| | 306 - Constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (b. 250) |
| | 1409 - King Martin I of Sicily |
| | 1492 - Pope Innocent VIII (b. 1432) |
| | 1616 - Andreas Libavius, German physician and chemist (b. 1550) |
| | 1643 - Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, English statesman (b. 1584) |
| | 1676 - François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (b. 1604) |
| | 1681 - Urian Oakes, English-born President of Harvard University (b. 1631) |
| | 1790 - Johann Bernhard Basedow, German education reformer (b. 1723) |
| | 1790 - William Livingston, Governor of New Jersey (b. 1723) |
| | 1791 - Isaac Low, American Continental Congressman (b. 1735) |
| | 1794 - André Chénier, French writer (b. 1762) |
| | 1826 - Kondraty Fyodorovich Ryleyev, Russian poet and revolutionary (b. 1795) |
| | 1834 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet (b. 1772) |
| | 1842 - Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (b. 1766) |
| | 1843 - Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and inventor (b. 1766) |
| | 1853 - Joaquin Murieta, California outlaw |
| | 1861 - Jonas Furrer, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1805) |
| | 1887 - John Taylor, American religious leader (b. 1808) |
| | 1934 - François Coty, French perfume manufacturer (b. 1874) |
| | 1934 - Engelbert Dollfuss, Chancellor of Austria (assassinated) (b. 1892) |
| | 1934 - Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist (b. 1889) |
| | 1963 - Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (b. 1877) |
| | 1971 - Leroy Robertson, American composer (b. 1896) |
| | 1973 - Louis Stephen St. Laurent, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1882) |
| | 1980 - Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian poet, singer, and actor (b. 1938) |
| | 1986 - Vincente Minnelli, American film director (b. 1903) |
| | 1988 - Judith Barsi, American actress (b. 1978) |
| | 1996 - Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (b. 1914) |
| | 1997 - Ben Hogan, American golfer (b. 1912) |
| | 1998 - Tal Farlow, American jazz guitar virtuoso. (b. 1921) |
| | 2003 - Ludwig Bölkow, German aeronautical engineer (b. 1912) |
| | 2003 - John Schlesinger, British film director (b. 1926) |
| | 2005 - Albert Mangelsdorff, German jazz trombonist (b. 1928) |