- 578 Moon Jaguar, 10th ruler of the Maya city of Copán (in modern Honduras), dies after a reign of 25 years
Alfred the Great (848/849-899 AD)
Anglo-Saxon monarch who was King of Wessex and King of the Anglo-Saxons, dies at 50 or 51 [1]
- 1132 Floris the Black, brother of Dirk VI, Count of Holland, murdered
- 1235 Andres II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies
- 1440 Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged
- 1576 Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies
- 1580 Anna of Austria, fourth wife of Philip II of Spain, dies at 30
- 1607 Philipp Nicolai, German Lutheran pastor, poet, composer and hymnodist, dies at 52
- 1608 Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies
- 1633 Horio Tadaharu, Japanese warlord (b. 1596)
- 1640 Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor and architect (Aanbidding of the Point), dies at 63
- 1658 Francisco de Borja y Aragon Esquilache, Spanish poet, dies
- 1661 Johann Baltasar Schupp, German poet, historian and vicar, dies at 51
- 1671 Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593)
- 1675 William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)
- 1678 John Jenkins, English composer, dies at about 86
- 1679 Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist, dies at 58
- 1686 John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician, dies at 63
- 1693 Coenraad van Beuningen, mayor of Amsterdam/diplomat, dies at 71
- 1706 Andreas Werkmeister, German organist and composer, dies at 60
- 1717 Catherine Sedley, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1657)
- 1733 Antonio Veracini, Italian violinist and Baroque composer, dies at 74
- 1749 Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72
- 1751 Philip Doddridge, English Nonconformist clergyman, dies at 49
- 1756 Johann Theodor Römhild, German organist and composer, chiefly of sacred music, dies at 72
- 1764 William Hogarth, English satiric painter and engraver (Rake's Progress), dies at 66
- 1773 Amédée-François Frézier, French military engineer and explorer (b. 1682)
- 1803 Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, dies at 82
- 1806 John Graves Simcoe, British Army general and 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (1791-96), dies at 54
- 1817 Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (b. 1727)
- 1823 Josef Preindl, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 67
- 1854 Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, German Queen of Bavaria as consort of King Ludwig I, Oktoberfest created for her wedding, dies at 62
- 1858 Isac Baker Woodbury, American composer, and musicologist (The Dulcimer: Or the New York Collection of Sacred Music), dies at 39
William T. Anderson (c. 1840-1864)
American Civil War Pro-Confederate rebel guerrilla leader (Lawrence Massacre, Centralia Massacre), killed in battle by union troops at 23 or 24
- 1866 John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (Labatt Brewing Company) (b. 1803)
- 1867 John Fawcett, English composer, dies at 77
- 1868 Benjamin F. Randolph, American minister and politician (South Carolina state senator), assassinated by members of the KKK at about 48
- 1870 Joseph Saxton, American inventor, watchmaker, and photographer, dies at 74
- 1874 Peter Cornelius, German composer and teacher (The Barber of Baghdad), dies of liver issues at 49
Angelina Grimké (1805-1879)
American abolitionist, women's rights activist and suffragette (An Appeal to the Christian Women of the South), dies at 74
- 1881 Billy Clanton, brother of outlaw Ike Clanton, dies in the gunfight at the OK Corral at 19
- 1890 Carlo Collodi [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (The Adventures of Pinocchio), dies at 63
- 1896 Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902)
American women's rights activist, abolitionist and writer, dies of heart failure at 86
- 1903 Herbert Oakeley, English composer, dies at 73
- 1903 Victorin de Joncières, French composer (Dimitiri), and music critic, dies at 64
Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909)
Japanese samurai, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (4 terms between 1885 and 1901) and Resident-General of Korea (1905-09), assassinated by a Korean nationalist at 68
- 1916 Klaas Kater, Dutch Christian Worker's Union Leader, dies at 83
- 1923 Charles Proteus Steinmetz, German-American electrical engineer (development of alternating current), dies at 58
- 1929 Arno Holz, German writer (Phantasus), dies at 66
- 1930 Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and thoroughbred horse breeder, dies at 58
- 1930 Waldemar Haffkine, Ukrainian bacteriologist (1st to develop and use vaccines against cholera and bubonic plague), dies at 70
- 1931 Charles Comiskey, American Baseball HOF infielder (St. Louis Brown Stockings/Browns), team owner (Chicago White Sox) and manager (St. Louis Browns), dies at 72
- 1935 Akos Buttykai, Hungarian composer, dies at 64
- 1936 Bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18
- 1936 Rodney Heath, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1905, 10), dies of stomach cancer at 52
- 1937 Józef Dowbór-Muśnicki, Polish general, serving with the Imperial Russian and then Polish armies, dies at 70
- 1941 Arkady Gaidar, Russian Soviet children's writer, killed in combat at 37
- 1941 Victor Schertzinger, American composer and director (Uptown NY), dies at 53
- 1943 Marc Aurel Stein, Hungarian-British archaeologist, dies at 80
- 1944 Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857)
- 1944 William Temple, English Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 63
- 1945 Alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician, dies at 82
- 1945 Paul Pelliot, French Sinologist and Orientalist best known for his explorations of Central Asia and his discovery of many important Chinese texts among the Dunhuang manuscripts, dies at 67
- 1947 Canon Edwin Sidney Savage, English rector (b. 1862)
Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952)
1st African American actress to win an Oscar (Gone With The Wind -"Mammy"), dies of breast cancer at 57
- 1952 Myrtle McAteer, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1900), dies at 74
- 1954 Floris Prims, Flemish priest (historian (archivist of Antwerp), dies at 72
- 1955 Anthony Ross [Rosenthal], American stage (Bus Stop), and screen character actor (The Telltale Clue), dies of a heart attack at 46
- 1955 Arne Eggen, Norwegian composer, dies at 74
- 1956 Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist, composer, and lepidopterist, dies at 60
- 1957 Níkos Kazantzákis, prominent Greek writer and philosopher (Zorba the Greek, The Last Temptation of Christ), dies at 74
- 1960 (Francis Drake) "Pat" Ballard, American songwriter ("Mr. Sandman", "Love Is Mine"), lyricist, script writer, and columnist, dies of a heart attack at 61
- 1961 Edgar Mayne, Australian cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies at 79
- 1961 Milan Stojadinović, Serbian-Yugoslav political figure and 12th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1935-39), dies at 73
- 1962 Louise Beavers, American actress (Beulah-Beulah), dies at 60
- 1964 Agnes Miegel, writer, dies
- 1965 Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (Bavarian State Opera, 1922-36), dies at 77
- 1965 Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949)
- 1966 Alma Cogan, British pop singer ("Dreamboat"; "I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango"), dies of ovarian cancer at 34
- 1971 Robert Gordon, American silent film actor (Hearts and Spangles; King of the Pack), dies at 76
- 1971 Vincent Coleman, American actor (For the Freedom of Ireland, Salome), dies at 71
Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972)
Russian-American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, dies at 83
- 1975 Herman van San, Belgian classical and electro-acoustic composer, dies at 46
- 1978 George "Jackie" Grant, West Indian cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies at 71
- 1979 Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and President (1963-79), assassinated by the director of the Korean Intelligence Agency at 61
- 1980 Marcello Caetano, last Portuguese prime minister of the Estado Novo regime (1968-1974), dies in exile of a heart attack at 74
- 1982 Giovanni Benelli, Italian archbishop of Florence and Pope candidate, dies at 61
- 1983 Mike Michalske, American Pro Football HOF guard (NFL C'ship 1929, 30, 31; 7 × First-team All-Pro; Green Bay Packers), dies at 80
- 1984 Gus Mancuso, American baseball catcher (World Series 1931, 33; MLB All Star 1935, 37; NY Giants, St. Louis Cardinals) and broadcaster (Cardinals' radio network), dies from emphysema at 78
- 1984 John Woods Duke, American composer, dies at 85
- 1984 Laurie Langenbach, author, dies at 37
- 1984 Sue Randall, actress (Miss Landers-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 49
- 1985 Bob Scheffing, American baseball catcher (Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds), manager (Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers) and executive (GM NY Mets 1970-74), dies at 72
- 1985 Karel Kupka, Czech composer and choirmaster, dies at 58
- 1986 Jackson Scholz, American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m 1920, 200m 1924), dies at 89
- 1988 Herman Strategier, Dutch organist, conductor, and composer (Rembrandt Cantata; Shadow Out of Time), dies at 76
- 1989 Andy Roberts, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (7 Tests, 1 x 50, 4 wickets; Northern Districts, Waikato, Hamilton & Bay of Plenty), dies at 42
- 1989 Charles J. Pedersen, American organic biochemist (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1987), dies at 85
- 1990 Guus Jansen, Dutch pianist, Hammond organist, and popular song composer ("Net als Toen" - Eurovison, 1957), dies at 79
- 1990 William Samuel Paley, American president and CEO of CBS (1928-90), dies of a heart attack at 89
- 1991 Lori Rae Matthews, crushed to death by an artist's 485 lb umbrella
- 1992 (Dorothy) "Dottie" Green, American AAGPBL baseball player (Rockford Peaches), dies of cancer at 71
- 1992 Jerome Andrews, American-French dancer and choreographer, dies at 84
- 1992 Laurel Cronin, actor (Beethoven, Housesitter), dies of cancer at 53
- 1993 Absolutely Nobody [David Powers], Wash lt-gov candidate, dies at 37
- 1993 H Hardenberg, writer, dies
- 1993 Harold Rome, American musical theater composer (Fanny; Pins and Needles), dies at 85
- 1994 Rudi van Vlaenderen, Flemish actor/dir/poet (Thyestes), dies at 64
- 1994 Tutta Rolf, actress (Whalers), dies at 87
- 1994 Wilbert Harrison, American R&B singer ("Kansas City"), dies at 65
- 1995 Agha Saadat Ali, Pakistani cricketer (8 not out in 1 inn for Pak 1956), dies at 66
- 1995 Bernhard Heiliger, German artist and sculptor, dies at 79
- 1995 Georgia Neese Gray, 1st Woman Treasurer of USA, dies at 95
- 1995 John Sangster, Australian jazz composer (The Hobbit Suite), dies at 66
- 1996 Hans Kosterlitz, German-British biochemist (endorphins), dies at 93
- 1996 Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, British philanthropist, dies at 95
- 1999 Hoyt Axton, American songwriter, singer ("No No Song"; "Joy To The World"; "I've Never Been To Spain"), and actor (McCloud; Gremlins; The Rousters), dies of a heart attack at 61
- 2002 Jacques Massu, French general who led Battle of Algiers, dies at 94
- 2002 Movsar Barayev, Chechen Islamist militia leader during the Second Chechen War, dies at 23
- 2003 Roberto Garcia Morillo, Argentine composer and music critic, dies at 92
- 2004 Bobby Ávila, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (MLB All-Star 1952, 54, 55; AL batting champion 1954; Cleveland Indians), dies of diabetes and lung ailment at 80
- 2005 David Townsend, American session and touring R&B guitarist (Isley Brothers; Port Authority; Surface - "Shower Me With Your Love"), and songwriter, dies at 50
- 2005 Keith Parkinson, American fantasy artist, dies of Leukemia at 47
- 2005 Richard Southwood, English zoologist and vice-chancellor of Oxford University, dies at 74
- 2006 Pontus Hultén, Swedish art collector and museum director (b. 1924)
- 2006 Tillman Franks, American country music bassist, songwriter and artist manager (Webb Pierce), dies at 86
- 2007 Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist (1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovery of DNA polymerase), dies at 89
- 2007 Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American TV chef (Chef Tell), dies at 63
Khun Sa (1934-2007)
Burmese drug lord and warlord, dies at 73
- 2007 Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (b. 1947)
- 2008 Delmar Watson, American child actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Heidi, Annie Oakley), dies at 82
- 2008 Tony Hillerman, American writer Navajo Tribal Police), dies at 83
- 2009 George Na'ope, Hawaiian-American musician, dancer and heritage preservationist, dies of cancer at 81
- 2009 Teel Bivins, American politician (b. 1947)
- 2010 Glen "Frosty" Little, American circus clown (Ringling Brothers, 1968-91), and instructor (Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, 1980-87), dies at 84
- 2010 John King, American rock drummer (Steve Miller Band, 1972-74), dies at 63
- 2010 Mbah Maridjan, Mount Merapi gatekeeper (b. 1927)
- 2010 Romeu Tuma, Brazilian politician (b. 1931)
- 2012 Alan Stretton, Australian general who managed the response to Cyclone Tracey in Darwin, dies at 90
- 2014 Jeff Robinson, American baseball player, dies at 52
- 2016 Stuart Edwards, British guitarist (Edison Lighthouse - "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes"), dies of cancer at 73
- 2018 György Károly, Hungarian poet and author, dies of cancer at 65
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971-2019)
Leader of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), detonates a suicide vest after being cornered by US special forces and dies at 48
- 2019 Enriqueta Basilio, Mexican track and field athlete, and first woman to light the Olympic Cauldron (Mexico City, 1968), dies of pneumonia at 71
- 2019 Paul Barrere, American rock guitarist (Little Feat - "Time Loves a Hero"), dies of liver cancer at 71
Robert Evans (1930-2019)
American producer and actor (Love Story, The Godfather, Chinatown), dies at 89
- 2020 Stan Kesler, American session musician (Sun Studio), songwriter ("I Forgot to Remember to Forget"), and record producer (Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs -"Wooly Bully"), dies of bone cancer at 92
- 2021 Glen Tuckett American college basbeall coach (Brigham Young Uni 1959-76) and administrator (BYU athletic director 1976-94), dies at 93
- 2021 Mort Sahl, American stand-up comedian, political satirist, writer, and TV personality (The Big Party), dies at 94 [1]
- 2021 Umberto Colombo, Italian soccer midfielder (3 caps; Juventus, Atalanta), dies at 88
- 2021 Walter Smith, Scottish football manager (Rangers, Everton; Scotland 2004-07), dies at 73
- 2023 Guy Camberabero, French rugby union flyhalf (14 Tests 110 points; ROC La Voulte Sportif, US Tyrosse RUC), dies at 87
- 2023 Richard Moll, American actor (Night Court - "Bull"; House - "Big Ben"; Dungeonmaster), dies at 80
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