| 2004 | Paula Danziger, writer, Amber Brown books, dies at 59 |
| 2002 | William Anthony Swithin Sarjeant, paleontologist/fantasy writer, dies at 66 |
| 1999 | Pete Conrad, "astronaut, businessman", third man to walk on the moon, dies at 69 |
| 1997 | Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack |
| 1996 | Amschel Rothschild, banker, dies at 41 |
| 1996 | Ernest Armstrong, miner/politician, dies at 81 |
| 1996 | James Woodie Alexander, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 80 |
| 1996 | Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer, dies at 90 |
| 1996 | Amschel Mayor James Rothschild, banker, joined family banking firm N M Rothschild & Sons, chief executive of Rothschild Asset Management dies |
| 1994 | Christian-Jaque, French director (Babette s'and va-t-and guerre), dies |
| 1994 | Dick Sargent, actor (Darren-Bewitched), dies of cancer at 64 |
| 1994 | Dominic Lucero, dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer |
| 1994 | Kim Il Sung, president of North-Korea (1948-94), dies at 82 |
| 1994 | Robert E Lee, dies of cancer at 75 |
| 1993 | Henry Hazlitt, American Philosopher |
| 1991 | James Franciscus, actor (Mr Novak), dies at of emphysema 57 |
| 1991 | Lotte Palfi Andor, actress (Lovesick, All the Jazz), dies |
| 1990 | Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72 |
| 1990 | Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies |
| 1985 | Gardner Cowles, Jr., U.S. publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82 |
| 1985 | Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne and Shirley), dies at 72 |
| 1985 | Simon Kuznets, U.S. economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84 |
| 1984 | Christine McIntyre, actress (3 Stooges), dies at 73 |
| 1982 | Isa Miranda, model/actress (Summertime), dies of infected bone at 77 |
| 1981 | Loring Smith, actor (Hartmans), dies at 86 |
| 1979 | John Reed King, TV host (Why?, Let's See), dies at 64 |
| 1979 | Michael Wilding, actor (Waterloo, Zarakm Naked Edge), dies |
| 1973 | Arthur Calwell, Australian Politician |
| 1969 | Gladys Swarthout, opera singer and actress (Ambush), dies at 64 |
| 1961 | Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1959 | Dale Buisand and Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War |
| 1957 | Grace Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29), dies at 78 |
| 1957 | Henry Fevrier, composer, dies at 81 |
| 1957 | William Cadbury, chocolate maker, dies at 89 |
| 1956 | Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Minister of Justice (Nobel 54), dies |
| 1956 | Giovanni Papini, Italian author and poet (Un Uomo Finito), dies at 75 |
| 1950 | Othmar Spann, Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71 |
| 1949 | Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon |
| 1949 | Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer, dies at 66 |
| 1946 | Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer and conductor, dies at 63 |
| 1943 | Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered |
| 1943 | Jean "Max" Moulin, French resistance fighter, executed |
| 1942 | Catherinus Elling, composer, dies at 83 |
| 1942 | Louis FMF Franchet d'Esperey, French marshal (WW I), dies at 90 |
| 1941 | Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1939 | [Henry] Havelock Ellis, English sexologist (Man and Woman), dies at 80 |
| 1932 | Florenz Ziegfeld, U.S. theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies |
| 1928 | Crystal Eastman, American Lawyer |
| 1919 | Johan A Der Mouw, Dutch philosopher/poet, dies at 56 |
| 1909 | Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, French Minister of War (1899-1900), dies at 79 |
| 1894 | Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies |
| 1885 | Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39 |
| 1885 | Henry Waelput, Flemish composer and conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies |
| 1882 | Phiz [Hablot Knight Browne], English artist (David Cupperfield), dies |
| 1876 | Josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78 |
| 1870 | John D Zocher, Jr., architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79 |
| 1863 | Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65 |
| 1859 | F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60 |
| 1826 | Luther Martin, American Politician |
| 1822 | Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29 |
| 1695 | Christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66 |
| 1681 | Georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1679 | Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies |
| 1656 | Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64 |
| 1623 | Gregory XV, Alessandro Ludovisi, bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69 |
| 1538 | Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63 |
| 1531 | Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71 |
| 1496 | Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies |
| 1253 | Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies |
| 1249 | Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51 |
| 1153 | Eugene III, Bernardo, Italian Pope (1145-53), dies |
| 1115 | Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies |
| 975 | Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies |
| 810 | Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown) |
