| | 1246 - Mikhail of Chernigov, ruler of Kiev |
| | 1384 - King Louis I of Naples (b. 1339) |
| | 1460 - Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer |
| | 1586 - Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet (executed) (b. 1558) |
| | 1590 - Lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (b. 1534) |
| | 1625 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and critic (b. 1555) |
| | 1627 - Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (b. 1560) |
| | 1630 - Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (b. 1586) |
| | 1639 - Johannes Meursius, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1579) |
| | 1643 - Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, English politician and writer |
| | 1721 - Thomas Doggett, Irish actor |
| | 1803 - Robert Emmet, Irish patriot (b. 1780) |
| | 1815 - Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (b. 1725) |
| | 1852 - Philander Chase, American university founder (b. 1775) |
| | 1863 - Jacob Grimm, German folklorist (b. 1785) |
| | 1884 - Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist (b.1802) |
| | 1898 - Theodor Fontane, German writer (b. 1819) |
| | 1906 - Robert R. Hitt, American politician (b. 1834) |
| | 1908 - Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844) |
| | 1932 - Wovoka, Paiute visionary |
| | 1946 - Raimu, French actor (b. 1883) |
| | 1947 - Fiorello LaGuardia, Mayor of New York City (b. 1882) |
| | 1957 - Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (b. 1865) |
| | 1971 - Giorgos Seferis, Greek writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900) |
| | 1973 - Jim Croce, American singer and songwriter (b. 1943) |
| | 1975 - Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) |
| | 1979 - Ludvík Svoboda, President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1895) |
| | 1989 - Richie Ginther, American racing driver (b. 1930) |
| | 1993 - Erich Hartmann, German pilot (b. 1922) |
| | 1994 - Jules Styne, American songwriter (b. 1905) |
| | 1996 - Paul Erdos, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1913) |
| | 2000 - Gherman Titov, cosmonaut (b. 1935) |
| | 2003 - Lord Williams of Mostyn, British politician (b. 1941) |
| | 2003 - Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician (b. 1922) |
| | 2004 - Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (b. 1935) |
| | 2004 - Townsend Hoopes, American politician (b. 1922) |
| | 2005 - Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian-Polish Nazi hunter (b. 1908) |
| | 2006 - Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (b. 1932) |
| | 2006 - John W. Peterson, American songwriter (b. 1921) |