| 2003 | Adam Osborne, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation |
| 2002 | R. A. Lafferty, science fiction writer, Nine Hundred Grandmothers, dies at 87 |
| 2001 | John Phillips, singer, the Mamas and the Papas, dies at 65 |
| 1997 | Willem de Kooning, abstract artist, dead Alzheimer's at 92 |
| 1996 | Alepoude Odysseus Elytis llis, poet, dies at 84 |
| 1996 | Hawkes Jessie Jacquetta Priestley, archaeologist, dies at 85 |
| 1995 | Frederic Ramsey, Jr., folklorist/author, dies at 80 |
| 1995 | Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Raskolnikov), dies at 84 |
| 1992 | Cornelis B Vaandrager, C Vaan, poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56 |
| 1991 | Jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72 |
| 1991 | Vilma Banky, actress (Eagle, Son of Sheik, Rebel), dies at 93 |
| 1990 | Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36 |
| 1989 | Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51 |
| 1989 | William Challee, actor (Desperate, Moonchild), dies |
| 1987 | Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82 |
| 1986 | Bernard Malamud, U.S. writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71 |
| 1985 | Jack Miller, orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89 |
| 1984 | Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50 |
| 1984 | Paul Frances Webster, lyricist, dies of Parkinson's disease at 76 |
| 1983 | Umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies |
| 1982 | Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60 |
| 1980 | Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79 |
| 1978 | Faith Baldwin, U.S. author (They Who Love), dies at 84 |
| 1978 | Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86 |
| 1977 | Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered |
| 1976 | James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73 |
| 1976 | Robert de Roos, composer, dies at 69 |
| 1974 | David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87 |
| 1973 | Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at 82 |
| 1971 | George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v South Africa 1924), dies |
| 1969 | Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43 |
| 1969 | John Bracken, Canadian Politician |
| 1968 | Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85 |
| 1967 | Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42 |
| 1965 | Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45 |
| 1964 | Norbert Wiener, U.S. mathematician (cybernetics), dies at 69 |
| 1956 | Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85 |
| 1956 | Louis Bromfield, writer, dies at 59 |
| 1944 | Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79 |
| 1938 | Cyril Rootham, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1936 | Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies at 58 |
| 1933 | Luigi A duke of the Abruzzi, Italian explorer (Ruwenzori), dies at 60 |
| 1928 | Paul van Ostaijen, Flemish writer (Outlawed), dies at 32 |
| 1924 | John Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1918 | Willem Coenen, composer, dies at 80 |
| 1917 | William Shalders, South Africa cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies |
| 1913 | George I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67 |
| 1913 | August Bebel, German Politician |
| 1900 | Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32 |
| 1899 | Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76 |
| 1899 | Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Crushed Ideals), dies at 35 |
| 1889 | William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66 |
| 1886 | Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91 |
| 1876 | F Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65 |
| 1875 | Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43 |
| 1871 | Augustus de Morgan, Indian Mathematician |
| 1870 | Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48 |
| 1823 | Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69 |
| 1817 | Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1816 | Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1799 | John Randall, composer, dies at 82 |
| 1768 | Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France and Italy), dies |
| 1768 | Laurence Sterne, Irish Novelist |
| 1768 | Laurence Stern, Irish Clergyman |
| 1745 | Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 |
| 1690 | Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies |
| 1584 | Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 |
| 1493 | John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Netherlands/Zealand, dies at 82 |
| 1314 | Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies |
| 1227 | Honorius III, Cencio Savelli, Pope (1216-27), dies |
| 978 | Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 |
| 235 | Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered |
