| 2004 | Paul Nitze, American Writer |
| 2003 | Alija Izetbegovic, Bosniak Activist |
| 1997 | Glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49 |
| 1996 | Oliver Charles Anderson, novelist, dies at 84 |
| 1995 | Don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58 |
| 1995 | Vicki Stangroome, campaigner, dies at 53 |
| 1994 | Martha Raye, actress (Pin Up Girl), dies after illness at 78 |
| 1994 | Munavarsjo Nazrijev, vice-president of Tadzjikistan, dies |
| 1994 | Oldrich Cernik, Czechoslovakia premier (1968-70), dies at 72 |
| 1994 | Stanislaw Brunstein, artist, dies at 79 |
| 1993 | Bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48 |
| 1993 | Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered |
| 1993 | Lois Kibbee, actress (Edge of Night), dies of brain tumor at 71 |
| 1993 | Roy Armstrong, English historian (Traditional buildings), dies at 91 |
| 1992 | Cleavon Little, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies at 53 |
| 1992 | Gert Nastian, general and companion of Petra Kelly, found dead at 69 |
| 1992 | Maurice le Roux, French conductor and composer (Contes immoraux), dies |
| 1992 | Petra Kelly, founder (German Green Party), found dead at 44 |
| 1988 | Friedrich Weinreb, Polish/Netherlands theologist/economist, dies at 77 |
| 1987 | Jacqueline du Pre, British cellist, dies at 42 |
| 1986 | Moses Asch, record founder (Folkways), dies at 81 |
| 1984 | Henri Michaux, writer, dies |
| 1984 | Jerzy Popieluszko, Polish priest/dissident, kidnapped and murdered |
| 1984 | Jon-Erik Hexum, accidentally shoots himself on set of "Cover Up" at 27 |
| 1983 | 18/10? Albert "Carel" Willink, painter: magic(al)-realism, dies at 83 |
| 1983 | Albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83 |
| 1983 | Maurice Bishop, premier of Grenada (1979-83), murdered in coup |
| 1982 | Jock Ewing, dies in an aircrash on TV show "Dallas" |
| 1981 | Frank DeKova, actor (F Troop), dies |
| 1981 | Paul Snoek, Edm Schietekat, Belgian poet, dies at 48 |
| 1978 | Gig Young, kills his bride of 3 weeks and then commits suicide at 64 |
| 1971 | Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrial, dies at 89 |
| 1971 | Betty Bronson, actress (Naked Kiss), dies after brief illness at 64 |
| 1970 | Unica Zurn, author, painter, dies at 54 |
| 1966 | Elizabeth Arden, U.S. cosmetic manufacturer, dies |
| 1964 | Maurice Gosfield, actor (Doberman-Phil Silvers Show), dies at 51 |
| 1961 | Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60 |
| 1961 | John Axel Fernstrom, composer, dies at 63 |
| 1960 | Gunther AR Raphael, German composer (Busskantate), dies at 57 |
| 1959 | Boughera El Quafi, marathoner, Gold Medal 1928 Olympics, shot to death at 60 |
| 1959 | Stanley Bate, composer, dies at 45 |
| 1957 | Vere G Childe, British archaeologist/prehistorian, dies at 65 |
| 1955 | John Hodiak, actress (Lifeboat, Battleground), dies at 41 |
| 1950 | Edna St. Vincent Millay, American Author |
| 1943 | Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered |
| 1943 | Camille Claudel, French Artist |
| 1937 | Betty Carver, wife of English Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, dies |
| 1937 | Ernest Rutherford baron of Nelson, English physicist (Nobel 1908), dies |
| 1936 | Lu Xun, Chinese Author |
| 1934 | Johan J Arch, graphic artist (houtgravures), dies at 63 |
| 1932 | Arthur Friedheim, composer, dies at 72 |
| 1921 | Antonio Granjo, premier (Portugal), murdered |
| 1918 | Joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34 |
| 1910 | Lutzen Wagenaar, Fries writer/vicar (Tsjerk Ages), dies |
| 1909 | Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist/criminologist, dies |
| 1909 | Christopher KH de Neree tot Babberich, cartoonist, dies at 29 |
| 1893 | Lucy Stone, American Activist |
| 1890 | Richard Francis Burton, English Writer |
| 1888 | Amaat Vyncke, Flemish missionary/founder (Flemish Wind), dies at 38 |
| 1864 | Daniel Davidson Bidwell, magistrate/Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 45 |
| 1851 | Marie-Therese-Charlotte, d of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, dies at 72 |
| 1838 | Henry Fagel, baron/court clerk of States-General/diplomat, dies at 73 |
| 1835 | Henry Doeff, translator (Dutch-Japanese dictionary), dies at 57 |
| 1834 | Cornelis Loots, accountant/poet (Volkswoede), dies at 69 |
| 1813 | Josef Poniatovski, Polish gen/marshal of France, dies in battle |
| 1810 | Jean-Georges Noverre, French choreographer (ballet d'action), dies |
| 1793 | Francisco Morera, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1790 | Lyman Hall, U.S. physician and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 66 |
| 1786 | Pietro Alessandro Pavona, composer, dies at 58 |
| 1760 | Charles Lawrence, British Politician |
| 1758 | Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist, dies |
| 1745 | Jonathan Swift, English writer (Gulliver's Travels), dies |
| 1609 | Jacobus Arminius, Jacob Hermans, theologist, dies at about 49 |
| 1608 | Martinus A del Rio, Spanish lawyer historian/theologist, dies |
| 1553 | Bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, de' Pitati, Italian painter, dies |
| 1547 | Pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46 |
| 1268 | Konradin von Hohenstaufen, duke of Zwaben, beheaded |
