| 2009 | John Updike dies of lung cancer, at 76 |
| 2008 | Gordon B. Hinckley, dies in Salt Lake City, Utah, of natural causes, at 97 |
| 2006 | Johannes Rau, German Statesman |
| 2004 | Jack Paar, TV host, early Tonight Show host, dies at 85 |
| 2002 | Robert L. Chapman, lexicographer, Roget's Thesaurus, dies at 81 |
| 2001 | Andre Prevost, composer, professor, Officer of the Order of Canada, dies |
| 1997 | Cecil Lewis, airman/writer, dies at 98 |
| 1997 | Matthew Coady, journalist, dies at 73 |
| 1996 | Barbara Skelton, writer, dies at 79 |
| 1996 | John Patrick Sutton Ludlow, actor (Agatha), dies at 93 |
| 1996 | Julian Hill, research chemist, dies at 91 |
| 1996 | Olga Havlova, political activist, dies at 63 |
| 1996 | Ralph Webster Yarborough, politician, dies at 92 |
| 1996 | Tommy Mitchell, cricket (Derbyshire leg-spin, 5 Tests for Eng), dies |
| 1995 | Geoffrey Parsons, Australian/British pianist, dies at 65 |
| 1995 | Halsey S Colchester, British SAS/MI6-spy/priest, dies at 76 |
| 1995 | Jean Tardieu, author, dies at 91 |
| 1995 | Willem R "Wim" van der Zee, General-Secretary Council of Churches, dies at 64 |
| 1994 | Claude Akins, actor (Rio Bravo, Lobo), dies of cancer at 75 |
| 1994 | Eddie Calhoun, jazz Bassist, dies at 72 |
| 1994 | Joe Mays, actor (Mr Saturday Night), dies of AIDS at 44 |
| 1994 | Stanley Adams, songwriter, dies at 86 |
| 1993 | Andre "the Giant" Roussimoff, WWF wrestler, dies of heart attack at 49 |
| 1993 | Erik Mork, Danish actor (Europe), dies at 67 |
| 1993 | Edward P. Morgan, American Journalist |
| 1992 | Francesca Primus, columnist (Back Stage), dies at 45 |
| 1992 | Gene Harris, entertainer, dies after long illness |
| 1992 | Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, British actress (Eliza Dolittle), dies at 101 |
| 1990 | Helen Jerome Eddy, actress (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 92 |
| 1987 | Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist |
| 1986 | L Ron Hubbard, novelist/founder (Church of Scientology), dies at 74 |
| 1986 | Lilli Palmer, German actress (Boys from Brazil, Kinder), dies at 71 |
| 1984 | Lou Crosby, TV announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 72 |
| 1983 | Louis De Funes, actor and writer (Mad Adv of Rabbi Jacobs), dies at 68 |
| 1983 | Paul "Bear" Bryant, U.S. football coach (Alabama), dies at 69 |
| 1983 | Robert Christian, actor (Bustin' Loose), dies of cancer at 42 |
| 1982 | Iris Korn, actress (Widder-Palmerstown USA), dies at 60 |
| 1981 | Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58), dies at 78 |
| 1978 | Marguerite Canal, composer, dies at 87 |
| 1978 | Oscar Homolka, actor (7 Year Itch, Ball of Fire), dies at 79 |
| 1977 | Walter Baldwin, actor (Gay Amigo), dies at 88 |
| 1974 | Georgios Grivas, Greek gen/oppos leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at 75 |
| 1974 | Paula Ludwig, writer, dies at 74 |
| 1972 | Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60 |
| 1972 | Richard Courant, German/US mathematician, dies at 84 |
| 1970 | Ed Ford, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 72 |
| 1970 | Probir Sen, cricket (20 catch and 11 stumpings, 14 Tests for Ind), dies |
| 1969 | Charles Winninger, actor (Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 82 |
| 1969 | Hanns Jelinek, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1967 | Alphonse Juin, French marshal, dies at 78 |
| 1967 | Edward Higgins White II, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), dies at 36 |
| 1967 | Roger B Chaffee, astronaut, dies at 31 in Apollo I fire |
| 1967 | Virgil I (Gus) Grissom, astronaut, dies at 40 in Apollo I fire |
| 1965 | Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader, dies at 63 |
| 1964 | Lieb Glantz, composer, dies at 65 |
| 1963 | John Farrow, actor and director (Botany Bay), dies at 58 |
| 1956 | Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies |
| 1955 | Ernst Penzoldt, writer, dies |
| 1954 | Paul-Marie Masson, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1953 | Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/interpreter/linguist, dies at 58 |
| 1949 | Boris Asafiev, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1941 | Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer, dies at 90 |
| 1940 | Isaac Babel, Russian Journalist |
| 1928 | Marie Verstraete, actress (Frou-Frou/Nora), dies at 74 |
| 1922 | Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I Mala Voglia), dies at 81 |
| 1919 | Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (Margita elni akar), dies at 41 |
| 1904 | Adam Minchejmer, composer, dies at 73 |
| 1901 | Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (Rigoletto/Traviata/Aida), dies at 87 |
| 1893 | James G Blaine, U.S. minister of foreign affairs, dies at 62 |
| 1889 | Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist, dies at 65 |
| 1866 | John Gibson, sculptor, dies |
| 1864 | Franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59 |
| 1860 | Jano Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (parallel), dies at 57 |
| 1859 | Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 |
| 1858 | Gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49 |
| 1857 | Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 |
| 1851 | John James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65 |
| 1851 | Karl Moser, composer, dies at 77 |
| 1850 | J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85 |
| 1850 | Philipp Roth, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1816 | Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies |
| 1814 | Johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher, dies |
| 1814 | Philip Astley, theatre manager, dies |
| 1802 | Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer, dies at 42 |
| 1763 | John Theodor of Bavaria, prince-bishop of Liege/cardinal, dies |
| 1731 | Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italian piano builder, dies at 75 |
| 1699 | William Temple, statesman, dies |
| 1669 | Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter, dies at 87 |
| 1629 | Hieronymus Praetorius, composer, dies at 68 |
| 1625 | Adriaen Valerius, notary/Netherlands Gedenck-clanck, dies at about 49 |
| 1612 | Maarten van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 77 |
| 1565 | Robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies |
| 1540 | Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies |
| 1164 | Abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies |
| 847 | Sergius II, pope (844-47), dies |
| 672 | Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies |
| 661 | Ali ibn Abi Talib, the holiest meeting site of Islam, son-in-law, of prophet Muhammad, Muslim Sunni - Shi'a split occurred because Sunni's consider him 4th, last Rashidun, Shi'a's consider him first Imam, rightful successor to Muhammad, dies at age 62 |
| 98 | Marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67 |
