| | 1538 - Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter |
| | 1554 - Lord Guilford Dudley, consort of Lady Jane Grey (executed) (b. 1536) |
| | 1554 - Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the throne of England (executed) (b. 1537) |
| | 1571 - Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515) |
| | 1590 - François Hotman, French lawyer and writer (b. 1524) |
| | 1595 - Archduke Ernest of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1553) |
| | 1612 - Christopher Clavius, German astronomer (b. 1538) |
| | 1624 - George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist (b. 1563) |
| | 1630 - Fynes Moryson, English traveler and writer (b. 1566) |
| | 1700 - Aleksei Shein, Russian general and statesman (b. 1662) |
| | 1724 - Elkanah Settle, English writer (b. 1648) |
| | 1728 - Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (b. 1653) |
| | 1762 - Laurent Belissen, French composer (b. 1693) |
| | 1763 - Pierre de Marivaux, French writer (b. 1688) |
| | 1771 - King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (b. 1710) |
| | 1789 - Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738) |
| | 1799 - Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (b. 1729) |
| | 1804 - Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (b. 1724) |
| | 1903 - Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Spanish poet, dramatist and statesman (b. 1834) |
| | 1916 - Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (b. 1831) |
| | 1929 - Lillie Langtry, British singer and actress (b. 1853) |
| | 1931 - Samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (b. 1855) |
| | 1933 - Henri Duparc, French composer (b. 1848) |
| | 1935 - Auguste Escoffier, French chef (b. 1846) |
| | 1949 - Imam Hassan al Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906) |
| | 1951 - Choudhary Rehmat Ali - Pakistani nationalist (b. 1897) |
| | 1954 - Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (b. 1896) |
| | 1957 - Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, folklorist (b. 1872) |
| | 1971 - James C. Penney, American department store founder (b. 1875) |
| | 1976 - Sal Mineo, American actor (b. 1939) |
| | 1979 - Jean Renoir, French director (b. 1894) |
| | 1982 - Victor Jory, Canadian actor (b. 1902) |
| | 1983 - Eubie Blake, American musician and songwriter |
| | 1984 - Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (b. 1914) |
| | 1985 - Nicholas Colasanto, American actor (b. 1924) |
| | 1992 - Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (b. 1907) |
| | 1992 - María Elena Moyano, Peruvian activist (b. 1960) |
| | 1993 - James Bulger, English murder victim (b. 1990) |
| | 1995 - Robert Bolt, English writer (b. 1924) |
| | 1995 - Philip Taylor Kramer, American musician (Iron Butterfly) |
| | 1996 - Bob Shaw, Northern Irish science fiction writer (b. 1931) |
| | 2000 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American musician (b. 1929) |
| | 2000 - Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924) |
| | 2000 - Charles Schulz, American comics author (b. 1922) |
| | 2001 - Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer (b. 1912) |
| | 2003 - Vali Myers, Australian painter (b. 1930) |
| | 2005 - Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan athlete (b. 1964) |