- 52 BC Publius Clodius Pulcher, Roman politician known for his involvement in various scandals, murdered by a rival's bodyguards (b. 93 BC)
- 474 Leo I, Thracian born Byzantine Emperor (457-474), dies of dysentery at 73
- 1213 Tamar of Georgia, Queen of Georgia (1184-1213) presided over Gerogia's Golden Age, dies
- 1367 Pedro I, King of Portugal (also called "the Just" or "the Cruel"), King of Portugal and of the Algarves (1357-67), dies at 46
- 1425 Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician, dies at 33
- 1471 Emperor Go-Hanazono, 102nd Emperor of Japan, dies at 51
- 1479 Louis IX 'Louis the Rich', German Duke of Bavaria (founded University of Ingolstadt, now Munich), dies at 61
- 1580 Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of St. John), dies at 63
- 1586 Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)
- 1659 Benedikt Lechler, German composer, dies at 64
- 1664 Moses Amyraut, French theologian (b. 1596)
- 1677 Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch founder of Cape Colony (Cape Town), dies at 57
- 1760 Claudio Casciolini, Italian composer, dies at 62
- 1769 Hakuin Ekaku, Japanese Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan at 82
- 1803 Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian author and poet (Dushenka), dies at 59
- 1854 Judah Touro, American philanthropist (Mount Sinai Hospital in NY), dies at 78
John Tyler (1790-1862)
American politician, 10th US President (1841-45), dies in Richmond, at 71
- 1873 Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English author (b. 1803)
- 1875 Joseph Philbrick Webster, American composer and songwriter (Lorena), dies at 55
- 1878 Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist who pioneered the study of electric and luminescent phenomena, dies at 89
- 1886 Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
- 1887 Edward L. Youmans, American scientific writer and founder of "Popular Science" magazine, dies at 65
- 1890 Amadeus/Amadeo I, duke of Aosta and King of Spain (1870-73), dies at 44
- 1892 Anton Anderledy, Swiss Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
- 1896 Charles Floquet, French statesman and 44th Prime Minister of France, dies at 67
- 1902 Filippo Marchetti, Italian opera composer, dies at 70
- 1913 Edmond Robert Hubert Regout, Dutch industrialist and politician, dies at 49
- 1918 Bohuslav Jeremiáš, Czech composer, dies at 58
- 1919 Prince John of the United Kingdom, youngest son of English king George V, dies at 13
- 1921 Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor, dies at 73
- 1923 Wallace Reid, American actor, director and screenwriter referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover" (Every Inch a Man), dies from morphine addiction at 31
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
English author (Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907), dies at 70
- 1940 Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish writer and poet (Young Poland), dies at 74
- 1945 Frits van Hall, Dutch sculptor (Monument Indië-Nederland (originally known as Van Heutsz monument), 1935), WWII resistance fighter, executed by the Nazis at 45
- 1946 Feliks Nowowiejski, Polish organist and composer, dies at 68
- 1949 Charles Ponzi [Carlo], Italian con-man (Ponzi scheme in the US), dies at 66
- 1950 Horace Rice, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1907), dies at 77
- 1951 Jack Holt, American golddigger and actor (Cat People, San Francisco, Brimstone), dies from a heart attack at 62
- 1951 Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41
- 1952 Curly Howard [Jerome Lester Horwitz], American vaudevillian actor and comedian (The Three Stooges), dies from a stroke at 48
- 1954 Sydney Greenstreet, British actor (Casablanca, Maltese Falcon), dies at 74
- 1956 Konstantin Päts, Estonian Prime Minister (1921-23, 1932-33) and dictator (1933-40), dies at 81
- 1960 Gladys Bentley, American blues singer, performer and drag king pioneer during the Harlem Renaissance, dies of pneumonia at 52 [1]
- 1962 Raymond Moulaert, Belgian pianist and composer, dies at 86
- 1963 Hugh Gaitskell, British politician (Leader of the Labour Party), dies at 56
- 1963 Johnny Moyes, Australian journalist and cricket commentator, dies at 70
- 1966 Kathleen Norris, American novelist and newspaper columnist, dies at 85
- 1967 Albert Conti, Austrian actor (Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion), dies at 79
- 1967 Harry Antrim, American actor (Miracle on 34th St, Devil's Doorway), dies of a heart attack at 82
- 1967 Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45
- 1967 Simon FHJ Berkelbach van der Sprenkel, vicar/theologist, dies at 84
- 1968 Bert Wheeler, American vaudevillian (Wheeler & Woolsey), and comic actor (Brave Eagle; The Nitwits; Hold 'em Jail; High Flyers; Rainmakers), dies of emphysema at 72
- 1968 John Ridgely, American actor (Northern Pursuit; They Died with Their Boots On; Air Force), dies from a heart ailment at 58
- 1969 Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher, dies at 81
- 1970 David O. McKay, 9th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints, dies at 96
- 1971 Catherine Calvert, American actress (Fires of Faith), dies of stroke at 80
- 1972 Rudolf Wittelsbach, Swiss pianist and composer, dies at 69
- 1975 Gertrude Olmstead, American silent film actress, dies at 77
- 1976 Ad Verhoeven, Dutch soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), dies in a car crash at 42 [or 1/17]
- 1976 Sonia Dresdel, actor (Fallen Idol, Secret Tent), dies at 67
- 1977 Carl Zuckmayer, German-Swiss-American playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80
- 1977 Paul Nordoff, American composer (Every Soul Is a Circus), and music therapist (Nordoff-Robbins method), dies at 67
- 1977 Yvonne Printemps, French singer and actress (Paris Waltz, Voyage to America), dies at 81
- 1978 Carl Betz, American actor (The Donna Reed Show, Love of Life), dies of lung cancer at 56
- 1978 Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher, critic and writer, dies at 58
- 1978 Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, Russian composer, dies at 68
- 1978 Walter H. Thompson, English Scotland Yard detective, bodyguard of Winston Churchill, dies of cancer at 77
- 1979 Cyril Mockridge, British composer for film and television (Miracle On 34th Street; The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), dies at 82
- 1980 Cecil Beaton, British photographer, dies at 76
- 1982 Burnet Corwin Tuthill, American composer (Laurentia), dies at 93
- 1982 Trent Lehman, American child actor (Butch-Nanny & the Professor), commits suicide at 20
- 1983 Cedric Thorpe Davie, British composer of film scores (The Green Man; St. Andrews University), and pedagogue, dies at 69
- 1984 Malcolm H. Kerr, 9th President of American University of Beirut, shot dead at 52
- 1984 Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer, rebetiko and laïkó songwriter, and bouzouki player, dies on his 69th birthday
- 1985 Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Muslim leader, hanged at 76
- 1985 Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (Hard Day's Night, Steptoe and Son), dies from cancer at 72
- 1986 Claire James, American actress (Jack Armstrong), dies at 65
- 1987 George Thalben-Ball, Australian-English organist (Birmingham City Organist, 1949-83), and composer (Elegy), dies at 90
- 1987 Renato Guttuso, Italian painter (Flight From Etna; Crucifixion), theater set designer, and politician, dies at 75
- 1989 Bruce Chatwin, British travel writer and novelist (In Patagonia, On a Black Hill), dies of AIDS at 49
- 1990 Melanie Appleby, English singer (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23
- 1990 Russell "Rusty "Hamer, American actor (Make Room for Daddy - "Rusty"), takes his own life at 52
- 1991 Hamilton Fish III, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 102
- 1992 John Remme, American stage and screen actor and singer, dies of AIDS at 56
- 1993 Eleanor Hibbert (née Burford), British author of historical fiction, romance, and crime novels, dies at 86
- 1993 M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies at 85
- 1993 Mia Meijer, Dutch playwright and director (Machine Child), dies
- 1993 Mike Templeton, American, 2nd person to receive a heart pump, dies at 34
- 1994 Arthur Altman, American songwriter ("All Or Nothing At All"), dies at 83
- 1994 Torbjörn Hultcrantzn, Swedish jazz double bass player, dies at 56
- 1995 Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1939 for work on sex hormones), dies at 91
- 1995 Charles Baskerville, American pop vocalist (Shep and the Limelites - "Daddy's Home"), dies at 54
- 1995 Joseph Kagan, Lithuanian-British businessman, and inventor (Gannex raincoats), dies at 79
- 1995 Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire in the American League (1969-79), dies at 57
- 1996 Jos Kunst, Dutch composer, dies at 60
- 1996 Leonor Fini, Argentine artist, dies at 87
- 1996 Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, also known as NTR, Indian film star (Patala Bhairavi; Mayabazar), and politician (Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (1983-89 & 1994-95), dies at of a heart attack at 72
- 1997 Myfanwy Piper, British librettist and art critic, dies at 85
- 1997 Neville Crump, British racehorse trainer (Grand National 1948, 52, 60), dies at 86 [1]
- 1997 Paul Tsongas, American politician (Sen-D-Mass), dies of complications from pneumonia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma at 55
- 2000 Frances Drake [Dean], American actress (Mad Love, The Invisible Ray), dies from natural causes at 87
- 2000 Jester Hairston, American actor (That's My Mama, Amen), dies at 98
- 2000 Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. 1897)
- 2000 Nancy Coleman, American actress (Edge of Darkness), dies at 87
- 2001 Al Waxman, Canadian radio, stage, and screen actor (Cagney & Lacey - "Lt. Smauels"; Meatballs 3; Spasms), and director, dies during heart surgery at 65
- 2001 Reg Prentice, British politician (Member of Parliament, 1957-87), dies at 77
- 2002 Alex Hannum, American Basketball HOF coach (1st ABA, NBA winning coach; ABA C'ship 1969 Oakland Oaks; NBA C'ship 1958 St. Louis Hawks, 1967 Philadelphia 76ers), dies at 78
- 2003 Edward "The Sheik" Farhat, American professional wrestler (b. 1926)
- 2003 Gavin Lyall, British author (Conduct of Major Maxim, The Secret Servant), dies of cancer at 70
- 2005 Lamont Bentley, American actor (b. 1973)
- 2006 Jan Twardowski, Polish poet (b. 1915)
- 2006 Vera Van [Webster], American radio and dance band singer, dies at 97
- 2007 Brent Liles, American rock bassist (Agent Orange, 1981-84; Social Distortion, 1988-92), dies after being hit by a truck while cycling at 43
- 2008 Frank Lewin, German-American composer and music theorist (Yale, 1971-92), dies at 82
- 2008 Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman (co-owner Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams 1979–2008), dies at 80
- 2008 John Stroger American politician (Cook County (Illinois) Board of Commissioners, 1970-2006), dies at 78
- 2008 John Stroger, first African-American Cook County Board President (b. 1929)
- 2009 Bob May, American actor (b. 1939)
- 2009 Grigore Vieru, Romanian poet (b. 1935)
- 2009 Kathleen Byron, British actress (Abdication, Profile, Saving Private Ryan), dies of breast cancer at 88
- 2009 Tony Hart, English artist and television presenter (Take Hart, Hartbeat), dies at 83
- 2010 Kate McGarrigle, Canadian folk music singer-songwriter (Kate & Anna McGarrigle - "Heartbeats Accelerating"), dies of clear-cell sarcoma at 63
- 2011 Sargent Shriver, American politician and activist (Peace Corps), dies at 95
- 2014 Dennis Frederiksen, American rock singer, dies from liver cancer at 62
- 2015 Dallas Taylor, American session drummer (Crosby, Stills & Nash, Clear Light), dies of complications from pneumonia and kidney disease at 66
- 2015 Piet van der Sanden, Dutch journalist and politician (CDA), dies at 90
Glenn Frey (1948-2016)
American Grammy Award-winning guitarist, singer-songwriter (The Eagles - "Take it Easy"; "Heartache Tonight";"Tequila Sunrise"; solo - "Smuggler's Blues"; "The Heat Is On"), and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame member, dies from complications of rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis, and pneumonia at 67
- 2016 Johnny Bach, American basketball coach (Fordham Uni, Penn State Uni; NBA C'ship 1991-93 Chicago Bulls assistant coach), dies at 91
- 2016 Michel Tournier, French writer (Friday, or, The Other Island), dies at 91
- 2017 Mike Kellie, British session and touring rock drummer (Spooky Tooth; The Only Ones), dies at 69
- 2017 Rachel Heyhoe Flint, English cricket batter (22 Tests, 23 ODOs; captain 1966-78; inaugural Women's World Cup 1973), businesswoman and philanthropist, dies at 77
- 2017 Roberta Peters [Peterman], American operatic soprano (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1950-85), dies of Parkinson's disease at 86
- 2018 John Barton, British theatre director and co-founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company, dies at 89
- 2018 Lucas M Mangope, 1st president of Bophuthatswana (1977-94), dies at 94
- 2019 Glen Wood, American auto racer, team owner (Wood Bros Racing), dies at 93
- 2020 Mario Bergamaschi, Italian soccer midfielder (5 caps; Calcio Como, A.C. Milan, U.C. Sampdoria), dies at 91
- 2020 Peter Mathebula, South African boxer (WBA flyweight title 1980-81), dies at 67
- 2020 Robert Maclennan, Baron Maclennan of Rogart, British politician (Member of Parliament 1966-2001; House of Lords, 2001-20), dies at 83
- 2021 (James Frederick) "Jimmie" Rodgers, American pop singer and guitarist ("Honey Comb" ; “Oh-Oh, I’m Falling In Love Again”), dies of kidney disease at 87 [1]
Don Sutton (1945-2021)
American Baseball HOF pitcher (MLB All-Star 1972, 73, 75, 77; MLB ERA leader 1980; LA Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers), dies from cancer at 75 [1]
- 2021 Josep Mestres-Quadreny, Spanish composer, dies at 91
- 2021 Perry Botkin Jr, American arranger, composer ("Nadia's Theme"), and producer (Incredible Bongo Band), dies at 87
- 2022 Alberto Michelotti, Italian soccer referee (12 internationals; Serie A 1967-81; FIFA listed 1973-81), dies at 91
- 2022 David Cox, English statistician and warden (Nuffield College, Oxford), dies at 97
- 2022 Dick Halligan, American Grammy Award-winning jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger (Blood, Sweat & Tears, 1967-72 - "Variations On A Theme By Erik Satie"), dies at 78
- 2022 Francisco Gento, Spanish soccer winger (Spain 43 caps, Real Madrid 427 games) and manager (Grenada FC), dies at 88
- 2022 Lusia Harris, American Basketball HOF center (AIAW C'ship & MVP 1975–77, Delta State University; Olympic silver 1976), dies at 66
- 2022 Paavo Heininen, Finnish pianist, contemporary classical composer (Tritopos; Veitsi - The Knife), and pedagogue, dies at 84 [1]
- 2022 Ron Franklin, American sportscaster (ESPN 1987-2011; ESPN College Football Primetime), dies at 79
- 2023 David Crosby, American rock singer-songwriter (The Byrds, 1964-67 - "Eight Miles High"; Crosby, Stills & Nash - "Guinnevere"; "Wooden Ships"), dies at 81 [1]
- 2023 Henry Caicedo, Colombian soccer centre-back (11 caps; Deportivo Cali FC), dies from a stroke at 71
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