| 2004 | Estee Lauder, entrepreneur, dies at 97 |
| 2002 | Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, American Writer |
| 2001 | Al Hibbler, singer, Unchained Melody, dies at 85 |
| 1999 | Arthur Boyd, Australian Artist |
| 1997 | Pat Paulsen, comedian (Smothers Brothers Show), dies at 69 |
| 1996 | Donald Cammell, film director, dies at 62 |
| 1996 | Erma Bombeck, columnist (Septic Tank is Always Greener), dies |
| 1996 | Preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle), dies at 83 |
| 1995 | Douglas Gunsekera, banker, dies at 77 |
| 1993 | Oliver R Tambo, chairman (African National Congress), dies at 75 |
| 1991 | J de Graaf, ethicus/president church and peace, dies |
| 1990 | Joseph Leberman, entertainer, dies |
| 1990 | Tom Rolfing, actor (He Knows You're Alone, Cliff-Another World), dies |
| 1986 | Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, (Edward abdicated for her), dies at 89 |
| 1985 | Sergei Yutkevich, Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80 |
| 1980 | Alentejo Carpentier, Cuban/French writer (Guerra del Tiempo), dies at 75 |
| 1980 | Alejo Carpentier, Cuban Novelist |
| 1979 | John Carroll, actor (Hired Wife, Fiesta, Geraldine), dies at 72 |
| 1976 | Mark Tobey, U.S. abstract painter, (Broadway Norm), dies at 85 |
| 1975 | William Hartnell, actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life), dies at 67 |
| 1974 | Bud Abbott, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at 78 |
| 1968 | Norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62 |
| 1968 | Tommy Noonan, actor (Gentlemen Perfer Blondes), dies at 45 |
| 1967 | Frank Overton, actor (12 O'Clock High), dies at 48 |
| 1967 | Vladimir M Komarov, cosmonaut (Voshkod I), dies in Soyuz 1 at 40 |
| 1966 | Louis A. Johnson, American Public Servant |
| 1965 | Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at 86 |
| 1961 | Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at 72 |
| 1960 | John P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84 |
| 1959 | Jef van Hoof, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1957 | Andries CD de Graeff, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1926-31), dies at 84 |
| 1956 | Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72 |
| 1956 | Henry Stephenson, actor (Conquest, Mr. Lucky), dies at 85 |
| 1955 | Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79 |
| 1952 | Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57 |
| 1952 | Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State, dies at 82 |
| 1948 | Joseph Wihtol, composer, dies at 84 |
| 1948 | Manuel Marua Ponce, Mexican composer (Ferial), dies at 65 |
| 1948 | Rosita Marstini, actress (I Cover Waterfront, Big Parade), dies at 54 |
| 1947 | Willa Cather, American Author |
| 1945 | Anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47 |
| 1945 | Hubert Bath, composer, dies at 61 |
| 1943 | Gerardus H de Hare, socialist vicar, dies at 63 |
| 1941 | Karin Boye, Swedish Poet |
| 1939 | John Foulds, composer, dies at 58 |
| 1936 | Alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73 |
| 1936 | Bernard van Dieren, composer, dies at 51 |
| 1935 | Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80 |
| 1933 | Felix Adler, German Educator |
| 1928 | Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1924 | George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies |
| 1924 | G. Stanley Hall, American Psychologist |
| 1922 | Richard Batka, composer, dies at 53 |
| 1917 | Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies |
| 1915 | Harry Banks, English Soldier |
| 1912 | Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 |
| 1904 | Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist, Siemens, dies |
| 1904 | Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 |
| 1900 | George J D Campbell, British Minister of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76 |
| 1891 | Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/Field Marshal, dies |
| 1875 | Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 |
| 1855 | Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1850 | Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1848 | Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabaneonne), dies at 69 |
| 1827 | Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 |
| 1824 | Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 |
| 1776 | Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 |
| 1776 | Giuseppi Paolucci, composer, dies at 49 |
| 1758 | Florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41 |
| 1731 | Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies |
| 1617 | Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered |
| 1530 | Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies |
| 1185 | Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns |
| 1077 | Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies |
| 729 | Egbertus, English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 |
| 709 | Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 |
