| | 138 - Hadrian, Roman Emperor (b. 76) |
| | 1099 - El Cid, of Castile (b. 1044) |
| | 1103 - King Eric I of Denmark |
| | 1298 - King Ladislaus IV of Hungary (b. 1262) |
| | 1460 - Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English military leader (b. 1402) |
| | 1480 - King René I of Naples (b. 1410) |
| | 1559 - King Henry II of France (b. 1519) |
| | 1584 - William I of Orange (b. 1533) |
| | 1590 - Archduke Charles II of Austria (b. 1540) |
| | 1594 - Paolo Bellasio, Italian composer (b. 1554) |
| | 1621 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (b. 1571) |
| | 1653 - Gabriel Naudé, French librarian and scholar (b. 1600) |
| | 1680 - Louis Moréri, French encyclopedist (b. 1643) |
| | 1683 - François-Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (b. 1610) |
| | 1686 - John Fell, English churchman (b. 1625) |
| | 1776 - Richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704) |
| | 1806 - George Stubbs, British painter (b. 1724) |
| | 1884 - Paul Morphy, American chess player (b. 1837) |
| | 1908 - Phoebe Knapp, American hymn writer (b. 1839) |
| | 1920 - Jackie Fisher, British admiral (b. 1841) |
| | 1941 - Jelly Roll Morton, American musician (b. 1890) |
| | 1970 - Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic foreign and later prime minister (b. 1908) |
| | 1978 - John D Rockefeller III, American businessman (b. 1906) |
| | 1978 - Joe Davis, English snooker player (b. 1901) |
| | 1979 - Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (b. 1894) |
| | 1981 - Ken Rex McElroy, American hog rustler (b.1936) |
| | 1987 - John Hammond, American record producer (b. 1910) |
| | 1989 - Mel Blanc, American voice actor, voiced Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Barny Rubble, etc. (b. 1908) |
| | 1997 - Joe Camel, Cartoon mascot for Camel cigarettes (b. 1950s) |
| | 2000 - Justin Pierce, Skater/Actor, Kids, Next Friday (b. 1975) |
| | 2003 - Winston Graham, English writer (b. 1908) |
| | 2003 - Hartley Shawcross, British prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials (b. 1902) |
| | 2005 - A.J. Quinnell, English writer (b. 1940) |
| | 2005 - Freda Wright-Sorce, American radio performer (b. 1955) |
| | 2005 - Freddy Soto, American comedian and actor (b. 1970) |
| | 2006 - Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (b. 1965) |