| 2007 | Bowie Kuhn, dies in Jacksonville, Florida, of respiratory failure, at 80 |
| 2002 | Pat Weaver, TV innovator, created the Today Show, dies at 93 |
| 2001 | Ann Sothern, actress, ", My Mother, the Car, ", dies at 92 |
| 2000 | Durward Kirby, sidekick, Candid Camera, dies at 87 |
| 1999 | Harry Callahan, American Photographer |
| 1998 | Dr. Benjamin Spock, pediatrician/writer, Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, dies at 94 |
| 1998 | Benjamin Spock, American Scientist |
| 1997 | Gail Davis, actress, TV's Annie Oakley |
| 1996 | Helen Chadwick, born in Britain, conceptual artist, feminist perspective, dies at 42 |
| 1996 | Olga Rudge, violinist, dies at 100 |
| 1996 | Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, lawyer/diplomat, dies at 89 |
| 1995 | Carlos Menem, Jr., son of Argentine president, dies at 26 |
| 1994 | Mae Zetterling, Swedish actress (Night Games), dies at 68 |
| 1994 | Gundaris Pone, composer, professor, State University College at New Paltz, New York, dies of cancer in Kingston, New York, at age 61 |
| 1993 | Anthony Bowles, music writer (Jesus Christ Superstar), dies at 61 |
| 1993 | Dennis Gregory, actor (Village of the Damn), dies of pneumonia at 40 |
| 1993 | Ricardo M Arias Espinosa, president of Panama (1955-56), dies |
| 1992 | Helen Deutsch, screenwriter, dies of natural causes |
| 1992 | Jack Washburn, actor (Black Orchid), dies after long illness at 64 |
| 1992 | Vanessa Lee, actress (Split), dies at 71 |
| 1991 | Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, U.S. jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at 84 |
| 1991 | Eileen Sedgwick, silent film actress (Hot Heels), dies at 93 |
| 1990 | Tom Harmon, NFL tail back (Heisman Trophy), dies at 70 |
| 1988 | Dmitri F Polyakov, Russian secret-general/top spy for U.S., executed |
| 1987 | W. Sterling Cole, Representative-R-New York 1935 - 1957, dies at 82 |
| 1984 | Tommy Cooper, comedian, collapses and dies on stage |
| 1983 | Jose Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80 |
| 1983 | Rebecca West, Irish Author |
| 1977 | Kamal Joemblat, Lebanese politician, murdered |
| 1975 | Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler/sportscaster, dies at 49 |
| 1975 | Aristotle S Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, dies at 69 |
| 1975 | Aristotle Onassis, Greek Businessman |
| 1973 | Carl Benton Reid, actor (Burke's Law), dies at 82 |
| 1971 | Jean-Pierre Monsere, Flemish cyclist, dies at 22 |
| 1970 | Josef Martin Bauer, writer, dies at 68 |
| 1970 | Tarjei Vesaas, Nowegian author/novelist/writer (Isslottet), dies at 72 |
| 1969 | Miles Malleson, actor and writer (Postman's Knock), dies at 80 |
| 1966 | Abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63 |
| 1966 | Heinrich Lemacher, composer, dies at 74 |
| 1964 | Paul Cavanagh, actor (Black Arrow, Woman in Green), dies at 75 |
| 1962 | Sam Wren, actor (Wren's Nest), dies at 64 |
| 1962 | Arthur H. Compton, American Scientist |
| 1962 | Arthur Holly Compton, American Scientist |
| 1959 | Lester Young, American Musician |
| 1954 | Arthur Fickenscher, composer, dies at 82 |
| 1945 | Herman B Wiardi Beckman, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies at 41 |
| 1945 | Charles Williams, English Editor |
| 1944 | Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86 |
| 1942 | Alexander van Zemlinsky, Australia/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70 |
| 1930 | Antonio Beltramelli, writer, dies at 51 |
| 1929 | Pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24 |
| 1918 | Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer, dies at 82 |
| 1918 | Juliette Marie Olga Lili Boulanger, composer, dies at 24 |
| 1918 | Lili Boulanger, composer, dies at 24 |
| 1906 | Alfred Gilpin Jones, lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia 1900 - 1906, dies at 81 |
| 1905 | Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60 |
| 1905 | B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norwegian author (Paa St. Jorgen), dies at 58 |
| 1897 | James Joseph Sylvester, English Mathematician |
| 1883 | Karol Studzinski, composer, dies at 55 |
| 1881 | Emory Upton, U.S. Union General-Major (Selma), commits suicide at 42 |
| 1880 | Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51 |
| 1842 | Maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini, Italian composer (Dies Irae), dies at 81 |
| 1731 | Adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician, dies at 75 |
| 1723 | Johann C Gunther, writer, dies at 27 |
| 1673 | Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter (Baroque)/poet/music/actor, dies at 57 |
| 1034 | Mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies |
| 963 | Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25 |
| 493 | Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies |
