| | 814 - Charlemagne (b. 742) |
| | 1061 - Duke Spytihnev II of Bohemia (b. 1031) |
| | 1271 - Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) |
| | 1443 - Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France |
| | 1547 - King Henry VIII of England (b. 1491) |
| | 1596 - Sir Francis Drake, English explorer and soldier |
| | 1599 - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (b. 1547) |
| | 1613 - Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (b. 1545) |
| | 1621 - Pope Paul V (b. 1550) |
| | 1681 - Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619) |
| | 1672 - Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588) |
| | 1687 - Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer (b. 1611) |
| | 1697 - John Fenwick, English conspirator |
| | 1725 (O.S.) - Tsar Peter I of Russia, (b. 1672) |
| | 1754 - Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (b. 1684) |
| | 1832 - Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769) |
| | 1859 - Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782) |
| | 1864 - Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799) |
| | 1903 - Augusta Holmès, French composer (b. 1847) |
| | 1912 - Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (b. 1819) |
| | 1915 - Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist (b. 1846) |
| | 1918 - John McCrae, Canadian poet (b. 1872) |
| | 1935 - Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (b. 1859) |
| | 1938 - Bernd Rosemeyer, German racecar driber (b. 1909) |
| | 1939 - William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1865) |
| | 1949 - Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908) |
| | 1950 - Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician (b. 1883) |
| | 1953 - James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876) |
| | 1960 - Zora Neale Hurston, American author (b. 1891) |
| | 1963 - Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884) |
| | 1965 - Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888) |
| | 1965 - Maxime Weygand, French soldier (b. 1867) |
| | 1971 - Donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst (b. 1896) |
| | 1973 - John Banner, Austrian actor (b. 1910) |
| | 1983 - Frank Forde, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890) |
| | 1983 - Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, Head Coach of the University of Alabama (b. 1913) |
| | 1986 - Greg Jarvis, Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1944) |
| | 1986 - Christa McAuliffe, Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1948) |
| | 1986 - Ronald McNair, Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1950) |
| | 1986 - Ellison Onizuka, Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1946) |
| | 1986 - Judith Resnik, Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1949) |
| | 1986 - Francis R. Scobee, Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1939) |
| | 1986 - Michael J. Smith, Crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (b. 1945) |
| | 1988 - Klaus Fuchs, German physicist (b. 1911) |
| | 1991 - Red Grange, American football player (b. 1903) |
| | 1994 - Hal Smith, American actor (b. 1916) |
| | 1996 - Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1940) |
| | 1996 - Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (b. 1914) |
| | 1999 - Markey Robinson, Irish painter (b. 1918) |
| | 1999 - Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (b. 1908) |
| | 2001 - Curt Blefary, baseball player (b. 1943) |
| | 2002 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author (b. 1907) |
| | 2004 - Lloyd M. Bucher, U.S. Navy officer (b. 1927) |
| | 2004 - Don Cholito, Puerto Rican radio host (b. 1923) |
| | 2004 - Elroy Hirsch, American football player (b. 1923) |
| | 2004 - Don Stansauk, professional wrestler (b. 1936) |
| | 2005 - Jim Capaldi, English singer and songwriter (b. 1944) |
| | 2005 - Karen Lancaume, French actress (suicide) (b. 1973) |
| | 2006 - Yitzchak Kadouri, Jewish rabbi (b. around 1900) |
| | 2006 - Henry McGee, English comedian (b. 1929) |