Titus (39-81 AD)
Emperor of Rome (79-81) who captured Jerusalem and completed the Colosseum, dies of a fever at about 42
- 1409 Isabella of Valois, former queen consort of Richard II of England, dies in childbirth at 19
- 1506 Andrea Mantegna, Italian Renaissance painter (painting in ducal palace in Mantua) (b. 1431)
- 1557 John Cheke, English classical scholar and statesman (b. 1514)
- 1592 Michel de Montaigne, French writer (b. 1533)
- 1596 Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Dutch astronomer and navigator (Java)
Philip II of Spain (1527-1598)
King of Spain (1556-98) and Portugal (1580-98), dies of cancer at 71
James Wolfe (1727-1759)
British Army officer who defeated the French in Canada and captured Quebec, dies in battle at 32
- 1766 Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar, dies at 62
- 1803 John Barry, 1st American commodore of the US Navy, dies at 58
- 1806 Charles James Fox, English politician (b. 1749)
- 1808 Saverio Bettinelli, Italian Jesuit writer, dies at 90
- 1813 Hezqeyas, Emperor of Ethiopia (1789-94), dies
- 1847 Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal, dies at 81
- 1848 María Isabella of Spain, Queen of the Two Sicilies (1825-30), dies at 59
- 1872 Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher who influenced Karl Marx (The Essence of Christianity), dies at 68
Ambrose Burnside (1824-1881)
American soldier, industrialist and politician (Governor of Rhode Island, 1866-69) who popularized sideburns, dies of a heart attack at 57
- 1885 Friedrich Kiel, Austrian composer, and mountain climber, dies at 63
- 1894 (Alexis) Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (España; Joyeuse marche; Le roi malgré lui), dies from general paresis at 53
- 1904 Kartini, Indonesian activist for women's rights and national heroine, dies at 25
- 1905 René Goblet, French politician (41st Prime Minister of France), dies at 76
- 1906 Georges Jacobi, German violinist, composer (The Black Crook), and conductor (Alhambra Theatre, London, 1872-98), dies at 66
- 1912 Maresuke Nogi, Japanese general (b. 1849)
- 1913 Alfred R. Gaul, English composer, dies at 76
- 1915 Andrew L. Harris, American Civil War hero and Governor of Ohio (b. 1835)
- 1921 Louis of Battenberg [Mountbatten], Austrian-born British admiral (WWI), dies at 67
- 1924 P. J. Hannikainen, Finnish composer, dies at 69
- 1928 Italo Svevo [Ettore Schmitz], Italian writer (La Coscienza di Zeno), dies at 66
Lili Elbe (1882-1931)
Danish transgender woman, former painter, and 1st identifiable recipient of sex reassignment surgery (autobiography: Man into Woman), dies from complications involving a uterus transplant at 48
- 1932 Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer, dies at 77
- 1932 Paul Gorguloff, Russian murderer of French President Paul Doumer, beheaded at 37
- 1937 Ellis Parker Butler, American author (Pigs is Pigs), dies at 67
- 1938 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Space, time & deity), dies at 79
- 1939 Eugene Foss, American politician (45th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 80
- 1944 Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and Special Operations Executive agent in WWII posthumously awarded the George Cross, executed at Dachau at 30
- 1944 W. Heath Robinson, English illustrator and cartoonist (Don Quixote), dies at 72
Amon Göth (1908-1946)
Austrian SS commandant of the Płaszów concentration camp, executed by hanging at after being convicted of war crimes at 37
August Krogh (1874-1949)
Danish zoophysiologist (arterioles and capillaries, Nobel 1920), dies at 75
- 1950 Sara Allgood, Irish-American stage and screen actress (Peg o' My Heart; Blackmail; How Green Was My Valley), dies of a heart attack at 69
- 1959 Gilbert Adrian [Greenberg], American costume designer (The Wizard of Oz), dies of a heart attack at 56
- 1960 Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer (Toldi), and music educator (Budapest Academy of Music, 1912-60), dies at 75
- 1965 Jean B. Fletcher, American architect (TAC, the Architects' Collaborative), dies of cancer at 50
- 1967 Russell L. Rogers, American electrical engineer and astronaut (X-20), dies in explosion at 39
- 1967 Varian Fry, American journalist and recognized as "Righteous Among the Nations", dies at 59
- 1969 Charles Foulkes, Canada general and honorary citizen of Wageningen who accepted WWII Germany's surrender in the Netherlands, dies at 66
- 1971 Lin Biao, Chinese Communist Marshal during the Civil War and party leader, dies in a plane crash at 63, possibly while fleeing from a botched coup against Mao
- 1971 Nelly A "Nell" Knoop, Dutch actress (Silent Waters), dies at 72
- 1971 Paul Blackburn, American poet, and editor (Black Mountain Review), dies of esophageal cancer at 44 [1]
- 1973 Betty Field, American actress (Of Mice and Men; Kings Row; Bus Stop), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 57
- 1976 Albert Tessier, French Canadian priest, historian and filmmaker (b. 1895)
- 1976 Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
- 1977 Arthur Fagg, English cricket batsman (5 Tests; dual double-centuries for Kent v Essex 1938) and umpire (18 Tests, 7 ODIs), dies at 62
- 1977 Leopold Stokowski, British conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1912-39; Disney's Fantasia), dies of a heart attack at 95
- 1981 William Loeb III, American publisher of Manchester Union Leader, NH, dies at 75
- 1982 Philip Ober, American actor (North by Northwest), dies at 80
- 1982 Ray Carter, American orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party), dies at 73
- 1985 Dane Rudhyar [Daniel Chennevière], French-American composer, author, and astrologist dies at 90
- 1987 Mervyn LeRoy, American movie producer (Devil at 4 O'Clock), dies at 86
- 1989 Yamada Koun, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies at 82
- 1990 Samuel S. Stratton, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 73
- 1991 Ferry Barendse, Dutch trumpeter, composer, and singer (Ramblers), dies at 80
- 1991 Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-American film producer (Spinout, Big City), dies of Parkinson's at 73
- 1991 Metin Oktay, Turkish football player (b. 1936)
- 1991 Paul Thompson, Canadian ice hockey forward (1926-39), won 3 Stanley Cups (1928 with NY Rangers, 1934 and 1938 with Chicago Black Hawks), and Black Hawks coach (1938-45), dies at 84
- 1992 Lou Jacobs, US clown (1966 US postage stamp), dies at 89
- 1994 John Stevens, British jazz drummer (Spontaneous Music Ensemble), dies of a heart attack at 54
- 1994 Kaleria Fadicheva, Russian ballerina (Kirov) and choreographer, dies at 58 [1]
- 1994 Pieter Zaanen, Dutch architect (Musical Trade scholarship, Amsterdam), dies at 63
- 1995 Francesco Messina, Italian sculptor, dies at 94
- 1995 Harold Sheperdson, British soccer trainer, dies at 76
- 1995 Walter Goetz, German-British illustrator, cartoonist and painter (Colonel Up and Mr. Down), dies at 83
- 1996 Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl, American historian, dies at 68
- 1996 Cesar Mendoza, general of Military junta of Chile (1973-85), dies at 78
- 1996 Jane Baxter, British actress (We Live Again, Blossom Time), dies at 87
- 1996 Silas Roy Crain, American singer, Founder of Soul Stirrers Gospel Quartet, dies at 85
Tupac Shakur (1971-1996)
American rapper and actor (Juice, Bullet), dies of internal bleeding after a drive-by shooting at 25
George Wallace (1919-1998)
American politician (Gov-D-Ala) and presidential candidate, dies of septic shock at 79
Jaroslav Drobný (1921-2001)
Czech ice hockey player (Olympic silver 1948) and tennis player (Wimbledon 1954, French Open 1951-52), dies of a stroke at 79
- 2002 Douglas Black, Scottish physician and medical scientist (played a key role in the development of the National Health Service), dies at 89
- 2003 Frank O'Bannon, American politician (Governor of Indiana, 1997-2003), dies of a stroke at 73(
- 2003 Kenneth Walter, South African cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 6 wickets), dies at 63
- 2004 Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill (b. 1925)
- 2005 Hans Joachim Koellreutter, German Brazilian composer, teacher and musicologist, dies at 90
- 2005 Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician (b. 1916)
- 2005 Toni Fritsch, Austrian soccer forward (9 caps; Rapid Vienna) and American football kicker (Super Bowl 1971 Dallas Cowboys; Pro Bowl 1979), dies of heart failure at 60
- 2006 Ann Richards, American politician (46th Governor of Texas 1991-95), dies at 73
- 2007 Whakahuihui Vercoe, New Zealand clergyman (b. 1928)
- 2009 Paul Burke, American actor (Naked City, Thomas Crown Affair, Neal-Dynasty), dies at 83
- 2011 DJ Mehdi [Favéris-Essadi], French hip hop and electro producer, dies from falling through a skylight at his home at 34
- 2011 Walter Bonatti, Italian climber (b. 1930)
- 2012 Peter Lougheed, Canadian politician (10th Premier of Alberta), dies at 84
- 2012 William Duckworth, American composer (Time Curve Preludes), teacher (Bucknell, 1973-2011), and internet pioneer (PitchWeb), dies of pancreatic cancer at 69
- 2013 Bayani Mendoza de Leon, Filipino-American musician and composer (Batong-Buhay), dies at 70
- 2013 James Bradford, American heavyweight weightlifter (Olympic silver 1952, 56), dies at 84
- 2015 Brian Close, English cricketer (played for England between 1949 & 1976), dies at 84
- 2015 Gary Richrath, American guitarist and songwriter (REO Speedwagon), dies at 65
Moses Malone (1955-2015)
Basketball Hall of Fame center (NBA MVP 1979, 82-83; NBA Finals MVP 1983; 12 x NBA All Star; Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers), dies of heart disease at 60
- 2017 Frank Vincent, American actor (The Sopranos), dies of a heart attack at 80
- 2017 Grant Hart, American punk rock drummer and songwriter (Hüsker Dü), dies of liver cancer at 56
- 2017 Pete Domenici, American politician, U.S. Senator from New Mexico (1973-2009), dies at 85
- 2018 Ivo Petric, Slovenian composer, dies at 86
- 2019 Eddie Money [Mahoney], American rock singer-songwriter ("Two Tickets To Paradise"; 'Take Me Home Tonight"), dies of esophageal cancer at 70
- 2021 Antony Hewish, English radio astronomer (led team that discovered pulsars, Nobel Prize for Physics 1974), dies at 97 [1]
- 2021 George Wein, American music promoter (Newport Jazz Festival; Newport Folk Festival; New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival), dies at 95
- 2021 Ruly Carpenter, American baseball executive (principal owner and president Philadelphia Phillies 1972-81), dies at 81
- 2022 Horacio Accavallo, Argentine boxer (undisputed WBA & WBC flyweight titles 1966-68), dies at 87
Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)
French director (Alphaville; Hail Mary; Breathless), dies at 91
Ken Starr (1946-2022)
American lawyer who investigated sitting US President Bill Clinton (Starr Report), dies from complications after surgery at 76
- 2023 John McDonald, Australian rugby league centre (13 Tests; Queensland; Manly-Warringah RLFC), dies at 79
- 2023 Perrie Mans, South African snooker player (Benson & Hedges Masters 1979; World C'ship 1978 runner-up; South African Pro C'ship x 20), dies at 82
- 2023 Roger Whittaker, Kenyan-British country singer ("The Last Farewell"; "Durham Town"), dies at 87 [1]
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