| 2003 | Hartley William Shawcross, British Lawyer |
| 2003 | Winston Graham, English Novelist |
| 2002 | John Wallach, journalist/humanitarian, dies at 59 |
| 2000 | Justin Pierce, actor, Kids, dies at 25 |
| 1996 | Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman, dies at 79 |
| 1995 | Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74 |
| 1994 | Earl Strum, referee (NBA), dies of brain cancer at 66 |
| 1994 | Otto Bonsema, soccer star/trainer (GVAV, Veendam), dies at 84 |
| 1993 | Masugi Ibuse, Japanese author (Kuroi ame (Black rain)), dies at 95 |
| 1993 | Ruth Krauss, author (Carrot Seed), dies at 91 |
| 1991 | Gerome Ragal, author (Hair), dies of cancer at 48 |
| 1990 | Irene Champlin, dies after long illness at 59 |
| 1989 | Mel Blanc, cartoon voice (Warner Bros cartoons), dies at 81 |
| 1989 | Thomas E "Tommy" Trinder, English comic (Bitter Springs), dies at 80 |
| 1988 | Errol John, playwright, dies at 63 |
| 1987 | John Hammond, Jazz reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76 |
| 1985 | Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered |
| 1983 | Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82 |
| 1982 | Gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79 |
| 1982 | Maria Jeritza, Jedlicka, Australia/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies |
| 1979 | Arthur Fiedler, orchestra leader (Boston Pops), dies at 84 |
| 1978 | Michel Gusikoff, composer, dies at 85 |
| 1977 | Norman Paris, orchestra leader (For Your Pleasure), dies at 41 |
| 1975 | Achiel H van Acker, Belgian premier (1945-46, 1954-58), dies at 77 |
| 1971 | Harry M O'Connor, dies of pneumonia at 98 |
| 1971 | Mohamed Madbouh, Moroccan general/putschist, shot to death |
| 1967 | Albertine Sarrazin, French author (La Traversiere), dies at 29 |
| 1965 | Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Le cavalier seul), dies at 66 |
| 1963 | John Sutton, actor (Of Human Bondage), dies of heart attack at 54 |
| 1957 | Sholem Asch, Polish/Israeli writer (East River), dies at 77 |
| 1955 | Henry W. Methorst, Dutch director (Central Bureau of Statistic), dies |
| 1953 | Sidney Homer, composer, dies at 88 |
| 1952 | Rued Immanuel Langgaard, composer, dies at 58 |
| 1945 | Robert Goddard, Rocket pioneer, dies |
| 1943 | Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1941 | Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56 |
| 1941 | Jelly Roll Morton, American Musician |
| 1940 | Donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64 |
| 1937 | Attilio Brugnoli, composer, dies at 56 |
| 1937 | Johan[nes] B Schepers, Fries writer (Braga), dies at 71 |
| 1927 | Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State Vice President, assassinated |
| 1924 | Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor-General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), dies at 73 |
| 1920 | Eugenie M de Montijo y de Guzman, Emperor of France, dies at 94 |
| 1920 | John A "Jacky" Kilverston, Admiral/designer (dreadnought), dies at 79 |
| 1915 | Hendrik W. Mesdag, painter (Panorama Mesdag), dies |
| 1910 | Johann G Galle, German discoverer of Neptune by telescope, dies |
| 1909 | Flooi Du Toit, cricket leg-spinner (Test for South Africa 1892), dies |
| 1908 | Eliza Laurillard, vicar/poet/writer, dies at 78 |
| 1902 | Albert FA, king of Saxon (1873-1902), dies at 74 |
| 1891 | Pedro A de Alarcon, Spanish editor-in-chief (El Latigo), dies at 58 |
| 1888 | Rafael Hernando, composer, dies at 66 |
| 1884 | Paul Charles Morphy, U.S. lawyer/chess wizard, dies at 47 |
| 1868 | Carlo Conti, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1863 | Clement Clarke Moore, ('Twas the Night Before Xmas), dies at 83 |
| 1863 | Paul Jones Semmes, U.S. businessman/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 48 |
| 1851 | Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre, French painter (daguerreotypie), dies |
| 1851 | Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, French Artist |
| 1839 | Fernando Joseph Maria Sor, composer, dies at 61 |
| 1838 | Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43 |
| 1762 | Johann F Gronovius, physician/botany, dies at 76 |
| 1692 | Bridget Bishop, 1st Salem witch hanged |
| 1690 | Domenico Gabrielli, composer, dies at 39 |
| 1690 | Jan van Brakel, Dutch vice Admiral (Chatham), dies in battle at 48 |
| 1686 | Ercole Ferrata, Italian sculptor/restauranteur, dies at 76 |
| 1668 | Adam-Nicolas Gascon, composer, dies at 45 |
| 1594 | Paulo Bellasio, composer, dies at 40 |
| 1584 | Willem I "the Silent", Willem of Orange, earl of Nassau, dies at 51 |
| 1573 | Willem van Bronkhorst, Brattenburg/Stein/army leader, dies |
| 1559 | Henry II, King of France (1547-59), dies |
| 1535 | Jacob Van Campen, Reconstruction bishop, beheaded |
| 1480 | Rene, last heir of house of Anjou, dies |
| 1103 | Erik I Ejegod, the good hearted, King of Denmark (1095-1103), dies |
| 1086 | Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered |
| 983 | Benedict VI, Italian Pope (974-83), dies |
| 518 | Anastasius I Dikoros, Dyrrhachium/Durazzo, Byzantine emperor, dies |
| 138 | Publius A Hadrianus, Roman emperor (117-138), dies |
