| | 1247 - Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1204) |
| | 1279 - King Afonso III of Portugal (b. 1210) |
| | 1391 - John V Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1332) |
| | 1531 - Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452) |
| | 1560 - Jean du Bellay, French Catholic cardinal and diplomat |
| | 1710 - Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b. 1632) |
| | 1721 - James Craggs the Younger, English politician (b. 1686) |
| | 1754 - Richard Mead, English physician (b. 1673) |
| | 1866 - Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, 19th Century Philosopher (b. 1802) |
| | 1898 - Thomas Bracken, New Zealand poet (b. 1843) |
| | 1899 - Félix Faure, President of France (b. 1841) |
| | 1907 - Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1835) |
| | 1912 - St. Nikolai of Japan, Eastern Orthodox priest (b. 1836) |
| | 1917 - Octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848) |
| | 1919 - Vera Kholodnaya, Russian film star (b. 1893) |
| | 1928 - Eddie Foy, American singer and dancer (b. 1856) |
| | 1932 - Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1841) |
| | 1967 - Antonio Moreno, Spanish-born actor (b. 1887) |
| | 1974 - John Garand, Canadian rifle engineer and manufacturer (b. 1888) |
| | 1975 - Morgan Taylor, American athlete (b. 1903) |
| | 1977 - Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (b. 1897) |
| | 1978 - E. Roland Harriman, American financier (b. 1895) |
| | 1980 - Erich Hückel, German physicist (b. 1895) |
| | 1990 - Keith Haring, American artist (b. 1958) |
| | 1992 - Angela Carter, English writer (b. 1940) |
| | 1992 - Jânio Quadros, Brazilian politician (b. 1917) |
| | 1992 - Herman Wold, Swedish statistician (b. 1908) |
| | 1996 - Roger Bowen, American actor (b. 1932) |
| | 1996 - Edmund G. Brown, Governor of California (b. 1905) |
| | 1996 - Brownie McGhee, American singer (b. 1915) |
| | 1997 - Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American Physicist (b. 1912) |
| | 1999 - Michael Larson, Press Your Luck Big-winning contestant |
| | 2000 - Marceline Day, American actress (b. 1908) |
| | 2000 - Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born engineer and inventor (b. 1911) |
| | 2001 - Bob Buhl, baseball player (b. 1928) |
| | 2001 - William Masters, American gynecologist and sexologist (b. 1915) |
| | 2002 - Walter Winterbottom, England football manager (b. 1913) |
| | 2003 - Eleanor "Sis" Daley, wife of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley (b. 1907) |
| | 2004 - Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete (b. 1925) |
| | 2004 - Doris Troy, American singer (b. 1937) |
| | 2005 - Nicole DeHuff, American actress (pneumonia) (b. 1975) |
| | 2006 - Johnny Grunge, American professional wrestler (b. 1966) |
| | 2006 - Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (b. 1925) |