| 2007 | Dan Fogelberg, dies in Deer Isle, Maine, of prostate cancer, at 56 |
| 2004 | Agnes Martin, Canadian Artist |
| 2003 | Jenifer Estess, activist/producer, founded Project A.L.S, dies at 40 |
| 2003 | Madlyn Rhue, actress, Star Trek, dies at 69 |
| 2001 | Roy Brocksmith, character actor, Picket Fences, dies at 56 |
| 1998 | William Gaddis, American Novelist |
| 1997 | Nicolette Larson, singer (Lotta Love), dies from brain seizure at 45 |
| 1997 | Richard Warwick, actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If), dies at 52 |
| 1996 | Jean-Pierre Levy, resistance leader, dies at 85 |
| 1996 | Joe Coral, bookmaker, dies at 92 |
| 1996 | Quentin Bell, artist author/teacher, dies at 86 |
| 1995 | Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher, dies at 85 |
| 1994 | Mary Durack, poet, author, historian, dies at 81 |
| 1994 | Samuel Lipman, music critic, dies at 60 |
| 1993 | Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46 |
| 1993 | Kakuei Tanaka, premier of Japan (1972-74), dies at 75 |
| 1993 | Moses Gunn, actor (Roots), dies of asthma at 64 |
| 1993 | Ratu Penaia Ganilau, president of Fiji (1987-93), dies at 75 |
| 1993 | Richard AFM Auwerda, Dutch journalist and writer (Volkskrant), dies at 68 |
| 1992 | Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at 80 |
| 1992 | Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies |
| 1991 | Fred D Scott, actor (2 Gun Troubador), dies |
| 1989 | Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies |
| 1989 | Lee Van Cleef, U.S. actor (Good, Bad and Ugly), dies at 64 |
| 1989 | Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice), dies at 59 |
| 1987 | Albert P. Morano, Representative-R-Connecticut, 1951 - 1959, dies at 79 |
| 1985 | Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief, shot dead at a New York City restaurant |
| 1983 | Kusan Sunim, found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74 |
| 1982 | Anthony C B Chapman, England, formula 1 racer, dies at 54 |
| 1982 | Colin Chapman, English Inventor |
| 1980 | Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90 |
| 1980 | Colonel Sanders, also known as Harland Sanders, American Celebrity |
| 1978 | Blanche Calloway, U.S. singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76 |
| 1976 | George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies |
| 1974 | Kostas Varnalis, writer, dies |
| 1965 | William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91 |
| 1965 | W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright |
| 1961 | Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61 |
| 1961 | Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano singer/primadonna, dies at 93 |
| 1960 | Anna Luther, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at 63 |
| 1950 | Otto Vrieslander, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1949 | Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed |
| 1945 | Fumimaro Konu, Japanese prince/Prime Minister 1937 - 1939, 1940 - 1941, commits harakiri |
| 1940 | M Eugene F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies |
| 1940 | William Wallace, composer, dies at 80 |
| 1935 | Thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies of 30 |
| 1931 | Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bruges, dies at 82 |
| 1928 | Elinor Wylie, American Poet |
| 1927 | Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88 |
| 1923 | Pongrac Kacsoh, composer, dies at 50 |
| 1922 | Eliezer Ben-Jehuda, Perelmann, Latvia/Palestinian writer, dies at 67 |
| 1922 | Gabriel Narutowicz, 1st President of Poland (Dec 7-16, 1922), assassinated |
| 1921 | Charles Camille Saint-Saens, French composer, dies at 86 |
| 1920 | Ma, the Benovelent, Chinese muslim rebel (holy war), dies |
| 1916 | Grigori Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, murdered |
| 1914 | Ivan Zajc, conductor, composer, opened doors for 20th century achievements in Croatian music, wrote opera, La Tirolese, 1855, dies at 82 in Zagreb, Croatia |
| 1897 | Alphonse Daudet, writer, dies at 57 |
| 1897 | L-M Alphonse Daudet, Frans writer (Tartarin sur les Alpes), dies at 57 |
| 1874 | Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 |
| 1871 | Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73 |
| 1870 | Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31 |
| 1863 | John Buford, American Soldier |
| 1861 | Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1859 | Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73 |
| 1858 | Richard Bright, British Dr. (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69 |
| 1852 | Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59 |
| 1852 | Henri-Jean Rigel, composer, dies at 80 |
| 1833 | Friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55 |
| 1821 | Claire E J, countess the Remusat/Vergennes/author (Salon), dies at 41 |
| 1816 | Vincenzo Galeotti, Tomazelli, Italian dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 |
| 1790 | Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38 |
| 1783 | Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84 |
| 1781 | Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 |
| 1774 | Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 |
| 1719 | Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78 |
| 1673 | Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68 |
| 1672 | John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 |
| 1670 | Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies |
| 1404 | Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74 |
| 999 | Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 |
| 882 | John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies |
| 875 | Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 |
| 714 | Pippin II, of Heristal, Duke/prince of France, dies |
