| 2005 | Paul Ricoeur, French Philosopher |
| 2002 | Stephen Jay Gould, "educator, writer", The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, dies at 60 |
| 2000 | Edward L. Bernds, director, The Three Stooges shorts, dies at 94 |
| 2000 | Jean-Pierre Rampal, flutist, dies at 78 |
| 1997 | Virgilio Boat, president of Colombia (1986-90), dies |
| 1996 | Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter, dies at 65 |
| 1996 | George Malcolm Thomson, journalist, dies at 96 |
| 1996 | Janaki Ramachandran, Prime Minister of Indian state of Tamil Nadu (1988), dies |
| 1996 | John Pertwee, actor (Dr. Who), dies at 76 |
| 1996 | Julius Marmur, biochemist/geneticist, dies at 70 |
| 1996 | Lewis B Combs, naval commander/civil engineer, dies at 101 |
| 1994 | Dallas Pratt, collector, dies at 79 |
| 1994 | Ronald Russell, actor/manager (We Are Angels), dies at 83 |
| 1993 | Max Klein, inventor (paint by numbers), dies at 77 |
| 1991 | Julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at 65 |
| 1989 | Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at 70 |
| 1989 | Gilda Radner, comedienne (SNL, Haunted Honeymoon), dies at 42 |
| 1989 | John R Hicks, English economist (Nobel 1972), dies |
| 1986 | Bernard Naylor, composer, dies at 78 |
| 1986 | Willem Pee, Belgian linguistic, dies at 83 |
| 1986 | Helen B. Taussig, American Scientist |
| 1985 | George Memmoli, actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46 |
| 1984 | Peter Bull, British actor (Dr. Doolittle), dies of a heart attack at 72 |
| 1975 | Barbara Hepworth, sculptor, dies |
| 1975 | Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, dies in fire at 72 |
| 1975 | Jacques Stehman, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1972 | Cornelis J van der Klauw, Dutch biologist/zoologist, dies at 78 |
| 1972 | Walter Winchell, columnist/narrator (Untouchables), dies at 75 |
| 1969 | Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64 |
| 1969 | Royal Beal, actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer, at 69 |
| 1968 | Kees van Dongen, Dutch/French painter, dies at 91 |
| 1959 | Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60 |
| 1957 | Gilbert Murray, British Diplomat |
| 1956 | Andre Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies |
| 1956 | Max Beerbohm, caricturist/writer (Yet Again), dies |
| 1940 | Joris [Georges] van Severen, Flem fascist/Member of parliament, dies |
| 1939 | Joe Carr, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39), dies at 59 |
| 1935 | Ivans, Jacob van Schevichaven, lawyer/detective writer, dies at 68 |
| 1925 | D. French Slaughter, Jr., Representative-R-Virginia, 1985 - 1991, died from a series of strokes |
| 1923 | Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist, dies |
| 1919 | Jacob Verdam, philosopher, dies |
| 1913 | Henry Flagler, American Businessman |
| 1910 | Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, composer, dies at 88 |
| 1900 | Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer, dies at 80 |
| 1896 | Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann, composer/pianist, dies at 76 |
| 1896 | Clara Schumann, German Musician |
| 1895 | Ratu Agung-Agung Gde Ngurah, radja van Mataram, Lombok, dies |
| 1883 | William Chambers, author/publisher, dies |
| 1880 | Eugene LFC prince the Ligne, Belgian prince of Ambise, dies at 76 |
| 1876 | Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old |
| 1876 | Khristo Botev, Bulgarian poet, dies |
| 1875 | Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58 |
| 1864 | John Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70 |
| 1847 | Mary Lamb, writer, dies |
| 1841 | Joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies |
| 1834 | Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert de Motier, nobleman, dies |
| 1834 | Marquis de Lafayette, French general, dies |
| 1795 | Ignac Martinovics, Hungarian physicist/revolutionary, beheaded |
| 1782 | Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer, dies at 68 |
| 1782 | Christoph Gottlieb Schroter, composer, dies at 82 |
| 1782 | William Emerson, English Mathematician |
| 1751 | Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer, dies at 38 |
| 1669 | Joris van der Hagen, landscape painter, dies |
| 1650 | Francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44 |
| 1648 | Wladyslaw IV Wasa, King of Poland, dies |
| 1622 | Osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies |
| 1597 | Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle |
| 1509 | Catharina Sforza, Italian duchess of Forli, dies at 45 |
| 1506 | Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 |
| 1471 | Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies |
| 1449 | Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies |
| 1444 | Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63 |
| 1277 | John XXI, Petrus Juliani/Hispanus, Port Pope (1276-77), dies |
