| 2008 | Heath Ledger, dies in New York City, toxic combination of prescription drugs, at 28 |
| 2007 | Abbe Pierre, dies in Paris, France, following a lung infection, at 94 |
| 2005 | Rose Mary Woods, American Celebrity |
| 2004 | Ann Miller, dancer, Kiss Me Kate, dies at 84 |
| 2003 | Bill Mauldin, cartoonist, Willie and Joe, dies at 81 |
| 2002 | Stanley Marcus, American Businessman |
| 2000 | Craig Claiborne, food author, New York Times, dies at 79 |
| 1997 | Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist, dies at 73 |
| 1997 | Irwin Levine, composer (Tie a Yellow Ribbon), dies at 58 |
| 1997 | Mollie Panter-Downes, writer, dies at 90 |
| 1997 | Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster, dies at 66 |
| 1996 | Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert, dies at 77 |
| 1996 | Efua Theodore Sutherland, writer, dies at 71 |
| 1996 | Yisrael Eldad, extremist politician, dies at 85 |
| 1995 | Christopher Francis Palmer, orchestrator/Author, dies at 48 |
| 1995 | Mahmoud Sayed Selim, Egyptian moslim leader, shot to death at 29 |
| 1995 | Margaret Barbara Lambert, British historian (Saar), dies at 88 |
| 1995 | Nico Adriaans, founder of Rotterdam Junkiebond, dies of AIDS at 37 |
| 1995 | Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of President John F Kennedy, dies at 104 |
| 1995 | Rose Kennedy, American Author |
| 1994 | Frances Gifford, dies of emphysema, at 71 |
| 1994 | Irving B Kahn, inventer (teleprompter), dies at 76 |
| 1994 | Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor (La Ronde), dies at 83 |
| 1994 | Telly Savalas, actor (Kojak), dies of prostate cancer at 70 |
| 1993 | Alexander Bodon, Hungarian-Dutch architect (RAI, Dollywood), dies at 86 |
| 1993 | Charlie Gehringer, baseball player, dies at 89 |
| 1993 | Kobo Abe, Japanese writer (Wife in the Sand), dies at 68 |
| 1993 | Maria Vlamynck, Flemish author, dies at 75 |
| 1992 | A J Antoon, director (That Championship Season), dies at 47 |
| 1992 | Ali Amini, Prime Minister of Iran 1961 - 1962, dies |
| 1988 | Georgi M Malenkov, Russian premier (1953-55), dies at 86 |
| 1988 | Parker Fennelly, actor (Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm), dies at 96 |
| 1987 | R Budd Dwyer, Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference |
| 1982 | Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70), dies at 71 |
| 1981 | Fannie Thomas, U.S., dies at 113 |
| 1980 | Iris Meredith, actress (Lawless Land, Gambling Terror), dies at 64 |
| 1979 | Ali Hassan Salameh, Abu Hassan, killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes |
| 1976 | Charles Reznikoff, American Poet |
| 1975 | Klaas Voskuil, Dutch journalist, dies at 79 |
| 1974 | Leon Lontoc, actor (Henry-Burke's Law), dies at 64 |
| 1973 | Lyndon B Johnson, president (1963-69), dies at his Texas ranch at 64 |
| 1973 | Lyndon B. Johnson, American President |
| 1969 | Judy Garland, singer and actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at 48 of an overdose |
| 1968 | Duke Kahanamoku, 100m swimmer, 3 Gold Medals 1912, 1920, 1924 Olympics, dies at 77 |
| 1967 | Jobyna Ralston, actress (Wings, Girl Shy, Freshman), dies at 66 |
| 1966 | Herbert Marshall, actor (Dark Angel, Duel in the Sun), dies at 75 |
| 1964 | Marc Blitzstein, U.S. composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at 58 |
| 1959 | A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73 |
| 1956 | P A M Speet, Dutch broadcast CEO (KRO), dies |
| 1952 | Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies at 52 |
| 1951 | Eastwood Lane, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1950 | Alan Hale, actor (Little John-Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 57 |
| 1945 | A Wolfenstein, writer, dies at 61 |
| 1945 | Carlo Felice Boghen, composer, dies a day before 76th birthday |
| 1945 | Else Lasker-Schuler, writer, dies at 48 |
| 1945 | Johan Eykman, theologist (World Church), dies at 52 |
| 1942 | Reimond Tollenaere, leader Flemishch National Front, dies at 81 |
| 1942 | Walter Richard Sickert, British painter (Free House!), dies at 81 |
| 1936 | Louis Glass, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1924 | Maurice du Plessys, French poet (Le Feu Sacre), dies at 59 |
| 1923 | Max Nordau, Sudfeld, German physician/zionists leader, dies at 73 |
| 1922 | Benedictus XV, Giacomo Markies D Chiesa, pope (1914-22), dies at 67 |
| 1916 | Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63 |
| 1914 | Frederik Rung, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1913 | Ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliographer, dies at 82 |
| 1909 | Richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83 |
| 1901 | Victoria, Alexandrine, Britain's Queen (1837-1901), dies at 81 |
| 1895 | Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39 |
| 1893 | Vincenz Lachner, composer, dies at 81 |
| 1890 | Francis Bowen, American Philosopher |
| 1879 | Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle |
| 1879 | George Shepstone, British political affiliate, dies in battle |
| 1868 | Moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61 |
| 1852 | George Rodwell, composer, dies at 51 |
| 1850 | Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54 |
| 1847 | Georges-Julien Sieber, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1799 | Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist/alpinist, dies at 58 |
| 1798 | Lewis Morris, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 71 |
| 1798 | Matija A Reljkovic, Croatian writer (Satire of Wild Man), dies at 66 |
| 1796 | Bernhard Hupfeld, composer, dies at 78 |
| 1781 | Johann Siebenkas, composer, dies at 66 |
| 1700 | Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer, dies at 39 |
| 1640 | Erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55 |
| 1599 | Cristofano Malvezzi, composer, dies at 51 |
| 1581 | Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer, dies |
| 1581 | Seerp Galama, Dutch nobleman/military/politician, dies at 52 |
| 1552 | Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, beheaded for treason |
| 1531 | Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter, dies at 44 |
| 1336 | Louis III, last Earl of Loon, dies |
