Horace (65-8 BC)
Roman Republican poet (Odes), dies at 56
- 450 Galla Placidia, daughter of Byzant emperor Constantius III, dies at 58
- 511 Clovis, king of Salische France, founder of Merovingische, dies at 45
- 640 Saint Acharius of Noyon, French bishop of Noyon–Tournai, dies of natural causes
- 835 Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam, dies at 24
- 1026 Adalbert II, bishop of Utrecht (1010-26), dies
- 1198 Queen Constance of Sicily, wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1154)
- 1474 Guillaume Dufay, French Flemish composer, dies at about 74
- 1570 Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1486)
- 1592 Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1568)
- 1632 John Eliot, English parliament leader, dies at 40
- 1673 Anthonie Palamedes [Palamedesz], Dutch painter, dies at about 72
- 1674 Franciscus van de Enden, Flemish Jesuit and radical thinker (tutor of Baruch Spinoza), dies at 72
- 1680 Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit priest and inventor (magic lantern), dies at 79
- 1720 Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 85
- 1749 Balthasar Schmid, German composer and printer, dies at 44
- 1749 Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, German composer and librettist, dies at 59
- 1754 Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem), dies at 87
- 1811 Andrew Meikle, British mechanical engineer (b. 1719)
- 1836 Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer, dies at 78
- 1840 William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician (Premier of Tasmania, 1878 & 1879-84), born in Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) (d. 1887)
Ada Lovelace (1815-1852)
English mathematician considered the first computer programmer, and writer and daughter of poet Lord Byron, dies of uterine cancer at 36
- 1884 (Franziska) "Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina andchoreography, dies at 74
- 1887 Frank Dalton, American lawman of the Old West (Deputy US Marshal - Oklahoma Territory), brother of the Dalton Gang of outlaws, killed in the line of duty at 28
- 1890 Emanuele Muzio, Italian composer, dies at 69
- 1893 Stephen Wilcox, American inventor of steam generators for power stations and ships (Babcock & Wilcox), dies at 63 [1]
- 1894 Johanna von Puttkamer, Prussian noblewoman, wife of Otto von Bismarck (b. 1824)
- 1899 Felipe Gutiérrez Y Espinosa, Puerto Rican composer, dies at 74
- 1899 Guido Gezelle, Flemish priest and poet, dies at 69
- 1901 Clement Studebaker, American manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles and later made early automobiles, dies at 70
- 1907 Ricardo Castro Herrera, Mexican concert pianist and composer, dies of pneumonia at 43
- 1908 Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist, dies at 81
- 1915 Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, Ukrainian-Russian composer, dies at 54
- 1916 James Cutler Dunn Parker, American organist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 88
- 1921 Douglas Colin Cameron, Canadian politician (b. 1854)
- 1925 Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor and Cubist painter, dies of tuberculosis at 40
- 1930 Johnny Tyldesley, English cricket batsman (31 Tests, 4 x 100, 9 x 50, HS 138; Lancashire CCC), dies at 57
- 1931 Lya De Putti [Amália Putti], Hungarian silent film actress, known for portraying vamp characters, dies at 34
- 1932 Evelyn Preer, African-American actress (Homesteader, Spider's Webs), dies at 36
Baby Face Nelson (1908-1934)
American bank robber and gangster who killed more FBI agents than any other criminal, shot by the FBI in a shoot out at 25
- 1934 Herman Hollis, FBI agent, shot and killed by Baby Face Nelson
- 1934 Sam Cowley, FBI agent, shot and killed by Baby Face Nelson
- 1936 Edward Bach, British bacteriologist, homeopathic doctor (Bach flower remedies), dies at 50
- 1941 Camille Looten, French-Flemish priest and literature historian (Flemish committee of France), dies at 86
- 1942 Arthur Langton, South African cricket medium pace bowler (15 Tests, 40 wickets), dies in a military air crash at 30
- 1943 Ivo Lola Ribar, Croatian communist and partisan, killed by a German bomb at 27
- 1944 Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam, Russian physicist (b. 1879)
- 1949 Tom Walls, British actor and producer (A Cuckoo in the Nest, Undercover), dies at 66
James Braid (1870-1950)
Scottish golfer, course designer (British Open 1901, 05-06, 08, 10), dies at 80
Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)
American playwright (Desire Under the Elms-Nobel 1936), dies of cerebellar cortical atrophy at 65
- 1953 T. F. Powys, British novelist and short-story writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green), dies at 77
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
Swiss composer (King David; Pacific 231), dies of a heart attack at 63
- 1955 Luis de Freitas Branco, Portuguese composer, dies at 65
- 1955 William Nigh, American director (Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr Wong), dies at 74
- 1957 Margo Scharten-Antink, Dutch writer (Catherina, Sprotje), dies at 88
- 1958 Artur Rodzinski, Polish conductor (Cleveland Orchestra, 1933-43; New York Philharmonic, 1943-47; Chicago Symphony, 1947-48), dies at 66
- 1959 Gérard Philipe, French actor (Caligula, Devil in the Flesh), dies of cancer at 36
- 1960 Dirk Jan de Geer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1926-29, 39-40), dies at 89
- 1960 Frederick Fane, English cricket batsman (14 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 143; Essex CCC, Oxford University CC, London County CC), dies at 85
- 1965 Carl Parrish, American composer, dies at 61
- 1967 (Héctor) Ettore Panizza, Argentinian composer (Aurora; Bizancio). and opera conductor, dies at 92
- 1967 Cameron Prud'Homme, American actor (Rainmaker), dies after long illness at 75
- 1968 Gino Roncaglia, Italian composer, dies at 85
- 1968 Hans Redlich, Austrian composer, dies at 65
- 1969 Armand Bernier, Belgian poet (Sorcier Triste), dies at 67
- 1971 Jekabs Medinš, Latvian composer, dies at 86
- 1971 Joe Guyon, American NFL halfback (Canton, Cleveland, Oorang, Rock I, etc), dies at 79
- 1971 Korneel Goossens, Flemish literary figure and art historian, dies at 70
- 1973 Frank Christian, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 86
- 1974 Louis B Russell Jr, American longest living heart transplant, dies at 49
- 1975 Ross McWhirter, English Guinness Book of Records co-founder, assassinated by the IRA at 50
- 1976 Victor Alessandro, American orchestral conductor (Oklahoma City; San Antonio), dies on his 61st birthday
- 1977 John Little McClellan, American lawyer and politician (Sen-D-Ark), dies at 81
- 1978 George Moscone, Mayor of San Francisco (1976-78) shot and killed by Dan White aged 49
Harvey Milk (1930-1978)
American politician, gay activist and first openly gay person elected to public office, assassinated by Dan White at 48
- 1980 F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect (b. 1882)
- 1981 Lotte Lenya [Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer], Austrian-American singer, muse and wife of Kurt Weill, and actress (The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone; From Russia with Love), dies of cancer at 83
- 1982 Filip Kutev, Bulgarian composer (State Ensemble for Folk Song and Dance), dies at 79
- 1983 Manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55
- 1984 Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead
- 1985 Allan Ramsey, American rock bassist (Gary Lewis & the Playboys,1964-65 - "This Diamond Ring"), dies in a plane crash at 42
- 1985 Harry Harvey Sr, American actor (It's a Man's World), dies at 84
- 1986 Steve Tracy, actor (Percival-Little House on Praire), dies at 61
- 1987 Babe Herman, American baseball right fielder (.324 career average; hit for cycle record x 3; Brooklyn Robins), dies at 84
- 1988 Angela Aames, actress (Lost Empire, Basic Training), dies
- 1988 Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess grand master, dies at 61
- 1988 John Carradine, American actor (The Grapes of Wrath, Stagecoach, Howling), dies of kidney failure at 82
- 1988 Karel Horky, Czech composer, dies at 79
- 1990 David White, American actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched), dies of a heart attack at 74
- 1992 Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter (b. 1914)
- 1993 Jerry Hunt, American experimental composer and video artist, commits suicide at 49
- 1994 A. F. Shore, British Egyptologist (British Museum), dies at 70
- 1994 Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and musicologist, dies at 97
- 1995 Alfredo Boulton, Venezuelan art critic, photographer, and art historian, dies at 87 [1]
- 1995 Giancarlo Baghetti, Italian auto racer (French GP 1961) and journalist/photographer, dies from cancer at 60
- 1995 Peter Harrison Swan, English-Australian WWII bomber pilot and stockbroker, dies at 75
- 1995 Simon Bailey, 1st British priest to say he had AIDS, dies at 40
- 1996 George Ernest Leslie, trade union official, dies at 76
- 1997 Buck Leonard, American Baseball HOF first baseman (Negro League World Series 1943, 44, 48 Homestead Grays; 13 x NL All Star), dies from stroke complications at 90
- 1997 Henry Charnock, English oceanographer, dies at 76
- 1998 Barbara Acklin, American soul singer ("Love Makes A Woman") and songwriter ("HAve You Seen Her"), dies of pneumonia at 55
- 1999 Alain Peyrefitte, French politician (Minister of Justice, 1977-81; Minister of Information, 1962-66) and writer (The Immobile Empire), dies at 74
- 1999 Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, American electric and Chicago blues pianist, organist, and bass guitar player (Muddy Waters; Junior Wells; Elmore James), dies at 72
- 1999 Yasuhiro Kojima, wrestler (b. 1937)
- 2000 Dorothy Woolfolk, American comic book editor (Kryptonite), dies at 87
- 2000 Len Shackleton, English former footballer, dies at 78
- 2000 Willie Cunningham, Scottish soccer right back (8 caps; Airdrieonians FC, Preston North End 437 games), dies at 75
- 2003 Riccardo Malipiero, Italian pianist, composer, critic, and educator, dies at 89
- 2005 Jocelyn Brando, American actress (The Big Heat, Ugly American, China Venture), dies at 86
- 2005 Joe Jones, American R&B pianist and singer-songwriter ("You Talk Too Much"; "California Sun"), and music publisher,dies of heart surgery complications at 79
- 2006 Alan Freeman, British disc jockey known by his nickname 'Fluff' (b. 1927)
- 2006 Bebe Moore Campbell, American author (b. 1950)
- 2006 Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (b. 1951)
- 2006 Don Butterfield, American tuba player (b. 1923)
- 2007 Bernie Banton, Australian asbestos campaigner (b. 1946)
- 2007 Bill Moor [William Hendrickson Moor III], American actor (Kramer vs. Kramer, The Devil's Advocate, Hanky Panky), dies at 76
- 2007 Bill Willis, American College-Pro Football HOF defensive tackle (NFL C'ship 1950; 4 × First-team All-Pro; 3 × Pro Bowl; Cleveland Browns), dies at 86
- 2007 Cecil Payne, American jazz baritone saxophonist, dies of prostrate cancer at 84
- 2007 Robert Cade, American physician and inventor of Gatorade, dies at 80
- 2007 Sean Taylor, American football free safety (Pro Bowl 2006, 07; All Pro 2007; Washington Redskins), dies when shot by an armed intruder at 24
- 2008 Paul Hibbert, Australian cricketer (one Test Aust v India 1977, scored 13 & 2), dies at 56
- 2008 Pekka Pohjola, Finnish rock and jazz-fusion bassist, and composer, dies of a seizure at 56
- 2008 V.P. [Vishwanath Pratap] Singh, Indian politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (1989-90), dies at 77
- 2009 Malcolm Wells, American architect regarded as "the father of modern earth-sheltered architecture", writer, and solar energy consultant, dies of congestive heart failure at 83 [1]
- 2010 Irvin Kershner, American director (Never Say Never Again), dies at 87
- 2011 Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and Wales national football team manager, dies at 42
- 2011 Ken Russell, British film director (Tommy, Altered States, Gothic), dies at 84
- 2011 Sultan Khan, Indian classical musician, dies at 71
- 2012 Jan Maegaard, Danish composer and musicologist (Triptykon), dies at 86
- 2012 Marvin Miller, American Baseball HOF executive (Executive Director MLB Players Association 1966-82), dies at 95
- 2012 Mickey Baker, American guitar player ("Love is strange"), dies at 87
- 2013 Lewis Collins, British actor, dies from cancer at 67
- 2013 Nilton Santos, Brazilian footballer, dies from a lung infection at 88
- 2014 P. D. James [Phyllis Dorothy], Baroness James of Holland Park, English crime and mystery writer (Cover Her Face, Death in Holy Orders), dies at 94
- 2014 Phillip Hughes, Australian cricketer, dies in a coma after being hit by cricket ball 2 days earlier at 25
- 2015 Gwyn Jones Francis, Welsh UK Forestry commissioner, dies at 85
- 2017 Bob Seidemann, American photographer and album cover artist (Blind Faith; Jerry Garcia), dies at 75
- 2017 Robert Lee "Pops" Popwell, American jazz-funk bass guitarist, dies at 66
Stephen Hillenburg (1961-2018)
American animator and cartoonist (SpongeBob SquarePants), dies of ALS syndrome at 51
- 2019 Jaegwon Kim, Korean-born American philosopher, dies at 85
- 2020 Kevin Burnham, American sailor (Olympic gold 470 class 2004; silver 470 1992), dies from pulmonary disease at 63
- 2021 Adolfo [Sardiña], Cuban fashion designer (Nancy Reagan), dies at 98
- 2021 Curley Culp, American Pro Football HOF defensive tackle (6X Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1975; NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1975; KC Chiefs, Houston Oilers), dies from pancreatic cancer at 75
- 2021 Eddie Mekka [Mekjian], American stage and screen singer and actor (Laverne & Shirley - "Carmine - The Big Ragu"), dies at 69
- 2021 Francis Routh, British organist, composer (Sacred Tetralogy), magazine editor (Composer), educator, and music promoter (Redcliffe Festival), dies at 94
- 2022 Gábor Csapó, Hungarian water polo player (Olympic gold 1976, bronze 1980; World C'ship gold 1973), dies from respiratory failure at 72
- 2022 Maurice Norman, English soccer centre half (23 caps; Norwich City, Tottenham Hotspur), dies at 88
- 2022 Mehmet Oğuz, Turkish soccer midfielder (19 caps; Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe), dies from a heart attack at 73
- 2022 Mick Meagan, Irish soccer defender (17 caps; Everton, Huddersfield Town) and manager (Republic of Ireland 1969-71), dies at 88
- 2023 Frances Sternhagen, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen character actress (The Mist; Starting Over; Cheers - "Ester Clavin"; Outland; Sex and the City - "Bunny"), dies at 93 [1]
- 2023 Wanderley Paiva, Brazilian soccer defensive midfielder (7 caps; Atlético Mineiro, América-SP, Palmeiras), dies from prostate cancer at 77
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