| | 383 - Gratian, Roman Emperor (b. 359) |
| | 471 - Gennadius I, Patriarch of Constantinople |
| | 1192 - Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142) |
| | 1270 - King Louis IX of France |
| | 1282 - Thomas Cantilupe, English saint |
| | 1330 - James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286) |
| | 1482 - Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (b. 1429) |
| | 1554 - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1473) |
| | 1632 - Thomas Dekker, English dramatist |
| | 1650 - Richard Crashaw, English poet |
| | 1688 - Henry Morgan, Welsh privateer |
| | 1699 - King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646) |
| | 1711 - Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician |
| | 1742 - Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer (b. 1704) |
| | 1774 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (b. 1714) |
| | 1776 - David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711) |
| | 1792 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719) |
| | 1822 - William Herschel, German-born astronomer (b. 1738) |
| | 1867 - Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791) |
| | 1900 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (b. 1844) |
| | 1900 - Kuroda Kiyotaka, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840) |
| | 1904 - Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (b. 1836) |
| | 1908 - Henri Becquerel, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) |
| | 1925 - Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austro-Hungarian field marshal (b. 1852) |
| | 1938 - Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer (b. 1870) |
| | 1939 - Babe Siebert, National Hockey League player (b. 1904) |
| | 1942 - George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (b. 1902) |
| | 1945 - John Birch, American intelligence officer and missionary (b. 1918) |
| | 1950 - Earl Caddock, Professional wrestler |
| | 1956 - Alfred Kinsey, American research biologist (b. 1894) |
| | 1967 - Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883) |
| | 1967 - Paul Muni, Polish actor (b. 1895) |
| | 1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, American Nazi Party leader (b. 1918) |
| | 1971 - Ted Lewis, American musician and entertainer (b. 1890) |
| | 1976 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900) |
| | 1979 - Stan Kenton, American musician and bandleader (b. 1911) |
| | 1980 - Gower Champion, American dancer, actor, and choreographer (b. 1919) |
| | 1984 - Truman Capote, American author (b. 1924) |
| | 1984 - Waite Hoyt, baseball player (b. 1899) |
| | 1984 - Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (b. 1921) |
| | 1985 - Samantha Smith, American social activist (b. 1972) |
| | 1990 - Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (b. 1903) |
| | 2000 - Carl Barks, American cartoonist (b. 1901) |
| | 2000 - Jack Nitzsche, American record producer (b. 1937) |
| | 2001 - Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979) |
| | 2001 - Carl Brewer, National Hockey League defenseman (b. 1938) |
| | 2002 - Dorothy Hewett, Australian writer (b. 1923) |
| | 2005 - Peter Glotz, German politician (b. 1939) |