| 2002 | Astrid Lindgren, writer, Pippi Longstocking, dies at 94 |
| 1997 | James Colin Ross Welch, journalist, dies at 72 |
| 1997 | Pietro Cavallero, bandit, dies at 68 |
| 1996 | Burne Hogarth, strip-cartoon artist, dies at 84 |
| 1996 | Dan Duva, boxing promoter, dies at 44 |
| 1996 | Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman), dies at 81 |
| 1996 | John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur, dies at 81 |
| 1996 | Joseph Brodsky, poet, dies at 55 |
| 1996 | Or San Yu, president of Burma in (1981-88), dies |
| 1996 | U San Yu, soldier/politician, dies at 77 |
| 1996 | Victor "Toby" Neuberg, teacher/writer, dies at 71 |
| 1995 | George Woodcock, author, dies at 82 |
| 1995 | James P Grant, U.S. director of UNICEF (1980-95), dies at 72 |
| 1995 | Philip H Burton, Welsh producer/Richard Burton's teacher, dies at 80 |
| 1995 | Walter Ernest Allen, writer/critic, dies at 83 |
| 1994 | Hal Smith, actor (Otis Campbell-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 77 |
| 1994 | Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 79 |
| 1994 | William Levitt, builder (Levittown), dies of kidney failure at 86 |
| 1993 | Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96 |
| 1993 | John Steadman, actor (Gator, Fade to Black), dies of lung ailment 83 |
| 1992 | Clark Tippet, dancer/choreographer, dies at 37 |
| 1992 | Nahman Avigad, Isr archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem), dies at 86 |
| 1991 | Dale Long, hit home runs in 8 consecutive games, dies at 66 |
| 1991 | Harold Grange, American Athlete |
| 1986 | Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster |
| 1986 | Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Major USAF/Astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster |
| 1986 | Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster |
| 1986 | Judith Arlene Resnik, Akron Oh, astr, dies in Challenger disaster |
| 1986 | Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Commander USN, astr, dies in Challenger |
| 1986 | Ronald E McNair, Lake City SC, astr, dies in Challenger disaster |
| 1984 | John Macvane, newscaster (United or Not), dies at 71 |
| 1983 | Billy Fury, actor (That'll Be the Day), dies at 42 of heart failure |
| 1980 | Jimmy Durante, New York City, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86 |
| 1977 | Burt Mustin, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show), dies at 92 |
| 1975 | Antonin Novotny, Czechoslovakian president (1957-68), dies at 70 |
| 1974 | Dino Buzzati, writer, dies at 67 |
| 1973 | John Banner, actor (Schultz-Hogan's Heroes), dies on 62nd birthday |
| 1972 | Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66 |
| 1967 | Stanley Coen, cricket (2 Tests for S Af, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies |
| 1965 | Jef van Durme, composer, dies at 57 |
| 1965 | Johan Fiolet, Dutch actor and director, dies at 63 |
| 1965 | Tich Freeman, cricket (3776 FC wickets leg-spin, 304 in 1928), dies |
| 1963 | Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday |
| 1960 | Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54 |
| 1960 | Zora Neale Hurston, American Dramatist |
| 1959 | Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73 |
| 1959 | Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer, dies at 85 |
| 1957 | Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88 |
| 1949 | Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1947 | Reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1947 | Morris Raphael Cohen, Russian Philosopher |
| 1945 | Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37 |
| 1942 | Pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61 |
| 1939 | William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73 |
| 1938 | Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28 |
| 1935 | Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, dies at 75 |
| 1933 | Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus], German classicist/writer, dies at 80 |
| 1932 | Franz Xavier Arens, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1930 | Clarence Skelton Wimble, cricket (score pair in Test for S Af), dies |
| 1924 | Simon Abramsz, Dutch writer (Artist book), dies at 56 |
| 1918 | John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies |
| 1910 | Jose Garcia Robles, composer, dies at 74 |
| 1903 | Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer, dies at 55 |
| 1903 | Jean Robert Planquette, composer, dies at 54 |
| 1898 | Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74 |
| 1896 | Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 |
| 1895 | Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85 |
| 1873 | Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57 |
| 1869 | Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1868 | Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 |
| 1838 | Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 |
| 1829 | William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh |
| 1817 | Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 |
| 1813 | Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41 |
| 1810 | Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French and Bavarians, shot dead |
| 1805 | Mihaly Csokonai Vitez, Hungarian (stage)poet (Dorottya), dies at 31 |
| 1782 | Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84 |
| 1768 | John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44 |
| 1754 | Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69 |
| 1725 | Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 |
| 1687 | Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday |
| 1621 | Paulus V, Camillo Borghese, 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68 |
| 1612 | Thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies |
| 1606 | Carolus Gallus, Karel de Haan, Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at 85 |
| 1596 | Francis Drake, English Soldier |
| 1595 | Francis Drake, English pirate (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50 |
| 1560 | John a Lasco, John Laski, Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies |
| 1549 | Elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80 |
| 1547 | Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55 |
| 1528 | Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies |
| 1393 | Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball |
| 1256 | Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22 |
| 1119 | Gelasius II, Giovannis Caetani, pope (1118-19), dies |
| 814 | Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 |
