| | 939 - Pope Leo VII |
| | 1189 - Matilda of England, daughter of Henry II of England (b. 1156) |
| | 1205 - Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England |
| | 1357 - Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian jurist (b. 1313) |
| | 1399 - Peter Parler, German architect (b. 1330) |
| | 1402 - Jianwen Emperor of China (b. 1377) |
| | 1551 - John Wallop, English soldier and diplomat |
| | 1621 - Archduke Albert of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (b. 1559) |
| | 1626 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (b. 1563) |
| | 1628 - Robert Shirley, English adventurer |
| | 1629 - Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Swedish physician and theologian (b. 1585) |
| | 1645 - Tsar Michael I of Russia (b. 1596) |
| | 1683 - Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (b. 1631) |
| | 1705 - Titus Oates, English protestant conspirator (b. 1649) |
| | 1755 - Edward Braddock, British general |
| | 1761 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (b. 1712) |
| | 1762 - James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1693) |
| | 1789 - Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (b. 1715) |
| | 1793 - Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (b. 1743) |
| | 1807 - Henry Benedict Stuart, Jacobite claimant to the throne of England (b. 1725) |
| | 1882 - Johnny Ringo, American Gunfighter (b. 1850) |
| | 1889 - Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (b. 1830) |
| | 1896 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (b. 1829) |
| | 1921 - Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourg scientist (b. 1845) |
| | 1946 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (b. 1864) |
| | 1951 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer (b. 1874) |
| | 1954 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (b. 1907) |
| | 1960 - Joy Gresham, American writer (b. 1915) |
| | 1967 - Tom Simpson, British cyclist (b. 1937) |
| | 1974 - Patrick Blackett, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897) |
| | 1976 - Joachim Peiper, German military leader (b. 1915) |
| | 1980 - Seretse Khama, first President of Botswana (b. 1921) |
| | 1983 - Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (b. 1909) |
| | 1993 - Davey Allison, American race car driver (b. 1961) |
| | 2002 - Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born photographer (b. 1908) |
| | 2003 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (b. 1907) |
| | 2003 - Jeff Groteboer, American writer (b. 1960) |
| | 2004 - Arthur Kane, American musician (b. 1951) |
| | 2004 - Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1930) |
| | 2006 - Red Buttons, American comedian (b. 1919) |