| | 79 - Pope Linus |
| | 1241 - Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178) |
| | 1390 - John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346) |
| | 1535 - Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513) |
| | 1571 - John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522) |
| | 1573 - Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524) |
| | 1605 - Pontus de Tyard, French poet |
| | 1675 - Valentin Conrart, founder of the Académie Française (b. 1603) |
| | 1728 - Christian Thomasius, German jurist (b. 1655) |
| | 1738 - Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (b. 1668) |
| | 1764 - Robert Dodsley, English writer (b. 1703) |
| | 1773 - Johann Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718) |
| | 1789 - John Rogers, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723) |
| | 1835 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801) |
| | 1844 - Alexander von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman (b. 1783) |
| | 1846 - John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (b. 1818) |
| | 1850 - José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan hero (b. 1764) |
| | 1870 - Prosper Mérimée, French author (b. 1803) |
| | 1871 - Louis-Joseph Papineau, French Canadian politician (b. 1786) |
| | 1873 - Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823) |
| | 1877 - Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician (b. 1811) |
| | 1889 - Wilkie Collins, British author (b. 1824) |
| | 1900 - William Marsh Rice, American philanthropist and university founder (b. 1816) |
| | 1917 - Werner Voss German World War I pilot (b. 1897) |
| | 1929 - Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865) |
| | 1939 - Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (b. 1856) |
| | 1943 - Elinor Glyn, English author (b. 1864) |
| | 1944 - Jakob Schaffner, Swiss novelist (b. 1875) |
| | 1950 - Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892) |
| | 1968 - Francesco Forgione, "Padre Pio", Catholic saint (b. 1887) |
| | 1970 - Bourvil, French actor and singer (b. 1917) |
| | 1971 - J. W. Alexander, American mathematician (b. 1888) |
| | 1971 - Billy Gilbert, American actor (b. 1894) |
| | 1973 - Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) |
| | 1974 - Cliff Arquette, American comedian and actor (b. 1905) |
| | 1978 - Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (murdered) (b. 1950) |
| | 1981 - Chief Dan George, Canadian actor (b. 1899) |
| | 1987 - Bob Fosse, American dancer, choreographer, and actor (b. 1927) |
| | 1988 - Tibor Sekelj, Croatian explorer (b. 1912) |
| | 1992 - James Van Fleet, U.S. Army general (b. 1892) |
| | 1994 - Jerry Barber, American golfer (b. 1916) |
| | 1994 - Robert Bloch, American author (b. 1917) |
| | 1994 - Madeleine Renaud, French theater and film actress (b. 1900) |
| | 1998 - Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943) |
| | 2000 - Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947) |
| | 2000 - Carl Rowan, American journalist (b. 1925) |
| | 2002 - Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (b. 1927) |
| | 2003 - Yuri Senkevich, Russian TV anchorman (b. 1937) |
| | 2004 - André Hazes, Dutch singer (b. 1951) |
| | 2005 - Filiberto Ojeda, Puerto Rican revolutionary (b. 1933) |
| | 2005 - Roger Brierley, English actor (b. 1935) |
| | 2006 - Sir Malcolm Arnold, English composer and professional trumpeter (b. 1921) |
| | 2006 - Etta Baker, American blues guitarist (b.1913) |