| | 1045 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009) |
| | 1317 - Robert, Count of Clermont, French founder of the House of Bourbon (b. 1256) |
| | 1560 - Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1493) |
| | 1626 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548) |
| | 1642 - William Bedell, English clergyman (b. 1571) |
| | 1652 - Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer (b. 1582) |
| | 1690 - William Morice, English royalist statesman |
| | 1693 - Paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624) |
| | 1736 - Stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666) |
| | 1779 - William Boyce, English composer (b. 1711) |
| | 1799 - Qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711) |
| | 1801 - Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726) |
| | 1823 - Ann Radcliffe, English novelist (b. 1764) |
| | 1837 - King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) |
| | 1839 - Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet (b. 1799) |
| | 1873 - Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (b. 1814) |
| | 1878 - Pope Pius IX (b. 1792) |
| | 1897 - Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (b. 1847) |
| | 1919 - William Halford, American naval officer and Medal of Honor recipient |
| | 1920 - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (b. 1874) |
| | 1937 - Elihu Root, American statesman and diplomat, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1845) |
| | 1938 - Harvey Firestone, American manufacturer (b. 1868) |
| | 1939 - Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (b. 1886) |
| | 1942 - Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator (b. 1876) |
| | 1960 - Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (b. 1903) |
| | 1963 - Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist (b. 1902) |
| | 1968 - Nick Adams, American actor (b. 1931) |
| | 1973 - Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (b. 1892) |
| | 1979 - Josef Mengele, Nazi war criminal (b. 1911) |
| | 1980 - Secondo Campini, Italian jet pioneer (b. 1904) |
| | 1985 - Matt Monro, English singer (b. 1932) |
| | 1986 - Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian (b. 1923) |
| | 1990 - Jimmy Van Heusen, American songwriter (b. 1913) |
| | 1991 - Amos Yarkoni, legendary Israeli soldier (b. 1920) |
| | 1992 - Buzz Sawyer, Wrestler |
| | 1993 - Lillian Gish, American actress (b. 1893) |
| | 1994 - Witold Lutoslawski, Polish composer (b. 1913) |
| | 1994 - Stephen Milligan, British journalist and politician (b. 1948) |
| | 1996 - Phillip Davidson, US Army general (b. 1915) |
| | 1998 - Lawrence Sanders, American author (b. 1920) |
| | 1999 - King Hussein of Jordan (b. 1935) |
| | 1999 - José Silva, author of Silva Method and the Silva UltraMind ESP System (b. 1914) |
| | 1999 - Bobby Troup, American musician and actor (b. 1918) |
| | 2000 - Big Pun, Puerto Rican rapper (b. 1971) |
| | 2000 - Doug Henning, Canadian magician (b. 1947) |
| | 2001 - Dale Evans, American actress and singer (b. 1912) |
| | 2001 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and aviator (b. 1906) |
| | 2002 - Elisa Bridges, American model (b. 1973) |
| | 2003 - Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (b. 1921) |
| | 2003 - John Reading, Mayor of Oakland, California (b. 1917) |
| | 2004 - John Hench, American animator (b. 1908) |
| | 2006 - Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (b. 1914) |