| 2008 | Sydney Pollack, dies in California, of stomach cancer, at 73 |
| 2003 | Kathleen Winsor, American Author |
| 2001 | Anne Haney, character actress, Mrs. Doubtfire, dies at 67 |
| 1997 | Manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90 |
| 1996 | Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76 |
| 1996 | Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, musician, dies at 45 |
| 1995 | Isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88 |
| 1995 | Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist, dies at 61 |
| 1995 | Severn Darden, comedian (Second City), dies at 65 |
| 1994 | George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 |
| 1994 | Sonny Sharrock, U.S. free-jazz guitarist, dies at 53 |
| 1994 | Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, jazz Guitarist, dies at 53 |
| 1993 | Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91 |
| 1993 | Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78 |
| 1993 | Marvin Young, producer/child actor (Player), dies at 90 |
| 1992 | Danny Biasone, basketball innovator (24-second clock), dies at 83 |
| 1991 | Tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41 |
| 1991 | Tom Eyen, playwright (Dreamgirls), dies of cardiac arrest at 50 |
| 1979 | George Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75 |
| 1977 | Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63 |
| 1977 | William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35 |
| 1976 | Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at 86 |
| 1974 | Kitty Gordon, entertainer, dies at 96 |
| 1974 | Stewart Alsop, columnist and political analyst, worked for Saturday Evening Post and Newsweek, dies |
| 1973 | Jacques Lipchitz, U.S. cubist sculptor, dies at 81 |
| 1971 | John Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70 |
| 1969 | Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77 |
| 1968 | William E "Little Willie" John, U.S. R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30) |
| 1967 | Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician, dies at 60 |
| 1967 | George E Stone, actor (5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at 64 |
| 1966 | Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47 |
| 1966 | Neal Dodd, actor (Only Women, You Belong to Me), dies at 86 |
| 1963 | Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53 |
| 1959 | Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78 |
| 1959 | Joe Kelly, TV host (Quiz Kids), dies at 57 |
| 1958 | Francis Carco(pino), French author/critic (L'homme traque), dies at 71 |
| 1956 | Al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54 |
| 1954 | Franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74 |
| 1952 | Damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55 |
| 1951 | Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71 |
| 1950 | Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies |
| 1946 | Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies |
| 1943 | Edsel Ford, owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at 49 |
| 1939 | Charles H Mayo, U.S. surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74 |
| 1939 | Cornelis J Cutters, supreme commander of Navy (1910-18), dies |
| 1933 | Jimmie Rodgers, country singer, dies at 35 |
| 1926 | S V Petlura, Ukrainain ataman, assassinated by Shalom Schwarzbard |
| 1924 | Johann Heinrich Beck, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1924 | Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/ composer and conductor, dies at 65 |
| 1912 | Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61 |
| 1908 | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69 |
| 1905 | Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies |
| 1891 | Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1883 | Abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74 |
| 1880 | John Curwen, composer, dies at 63 |
| 1876 | Frantisek Palacky, Czechoslovakian historian/MP, dies at 77 |
| 1873 | August Conradi, composer, dies at 51 |
| 1871 | Aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54 |
| 1868 | Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution |
| 1864 | Ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71 |
| 1832 | Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59 |
| 1831 | Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies |
| 1818 | Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian Field Marshal/War Minister, dies |
| 1753 | Willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/Governor of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies |
| 1703 | Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 |
| 1685 | Karel, monarch of Palts, dies |
| 1648 | Vincent Voiture, French Poet |
| 1609 | Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried |
| 1595 | Philippus Nerius, Filippo Neri, Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 |
| 1512 | Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies |
| 1421 | Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies |
| 735 | Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 |
| 604 | 605? Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies |
