| 2003 | Herb Brooks, American Coach |
| 2002 | Barbara Rowell, photographer, National Geographic, dies at 54 |
| 2002 | Galen Rowell, photographer, National Geographic, dies at 61 |
| 1996 | Mel Taylor, drummer, dies at 63 |
| 1996 | Rafael Jeronym Kubelik, conductor, dies at 82 |
| 1996 | Sigmund Koch, psychologist/philosopher, dies at 79 |
| 1995 | Douglas John Gorman, businessman, dies at 58 |
| 1995 | Herbert Whitton John Sumsion, organist/composer, dies at 96 |
| 1995 | Kenneth Lo, cookery writer/restaurateur, dies at 81 |
| 1995 | Phil Harris, Linton In, actor/comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 89 |
| 1995 | Wilbur Stark, tV/film producer, dies at 83 |
| 1995 | Alonzo Church, American Mathematician |
| 1994 | Dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster, dies at 60 |
| 1994 | Gordon Cullen, architect, dies at 80 |
| 1994 | Mark "Red" Mitchell, actor (John F. Kennedy, 8 Seconds, Want to Live), dies at 33 |
| 1994 | Peter Cushing, actor (Star Wars, Dr. Who), dies of cancer at 81 |
| 1991 | Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89 |
| 1989 | John Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies |
| 1988 | Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59 |
| 1988 | Jean-Pierre Ponnele, opera director (Carmina Burana), dies at 56 |
| 1988 | Pauline Lafont, daughter of Bernadette, dies in hiking accident at 25 |
| 1987 | Clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86 |
| 1984 | Alfred A Knopf, U.S. publisher, dies at 91 |
| 1984 | Percy Mayfield, U.S. singer (Hit the Road Jack), dies at 63 |
| 1982 | Tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63 |
| 1975 | Anthony C McAuliffe, U.S. gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77 |
| 1975 | Howard Wendell, actor (Black Dakotas), dies at 81 |
| 1975 | Anthony McAuliffe, American Soldier |
| 1974 | Vicente Emilio Sojo, composer, dies at 86 |
| 1973 | Peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46 |
| 1972 | Max Theiler, South Africa/U.S. microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73 |
| 1968 | Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies |
| 1963 | Charles Seymour, American Historian |
| 1956 | Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) |
| 1953 | Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies |
| 1952 | Riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77 |
| 1951 | Ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52 |
| 1949 | Karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68 |
| 1942 | Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1937 | Bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies |
| 1937 | Edith Wharton, American Author |
| 1935 | William Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies |
| 1919 | Andrew Carnegie, U.S. steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83 |
| 1901 | Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82 |
| 1890 | John Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89 |
| 1872 | Lowell Mason, U.S. organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 |
| 1868 | Halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52 |
| 1868 | Thaddeus Stevens, architect of Radical Reconstruction, dies at 76 |
| 1860 | James Wilson, politician |
| 1852 | Nicolaas Plomp, Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70 |
| 1844 | Jernej Kopitar, filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63 |
| 1820 | Janos Lavotta, composer, dies at 56 |
| 1794 | Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1757 | Jose Pradas Gallen, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1729 | Nicola Francesco Haym, composer, dies at 51 |
| 1589 | Maarten Schenck van Nideggen, Lieutenant Colonel (80 year war), dies at about 49 |
| 1578 | Pedro Nunes, [Nonius], Port mathematician/astronomer (nonius), dies |
| 1522 | Martin Siebenburger, mayor of Vienna, beheaded |
| 1519 | Johann Tetzel, Dominican monk, dies at about 79 |
| 1494 | Hans Memling, [John Memlinc], Flemish painter (Passietaferelen), dies |
| 1490 | French van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen, dies at about 25 |
| 1464 | Nicholas van Cusa, philosopher/bishop of Brixen, dies |
| 1456 | Janos Hunyadi, Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49 |
| 1394 | Jan III, mister of Polanen, dies |
| 1259 | Mongke, Mongols great-khan/grandson of Ghengis Khan, dies |
| 1183 | Christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies |
| 1180 | Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, French master builder (Canterbury), dies |
| 1171 | Louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies |
