| 2007 | Molly Ivins, died in Austin, Texas, of inflammatory breast cancer, at 62 |
| 2001 | Gordon R. Dickson, writer, The Dragon and the George, dies at 77 |
| 2000 | Gil Kane, American Artist |
| 1997 | Eve Lister, actress and singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), dies at 84 |
| 1996 | Gustave Solomon, mathematician, dies at 65 |
| 1995 | George Abbott, playwright/actor/producer (Damn Yankees), dies at 105 |
| 1995 | James Johnson, English MP (Labour, 1950..83), dies at 86 |
| 1994 | Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81 |
| 1992 | Mel Hein, NFLer (New York Giants), dies at 82 |
| 1992 | Wim van Heumen, field hockey coach (Netherlands), dies at 63 |
| 1989 | Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80 |
| 1989 | Yasushi Akutagawa, composer, dies at 63 |
| 1989 | William Stephenson, Canadian Soldier |
| 1987 | Yves Allegret, French director (Such a lovely tiny beach), dies at 79 |
| 1980 | J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 and 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies |
| 1974 | Glenn Morris, olympian/actor (Tarzan's Revenge), dies at 61 |
| 1974 | Harry Baum, actor (Crime and Punishment), dies at 58 |
| 1974 | Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter (Flandre), dies at 72 |
| 1974 | Roger Pryor, actor (Lady by Choice), dies at 72 |
| 1974 | Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91 |
| 1973 | Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77 |
| 1972 | Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51 |
| 1972 | Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79 |
| 1972 | Istvan Szelenyi, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1970 | Slim Harpo, James Moore, rocker, dies at 28 |
| 1969 | Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer, dies at 77 |
| 1967 | Chief Thundercloud, actor (Ambush, Colt 45, Typhoon), dies at 100 |
| 1967 | Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at 86 |
| 1966 | Elizabeth Patterson, actress (Tall Story), dies at 90 |
| 1960 | Lowell Gilmore, actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at 53 |
| 1956 | A. A. Milne, English Author |
| 1955 | John R Mott, U.S. theologist/founder (YMCA, Nobel 1946), dies at 89 |
| 1954 | Edwin H Armstrong, U.S. radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63 |
| 1954 | Florence Bates, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama), dies at 65 |
| 1949 | Henri de Vries, Hendricus Walterop, actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84 |
| 1945 | Eddie Slovik, 1st U.S. executed for desertion since Civil War at 25 |
| 1944 | Jean Giraudoux, French Dramatist |
| 1940 | Rene "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56 |
| 1933 | John Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65 |
| 1925 | George Washington Cable, American Novelist |
| 1922 | Heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56 |
| 1919 | Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79 |
| 1892 | Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman |
| 1891 | Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75 |
| 1864 | Hamilton Rowan Gamble, U.S. judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies |
| 1861 | Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 |
| 1828 | Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35 |
| 1788 | Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 |
| 1788 | Francesco Zannetti, composer, dies at 50 |
| 1788 | [Bonnie Prince] Charles E Stuart, English pretender, dies at 67 |
| 1606 | Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35 |
| 1580 | Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies |
| 1561 | Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies |
