| | 1296 - Guillaume Durand, French writer |
| | 1391 - Amadeus VII of Savoy (b. 1360) |
| | 1399 - John V, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339) |
| | 1546 - Giulio Romano, Italian painter |
| | 1588 - Jean Daurat, French poet (b. 1508) |
| | 1596 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (b. 1539) |
| | 1642 - Jean Nicolet, French explorer (b. 1598) |
| | 1676 - Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (b. 1589) |
| | 1678 - William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601) |
| | 1700 - Charles II of Spain (b. 1661) |
| | 1814 - Alexander Samoylov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1744) |
| | 1888 - Nikolai Przhevalsky, Russian explorer (b. 1838) |
| | 1894 - Tsar Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845) |
| | 1903 - Theodor Mommsen, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817) |
| | 1907 - Alfred Jarry, French writer (b.1873). |
| | 1942 - Hugo Distler, German composer (b. 1908) |
| | 1955 - Dale Carnegie, American writer (b. 1888) |
| | 1962 - Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1942) |
| | 1968 - George Papandreou, Greek politician (b. 1888) |
| | 1972 - Ezra Pound, American poet (b. 1885) |
| | 1979 - Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (b. 1896) |
| | 1982 - King Vidor, American film director (b. 1894) |
| | 1982 - James Broderick, American actor (b. 1927) |
| | 1983 - Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (b. 1887) |
| | 1985 - Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (b. 1911) |
| | 1986 - Serge Garant, French Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1929) |
| | 1987 - René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (b. 1922) |
| | 1993 - Severo Ochoa, Spanish–born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1905) |
| | 1999 - Walter Payton, American football player (b. 1954) |
| | 1999 - Jean Coutu, Canadian actor (b. 1925) |
| | 2004 - Mac Dre, American rapper (b. 1970) |
| | 2004 - Terry Knight, American music promoter (murdered) (b. 1943) |
| | 2005 - Skitch Henderson, English-born bandleader (b. 1918) |
| | 2005 - Michael Piller, American screenwriter (b. 1948) |
| | 2006 - William Styron, American author (b. 1925) |
| | 2006 - Adrienne Shelly, American actress (b. 1966) |