| 2005 | Rafik Hariri, Lebanese Statesman |
| 1996 | Bob Paisley, football manager, dies at 77 |
| 1996 | Caroline Blackwood, writer, dies at 64 |
| 1996 | Eva Hart, Titanic survivor, dies at 90 |
| 1996 | Ivan William Hannaford, sociologist, dies at 64 |
| 1995 | Alberto Burri, Italian physician/sculptor/painter, dies at 79 |
| 1995 | Ischa Meoer, journalist/critic/entertainer/interviewer, dies at 52 |
| 1995 | Michael Vincent Gazzo, U.S. actor and playwright (Godfather 2), dies at 71 |
| 1995 | Nigel Lucius Graeme Finch, TV Director/film-maker, dies at 45 |
| 1995 | Patricia Highsmith, writer, dies at 74 |
| 1995 | Roger de Grey, English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at 76 |
| 1995 | Siem Suurhoff, TV-director (Behind the News, Sonja), dies at 58 |
| 1995 | U Nu, Prime Minister of Burma 1948 - 1956, 1957 - 1958, 1960 - 1962, dies |
| 1994 | Christopher Lasch, author (Culture of Narcissism), dies at 61 |
| 1994 | Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer, dies at 47 |
| 1993 | Buddy Pepper, composer, dies of heart failure at 70 |
| 1992 | Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Biohazard), dies of cancer at 48 |
| 1992 | Jacob "Bob" de Uyl, journalist/author (Restless Travel), dies at 61 |
| 1992 | Roepie Kruize, hockey player (Olympic-bronze-48/silver-52), dies at 67 |
| 1991 | Arno Breker, German sculptor (Third Reich), dies at 90 |
| 1991 | John A McCone, Head of CIA (1961-65), dies |
| 1990 | Jean Wallace, Walasek, actress (Big Combo), dies of hemorrhage at 66 |
| 1988 | Frederick Loewe, U.S. composer (My Fair Lady), dies at 84 |
| 1987 | Bola Sete, guitarist, dies at 63 |
| 1987 | Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky, composer, dies at 82 |
| 1982 | Henk Schaer, Hendricus J M Schaareman, Dutch actor, dies at 79 |
| 1979 | Adolph Dubs, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, murdered |
| 1978 | Reginald Maudling, British Politician |
| 1975 | Heintje Davids, Hendrika David, Dutch cabaret artist, dies at 87 |
| 1975 | Julian S Huxley, English scholar/director-General (UNESCO), dies at 87 |
| 1975 | Pelham G Wodehouse, English/US writer (Piccadilly Jim), dies at 93 |
| 1972 | Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer and conductor (Dike), dies at 65 |
| 1969 | Vito Genovese, U.S. mafia chief, dies at 71 |
| 1969 | Wolfe Barzell, actor (Blue Angel), dies of heart attack at 72 |
| 1967 | James Schneider, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 85 |
| 1967 | Sig Ruman, actor (Schultz-Life With Luigi), dies at 82 |
| 1965 | Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht, French composer and conductor, dies at 84 |
| 1961 | Wallis Clark, actress (Easy Money), dies at 78 |
| 1960 | Sven R Lidman, Swedish writer (Tvedraktens Barn), dies at 77 |
| 1955 | Charles Cuvillier, composer, dies at 77 |
| 1950 | Eduard Hermann, German linguist (Homer), dies at 80 |
| 1950 | Karl G Jansky, Czechoslovakian discoverer of cosmic radio sources, dies at 44 |
| 1948 | Mordecai Brown, American Athlete |
| 1943 | David Hilbert, German mathematician (Hilbert Space), dies at 81 |
| 1943 | Frieda Reiss, French 11 month old baby, murdered in Auschwitz |
| 1937 | Erkki Gustav Melartin, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1916 | Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36 |
| 1908 | Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1901 | Edward John Hopkins, composer, dies at 82 |
| 1891 | William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Civil War general, dies at 71 |
| 1881 | Fernando Wood, American Politician |
| 1873 | Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer, dies at 52 |
| 1857 | Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 56 |
| 1857 | John B van Bree, violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 56 |
| 1846 | Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch supreme court justice, dies at 76 |
| 1841 | Antun Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 65 |
| 1831 | Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies |
| 1820 | Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42 |
| 1818 | John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician, dies at 61 |
| 1790 | Capel Bond, composer, dies at 59 |
| 1780 | William Blackstone, English lawyer, dies at 56 |
| 1779 | James Cook, Scottish explorer, killed in fracas with Hawaiian |
| 1760 | Francois Collin de Blamont, composer, dies at 69 |
| 1681 | Francesco Nigetti, composer, dies at 77 |
| 1571 | Benvenuto Cellini, Italian sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70 |
| 1571 | Odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Chatillon/count of Beauvais, dies at 53 |
| 1528 | Edzard I the Great, count of Austria-E Frisia (1494-1528), dies at 66 |
| 1405 | Timur/Tamerlan "Lenk", Crippled, Mongols monarch, dies at about 68 |
| 1400 | Richard II, king of England (1377-99), murdered at 33 |
| 869 | Cyrillus, Greek apostle of Slaves, dies |
