| | 806 - Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1866) |
| | 814 - Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne |
| | 901 - Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826) |
| | 999 - Pope Gregory V |
| | 1139 - Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082) |
| | 1294 - Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215) |
| | 1379 - Albert II of Mecklenburg |
| | 1405 - Tamerlane, Mongol Emperor |
| | 1455 - Fra Angelico, Italian artist (b. 1395) |
| | 1478 - George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1449) |
| | 1535 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, astrologer and alchemist (b. 1486) |
| | 1546 - Martin Luther, German religious reformer (b. 1483) |
| | 1564 - Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian artist (b. 1475) |
| | 1583 - Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503) |
| | 1654 - Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594) |
| | 1683 - Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (b. 1620) |
| | 1712 - Louis, Duke of Burgundy, heir to the throne of France (b. 1682) |
| | 1718 - Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663) |
| | 1743 - Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667) |
| | 1748 - Otto Ferdinand Graf von Abensperg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677) |
| | 1772 - Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712) |
| | 1778 - Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715) |
| | 1780 - Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714) |
| | 1788 - John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713) |
| | 1803 - Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (b. 1719) |
| | 1851 - Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, German mathematician (b. 1804) |
| | 1895 - Karl Abs, German professional wrestler |
| | 1931 - Milan Šufflay, Croatian politician (b. 1879) |
| | 1933 - James J. Corbett, American boxer (b. 1866) |
| | 1938 - David King Udall, American politician (b. 1851) |
| | 1942 - Albert Payson Terhune, American author (b. 1872) |
| | 1945 - Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906) |
| | 1956 - Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860) |
| | 1957 - Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (b. 1877) |
| | 1966 - Robert Rossen, American screenwriter, producer, and director (d. 1908 |
| | 1967 - J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (b. 1904) |
| | 1973 - Frank Costello, Italian-born gangster (b. 1891) |
| | 1977 - Andy Devine, American actor (b. 1905) |
| | 1978 - Maggie McNamara, American actress (b. 1928) |
| | 1981 - John Knudsen Northrop, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1895) |
| | 1982 - Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author (b. 1895) |
| | 1993 - Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1960) |
| | 1993 - Jacqueline Hill, British actress (b. 1929) |
| | 1995 - "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert, Wrestler |
| | 1997 - Emily Hahn, American writer (b. 1905) |
| | 1998 - Harry Caray, baseball broadcaster (b. 1914) |
| | 1999 - Noam Pitlik, American actor and director (b. 1932) |
| | 2001 - Balthus, Polish-born painter (b. 1908) |
| | 2001 - Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1951) |
| | 2001 - Eddie Mathews, baseball player (b. 1931) |
| | 2001 - Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913) |
| | 2003 - Isser Harel, Israeli Mossad leader (b. 1912) |
| | 2004 - Jean Rouch, French filmmaker and ethnologist (b. 1917) |
| | 2006 - Richard Bright, American actor (b. 1937) |