| 2004 | "Paul ""Red"" Adair", Oil well fire expert, Hellfighters, dies at 88 |
| 2004 | Bernard Levin, English Journalist |
| 2001 | Maureen Reagan, speaker/activist, dies at 60 |
| 1999 | Brion James, actor, Blade Runner, dies at 54 |
| 1997 | Douglas Gray, archivist, dies at 74 |
| 1997 | Vincent Gulliver, Britain's oldest man, dies at 109 |
| 1996 | Anne Kristen, actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr. Finlay), dies at 59 |
| 1996 | Gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer, dies at 76 |
| 1996 | Peter Winter, naval commander, dies at 78 |
| 1995 | Brigid Brophy, novelist/campaigner, dies at 66 |
| 1995 | Tom Scott, poet/editor, dies at 77 |
| 1994 | Robert Hutton, [Winne], U.S. actor (Rocket), dies at 74 |
| 1993 | Kelly Ahrendt, 1st NYer to die of rabies in 40 years, dies at 14 |
| 1993 | Roy Budd, English jazz pianist/composer (Paper Tiger), dies at 46 |
| 1992 | Francisco Fernandez Ordonez, British foreign Minister to Spain (1985-92), dies |
| 1992 | John Anderson, actor (MacGyver), dies of heart attack at 69 |
| 1992 | Titti Sotto, Cuban composer (La Esquina Habanera), dies |
| 1991 | Billy James, comedian/singer (Women at Play, Lusty Business), dies |
| 1991 | Shapur Bahktiar, Prime Minister of Iran 1979, assassinated |
| 1991 | Shotzie, Cincinnati Red dog mascot, dies at 9 |
| 1990 | Eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88 |
| 1989 | Mickey Leland, Representative-D-Texas 1979 - 1989, and 15 others die in plane crash in Ethiopia |
| 1987 | Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon, dies at 87 |
| 1987 | Nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan (1957-60), dies at 90 |
| 1985 | Grayson Hall, actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58 |
| 1984 | Esther Phillips, U.S. singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at 48 |
| 1978 | Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1976 | Cecil Weston, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86 |
| 1976 | Murvyn Vye, actor (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 63 |
| 1972 | Joi Lansing, actress (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 44 of cancer |
| 1970 | ... Haley, U.S. judge, shot dead |
| 1970 | James McClain, U.S. black activist, shot dead |
| 1970 | Jonathan P Jackson, U.S. black activist, shot dead |
| 1970 | William Christmas, U.S. black activist, shot dead |
| 1969 | Joseph Kosma, composer, dies at 63 |
| 1969 | Russ Morgan, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 65 |
| 1967 | Max Branch, music/radio commentator, dies at 75 |
| 1967 | Max Tak, Dutch violinist and radio commentator, dies at 75 |
| 1962 | Morris Louis, U.S. painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49 |
| 1960 | Vaino Hannikainen, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1959 | Armas Emmanuel Launis, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1957 | Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel and Hardy, dies at 65 |
| 1943 | Gustav Schmidt, German Lieutenant-General, dies in battle |
| 1942 | Richard Gott, British gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43 |
| 1941 | Radindranath Tagore, Indian philosopher/poet/writer, dies at 80 |
| 1941 | Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet |
| 1938 | Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russian director (S Method), dies at 75 |
| 1931 | Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist (In Mist), dies at 29 |
| 1928 | Alphonse MAJ Ariens, Dutch RC pastor/social worker, dies at 68 |
| 1924 | Camille Zeckwer, composer, dies at 49 |
| 1923 | Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89 |
| 1921 | Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40 |
| 1916 | Charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36 |
| 1914 | Boleslaw Dembinski, composer, dies at 81 |
| 1913 | David Popper, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1893 | Alfredo Catalani, composer, dies at 39 |
| 1885 | Antony EJ Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46 |
| 1867 | Ira F Aldridge, U.S. actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63 |
| 1848 | Freiherr Jons J Berzelius, Swedish chemist (atomic weight), dies at 68 |
| 1846 | Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76 |
| 1816 | Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77 |
| 1799 | John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58 |
| 1798 | Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65 |
| 1786 | Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49 |
| 1712 | Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48 |
| 1657 | Robert Blake, English Admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57 |
| 1616 | Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies |
| 1609 | Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1547 | Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies |
| 1106 | Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 |
| 1033 | Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine |
