| | 741 - Charles Martel, leader of the Franks (b. 686) |
| | 1383 - King Fernando I of Portugal (b. 1345) |
| | 1565 - Jean, Vicomte d'Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile (b. 1479) |
| | 1613 - Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer |
| | 1625 - Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (b. 1561) |
| | 1674 - Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (b. 1621) |
| | 1708 - Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian (b. 1636) |
| | 1751 - William IV, Prince of Orange (b. 1711) |
| | 1755 - Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (b. 1694) |
| | 1792 - Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725) |
| | 1847 - Sahle Selassie, Negus of Shewa |
| | 1859 - Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784) |
| | 1891 - Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist (b. 1846) |
| | 1906 - Paul Cezanne, French painter (b. 1839) |
| | 1917 - Bob Fitzsimmons, English boxer (b. 1863) |
| | 1918 - Myrtle Gonzalez, American film and stage actress (b. 1891) |
| | 1928 - Andrew Fisher, fifth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862) |
| | 1934 - Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (b. 1904) |
| | 1935 - Komitas, Armenian composer (b. 1869) |
| | 1954 - Jibanananda Das, Bengali Poet |
| | 1973 - Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (b. 1876) |
| | 1978 - John Riley, English poet (murdered) (b. 1937) |
| | 1979 - Nadia Boulanger, French composer and composition teacher (b. 1887) |
| | 1986 - Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893) |
| | 1987 - Lino Ventura, Italian-born actor (b. 1919) |
| | 1989 - Ewan MacColl, English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (b. 1915) |
| | 1992 - Cleavon Little, American actor (b. 1939) |
| | 1995 - Sir Kingsley Amis, English writer (b. 1922) |
| | 1998 - Eric Ambler, English novelist (b. 1909) |
| | 2000 - Rodney Anoai (Yokozuna), American professional wrestler (b. 1966) |
| | 2002 - Queen Geraldina of the Albanians (b. 1915) |
| | 2005 - Arman, French-born artist (b. 1928) |
| | 2005 - Franky Gee, American singer (Captain Jack) (b. 1962) |
| | 2006 - Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (b. 1922) |