| 2003 | Paul Simon, Senator-D-Illinois 1985 - 1997, died following heart surgery |
| 1997 | Tamara Geva, dancer, dies at 91 |
| 1996 | Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, politician, dies at 87 |
| 1996 | Alain Poher, French President of European Parliament (1966-69), dies |
| 1996 | Anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist, dies at 84 |
| 1996 | Faron Young, country singer, commits suicide at 64 |
| 1996 | Ivor Roberts-Jones, sculptor, dies at 83 |
| 1996 | Raphael Samuel, historian, dies at 32 |
| 1996 | Mary Leakey, British Scientist |
| 1995 | Benny Lee, entertainer, dies at 84 |
| 1995 | Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (aviator), dies |
| 1995 | Hugh Armstrong Clegg, industrial relations academic, dies at 75 |
| 1995 | Toni Cade Bambara, filmmaker, dies at 56 |
| 1995 | Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician, dies at 40 |
| 1995 | Vivian Blaine, actress (Guys and Dolls), dies of heart failure at 74 |
| 1994 | Garnet Silk, Jamaican raggae-singer, dies at 28 |
| 1994 | Kim II Sung, President of North Korea (1945-94), dies at 82 |
| 1994 | Maureen Cox Starkey, ex-wife of Ringo, dies of Leukemia at 48 |
| 1994 | Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician, dies at 85 |
| 1993 | Danny Blanchflower, North Ireland soccer/union coach, dies at 67 |
| 1993 | Muhammad Reza Golpayegani, ayatollah of Iran, dies |
| 1992 | Carl Barger, baseball President (Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins), dies at 62 |
| 1992 | Vincent Gardenia, actor (All in the Family, LA Law), dies at 71 |
| 1990 | Mike Mazurski, wrestler/actor (Centerfold Girls), dies at 80 |
| 1988 | Roy Orbison, rocker (Pretty Woman), dies of a heart attack at 52 |
| 1983 | David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53 |
| 1982 | Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87 |
| 1982 | Joey Forman, actor (Sid Caesar Show, Joey Bishop Show), dies at 53 |
| 1982 | Leon Jaworski, special prosecutor (Watergate), dies at 77 |
| 1982 | Paul Godwin, [Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violist, dies at 80 |
| 1982 | Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist, dies at 55 |
| 1979 | Fulton J. Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in New York City at 84 |
| 1977 | Clarice Lispector, writer, dies |
| 1976 | Nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71 |
| 1975 | William A Wellman, U.S. director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79 |
| 1974 | Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1971 | Ralph J Bunche, United Nations delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in New York City |
| 1971 | Ralph Bunche, American Diplomat |
| 1970 | Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65 |
| 1966 | Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1965 | Branch Rickey, American Athlete |
| 1964 | Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77 |
| 1964 | Edith Sitwell, British Poet |
| 1963 | Philibert Schmitz, Belgium, historian (Order of St. Benoat), dies at 75 |
| 1959 | Kurt Klaber, writer, dies |
| 1959 | Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47 |
| 1957 | Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies |
| 1956 | Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59 |
| 1944 | Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28 |
| 1941 | Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61 |
| 1940 | Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle |
| 1925 | Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81 |
| 1924 | Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70 |
| 1916 | P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73 |
| 1905 | Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 66 |
| 1893 | George Elvey, composer, dies at 77 |
| 1827 | Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90 |
| 1819 | Ann C Coleman, fiancee of President Buchanan, commits suicide |
| 1814 | Jose Angel Lamas, composer, dies at 39 |
| 1770 | Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer, dies at 80 |
| 1767 | Benedetto Alfieri, Italian architect (San Giovanni Battista), dies |
| 1706 | Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 |
| 1674 | Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English Prime Minister 1660 - 1667, dies at 65 |
| 1669 | Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Italian Pope 1667 - 1669, dies |
| 1641 | Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42 |
| 1636 | Giovanni B Aleotti, Italian writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 |
| 1625 | Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 |
| 1565 | Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 |
| 1437 | Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 |
| 1292 | Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies |
| 1165 | Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 |
