| | 518 - Roman Emperor Anastasius I |
| | 1085 - Robert Guiscard, French adventurer |
| | 1262 - Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1222) |
| | 1274 - Bonaventure, Italian theologian and saint (b. 1221) |
| | 1291 - Rudolph I of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1218) |
| | 1381 - John Ball, English priest |
| | 1406 - Duke William of Austria |
| | 1410 - Ulrich von Jungingen, German Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (killed in battle) (b. 1360) |
| | 1544 - René of Châlon, Prince of the House of Orange (b. 1519) |
| | 1571 - Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1514) |
| | 1609 - Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1560) |
| | 1614 - Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, French historian and biographer |
| | 1655 - Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570) |
| | 1685 - James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II of England (b. 1649) |
| | 1750 - Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (b. 1686) |
| | 1765 - Charles-André van Loo, French painter (b. 1705) |
| | 1767 - Michael Bruce, Scottish poet (b. 1746) |
| | 1782 - Farinelli, Italian castrato (b. 1705) |
| | 1789 - Jacques Duphly, French composer (b. 1715) |
| | 1828 - Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741) |
| | 1839 - Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English poet (b. 1802) |
| | 1844 - Claude Charles Fauriel, French historian (b. 1772) |
| | 1857 - Carl Czerny, Austrian composer (b. 1791) |
| | 1890 - Gottfried Keller, Swiss writer (b. 1819) |
| | 1898 - Jean Baptiste Salpointe, second Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1825) |
| | 1904 - Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (b. 1860) |
| | 1919 - Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) |
| | 1929 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (b. 1874) |
| | 1930 - Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1845) |
| | 1931 - Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian economist (b. 1868) |
| | 1933 - Irving Babbitt, American literary critic (b. 1865) |
| | 1933 - Freddie Keppard, American musician (b. 1890) |
| | 1940 - Robert Wadlow, American--at 8 ft. 11.5 in, the tallest human ever known (b. 1918) |
| | 1946 - Razor Smith, English cricketer (b. 1877) |
| | 1947 - Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (b. 1893) |
| | 1948 - John J. Pershing, U.S. general (b. 1860) |
| | 1957 - James M. Cox, American politician (b. 1870) |
| | 1959 - Ernest Bloch, Swiss composer (b. 1880) |
| | 1960 - Lawrence Tibbett, American actor (b. 1896) |
| | 1960 - Set Persson, Swedish communist politician (b. 1897) |
| | 1961 - John E. Brownlee, Canadian politician (b. 1884) |
| | 1965 - Francis Cherry, American politician (b. 1908) |
| | 1974 - Christine Chubbuck, television news reporter (b.1944) |
| | 1986 - Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (b. 1923) |
| | 1991 - Bert Convy, American actor (b. 1933) |
| | 1992 - Hammer DeRoburt, first President of Nauru (b. 1922) |
| | 1996 - Dana Hill, American actress (b. 1964) |
| | 1997 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (b. 1946) |
| | 2003 - Roberto Bolaño, Chilean writer (b. 1953) |
| | 2003 - Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (b. 1920) |
| | 2006 - Robert H. Brooks, founder of Hooters of America (b. 1937) |