Atahualpa (c. 1502-1533)
last Sapa Inca Emperor, garroted by order of Francisco Pizarro at about 52
- 1592 Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)
- 1611 Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1542)
- 1615 Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander, dies at 64
- 1630 Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Italian Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies at 68
- 1667 Michael Franck, German composer, poet and baker, dies at 58 [1]
- 1680 John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (A Satyr Against Reason and Mankind) and courtier of King Charles II, dies of a sexually transmitted infection at 33
Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646-1684)
Italian mathematician and the 1st woman to receive an academic degree from a university, dies of tuberculosis at 38
- 1712 Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (Lord President of the Council, 1689-99; Lord High Treasurer, 1673-79), helped bring William and Mary to the throne), dies at 80
- 1719 Johann Georg Christian Störl, German organist, kappelmeister, and composer, dies at 43
- 1723 Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman
- 1728 John Friend, physician/politician, dies
- 1770 Michael Scheuenstühl, German composer, dies at 65
- 1801 Daniel Dal Barba, Italian composer, dies at 86
- 1826 Friedrich Wilhelm Weis, German physician and composer, dies at 82
- 1834 Jonathan Jennings, American politician (Governor of Indiana, 1816-22; Congressman for Indiana, 1822-31), dies at 50
- 1836 José Melchor Gomis, Spanish Romantic composer, dies of tuberculosis at 45 [some source date death as 4 August]
Sam Houston (1793-1863)
1st President of Republic of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44) who helped bring Texas into the United States as a constituent state, dies at 70
- 1867 King Otto of Greece (1832-62), dies in exile at 52
- 1872 Michele Carafa, Italian-French opera composer, and educator (Paris Conservatoire, 1840-58), dies at 84
- 1881 George Borrow, English writer (The Romany Rye), dies at 78
- 1910 Philippus Jacobus Hoedemaker, Dutch theologist, dies at 71
- 1915 James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (Oxford English Dictionary), dies at 78
- 1916 Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 52
- 1916 Sally Louisa Tompkins, American nurse and philanthrophist, only commissioned woman in US Confederate Army, dies at 82
- 1918 Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flying ace (Victoria Cross), killed in action at 31
- 1919 Edward Poynter, British painter, President of the Royal Academy, dies at 83
- 1920 Carlos Troyer, American composer, dies at 83
- 1925 Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver, dies at 36
- 1925 Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (Begriffsschrift), dies at 76
William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)
American orator and statesman known as "The Great Commoner", dies at 65
- 1926 Robert Todd Lincoln, American politician, lawyer, Captain (Union Army), diplomat, businessman, and son of President Abraham Lincoln, dies in his sleep at 82
- 1933 Charles Tindley, American gospel music composer (I'll Overcome Someday), and Methodist minister, dies at 82
- 1934 Winsor McCay, American cartoonist (Little Nemo), dies at 63
- 1937 Gerda Taro (Gerta Pohorylle), German-born war photojournalist, dies covering Spanish Civil War aged 26
- 1939 Billy Murphy, New Zealand boxer (world featherweight champion 1890; first world champion in any class from NZ), dies at 75
- 1941 Benjamin Lee Whorf, American linguist (the relation of language to thinking and cognition), dies at 44
- 1941 Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (Lebesgue integration), dies at 66
- 1941 Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb
- 1942 Roberto Arlt, Argentine writer (The Seven Madmen), dies at 42
- 1942 Titus Brandsma, Dutch Roman Catholic priest, philosopher (spoke out against Nazi ideology), and saint, murdered by Nazis at Dachau concentration camp at 61
Reza Shah Pahlavi (1878-1944)
Shah of Iran (1925-41), dies of a heart ailment at 66
Eva Perón (1919-1952)
Argentine First Lady (1946-52), actress, suffragette, unionist and humanitarian who was inspiration for A.L. Webber's musical "Evita", dies of cancer at 33
- 1953 Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece politician and general (Prime Minister of Greece 1945-50, 51-2), dies at 69
- 1954 Ruth Bryan Owen, American politician (first woman appointed as a U.S. ambassador, Denmark 1933-36), dies at 68
- 1956 Miguel Bernal Jiménez, Mexican organist, composer and pedagogue (Tata Vasco; Tres Cartas de México), dies of a heart attack at 46
- 1957 Carlos Castillo Armas, Dictator and President of Guatemala (1954-57), assassinated by a palace guard with leftist sympathies at 42
- 1959 Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet and publisher (Amor), dies at 54
- 1960 Cedric Gibbons, American art director (b. 1893)
- 1960 Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist (b. 1879)
- 1964 Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, British politician, naval officer and auto racer (1931 Le Mans), dies at 80
- 1966 Howard Kinsey, American tennis player (French Open doubles 1924, US Open doubles 1926; Wimbledon singles 1926 runner-up), dies at 66
- 1967 Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch classical composer, critic, and musicologist dies at 79
- 1969 Raymond Walburn, American actor (Christmas in July), dies after illness at 81
- 1970 Claud Allister, British actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet, Bulldog Drummond), dies at 81
- 1970 Robert Taschereau, French Canadian lawyer and Chief Justice of Canada, dies at 73
- 1971 Diane Arbus [Nemerov], American photographer (Vogue, Harper's Bazaar), commits suicide at 48 [1]
- 1974 Arthur K. Watson, American businessman (IBM), and US Ambassador to France (1970-72), dies from injuries suffered in a fall at 55 [1]
- 1975 Leigh Whipper, American actor (Hidden Eye, Jungle Queen), dies at 98
- 1977 Gena Branscombe, Canadian pianist and composer, dies at 95
- 1977 Hans-Otto Borgmann, German film score composer under the Third Reich, dies at 75
- 1977 Karac Plant, son of Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, dies of respiratory failure at 6
- 1980 Allen Hoskins, American child actor (Our Gang), dies of cancer at 59
- 1980 François Louis Ganshof, Belgian medieval historian, dies at 85
- 1980 Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani fiction writer and Urdu poet, dies at 52
- 1981 Donald Lybbert, American composer (Zap; Lines for the Fallen), and educator, dies at 58
- 1982 Betty Walker, American actress and comedienne, dies of pancreatic cancer at 53
Ed Gein (1906-1984)
American serial killer who was the inspiration for the films "Psycho" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", dies of lung cancer at 77
George Gallup (1901-1984)
American survey sampling pioneer and inventor of the Gallup poll, dies of a heart attack at 82
- 1986 W. Averell Harriman, American politician (Gov-D-NY) and ambassador to USSR (1943-46), dies at 94
- 1987 Jim Bishop, American journalist and author (The Day Lincoln was Shot), dies at 79
- 1987 Joe Liggins [Theodro Elliott], American jazz, R&B, and jump blues pianist, songwriter, and vocalist ("The Honeydripper"; "Pink Champagne"), dies after a stroke at 71
- 1988 Fazlur Rahman, Pakistani modernist scholar, dies at 68
- 1990 Brent Mydland, American rock keyboardist and vocalist (Grateful Dead - "Hell In A Bucket"; "I Will Take You Home"), dies of a cocaine and morphine "speedball" overdose at 38
- 1992 Mary Wells, American pop and soul singer ("My Guy"), dies of laryngeal cancer at 49
- 1993 Daniel Fuchs, American screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84
- 1993 Matthew Ridgway, American general (World War II, Korean War, NATO Supreme Commander) and Chief of Staff of the US Army (1953-55), dies of cardiac arrest at 98
- 1994 Marino Iandiorio, Italian canned tomato pioneer, dies at 64
- 1994 Owen "Terry" Scott, British actor and comedian (Terry and June, Carry On Films), dies of cancer at 67
- 1994 Thomas Davis, US movie editor/son of MGM-chief Frank D, dies at 26
- 1995 Eleanore Griffin, screenwriter, dies
- 1995 George W. Romney, American politician (Gov-R-Michigan, US Secretary of HUD 1969-73), dies of a heart attack, dies at 88
- 1995 Jaime de Mora y Aragón, Spanish actor and publicist (Last Judgement), dies at 70
- 1995 Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian classical, jazz and Latin guitarist and composer (developed bossa nova), dies of leukemia at 77
- 1995 Raymond Mailloux, Quebec politician (b. 1918)
- 1996 Arthur McDonald, Royal Air Force officer and radar pioneer, dies at 93
- 1996 Evelyn Levine, American composer ("Scarlet Ribbons"), dies at 94
- 1998 (David Allan) "Chico" Ryan, American rock bassist and singer (Sha Na Na, 1973-98), dies at 50
- 2000 John Tukey, American statistician (b. 1915)
- 2001 Josef Klaus, Austrian conservative politician (Minister of Finance, 1961-63; Chancellor, 1966-70), dies at 90
- 2001 Peter von Zahn, German journalist, writer, and film maker, dies at 88
- 2001 Rex Barber, American WWII aviator (b. 1917)
- 2002 Jutta Hecker, German writer, dies at 97
- 2004 Sipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, lung cancer (birthdate unknown)
- 2005 Alexander Golitzen, American art director (b. 1908)
- 2005 Betty Astell, British actress (b. 1912)
- 2005 Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945)
- 2005 Jack Hirshleifer, American economist (b. 1925)
- 2007 John Normington, English actor (b. 1937)
- 2007 Lars Forssell, Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy (b. 1928)
- 2007 Skip Prosser, American basketball coach (only coach to take 3 schools to NCAA Tournament in first year; Loyola [MD], Xavier, Wake Forest), dies from heart attack at 56
- 2009 Marcey Jacobson, American photographer (b. 1911)
- 2009 Merce Cunningham, American choreographer (Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus), dies at 90
- 2010 Al Goodman, American pop-soul singer (Ray, Goodman, Brown - "Special Lady"), dies of post-surgical heart failure at 67
- 2010 Ben Keith [Schaeufele], American musician and record producer (Neil Young; Great Speckled Bird), dies at 73
- 2010 Sivakant Tiwari, senior legal officer of the Singapore Legal Service (b. 1945)
- 2011 Margaret Olley, Australian still-life and interior painter, dies at 88
- 2012 Franz West, Austrian artist, dies at 65
- 2013 J. J. Cale, American rock guitarist and songwriter ("After Midnight": "Call Me The Breeze"; "Cocaine"), dies of a heart attack at 74
- 2013 Rolf Haufs, German writer, dies at 77
- 2014 Roland Verhavert, Flemish screenwriter (Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor; Chronicle of a Passion), dies at 87
- 2015 Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, dies in a coma at 22
- 2015 Wolfgang Gönnenwein, German choral director and educator, and artistic director (Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele, 1972-2004), dies at 82
- 2016 Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (Kaivos), dies at 87
- 2016 Forrest E. Mars Jr., American Candy Manufacturer (Mars, Inc.), dies at 84
- 2016 Miss Cleo [Youree Dell Harris], American psychic (Psychic Readers Network), dies of colon cancer at 53
- 2016 Sandy Pearlman, American lyricist; music producer, artist manager (Blue Öyster Cult), music journalist and record company executive, dies form complications of a stroke at 72
- 2017 June Foray, American voice actress (Rocky the Flying Squirrel; Cinderella, Cindy Lou Who), dies at 99
- 2017 Paul Angerer, Austrian violist, violinist, conductor (Concilium Musicum Wien), harpsichordist, composer and radio host, dies at 90
- 2017 Peter Whalley, British television screenwriter (Coronation Street), and author, dies of cancer at 71
- 2018 Simegnew Bekele, Ethiopian dam engineer (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam), murdered at 53
- 2019 Bryan Magee, British philosopher, politician (Member of Parliament, 1974-83), writer (Modern British Philosophy), and broadcaster (Thinking Aloud), dies at 89
- 2019 Russi Taylor, American voice actress (6th Minnie Mouse, 1986-2019), dies at 75
- 2020 Bill English, American computer engineer who helped develop the computer mouse and the revolutionary NLS computer system, dies of respiratory failure at 91
- 2020 Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician (leader of West Germany's Social Democrats (SPD), 1987-91; Minister of Justice, 1974-84; Mayor of Munich, 1962-72), dies at 94
- 2021 Albert Bandura, Canadian-American psychologist (social learning theory, Bobo doll experiment), dies at 95
- 2021 Ally Dawson, Scottish soccer defender (5 caps; Glasgow Rangers) and manager (Hamilton Academical), dies at 63
- 2021 Colin Southgate, English businessman (Thorn EMI, Chairman of the Royal Opera House), dies at 83
- 2021 Ivan Toplak, Serbian soccer striker (1 cap; Red Star Belgrade) and manager (Red Star Belgrade, San Jose Earthquakes, Yugoslavia), dies at 89
- 2021 Joey Jordison, American drummer (Slipknot, 1995-2013 - "All Hope Is Gone"), dies at 46
- 2021 Mike Enzi, American accountant, and politician (US Senator for Wyoming (R), 1997-2021), dies from injuries in a bicycling accident at 77
- 2021 Rick Aiello, American character actor (Officer Long- Do the Right Thing), dies of pancreatic cancer at 65
- 2022 David Ireland, Australian author (The Unknown Industrial Prisoner), dies at 94
- 2022 Joan Kenmore, American child actress (The Wizard of Oz), dies at 90
- 2022 Ronald Allison, British journalist and press secretary to Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 90 [1]
Martin Walser (1927-2023)
German novelist (Marriage in Philippsburg), and dramatist, dies at 96
- 2023 Randy Meisner, American rock bassist and vocalist (Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band; Linda Ronstadt; The Eagles, 1971-77 - "Take It To The Limit"), dies of complications from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease at 77
Sinead O'Connor (1966-2023)
Irish singer-songwriter (Nothing Compares 2 U), dies at 56 [1]
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