| | 1052 - Vladimir of Novgorod (b. 1020) |
| | 1221 - William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (b. 1179) |
| | 1250 - Herman VI, Margrave of Baden |
| | 1305 - Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249) |
| | 1582 - Teresa of Avila, Spanish saint (b. 1515) |
| | 1597 - Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1550) |
| | 1646 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (b. 1586) |
| | 1660 - Francesco Albani, Italian painter (b. 1578) |
| | 1661 - Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (b. 1625) |
| | 1669 - Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter (b. 1606) |
| | 1680 - Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer |
| | 1743 - John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (b. 1678) |
| | 1749 - Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (b. 1711) |
| | 1754 - Tanacharison, Catawba Indian chief |
| | 1785 - David Brearly, American statesman (b. 1703) |
| | 1821 - John Rennie, Scottish engineer (b. 1761) |
| | 1851 - Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (b. 1767) |
| | 1859 - Karl Baedeker, German publisher (b. 1801) |
| | 1864 - Joseph Montferrand, French Canadian logger and strong man (b. 1802) |
| | 1890 - Catherine Booth, the Mother of The Salvation Army (b. 1829) |
| | 1903 - Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher (b. 1880) |
| | 1904 - Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor (b. 1834) |
| | 1904 - Karl Bayer, Austrian chemist (b. 1847) |
| | 1935 - Jean Béraud, French painter (b. 1849) |
| | 1944 - Al Smith, American politician (b. 1873) |
| | 1946 - Barney Oldfield, American automobile pioneer (b. 1878) |
| | 1947 - Max Planck, Nobel laureate (b. 1858) |
| | 1951 - Willie Moretti, American gangster (b. 1894) |
| | 1969 - Natalino Otto, Italian singer (b. 1912) |
| | 1970 - Janis Joplin, American singer (b. 1943) |
| | 1974 - Anne Sexton, American poet (b. 1928) |
| | 1975 - Joan Whitney Payson, American heiress (b. 1903) |
| | 1982 - Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist (b. 1932) |
| | 1989 - Graham Chapman, British comedian (b. 1941) |
| | 1989 - Secretariat, American race horse (b. 1970) |
| | 1991 - J. Frank Wilson, American singer (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers) (b. 1941) |
| | 1992 - Denny Hulme, New Zealand race care driver (b. 1936) |
| | 1994 - Danny Gatton, American guitar virtuoso (b. 1945) |
| | 1997 - Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese game developer (b. 1941) |
| | 1999 - Erik Brødreskift (aka Grim), Norwegian black metal musician (b. 1969) |
| | 1999 - Art Farmer, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1928) |
| | 1999 - Bernard Buffet, French painter (b. 1928) |
| | 2000 - Michael Smith, Nobel laureate (b. 1932) |
| | 2002 - Alphonse Chapanis, founder of ergonomics |
| | 2002 - André Delvaux, Belgian film director and screenwriter (b. 1926) |
| | 2003 - Sid McMath, American politician (b. 1912) |
| | 2004 - Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (b. 1927) |
| | 2005 - Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (b. 1924) |