| 2008 | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, dies in Vlodrop, Netherlands, alert in yoga posture, at 90 |
| 2005 | Gnassingbe Eyadema, Togolese Statesman |
| 2004 | John Hench, American Artist |
| 2000 | Todd Karns, actor/theater director and founder, It's a Wonderful Life, dies at 79 |
| 1998 | Tim Kelly, guitarist, dies at 34 |
| 1997 | John Richard Patterson, businessman, dies at 51 |
| 1997 | Pamela Harriman, U.S. Ambassador to France, dies of stroke at 76 |
| 1996 | Antonio Ruiz Soler, spanish dancer, dies at 74 |
| 1996 | Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor, dies at 86 |
| 1996 | Peter Pooley, broadcaster, dies at 84 |
| 1996 | W R Lee, language teacher, dies at 84 |
| 1995 | Courtenay E Benson, broadcaster, dies at 79 |
| 1995 | Doug Mcclure, U.S. rodeo rider/actor (Trampas-Virginian), dies at 59 |
| 1995 | Frederick Craig Riddle, violist, dies at 82 |
| 1995 | Judith Fluks, Amsterdam's activist, dies |
| 1994 | Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at 63 |
| 1994 | Hermann Abs, German banker to Hitler and Adenauer, dies at 92 |
| 1994 | Kenneth "Buddy" Scott, blues guitarist/Singer, dies at 59 |
| 1993 | Joseph L Mankiewicz, U.S. writer and director (All about Eve), dies at 83 |
| 1993 | Tip Tipping, Tim, stuntman, dies in sky-diving accident at 34 |
| 1992 | Donald Zimmerman, editor, dies |
| 1992 | Laura Liddell, actress (Shakespeare Wallah), dies at 83 |
| 1991 | Dean Jagger, U.S. actor (Mr Novak, Rawhide, Oscar), dies at about 87 |
| 1991 | Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit, dies at 83 |
| 1989 | Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51 |
| 1983 | Derk Roemers, Dutch union leader/politician (soc dem), dies at 67 |
| 1982 | Dolores Moran, actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 56 |
| 1982 | Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader, commits suicide |
| 1982 | Wies [Aloisius CA] Moens, Flemish writer/nazi, dies at 84 |
| 1981 | Barend Barendse, Dutch sportscaster, dies at 73 |
| 1981 | Kuda Bux, Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), dies at 75 |
| 1978 | Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Omzien), dies at 83 |
| 1978 | Frans van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist, dies at 68 |
| 1977 | Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67 |
| 1976 | Roger Livesey, actor (Drum, Vice Versa, Col Blimp), dies at 69 |
| 1973 | George Morrison, dies at 82 |
| 1973 | L C William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral |
| 1972 | Marianne Moore, U.S. poet (Pulitzer 1951), dies at 84 |
| 1971 | Matyas Rakosi, Hungarian premier (1952..56), dies at 78 |
| 1969 | Thelma Ritter, actress (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 63 |
| 1968 | Luckey Roberts, composer, dies at 80 |
| 1968 | Nick Adams, actor (Johnny Yuma-Rebel), dies at 36 |
| 1967 | Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87 |
| 1966 | Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist (ober Ideenflucht), dies at 84 |
| 1965 | Irving Bacon, actor (Fort Ti, Petticoat Fever), dies at 71 |
| 1962 | Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at 71 |
| 1961 | Anthony G de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73 |
| 1960 | Rudolf Nelson, composer, dies at 81 |
| 1959 | Gwili Andre, actress (No Other Woman, Roar of the Dragon), dies |
| 1958 | Henry M Tomlinson, British writer (Under red ensign), dies at 84 |
| 1956 | Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74 |
| 1954 | Vittorio Gnecchi, composer, dies at 77 |
| 1949 | Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer, dies at 50 |
| 1948 | Johann Blaskowitz, German General (surrendered at Wageningen), dies at 64 |
| 1947 | Ganzefles, Dutch nazi spy/Jews hunter, executed |
| 1947 | Hans Fallada, writer, dies at 53 |
| 1946 | George Arliss, actor and writer (Dr. Syn, Voltaire), dies at 77 |
| 1944 | Robert E Park, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at 79 |
| 1943 | Wim Gertenbach, Dutch resistance fighter (Slogan), shot by Nazis |
| 1937 | Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at 75 |
| 1929 | Siegfried Ochs, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1927 | Hazrat Inayat Khan, Clergyman |
| 1926 | Andre Gedalge, composer, dies at 69 |
| 1924 | Alexis Hollander, composer, dies at 83 |
| 1922 | Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer general, dies at 67 |
| 1922 | James William Tate, composer, dies at 46 |
| 1922 | Christiaan Rudolf de Wet, South African Politician |
| 1919 | Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher and writer, dies at 62 |
| 1917 | Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 |
| 1911 | Petrus A Cronje, Transvaal Boer general, dies |
| 1907 | Ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45 |
| 1897 | Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42 |
| 1888 | Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49 |
| 1881 | Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 |
| 1867 | Salomon Munk, published Arabic edition of Maimounides, dies |
| 1838 | Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1831 | John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29 |
| 1825 | Pierre Gaveaux, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1822 | Ali Pasha of Janina, (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77 |
| 1812 | Franz Schneider, composer, dies at 74 |
| 1807 | Pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, dies at 80 |
| 1758 | Bernhard Christian Weber, composer, dies at 45 |
| 1754 | Nicolaas S Cruquius, hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75 |
| 1745 | Coelestin Praelisauer, composer, dies at 49 |
| 1738 | Georg Reidel, composer, dies at 61 |
| 1721 | James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 |
| 1705 | Jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37 |
| 1685 | Charles II, king of England (1660-85)/Nell Gwynns lover, dies at 54? |
| 1679 | Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 |
| 1658 | Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52 |
| 1591 | Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies |
| 1578 | Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies |