| 2007 | Sol LeWitt, dies in New York, of complications from cancer, at 78 |
| 2002 | Maria Felix, Mexican Actress |
| 2001 | Frank Annunzio, Representative-D-Illinois 1965 - 1973 and 1973 - 1993, died from Parkinson's disease |
| 2000 | Claire Trevor, actress, Stagecoach, dies at 91 |
| 1997 | Laura Nyro, singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 49 |
| 1997 | Laura Nyro, singer, dies at 49 |
| 1997 | Charles Hayes, Representative-D-Illinois 1983 - 1993, died from lung cancer at the age of 79 |
| 1996 | Basil Hembry, farmer/campaigner, dies at 80 |
| 1996 | Ben Johnson, cowboy actor (Tex, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at 77 |
| 1996 | Charles Donald Adams, singer, dies at 67 |
| 1994 | Frank Wells, president (Disney), dies in helicopter crash |
| 1994 | Irene Eisinger, singer, dies at 91 |
| 1994 | Kurt Donald Cobain, musician, dies at 27 |
| 1994 | Walter Arnold, Germ theologist (World council of Churches), dies at 64 |
| 1993 | Arleen Whelan, dies of stroke at 78 |
| 1993 | H Earnest, bishop of Breda, dies |
| 1993 | Marian Anderson, U.S. contralto (My Lord, What a Morning), dies at 96 |
| 1992 | Nelson Olmstead, dies at 78 |
| 1990 | Doreen Sloane, dies |
| 1990 | Jose De Vega, dies of AIDS at 56 |
| 1990 | Ryan White, hemophiliac aids sufferer, dies at 18 |
| 1987 | Francis C Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90 |
| 1981 | Norman Taurog, dies |
| 1981 | Omar Bradley, last U.S. 5-star general, (Normandy) dies in New York at 88 |
| 1978 | Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83 |
| 1978 | Ford Frick, American Journalist |
| 1977 | Frank Milan, actor (Witness), dies at 71 |
| 1976 | Phil Ochs, rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35 |
| 1973 | Pablo (Ruiz y) Picasso, Spanish/French painter (Guernica), dies at 91 |
| 1973 | Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist |
| 1970 | Marie V Felix, Prince of Luxemburg, dies |
| 1969 | Arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78 |
| 1966 | George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79 |
| 1965 | Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70 |
| 1965 | Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (Flesh and Devil), dies after illness at 78 |
| 1959 | Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies |
| 1950 | Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63 |
| 1950 | Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky, Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies in London |
| 1948 | Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40 |
| 1947 | Henry Ford, U.S. industrialist (Ford cars), dies |
| 1943 | Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed |
| 1943 | Richard Sears, 1st to win U.S. amateur national tennis match, dies at 81 |
| 1942 | Alfred Mombert, writer, dies |
| 1941 | Eugene-Marcel Prevost, novelist, dies |
| 1937 | Arthur William Foote, U.S. organist/composer, dies at 84 |
| 1937 | William Henry Hadow, composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77 |
| 1935 | Edwin Cannan, economist, dies |
| 1931 | Eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies |
| 1921 | Earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies |
| 1920 | Charles Tomlinson Griffes, U.S. composer (White Peacock), dies at 35 |
| 1919 | Roland baron Eotvos, Hungarian physicist, dies at 70 |
| 1914 | Jakub Arbes, Czechoslovakian author (Andel Miru), dies at 73 |
| 1902 | Sipyagain, Russian Minister of Interior/headed Secret Service, assassinated |
| 1897 | George Garrett, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1897 | Heinrich von Stephan, U.K. politician, dies |
| 1894 | Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Mrinalini, Anandamath), dies at 55 |
| 1890 | Junius Morgan, philanthropist, dies at 76 |
| 1885 | Susanna Moodie, British Author |
| 1871 | Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer, dies at 68 |
| 1870 | Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist and composer, dies at 68 |
| 1865 | John Park, composer, dies at 61 |
| 1863 | Joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1861 | Elisha G Otis, U.S. elevator builder (Otis), dies at 50 |
| 1858 | Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76 |
| 1853 | Jan W. Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73 |
| 1851 | John Parry, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1848 | Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50 |
| 1848 | Gaetano Donizetti, composer, dies at 50 |
| 1844 | Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1835 | Wilhelm von Humboldt, German Educator |
| 1794 | Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat, mathematician dies |
| 1778 | Pieter Teyler van der Hulst, Dutch founder (Teyler Museum), dies at 76 |
| 1759 | Francois de La Croix, composer, dies at 76 |
| 1736 | Pedro Vaz Rego, composer, dies at 63 |
| 1697 | Niels Juel, Danish Admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjogebocht), dies at 67 |
| 1629 | Willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar, dies at 50 |
| 1537 | Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies |
| 1498 | Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27 |
| 1492 | Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies |
| 1364 | Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 |
| 1143 | John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident |
| 217 | Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 |
