| 2008 | Howard Metzenbaum, dies in Florida, at 90 |
| 2008 | Alun Hoddinott, dies in Wales, at 78 |
| 2003 | Lynne Thigpen, Joliet, Illinois, actress, Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Nancy-Love Sidney |
| 2003 | Howard Fast, novelist, Spartacus, dies at 88 |
| 2003 | Lynne Thigpen, actress, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, dies at 54 |
| 2001 | "Morton Downey, Jr", former talk show host, The Morton Downey Jr. Show, dies at 68 |
| 2001 | Robert Ludlum, novelist, The Bourne Identity, dies at 73 |
| 2001 | Henry Lee Lucas, American Criminal |
| 1999 | Yehudi Menuhin, violin virtuoso, dies at 82 |
| 1996 | Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine, dies at 92 |
| 1996 | Gyula Kallai, Prime Minister of Hungry 1965 - 1967, dies at 85 |
| 1996 | John Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher, dies at 67 |
| 1994 | Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59 |
| 1993 | Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62 |
| 1993 | June Valli, singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62 |
| 1993 | Michael Kanin, screenwriter (Woman of the Year), dies at 83 |
| 1993 | Wang Zhen, marxist/vice-premier of China (1988), dies |
| 1992 | Barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84 |
| 1992 | Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking), dies at 70 |
| 1992 | Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies |
| 1992 | Karel Poons, father of Paul Deen, dies |
| 1992 | Philippe Soupault, writer, dies |
| 1992 | Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/MP (chr-dem), murdered |
| 1991 | Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92 |
| 1989 | Maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87 |
| 1988 | Billie Rhodes, dies |
| 1988 | William Camp, dies at 74 |
| 1985 | Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85 |
| 1984 | Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88 |
| 1983 | Jevsei G. Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85 |
| 1982 | Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90 |
| 1978 | John Cazale, actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Deer Hunter), dies at 41 |
| 1978 | Tolchard Evans, composer and conductor, dies |
| 1974 | Billy Fox, Protestant Dublin MP, assassinated |
| 1973 | Esther Williamson Ballou, composer, dies at 57 |
| 1973 | Frankie "Fordham Flash" Frisch, baseball player, dies at 74 |
| 1973 | Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chilean writer (Hijo de Ladron), dies at 77 |
| 1966 | Estelita Rodriguez, actor (Golden Stallion, Susanna Pass), dies at 37 |
| 1961 | Belinda Lee, actress (Joseph and his Brethren), dies in car crash at 25 |
| 1958 | Ingeborg, Princess of Sweden, dies at 79 |
| 1957 | Josephine Hull, actress (Harvey), dies at 71 |
| 1955 | Charlie "Bird" Parker, U.S. jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in New York City |
| 1955 | Theodor Plievier, writer, dies |
| 1950 | L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at 78 |
| 1949 | Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95 |
| 1946 | Philip Merivale, dies at 59 |
| 1945 | Anne Frank, diarist (Diary of Anne Frank), killed in Belsen Camp |
| 1942 | Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76 |
| 1941 | Charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1937 | Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93 |
| 1937 | Jeno Hubay, composer, dies at 78 |
| 1932 | Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide |
| 1925 | Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary president, dies at 58 |
| 1924 | Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet, inventor (rayon), dies |
| 1916 | M vs. Ebner-Eschenbach, writer, dies at 39 |
| 1916 | Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian Novelist |
| 1914 | George Westinghouse, U.S. engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies at 67 |
| 1913 | Joseph Bayer, composer, dies at 61 |
| 1909 | Johanna "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach, dies at 34 |
| 1908 | Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (L'idioma Gentile), dies at 61 |
| 1905 | Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, dies at 92 |
| 1902 | John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54 |
| 1889 | Yohannes IV, [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle |
| 1888 | Henry Bergh, founder (ASPCA), dies at 76 |
| 1877 | Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52 |
| 1852 | Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1840 | Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 |
| 1834 | Karl W. Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33 |
| 1832 | Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45 |
| 1831 | Johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1824 | Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48 |
| 1753 | George Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday |
| 1734 | Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74 |
| 1681 | French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45 |
| 1648 | Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63 |
| 1628 | John Bull, English organist/composer, dies |
| 1570 | Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies |
| 1563 | John Bull, composer of British national anthem (God Save The King), dies |
| 1507 | Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31 |
| 1496 | Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies |
| 1471 | Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies |
| 1209 | Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies |
| 604 | Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 |
| 417 | Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies |