| 2003 | John Hawkesworth, producer/writer, ", Upstairs, Downstairs, ", dies at 82 |
| 2001 | John Lilly, American Scientist |
| 1996 | Aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer, dies at 76 |
| 1996 | Elizabeth Gille, writer translator/editor, dies at 59 |
| 1996 | Frances Lear, writer, dies at 73 |
| 1996 | Kenneth Muir, english scholar, dies at 89 |
| 1996 | Udom Patpongsiri, property developer, dies at 79 |
| 1995 | Frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat, dies at 77 |
| 1995 | George Kirby, comedian/impressionist (Pearl Bailey), dies at 71 |
| 1994 | Alex Scott, trainer, Horses, dies at 34 |
| 1994 | Andre Michel Lwoff, physiologist, dies at 92 |
| 1994 | Lina Basquette, actress (Night for Crime, Hard Hombre), dies at 87 |
| 1994 | Roberto Viola, Argentine general/president (1981), dies at 69 |
| 1993 | Alex Lyon, English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83), dies at 61 |
| 1993 | Gordon Douglas, actor and director (Tony Rome), dies of cancer at 85 |
| 1993 | Paul Nowee, writer (Arendsoog.. premiejager), dies at 57 |
| 1993 | Reizl Bozyk, Polish/U.S. actress (Crossing Delancey), dies at 79 |
| 1993 | Tony Brafa, actor (Enrico Pallazzo-Naked Gun), dies at 72 |
| 1991 | Nancy Welford, entertainer, dies at 87 |
| 1990 | Liesbeth de Uyl-of Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop du, dies |
| 1990 | Michel Levis, French cultural anthropologist/writer, dies |
| 1990 | Patrick White, Australian writer (Nobel 1973), dies |
| 1989 | Virgil Thomson, U.S. composer/critic (4 saints in 3 acts), dies at 92 |
| 1988 | Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37), dies at 86 |
| 1987 | Alfred Bester, sci-fi author (Dark Side of Earth), dies at 73 |
| 1985 | Charles F Richter, U.S. seismologist (scale of R), dies at 85 |
| 1985 | Heleb MacInnes, U.S. spy writer (Affiliate in place), dies at 77 |
| 1985 | Simone Signoret, German/French actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies at 64 |
| 1984 | Ellsworth Bunker, U.S. ambassador (South-Vietnam, dies at 90) |
| 1983 | Freddy Martin, orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76 |
| 1983 | William D Elliot, actor (Bernie Loves Bridget, Adam 12), dies at 49 |
| 1978 | Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy), dies at 75 |
| 1976 | Louis Fourestier, composer, dies at 84 |
| 1970 | Patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69 |
| 1965 | E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith, sci-fi author (Triplanetary), dies at 75 |
| 1963 | Arnold Foster, composer, dies at 66 |
| 1960 | Harry St. John Philby, sheik Abdullah, British explorer, dies |
| 1959 | John H Kliegl, developer of Klieg light, dies at 89 |
| 1959 | Taylor Holmes, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 81 |
| 1958 | Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist (ph-stipulation), dies at 79 |
| 1955 | James Dean, actor (Rebel Without a Cause), dies in car crash at 24 |
| 1955 | Michael Chekhov, actor (Rhapsody, Abie's Irish Rose), dies at 64 |
| 1955 | Pentti Haanpaa, Finnish writer (Maantieta pitkin), dies at 49 |
| 1952 | Waldorf Astor, House of Lords and Commons/owner of Observer, dies |
| 1940 | Walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1935 | Joannes D J Aengenent, bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), dies at 62 |
| 1929 | Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China), dies |
| 1922 | Paul Barth, German philosopher/sociologist, dies at 64 |
| 1921 | Oskar Panizza, writer, dies at 77 |
| 1913 | Rudolf Diesel, German Inventor |
| 1912 | Mary Frances Allitsen, composer, dies at 63 |
| 1904 | Sigurd Lie, composer, dies at 33 |
| 1888 | Catherine Eddowes, English, murdered by Jack the Ripper at 45 |
| 1888 | Elizabeth Stride, Long Liz, English, murdered by Jack the Ripper at 45 |
| 1885 | Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress, dies at 60 |
| 1884 | Louis Lacombe, composer, dies at 65 |
| 1877 | Toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce indians, dies in battle |
| 1862 | Isaac Peace Rodman, banker/Union Brigadier-General, dies of injury at about 40 |
| 1819 | Nicolas Roze, composer, dies at 74 |
| 1811 | Thomas Percy, English bishop of Dromore, dies at 82 |
| 1803 | Charles Broche, composer, dies at 51 |
| 1770 | George Whitefield, American Clergyman |
| 1755 | Francesco Durante, composer, dies at 71 |
| 1716 | Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer, dies at 62 |
| 1712 | Johann Michael Zacher, composer, dies at 61 |
| 1630 | John Billington, murderer, 1st American execution, hanged |
| 1612 | Ercole Bottrigari, composer, dies at 81 |
| 1572 | Francisco Borgia, theologist/saint, dies at 61 |
| 1351 | Muso Soseki, Zen teacher/Rinzai line/head of Nanzenji, dies in Japan |
| 739 | P'u-chi Ho-shang Tao-chao, Northern Ch'an Line Zen teacher, dies |
