Francis I of France (1494-1547)
King of France (1515-47), dies complaining about the weight of the crown at 52
Philip III (1578-1621)
King of Spain and Portugal (1598-1621), dies at 42
- 1631 John Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown)
- 1671 Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (b. 1637)
- 1703 Johann Christoph Bach, German harpsichordist and composer, dies at 60
- 1722 Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologian (wrote work on prophetic theology - Anacrisis Apocalypseos Joannis Apostoli), dies at 62
- 1723 Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey, dies at 61
Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
English physicist, mathematician and astronomer (Gravity, Laws of Motion), dies at 84
John C. Calhoun (1782-1850)
US Vice President (1825-32), dies of tuberculosis at 68
Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855)
English novelist (Jane Eyre), dies at 38
- 1869 Allan Kardec, French author and founder of Spiritism, dies at 64
- 1876 Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, American singer, known as "The Black Swan", who performed at Buckingham Palace for Queen Victoria, dies at about 57 [birthdate uncertain]
- 1877 Antoine Cournot, French philosopher and mathematician (rule of Cournot), dies at 75
- 1880 Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (Souv de Moscou), dies at 44
- 1881 Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73
- 1884 Jan Theodoor Beelen, Dutch-Belgian bible scholar, dies at 77
- 1885 Franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies at 65
- 1885 Philipp Fahrbach the Elder, Austrian composer, dies at 69
- 1886 Giovanni Rossi, composer, dies at 57
- 1892 Adolf Rzepko, Polish composer, dies at 66
- 1898 Edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies
- 1900 Frank Milligan, cricketer (Mafeking 2 Tests Eng v South Africa 1898-99), dies
- 1901 John Stainer, English composer (The Crucifixion), dies at 60
- 1903 Ebenezer Butterick, American inventor (tissue paper dress pattern), dies at 76
J. P. Morgan (1837-1913)
American financier and banker (General Electric; US Steel; AT&T), dies in his sleep at 75
- 1914 Christian Morgenstern, German poet (Ich und die Welt), dies at 42
- 1915 Wyndham Halswelle, British athlete (Olympic gold 400m 1908), dies in WWI action at 32
- 1928 Gustave Ador, Swiss politician and 36th President of the Swiss Confederation (1919), dies at 82
- 1928 Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits), dies at 69
- 1929 Burner Matthews, American academic and critic who established study of theatre (NY Times), dies at 77
- 1931 Hermann Kutter, Swiss Protestant theologian (founder of Christian Socialism in Switzerland), dies at 67
- 1931 Knute Rockne, American College Football HOF coach, (National C'ships 1924, 29, 30 Notre Dame; record 105–12–5), dies in a plane crash at 43
- 1934 Franz Ehrle, German Jesuit and Vatican librarian (modernised the Vatican Library), dies at 88
- 1938 Willem Kloos, Dutch poet and critic (New Guide), dies at 78
- 1944 Mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies
Hans Fischer (1881-1945)
German organic chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1930), commits suicide at 63
- 1945 Hans Riegel Sr., German confectioner and inventor of the 'gummy bear' (founder of Haribo), dies at 51
- 1945 Maurice Donnay, French playwright (Lovers), dies at 85
- 1945 Maurice Rose, 1st US general in Nazi Germany, killed in action at 45
- 1948 Egon Kisch, Austrian-Czech writer and journalist (Raging Reporter), dies at 62
- 1951 Ralph Forbes [Taylor], British screen and stage actor (Romeo and Juliet; Piccadilly Jim; Daniel Boone), dies at 46
- 1952 Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician (Senate Majority Leader), dies at 74
- 1956 Ralph DePalma, Italian-American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1915; American AAA National Dirt Track C'ship 1908-11), dies of cancer at 73
- 1957 Gene Lockhart, American actor (Going My Way), dies at 65
- 1959 Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag), dies at 68
- 1961 Seerp Anema, Dutch poet and writer (From Holland's Coasts; Modern Art and Degeneration), dies at 85
- 1967 Don Alvarado [Jose Page], American actor (Captain Thunder, Morning Glory, Big Steal), dies from cancer at 66
- 1967 Hieronim Feicht, composer, dies at 72
- 1968 Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (b. 1885)
- 1970 Semyon Timoshenko, Russian military officer (Marshal of the Soviet Union, held commands during Soviet-Finnish War and on WWII Eastern Front), dies at 75
- 1971 Alfred Desenclos, French composer, mostly of liturgical works (Messe de Requiem), and teacher, dies at 59
- 1971 Liselotte Liselot Beekmeyer, Dutch actress (Child Crying), dies at 31
- 1972 Meena Kumari, Indian film actress (Parineeta), dies at 38
- 1973 Kurt Thomas, German composer, dies at 68
- 1974 Andrea Checci, actress (2 Women, Assassin, Black Sunday), dies at 57
- 1976 Paul Strand, American photographer (Native Land-1942), dies at 85
- 1978 Astrid Allwyn, actress (Love Affair, Girl for Calgary), dies at 68
- 1978 Charles Best, American-Canadian medical scientist and co-discoverer of insulin, dies at 79
Jesse Owens (1913-1980)
American athlete (4 Olympic gold 100/200m, long jump, 4x100m relay 1936), dies of lung cancer at 66
- 1980 Vladimír Holan, Czech poet, dies at 74
- 1981 Enid Bagnold, British novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit), dies at 91
- 1982 Fritz Eberhard, [Helmut von Rauschenplat], German journalist, anti-fascist war resistor, and co-signer of modern constitution, dies at 85
- 1983 Christina Stead, Australian writer (Man Who Loved Children), dies at 80
- 1983 Stephen Murray, English actor (Guilty, Silent Dust, Master Spy), dies at 70
- 1984 Ronald Clark O'Bryan, American murderer, dies of lethal injection at 39
- 1986 Jerry Paris, American director (Happy Days) and actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show - "Jerry"), dies at 60
- 1986 O'Kelly Isley, American rock singer (Isley Brothers. 1954-86 - "Shout"; "Twist and Shout"; "It's Your Thing"), dies of a heart attack at 48
- 1988 Talib Rasul Hakim [Stephen Chambers], American composer (Visions of Ishwara; Az-Zaahir-Al Batin (The Outward-The Inward)), dies at 48
- 1988 William McMahon, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (Liberal: 1971-72), dies in his sleep at 80
- 1989 Bill Chappell Jr., American politician (Rep-D-FL, 1969-89), dies at 67
- 1990 John Hawkes, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship singles, doubles, mixed doubles 1926), dies at 90
- 1990 Lillian "Miss" Miller, audience member (Merv Griffin, Tonight), dies
- 1991 John Carter, American jazz clarinetist (Roots & Folklore), dies at 61
- 1993 Brandon Lee, American actor (The Crow) and son of Bruce Lee, dies in an on-set firearms accident at 28
- 1993 Chichay [Amparo Robles Custodio], Filipino comedienne and actress (Bilangguang puso, Ngitngit ng pitong whistle bomb), dies at 75
- 1993 Jose Maria Lemus, president of El Salvador (1956-60), dies
- 1993 Mitchell Parish [Michael Pashelinsky], Lithuanian-American lyricist ("Stardust"; "It's Wonderful"; "Moonlight Serenade"; "Sweet Lorraine"), dies at 92 [1]
- 1994 Léon Degrelle, Belgian Walloon-Spanish facisct Rexist Party leader, and Nazi collaborator, dies of a heart attack at 87
- 1995 Carl Story, American bluegrass musician (Rambling Mountaineers), dies at 78
- 1995 Gustav-Adolf Boltenstern, Swedish equestrian (Olympic gold team dressage 1952, 56; silver 1932, bronze 1948), dies at 90
- 1995 Selena [Quintanilla-Pérez], Mexican-American singer-songwriter known as the Queen of Tejano music (Grammy-1994), killed by a fan at 23
- 1996 Dante Giacosa, Italian engineer and automobile designer (Fiat), dies at 91
- 1996 Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, dies of AIDS at 51
- 1996 Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer and songwriter (The Gun Club), dies at 37
- 1996 Julius Young, fast food entrepreneur, dies at 73
- 1997 Arthur Cunningham, American composer, dies at 68
- 1997 Edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at 76
- 1997 Laxmishankar Pathak, food retailer, dies at 62
- 1998 Bella Abzug "Battling Bella", American politician, feminist and activist (Rep-D-NY, 1970-74), dies at 77
- 1998 Tim Flock, American auto racer (Winston Cup 1952, 55), dies of liver and throat cancer at 73
- 1999 Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist and epigrapher (major role indeciphering Mayan script), dies at 77
- 2001 Clifford Shull, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1915)
- 2002 Barry Took, British comedian (b. 1928)
- 2002 Lucio San Pedro, Filipino composer ("Sa Ugoy ng Duyan"), dies at 89
- 2003 Anne Gwynne [Marguerite Gwynne Trice], American model and actress (Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein), dies following a stroke at 84
- 2003 Emmanuel Ghent, Canadian-American electronic music composer (Phosphones), dies at 77
- 2003 George Conner, American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame tackle / linebacker (Pro Bowl 1950–53; First-team All-Pro 1950–53, 55; Chicago Bears), dies at 78
- 2003 H.S.M. Coxeter, English-born geometer (b. 1907)
- 2003 Tommy Seebach, Danish rock keyboardist, singer (Sir Henry and His Butlers), and songwriter (Eurovision), dies at 53
- 2005 Charles Palmer, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Leicestershire CCC, Worcestershire CCC) and administrator (President MCC 1978–79, chairman Test and County Cricket Board 1983-85), dies at 85
- 2005 Frank Perdue, American poultry farmer (b. 1920)
- 2005 Justiniano Montano, Filipino politician, dies at 99
- 2005 Stanley J. Korsmeyer, American oncologist (b. 1951)
- 2005 Terri Schiavo, American figure in right to die case (b. 1963)
- 2006 Jackie McLean, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1931 or 1932)
- 2007 Paul Watzlawick, Communications & Constructivism Theorist (b. 1921)
- 2008 Bill Keightley, American college basketball equipment manager known as "Mr. Wildcat" (University of Kentucky, 1962-2008), dies at 81
- 2008 Jules Dassin, American film director (The Naked City; Night And The City; Rififi), blacklisted during McCarthy era, dies at 96
- 2008 William L. Dickinson, American politician (Rep-R-AL, 1965-93), dies at 82
- 2009 Jarl Alfredius, Swedish news anchor (b. 1943)
- 2009 Raúl Alfonsín, President of Argentina (1983-89), dies of lung cancer at 82
- 2010 Shirley Mills, American actress (b. 1926)
- 2011 Mel McDaniel, American country singer ("Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On"), dies of lung cancer at 68
- 2014 Charles Keating, American district attorney (Los Angeles California), dies at 90
- 2014 Frankie Knuckles [Francis Warren Nicholls, Jr.], American DJ and record producer who popularized house music in Chicago during the 1980s, dies of diabetes at 59
- 2015 Philip Potter, Dominica Methodist church leader (Secretary-General World Council of Churches), dies at 93
- 2016 Douglas Wilmer, British actor (Sherlock Holmes, Octopussy, El Cid), dies of pneumonia at 96
- 2016 Hans-Dietrich Genscher, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (FDP), worked to re-unify Germany, dies at 89
Imre Kertész (1929-2016)
Hungarian writer (Nobel Laureate 2002) and concentration camp survivor, dies at 86
- 2016 Ronnie Corbett, British comedian (The Two Ronnies), dies at 85
- 2016 Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-British acchitect (London Aquatic Centre; Pritzker Prize - 2004), dies at 65
- 2017 Gilbert Baker, American gay activist, designed the rainbow flag, dies at 65
- 2017 James Rosenquist, American pop artist, dies at 83
- 2017 Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 81
- 2018 Frank Aendenboom, Flemish actor (Lion of Flanders), dies at 76
- 2019 Nipsey Hussle [Ermias Asghedom], American rapper and activist, shot and killed at 33
- 2020 Cristina [Monet Zilkha], American dance-pop singer songwriter (Sleep It Off), dies at 64
- 2020 Jeff Grosso, American skateboarder (host Youtube’s 'Vans Loveletters to Skateboarding'), dies at 51
- 2020 Pape Diouf, Senegalese journalist and football agent (president Olympique de Marseille 2005-09; first black president in Europe's top 6 leagues), dies from COVID-19 at 68
- 2020 Richard Friedman, American psychoanalyst who proved sexual orientation biological, dies at 79
- 2020 Tony Adams, radio and television broadcaster (WCAX-TV Sports Director 1954-89; Vermont sports figure), dies at 95
- 2020 Wallace Roney, American post-bop jazz trumpeter, dies of COVID-19 complications at 59 [1]
- 2020 Zoltán Peskó, Hungarian opera conductor and composer, dies at 83
- 2021 Jane Manning, British concert and operatic soprano, educator, and promoter of contemporary classical music, dies at 82
- 2021 Ken Reitz, American baseball third baseman (MLB All Star 1980; Gold Glove Award 1975; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 69
- 2021 Ron Greene, American college basketball coach (Uni of New Orleans, Mississippi State, Murray State, Indiana State), dies at 82
- 2022 Fred Johnson, American doo-wop bass vocalist (The Marcels - "Blue Moon"), dies at 80
- 2022 Georgi Atanasov, Bulgarian communist politician, (Prime Minister 1986-90), dies at 88
- 2023 John Brockington, American football running back (First-team All-Pro 1971, 73; Pro Bowl 1971, 72, 73; Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs), dies at 74
- 2024 Barbara Rush, American stage and screen actress (Peyton Place - "Marsha"; It Came From Outer Space; Flamingo Road), dies at 97 [1]
- 2024 Rob Kaman, Dutch kickboxer who was 4 x WKA world champion, dies at 63
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