Philip I (1052-1108)
King of the Franks (1060-1108), dies at 56
- 1507 Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer, dies at 47
- 1566 Agnes Waterhouse, British woman hanged after being convicted of witchcraft at approximately 63
- 1573 John Caius, English physician, dies at 62
- 1573 Ruy Gómez de Silva, Spanish prince of Eboli (advisor to Spanish King Philip II), dies at 56
- 1596 Jacobus Latomus, Flemish poet (Psalms/Jeremias), dies at about 84
- 1612 Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
- 1632 Samuel Ampzing, Dutch minister, poet, translator (Bijbel-poezije - Bible Poetry), and linguist (Taelbericht der Nederlandsche spellinge - Treatise on Dutch Selling), dies at 42
- 1644 Urban VIII [Maffeo Barberini], Pope (1623-44), dies
- 1649 David Teniers I, Flemish painter (altaar stukken), dies
- 1669 Christopher Simpson, English composer for the viola da gamba, dies (b. 1602 or 1606)
- 1752 Peter Warren, British admiral who served in the Americas, dies at 47 or 48
- 1781 Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician, dies at 73
- 1786 Franz Asplmayr, Austrian composer and violinist, dies at 58
- 1792 René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France (b. 1714)
- 1797 Christoph Rheineck, German composer, dies at 48
- 1808 Selim III, Turkish sultan (1789-1808) poet and composer, assassinated at 46
- 1813 Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. 1771)
- 1825 Micah Hawkins, American poet and composer, dies at 48
William Wilberforce (1759-1833)
British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade, dies at 73
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
German pianist, composer (Humoresque), and music critic (Neue Zeitschrift für Musik - New Journal for Music), dies at 46
- 1857 Charles Lucien Bonaparte, French politician and Prince of Canino and Musignano, dies at 54
- 1857 Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (b. 1774)
- 1859 Auguste Mathieu Panseron, French composer, dies at 63
- 1863 Edward Needle Kirk, US Union brigadier general, dies in battle at about 35
- 1886 Adolf Muller Sr., Austrian composer of operettas, dies at 84
- 1886 Solomon Gazfried, Ukrainian rabbi and author (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch), dies (b. 1804)
Agostino Depretis (1813-1887)
Italian statesman, Prime Minister of Italy (1876-78, 1778-79, 1881-87), dies at 74
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Dutch artist, painter and pioneer of Expressionism (The Potato Eaters, Irises, Sunflowers), dies 2 days after shooting himself at 37
- 1891 Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, father of Bengali prose (Exile of Sita), dies at 70
- 1897 Joost Gerard Kist, Dutch lawyer and president of High Council (1885-97), dies at 74
- 1900 Umberto I of Italy, King of Italy (1878-1900), shot four times and assassinated by Italian-American anarchist Gaetano Bresci at 56
- 1906 Alexandre Luigini, French violinist, conductor (Lyon Grand Théâtre, 1877-97; Opéra-Comique Paris, 1897-1906), composer (Ballet égyptien), and pedagogue, dies at 56
- 1913 Tobias Asser, Dutch advocate of world law (Nobel 1911), dies at 75
- 1918 Ernest William Christmas, Australian painter (b. 1863)
- 1922 Edward Gailliard, Flemish linguist and archaeologist, dies at 81
- 1930 Alexander von Fielitz, German composer and conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), dies at 69
- 1933 Gerhard Schjelderup, Norwegian opera composer and musicologist, dies at 73
- 1934 Didier Pitre, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (Montreal Canadiens), dies of acute indigestion at 50
- 1936 Frank Gavan Duffy, Australian barrister and judge (High Court of Australia, 1913-35, and Chief Justice of Australia, 1931-35), dies at 84
- 1938 Nikolai Krylenko, Russian/Soviet jurist and politician (b. 1885)
- 1941 James Stephenson, British actor (Letter, Espionage Agent, Nancy Drew), dies at 52
- 1947 Willem Vliegen, Dutch journalist and chairman (SDAP), dies at 84
- 1954 Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (World Alllround Speed Skating champion 1905), dies at 75
- 1956 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (study of graves), dies at 83
- 1958 Charles O'Malley, American actor in silent westerns (Iron Horse), dies at 61
- 1960 Richard Simon, American book publisher (co-founder of Simon & Shuster), dies at 61
- 1963 Dave Smith, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests, HS 24no; Victoria), dies at 78
- 1963 Dorian Le Gallienne, Australian composer, dies at 48
- 1964 Vean Gregg, American baseball player, dies at 79
- 1966 Pal Jardanyi, Hungarian composer, dies at 44
- 1970 (Giovanni) "John" Barbirolli, British cellist, and conductor (New York Philharmonic, 1936-43; Hallé Orchestra, 1943-1970; Houston Symphony, 1961-67), dies of a heart attackat 70
- 1970 Jonel Perlea, Romanian opera conductor, dies at 69
- 1973 Eileen Percy, Irish silent film actress (Wicked, Backstage), dies at 72
- 1973 Norm Smith, Australian rules footballer and coach (b. 1915)
- 1973 Roger Williamson, English racing driver (b. 1948)
Cass Elliot (1941-1974)
American pop vocalist (Mamas & The Papas - "California Dreaming"; "Monday, Monday"; solo - "Dream A little Dream Of Me"; "Make Your Own Kind of Music"), dies of a heart attack in London at 32
- 1974 Erich Kästner, German author (b. 1899)
- 1975 James Blish [pseudonym William Atheling, Jr], American-British sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54
- 1976 Mickey Cohen, American gangster (Cohen crime family), dies at 62
- 1977 Austin Matthews, cricketer (Test Eng v NZ 1937), dies
- 1978 Glen Goins, American guitarist and singer (Parliament-Funkadelic - "Fantasy is Reality"), dies from Hodgkin's lymphoma at 24
- 1978 Wesley LaViolette, American composer,conductor, poet, and educator dies at 84
- 1979 Bill Todman, American television producer (b. 1916)
Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979)
German-American communist philosopher (One-Dimensional Man, Eros & Civilization), dies at 81
- 1980 Jan Tausinger, Romanian-Czech violist and composer, dies at 58
- 1981 Robert Moses, American public official and urban planner (oversaw rebuilding of Long Island and NYC parks and roads), dies at 92
- 1982 Cor Kieboom, Dutch president of Feyenoord football club, dies at 81
- 1982 Harold Sakata [Toshiyuki], American actor (Gold Finger, Dimension 5), dies of liver cancer at 62
- 1982 Richard Gale, English general and airborne commander (Normandy), dies at 86
Vladimir Zworykin (1888-1982)
Russian-American inventor who developed the cathode ray tube for television, dies at 94 [1]
David Niven (1910-1983)
British actor (Around the World in 80 Days, Rugues), dies in Switzerland of Lou Gehrig's disease at 73
- 1983 J. B. Charles [Willem H. Nagel], Dutch criminologist and writer, dies at 83
- 1983 Luis Buñuel, Spanish surrealist film director (Monk), dies of cirrhosis of liver at 83
- 1983 Raymond Massey, Canadian-American stage and screen actor (Abe Lincoln In Illinois; Dr; Kildare (TV series)), dies of pneumonia at 86
- 1984 Fred Waring, American bandleader, conductor, and Waring Blender namesake, dies at 84
- 1984 Woodrow Parfey, American actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack
- 1985 James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at 69
- 1986 Gordon Mills, British songwriter (Tom Jones - "It's Not Unusual"), dies of cancer at 51
- 1987 Arthur Chipperfield, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia), dies
- 1987 Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author (b. 1894)
- 1988 Ellin Berlin (née MacKay), American writer (Lace Curtain), and second wife of songwriter Irving Berlin (muse for his song "Always" and "Remember"), dies at 86
- 1988 Pete Drake, American pedal steel guitarist and producer, dies at 55
- 1990 Bruno Kreisky, union chancellor Austria, dies
- 1991 Christian Castries, French general (Dien Bien Phu), dies at 88
- 1992 Tavio Amorin, Togolese politician, murdered
- 1992 William Mathias, Welsh composer (wrote for 1981 royal wedding), dies at 57
- 1993 AJA Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer, dies at 78
Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994)
British biochemist who developed protein crystallography to study molecular structure, including that of vitamin B12 (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1964), dies of a stroke at 84 [1]
- 1994 Francisco Veguillas, Spanish general, murdered at 68
- 1994 James Herman Barrett Jr, retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel killed by anti-abortion extremist Paul Hill at 74
- 1994 John Bayard Britton, American doctor who performed abortions, and killed by anti-abortion extremist Paul Hill, in Pensacola, Florida
- 1996 Aruna Asaf Ali, Indian independence activist and politician (first Mayor of Delhi), dies at 88
- 1996 Jason Thirsk, American punk rock bassist (Pennywise), dies of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot at 28
- 1996 Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician, dies at 75
- 1996 Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (b. 1919)
- 1997 Chuck Wayne [Jagelka], America session and bebop jazz guitarist (Woody Herman's First Herd; George Shearing Quintet; Gil Evans; Tony Bennett), dies of emphysema at 74
Jerome Robbins (1918-1998)
American Tony and Academy Award-winning theater and ballet choreographer and director (West Side Story; Peter Pan), dies shortly after suffering a strokeat 79
- 1999 Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor, producer and director (Arzoo, Love Story, Sangam), dies at 70
- 2000 Edgar Beck, English civil engineer (led firm Mowlem that reconstructed Downing St, built new London Bridge and NatWest Tower), dies at 89
- 2000 Kobie Coetsee, South African Minister of Defense (1993-94) and Minister of Justice (1980-93), dies at 69
- 2001 Alex Nicol, American actor (The Screaming Skull, Man From Laramie, Air Cadet), dies of natural causes at 85
- 2001 Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
- 2001 Wau Holland, German computer hacker (b. 1951)
- 2003 Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. 1937)
- 2003 Johnny Walker [Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi], Indian actor (Madhumati, Chachi 420), dies at 82
- 2004 James Hubert "Huby" Heard, American singer-songwriter (The God Squad), dies at 73
- 2004 Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
- 2005 Hildegarde [Sell], American cabaret vocalist (“Leave It To The Girls"; "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup"), dies at 99
- 2005 Pat McCormick, American comedy writer (Red Skeleton; Get Smart; The Tonight Show; Don Rickles Show), and actor (Smokey and the Bandit), dies at 78
- 2006 Jim Olin, American politician (Rep-D-VA, 1983-93), dies at 86
- 2007 Art Davis, American bassist (A Time Remembered), dies of a heart attack at 72
- 2007 Jim David, American NFL defensive back (Pro Bowl 1954-59; NFL Champion 1952-53, 57; Detroit Lions), dies at 79
- 2007 Marvin Zindler, American television reporter (b. 1921)
- 2007 Michel Serrault, French actor (Nelly & Monsieur Arnaud, La Cage aux Folles), dies at 79
- 2007 Mike Reid, English comedian and actor (b. 1940)
Tom Snyder (1936-2007)
American television and radio interviewer (Tomorrow, 1973-82; The Late Late Show, 1995-99), and news anchor (NBC Weekend News; WABC), dies of complications from leukemia at 71
- 2008 Eric Varley, British politician and cabinet minister, dies at 75
- 2008 Ishmeet Singh [Sodhi], Indian playback singer (Voice of India, 2007), drowns in a Maldives hotel swimming pool at 19
- 2009 Gayatri Devi, 3rd Maharani consort of Jaipur, India (1940-49), dies of lung failure and gastric problems at 90
- 2010 Roy Caton, American trumpet player and session musician, dies at 83
- 2011 Claude Laydu, Belgian-born Swiss actor (Diary of a Country Priest), dies at 84
- 2013 Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian soccer striker (58 caps; El Nacional, Santos Laguna, América), dies from heart failure at 27
- 2013 Tony Gaze, Australian WWII fighter pilot and auto racer (first Australian to drive in a F1 GP 1951), dies at 93
- 2014 Idris Muhammad, American jazz drummer, dies at 74
- 2015 Peter O'Sullevan, British horse racing commentator 'the voice of racing', dies at 97
- 2016 Marta Marzotto, Italian countess and designer, dies at 85
- 2016 Zelda Fichandler, American theater director and producer (Raisin, K2), dies at 91
- 2017 Lee May "The Big Bopper", American Major League Baseball 1st baseman, dies from pneumonia at 74
- 2018 Tomasz Stańko, Polish trumpeter (Astigmatic), dies of complication from lung cancer at 76
- 2020 Andy Haden, New Zealand rugby union lock (41 Tests; 117 All Black games, 8 as captain; Auckland), dies from chronic lymphocytic leukemia at 69
- 2020 Mike Gillespie, American college baseball coach (College World Series 1998, Collegiate Coach of the Year 1998, USC), dies from a stroke at 80
- 2021 Carl Levin, American attorney and politician (U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1979-2015), dies at 87
- 2021 Richard Lamm, American politician (38th Governor of Colorado 1975-87), dies at 85
- 2023 Clive Rowlands, Welsh rugby union scrum half (14 caps; Abercraf RFC, Pontypool RFC, Llanelli RFC, Swansea RFC), dies after a fall at 85
- 2023 David W. Potter, Scottish sports writer (published 60+ books, primarily Scottish football & cricket), dies at 74
- 2023 George Wilson. American basketball center (NCAA C'ship 1962 Uni of Cincinnati; Olympic gold 1964; Cincinnati Royals, Chicago Bulls, Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns), dies at 81
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