| | 389 - Gregory Nazianzus, theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 329) |
| | 477 - Geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans |
| | 844 - Pope Gregory IV |
| | 1067 - Emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032) |
| | 1366 - Henry Suso, German mystic |
| | 1431 - Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364) |
| | 1494 - King Ferdinand I of Naples (b. 1423) |
| | 1559 - King Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (b. 1481) |
| | 1586 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515) |
| | 1640 - Robert Burton, English scholar (b. 1577) |
| | 1670 - Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1612) |
| | 1726 - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675) |
| | 1733 - Gilbert Heathcote, Mayor of London |
| | 1751 - Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (b. 1675) |
| | 1881 - Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794) |
| | 1907 - René Pottier, French cyclist (b. 1879) |
| | 1908 - Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850) |
| | 1908 - Ouida, English writer (b. 1839) |
| | 1912 - Dmitry Milyutin, Russian Field Marshal (b. 1816) |
| | 1925 - Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (b. 1858) |
| | 1940 - Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899) |
| | 1947 - Al Capone, American gangster (b. 1899) |
| | 1963 - Wilson Kettle, Guinness World Record holder for most living descendants (b. 1860) |
| | 1969 - Irene Castle, English dancer (b. 1887) |
| | 1970 - Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (b. 1877) |
| | 1970 - Eiji Tsuburaya, Founder of Tsuburaya Productions, creator of Ultraman (b. 1901) |
| | 1972 - Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892) |
| | 1981 - Adele Astaire, American dancer (b. 1897) |
| | 1982 - Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician (b. 1902) |
| | 1990 - Ava Gardner, American actress (b. 1922) |
| | 1994 - Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (b. 1909) |
| | 1995 - Cal Jammer, American actor (b. 1960) |
| | 1996 - Jonathan Larson, American composer (b. 1960) |
| | 1999 - Robert Shaw, American conductor (b. 1916) |
| | 2003 - Samuel Weems, Arkansas judge |
| | 2004 - Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (b. 1918) |
| | 2004 - Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979) |
| | 2005 - Stanislaw Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (b. 1923) |
| | 2005 - William Augustus Bootle, American judge (b. 1902) |
| | 2005 - Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906) |
| | 2005 - Ray Peterson, American singer (b. 1935) |
| | 2005 - Nettie Witziers-Timmer, Dutch athlete (b. 1923) |
| | 2006 - Anna Malle, Adult film star (b. 1967) |