| 2003 | Don Gibson, songwriter/singer, I Can't Stop Loving You, dies at 75 |
| 2001 | Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey 1959 - 1982, died of heart disease |
| 1998 | Esther Rolle, actress, Good Times, dies at 78 |
| 1996 | Andrew John Fairclough, trade union educator, dies at 45 |
| 1996 | Johan Fleming Ramsland, broadcaster, dies at 54 |
| 1995 | Alan Hull, singer/composer, dies at 50 |
| 1995 | Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng, dies at 66 |
| 1995 | John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist, dies at 88 |
| 1995 | Marguerite Young, writer, dies at 87 |
| 1995 | Peter John Welding, record producer, dies at 60 |
| 1994 | G Waller, German/Swiss movie journalist (NRC/Variety), dies at 82 |
| 1993 | Jthm de Vreeze, Dutch MP (KVP, 1956..77), dies at 80 |
| 1992 | Audre Lorde, St. Croix' feminist author (Black Unicorn), dies |
| 1991 | John Blatnik, (Rep-Minn, 1947-75), dies at 80 |
| 1991 | Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance, (Jerry Van Dyke's daughter), suicide at 33 |
| 1991 | Paul Reid Roman, actor (Aviator, Blue Knight), dies of cancer at 55 |
| 1989 | Billy Lee, actor (Sons of Legion, Biscuit Eater), dies |
| 1989 | Emerson Buckley, composer, dies at 73 |
| 1988 | Sheilah Graham, gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at 84 |
| 1987 | Irene Wicker, singer and actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81 |
| 1986 | Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71 |
| 1986 | Georges Besse, French president-director of Renault, murdered |
| 1985 | Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81 |
| 1982 | Bill Baldwin, announcer, dies at 69 |
| 1982 | Duk Koo Kim, S Korean boxer, legally declared dead |
| 1982 | Eduard Tubin, composer, dies at 77 |
| 1982 | Ruth Donnelly, comedienne, dies at 86 in New York City |
| 1981 | Bob Eberly, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band), dies at 65 |
| 1979 | John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery |
| 1978 | Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75 |
| 1978 | James J "Gene" Tunney, heavyweight boxing champ (1926-8), dies at 80 |
| 1976 | Victor Alessandro, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1975 | Kay Johnson, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), dies at 70 |
| 1974 | Clive Brook, actor and director (On Approval), dies at 87 |
| 1971 | Gladys Cooper, actress (Margaret-The Rogues), dies at 83 |
| 1971 | Melville Cooper, actor (Diane, Bundle of Joy), dies of cancer at 75 |
| 1970 | Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69 |
| 1968 | Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86 |
| 1968 | Mervyn Peake, British Writer |
| 1962 | Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami |
| 1959 | Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72 |
| 1955 | James Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1947 | Ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83 |
| 1944 | Bernard Ray, U.S. lieutenant, dies in Battle at Hurtgenwald |
| 1943 | Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74 |
| 1941 | Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide |
| 1931 | Georgi Atanasov, composer, dies at 50 |
| 1931 | John P Lotsy, botanist/geneticist (Resumptio Genetics), dies at 64 |
| 1929 | Herman Hollerith, German/U.S. statistician (punch card), dies at 69 |
| 1927 | Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44 |
| 1917 | F-Auguste-R Rodin, French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77 |
| 1917 | Auguste Rodin, French Sculptor |
| 1905 | Adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88 |
| 1905 | Philip EFMCBLG, earl of Flanders, dies |
| 1893 | Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36 |
| 1875 | Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos and indians), dies |
| 1862 | Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63 |
| 1856 | William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77 |
| 1848 | Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies |
| 1826 | Louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47 |
| 1818 | Charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies |
| 1796 | Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 |
| 1770 | Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 |
| 1768 | Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75 |
| 1747 | Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 |
| 1648 | Thomas Ford, composer, dies |
| 1608 | Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22 |
| 1562 | Antoine of Bourbon, duke of Vendome/huguenot, dies in battle at 47 |
| 1558 | Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42 |
| 1558 | Reginald Pole, English cardinal/scholar/"heretic", dies at 58 |
| 1512 | Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered |
| 1231 | Elisabeth van Thuringen, Hungarian princess, dies at about 24 |
| 1093 | Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies |
| 594 | Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies |
| 474 | Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies |
| 375 | Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at 54 |
