| | 722 - Empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661) |
| | 1098 - Walkelin, first Norman bishop of Winchester (b. unknown) |
| | 1322 - King Philip V of France (b. 1293) |
| | 1437 - Catherine of Valois, wife of Henry V of England (b. 1401) |
| | 1543 - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer (b. 1499) |
| | 1641 - Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer (bc. 1618) |
| | 1656 - Mathieu Molé, French statesman (b. 1584) |
| | 1670 - George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier (b. 1608) |
| | 1690 - Hillel ben Naphtali Zevi, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1615) |
| | 1743 - Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1657) |
| | 1779 - Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (b. 1712) |
| | 1785 - Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706) |
| | 1795 - Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (b. 1730) |
| | 1826 - Louis Gabriel Suchet, French marshal (b. 1770) |
| | 1875 - Pierre Larousse, French editor (b. 1817) |
| | 1903 - Alois Hitler, Adolf Hilter's father (b. 1837) |
| | 1923 - Jaroslav Hasek, Czech novelist (b. 1883) |
| | 1927 - Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (b. 1856) |
| | 1933 - Wilhelm Cuno, 6th Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Germany) (b. 1876) |
| | 1933 - Jack Pickford, Canadian actor (b. 1896) |
| | 1944 - Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1873) |
| | 1945 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877) |
| | 1945 - Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (b. 1879) |
| | 1946 - William Joyce, American Nazi propagandist (executed) (b. 1906) |
| | 1950 - Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (b. 1884) |
| | 1956 - Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian composer (b. 1864) |
| | 1956 - Joseph Wirth, 5th Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Germany) (b. 1876) |
| | 1963 - Jack Carson, Canadian actor (b. 1910) |
| | 1967 - Mary Garden, Scottish singer (b. 1874) |
| | 1967 - Jack Ruby, American killer of Lee Harvey Oswald (b. 1911) |
| | 1979 - Conrad Hilton, American hotelier (b. 1887) |
| | 1980 - Joy Adamson, Czech conservationist (b. 1910) |
| | 1980 - Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (b. 1892) |
| | 1981 - Princess Alice of Albany (b. 1883) |
| | 1988 - Rose Ausländer, German poet (b. 1901) |
| | 1989 - Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909) |
| | 1992 - Dame Judith Anderson, Australian actress (b. 1897) |
| | 1993 - Johnny Most, American sports announcer (b. 1923) |
| | 2001 - José Greco, Italian-born dancer (b. 1918) |
| | 2002 - Esquivel, Mexican band leader (b. 1918) |
| | 2002 - Freddy Heineken, Dutch beer executive (b. 1923) |
| | 2003 - Sid Gillman, American football coach (b. 1911) |
| | 2004 - Leon Wagner, baseball player (b. 1934) |
| | 2005 - Koo Chen-fu, Chinese negotiator (b. 1917) |
| | 2005 - JN Dixit, Indian government official (b. 1936) |
| | 2005 - Will Eisner, American comic book artist (b. 1917) |
| | 2006 - Steve Rogers, Australian rugby league player (b. 1954) |
| | 2006 - Bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954) |