| 2005 | Gaylord Nelson, American Politician |
| 2001 | Mordecai Richler, writer, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, dies at 70 |
| 2000 | Harold Nicholas, dancer, the Nicholas Brothers, dies at 79 |
| 1998 | Danielle Berry, American Celebrity |
| 1996 | Raaj Kumar, film star, actor in Bollywood movies, famous for film 'Mother India', dies at 68 |
| 1995 | Albert Hardy, photographer, dies at 82 |
| 1995 | Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist, dies at 47 |
| 1995 | Gil Wolman, situationist, dies at 65 |
| 1994 | Harry Ebbeling, PC-corrector, dies at 54 |
| 1994 | Lewis A "Lew" Hoad, tennis star (Wimbledon 1953, 56), dies at 59 |
| 1994 | Pieter Hennipman, Dutch economist, dies at 85 |
| 1993 | "Curly" Joe DeRita, last of Three Stooges, dies of pneumonia at 83 |
| 1992 | Arline Bletcher, entertainer, dies of natural causes at 99 |
| 1992 | Marc Tannenbaum, rabbi (only Jew to attend Vatican II), dies at 66 |
| 1991 | Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77 |
| 1990 | Ludi Claire Hugo, entertainer, dies at 70 |
| 1990 | Maurice Girodias, French publisher, dies at 71 |
| 1989 | Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday |
| 1989 | Jim Backus, actor (Magoo, Gilligan's Island), dies at 76 of pneumonia |
| 1988 | Gabriel Dell, actor (Dead End Kids), dies of leukemia at 68 |
| 1987 | Viola Dana, actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90 |
| 1986 | Rudy Vallee, singer (Vagabond Dreams), dies at 84 |
| 1984 | Raoul Salan, French general/OAS leader (Algeria), dies at 85 |
| 1982 | Henry King, U.S. director (Song of Bernadette, Gunfighter), dies |
| 1981 | Ross Martin, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West), dies at 61 |
| 1978 | James Daly, actor (Medical Center), dies at 59 |
| 1977 | Hugh Le Caine, composer, dies at 63 |
| 1977 | Mohammed al-Zahaby, Egyptian minister, murdered |
| 1976 | Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train), dies at 58 |
| 1974 | John C Ransom, U.S. poet (World's Body), dies |
| 1973 | Charles Ancerl, Czechoslovakian conductor (Prague/Toronto), dies at 63 |
| 1973 | Laurens Hammond, American Inventor |
| 1972 | Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist, dies at 68 |
| 1971 | Jim Morrison, rock singer (Doors), dies of heart failure at 27 |
| 1971 | Ricci Riano, entertainer, dies after long illness at 71 |
| 1969 | Brian Jones, guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25 |
| 1969 | Hermann Grabner, composer, dies at 83 |
| 1967 | John Clark, actor (Last Day of the War), dies at 50 |
| 1966 | Andre Gailhard, composer, dies at 81 |
| 1966 | Cornelis "Kees" Boeke, theorist, dies at 81 |
| 1966 | Joseph Deems Taylor, composer, dies at 80 |
| 1965 | Clarence Loomis, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1965 | Trigger, horse (Roy Rogers), dies at 25 |
| 1960 | Alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73 |
| 1957 | Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52 |
| 1957 | Judy Tyler, actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 23 in car crash |
| 1952 | Daniel Zamudio, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1952 | Henriette Bosmans, composer, dies |
| 1948 | Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch SDAP-politician, dies at 90 |
| 1934 | Henry WAE, Prince of Netherlands/father of Queen Juliana, dies |
| 1916 | Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green, (Witch of Wall Street), dies |
| 1910 | Julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies |
| 1910 | Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicketkeeper (Australia 1886-88), dies |
| 1908 | Joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus, dies at 59 |
| 1904 | Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies |
| 1891 | Stefano Golinelli, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1873 | Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer, dies at 57 |
| 1863 | Alonzo Hersford Cushing, U.S. Union lt, dies in battle at about 22 |
| 1863 | Lewis Addison Armistead, Confederate Brigadier General Gettysburg/dies in battle at 46 |
| 1863 | Little Crow, [Ta-oya-te-duta], Santee Sioux indian chief, dies |
| 1863 | Richard Brooke Garnett, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 45 |
| 1863 | Samuel Kosciuzko Zook, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 40 |
| 1862 | William Barksdale, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 40 |
| 1816 | Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65 |
| 1809 | Joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1801 | Johann Nepomuk Went, composer, dies at 56 |
| 1778 | Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies |
| 1642 | Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69 |
| 1570 | Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67 |
| 1090 | Egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle |
| 683 | Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies |
