| | 514 - Pope Symmachus, Italian clergy (b. 498) |
| | 931 - Uda, Emperor of Japan (b. 867) |
| | 1374 - Petrarch, Italian poet (b. 1304) |
| | 1415 - Philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359) |
| | 1543 - Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England |
| | 1742 - William Somervile, English poet (b. 1675) |
| | 1810 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen of Prussia (b. 1776) |
| | 1814 - Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer of Australia (b. 1774) |
| | 1838 - Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (b. 1785) |
| | 1850 - Margaret Fuller, American writer (b. 1810) |
| | 1857 - Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1796) |
| | 1868 - Soji Okita, Japanese samurai (b. 1842 or 1844) |
| | 1910 - Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer (b. 1812) |
| | 1947 - Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915) |
| | 1947 - U Razak, Burmese politician (b. 1898) |
| | 1965 - Syngman Rhee, first President of South Korea (b. 1875) |
| | 1972 - Hezekiah M. Washburn, missionary (b. 1884) |
| | 1980 - Nihat Erim, Prime Minister of Turkey (assassinated) (b. 1912) |
| | 1985 - Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish writer (b. 1938) |
| | 1990 - Eddie Quillan, American actor (b. 1907) |
| | 1998 - Elmer Valo, baseball player (b. 1921) |
| | 2002 - Alan Lomax, American folksong collector (b. 1915) |
| | 2003 - Bill Bright, American evangelist (b. 1921) |
| | 2003 - Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1908) |
| | 2004 - Reverend Francis Marzen, American Catholic prelate (b. 1924) |
| | 2004 - Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911) |
| | 2005 - John Tyndall, British politician (b. 1934) |
| | 2006 - Jack Warden, American actor (b. 1920) |