| 2000 | Sir Steven Runciman, historian, A History of the Crusuades, dies at 97 |
| 2000 | Steven Runciman, British Historian |
| 1999 | Walter Payton, football great, dies at 45 |
| 1999 | Theodore Hall, American Criminal |
| 1996 | Junius Richard Jayawardene, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 1977 - 1978, dies at 90 |
| 1996 | Maati Bouabid, Prime Minister of Morroco 1979 - 1983, dies |
| 1995 | Brian Joseph Lenihan, politician, dies at 64 |
| 1995 | Desmond Shawe-Taylor, critic, dies at 88 |
| 1995 | James Ralph Darling, teacher, dies at 96 |
| 1995 | Lex Hixon, religious teacher/author, dies at 53 |
| 1994 | Richard Krautheimer, art historian, dies at 97 |
| 1994 | Syd Dernley, hangman, dies at 73 |
| 1993 | Anatoli Fyodorovich Voronov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12a backup), dies at 63 |
| 1993 | George Sheehan, cardiologist/marathoner, dies of prostate cancer at 74 |
| 1992 | Jeremias Chitunda, vice-chairman (Angolese Unita-rebellion), dies |
| 1991 | Joseph Papp, U.S. theater producer (Chorus Line, Hair), dies at 70 |
| 1987 | Rene Levesque, Quebec premier (1976-85), dies at 65 |
| 1986 | Paul Frees, animation voice (Bullwinkle), dies at 66 |
| 1986 | Sippie Wallace, blues singer, dies at 88 |
| 1985 | Phil Silvers, comedic actor (Sergeant Bilko), dies in his sleep at 73 |
| 1984 | Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74 |
| 1983 | Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn Catalog), dies at 96 |
| 1982 | James Broderick, actor (Doug-Family), dies of cancer at 55 |
| 1982 | King Vidor, director (War and Peace), dies at 88 of a heart ailment |
| 1982 | Leighton Lucas, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1979 | Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death |
| 1976 | Oscar Beregi, Jr., actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City), dies at 58 |
| 1975 | Doro Merande, actress (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 77 |
| 1975 | Jacki Ray, actor (In Like Flint), dies at 58 |
| 1975 | Norbert Rosseau, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1975 | Philip James, composer, dies at 85 |
| 1975 | Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet/author/director, murdered at 53 |
| 1974 | Ralf Harolde, actor (Safe, Framed, Stolen Harmony), dies at 75 |
| 1972 | Ezra Loomis Pound, U.S. poet (Throne), dies at 87 |
| 1972 | Ezra Pound, American Poet |
| 1971 | G von Le Fort, writer, dies at 95 |
| 1971 | Richard L. Evans, American Clergyman |
| 1968 | Georgios Papandreou, Greek minister/premier, dies at 80 |
| 1967 | Benita Hume, actress (Vicky-Thew Halls of Ivy), dies at 61 |
| 1963 | Elsa Maxwell, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 80 |
| 1962 | Winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78 |
| 1961 | Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author, dies at 97 |
| 1961 | Joan McCracken, actress (Claudie The Story of a Marriage), dies at 38 |
| 1959 | Gershon Agron, mayor of Jerusalem, dies at 66 |
| 1956 | Lajos Asztalos, International Chess Master (1950), dies at 67 |
| 1956 | Pietro Badoglio, Italian general (1922-43), dies at 85 |
| 1955 | W H van Eemlandt, Haasse, author (Treasure Hunter of Amstel), dies |
| 1950 | Griselio Torresola, attempted to assassinate President Truman, shot dead |
| 1949 | Leslie Gay, cricket wicket-keeper/goalkeeper (England in 1890's), dies |
| 1947 | Man O' War, racehorse, dies |
| 1942 | Hugo Distler, composer, dies at 34 |
| 1941 | Camille Melloy, the Paepe, Belgian priest/poet (Requiem), dies at 50 |
| 1927 | Florence Mills, dancer/singer, dies in New York City at 32 |
| 1926 | Louis H Chrispijn, Dutch actor and director (Krates), dies at 72 |
| 1922 | Thomas Nelson Page, American Writer |
| 1914 | Christopher "Kit" Cradock, English admiral, dies in battle |
| 1907 | Alfred Jarry, writer, dies at 33 |
| 1903 | [Christian M] Theodor Mommsen, German historian (Nobel 1902), dies |
| 1895 | Aleksander Zarzycki, composer, dies at 61 |
| 1894 | Aleksandr III A Romanov, czar of Russia (1881-94), dies at 49 |
| 1891 | John A Neuhuys, painter, dies at 59 |
| 1881 | Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22 |
| 1867 | John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman |
| 1844 | August Ferdinand Haeser, composer, dies at 45 |
| 1841 | Antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP, dies |
| 1825 | Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa, composer, dies at 49 |
| 1817 | Giovanni Calisto Andrea Zanotti, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1810 | Georg Anton Kreusser, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1788 | Johann Samuel Schroeter, composer, dies |
| 1768 | Pierre van Maldere, composer, dies at 39 |
| 1750 | Giuseppe Sammartini, composer, dies at 55 |
| 1750 | Gustaaf W van Imhoff, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1736-40), dies at 45 |
| 1711 | Christian Demelius, composer, dies at 68 |
| 1700 | Carlos II, King of Spain (1665-1700), dies at 39 |
| 1676 | Gisbertus Voetius, Gosbert Voet, reformed theologist, dies at 87 |
| 1672 | Heinrich Schutz, composer, dies at 87 |
| 1546 | Giulio Romano, Italian painter/architect (Ondergang der Titanen), dies |
| 1535 | Francesco Sforza, Italian ruler (Milan), dies |
