| 2002 | Jonathan Harris, TV actor, TV's Lost in Space, dies at 84 |
| 1999 | Ian Bannen, actor, Waking Ned Devine, dies at 71 |
| 1998 | Bob Kane, American Artist |
| 1996 | Barry George Barrington Porter, politician, dies at 57 |
| 1996 | Heather Swift, local councellor, dies at 79 |
| 1996 | Jean-Bedel Bokassa, dictator of Cent Africa Rep (1967-79), dies at 75 |
| 1995 | Arthur George Bottomley, politician, dies at 88 |
| 1994 | Dennis C Ott, U.S. actor (Star Trek 3/4), dies of AIDs |
| 1994 | Richard Krautheimer, U.S. art historian, dies at 97 |
| 1993 | Duncan Gibbins, director (Fire With Fire), dies in California fire at 41 |
| 1993 | Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor, dies at 97 |
| 1993 | William Lanteau, actor (On Golden Pond), dies at 70 |
| 1992 | Jean Daskalides, Belgian chocolate factory, dies at 70 |
| 1992 | John H Davis, actor (Our Gang), dies of respiratory failure at 78 |
| 1990 | Mary Martin, actress (Peter Pan), dies of cancer at 76 |
| 1990 | Valerie French, actress (Jubal), dies of leukemia |
| 1988 | Henri van Praag, Dutch para-psychologist, dies |
| 1986 | Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, jazz saxophonist, dies at 65 |
| 1983 | Alfredo Antonini, conductor (Jane Froman Canteen), dies at 82 |
| 1983 | Bob [Homan] Scholte, Dutch singer, dies at 81 |
| 1982 | Edward H Carr, British historian, dies at 90 |
| 1980 | Ludwig Hohl, writer, dies |
| 1977 | Florence Vidor, actress (Jack Knife Man), dies at 82 |
| 1973 | Arturo De Cordova, actor (This Strange Passion), dies at 65 |
| 1971 | Etienne Gailly, Belgian marathoner, Bronze Medal 1948 Olympics, dies in accident at 48 |
| 1970 | Peter II Karadjordjevic, last king of Yugoslavia (1934-45), dies at 57 |
| 1962 | Harlow H Curtice, President of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69 |
| 1959 | Friedrich Niggli, composer, dies at 83 |
| 1958 | Harry Revel, movie composer (Sitting Pretty, Gay Divorcee), dies |
| 1957 | Wilhelm Reich, Austria/U.S. psycho analyst (sexual), dies at 60 |
| 1954 | Henri E B Matisse, French painter/sculptor (Dance II), dies at 84 |
| 1954 | Henri Matisse, French Artist |
| 1951 | Louis Pierard, Belgian journalist/author (London sketches), dies at 65 |
| 1949 | Solomon R Guggenheim, U.S. art collector, dies at 88 |
| 1945 | Alessandro Longo, composer, dies at 80 |
| 1942 | Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Trousers, Snob), dies at 64 |
| 1940 | Lewis Hine, American Photographer |
| 1936 | Filip Lazar, composer, dies at 42 |
| 1931 | Juan Zorrilla de San Martin, Uruguayian poet (Tabare), dies at 75 |
| 1931 | Rudolf W. Canne, Fries playwright (Peaske), dies at 60 |
| 1926 | Annie Oakley, U.S. sharp shooting star, dies at 66 |
| 1914 | Georg Trakl, Austria poet (Totentag, Cocaine Overdose), dies at 27 |
| 1913 | Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, composer, dies at 83 |
| 1911 | Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer, dies at 79 |
| 1904 | Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer, dies at 57 |
| 1891 | Louis L Bonaparte, English/French linguist/senator, dies at 78 |
| 1873 | Kintpuash, "Captain Jack", chief of Modoc-indians, dies |
| 1867 | Pieter J Jong, Dutch Zouave, dies in battle |
| 1864 | Antonio Gonalves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea |
| 1845 | Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 69 |
| 1832 | Pietro Generali, composer, dies at 59 |
| 1803 | Henri Moreau, composer, dies at 75 |
| 1787 | Robert Lowth, English Author |
| 1711 | Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer, dies at 60 |
| 1708 | Henriette Catharina van Nassau, daughter of Frederik Henry, dies at 71 |
| 1639 | Martinus de Porres, Peru saint (patron of social justice), dies at 69 |
| 1611 | Antonio Perez, secretary of Spanish king Philip II and rebel, dies at 71 |
| 1456 | Edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond, dies |
| 1378 | Jan II, ruler of Polanen/Leck/Breda, dies |
| 1344 | Adolf van der Mark, prince-bishop of Liege (1313-44), dies at 56 |
| 1254 | Johannes III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (1222-54)/saint, dies |
| 361 | Flavius Julius Constantius II, 1st Byzantine Emperor, dies at 44 |
