| | 1027 - Giorgi I, King of Georgia (b. 998) |
| | 1297 - John II of Trebizond (b. 1262) |
| | 1327 - Roch, French saint |
| | 1358 - Duke Albert II of Austria (b. 1298) |
| | 1419 - Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, King of Bohemia (b. 1361) |
| | 1443 - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434) |
| | 1445 - Margaret of Scotland (Dauphine of France), wife of the future King Louis XI (b. 1424) |
| | 1518 - Loyset Compère, French composer |
| | 1532 - John, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468) |
| | 1661 - Thomas Fuller, English churchman and historian (b. 1608) |
| | 1678 - Andrew Marvell, English poet (b. 1621) |
| | 1705 - Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and scientist (b. 1654) |
| | 1733 - Matthew Tindal, English deist (b. 1657) |
| | 1791 - Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719) |
| | 1836 - Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755) |
| | 1876 - Ivan Bilibin, Russian illusitrator (d. 1942) |
| | 1886 - Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Indian guru (b. 1836) |
| | 1888 - John Pemberton, American druggist and Coca-Cola inventor (b. 1831) |
| | 1893 - Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (b. 1825) |
| | 1899 - Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, German chemist (b. 1811) |
| | 1900 - Eça de Queirós, Portuguese writer (b. 1845) |
| | 1907 - James Hector, Scottish geologist (b. 1834) |
| | 1921 - King Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844) |
| | 1938 - Robert Johnson, American singer and guitarist (b. 1911) |
| | 1938 - Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and priest (b. 1864) |
| | 1948 - Babe Ruth, baseball player (b. 1895) |
| | 1949 - Margaret Mitchell, American novelist (b. 1900) |
| | 1956 - Bela Lugosi, Hungarian actor (b. 1882) |
| | 1957 - Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1881) |
| | 1959 - Wanda Landowska, Polish harpsichordist (b. 1879) |
| | 1961 - Maulvi Abdul Haq, Father of Modern Urdu (b. 1870) |
| | 1972 - Pierre Brasseur, French actor (b. 1905) |
| | 1973 - Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-born biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1888) |
| | 1975 - Vladimir Kuts, Ukrainian-born runner (b. 1927) |
| | 1977 - Elvis Presley, American singer and actor (b. 1935) |
| | 1979 - John Diefenbaker, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895) |
| | 1983 - Earl Averill, baseball player (b. 1902) |
| | 1989 - Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929) |
| | 1990 - Pat O'Connor, New Zealand professional wrestler (b. 1925) |
| | 1995 - J.P. McCarthy, American radio personality (b. 1933) |
| | 1997 - Gerard McLarnon, Irish playwright and actor (b. 1915) |
| | 2002 - Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914) |
| | 2002 - Abu Nidal, Palestinian political leader (b. 1937) |
| | 2003 - Idi Amin, Ugandan dictator (b. 1928) |
| | 2004 - Ivan Hlinka, Czech hockey coach (b. 1950) |
| | 2004 - Carl Mydans, American photographer (b. 1907) |
| | 2004 - Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969) |
| | 2005 - Joe Ranft, American animator (b. 1960) |
| | 2005 - Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915) |
| | 2005 - Vassar Clements, American musician (b. 1928) |
| | 2006 - Alex Buzo, Australian playwright and author (b. 1944) |
| | 2006 - Herschel Green, American pilot (b. 1920) |
| | 2006 - Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician (b. 1975) |
| | 2006 - Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (b. 1912) |