| 2000 | Meredith MacRae, actress, Petticoat Junction, dies at 56 |
| 2000 | Mark Oliphant, Australian Scientist |
| 1996 | Frederick Angus Armstrong, journalist, dies at 82 |
| 1996 | Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge, physicist, dies at 91 |
| 1995 | Michael Naylor, insurance broker, dies at 59 |
| 1994 | Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist, commits suicide |
| 1994 | Robert Jungk, German/French/Us/Austrian philosopher/historian, dies |
| 1994 | Taeko Kuwata, Japanese/Belgian pianist, commits suicide |
| 1993 | Leo Ferre, French singer/composer (Mon General), dies at 76 |
| 1993 | Robert Strong |
| 1991 | Nic van Bridges, Flemish poet, dies |
| 1991 | Rita Marechal, actress (Good During Only During), dies |
| 1990 | Dallas Alinder, dies |
| 1990 | Philip Leacock, dies of collapsed lungs at 73 |
| 1986 | Raymond Loewy, U.S. industrial designer, dies at 92 |
| 1984 | Al Schacht, [Clown prince of baseball], baseball player, dies at 91 |
| 1984 | Kenny Delmar, comedian (School House), dies at 74 |
| 1984 | Philippe Wynne, U.S. soul singer (I'll Be Around), dies at 43 |
| 1982 | George Amadee Tremblay, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1979 | George De Witt, TV host (Name that Tune), dies at 56 |
| 1975 | Zutty Singleton, U.S. jazz drummer, dies at 77 |
| 1974 | Carl A Spaats, 1st chief of staff of USAF, dies at 83 |
| 1974 | Henri Smajda, Tunis/French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77 |
| 1973 | Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car |
| 1970 | Preston S Foster, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69 |
| 1968 | Konstatin G Paustovski, Russian sailor/author, dies at 76 |
| 1968 | Westbrook Van Voorhis, announcer (March of Time), dies at 64 |
| 1965 | Adlai Stevenson, U.S. ambassador to UN/president candidate (D, 1952, 56), dies |
| 1965 | Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician |
| 1963 | Sivananda, Indian Scientist |
| 1963 | Gerald Vann, British Theologian |
| 1959 | Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79 |
| 1958 | Abdoel Illah, crown prince of Iraq, murdered |
| 1958 | Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58), assassinated at Baghdad |
| 1958 | Franciscus J Feron, vicar-general of Roermond, dies at 62 |
| 1958 | Noeri el-Said, premier of Iraq, murdered |
| 1956 | Jaroslav Ridky, composer, dies at 58 |
| 1954 | Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87 |
| 1943 | Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor, dies at 74% |
| 1942 | Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Netherlands/French/Belgian painter's model, dies |
| 1923 | Louis Ganne, composer, dies at 61 |
| 1908 | William Mason, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1904 | S J Paul Kruger, general/president South Africa (1883-1904), dies at 78 |
| 1904 | Anton Chekhov, Russian Dramatist |
| 1902 | Mark M Antokolski, Russian/French sculptor, dies at 58 |
| 1895 | Alexander Ewing, composer, dies at 65 |
| 1873 | Ferdinand David, Dutch violinist and composer, dies at 63 |
| 1830 | Anthony FRE Haersolte, member of Executing Regime, dies at 73 |
| 1817 | G de Stael, writer, dies at 51 |
| 1817 | Anne Louise Germaine de Stael, Swiss Author |
| 1816 | Francisco AG de Miranda, Venezuela freedom fighter, dies at 66 |
| 1812 | Christian G Heyne, German archaeologist, dies at 82 |
| 1803 | Esteban Salas y Castro, composer, dies |
| 1793 | Jacques Cathelineau, French royalist, dies in battle at 44 |
| 1788 | Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1779 | George Ross, U.S. judge/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 49 |
| 1770 | David 't Kindt, Flemish architect (Mammelokker, Ghent), dies at 71 |
| 1762 | Cornelis Hop, Amsterdams regent/diplomat, dies at 77 |
| 1744 | Immanuel J Pyra, German poet (Temple of True Poetry), dies at 28 |
| 1711 | Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange/(Nassau-Dietz), drowns at 23 |
| 1614 | Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64 |
| 1298 | Jacob de Voragine, Italian bishop/writer (Golden Legend), dies |
| 1223 | Philippe II Augustus, King of France (1180-1223), dies at 57 |
