| 2007 | Tom Snyder, dies in San Francisco, at 71, of complications with leukemia |
| 2006 | Jim Olin, Representative-D-Virginia 1983 - 1993, died at age 86 |
| 2002 | Ron Walotsky, fantasy artist, dies at 59 |
| 2000 | Dr. Rene Favaloro, doctor, invented heart by-pass surgery, dies at 77 |
| 2000 | Richard Kerry, American Diplomat |
| 1998 | Jerome Robbins, choreographer, West Side Story, dies at 79 |
| 1996 | Aruna Asaf Ali, politician, dies at 88 |
| 1994 | Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, chemist (B-12, Nobel 1964), dies at 78 |
| 1994 | Francisco Veguillas, Spanish general, murdered at 68 |
| 1994 | John Bayard Britton, abortion doctor, killed by Paul Hill |
| 1993 | AJA Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer, dies at 78 |
| 1992 | Tavio Amorin, Togolese politician, murdered |
| 1990 | Bruno Kreisky, union chancellor Austria, dies |
| 1988 | Ellin Berlin, MacKay, Mrs. Irving Berlin, dies at 86 |
| 1985 | James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at 69 |
| 1984 | Fred Waring, orchestra leader (Fred Waring Show), dies at 84 |
| 1984 | Woodrow Parfey, actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack |
| 1983 | David Niven, actor (Rugues), dies in Switzerland at 73 |
| 1983 | J B Charles, Willem Nagel, Dutch criminologist/writer, dies at 83 |
| 1983 | Luis Bunuel, director (Monk), dies of cirrhosis of liver at 83 |
| 1983 | Raymond Massey, actor (Dr. Kildare), dies of pneumonia at 86 |
| 1982 | Cor[nelis R J] Kieboom, resistor/President Feyenoord, dies at 81 |
| 1982 | Harold Sakata, actor (Kenji-Sarge), dies at 62 |
| 1982 | Richard N Gale, English general/paracommandant, dies at 86 |
| 1980 | Jan Tausinger, composer, dies at 58 |
| 1979 | Herbert Marcuse, philosopher (Eros and Civilization), dies at 81 |
| 1978 | Wesley La Violette, composer, dies at 84 |
| 1975 | James [Benjamin] Blish, sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54 |
| 1974 | Cass Elliot, singer (Mamas and Papas), chokes to death in London at 32 |
| 1974 | Erich Kastner, writer, dies at 75 |
| 1973 | Eileen Percy, silent film actress (Wicked, Backstage), dies at 72 |
| 1970 | John G B Barbirolli, English conductor/composer, dies at 70 |
| 1970 | Jonel Perlea, composer, dies at 69 |
| 1966 | Pal Jardanyi, composer, dies at 44 |
| 1966 | Edward Gordon Craig, British Actor |
| 1963 | Dorian Le Gallienne, composer, dies at 48 |
| 1962 | Ronald Fisher, English Mathematician |
| 1960 | Richard Simon, co-founder (Simon and Shuster), dies |
| 1958 | Charles O'Malley, actor in silent westerns (Iron Horse), dies at 61 |
| 1956 | Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (Study of Graves), dies at 83 |
| 1946 | Gertrude Stein, American Author |
| 1941 | James Stephenson, actor (Sea Hawk, River's End), dies at 52 |
| 1933 | Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer, dies at 73 |
| 1930 | Alexander von Fielitz, composer, dies at 69 |
| 1922 | Edward Gailliard, Flemish language/archaeologist, dies at 81 |
| 1913 | Tobias MC Asser, lawyer (Nobel 1911), dies |
| 1911 | Oscar Carre, circus director, dies at 64 |
| 1906 | Alexandre Luigini, composer, dies at 56 |
| 1900 | Umberto I, Italian King (1878-1900) assassinated by Gaetano Bresci |
| 1897 | Joost G Kist, lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97), dies at 74 |
| 1890 | Vincent Van Gogh, painter, dies in Auvers, France |
| 1886 | Adolf Muller, composer, dies at 84 |
| 1886 | Solomon Gazfried, rabbi/author (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch), dies |
| 1867 | Charles Anthon, American Writer |
| 1863 | Edward Needle Kirk, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 35 |
| 1859 | Auguste Mathieu Panseron, composer, dies at 63 |
| 1857 | Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54 |
| 1856 | Robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46 |
| 1844 | Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, composer, dies at 53 |
| 1838 | Jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66 |
| 1833 | William Wilberforce, English Politician |
| 1825 | Micah Hawkins, composer, dies at 48 |
| 1808 | Selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies |
| 1797 | Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48 |
| 1786 | Franz Asplmayr, composer, dies at 58 |
| 1669 | Christopher Simpson, composer, dies |
| 1649 | David Teniers I, Flemish painter (altaar stukken), dies |
| 1644 | Urban VIII, Maffeo Barberini, Pope (1623-44), dies |
| 1632 | Samuel Ampzing, vicar/poet (Biblical Treasures), dies |
| 1596 | Jacobus Latomus, Flemish poet (Psalms/Jeremias) dies at about 84 |
| 1573 | Spanish prince of Eboli, dies |
| 1164 | Olaf, King of Norway, dies |
| 1108 | Philip I, co-king of France (1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56 |
| 1099 | Urban II, Odo van Lagery, French Pope (1088-99), dies |
| 1095 | Ladislaus I Arpad de Heilige, King of Hungary, dies |
| 1030 | Olaf Haraldsson, King of Norway, dies in battle of Stiklestad |
