| 2008 | Bo Diddley, dies in Florida, of heart failure, at 79 |
| 2008 | Mel Ferrer, dies in Santa Barbara, of heart failure, at 90 |
| 2003 | Burke Marshall, American Lawyer |
| 2002 | Flora Lewis, American Journalist |
| 2001 | Imogene Coca, comic, Your Show of Shows, dies at 92 |
| 1997 | Doc Cheatham, jazz musician, dies of stroke at 91 |
| 1996 | John Alton, cinematographer, dies at 94 |
| 1996 | Leon Garield, writer, dies at 74 |
| 1996 | Peter Bird, ocean rower, dies at 49 |
| 1996 | Ray Combs, American Comedian |
| 1993 | French JFM of Thiel, Dutch 2nd chamber chairman (1963-72), dies at 86 |
| 1993 | Johnny Mize, baseball player, dies at 80 |
| 1992 | Philip Dunne, founder (Screen Writers Guild), dies of cancer at 84 |
| 1990 | Frederick Mellinger, founder of Fredericks of Hollywood, dies at 76 |
| 1990 | Jack Gilford, actor (Cracker Jacks), dies at 82 |
| 1990 | Rex Harrison, actor (My Fair Lady), dies of cancer at 82 |
| 1990 | Robert Noyce, co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founder (Intel), dies |
| 1990 | Stuart Hall, actor (Cavalcade, Dawn Patrol), dies |
| 1988 | Horace A Hildreth, (Gov-Maine, 1945-49), dies at 85 |
| 1987 | Andres Segovia, Spanish composer/guitarist, dies at 94 |
| 1987 | Sammy Kaye, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77 |
| 1986 | Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer (Elegie), dies at 80 |
| 1983 | Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire |
| 1979 | Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45 |
| 1977 | Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod and Me), dies at 77 |
| 1977 | Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist/composer, dies at 91 |
| 1977 | Stephen Boyd, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur, Lisa), dies at 48 |
| 1976 | Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52 |
| 1976 | Bartoes, [Albertus J Wijstma], cabaret performer/comic, dies at 73 |
| 1975 | Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74 |
| 1974 | Elliott Sullivan, actor (Sergeant), dies at 66 |
| 1972 | Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81 |
| 1971 | Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66 |
| 1967 | Zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at 74 |
| 1962 | Franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies |
| 1962 | V Sackville-West, writer, dies at 70 |
| 1962 | Vita Sackville-West, English Novelist |
| 1961 | George S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72 |
| 1961 | Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor and director (Dutch Comedy), dies at 70 |
| 1956 | Jean Hersholt, actress (Emma, Grand Hotel, Greed), dies at 69 |
| 1951 | Alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher, dies at 83 |
| 1951 | John Erskine, U.S. writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71 |
| 1950 | Stanislas Bizot, French checker player (world champ 1925), dies at 70 |
| 1949 | Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer, dies at 82 |
| 1949 | Ernest Ford, composer, dies at 91 |
| 1947 | Hermann Darewsky, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1941 | Lou Gehrig, 1st baseman (New York Yankee), dies of ALS in Riverdale New York at 37 |
| 1940 | Willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies |
| 1937 | Louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66 |
| 1928 | Timothy Thomas Fortune, American Writer |
| 1927 | Eduard GHH Cuypers, architect (De Hooge Vuursche), dies at 67 |
| 1927 | Freidrich Hegar, composer, dies at 85 |
| 1927 | Lizzie Borden, accused murderer, dies at 68 |
| 1908 | Redvers H Buller, English general, dies at 68 |
| 1901 | James A Herne, [J Aherne], U.S. playwright (Margaret Fleming), dies |
| 1896 | Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies |
| 1882 | Guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74 |
| 1879 | E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23 |
| 1873 | Francois Hainl, composer, dies at 65 |
| 1865 | John E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59 |
| 1864 | George Pierce Doles, U.S. businessman/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 34 |
| 1839 | Wijnand YY Nuijen, painter/lithographer (Wrecked), dies at 26 |
| 1812 | John W de Winter, Dutch Vice-Admiral, dies at battle at Kamperduin at 51 |
| 1750 | Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German composer, dies at 68 |
| 1678 | Pieter the Great, regent/diplomat, dies at 63 |
| 1676 | John de Haen, Vice-Admiral (Kijkduin/Palermo), dies in battle at 45? |
| 1639 | Floris II van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg/politician, dies at 62 |
| 1632 | Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Friesland, dies at 58 |
| 1597 | Diederik Sonoy, German/Netherlands governor of Northern quarter, dies at 67 |
| 1575 | Pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65 |
| 1572 | Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36 |
| 1564 | Gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies |
| 657 | Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies |
