| 2003 | Maynard Jackson, lawyer/mayor, first black mayor of Atlanta, dies at 65 |
| 2000 | Jerome Richardson, American Musician |
| 1997 | Willie Forkner, biker (Wild One), dies of heart attack at 77 |
| 1997 | Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcolm X, suffering from burns, dies at 63 |
| 1996 | Andreas George Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece 1981 - 1989, 1993 - 1996, dies at 76 |
| 1996 | Angelo John Novarese, record company founder, dies at 72 |
| 1996 | Elbert Parr Tuttle, lawyer/judge, dies at 98 |
| 1996 | Pasqualino de Santis, cinematographer, dies at 69 |
| 1996 | William Walsh, academic, dies at 80 |
| 1995 | Jonas Salk, biologist (Polio vaccine), dies of heart failure |
| 1994 | Alan Frank, music publisher, dies at 83 |
| 1994 | Piet van Elk, cartoonist, dies at 74 |
| 1994 | Stanley Gebler Davies, journalist/drinker, dies at 50 |
| 1992 | Lou Ramos, entertainer, dies |
| 1992 | Renie Irene Brouillet Conley, U.S., costume designer (Cleopatra), dies |
| 1991 | Antonio Jacinto, Angolan poet, dies at 66 |
| 1991 | Bill Buysman, Dutch guitarist/singer (Kilima Hawaiians), dies |
| 1988 | Dayton Lummis, actor (Moonfire, Flight that Disappeared), dies |
| 1988 | Evert Werkman, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 73 |
| 1988 | M Gregor-Dellin, writer, dies |
| 1986 | Nigel Stock, actor (Lost Continent, Young Sherlock Holmes), dies |
| 1981 | Zarah Leander, Swedish/German singer and actress (Gabriela), dies at 79 |
| 1980 | John Laurie, actor (39 Steps, Jericho, Kidnapped), dies at 83 |
| 1980 | Odile Versois, actress (Nude in a White Car, Young Lovers), dies |
| 1980 | Sanjay Gandhi, Indian politician, dies |
| 1980 | Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian (bomanslag), dies |
| 1975 | William Hansen, actor (Homebodies), dies at 64 |
| 1973 | Fay Holden, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films), dies at 77 |
| 1972 | Elton Britt, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), dies at 54 |
| 1971 | George Blagoi, entertainer, dies |
| 1971 | Walter Schulthess, composer, dies at 76 |
| 1969 | Stanley Andrews, actor (Old Ranger-Death Valley Days), dies at 78 |
| 1965 | Mary Boland, actress (Boy Trouble, New Moon), dies at 83 |
| 1961 | Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (Rubens' Daughter), dies at 70 |
| 1959 | Jean Gallon, composer, dies at 80 |
| 1959 | Boris Vian, French Writer |
| 1958 | Edvard Armas Jarnefeldt, composer, dies at 88 |
| 1957 | Louis Furnberg, writer, dies at 48 |
| 1956 | Reyngol'd Moritsevich Glier, composer, dies at 81 |
| 1951 | Armin Knab, German composer (Wunderhorn), dies at 70 |
| 1946 | William S. Hart, American Actor |
| 1945 | Lieutenant General Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa |
| 1928 | Thomas H Rollinson, composer, dies at 84 |
| 1924 | Cecil [James] Sharp, English folk musician, dies at 64 |
| 1919 | Amy G C A Bonet-Maury, French reformed theologist, dies |
| 1916 | Victor Chapman, U.S. legionaire/WW I pilot, killed |
| 1901 | Charles Kensington Salaman, composer, dies at 87 |
| 1895 | Joseph Paul Skelly, composer, dies at 44 |
| 1891 | Francis Henry Brown, composer, dies at 73 |
| 1888 | Emil Naumann, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1878 | George Backing, English sea officer/explorer (B's River), dies at 81 |
| 1866 | Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam physician/social activist, dies at 53 |
| 1833 | Nikolaus Paul Zmeskall, composer, dies at 73 |
| 1817 | Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer, dies at 63 |
| 1801 | Bendix Friedrich Zinck, composer, dies at 58 |
| 1771 | Jean-Claude Trial, composer, dies at 38 |
| 1770 | Mark Akenside, English Poet |
| 1444 | Marcus, Manuel, Eugenicus, Byzantine bishop of Efeze/theologist, dies |
| 1139 | Andries van Kuik, bishop of Utrecht, dies |
| 1137 | Adalbert I, archbishop of Mainz (1111-1137), dies |
| 1075 | Theoduinus, Beiers prince-bishop of Liege, dies |
| 758 | Ho-tse Shen-hui, Zen teacher/disciple of Hui-neng, dies at 74 |
