- 446 St Proclus, patriarch and archbishop of Constantinople, dies
- 1115 Matilda of Tuscany, Countess of Canossa, feudal margravine dies at 68 or 69
- 1129 Shirakawa, 72nd Emperor of Japan (1072-87), dies at 76
- 1240 Konrad von Thüringen, German fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
- 1345 Jacob van Artevelde, Flemish political leader (Ghent), murdered by an angry mob at about 55
- 1594 John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)
- 1612 Ottavio Mirto Frangipani, Italian bishop, dies at 68
- 1652 Johann Weichmann, German organist, and sacred and secular music composer (Sorgen-Lägerin), dies at 32
- 1663 Thomas Baltzar, German violinist and composer dies at about 33
- 1739 Benedetto Marcello, Italian author and composer (Lettera Famigliare), dies on 53rd birthday
- 1756 George Vertue, English engraver, dies at about 72
- 1758 John Dyer, Welsh painter and poet (Grongar Hill), dies at 58
- 1768 Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)
- 1809 Johann Gottfried Eckard, German composer, dies at 74
- 1812 Joseph Schuster, German composer, dies at 63
- 1819 Sophie Gail, French singer and composer, dies at 43
- 1826 Jacob Kimball, American pioneering composer and musician, dies at 65
Martin Van Buren (1782-1862)
8th President of the United States (Democrat: 1837-41), dies of heart failure at 79
Matthew Webb (1848-1883)
English long distance swimmer who was first to swim unassisted across the English Channel, drowns in the Niagara Falls whirlpool at 35
- 1900 Ferdinand Hamet, Dutch missionary in Mongolia, murdered at 59
- 1908 Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet, dies at 41 (b. the same day 1867)
- 1910 Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)
- 1920 Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer whose novels were often made into films (Hubertus Castle) dies at 65
- 1927 Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 'father of the Japanese short story', Japanese writer (Rashomon in Kappa), commits suicide at 35
- 1931 Willem Treub, Dutch economist and politician, dies at 75
- 1933 Max von Schillings, German composer and conductor (Der Pfeifertag), dies at 65
- 1934 Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician, dies at 54
- 1936 Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of German Empire, dies at 78
- 1936 James Philip Dunn, American composer, dies at 52
- 1944 Jan Postma, leader of illegal Dutch party (CPN), executed at 49
- 1947 Ernest Austin, English composer, dies at 72
- 1954 Mary Church Terrell, American educator and civil rights activist (co-founder and President National Association of Colored Women, dies at 90
- 1955 Harry Haden, Canadian American actor (Harry-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 72
- 1957 Sacha Guitry, French actor and playwright (Deburan, The Story of a Cheat), dies at 72
- 1960 Carl Deis, American composer, dies at 77
- 1960 Hans Albers, German actor (Blue Angel), dies at 68
- 1962 Victor Moore, American comedian (Ziegfeld Follies, 7 Year Itch), dies of a heart attack at 86
- 1964 Erwin Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer (theory of relativity), dies at 79
- 1965 Constance Bennett, American actress (Madame X, Topper), dies at 59
- 1965 Irene Browne, English actress (Peg O' My Heart), dies of cancer at 69
- 1966 Tony Lema, American golfer (British Open 1964), dies in a plane crash at 32
- 1967 Little Billy Rhodes, American actor (The Terror of Tiny Town)dies of stroke at 72
- 1969 Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Dziennik), dies at 64
- 1970 Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist, dies at 73
- 1971 Alan Rawsthorne, British classical and film score composer (Elegy for Guitar; The Cruel Sea), dies at 66
- 1972 Bobby Ramirez, American drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl
- 1974 Ernest Milton, American-British actor (Julius Caesar, Cat Girl), dies at 84
James Chadwick (1891-1974)
British physicist (Nobel Prize, 1935; discovered neutron), dies at 82
- 1976 Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (The Garden of Hope), dies at 64
- 1976 Leo Shuken, American film music composer and arranger (Stagecoach; The Fabulous Dorseys; The Unsinkable Molly Brown), dies at 69
- 1979 Archie Duncan, Scottish actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes), dies at 65
- 1979 Greg Davis, Australian rugby union flanker (39 Tests, 16 as captain; NSW, Drummoyne DRFC), dies from a brain tumour at 39
Peter Sellers (1925-1980)
English actor and comedian (The Goon Show, Bobo, Pink Panther), dies at 54
- 1980 Uttam Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1926)
- 1986 Fritz A. Lipman, German-American biochemist (discoverer co-enzymes, Nobel 1953), dies at 87
- 1986 Laurie Nash, Australian cricket fast-bowler (2 Tests, 10 wickets) and VFL player and coach (South Melbourne), dies at 76
- 1987 Dick Wellstood, American jazz pianist, dies at 59
- 1988 Ilona Elek, Hungarian fencer (Olympic gold 1936, 48), dies at 81
- 1989 Ernest Morrison [Sunshine Sammy Morrison], American child actor (Our Gang, East Side Kids), dies at 76
- 1990 Alan Clarke, English director (Elephant, Road, Scum, Firm), dies at 54
- 1991 Freddie Brown, English cricketer (English Test captain 1950-51), dies at 80
- 1991 Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American Yiddish writer (Yentl, Nobel Prize for Literature 1978), dies at 87
- 1991 Jørn Elniff, Danish bebop jazz drummer (Music for Mice and Men; Bud Powell), dies at 53
- 1992 Khaled Mahmoud Saeed, asst to Palestine terrorist Abu Nidal, murdered
- 1992 Lillian Oppenheimer, American origami pioneer (popularized origami in the West), dies of a heart attack at 93
- 1992 Sam Berger, Canadian football owner (b. 1900)
- 1993 Ben Polak, Dutch physician, communist and resistance fighter, dies at 79
- 1993 Francis Bouygues, French film producer, dies at 70
- 1993 Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (b. 1957)
- 1994 Grete Schickedanz, German head mistress, dies at 82
- 1994 Wangila Napunyi, Kenyan welterweight boxer (Olympic gold 1988), dies after a boxing match at 26
- 1995 Don Carpenter, American novelist (Hard Rain Falling), dies at 64
- 1995 Jerry Lordan, English singer and composer (Wonderful Land), dies at 61
- 1995 Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, Ukrainian-Polish filmmaker and film educator (Polish Film School), dies at 94
- 1996 Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (Love and Death, Delicatessen), dies at 82
- 1996 Jock Wallace, Scottish soccer manager (Berwick Rangers, Rangers, Leicester City, Motherwell, Sevilla), dies from Parkinson's disease at 60
- 1996 Virginia Christine [Ricketts], American actress (Mrs Olson, Tales of Wells Fargo), dies of cardiovascular disease at 76
- 1997 Andrew Cunanan, American serial killer (Gianni Versace), commits suicide at 27
- 1997 Brian Glover, British actor and wrestler (Alien 3, Kes), dies of a brain tumor at 63
- 1997 Frank Parker, American tennis player (4-time Grand Slam singles winner), dies at 81
- 1997 Saw Maung, Burmese general (President of Myanmar (Burma) (1988-92), dies at 68
- 1997 William J. Brennan, Jr. American Supreme Court judge (1956-90), dies at 91
- 2000 Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (The Book of Alley), dies at 74
- 2000 Anatoli Firsov, Russian ice hockey left wing (Olympic gold 1964, 68, 72; 8 x World C'ship gold), dies at 59
- 2001 Georges Dor [Dore], French Canadian author, playwright, radio broadcaster, singer and songwriter, dies at 70
- 2002 Gus Tinsley, American College Football Hall of Fame end and coach (All-American 1935, 36; coach LSU 1948-55; NFL: Chicago Cardinals), dies at 87
- 2002 Maurice Denham, British actor (Mr Love, Damn the Defiant), dies at 92
- 2004 Claude André François Ballif, French composer, dies at 80
- 2004 Cotton Fitzsimmons, American Basketball HOF coach (NJCAA C'ship 1966, 67, Moberly Area CC; Kansas State; NBA: Phoenix Suns; Atlanta Hawks, San Antonio Spurs), dies of lung cancer and stroke at 72
- 2005 Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (pioneer in research linking smoking to health problems), dies at 92
- 2007 Albert Ellis, American psychologist, dies at 93
- 2007 Chaney Kley, American Actor (b. 1972)
- 2008 Norman Dello Joio [Nicodemo DeGioio], American classical composer (Choreography: Three Dances for Strings), dies at 95
- 2008 Robert T. Herres, American air force officer (Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff), dies at 75
- 2009 E. Lynn Harris, American Author (b. 1955)
- 2009 Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet and playwright, dies at 78
- 2010 Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (b. 1949)
- 2011 Dan Peek, American rock vocalist and guitarist (America), dies at 60
- 2011 Frank Dietrich, German politician (b. 1966)
- 2011 Jane White, African-American actress and singer (Strange Fruit, Once Upon a Mattress), dies at 88
- 2012 Chad Everett [Raymon Lee Cramton], American actor (Medical Center, Airplane II), dies from lung cancer at 75
- 2012 John Atta Mills, Ghanaian President, dies at 68
- 2012 Robert Ledley, American scientist (invented the CT scanner), dies at 86
- 2012 Sherman Hemsley, American actor (All in the Family; The Jeffersons; Amen), dies from natural causes at 74
- 2013 Nikos Mamangakis, Greek classical and electronic music composer, dies at 84
- 2014 Ik-Hwan Bae, South Korean-American violinist (Bargemusic, 1982-95) and educator (Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, 1999-2014), dies of cancer at 57
- 2016 (Margaret) "Marni" Nixon [McEathron], American soprano singer and film 'ghost voice' (for Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"; Natalie Wood in "West Side Story**"; Deborah Kerr in "The King And I"), dies at 86
- 2018 John Murray, England cricket wicketkeeper (21 Tests; 55 dismissals, 1 x 100, HS 112; Middlesex CCC), dies at 83
- 2018 Tony Cloninger, American MLB pitcher and coach (2 Grand Slams in one game), dies at 77
- 2020 Ann Syrdal, American psychologist and computer science researcher (developed female synthetic voices at AT&T), dies at 74
- 2020 Eric Sweeney, Irish contemporary composer (The Green One), dies at 72
- 2020 Naazim Richardson, American boxing trainer (Bernard Hopkins, "Sugar" Shane Mosley), dies of stroke complications at 55
- 2020 Regis Philbin, American talk and game show host (Joey Bishop Show; Live with Regis & Kathie Lee; Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?), dies at 88 [1] [2]
- 2021 Dieter Brummer, Australian TV actor (Home and Away; Underbelly), takes his own life at 45
Jackie Mason (1928-2021)
American Emmy and Tony Award-winning stand-up comedian, stage, film and television actor (The World According To Me!), dies at 93 [1]
- 2022 David Warner, British Emmy Award-winning stage, screen, radio, and voice actor (Masada; Star Trek VI; Time Bandits), dies of lung cancer at 80
- 2022 Yuri Kolmakov, Russian biathlete (World C'ship gold relay 1973, 74), dies at 76
- 2023 Dan Morrison, American baseball umpire (World Series 1992; MLB All Star Game 1988; AL C'ship Series 1989, 96, 99), dies at 75
- 2023 George Alagiah, Ceylonese-born British journalist and newsreader (BBC News), dies of cancer at 67 [1]
- 2023 Leny Andrade, Brazilian samba, bossa nova and jazz singer, dies of Lewy body dementia at 80
- 2023 Seiichi Morimura, Japanese mystery novelist (The Devil's Gluttony), dies of pneumonia at 90
- 2023 Trevor Francis, British soccer forward (52 caps; Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Sampdoria, Sheffield Wed) and manager (QPR, Sheffield Wed, Birmingham City, Crystal Pal), dies of a heart attack at 69
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