| | 641 - Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium |
| | 731 - Pope Gregory II |
| | 821 - Saint Benedict of Aniane |
| | 824 - Pope Paschal I |
| | 1141 - Hugo of St. Victor, German philosopher and theologian |
| | 1160 - Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123) |
| | 1503 - Elizabeth of York, queen consort of Henry VII of England (b. 1466) |
| | 1626 - Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (b. 1552) |
| | 1650 - René Descartes, French philosopher (b. 1596) |
| | 1685 - David Teniers III, Flemish painter (b. 1638) |
| | 1713 - Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor of Indai (b. 1664) |
| | 1755 - Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (b. 1675) |
| | 1762 - Johann Tobias Krebs, German composer (b. 1690) |
| | 1763 - William Shenstone, English poet (b. 1714) |
| | 1797 - Antoine Dauvergne, French composer (b. 1713) |
| | 1829 - Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (b. 1795) |
| | 1862 - Elizabeth Siddal, British poet and artist (b. 1829) |
| | 1868 - Léon Foucault, French astronomer (b. 1819) |
| | 1879 - Honoré Daumier, French caricaturist and painter (b. 1808) |
| | 1917 - Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872) |
| | 1923 - Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (b. 1847) |
| | 1931 - Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (b. 1854) |
| | 1939 - Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer (b. 1874) |
| | 1940 - John Buchan, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1875) |
| | 1945 - Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (b. 1891) |
| | 1948 - Sergei Eisenstein, Latvian film director (b. 1898) |
| | 1959 - Marshall Teague, American race car driver (b. 1922) |
| | 1960 - Ernst von Dohnányi, Hungarian conductor (b. 1877) |
| | 1963 - Sylvia Plath, American writer (b. 1932) |
| | 1968 - Howard Lindsay, American playwright (b. 1888) |
| | 1972 - Jan Wils, Dutch architect (b. 1891) |
| | 1973 - Hans D Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1907) |
| | 1975 - Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy soldier and statesman, assassinated (b. 1931) |
| | 1976 - Lee J Cobb, American actor (b. 1911) |
| | 1976 - Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (b. 1894) |
| | 1976 - Frank Arnau, German writer (b. 1894) |
| | 1977 - Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1902) |
| | 1978 - James B Conant, American chemist and university president (b. 1893) |
| | 1978 - Harry Martinson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1904) |
| | 1982 - Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (b. 1912) |
| | 1982 - Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (b. 1905) |
| | 1985 - Ben Abruzzo, American businessman and balloonist (b. 1930) |
| | 1985 - Henry Hathaway, American actor and director (b. 1898) |
| | 1985 - Heinz Eric Roemheld, American composer (b. 1901) |
| | 1986 - Frank Herbert, American author (b. 1920) |
| | 1987 - Sadequain, famous Pakistani painter and artist. (b. 1930) |
| | 1989 - George O'Hanlon, American actor and director (b. 1912) |
| | 1991 - Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1922) |
| | 1994 - Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (b. 1946) |
| | 1994 - Sorrell Booke, American actor (b. 1930) |
| | 1994 - William Conrad, American actor (b. 1920) |
| | 1996 - Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1946) |
| | 1996 - Cyril Poole, English cricketer (b. 1921) |
| | 1996 - Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet (b. 1930) |
| | 1997 - Barry Evans, English actor (b. 1943) |
| | 1997 - Don Porter, American actor (b. 1912) |
| | 2000 - Roger Vadim, French director (b. 1928) |
| | 2002 - Frank Crosetti, Baseball player (b. 1910) |
| | 2002 - Barry Foster, British actor (b. 1931) |
| | 2004 - Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete (b. 1925) |
| | 2005 - Jack L. Chalker, American author (b. 1944) |
| | 2006 - Jockey Shabalala, South African singer (b. 1943) |
| | 2006 - Peter Benchley, American author (b. 1940) |
| | 2006 - Jackie Pallo, Wrestler (b. 1926) |