| | 461 - Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420) |
| | 479 - Emperor Yuryaku of Japan |
| | 1106 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1050) |
| | 1485 - Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince |
| | 1613 - Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544) |
| | 1616 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (b. 1548) |
| | 1635 - Friedrich von Spee, German writer (b. 1591) |
| | 1639 - Martin van den Hove, Dutch scientist (b. 1605) |
| | 1661 - Jin Shengtan, Chinese editor, writer and critic (b. 1608) |
| | 1817 - Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French industrialist (b. 1739) |
| | 1834 - Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor (b. 1752) |
| | 1848 - Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779) |
| | 1855 - Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (b. 1802) |
| | 1912 - François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (b. 1841) |
| | 1917 - Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning, first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. ( b. 1891) |
| | 1938 - Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian/Soviet actor, producer, dramatist (b. 1863) |
| | 1941 - Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1861) |
| | 1957 - Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (b. 1892) |
| | 1969 - Joseph Kosma, French composer (Autumn Leaves) (b. 1905) |
| | 1974 - Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (b. 1925) |
| | 1974 - Sylvio Mantha, professional ice hockey player (b. 1902) |
| | 1984 - Esther Phillips, American singer (b. 1935) |
| | 1985 - Grayson Hall, American actress (b. 1923) |
| | 1989 - Mickey Leland, American politician, United States Congressman from Texas (b. 1944) |
| | 1992 - John Anderson, American actor (b. 1922) |
| | 1995 - Brigid Brophy, British author (b. 1929) |
| | 1999 - Brion James, American actor (b. 1945) |
| | 2003 - Mickey McDermott, baseball player (b. 1929) |
| | 2004 - Red Adair, American firefighter (b. 1915) |
| | 2004 - Colin Bibby, English ornithologist (b. 1948) |
| | 2005 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-born news anchor (b. 1938) |
| | 2006 - Mary Anderson Bain, American New Deal politician (b. 1911) |