John Ford (1895-1973)
American director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man), dies at 78
- 1973 Raymond Keane, American actor (Midnight Sun, Love Eagle), dies at 66
- 1975 Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24
- 1979 Sally Rand, American burlesque dancer, vedette and actress known for her ostrich feather fan and balloon bubble dances, dies at 75
- 1991 Gerry Davis, British screenwriter (Dr Who), dies at 61
- 1995 David Farrar, English actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse, Watusi), dies at 87
- 1999 Marguerite Chapman, American actress (The Seven Year Itch, Spy Smasher, Flight to Mars), dies at 81
- 2000 Patricia Owens, Canadian-American actress (The Fly), dies at 75
- 2002 Lionel Hampton, American Jazz vibraphone player, pianist, drummer, and actor, dies from congestive heart failure at 94
- 2004 Carl Wayne [Colin Tooley], British rock singer (The Move), and actor, dies of esophageal cancer at 61
- 2005 Michael Sheard, Scottish actor (The Empire Strikes Back), dies at 67
- 2007 Karloff Lagarde, Mexican professional wrestler, dies at 79
- 2008 Ike Pappas, American news correspondent (CBS), dies at 75
- 2008 Jerry Reed, American country music singer ("When You're Hot, You're Hot") and actor (Bat 21; Smokey and the Bandit), dies of complications from emphysema at 71
- 2012 Max Bygraves [Walter William Bygraves], British actor (Charley Moon, Spare the Rod, Tom Brown's School Days), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 89
David Frost (1939-2013)
British broadcaster (That Was the Week That Was), dies from a heart attack at 74
- 2017 Richard Anderson, American actor (Oscar Goldman- The 6 Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman television series), dies at 91
- 2018 Gloria Jean [Schoonover], American actress (Never Give a Sucker an Even Break), and singer, dies at 92
- 2021 Michael Constantine [Ioannides], American actor (Room 222 - "Mr. Kaufman"; Don't Drink The Water; My Big Fat Greek Wedding), dies at 94
- 2022 Bill Turnbull, British television and radio presenter and journalist (Radio Clyde; BBC), dies of prostate cancer at 66
- 2023 Gayle Hunnicutt, American-British actress (Marlowe; Legend of Hell House; Dallas), dies at 80