| 2008 | Gary Gygax, dies in Wisconsin, at 69 |
| 2004 | Stephen Sprouse, Designer |
| 2001 | Harold Stassen, perennial presidential candidate/politician, resigned as governor of Minnesota to enlist for WWII, dies at 93 |
| 1999 | Early Wynn, American Athlete |
| 1996 | Barbara Lewis, British obituarist, dies at 55 |
| 1996 | Minnie Pearl, country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 84 |
| 1995 | Eden Ahbez, songwriter, dies at 86 |
| 1994 | Guus Verstraete Sr, Dutch actor/dir (2 Drops of Water), dies at 79 |
| 1994 | John Candy, actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck), dies from a heart attack at 43 |
| 1993 | Art Hodes, Russian/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies |
| 1993 | Richard Sale, writer and director (Oscar, Torpedo Run), dies at 80 |
| 1992 | Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), die at 84 of heart failure |
| 1992 | C Meijer, Dutch editor in chief (Typhoon), dies |
| 1992 | Christian K Nelson, inventor (Eskimo Pie), dies at 98 |
| 1992 | Mary Osborne, jazz guitarist, dies at 70 of liver cancer |
| 1992 | Nestor Almendros, Spanish/US cameraman (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 61 |
| 1991 | Vance Colvig, actor (UHF, Barfly, My Chauffeur), dies at 72 |
| 1986 | Henri Knap, Dutch journalist/writer, dies at 75 |
| 1986 | Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 40 |
| 1984 | Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1983 | Herge, Georges Remi, Belgian cartoonist (Rin-Tin-Tin), dies at 75 |
| 1981 | Torin Thatcher, actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies |
| 1974 | Adolph Gottlieb, U.S. painter, dies at 71 |
| 1968 | Alexandre Cellier, composer, dies at 84 |
| 1966 | Janis Medins, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1963 | William Carlos Williams, U.S. physician/poet, dies at 79 |
| 1962 | Cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77 |
| 1960 | Leonard Warren, U.S. baritone, dies on stage at 48 |
| 1958 | Albert Kuyle, Lou Kuitenbrouwer, writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at 54 |
| 1954 | Georg Gohler, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1954 | Noel Gay, Richard Moxon Armitage, composer, dies at 55 |
| 1953 | Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter and the wolf), dies at 61 |
| 1948 | Antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51 |
| 1948 | Elsa Brandstrom, Angel of Siberia, Swed philanthropist, dies at 59 |
| 1943 | Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek foreign minister, dies at 71 |
| 1943 | Pieter C Boutens, Dutch poet (Beatrijs), dies at 73 |
| 1942 | Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1941 | Edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81 |
| 1936 | Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1933 | Willie Walker, U.S. jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36 |
| 1925 | Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer, dies at 70 |
| 1922 | Bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in New York City |
| 1918 | Eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58 |
| 1916 | Franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36 |
| 1903 | Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68 |
| 1888 | Amos Bronson Alcott, U.S. theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88 |
| 1883 | Alexander H Stephens, Vice President Confederate States, dies at 71 |
| 1877 | Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St. Maarten), dies at 42 |
| 1876 | Alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38 |
| 1866 | Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77 |
| 1864 | Thomas Starr King, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity and Humanity), dies |
| 1852 | Nikolai Gogol, writer, dies at 43 |
| 1851 | Michael Henkel, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1839 | Ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72 |
| 1831 | Georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82 |
| 1805 | Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, dies at 79 |
| 1804 | Karl Leopold Rollig, composer, dies |
| 1794 | Henri D count de Larochejacquelin, French Royalist Army leader, dies at 21 |
| 1793 | Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 |
| 1617 | Arcangelo Crivelli, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1615 | Hans von Aachen, German painter, dies |
| 1595 | Robert Southwell, English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest |
| 1484 | Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25 |
| 1172 | Stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies |
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