| | 690 - Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 602) |
| | 1339 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288) |
| | 1356 - Killed at the Battle of Poitiers: |
| | Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311) |
| | Walter VI of Brienne, Constable of France (born 1304) |
| | 1668 - William Waller, English soldier |
| | 1692 - Giles Corey, American farmer killed in the Salem Witch Trials |
| | 1693 - Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (b. 1641) |
| | 1710 - Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644) |
| | 1843 - Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (b. 1792) |
| | 1881 - James Garfield, 20th President of the United States (b. 1831) |
| | 1893 - Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician, a father of Canadian Confederation (b. 1817) |
| | 1927 - Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849) |
| | 1935 - Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1857) |
| | 1936 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860) |
| | 1938 - Pauline Frederick, American actress (b. 1883) |
| | 1942 - Condé Nast, American publisher (b. 1873) |
| | 1949 - Will Cuppy, American humorist (b. 1884) |
| | 1949 - George Shiels, Irish dramatist (b. 1886) |
| | 1949 - Nikolaos Skalkottas, Greek composer (b. 1901) |
| | 1955 - John D. Dingell, Sr., U.S. Congressman from Michigan (b. 1894) |
| | 1967 - Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian painter (b. 1884) |
| | 1967 - Monica Proietti, Canadian criminal (b. 1940) |
| | 1968 - Chester Carlson, American inventor (b. 1906) |
| | 1968 - Red Foley, American singer (b. 1910) |
| | 1969 - Rex Ingram, American actor (b. 1895) |
| | 1972 - Robert Casadesus, French pianist (b. 1899) |
| | 1973 - Gram Parsons, American musician (b. 1946) |
| | 1978 - Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and historian (b. 1884) |
| | 1985 - Italo Calvino, Italian writer (b. 1923) |
| | 1987 - Einar Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897) |
| | 1990 - Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1910) |
| | 1995 - Orville Redenbacher, American botanist and businessman (b. 1907) |
| | 1997 - Rich Mullins, American singer (b. 1955) |
| | 2000 - Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917) |
| | 2002 - Robert Guéï, ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941) |
| | 2003 - Slim Dusty, Australian singer (b. 1927) |
| | 2004 - Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian turned American international civil servant (b. 1919) |
| | 2004 - Skeeter Davis, American singer (b. 1931) |
| | 2004 - Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman, musician, and activist |
| | 2006 - Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929) |
| | 2006 - Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950) |