| 2007 | Rudolf Arnheim, dies in Germany, at 102 |
| 2000 | Jacob Lawrence, American Artist |
| 1997 | Reid Shelton, actor, Daddy Warbucks in Annie |
| 1996 | Edward Morris Bernstein, economist, dies at 91 |
| 1996 | Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist, dies at 48 |
| 1996 | Walter Pardon, carpenter/traditional singer, dies at 81 |
| 1995 | Charles Rowe, cricket (scored 0 in only Test for New Zealand vs. Australia 1946), dies |
| 1995 | Frank Chacksfield, conductor/arranger, dies at 81 |
| 1995 | Walter Landor, designer, dies at 81 |
| 1994 | Angela Lakeberg, siamese twin, dies at 11 months |
| 1994 | Dhirendra Bhramachari, Flying Swami, hindu leader, dies at 70 |
| 1994 | Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist (Plan of Labor, Nobel 1969), dies at 91 |
| 1994 | Lloyd Lindroth, the Liberace of the Harp, dies at 63 |
| 1993 | Alexis Smith, dancer/actress (Follies), dies of cancer at 72 |
| 1993 | Arthur Alexander, singer/songwriter (You Better Move On), dies at 53 |
| 1993 | Ian Mikardo, British politician, dies |
| 1992 | Cathy Bennett, jury selection expert, dies of breast cancer at 41 |
| 1992 | Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack |
| 1991 | Bob Irwin, Comedian, dies of Alzheimer's related illness at 88 |
| 1991 | Charles Loloma, painter/sculptor, dies |
| 1991 | Max van Praag, Dutch singer, dies at 77 |
| 1989 | Piet[er J] Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52), dies |
| 1987 | Grandon Rhodes, actor (Gentleman From Nowhere), dies |
| 1987 | Madge Kennedy, actress (Marrying Kind, 3 Bad Sisters), dies |
| 1982 | Guillaume Jorissen, Flemish politician, dies at 60 |
| 1982 | Hank Ladd, TV host (Arrow Show, Waiting for the Break), dies at 74 |
| 1981 | Allen Ludden, game show host (Password), dies at 63 |
| 1981 | Russell Hayden, actor (Hidden Gold, Apache Chief, Justice), dies |
| 1980 | Leonard Huizinga, journalist and writer (Olivier and Adrian), dies at 73 |
| 1977 | Hans Andreus, Johan W van de Zant, Dutch poet, dies at 51 |
| 1976 | James A Farley, U.S. Postmaster General (1932-38), dies at 88 |
| 1976 | Paul T B Rodenko, Dutch poet and writer (Never Marry a Witch), dies at 55 |
| 1976 | Sybil Thorndike, actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93 |
| 1975 | David Frederick Barlow, composer, dies at 48 |
| 1974 | M A Asturias, writer, dies |
| 1974 | Phillip Tead, actor (Lightnin', Fighting Blade), dies at 80 |
| 1971 | Harold Lloyd, Jr., actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 40 |
| 1967 | Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1964 | Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook/newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies |
| 1964 | W Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, English Minister of Information, dies at 85 |
| 1964 | William Maxwell Aitken, Canadian Businessman |
| 1962 | Henry Kendall, actor (Shadow, Romance and Riches), dies at 65 |
| 1960 | Rene Maran, Martiniques writer (Batouala, Prix Goncourt), dies |
| 1958 | Robert Donat, actor (Citadel, Goodbye Mr. Chips, 39 Steps), dies at 53 |
| 1957 | Robert Oboussier, composer, dies at 56 |
| 1953 | Ugo Betti, dramatist, dies |
| 1947 | Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40), dies at 62 |
| 1946 | Rama VIII, king of Siam (1935-46), dies at 21 |
| 1944 | 99 inhabitants of Tulle, hanged by SS |
| 1939 | Owen Moore, actor (She Done Him Wrong), commits suicide at 52 |
| 1932 | Natalia Janotha, composer, dies at 76 |
| 1931 | Henrique Oswald, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1929 | Lewis Bennison, dies |
| 1922 | Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 56 |
| 1911 | Carry Amelia Moore Nation, American temperance leader, dies |
| 1908 | Jose FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os meus amores), dies at 46 |
| 1907 | Manuel Estrada Vabrera, president Guatemala, murdered |
| 1901 | Walter Besant, novelist/philanthropist, dies |
| 1897 | Alvin Graham Clark, dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40" lens |
| 1892 | Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer, dies at 59 |
| 1870 | Charles Dickens, English writer (David Copperfield), dies at 58 |
| 1870 | Erik Drake, composer, dies at 82 |
| 1868 | James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (1841-68), dies |
| 1863 | Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30 |
| 1847 | Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orphee), dies |
| 1839 | Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800), dies at 89 |
| 1834 | William Carey, English Clergyman |
| 1832 | Manuel Garcia, composer, dies at 57 |
| 1825 | M Pauline Bonaparte, Corsican duchess of Parma/Guastalla, dies at 44 |
| 1820 | Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange, dies at 68 |
| 1717 | Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic, dies at 69 |
| 1717 | Louis Le Quointe, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1681 | William Lilly, English astrologer, dies |
| 1656 | Thomas Tomkins, composer, dies |
| 1597 | Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary, dies |
| 1572 | Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra, dies at 44 |
| 1382 | Philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies |
| 1361 | Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet, dies at 69 |
| 1171 | Jacob Ben Meir, Rabbenu Tam, French Tosofist, dies |
| 68 | Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31 |
