| 2008 | Arthur C. Clarke, dies in Sri Lanka, at 90 |
| 2008 | Paul Scofield, dies in England, of leukemia, at 86 |
| 2005 | John DeLorean, American Businessman |
| 2004 | Brian Maxwell, entreprenuer/runner, developed the Powerbar with his nutritionist wife in 1986, dies at 51 |
| 1996 | Christopher John Magenis Headington, musician, dies at 65 |
| 1996 | William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author, dies at 83 |
| 1996 | W. H. Murray, Scottish Athlete |
| 1995 | Fernand Lodewick, literature historian (Literature), dies at 85 |
| 1995 | Gerard Tebroke, 5/10 km-dasher, dies at 45 |
| 1995 | Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician, dies at 83 |
| 1994 | Giuseppe Diana, Italian anti-mafia priest, murdered |
| 1994 | Jose Coronel Urtecho, poet, dies at 87 |
| 1993 | Barend P Tammeling, journalist (Trouw, Peek on the North), dies at 58 |
| 1993 | Jeff Ward, drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at 30 |
| 1992 | Cesare Danova, actor (Tentacles, Viva Las Vegas), dies at 66 |
| 1991 | John Russell Thomas, NFL general manager (Detroit Lions), dies |
| 1991 | Ron Pagano, dies after lengthy illness at 37 |
| 1991 | Sunday Wilshin, actor (Murder by Rope), dies at 86 |
| 1987 | Arch Oboler, radio writer (Lights Out), dies at 77 |
| 1987 | Emile Meyer, actor (Young Jesse James, Lineup), dies |
| 1987 | Louis Broglie, French physicist (Nobel 1929), dies at 94 |
| 1987 | Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record co CEO (Charisma), dies at 53 |
| 1984 | Garry Winogrand, prolific photographer, known for 20th century portraits of America, focusing on social issues of the time, exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, published 'The Animals', 'Public Relations', dies of gallbladder cancer at age 56 |
| 1982 | Randy Rhoads, rocker, guitarist, songwriter, producer, studied classical guitar, member of Quiet Riot, played with Ozzy Ozbourne, dies in an air crash at 25 |
| 1981 | Frank Lane, American Businessman |
| 1979 | Al Hodge, actor (Captain Video), dies at 65 |
| 1979 | Richard Beckinsale, actor (Doing Time, Porridge, Lovers), dies at 31 |
| 1976 | George Sklavos, composer, dies at 87 |
| 1976 | Paul Kossoff, rock guitarist (Free), dies of heart failure at 25 |
| 1975 | John A DeMott, dies at 63 |
| 1974 | Anne Klien, fashion designer, dies at 51 |
| 1974 | Edward Platt, actor (Chief-Get Smart), dies at 58 |
| 1974 | Hertha Kuusinen, Finnish communist/daughter of Otto K, dies at 70 |
| 1971 | Jan Greshoff, Dutch poet/author/journalist (Last Things), dies at 82 |
| 1971 | Mary Dorna, Dutch author, dies at 79 |
| 1969 | Theodor Schaefer, composer, dies at 65 |
| 1961 | Edric Cundell, composer, dies at 68 |
| 1961 | B. Carroll Reece, American Politician |
| 1954 | Walter Braunfels, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1951 | H Zur Muhlen, writer, dies |
| 1950 | Edgar Rice Burroughs, sci-fi author (Tarzan of the Apes), dies at 74 |
| 1947 | Willem F J Pijper, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 52 |
| 1946 | Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (Buah Rindu), dies at 35 |
| 1945 | Fritz Fromm, German supreme commander of Reserve army, executed |
| 1943 | Vicente Ripolles, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1940 | Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54 |
| 1937 | Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author and poet, commits suicide at 58 |
| 1936 | John Larkin IV, actor and writer (Charlie Chan in Panama), dies at 63 |
| 1934 | Anthony J Block, lawyer (Dutch strafproces), dies at 66 |
| 1930 | Arthur J Balfour, British theologist/premier (1902-05), dies at 81 |
| 1924 | Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/author, dies at 71 |
| 1918 | Willem H de Beaufort, Dutch historian/liberal politician, dies at 73 |
| 1913 | John Thomas, composer, dies at 87 |
| 1907 | Thomas Bailey Aldrich, U.S. writer (Stillwater Tragedy), dies at 70 |
| 1905 | Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer, dies at 49 |
| 1898 | Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26 |
| 1897 | Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87 |
| 1893 | Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 69 |
| 1884 | Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer, dies at 54 |
| 1876 | Jozef Stefani, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1869 | Guillaume Nerenburger, Belgian general (triangulatie), dies at 64 |
| 1866 | Louis Clapisson, composer, dies at 57 |
| 1862 | F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73 |
| 1850 | Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer, dies at 87 |
| 1845 | George Augustus Kollmann, composer, dies at 56 |
| 1811 | Frantisek Adam Mica, composer, dies at 65 |
| 1797 | Philip Hayes, composer, dies at 58 |
| 1796 | Stephen Storace, composer, dies at 33 |
| 1782 | Adrien Trudo Sale, composer, dies at 59 |
| 1782 | Louis-Henry Paisible, composer, dies at 33 |
| 1721 | Clement XI, Giovanni F Albani, Italian Pope (1700-21), dies at 71 |
| 1702 | Willem III Henry, Dutch William, king of England/Scot, dies at 51 |
| 1687 | Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, French explorer (Louisiana), killed at 43 |
| 1644 | Si Sang, last Ming-emperor of China, commits suicide |
| 1638 | Paul Moreelse, Dutch painter/master builder, dies at about 66 |
| 1635 | Pieter Christiaensz Bor, Dutch historian, dies |
| 1556 | Lieven van der Maude, Ammonius, South Netherlands poet, dies at 70 |
| 1263 | Hugo of St-Cher/a S Caro, French cardinal, dies |
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