| 2002 | Lionel Hampton, vibrophonist, dies at 94 |
| 2002 | George Porter, English Scientist |
| 1997 | Diana Spencer, princess of England, dies in car crash in Paris at 36 |
| 1997 | Princess Diana, British cultural icon, dies at 36 |
| 1996 | Harald James Penrose, pilot, dies at 92 |
| 1996 | Ljuba Welitsch, opera singer, dies at 83 |
| 1996 | Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader, dies at 85 |
| 1995 | Beant Singh, Prime Minister of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73 |
| 1995 | David Farrar, actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse, Watusi), dies at 87 |
| 1995 | David Richard Holloway, literary Editor, dies at 71 |
| 1995 | Hajime Miterai, industrialist, dies at 56 |
| 1995 | Horst Janssen, graphic Artist, dies at 65 |
| 1995 | John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93 |
| 1994 | Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, dies at 88 |
| 1994 | Barbara Hammer Avedon, scriptwriter, dies at 69 |
| 1994 | Norman "Doc" Jones, bassist, dies at 68 |
| 1993 | Gerben Wagenaar, Dutch resistance fighter (communist), dies at 80 |
| 1991 | Leigh Watson, U.S. aviation pioneer/air force general, dies at 93 |
| 1990 | Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, New York Knick, dies at 65 of a heart attack |
| 1986 | Henry Moore, English sculptor/cartoonist, dies at 88 |
| 1986 | Urho K Kekkonen, premier/president of Finland, dies at 85 |
| 1981 | Joseph H Hirschhorn, U.S. art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82 |
| 1979 | E J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911 - 1914, dies |
| 1979 | Sally Rand, stripper, dies at 75 |
| 1976 | Kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent), dies at 81 |
| 1975 | Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24 |
| 1973 | John Ford, U.S. director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach), dies at 78 |
| 1973 | Raymond Keane, dies at 66 |
| 1973 | Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies |
| 1969 | Ottmar Gerster, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1969 | Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45 |
| 1968 | Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60 |
| 1968 | George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader, dies |
| 1967 | Ilja G Ehrenburg, Russian poet and writer (9th wave), dies at 76 |
| 1967 | Michael Fitzmaurice, dies of lymphoma at 59 |
| 1967 | Ilya Ehrenburg, Ukrainian Writer |
| 1966 | Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer, dies at 75 |
| 1964 | Carole Coleman, singer (Face the Music), dies at 42 |
| 1963 | George F Broque, cubist painter, dies at 81 in Paris |
| 1959 | Charles Delaney, dies at 67 |
| 1949 | Andre Debierne, French chemist/physicist (actinium), dies |
| 1949 | Paul Hoffer, composer, dies at 53 |
| 1948 | Andrei A Zjdanov, Rus politician (against kosmopolitism), dies at 52 |
| 1946 | Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer and conductor, dies at 63 |
| 1945 | Stefan Banach, Polish Mathematician |
| 1944 | Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide |
| 1942 | Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle |
| 1941 | Marian Zwetajewa, writer, dies |
| 1940 | Johanna "Annie" Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58 |
| 1935 | Abraham Isaac Kook, rabbi/author (Hokhmat Ha-kodesh), dies |
| 1934 | Johan H A Schaper, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies |
| 1931 | Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar, dies |
| 1931 | Hall Caine, British Novelist |
| 1927 | Harry Johnston, British Explorer |
| 1920 | Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher, dies |
| 1918 | Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I), dies at 36 |
| 1910 | Emils Darzins, composer, dies at 34 |
| 1902 | Mathilde Wesendonk, German author and poet, dies at 73 |
| 1892 | George William Curtis, American Author |
| 1888 | Mary Ann Nicholls, a 42-year-old prostitute, was found stabbed to death in London, 1st of at least five murders by Jack the Ripper |
| 1885 | Dubose Heyward, U.S. writer (Porgy-Mamba's daughters), dies |
| 1879 | William Barber, 6th U.S. chief engraver (1844-79), dies |
| 1875 | Oskar Peschel, German geographer (Physicist Erdkunde), dies at 49 |
| 1873 | Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, Governor-General (Dutch East Indies), dies at 70 |
| 1867 | [Pierre-]Charles Baudelaire, French poet (Journaux Intimes), dies at 46 |
| 1867 | Charles Baudelaire, French Poet |
| 1864 | Ferdinand Lassalle, French politician (ADA), dies at 39 |
| 1862 | George William Taylor, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle |
| 1862 | Ignaz Assmayer, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1837 | Henri Klimrath, French lawyer (Etude sur lesson costumes), dies at 30 |
| 1832 | Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer, dies at 53 |
| 1805 | Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer, dies at 95 |
| 1795 | Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 68 |
| 1688 | John Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author (Pilgrim's Progress), dies |
| 1667 | Johann Rist, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1638 | John Ward, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1631 | Nicolaus Erich, composer, dies at 43 |
| 1616 | Gemignano Capilupi, composer, dies at 43 |
| 1604 | Giovanale Ancina, composer, dies at 58 |
| 1590 | Floris Thin, politician/land advocate of Utrecht, dies |
| 1422 | Henry V, King of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19), dies |
| 1240 | Raymundus Nonnatus, found Mercedariers (protect pregnant women), dies |
| 1218 | Al-Malik ab-Adil/Saphadin/Saif al-Din, brother of Saladin, dies |
| 1158 | Sancho III, King of Castilie, dies |
| 1057 | Leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies |
