| 2001 | Harvey R. Ball, graphic designer, invented the ubiquitous smiley face in 1963, dies at 79 |
| 2001 | Harvey Ball, American Celebrity |
| 2000 | Christopher Pettiet, actor, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, dies at 24 |
| 1999 | Boxcar Willie, singer, Best of Boxcar Willie, dies at 67 |
| 1997 | George Wald, scientist, dies at 90 |
| 1996 | Marthe Robert, essayist/translator, dies at 82 |
| 1996 | William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist, dies at 63 |
| 1995 | Chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56 |
| 1994 | Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81 |
| 1994 | Jean Carmet, dies at 72 |
| 1994 | Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60 |
| 1993 | Isaac Rojas, Vice President of Argentina (1955-58), dies |
| 1993 | Patience Jarvis, dies of melanoma at 56 |
| 1992 | Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61 |
| 1991 | James Schuyler, U.S. poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies |
| 1990 | Henry Kendrick, dies |
| 1989 | Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52 |
| 1989 | Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer |
| 1988 | Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies |
| 1988 | Alan Paton, South African Novelist |
| 1987 | Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90 |
| 1984 | Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76 |
| 1983 | Desmond Bagley, British Journalist |
| 1981 | Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78 |
| 1981 | Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer (Te Deum), dies at 88 |
| 1981 | Joe Louis, [Brown bomber], U.S. heavyweight champ (1937-49), dies at 66 |
| 1980 | William R Tolbert, Jr., Liberian President and 27 others killed in coup |
| 1977 | Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner for the Chicago Cubs, dies at 82 |
| 1976 | Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74 |
| 1975 | Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68 |
| 1974 | Carl Jaffe, dies at 72 |
| 1972 | C. W. Ceram, [Kurt Marek], German/U.S. writer (1st American), dies at 57 |
| 1972 | Henri Potiron, composer, dies at 89 |
| 1966 | Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed |
| 1965 | Linda Darnell, U.S. actress (Dakota Incident), dies at 43 |
| 1961 | Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer, dies at 50 |
| 1961 | Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress, dies at 93 |
| 1959 | Ernest Willem Mulder, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1959 | James Gleason, dies at 76 |
| 1956 | Jose Moscardo Ituarte, Spanish general (Alcazar 1936), dies at 77 |
| 1954 | Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/sports-organizer, dies at 89 |
| 1951 | Harold Vincent Milligan, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1947 | Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies |
| 1946 | August Borms, Flemish nazi collaborator, executed at 67 |
| 1946 | F Guicciardi, writer, dies |
| 1945 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63 |
| 1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President |
| 1942 | Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80 |
| 1938 | Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man and Mark), dies at 65 |
| 1938 | Serafin Alvarez Quintero, Spanish playwright (Piropos), dies at 67 |
| 1922 | Frantisek Ondricek, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1914 | Josef Nesvera, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1912 | Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90 |
| 1910 | William G Sumner, U.S. sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69 |
| 1909 | Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1909 | Hilton Kramer, American Critic |
| 1896 | Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1878 | William M "Boss" Tweed, New York politician, dies |
| 1878 | Boss Tweed, American Politician |
| 1864 | Thomas Green, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 50 |
| 1859 | John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84 |
| 1850 | Adoniram Judson, American Clergyman |
| 1845 | Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65 |
| 1828 | Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60 |
| 1817 | Charles Messier, "comet ferret" and catalogs famous "M objects,", dies |
| 1797 | Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1795 | Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 |
| 1788 | Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 |
| 1788 | Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1777 | Claude-Prosper J de Crebillon, French writer (Le sopha), dies at 70 |
| 1760 | Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1748 | William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies |
| 1704 | John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 |
| 1704 | Jacques Bossuet, French Clergyman |
| 1690 | Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1605 | Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies |
| 1555 | Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 |
| 1550 | Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 |
| 352 | Julius I, pope (337-52), dies |
