| | 197 - Clodius Albinus, Roman usurper (killed in battle) |
| | 364 - Jovian, Roman Emperor |
| | 1339 - Duke Otto of Austria (b. 1301) |
| | 1371 - Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria. |
| | 1596 - Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536) |
| | 1600 - Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (b. 1548) |
| | 1609 - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549) |
| | 1624 - Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. 1536) |
| | 1659 - Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593) |
| | 1673 - Molière, French playwright (b. 1622) |
| | 1680 - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (b. 1599) |
| | 1680 - Jan Swammerdam, Dutch scientist (b. 1637) |
| | 1715 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (b. 1646) |
| | 1732 - Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (b. 1669) |
| | 1768 - Arthur Onslow, English politician (b. 1691) |
| | 1780 - Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (b. 1706) |
| | 1841 - Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist |
| | 1854 - John Martin, English painter (b. 1789) |
| | 1856 - Heinrich Heine, German writer (b. 1797) |
| | 1874 - Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (b. 1796) |
| | 1883 - Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806) |
| | 1883 - Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (b. 1845) |
| | 1909 - Geronimo, Apache leader (b. 1829) |
| | 1919 - Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841) |
| | 1934 - King Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875) |
| | 1934 - Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (b. 1862) |
| | 1939 - Willy Hess, German violinist (b. 1859) |
| | 1943 - Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer (b. 1888) |
| | 1943 - Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (b. 1872) |
| | 1961 - Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1897) |
| | 1962 - Bruno Walter, German conductor (b. 1876) |
| | 1970 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1888) |
| | 1970 - Alfred Newman, American film composer (b. 1901) |
| | 1977 - Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (shot) (b. 1922) |
| | 1982 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (b. 1917) |
| | 1982 - Lee Strasberg, Austrian-born actor (b. 1901) |
| | 1990 - Erik Rhodes, American actor (b. 1906) |
| | 1994 - Randy Shilts, American author and activist (AIDS) (b. 1951) |
| | 1998 - Ernst Jünger, German author (b. 1895) |
| | 2001 - Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (brain aneurysm) (b. 1948) |
| | 2004 - José López Portillo, President of Mexico (b. 1920) |
| | 2005 - Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (b. 1919) |
| | 2005 - Omar Sivori, Argentine football player (b. 1935) |
| | 2006 - Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (congas) (b. 1929) |