| 2005 | Peter W. Rodino, Representative-D-New Jersey 1949 - 1989, chaired Watergate council, died at 95 of heart failure |
| 2002 | Kevyn Aucoin, make-up artist/writer, Making Face, dies at 40 |
| 2001 | Joseph Greenberg, American Writer |
| 2000 | "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr", actor, dies at 90 |
| 1998 | Eddie Rabbitt, singer, I Love a Rainy Night, dies at 56 |
| 1996 | Albert Meltzer, anarchist, dies at 76 |
| 1996 | Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP, dies at 87 |
| 1996 | Howard Frank Trayton Smith, diplomat/head of MI5, dies at 76 |
| 1995 | Ernest H Martin, impressario, dies at 75 |
| 1995 | Lawrence Josset, engraver, dies at 84 |
| 1995 | Maria Luisa Bemberg, fil maker, dies at 73 |
| 1995 | Ray McKinley, drummer, dies at 84 |
| 1994 | Clement Greenberg, U.S. art critic (Art and Culture), dies at 85 |
| 1994 | Margaret Skeete, oldest American, dies at 115 |
| 1993 | Mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89 |
| 1990 | Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60 |
| 1989 | Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65 |
| 1988 | Harris Glenn Divine, dies of natural causes at 42 |
| 1987 | Colin Blakely, dies at 56 |
| 1987 | Stewart McKinney, Representative-R-Connecticut 1971 - 1987, died from complications from AIDS |
| 1986 | Gaston Deferre, French politician, dies at 75 |
| 1985 | Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54 |
| 1983 | Peter Edel, writer, dies |
| 1982 | Alfred Adam, dies at 72 |
| 1981 | Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1977 | Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73 |
| 1974 | Frederick Kelly, American Athlete |
| 1971 | Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83 |
| 1970 | Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1968 | Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/Governor of Alabama, dies at 41 |
| 1967 | Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54 |
| 1962 | Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77 |
| 1958 | Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81 |
| 1951 | Warner Baxter, dies at 62 |
| 1946 | Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed |
| 1946 | Joe Humphries, cricket wicket keeper (3 Tests for England 1907-08), dies |
| 1942 | Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 |
| 1941 | David Wijnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies |
| 1941 | James G. Frazer, Scottish Scientist |
| 1934 | Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1932 | Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies |
| 1929 | Albert Anselmi, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone |
| 1929 | John Scalise, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone |
| 1929 | Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, U.S. gangster, murdered by Al Capone |
| 1928 | Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56 |
| 1915 | Alfred G Vanderbilt, U.S. millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania |
| 1915 | Alfred Scott Witherbee, Jr., U.S. Lusitania officer, dies |
| 1915 | Charles Frohman, dies aboard Lusitania |
| 1914 | Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87 |
| 1904 | Peter Hille, writer, dies |
| 1900 | Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81 |
| 1890 | James Nasmyth, Scottish Inventor |
| 1884 | Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72 |
| 1876 | Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69 |
| 1873 | Salmon P. Chase, American Politician |
| 1873 | Salmon Portland Chase, American Politician |
| 1871 | Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies |
| 1863 | Amiel Weeks Whipple, U.S. Union General-major, dies of injuries at 46 |
| 1840 | Caspar David Friedrich, German Artist |
| 1836 | Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26 |
| 1825 | Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74 |
| 1818 | Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70 |
| 1814 | Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1800 | Laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64 |
| 1800 | Niccolo Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72 |
| 1793 | Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt Admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68 |
| 1793 | Pietro Nardini, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1792 | Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82 |
| 1736 | John Weldon, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1673 | Johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58 |
| 1671 | Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68 |
| 1671 | Pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of Opperkrijgshof, dies at 62 |
| 1667 | Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50 |
| 1617 | David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53 |
| 1523 | Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds at 42 |
| 1205 | Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6 |
| 1166 | Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66) |
| 973 | Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (962-973), dies at 60 |
| 685 | Marwan I ibn al-Hakam, 4th kalief of Omajjaden (684-85), dies |
