| 2004 | Neal A. Maxwell, American Clergyman |
| 2004 | Edward B. Lewis, American Scientist |
| 2003 | Leon Uris, writer, Exodus, dies at 78 |
| 2001 | Carroll O'Connor, actor, All in the Family, dies at 76 |
| 2001 | John Lee Hooker, bluesman, dies at 83 |
| 2000 | Alan Hovhaness, American Composer |
| 1998 | Alan Shepard, American Astronaut |
| 1997 | Art Prysock, jazz musician, dies at 68 |
| 1995 | Kenneth Henry Lowry Lamb, broadcaster, dies at 71 |
| 1995 | Tristan Jones, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, dies at 71 |
| 1994 | Mark Robert Isfeld, combat Engineer, dies at 31 |
| 1993 | Frank Moro, entertainer, dies |
| 1993 | Jerry Strivelli, actor (Out for Justice, Lock Up), dies at 61 |
| 1992 | Li Xiannian, Chinese President (1983-88), dies |
| 1992 | Thomas Whitfield, gospel vocalist, dies of heart attack at 38 |
| 1990 | Cedric Belfrage, American Sociologist |
| 1989 | Lee Quencey Calhoun, hurdler, Gold Medals 1956, 1960 Olympics, dies at 56 |
| 1989 | Simon van Collem, Dutch journalist/TV host, dies at 70 |
| 1988 | Robert Lee "Bobby" Dodd, U.S. football coach |
| 1988 | John Duncan, Sr., Representative-R-Tennessee 1965 - 1988 |
| 1983 | Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer and director (Tijl), dies at 87 |
| 1980 | Bert Kaempfert, orchestra leader, songwriter, composed jazz-oriented, easy-listening records including Strangers in the Night and hit Wonderland by Night, Danke Schoen for Wayne Newton and L-O-V-E for Nat King Cole |
| 1979 | Julian Orchard, actor (Perfect Friday, Bless this House), dies at 49 |
| 1973 | Frank Leahy, football coach (Notre Dame), dies at 64 |
| 1972 | Seth Bingham, composer, dies at 90 |
| 1970 | Achmed Sukarno, 1st president of Indonesia (1945-67), dies at 68 |
| 1969 | Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, 1st woman grand slam (1953), dies at 34 |
| 1968 | Ruth St. Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91 |
| 1965 | Bernard M Baruch, President advisor (termed "Cold War"), dies at 94 |
| 1964 | Andrew Goodman, U.S. civil rights activist, murdered at 20 |
| 1964 | James Chaney, U.S. civil rights activist, murdered at 21 |
| 1964 | Michael Schwerner, U.S. civil rights activist, murder at 21 |
| 1957 | Don McBride, actor (Mr Clyde-My Friend Flicka), dies at 68 |
| 1957 | Frantisek Kupka, Czechoslovakian writer, dies at 85 |
| 1946 | Heinrich Kaminski, composer, dies at 59 |
| 1945 | Josef Hora, Czechoslovakian writer/poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53 |
| 1944 | Jan Bonekamp, Dutch resistance fighter/friend of Hannie Schaft, dies |
| 1940 | Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies |
| 1940 | Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet/writer/critic, drowns at 40 |
| 1940 | Jean-Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies at 71 |
| 1940 | W Hasenclever, writer, dies at 49 |
| 1940 | Smedley Butler, American Soldier |
| 1935 | Alice Brown Davis, American Statesman |
| 1934 | [James] Thorne Smith, U.S., sci-fi author (Stray Lamb, Turnabout) |
| 1925 | Jan H. Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60 |
| 1917 | Antonio JdC Feijo, Port diplomat/poet (Cancioneiro Chinas), dies at 55 |
| 1914 | Glauco Velasquez, composer, dies at 30 |
| 1913 | Stefan O Iosif, Romanian poet (Beautiful Irine), dies at 37 |
| 1908 | Nikolai A Rimski-Korssakov, Russian composer (Sheherazade), dies at 64 |
| 1900 | Polibo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 69 |
| 1887 | Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1884 | Alexander, prince/last male descendent of Johan W. Friso, dies |
| 1876 | Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 79 |
| 1874 | Anders J engstrom, Swedish astronomer/physicist (e-unit), dies at 59 |
| 1788 | Johann Georg Hamann, born in Konigsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia, writer, philosopher, supported the Sturm und Drang movement, dies |
| 1591 | Aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies |
| 1573 | Antonie van Burgundy, mayor of sealand, dies in battle |
| 1529 | John Skelton, English poet, dies at about 69 |
| 1527 | Niccolo Machiavelli, Florentine statesman/author, dies at 57 |
| 1377 | Edward III, king of England (1327-77), dies |
| 1208 | Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen, Roman-German King, dies |
| 524 | Chlodomir, king of the France to Orleans (511-24), dies at about 28 |
