Agrippina the Younger (15-59 AD)
Roman Empress (sister of Caligula, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero), dies at 43 (circumstances of her death vary, but suggest she was murdered by her son, the Emperor Nero)
Peter the Cruel (1334-1369)
Spanish King of Castile and Leon (1350-69), murdered by his half-brother at 34
- 1548 Itagaki Nobukata, retainer of Takeda Shingen
Julius III (1487-1555)
Counter-Reformation Pope (1550-55), dies at 67
- 1559 Emperor Gelawdewos of Ethiopia (killed in battle) (b. 1521/1522)
- 1596 Henry Unton, English diplomat
- 1606 Justus Lipsius [Joost Lips], Flemish humanist and classical scholar (founding father of Neostoicism), dies at 58
- 1618 James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician
- 1653 Johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (commanded Dutch fleet during Battle of Leghorn), dies of wounds from the Battle of Leghorn at about 48
- 1658 Valentin Dretzel, German composer, dies at 79
- 1669 Philipp Buchner, German composer, dies at 54
Nicolas Fouquet (1615-1680)
French politician and Superintendent of Finances (1653-61) who became fabulously wealthy and later imprisoned for maladministration of state funds, dies in jail in Pinerolo at 65
- 1742 Jean-Baptiste Dubos, French writer (b. 1670)
- 1747 Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier who served the Ottoman Empire and converted to Islam, dies at 71
- 1748 Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer and musicologist, dies at 63
- 1754 Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693)
- 1756 Georg Gottfried Wagner, German composer, dies at 57
- 1783 Gaspard Fritz, Swiss composer and violinist, dies at 67
- 1786 Patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown)
- 1801 Tsar Paul I of Russia (1796-1801) is struck with a sword, strangled, and trampled to death in his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle aged 46
- 1806 George Pinto [Sanders], English violin prodigy, keyboard virtuoso, and composer, dies of tuberculosis at 20
- 1809 Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, Belgian composer, dies at 60
- 1813 Princess Augusta Frederica of Great Britain, dies at 75
- 1816 Ignaz Vitzthumb, Austrian musician, composer, and conductor, dies at 91
- 1818 Nicolas Isouard, French composer, dies at 42
- 1819 August von Kotzebue, German dramatist, dies at 57
- 1821 Bernhard Anselm Weber, German pianist, conductor and composer, dies at 56
- 1832 Wilhelm Würfel, Bohemian pianist, conductor, teacher, and composer, dies at 41
- 1840 William Maclure, Scottish-American geologist (first geological map), dies at 76
- 1842 Stendhal [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Le Rouge et de Noir, a Chartreuse de Parme), dies at 59
- 1862 Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German-Russian chancellor, dies at 81
- 1869 Charles Lucas, English composer and Principle of the Royal Academy of Music, dies at 60
- 1880 Gustav Mankell, Moravian-Swedish organist and composer, dies at 67
- 1881 Nikolay Rubinstein, Russian pianist, conductor, and composer, dies at 45
- 1906 Victor Barton, English cricket batsman (1 Test, HS 23; Kent CCC, Hampshire CCC) and soccer goalkeeper (Southampton), dies at 38
- 1907 Konstantin Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary lawyer and senator, dies at 79
- 1914 Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès (Saint Rebecca) Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
- 1914 Teunis Stoel, Dutch actor and director (Small Theater), dies at 62
- 1918 César Cortinas, Uruguayan composer, dies of tuberculosis at 27
- 1925 Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian army general and Minister of War (1898-1904), dies at 76
- 1927 Paul César Helleu, French artist (b. 1859)
Bhagat Singh (1907-1931)
Indian freedom fighter, hanged at 23
- 1935 Florence Moore, American vaudeville, stage and silent screen actress, dies of cancer at 48
- 1937 Helge Rode, Danish poet and critic, dies at 66
- 1942 Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation and motorcycle pioneer (WWI flying ace, Antwerp Devil), dies of cancer at 58
- 1942 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, President of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73
- 1943 Andre Lichtenberger, French Sudan writer (Le Petit Roi), dies at 72
- 1943 Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer, dies at 47
- 1944 O.C. Wingate, British General-Major (Burma), dies in air crash in India at 41
- 1946 Gilbert N. Lewis, American Chemist (theory of covalent bonding), dies at 70
- 1947 Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (b. 1870)
- 1950 Douglas Carr, England cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 7 wickets; Kent CCC), dies at 78
- 1952 Klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar and theologist (Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (liberated)), dies at 61
- 1953 Raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France
- 1955 Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (b. 1875)
- 1957 Patrick Abercrombie, English architect and town planner, dies at 77
- 1958 Florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76
- 1960 Franklin P. Adams, American columnist (Information Please), dies at 78
- 1961 A.C. "Jack" Russell, English cricket batsman (10 Tests, 5 x 100s; Essex CCC), dies at 73
- 1961 James Edward Murray, (Sen-D-Montana) (1935-61), dies
- 1961 Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies in an accident during training at 24
- 1962 Josef van Schaik, Dutch lawyer and politician (Vice-Premier of Netherands), dies at 80
- 1962 Val Paul, American actor and director (Suspense, The Phantom Thief), dies at 75
- 1964 Peter Lorre, Hungarian-American actor (M, Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers), dies from a stroke at 59
- 1964 Vasily Vainonen, Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at 66
- 1965 Mae Murray, actress (Bachelor Apartment), dies of heart ailment at 75
- 1966 Johannes W Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie), dies at 82
- 1967 Duncan Macrae, Scottish actor (Casino Royale, The Little Kidnappers), dies at 61
- 1968 Edwin O'Connor, American writer (The Edge of Sadness - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1962), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 49
- 1968 Lauwrens Voorthuyzen [Lou de Palingboer], Dutch religious sect leader, dies at 70
- 1969 Rudolf Pannwitz, German writer and philosopher (Urblik), dies at 87
- 1970 Del Lord, Canadian director (Three Stooges films), dies at 75
- 1971 Armin Loos, German-born American composer, dies at 67
- 1971 Simon Vestdijk, Dutch writer and poet (Brass Garden), dies at 72
- 1972 Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier 'The Master', dies at 77
- 1973 Ken Maynard, American stuntman and actor (Phantom Rancher, $50,000 Reward), dies of stomach cancer at 77
- 1977 Bennie Green, American swing jazz and soul trombonist (Earl Hines), dies at 53
- 1978 Bill Kenny, American singer, dies at 63
- 1979 Philip Bourneuf, actor (Big Night, Frankenstein), dies at 71
- 1979 Ted Anderson, English footballer (b. 1911)
- 1979 Wiesje Bouwmeester, Dutch actress (Doodzonde), dies at 79
- 1980 Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (Misery Index), dies of a heart attack at 51
- 1981 Mike Hailwood, British motorcycle road racer (World C'ships: 250cc – 1961, 66, 67; 350cc – 1966, 67; 500cc –1962, 63, 64, 65; 76 Grand Prix wins), dies in a car accident at 40
- 1982 Mario Praz, Italian literary critic and scholar (Casa della vita), dies at 85
- 1983 Barney Clark, American heart patient, 1st artificial heart recipient, dies after 112 days at 62
- 1983 David Wynne, Welsh composer (Owain ab Urien), dies at 82
- 1984 Shauna Grant [Colleen Applegate], American pornographic actress, commits suicide at 20
- 1985 Anton Constandse, Dutch anarchist and writer, dies at 85
- 1985 Patricia Roberts Harris, (Rep-D), 1st African American woman cabinet member, dies of cancer at 60
- 1985 Peter Charanis, Greek-American scholar and professor (b. 1908)
- 1985 Richard Beeching, English physicist, engineer and chairman of British Railways (1961-64), dies at 71
- 1987 Adriaan Pitlo, Dutch lawyer, dies at 85
- 1988 Dayton Lummis, American character actor (The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell; The Wrong Man; Moonfire), dies at 84
- 1988 Judith Somogi, American conductor (Utica Symphony, 1977-80; Frankfurt Opera, 1982-87), dies of cancer at 50
- 1990 Al Sears, American jazz and R&B saxophonist (Duke Elllington Orchestra; Johnny Hodges - "Castle Rock"), dies at 80
- 1990 René Enriquez, Nicaraguan-American actor (Hill Street Blues - "Ray Calletano"), dies of complications from AIDS at 56
- 1991 Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68
- 1991 Elisaveta Bagriana, Bulgarian poet (The Eternal and the Holy), dies at 97
- 1991 Fons Jansen, Dutch cabaret comedian, writer, and television personality (Farce Majeure), dies of lung cancer at 65
- 1991 Mona Maris, actress (Camila, Berlin Correspondent), dies at 88
- 1991 Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1913)
- 1992 Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian-British economist (Road to Serfdom, 1974 Nobel Prize for Economics), dies at 92 [1]
- 1993 Hans Werner Richter, German writer and founder (Gruppe 47), dies at 84
- 1993 Tim Crews, American pitcher (LA Dodgers), dies from injuries from a boating accident under the influence of alcohol at 31
- 1994 Alvara del Portillo, Spanish Opus Dei bishop, dies at 80
- 1994 Giulietta Masina, Italian actress, (La Strada; Nights of Cabiria; The White Sheik) and wife of director Federico Fellini, dies of lung cancer at 73
- 1994 Jim Moloney, American actor and writer, dies of Parkinson's disease at 64
- 1994 Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican presidential candidate, assassinated at 44
- 1995 Alan Barton, English singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash at 41
- 1995 Danny Apolinar, American composer and songwriter, dies at 61
- 1995 Davie Cooper, Scottish soccer winger (22 caps; Clydebank, Rangers 376 games, Motherwell), dies of a subarachnoid haemorrhage at 39
- 1995 Irving Shulman, American author and screenwriter, dies at 81
- 1995 Ripley L. Ingram, American singer, dies at 65
- 1995 Robert Turner, winner of 1st All-American Soap Box Derby, dies at 72
- 1995 Russell Reading Braddon, Australian author, dies at 74
- 1996 J. D. "Jay" Miller, American record producer, dies at 73
- 1996 Peter Baer, German-British artist and printmaker, dies at 72
- 1998 Gerald Stano, American serial killer (confessed to killing 41 people), dies at 46
- 1999 Luis María Argaña, Paraguayan politician (b. ?)
- 2000 Dick van Niehoff, Dutch pop vocalist (Fouryo), dies at 62
- 2001 David McTaggart, Canadian co-founder of Greenpeace, dies in a car accident at 68
- 2001 Irving "Sully" Boyar, American actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Car Wash), dies of a heart attack at 76
- 2001 Rowland Evans, American news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak), dies at 79
- 2002 Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b. 1977)
- 2002 Eileen Farrell, American soprano (I Got A Right To Sing The Blues; Metropolitan Opera, 1960-66) and film voice (Interrupted Melody), dies at 82
- 2003 Fritz Spiegl, Austrian-British classical flautist, broadcaster, composer, and wit, dies at 77
- 2004 Rupert Hamer, Australian politician (b. 1916)
- 2005 David Kossoff, British actor and anti-drug campaigner (The Young Lovers, The Larkins), dies at 85
- 2006 Cindy Walker, American songwriter ("Dream Baby"; "You Don't Know Me") and country singer, dies at 87
- 2006 David B. Bleak, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1932)
Desmond Doss (1919-2006)
American soldier and 1st conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor who was the subject of the film Hacksaw Ridge. dies at 87
- 2006 Sarah Caldwell, American conductor/opera director (Flagstaff), dies at 82
- 2007 Eric Medlen, American NHRA drag racer, dies at 33
- 2007 Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician (Cohen forcing, Continuum hypothesis), dies at 72
- 2009 Raúl Macías, A famous Mexican boxer (b. 1934)
- 2010 Blanche Thebom, American mezzo-soprano (Amneris-Aida), dies at 94
Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011)
English-American actress (Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), businesswoman, humanitarian, and serial bride, dies of congestive heart failure at 79
- 2011 Fred Titmus, English cricket all-rounder (53 Tests, 153 wickets, 10 x 50s; Middlesex), dies at 78
- 2012 Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, President of Somalia, dies from liver failure at 77
- 2013 Barbara Donald, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader ("The Past and Tomorrows"), dies at 70
- 2013 David Bond, British sailor, dies at 90
- 2013 Virgil Trucks, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1945 Detroit Tigers; MLB All Star 1949, 54), dies at 95
- 2014 Adolfo Suárez, Prime Minister of Spain (1976-81), dies from a respiratory infection at 81
- 2014 Carmelo Bossi, Italian boxer (Olympic silver 1960; Lineal, WBC, WBA super welterweight title 1970-71), dies at 74
- 2014 Geriatric1927 [Peter Oakley], English video blogger, dies at 86
Lee Kuan Yew (1923-2015)
Founding father of modern Singapore and 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (1959-90), dies of pneumonia at 91
- 2015 Lil' Chris [Hardman], British rock singer (Checkin' It Out), takes his own life at 24 [1]
- 2015 Nick Peters, American Baseball Hall of Fame writer (Oakland Tribune, Sacramento Bee, Berkeley Gazette, San Francisco Chronicle), dies at 75
- 2015 Roy Douglas, English composer and arranger (Tomorrow We Live - At Dawn We Die), dies at 107
- 2016 Gegham Grigorian, Armenian operatic tenor, and artistic director (Yerevan Opera, 2000-07), dies at 65
- 2016 Joe Garagiola, American MLB catcher (4 teams, 1946-54), sportscaster, and TV host (Today Show), dies at 90
- 2016 Ken Howard, American actor (The White Shadow), dies at 71
- 2016 Peter Moores, British businessman and director (Littlewoods), dies at 83
- 2017 Lola Albright, American singer and actress (Delta Country, Kid Galahad, A Cold Wind in August), dies at 92
- 2017 Louis Frémaux, French conductor (Monte-Carlo Philharmonic, 1956-65; City of Birmingham Symphony, 1969-78; Sydney Symphony, 1979-82), dies at 95
- 2018 DuShon Monique Brown, American actor (Prison Break, Connie-Chicago Fire), dies at 49
- 2020 Benjamin Smit, Curacaos architect (St Elizabeth Hospital), dies at 97
- 2020 Branko Cikatić, Croatian kickboxer (first K-1 World Grand Prix Heavyweight C'ship 1993), dies from Parkinson's disease at 65
- 2021 Benny Dees, American college basketball coach (U of New Orleans; U of Wyoming; Western Carolina Uni), dies at 86
- 2021 Don Heffington, American touring and session drummer, singer, songwriter and producer (Lone Justice; Watkins Family Hour; Emmylou Harris), dies of leukemia at 70
- 2021 Ethel Gabriel (nee Nagy), American record producer and label executive (RCA, 1943-84), dies at 99
- 2021 George Segal, American actor (Carbon Copy; Fun With Dick & Jane; Just Shoot Me!), and banjo player, dies at 87
- 2021 Julié Pomagalski, French snowboarder (World C'ship gold snowboard cross 1999), dies in an avalanche at 40
- 2022 Jimmy Lindley, English jockey (2,000 Guineas 1963, 66; St Leger 1964) and broadcaster (BBC), dies at 86
Madeleine Albright (1937-2022)
American diplomat (UN Delegate, 1993-97), and 1st female US Secretary of State (1997-2001), dies of cancer at 84
- 2023 Frank LeMaster, American football linebacker (Pro Bowl 1981 Philadelphia Eagles; SF 49ers), dies at 71
- 2023 Jerry Green, Pro Football Hall of Fame journalist (Associated Press 1956-63; The Detroit News 1963-2004), dies of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at 94
- 2023 Keith Reid, British poet and lyricist (Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade of Pale"), dies of cancer at 76 [1]
- 2023 Peter Marti, Swiss soccer striker (6 caps; BSC Young Boys, FC Zürich, FC Basel, FC Aarau), dies at 70
- 2023 Walter Cole [stage name Darcelle XV] American drag performer (Portland's Darcelle XV Showplace, aged 85 became world’s oldest drag performer), dies at 92 [1]
- 2024 Maurizio Pollini, Italian classical pianist, dies at 82 [1]
- 2024 Paul Masnick, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Stanley Cup 1953), dies at 92
- 2024 Peter Angelos, American lawyer and baseball executive (majority owner of the Baltimore Orioles, 1993-2024), dies at 94 [1]
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