| | 1014 - Samuil, Tsar of Bulgaria (b. 958) |
| | 1101 - Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order |
| | 1413 - Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382) |
| | 1536 - William Tyndale, English Bible translator (burned at the stake) |
| | 1542 - Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503) |
| | 1641 - Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer |
| | 1644 - Elisabeth of France, wife of Philip IV of Spain (b. 1602) |
| | 1660 - Paul Scarron, French writer |
| | 1661 - Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru |
| | 1688 - Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b. 1652) |
| | 1762 - Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer (b. 1684) |
| | 1873 - Sir Pawel Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797) |
| | 1891 - Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846) |
| | 1892 - Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet (b. 1809) |
| | 1912 - Auguste Marie Francois Beernaert, Belgian statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1829) |
| | 1947 - Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (b. 1887) |
| | 1951 - Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1884) |
| | 1951 - Will Keith Kellogg, American food manufacturer (Kellogg Company) (b. 1860) |
| | 1959 - Bernard Berenson, American art historian (b. 1865) |
| | 1973 - François Cevert, French race car driver {b. 1944} |
| | 1973 - Sidney Blackmer, American actor (b. 1895) |
| | 1978 - Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer (b. 1935) |
| | 1962 - Tod Browning, American film director (b. 1880) |
| | 1980 - Hattie Jacques, British comedy actress (b. 1922) |
| | 1980 - Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921) |
| | 1981 - Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (assassinated) (b. 1918) |
| | 1983 - Terence Cardinal Cooke, American Catholic archbishop (b. 1921) |
| | 1985 - Nelson Riddle, American bandleader (b. 1921) |
| | 1986 - Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (b. 1921) |
| | 1989 - Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908) |
| | 1992 - Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922) |
| | 1992 - Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer (b. 1902) |
| | 1997 - Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player (b. 1914) |
| | 1998 - Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944) |
| | 1999 - Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920) |
| | 1999 - Gorilla Monsoon, Professional wrestler/commentator (b. 1937) |
| | 2000 - Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1930) |
| | 2002 - Claus von Amsberg, Prince of the Netherlands and husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (b. 1926) |
| | 2003 - Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist (b. 1957) |
| | 2006 - Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (b. 1911) |
| | 2006 - Wilson Tucker, American writer |
| | 2006 - Puck Brouwer, Dutch athlete (b. 1930) |
| | 2006 - Charlie Bradberry, NASCAR driver (b. 1982) |