| 2005 | Jef Raskin, American Scientist |
| 2004 | Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian Statesman |
| 2002 | Lawrence Tierney, actor/businessman, Dillinger, dies at 81 |
| 1999 | Jose Quintero, director, founded the Circle in the Square company, dies at 75 |
| 1999 | Michael Angelo Avallone, writer, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., novelization, dies at 73 |
| 1998 | J T Walsh, actor (Good Morning Vietnam), dies at 54 |
| 1998 | Shirley Ardell Mason, psychological study, "Subject of Sybil, a best-seller on multiple-personality disorder", dies at 75 |
| 1998 | Theodore William Schultz, American Economist |
| 1997 | David Doyle, TV actor (Charlie's Angels) |
| 1997 | Giuseppe 'Nuccio' Bertone, car Designer, dies at 82 |
| 1996 | Audrey Angers, charity pioneer |
| 1996 | Daniel John Chapman Cunningham, physiologist, dies at 76 |
| 1994 | Avery Fisher, U.S. audio manufacturer (1st hi-fi), dies at 87 |
| 1994 | Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austrian social philosopher, dies at 84 |
| 1994 | William "Bill" M Hicks, comedian, dies at 32 |
| 1994 | Bill Hicks, American Comedian |
| 1993 | Constance Ford, U.S. actress (Another World, Burden Hunt), dies at 64 |
| 1993 | Fletcher Knebel, author (7 Days in May), commits suicide at 81 |
| 1993 | Mark Kolthoff, Dutch painter/photographer, dies at 92 |
| 1992 | Gerrit Schulte, "Crazy Cyclist", Dutch 6-days bicyclist, dies at 76 |
| 1992 | Jean R Yawkey, owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of a stroke at 83 |
| 1990 | Cornell Gunther, U.S. musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at 53 |
| 1990 | Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher, head of Cambridge Buddhist Association, dies |
| 1990 | Scott Jarvis, musician (Great Expectationa), dies |
| 1982 | Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45 |
| 1981 | FC Terborgh, Reijnier Flaes, lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79 |
| 1981 | Howard Hanson, U.S. composer and conductor (Nordic), dies at 84 |
| 1981 | Munabi, assistant to Uganda president Obote, murdered |
| 1977 | Bukka White, rocker, dies at 43 |
| 1977 | Maxime Jacob, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1973 | Mary Finney, actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68 |
| 1972 | Tom Manders, Dutch cabaret artist (Dorus), dies at 50 |
| 1971 | Edward van der Merwe, cricket keeper (South Africa in 2 Tests in 30's), dies |
| 1971 | Fernandel, Contandin, French actor (Death of Champion), dies at 67 |
| 1971 | Joseph Desire Fernandel, comedian, dies of cancer at 67 |
| 1971 | Tullio Carminati, actor (Roman Holiday, Moulin Rouge), dies at 76 |
| 1970 | Ethel Leginska, composer, dies at 83 |
| 1969 | Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86 |
| 1969 | Levi Eshkol, Sjkolnik, premier (Israel), dies at 73 |
| 1968 | Eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55 |
| 1967 | Harry McNaughton, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 70 |
| 1966 | Minerva Urecal, actress (Peter Gunn, Adv of Tugboat Annie), dies at 71 |
| 1965 | Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist, dies of injuries |
| 1963 | Artturi A Leinonen, Fin journalist/politician (Prophet), dies at 74 |
| 1962 | Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer, dies at 83 |
| 1961 | Karl Albiker, German sculptor (Problem of the Plastic), dies at 83 |
| 1961 | Mohammed V, ibn Yusuf, sultan/King of Morocco, dies at 51 |
| 1960 | Aleksandar Belic, Swedish linguist, dies at 83 |
| 1959 | Lou Costello, actor (Abbott and Costello), dies at 52 |
| 1956 | Herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72 |
| 1956 | Elsie Janis, American Musician |
| 1954 | William R Inge, English theologist/philosopher, dies at 93 |
| 1954 | William R. Inge, English Clergyman |
| 1954 | William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman |
| 1954 | Dean Inge, English Author |
| 1953 | Elisabeth "Ilse" Kuyper, Dutch/US (opera)composer, dies |
| 1953 | Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/linguist (spelling), dies at 58 |
| 1950 | Harry Lauder (Maclennan), Scottish comic/singer, dies at about 75 |
| 1947 | Ben Webster, actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82 |
| 1941 | Jan Keizer, Zaanse February striker, shot to death |
| 1939 | E Fernandez Arbos, Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75 |
| 1933 | Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer and conductor, dies at 74 |
| 1931 | Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83 |
| 1930 | Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64 |
| 1926 | Frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67 |
| 1926 | Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1921 | Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81 |
| 1920 | Ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38 |
| 1913 | Felix Draeseke, composer, dies at 77 |
| 1911 | Sam Walter Foss, American Poet |
| 1909 | Caran d'Ache, Emmanuel Poire, French illustrator, dies |
| 1906 | Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1903 | Richard J Gatling, U.S. inventor (Gatling Gun), dies at 84 |
| 1901 | Chi-hsui, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded |
| 1901 | Hsu Cheng-yu, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded |
| 1871 | Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76 |
| 1859 | Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1857 | Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88 |
| 1827 | David Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1823 | John P Kemble, English actor and director (Covent Garden), dies at 66 |
| 1821 | Joseph de Maistre, French Diplomat |
| 1813 | Robert R Livingston, U.S. diplomat signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 66 |
| 1810 | Johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1770 | Francois Hanot, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1770 | Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer/violinist, dies at 77 |
| 1766 | August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer, dies at 30 |
| 1726 | Maximilian II M Emanuel, elect of Bavaria/governor of Netherlands, dies |
| 1686 | Godefroi L earl d'estrades, French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 78 |
| 1630 | William Brade, composer, dies |
| 1577 | Erik XIV Wasa, King of Sweden (1560-69), dies at 43 |
| 1561 | Diana, dies at 40 |
| 1538 | Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies |
| 1324 | Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies |
| 1266 | Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies |
| 1154 | Rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60 |
| 1076 | Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Netherlands-Lutherian, murdered |
