- 640 Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58
- 715 Muhammad bin Qasim, Umayyad general who defeated Persia, and 1st Governor of al-Sind (712-15), dies under mysterious circumstances at 19
- 1100 Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies
- 1374 Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69
- 1488 Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432)
- 1544 René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25
- 1566 Bartolomé de las Casas, Spanish friar and social historian, dies at 81
- 1591 Jakob Handl [Petelin], German-Austrian composer (Opus musicum), and Cistercian monk, dies at 40
- 1608 Joachim Frederik, German Prince-Elector of Brandenburg (1598-1608), dies at 61
- 1610 Caravaggio [Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio], Italian painter (Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy), dies at 38
- 1639 Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, German prince and general (b. 1604)
- 1642 William Count of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch Field Marshall (Governor of Emmerich, Heusden and Sluis), dies of battle wounds at 49
- 1650 Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and physicist, dies at 74
- 1695 Johannes Camphuys, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies (1684-91), dies at 61
- 1698 Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian, dies at 65
- 1721 Jean-Antoine Watteau, French Rococo painter (fêtes galantes), dies at 36
- 1730 François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644)
- 1735 Johann Krieger, German organist and composer, dies at 83
- 1792 John Paul Jones, Scottish-American naval captain and the United States first well-known naval hero ("I have not yet begun to fight"), dies of kidney failure and pneumonia at 45
Matthew Flinders (1774-1814)
English explorer, navigator and cartographer who was 1st to circumnavigate Australia, dies from kidney disease at 40 [1]
Jane Austen (1775-1817)
English novelist (Pride and Prejudice), dies at 41
- 1831 Thomas Greatorex, English composer, dies at 72
- 1833 Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63
- 1854 Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41
- 1863 William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate Major General, dies of injuries at 29
- 1872 Benito Juárez, Mexican politician (1st indigenous President of Mexico 1858-72), dies at 66
- 1884 Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829)
- 1892 Thomas Cook, British founder and CEO of Thomas Cook & Son travel agency (Cook Travel Bureau), dies at 83
- 1894 Leconte de Lisle, French poet and writer, dies at 75
- 1898 Emil Hartmann, Danish organist and composer (Towards The Light), dies at 62
- 1899 Horatio Alger, American clergyman and author (Disagreeable Woman, Ragged Dick), dies at 67
- 1901 Alfredo Carlo Piatti, Italian cellist, teacher, and composer, dies at 79
- 1902 John White, American organist and composer based in Germany, dies at 47
- 1907 Ted Pooley, English cricket wicket-keeper (1st class records: 8 stumpings in a match 1878; 12 dismissals in a match 1868; Surrey CCC, Middlesex CCC), dies at 65
- 1908 Jaime Nunó, Spanish composer (Mexican national anthem), dies at 83
- 1915 George Marshall-Hall, British organist, poet, and composer who worked chiefly in Australia, dies at 53
- 1916 Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author
- 1918 Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna (b. 1864)
- 1925 Louis Nazaire Bégin, Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Quebec (b. 1840)
- 1931 Oskar Minkowski, German physiologist and physician (pancreas and diabetes), dies at 73
- 1937 Julian Bell, British poet (b. 1908)
- 1938 Fernando Canon, Filipino revolutionary general, poet, and the Philippines 1st National Chess Champion, dies at 77
- 1938 Marie, last Queen of Romania as the wife of King Ferdinand I (1914-27), dies at 62
- 1938 Vladimir Kirshon, Russian playwright (Ultimatum Factory), executed at 35
- 1939 Witold Maliszewski, Polish composer, dies at 65
- 1941 Dionyssios Lavrangas, Greek composer and conductor (Elliniko Melodhrama (Greek Opera), 1900-35), dies at 80
- 1943 Harry Pace, American music label owner (Black Swan - 1st major label founded by a Black American), dies at 59
- 1944 George A Hartland, British politician (MP, Norwich, 1931-35), dies at 60
- 1944 Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (Centaurs' Booty), dies at 74
- 1948 Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian and politician (b. 1877)
- 1949 Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer, dies at 78
- 1950 Carl Clinton Van Doren, US literary figure (The Nation), dies at 64
- 1951 Herbert Jones, British thoroughbred jockey (British Triple Crown [Diamond Jubilee] 1900; 8 x British Classic Race wins), dies by suicide at 70
- 1952 Jack Earle, American actor and sideshow performer known as "The World's Tallest Man," dies at 46
- 1952 Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect (b. 1862)
- 1953 Lucy Booth, Daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1868)
George "Machine Gun" Kelly (1895-1954)
American gangster during the Prohibition era, dies at 59
- 1956 Willem Kernkamp, Dutch minister of Colonies (Islam & Woman), dies at 57
- 1958 John Gobau, Flemish actor (Electricity, Hostage Rights, The Cross-Patch), dies at 67
- 1961 Kit Guard, Danish actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous), dies of cancer at 67
- 1963 Alfred Cooper, South African cricket batsman (1 Test; Transvaal), dies at 69
- 1965 Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, Russian composer, teacher, and conductor (Georgian State Orchestra, 1952-65), dies at 64
- 1966 Bobby Fuller, American rock singer and guitarist ("I Fought The Law"), found dead in his car at 23
- 1966 German Germanovich Galynin, Russian composer, dies at 44
- 1967 Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazilian military leader and 26th President of Brazil (1964-67), dies at 66
- 1968 Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist (Nobel 1938), dies at 76
- 1969 Barbara Pepper [Marion], American actress (Foreign Correspondent, Green Acres, Rogue Tavern), dies of coronary thrombosis at 54
- 1970 Lucien d'Azambuja, French astronomer (studied the solar chromosphere), dies at 86
- 1973 Jack Hawkins, British actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Ben-Hur Just Men, Zulu, Malta Story), dies of post-operative complications at 62
- 1975 Federico Ghisi, Italian composer and musicologist, dies at 74
- 1976 Sally Salminen, Finnish writer (Katrina), dies at 70
- 1980 Naoomal Jeoomal, Indian cricket batsman (3 Tests, Sind), dies at 76
- 1981 Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch para-psychologist, dies at 87
- 1982 Lionel Daunais, French Canadian singer and composer, dies at 80
- 1982 Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language), dies at 85
- 1985 Robert Raglan, British character actor (Dad's Army - " Colonel Pritchard"), dies at 76
- 1985 Shahnawaz Bhutto, son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
- 1986 Stanley Rous, British soccer official (6th President FIFA 1961-74), dies at 91
- 1987 Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist (Regionalist Manifesto), dies at 87
- 1988 Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor, dies of a stroke at 64
- 1988 Nico [Christa Päffgen], German model, and pop singer (Velvet Underground - "Sunday Morning"; "I'll Be Your Mirror"), dies from a bicycle accident at 43
- 1989 Donnie Moore, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1985 California Angels), dies by suicide at 35
- 1989 Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (Patti-My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21
- 1990 Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Astérix, Tintin), dies at 79
- 1990 Gerry Boulet, French Canadian rock singer (Offenbach; Rendez-vous doux), dies of colon cancer at 44
- 1990 Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at 96 of cancer
- 1990 Yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (b. 1897)
- 1991 André Cools, Belgian Minister of Budget, murdered at 63
- 1991 Harold Butler, English cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 12 wickets; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 78
- 1992 Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist, dies
- 1992 Mollie Parnis, American fashion designer (Mollie Roberts Collection; Mamie Eisenhower), dies in her 90s (she had long refused to disclose her exact age)
- 1992 Rudolf Ising, cartoonist (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies), dies at 88
- 1992 Viktor Louis, Russian journalist, dies
- 1992 Willa Brown, American air pioneer (NAAA) and civil rights activist (1st African American woman to hold a pilot's license), dies at 86
- 1993 Davis Roberts [Robert Davis], American character actor (Westworld; Star Trek; The Killers), dies of emphysema at 76
- 1993 Jean Negulesco, Romanian-American film director (Three Coins in a Fountain), dies at 93
- 1993 John Beck, American film producer (Harvey; The Singing Nun), dies at 83
- 1993 Sergei Vozovikov, Russian Air Force major and cosmonaut, dirowns in water recovery training accident at 35
- 1993 Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, Chief designer of Soviet launch pads, dies
- 1994 Gottfried Reinhardt [Goldmann], German/American director, dies at 83
- 1995 Fabio Casartelli, Italian road cyclist (Olympic gold Individual road race 1992), dies in a race crash during the Tour de France at 24
- 1996 Hans Fellner, bookseller, dies at 71
- 1997 Eugene M. Shoemaker, American planetary scientist and geologist (Shoemaker-Levy comet), dies at 69
- 1997 James Goldsmith, French-British business tycoon and politician (Member of European Parliament, 1994-97; founder of UK's Referendum Party), dies of pancreatic cancer at 64
- 2000 José Ángel Valente, Spanish poet (A modo the esperanza), dies at 71
- 2001 Fabio Taglioni, Italian motorcycle engineer (Ducati), dies at 80
- 2001 James Hatfield, American author (b. 1958)
- 2001 Mimi Fariña, American folk-rock singer-songwriter ("Reflections In A Crystal Wind"), dies at 56
- 2001 Roy Gilchrist, West Indian cricket fast bowler (13 Tests, 57 wickets; Jamaica, Hyderabad), dies of Parkinson's disease at 67
- 2002 Victor Emery, British theoretical physicist (b. 1933)
- 2004 Émile Peynaud, French oenologist, dies at 92
- 2004 Paul Foot, British journalist (b. 1937)
- 2005 Bill Hicke, Canadian NHL right wing (3-time NHL All Star), dies of cancer at 67
William Westmoreland (1914-2005)
American general and commander of American forces in the Vietnam War between 1964-68, dies at 91
- 2007 Charles Jauncey, Baron Jauncey of Tullichettle, Scottish judge and advocate, dies after a stroke at 82
- 2007 George Caiazzo, American professional wrestler
- 2007 Jerry Hadley, American opera singer, dies of an air rifle inflicted brain injury at 55
- 2007 Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (b. 1908)
- 2008 Khosrow Shakibai, Iranian actor (Hamoun), dies at 64
- 2008 Tauno Marttinen, Finnish composer (Dalai Lama Concerto; Elegia), dies at 95
- 2009 Henry Allingham, British supercentenarian and World War I veteran, dies at 113
- 2010 Bernard Giraudeau, French actor (L'Annee des Meduses), screenwriter, and director, dies of cancer at 63
- 2011 Osvaldo Lacerda, Brazilian composer (Piratininga), and music professor, dies at 84
- 2012 Rajesh Khanna, Indian Bollywood actor officially titled "The First Superstar of Indian cinema", dies of kidney problems at 69
- 2015 (Perry) "Buddy" Buie, American rock songwriter, and record producer (Atlanta Rhythm Section - "So Into You"; "Imaginary Lover"), dies of a heart attack at 74
- 2015 Alex Rocco, American actor (The Godfather, The Famous Teddy Z), dies at 79
- 2016 Billy Name [William Linich Jr], photographer (Andy Warhol's factory), dies at 76
- 2017 Harvey Atkin, Canadian actor (Meatballs), dies at 74
- 2018 Wolfgang Hufschmidt, German church musician, academic, and composer, dies at 84
- 2019 David Hedison, American actor (Colbys, Voyage to Bottom of Sea), dies at 92
- 2020 Barry Jarman, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (19 Tests; 54 dismissals; South Australia), dies at 84
- 2020 Charles Papa, Kenyan comedian and actor (Papa Shirandula), dies at 58
- 2021 John Woodcock, English cricket journalist ('The Times' 1954-88; Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1981-86; President Cricket Writers' Club 1986-2004), dies at 94
- 2021 Tom O'Connor, British comedian and TV game show host, dies from complications of Parkinson's disease at 81
- 2022 Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American pop artist (Clothespin; Alphabet; Good Humor), dies at 93 [1]
- 2022 Hans-Joachim Hespos, German avant-garde composer, dies at 84
- 2022 Ottavio Cinquanta, Italian sports executive (President International Skating Union 1994-2016; IOC Executive Committee 2000-08), dies at 83
- 2023 Lew Perkins, American sports executive (athletic director USC–Aiken, Wichita State U, U of Maryland, U of Connecticut, U of Kansas), dies at 78
- 2023 Mike Hellawell, English soccer outside right (2 caps; Birmingham City 178 games), dies at 85
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