| | 1101 - Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (b. 1074) |
| | 1276 - King James I of Aragon (b. 1208) |
| | 1365 - Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (b. 1339) |
| | 1564 - Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1503) |
| | 1675 - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (b. 1611) |
| | 1759 - Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician (b. 1698) |
| | 1770 - Robert Dinwiddie, British colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1693) |
| | 1841 - Mikhail Lermontov, Russian author (b. 1814) |
| | 1844 - John Dalton, English physicist and chemist (b. 1776) |
| | 1863 - William Lowndes Yancey, American Confederate leader (b. 1813) |
| | 1883 - Montgomery Blair, American politician (b. 1813) |
| | 1917 - Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss surgeon, Nobel laureate (b. 1841) |
| | 1924 - Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist (b. 1866) |
| | 1931 - Auguste-Henri Forel, Swiss entomologist (b. 1848) |
| | 1946 - Gertrude Stein, American writer (b. 1874) |
| | 1958 - Claire Chennault, American Air Force leader. (b. 1893) |
| | 1962 - Richard Aldington, English poet (b. 1892) |
| | 1968 - Babe Adams, Baseball player (b. 1882) |
| | 1971 - Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924) |
| | 1980 - Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (b. 1919) |
| | 1981 - William Wyler, French-born film director ((b. 1902) |
| | 1984 - James Mason, English actor(b. 1909) |
| | 1987 - Travis Jackson, baseball player (b. 1903) |
| | 1988 - Frank Zamboni, American inventor(b. 1901) |
| | 1992 - Max Dupain, Australian photographer (b. 1911) |
| | 1993 - Reggie Lewis, American basketball star (b. 1965) |
| | 1999 - Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1912) |
| | 2000 - Gordon Solie, American wrestling commentator (b. 1929) |
| | 2001 - Leon Wilkeson, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (b. 1952) |
| | 2001 - Rhonda Singh, professional wrestler (b. 1961) |
| | 2003 - Vance Hartke, American politician (b. 1919) |
| | 2003 - Bob Hope, English-born entertainer (b. 1903) |
| | 2005 - Marten Toonder, Dutch comic writer (b. 1912) |
| | 2006 - Maryann Mahaffey, American politician (b. 1925) |