), dies at 57
- 2005 Ara Berberian, American opera bass singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1979-97), dies at 74
- 2005 Eugene Scott, American religious broadcaster (b. 1929)
- 2005 Gérard Bessette, Quebec novelist and poet (b. 1920)
- 2005 Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist (b. 1929)
- 2006 Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World C'ship gold x 17; singles 1950-55), dies at 84
- 2008 Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2008 Sunny Lowry, First British woman to swim the English Channel (b. 1911)
- 2011 Bernard Nathanson, American abortionist turned pro-life activist (b. 1926)
- 2012 Barney Rosset, American publisher and free speech advocate, dies at 89
- 2012 Baron Hooson [Hugh Emlyn], British politician and peer, dies at 86
- 2012 Colin Ireland, British 'Gay Slayer' serial killer, dies at 57
- 2012 Eiko Ishioka, Japanese Costume designer, dies from pancreatic cancer at 74
- 2012 John Michuki, Kenyan politician, dies from heart attack at 79
- 2012 Pierre Juneau, Canadian film and broadcast executive, dies at 89
- 2015 Aleksei Gubarev, Soviet-Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 28), dies at 83
- 2015 Bruce Sinofsky, American documentary film director (Brother's Keeper), dies at 58 from diabetes complications
- 2015 Clark Terry, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 94
- 2015 Daniel Topolski, British writer and rowing coach, dies at 69
- 2016 Pascal Bentoiu, Romanian composer, dies at 88
- 2016 Roger Chorley [Baron Chorley), English accountant and peer (Chorley Report, President of the Royal Geographical Society), dies at 85
- 2017 Kenneth Arrow, American economist, (Nobel Prize 1972), dies at 95
- 2017 Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Polish-American conductor (Minnesota Orchestra, 1960-79) and composer (Passacaglia Immaginaria), dies at 93
Billy Graham (1918-2018)
American Baptist evangelist (Crusades) described as 1 of the 20th century's most influential Christian leaders, dies at 99
- 2018 Emma Chambers, British actress (The Vicar of Dibley, Notting Hill), dies from natural causes at 53
- 2019 Antonia Rey [Francesch], Cuban-born American actress (True Colors, Wise Guys), dies at 92
- 2019 Peter Michael Braun, German composer, dies at 82
- 2019 Peter Tork [Thorkelson], American rock and folk musician and actor (The Monkees), dies from complications of adenoid cystic carcinoma at 77
- 2019 Stanley Donen, American film director and producer (Singin' in the Rain, Bedazzled, Damn Yankees), dies at 94
- 2020 Lisel Mueller, German-American poet (Alive Together - Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1997), dies at 96 [1]
- 2020 Phil Maloney, Canadian ice hockey center (NHL: Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks) and coach (Vancouver Canucks), dies at 92
- 2021 Doug Wilkerson, American football guard (Pro Bowl 1980–82; First-team All-Pro 1982; SD Chargers), dies at 73
- 2021 Zlatko Saračević, Croatian handball player (145 caps Yugoslavia, 75 Croatia; Olympic gold 1996 Croatia), dies at 59
- 2022 Eduardo González Pálmer, Mexican soccer forward (4 caps; Club América), dies at 87
- 2023 Amancio Amaro, Spanish soccer outside right (42 caps; Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Madrid), dies at 83
- 2023 Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress (Ich suche Dich, Rosemary), and beauty queen (Miss Austria, 1949), dies at 93
- 2024 Abdul Taib Mahmud, 4th Chief Minister of Sarawak (1981-2014) and 7th Governor of Sarawak (2014-24), dies at 87
- 2024 Roger Guillemin, French-American neuroscientist (1977 Nobel Prize for Medicine for work on neurohormones), dies at 100 [1]
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