| | 976 - Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen |
| | 1286 - John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217) |
| | 1317 - Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) |
| | 1621 - Antoine de Montchrétien, French dramatist and economist |
| | 1647 - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (b. 1562) |
| | 1652 - John Greaves, English mathematician and antiquarian (b. 1602) |
| | 1656 - John George I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1585) |
| | 1659 - Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary and historian |
| | 1735 - Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678) |
| | 1754 - Henry Fielding, English author (b. 1707) |
| | 1772 - Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (b. 1711) |
| | 1793 - John Hancock, American revolutionary and businessman (b. 1737) |
| | 1795 - Andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman and biographer (b. 1725) |
| | 1809 - James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (b. 1721) |
| | 1834 - François-Adrien Boïeldieu, French composer (b. 1775) |
| | 1869 - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804) |
| | 1894 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer (b. 1809) |
| | 1897 - Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (b. 1830) |
| | 1928 - Larry Semon, comedian (b. 1889) |
| | 1931 - Sir John Monash, Australian soldier general (b. 1865) |
| | 1936 - William Henry Stark, American business leader (b. 1851) |
| | 1936 - Red Ames, American baseball player (b. 1882) |
| | 1942 - Sergei Chaplygin, Soviet engineer |
| | 1944 - Wendell Willkie, American politician and Presidential candidate (b. 1892) |
| | 1945 - Felix Salten, Austrian author (b. 1869) |
| | 1952 - Joe Adams, American baseball player (b. 1877) |
| | 1953 - Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895) |
| | 1953 - Kathleen Ferrier, British contralto (b. 1912) |
| | 1958 - Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886) |
| | 1967 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883) |
| | 1970 - Mitr Chaibancha, Thai film actor (b. 1934) |
| | 1970 - Jean Giono, French author (b. 1895) |
| | 1973 - Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher (b. 1889) |
| | 1982 - Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (b. 1916) |
| | 1982 - Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1889) |
| | 1983 - Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934) |
| | 1990 - B.J. Wilson, English drummer, mainly with Procol Harum (b. 1947) |
| | 1992 - Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1913) |
| | 1997 - Bertrand Goldberg, American architect (b. 1913) |
| | 1999 - John McLendon, American basketball coach (b. 1915) |
| | 2004 - Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (b. 1930) |
| | 2004 - James Chace, American historian (b. 1931) |
| | 2006 - Mark Porter, New Zealand racing driver (b. 1975) |