| 2002 | Chaim Potok, writer, The Chosen, dies at 73 |
| 2002 | Leo McKern, actor, Rumpole of the Bailey, dies at 82 |
| 2002 | William Pierce, American Celebrity |
| 2001 | Eudora Welty, writer, The Optimist's Daughter, dies at 92 |
| 1999 | King Hassan II, Moroccan Royalty |
| 1998 | John Hopkins, writer for film, television, edited screenplay 'Thunderball', television show 'Play for Today', dies in Woodland Hills, California |
| 1997 | Andrew Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versage), commits suicide |
| 1996 | Aliki Vougiouklaki, actress (Madalena), dies at 63 |
| 1996 | Jessica Lucy Mitford, author, dies at 78 |
| 1996 | John Corner, scientist, dies at 80 |
| 1995 | Bob Rundick, poet/DJ, dies at 52 |
| 1995 | Floyd McDaniel, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 80 |
| 1994 | Aad Ivens, Dutch checkers player, dies at 80 |
| 1994 | Hans J. Salter, Australia/US composer (Deanna-Durbin musicals), dies at 98 |
| 1994 | Henry William Collins, artist, dies at 84 |
| 1993 | Jordan, father of Michael Jordan, murdered |
| 1992 | Arletty, French actress (Hotel, Longest Day), dies at 94 |
| 1992 | Maxine Audley, British actress (Vikings, Our Man in Havana), dies at 69 |
| 1991 | Billie Carlyle |
| 1990 | Georges Flamant, actor (La Chienne), dies in Paris at 86 |
| 1990 | Joe Turner, jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82 |
| 1990 | Robert Sommer, singer, dies of liver failure at 42 |
| 1986 | Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, composer, dies at 73 |
| 1985 | Kay Kyser, bandleader (Kay Kyser's Kollege), dies at 79 |
| 1984 | Lloyd Gough, actor (Black Bart, Tolsa), dies of aortic aneurism at 77 |
| 1983 | Georges Auric, French composer (It Always Rains on Sunday), dies at 84 |
| 1982 | Vic Morrow, actor (Cimmaron), killed during "Twilight Zone" at 53 |
| 1979 | Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31 |
| 1977 | Rene de Vos, Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79 |
| 1976 | Wilhelmina Von Bremen, 4X100 relay sprinter, Gold Medal 1932 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1932 Olympics, dies at 64 |
| 1974 | Mary Forbes, actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90 |
| 1973 | Eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, dies at 82 |
| 1973 | Marius-Franeois Gaillard, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1971 | Van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60 |
| 1969 | Deli Floyd, writer, dies |
| 1968 | Don Lillis, NFL president for the New York Jets |
| 1968 | Henry Hallett Dale, physiologist, dies |
| 1966 | Donald Novis, singer and actor (Pajama Game), dies at 60 |
| 1966 | Douglass Montgomery, actor (Forbidden, Daybreak), dies at 56 |
| 1966 | [Edward] Montgomery Clift, actor (From Here to Eternity), dies at 45 |
| 1966 | Montgomery Clift, American Actor |
| 1964 | Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74 |
| 1961 | Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma and Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75 |
| 1957 | G Tomasi di Lampedusa, writer, dies at 61 |
| 1955 | Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Un soir de joie), dies at 55 |
| 1955 | Cordell Hull, statesman, dies |
| 1955 | Harry Haden, actor (Harry-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 73 |
| 1951 | Henri Philippe Petain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies |
| 1951 | Robert Joseph Flaherty, documentary film maker, dies |
| 1951 | Robert J. Flaherty, Director |
| 1948 | D[avid] W[ark] Griffith, U.S. director/producer, dies |
| 1948 | D. W. Griffith, American Director |
| 1946 | James Maxton, politician, dies |
| 1944 | Bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp |
| 1944 | Helmuth J von Moltke, German earl (July 20th plotter), executed |
| 1944 | Max HHR Nettlau, Austrian historian (Der Anarchismus), dies at 79 |
| 1943 | Emanuel Querido, publisher (Sobibor), dies |
| 1943 | Meijer de Hond, Emanuel Querido, rabbi (Sobibor), dies |
| 1942 | Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet/communist, executed at 32 |
| 1933 | Max Schillings, German composer and conductor (Mona Lisa), dies at 65 |
| 1932 | Alberto Santos Dumont, Brazilian Aviator |
| 1930 | Glenn Hammond Curtiss, aviation pioneer/airplane builder, dies at 52 |
| 1927 | Saad Zaghlul, Egyptian parliament chairman, dies at 74 |
| 1916 | William Ramsey, chemist, dies |
| 1909 | Ernest F Cambier, Bel colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies at 65 |
| 1909 | Zygmunt Noskowski, composer, dies at 63 |
| 1905 | Jean-Jacques, painter, dies |
| 1904 | John Simon, public health pioneer, dies |
| 1885 | Ulysses S Grant, 18th U.S. president, dies in Mount McGregor, New York, at 63 |
| 1885 | Ulysses S. Grant, American President |
| 1878 | Miguel Hilarion Eslava y Elizondo, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1875 | Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63 |
| 1866 | Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer, dies at 83 |
| 1844 | Christian Gobrecht, 4th U.S. chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office |
| 1840 | Frantisek Max Knize, composer, dies at 55 |
| 1829 | Wojciech Boguslawski, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1816 | Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68 |
| 1803 | Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered |
| 1793 | Thomas Mckean, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 72 |
| 1757 | Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (La Silvia), dies at 71 |
| 1690 | Richard Gibson, minature painter, dies |
| 1685 | Pietro Reggio, composer, dies at 53 |
| 1645 | Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov, dies |
| 1581 | Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies |
| 1568 | Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23 |
| 1562 | Gottfried/Gotz von Berlichingen, German Knight of kingdom, dies |
| 1403 | Henry Percy, Harry Hotspur, killed in battle at 39 |
| 1373 | Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies |
| 945 | Richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies |
