| 2008 | Tony Snow, dies in Washington, D.C., of colon cancer, at 53 |
| 1996 | Andrew Rodger Waterson, scholar Naturalist, dies at 84 |
| 1996 | Gottfried von Einem, composer, dies at 78 |
| 1996 | John Boon, publisher, dies at 79 |
| 1996 | John Chancellor, news anchor (VOA, NBC), dies at 68 |
| 1996 | John William Chancellor, journalist, dies at 68 |
| 1996 | Jonathan Melvoin, keyboardist (Smashing Pumpkins), dies of heorin OD |
| 1996 | William Darling, journalist, dies at 73 |
| 1995 | Alan David Marks, pianist/composer, dies at 49 |
| 1995 | Earl Coleman, singer, dies at 69 |
| 1995 | Ernie Furtado, bassist, dies at 72 |
| 1995 | Michael Clegg, naturalist/broadcaster, dies at 62 |
| 1994 | David Malcolm Lewis, expert in Greek Epigraphy, dies at 56 |
| 1994 | Henk Terlingen, radio/TV-host (Sport in Image), dies at 52 |
| 1994 | James Bysse Joll, historian, dies at 76 |
| 1993 | Gusti Huber, Mother of Bibi Besch, dies of heart failure at 78 |
| 1993 | Lily van Lugt Melsert, actress (Tomorrow will be better), dies at 91 |
| 1992 | Albert Pierrepont, last British executioner (433 men/17 women), dies |
| 1992 | Reginald Beck, English film editor (Robbery, Accident, Boom), dies |
| 1990 | Richard R Briggs, dies after short illness at 71 |
| 1988 | Joshua Logan, Broadway producer, dies at 79 of palsy |
| 1988 | Raymond W. Goldsmith, U.S. economist, dies at 83 |
| 1983 | Chris Wood, rocker (Traffic), dies at 39 |
| 1982 | Kenneth More, British actor (Genevieve), dies of Parkinson disease at 67 |
| 1981 | Ben Seijes, historian (WW II), dies at 73 |
| 1980 | John W. Davis, President (WV State college), dies at 92 |
| 1979 | Kalervo Tuukkanen, composer, dies at 69 |
| 1979 | Minnie Ripperton, Andrea Davis, singer (Lovin' You), dies at 30 |
| 1977 | Ed Holmes, actor (Growing Paynes, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 66 |
| 1977 | Frantisek Suchy, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1976 | Ted Mack, TV host (Original Amateur Hour), dies at 72 |
| 1976 | James Wong Howe, Chinese Director |
| 1973 | Lon Chaney, Jr., actor (Wolfman), dies after long illness at 66 |
| 1966 | D T Suzuki, Zen Buddhism scholar, dies in Tokyo, Japan at 96 |
| 1956 | Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23), dies at 80 |
| 1953 | Joseph Jongen, Belgian composer, dies at 79 |
| 1953 | Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1935 | Alfred Dreyfus, French officier (Dreyfus Affair), dies |
| 1933 | Willem H Drucker, lawyer, dies at 45 |
| 1929 | Robert Henri, U.S. painter (The Eight), dies at 63 |
| 1926 | Charles Wood, composer, dies at 40 |
| 1917 | Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies |
| 1916 | Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture, dies at 52 |
| 1906 | Henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1902 | Pieter Caland, Dutch hydraulic engineer (New Waterway), dies at 74 |
| 1899 | Esquire Mauritius A de Savornin Lohman, Governor of Suriname, dies at 67 |
| 1898 | Paul Voulet, French captain/mass murderer in Senegal, dies |
| 1897 | Felix Godefroid, composer, dies at 78 |
| 1883 | Hermann Zopff, composer, dies at 57 |
| 1882 | Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer, dies at 44 |
| 1874 | Fritz Reuter, writer, dies at 63 |
| 1849 | Dolley Madison, wife of the 4th President of the United States, James Madison, First Lady of the United States, 1809 - 1817, acted as First Lady for Thomas Jefferson, portrait appears on United States Mint 1/2 ounce $10 gold coins, died at age 81 in Washington, D.C. |
| 1844 | Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63 |
| 1839 | Christian Traugott Tag, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1804 | Alexander Hamilton, Sect of Treasury, dies in pistol duel |
| 1773 | Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer, dies at 76 |
| 1742 | Evaristo EF dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer, dies on 67th birthday |
| 1733 | Ann-Therese de Marguent de Lambert, French marquess/author, dies at 86 |
| 1712 | Richard Cromwell, English Lord Protector (1658-59), dies at 85 |
| 1640 | Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies |
| 1633 | Simon Besler, composer, dies at 49 |
| 1575 | Renee/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies |
| 1545 | Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies |
| 1536 | Desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies |
| 1450 | Jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI |
| 1429 | John [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65 |
| 1073 | Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies |
| 783 | Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies |
