| 2007 | George Smathers, dies in Florida, of a stroke, at 93 |
| 2003 | Al Hirschfeld, Broadway cartoonist, dies at 99 |
| 2003 | Nedra Volz, actress, Diff'rent Strokes, dies at 94 |
| 2003 | Craig Kelly, American Athlete |
| 1999 | Susan Strasberg, actress/writer, original Anne in Broadway's The Diary of Anne Frank, dies at 60 |
| 1998 | Zevulun Hammer, Vice Prime Minister of Israel, dies |
| 1997 | Curt Flood, centerfielder (Cards), dies of throat cancer at 59 |
| 1997 | Edith Haisman, the oldest survivor of Titanic, dies at 100 |
| 1997 | Vladimir Yamnikov, owner (Kristall vodka), dies of cirrhosis at 56 |
| 1996 | Buster Benton, singer and guitarist, dies at 63 |
| 1996 | David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick, dies at 61 |
| 1996 | Ellis Hillman, politician, dies at 68 |
| 1996 | Gerald Joseph Mulligan, baritone saxophonist/composer, dies at 68 |
| 1996 | Liesbeth Askonas, concert agent, dies at 83 |
| 1996 | Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic, dies at 85 |
| 1996 | Sidney Korshak, lawyer, dies at 87 |
| 1995 | John Halas, Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), dies at 81 |
| 1995 | Mehdi Bazargan, director Iranian oil corp/premier (1979), dies at 86 |
| 1995 | Robert Shaw, town Planner, dies at 81 |
| 1994 | Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan vice-president (1963-66), dies at about 81 |
| 1994 | Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United), dies at 84 |
| 1993 | Audrey Hepburn, actress (Roman Holiday), dies of colon cancer at 63 |
| 1993 | Joseph Anthony [Deuster], U.S. director/actor (Rainmaker), dies at 80 |
| 1993 | Mercer McCleod, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 86 |
| 1992 | Muhammad Abd al-Khaliq Hassuna, Secretary-General of Arab League (1952-72), dies |
| 1992 | Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of El Salvador, dies |
| 1991 | Bill Riordon, U.S. tennis promotor (Jimmy Connors), dies |
| 1991 | Louis Seigner, actor (Eclipse, Special Section), dies in a fire at 87 |
| 1990 | Barbara Stanwyck, Ruby Stevens, actress (Big Valley), dies at 82 |
| 1990 | Miloslav Istvan, composer, dies at 61 |
| 1990 | Naruhito Higashi-Kuni, Japanese Prime Minister 1945, dies |
| 1989 | Beatrice Lillie, actress (Thoroughly Modern Millie), dies at 94 |
| 1988 | Philippe de Rothschild, Bordeaux Vineyard manager, dies in Paris at 86 |
| 1985 | Jo Juda, Dutch musician, dies at 75 |
| 1984 | Johnny Weissmuller, U.S. swimmer, 5 Gold Medals 1924, 1928 Olympics, dies at 79 |
| 1975 | Franz Andre, Belgian conductor, dies at 81 |
| 1974 | Edmund Blunden, British poet/critic, dies at 77 |
| 1973 | Amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered 51 |
| 1971 | Gilbert M Anderson, actor (1st Movie Cowboy), dies at 88 |
| 1970 | George M. Humphrey, American Lawyer |
| 1970 | George Humphrey, American Lawyer |
| 1965 | Alan Freed, DJ (Big Beat), dies at 42 |
| 1962 | Robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at 75 |
| 1960 | Matt Moore, actor (Deluge, Coquette), dies at 72 |
| 1959 | Carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang), shot to death at 31 |
| 1957 | James Connolly, 1st Olympic winner (1896) since Barasdates (369 CE), dies |
| 1952 | Arthur Farwell, composer, dies at 74 |
| 1949 | Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 |
| 1948 | Mahatma Gandhi, India's pacifist, assassinated |
| 1943 | Giacomo Benvenuti, composer, dies at 57 |
| 1936 | George V, King of Britain (1910-36), dies at 70 |
| 1914 | Emil Liebling, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1914 | Henry Southwick Perkins, composer, dies at 80 |
| 1905 | Stanislaw Pilinski, composer, dies at 65 |
| 1900 | John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81 |
| 1900 | Richard D Blackmore, English novelist (Lorna Doone), dies at 74 |
| 1896 | Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37 |
| 1891 | David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies |
| 1890 | Franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86 |
| 1882 | John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies |
| 1867 | Nathaniel Parker Willis, American Author |
| 1862 | Felix Zollicoffer, General killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines |
| 1859 | B vs. Arnim, writer, dies at 73 |
| 1859 | Bettina Brentano, composer, dies at 73 |
| 1857 | Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 |
| 1838 | Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1837 | John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 |
| 1830 | Michal Bogdanowicz, composer, dies at 50 |
| 1819 | Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808), dies at 70 |
| 1813 | C M Wieland, writer, dies at 79 |
| 1813 | Christoph Martin Wieland, German Poet |
| 1798 | Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66 |
| 1789 | Johann Christoph Oley, composer, dies at 50 |
| 1779 | John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 |
| 1745 | Charles VII Albert, German emperor (1742-45), dies at 47 |
| 1727 | John van Bylevelt, Catholic apostole, dies |
| 1713 | Pavao Vitezovic, Croatian historian, dies |
| 1691 | Christian de Placker, composer, dies at 77 |
| 1666 | Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64 |
| 1639 | Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies |
| 1612 | Rudolf II von Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies at 59 |
| 1569 | Miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80 |
| 1479 | John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 |
| 882 | Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies |
| 842 | Theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies |
| 820 | Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies |
| 250 | Fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies |