- 555 Vigilius, Italian Pope (537-55), dies
Robert the Bruce (1274-1329)
King of Scots (1306-1329) and national hero, dies at 54
- 1337 William the Good, Count of Hainaut and Earl of Holland and Zealand, dies at about 49
- 1358 Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shogun (b. 1305)
- 1394 Anne of Bohemia, Queen of England and wife of Richard II, dies at 28
- 1492 Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland (1447-92), dies at 64
- 1549 Eelke Fouckens, Frisian anabaptist, beheaded
- 1555 Maarten van Rossum, Dutch army leader, dies at about 76
- 1571 Francesco Corteccia, Italian composer, dies at 68
- 1618 Thomas West, 3rd & 12th Baron De La Warr, English Jamestown colonist and Governor of Virginia, dies at 40
- 1626 Anne of Saint Bartholomew, Flemish Roman Catholic nun, dies at 76
- 1654 Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright and actor (L'adamo), dies at 76
- 1667 Thomas de Keyser, Amsterdam master builder/painter, buried
- 1672 Willem Joseph van Gendt [Ghent], Dutch admiral and Governor of Breda, dies struck by artillery during the Battle of Solebay at about 37
- 1676 Paul Gerhardt, German Luthern hymnist, dies at 69
- 1710 Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV (1661-67), dies at 65
- 1711 Henry Dodwell, Irish theologian (b. 1641)
- 1723 Miguel Lopez, Spanish composer and organist, dies at 64
- 1754 Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect (Amalienborg Royal Palace), dies at 53
- 1778 Johann Georg Zechner, Austrian composer, dies at 62
- 1779 William Warburton, English critic and Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1698)
- 1784 Jean-Baptiste Canavas [Canavasso], Italian composer and cellist, dies at 71
- 1789 Vaclav Jan Kopriva, Czech composer and organist, dies at 81
- 1799 Increase Sumner, American politician (5th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 52
- 1800 Willem Arnold Alting, Dutch administrator (Governor-General of Dutch East Indies, 1780-97), dies at 75
- 1810 Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (b. 1765)
- 1821 Tudor Vladimirescu, Romanian rebellion-leader (b. cca. 1780)
- 1826 Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist and optical lens manufacturer (studied Sun's spectrum, invented the spectroscope), dies poisoned by the heavy metal vapors used in his work at 39
- 1840 Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia (1797-1840), dies at 69
- 1847 Adolph Gopel, German mathematician, dies at 35
- 1854 Charles Baudin, French admiral (b. 1792)
- 1859 David Cox, English painter (Treatise on Landscape Paint), dies at 73
- 1862 William B. Mumford, 1st US citizen hanged for treason, at 42
- 1863 Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist and composer (Silent Night), dies at 75
- 1866 Chief Seattle, Suquamish and Duwamish Native American chief who pursued a path of accommodation with white settlers and for who the city of Seattle is named after, dies at 85 or 86
- 1871 Thomas Jackson Rodman, American military inventor of the rodman gun and perforated-cake gunpowder, dies on duty at 54
- 1877 Winand Staring, Dutch geologist (Bottom of Netherlands), dies at 68
- 1890 Reuben Lindsay Walker, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 63
Edwin Booth (1833-1893)
American Shakespearean actor (Hamlet), dies at 59
- 1893 Johann Schrammel, Austrian composer, dies at 43
- 1896 Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (Isabella d'Aspeno), dies at 67
- 1896 Wyatt Eaton, Canadian-American artist, dies from tuberculosis at 47
- 1899 Augustin Daly, American playwright and theatrical manager, dies at 60
- 1899 William Stephen Walker, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 77
- 1906 Johan P. Van de Kellen, stamp cutter/lithographer, dies at 74
- 1911 Maurice Rouvier, French statesman and Prime Minister of France (1905-06), dies at 69
- 1915 Benjamin Lambord, American composer, dies at 35
- 1916 Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (b. 1847)
- 1925 Camille Flammarion, French astronomer, Mars researcher and popularizer of astronomy, dies at 83
- 1926 Henry Charles Tonking, British organist and composer, dies at 63
- 1927 Edmund James Flynn, Canadian politician (10th Premier of Quebec), dies at 79
- 1927 Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, murdered
- 1928 Chiang Tsolin, Chinese warlord of North-China, murdered
- 1932 Emil Paur, Austrian conductor (Boston Symphony; New York Philharmonic; Pittsburgh Symphony; Berlin State Opera), dies at 76
- 1932 William Williams Keen, American physician (1st American brain surgeon), dies at 95
- 1935 Ivan V Mitsjoerin, Russian botanist, dies
- 1935 Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Russian botanist (more than 300 new types of fruit), dies at 79
- 1936 Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer, dies at 60
Jean Harlow (1911-1937)
American actress and 1930s' sex goddess (Dinner at 8; Bombshell), dies from gallbladder infection at 26
- 1938 Norbert Fonteyne, Flemish writer (How Flemings Came Late), dies
- 1940 James Hall, American actor (Hell's Angels, Four Sons), dies of cirrhosis at 39
- 1942 Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer, dies at 38
- 1945 Nishida Kitaro, Japanese philosopher (Kyoto School), dies at 74
- 1945 Rubén M. Campos, Mexican novelist (Claudio Oranos) and musicologist (El folklore y la musica mexicana), dies at 69
- 1948 Georges Hüe, French composer, dies at 90
- 1951 Nazi war criminals Paul Blobel, Werner Braune, Erich Naumann, Otto Ohlendorf, Oswald Pohl, George Schallenmair & Otto Schmidt, hanged at Landsberg Prison in Germany
- 1951 Oswald Pohl, German head administrator of the Nazi concentration camps, executed by hanging for his war crimes at 58
Alan Turing (1912-1954)
British mathematician and computer scientist pioneer (Turing Machine), commits suicide at 41 (b. 1912)
- 1956 Julien Benda, Fren philosopher/writer (La trahison des clercs), dies
- 1957 Elizabeth S Kingsley, double-Crostic puzzle creator, dies
- 1958 Roger Hartigan, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust in 1908), dies
- 1961 Robert Griffith, American theatrical producer (The Pajama Game; Damn Yankees; West Side Story), dies of a heart attack at about 55 [born c. 1907, exact date unknown]
- 1963 ZaSu Pitts, American actress (Life With Father; Dames; Wedding March), dies at 69
- 1964 Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer (544 runs in 15 Tests for South Africa), dies at 87
Judy Holliday (1921-1965)
American comedienne and actress (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib), dies of cancer at 43
Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
American poet (Enough Rope), short story writer and satirist (1958 Marjorie Peabody Award), dies at 73
- 1967 Pauline Brooks, actress (Make a Million), dies of cancer at 54
- 1968 Dan Duryea, American actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at 61
E. M. Forster (1879-1970)
English writer and novelist (A Room With A View; Maurice; A Passage to India), dies at 91
- 1973 Christine Lavant, Austrian poet and writer (Das Kind), dies at 57
- 1973 Lane Bradford, actor (Dead Man's Gold, Gun Hawk), dies at 50
- 1974 Émilie Charmy, French avant-garde artist, dies at 96
- 1976 Bobby Hackett, American jazz cornetist, trumpeter (Glenn Miller; Benny Goodman; Jackie Gleason), and orchestra leader (Air Time '57), dies at 61
- 1978 Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1967, dies at 80
- 1979 Forrest [Asa Earl] Carter, American author and segregationist speech writer, dies at 53
- 1980 Elizabeth Craig, British writer (b. 1883)
Henry Miller (1891-1980)
American writer (Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn), dies of circulatory complications at 88
- 1980 Philip Guston, Canadian-American abstract painter, muralist, and printmaker (To Fellini), dies of a heart attack at 66
- 1980 Richard Bonnelli, actor (Enter Madame), dies
- 1983 Charles von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Belgium prince, buried
- 1983 Daniele Amfitheatrof [Amfiteatrov], Russian-Italian pianist, conductor, and composer of concert and Hollywood film score music (American Panorama; The Naked Jungle), dies at 81
- 1984 George Givot, actor (Versatile Vaudeville), dies at 81
- 1987 John Blofeld, writer/translator/Zen practitioner, dies at 73
- 1988 Joe Partridge, cricketer (South African pace bowler 1963-65), commits suicide
- 1988 Vernon Washington, American actor (Roots, The Last Starfighter, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning), dies at 60
- 1989 Chico Landi, Brazilian auto racer (6 x F1 GP; first Brazilian to driver in a F1 GP, and to score points; Mil Milhas Brasil 1960), dies at 81
- 1989 Milton van Embricqs, Suriname/Dutch publicist, dies
- 1989 Percy Stuart, Suriname/Dutch sports journalist, dies
- 1990 Barbara Baxley, American stage and screen actress and singer (Norma Rae; Nashville; Countdown), dies of a heart attack at 67
- 1991 Antoine Blondin, French writer (L'Europe buissonnière), dies at 69
- 1991 Eric Francis, actor (Shillingbury Blowers), dies
- 1992 Bill France, Sr., American auto racer (co-founder of NASCAR), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 82
- 1992 Bob Sweeney, director/actor (Toby Tyler), dies of cancer at 73
- 1993 Dražen Petrović, Yugoslav-Croatian NBA player (NJ Nets), dies in auto-accident in Denkendorf, Bavaria, Germany at 28
- 1993 Louie Ramirez, American salsa and Latin jazz vibraphonist, bandleader, composer, and record producer, dies of a heart attack at 55
- 1994 Dennis Potter, British TV dramatist (The Singing Detective, Karaoke, Midnight Movie), dies of cancer at 59
- 1994 Joseph Ruzindana, Rwandian bishop of Bjumba, murdered
- 1994 Stuart Havelock Hollingdale, anthropologist, dies at 42
- 1994 Vincent Nsengijumva, Rwandan archbishop of Kigali, murdered
- 1995 "Sheikh" Imam [Eissa], Egyptian folk and protest singer-songwriter, dies at 76
- 1995 Hsuan Hua, influential Buddhist master in the United States (b. 1918)
- 1995 Joseph Tomelty, Irish actor and playwright (Bedevilled, Moby-Dick, Melba), dies at 85
- 1996 José María Valverde, Spanish philosopher, poet and translator (La espera, Historia de la literatura universal), dies at 70
- 1996 Noel Walton Bott, British engineer (father of wave energy), dies at 88
- 1996 Percy Edwards, English entertainer (known for his animal impressions), dies at 88
- 1996 Robert Kidd, British marine geoscientist (International Deep Sea Drilling Programme), dies at 49
- 1996 [Francis] Max Factor, American CEO of Max Factor Cosmetics, dies at 91
- 1998 Thomas Narcejac, French writer (Vertigo), dies at 89
- 1999 Paco Stanley, Mexican TV entertainer, dies at 56
- 2001 Carole Fredericks, American singer (Fredericks Goldman Jones), dies of a heart attack at 49
- 2001 Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (b. 1907)
- 2002 Lilian Baels, Princess of Réthy, English 2nd wife of Belgian King Leopold III, dies at 85
- 2003 Trevor Goddard, English actor (b. 1962)
- 2004 William Cramond, Scottish psychiatrist and vice-chancellor (Stirling University), dies at 83
- 2006 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian-born Mujahid (b. 1966)
- 2006 John Tenta, ring name Earthquake, Canadian professional wrestler, dies at 42
- 2008 Bill Coday, American musician and singer ("You’re Gonna Want Me"), dies of a stroke at 66
- 2008 Jim McKay, American sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports; American Sportscasters Association HOF), dies at 86
- 2008 Mustafa Khalil, 40th Prime Minister of Egypt (1978-80), dies at 87
- 2008 Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor (b. 1953)
- 2009 Hugh Hopper, British progressive rock and jazz bassist (Soft Machine; Stomu Yamashta's East Wind; Carla Bley), dies of leukemia at 64
- 2009 Kenny Rankin, American singer-songwriter ("Peaceful"), dies of lung cancer at 69
- 2009 Pio Sagapolutele, American NFL defensive tackle (New Orleans Saints, Cleveland Browns), dies of a aneurysm at 39
- 2010 Adriana Xenides, Australian TV personality (b. 1956)
- 2010 Omar Rayo, Colombian painter, sculptor, caricaturist and plastic artist. (b. 1928)
- 2010 Stuart Cable, Welsh rock drummer (Stereolab), and broadcaster, choles to death on his own vomit at 40
- 2011 Hubert Du Plessis, South African pianist and composer, dies at 88
- 2011 Jorge Semprún, Spanish-French writer (2nd mort de R Mercader, Z), dies at 87
- 2011 Leonard B. Stern, American television screenwriter (The Honeymooners; The Phil Silvers Show: Get Smart), and producer, dies of heart failure at 88
- 2011 Nataraja Ramakrishna, Indian classical dancer, choreographer, and musicologist, dies at 88
- 2011 Paul Dickson, American football player and coach (b. 1937)
- 2012 Bob Welch, American musician (Fleetwood Mac), commits suicide by gunshot at 66
- 2012 Nabil Totah, Palestinian-American jazz double bassist, dies at 72
- 2012 Phillip Tobias, South African palaeoanthropologist and three time Nobel Prize nominee (hominid fossil sites), dies at 86
- 2013 Pierre Mauroy, Prime Minister of France (1981-84), dies from lung cancer at 84
- 2013 Richard Ramirez, American serial killer (the Night Stalker), dies awaiting execution at 53
- 2014 Norman Willis, English union leader (General Secretary of the UK's Trades Union Congress), dies at 81
Christopher Lee (1922-2015)
English actor (Dracula, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit), dies at 93
- 2015 Michael Oliver, British cardiologist (linked cholesterol with coronary artery disease), dies at 89
- 2015 Peter Petherick, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (6 Tests, 16 wickets, hat-trick on debut; Otago, Wellington), dies at 72
- 2018 David Douglas Duncan, American photo-journalist best known for his war photography, dies at 102
- 2018 Peter Stringfellow, English nightclub owner (Stringfellows), dies at 77
- 2020 Frank Bey [Bass], American blues singer-songwriter ("All My Dues Are Paid"), dies at 74
- 2020 Ken Riley, American Pro Football HOF cornerback (First-Team All-Pro 1983; Cincinnati Bengals) and coach (Florida A&M 1994-2003), dies of a heart attack at 72
- 2020 Michael Beavis, British RAF officer, deputy Commanding-in-Chief (Allied Forces Central Europe), dies at 90
- 2021 Jim Fassel, American football coach (University of Utah 1985–89; New York Giants 1997-2003), dies from a heart attack at 71
- 2021 John McDonnell, American track, cross country coach (University of Arkansas 1972–2008; 40 x NCAA C'ships; 8 x NCAA Triple Crown; 30 x NCAA coach of the year), dies at 82
- 2021 Tim Pickup, Australian rugby league five eighth (11 Tests; North Sydney, Canterbury), RL executive (Adelaide Rams) and boxing manager (Jeff Harding), dies from dementia at 72
- 2021 Yoo Sang-chul, South Korean soccer midfielder (124 caps; 2002 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team; Ulsan Hyundai), dies from pancreatic cancer at 49
- 2023 The Iron Sheik (Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri), Iranian pro wrestler (WWF Heavyweight C'hip 1983-84; WWF Tag Team C'ship 1985 [Nikolai Volkoff], dies at 81
- 2024 Bill Anders, American USAF Major General, and NASA astronaut (Apollo 8), dies in a crash when piloting a private plane at 90 [1]
- 2024 Jean-Kasongo Banza, DR Congo soccer forward (25 caps; VfLWolfsburg, MSV Duisburg), dies at 49
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