| 1998 | Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79 |
| 1998 | Michael Tippett, British composer (Royal Col of Music), dies at 93 |
| 1997 | Edward Osobka-Morawski, prime minister of Poland (1945-47), dies |
| 1997 | Junaidu ibn Buhari, scholar, dies at 90 |
| 1996 | Fearless Mary Nadia Wadia, actress, dies at 88 |
| 1996 | Kurt Schmucker, German RFA minister of Economy (1963-66), dies |
| 1996 | Michael Lynn Synar, politician, dies at 45 |
| 1995 | Peter Cook, English comic/actor (Peter n' Dud, Bedazzled), dies at 57 |
| 1995 | Souphanouvong, Red Prince, president of Laos 1975 - 1987, dies at 85 |
| 1994 | Silas Hogan, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 82 |
| 1993 | Alois Brunner, German/Syrian commandant of KZ-Lower Drancy, dies |
| 1993 | Felix Grucci, fireworks expert, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 87 |
| 1992 | Steve Brodie, actor (Desperate, Bodyguard), dies of cancer at 72 |
| 1992 | William JF "Bill" Naughton, Irish/British playwright (Alfie), dies at 81 |
| 1987 | Arthur Lake, actor (Dagwood-Blondie), dies at 81 |
| 1985 | Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies |
| 1984 | Wolfgang Staudte, German director (Ciske de Rat), dies at 77 |
| 1982 | Paul Lynde, actor (Bye Bye Birdie, Bewitched), dies at 55 |
| 1981 | Kazimierz Serocki, composer, dies at 58 |
| 1979 | Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80 |
| 1979 | Sara Carter, vocalist and guitarist (Carter Family), dies at 80 |
| 1978 | Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies |
| 1977 | Alexey Kozlovsky, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1977 | Hal Sawyer, TV host (Sawyer Views Hollywood), dies at 62 |
| 1975 | John Slater, actor (Deadlock, 3 on a Spree), dies at 58 |
| 1975 | Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent), dies at 77 |
| 1972 | Ted Shawn, U.S. dancer, dies at 80 |
| 1969 | Ladislav Vycpalek, composer, dies at 86 |
| 1968 | Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Olympic-bronze-1964), commits suicide |
| 1968 | Louis-Franeois-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera), dies at 90 |
| 1966 | Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68 |
| 1964 | Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80 |
| 1962 | LeRoy B Shield, U.S. pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 |
| 1959 | Paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1958 | Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies |
| 1957 | Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83 |
| 1953 | Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89 |
| 1949 | Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1947 | Karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53 |
| 1947 | Lambertus Zijl, sculptor (Merchant Exchange-Amsterdam), dies at 80 |
| 1946 | Countee Cullen, U.S. poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies at 42 |
| 1943 | Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain), dies at 53 |
| 1941 | Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies |
| 1939 | Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72 |
| 1936 | John Gilbert, actor (Love, Downstairs), dies at 40 |
| 1931 | Claude Anet [Jean Schopfer], French writer (La fille perdue), dies |
| 1930 | Edward W. Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66 |
| 1929 | Heiner Muller, writer, dies |
| 1927 | Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist, dies at 71 |
| 1923 | Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand/British writer (Dove's Nest), dies at 34 |
| 1911 | Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57 |
| 1908 | Abraham Goldfaden, U.S. Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67 |
| 1908 | Wilhelm Busch, writer, dies |
| 1902 | Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/Interior minister, dies at 66 |
| 1893 | Mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle and is eaten |
| 1886 | Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer, dies at 73 |
| 1879 | Don Joaquin BF Espartero, Field Marshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 |
| 1878 | Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 |
| 1863 | Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1858 | Anson Jones, American Public Servant |
| 1854 | Filippo Traetta, Philip Trajetta, Italian composer, dies at 77 |
| 1853 | Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75 |
| 1849 | Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83 |
| 1843 | Caroline Herschel, "1st lady of astronomy", dies at 98 in Germany |
| 1828 | Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot (Neder-Rhijn), dies at 83 |
| 1798 | Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea earl of Aranda, Spanish officer, dies at 79 |
| 1679 | Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45 |
| 1677 | Aernout "Aert" van der Neer, cartoonist/landscape painter, dies at 73 |
| 1514 | Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian, dies at 36 |
| 1499 | Johan Cicero, elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43 |
