| 2007 | Brad Delp, dies in New Hampshire, of suicide, at 55 |
| 2003 | Stan Brakhage, American Director |
| 2003 | Bernard Dowiyogo, Politician |
| 2001 | Leopold Page, leathergoods retailer/historian, convinced Thomas Keneally to write Schindler's List, dies at 87 |
| 1997 | Notorius B I G, Biggie Small, Chris Walkin, rapper, shot dead at 24 |
| 1997 | Terry Nation, writer (Dr. Who, Blake 7) at 66 |
| 1997 | "Christopher ""Notorious B.I.G."" Wallace", rapper, dies at 24 |
| 1996 | Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77 |
| 1996 | Elman Ali Ahmed, peace campaigner, dies at 42 |
| 1996 | Peter Mansfield, writer, dies at 67 |
| 1996 | George Burns, American Comedian |
| 1995 | Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79 |
| 1995 | Ruud van den Hende, Dutch sports reporter, dies at 63 |
| 1995 | Edward Bernays, Businessman |
| 1994 | Charles Bukowski, author and poet, dies of leukemia at 73 |
| 1994 | Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (French Connection), dies of cancer at 76 |
| 1994 | John Harrison, South African correspondent (BBC), dies at 48 |
| 1994 | Lawrence E Spivak, journalist (Meet the Press), dies at 93 |
| 1994 | Louis Freeman, band leader, dies at 100 |
| 1994 | Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer, dies at 77 |
| 1993 | Ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies |
| 1993 | Bob Crosby, swing-era bandleader (Bobcats), dies of cancer at 79 |
| 1993 | C. Northcote Parkinson, British Historian |
| 1993 | Max A. Zorn, American Mathematician |
| 1992 | Felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies |
| 1992 | Jack McEdward, asst dir (Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell), dies at 94 |
| 1992 | James Brooks, U.S. mural painter (Flight, La Guardia New York), dies at 85 |
| 1992 | Menachem Begin, Prime Minister Israel 1977 - 1980, 1981 - 1983, Nobel 1979, dies at 85 |
| 1992 | Menachem Begin, Israeli Statesman |
| 1989 | Robert Mapplethorpe, U.S. photographer, dies at 42 |
| 1988 | Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83 |
| 1986 | Ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78 |
| 1983 | Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65 |
| 1982 | Alan Badel, actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58 |
| 1982 | Rex Marshall, TV announcer (Circuit Rider, Herman Hickman Show), dies |
| 1982 | Richard A Butler, England, Minister of Finance, dies at 79 |
| 1981 | Max Delbruck, German/U.S. biologist (Nobel 1969), dies at 74 |
| 1980 | Olga Chekova, actress (Moulin Rouge, Pawns of Possession), dies at 82 |
| 1979 | Barbara Mullen, actress (Talk of a Million), dies at 64 |
| 1975 | Joseph Dunninger, New York City, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82 |
| 1975 | Shirley Ross, actress (Night Vision, Mindkiller), dies at 62 |
| 1974 | Earl W. Sutherland, Jr., U.S. pharmacologist (Nobel 1971), dies at 58 |
| 1971 | Jean-Pierre Guezek, composer, dies at 36 |
| 1969 | Riad, chief of staff (Egyptian army), dies |
| 1969 | Richard Crane, actor (Surfside 6), dies at 50 |
| 1965 | Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer, dies at 65 |
| 1965 | Kazys Boruta, writer, dies |
| 1964 | Johanna W "Mina" Bakker, Dutch actress (Boefje), dies at 87 |
| 1964 | Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician, dies at 93 |
| 1962 | Howard Engstrom, Boston, a designer of UNIVAC computer, dies at 59 |
| 1955 | Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88 |
| 1955 | Matthew Henson, American Explorer |
| 1943 | Oskar Haks, Czechoslovakian marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz |
| 1941 | Carlos Pedrell, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1938 | Sydney Baynes, composer, dies at 59 |
| 1937 | Paul Elmer More, American Critic |
| 1931 | Ida B Wells-Barnett, famous black, dies in Chicago at 78 |
| 1918 | [Benjamin] Franc[lin] Wedekind, German writer/press sec, dies at 53 |
| 1913 | Eberhard Nestle, German biblical scholar, dies at 61 |
| 1895 | Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59 |
| 1877 | Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Netherlands Spectator), dies at 58 |
| 1870 | Theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65 |
| 1831 | Friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79 |
| 1827 | Franz Xaver Gerl, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1825 | Anna Letitia Barbauld, English Poet |
| 1824 | Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79 |
| 1822 | Nathaniel Smith, American Politician |
| 1819 | Janos Fusz, composer, dies at 41 |
| 1800 | Dominique Della-Maria, composer, dies at 30 |
| 1747 | Jacob Campo Weyerman, S Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69 |
| 1706 | Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52 |
| 1693 | Antonio Caraffa, Italian general (Eperieser Bloedgericht), dies at 46? |
| 1688 | Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89 |
| 1661 | Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58 |
| 1620 | Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59 |
| 1566 | David Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered |
