| | 361 - Constantius II, Roman Emperor (b. 317) |
| | 1254 - John III Ducas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1193) |
| | 1428 - Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1388) |
| | 1580 - Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (b. 1512) |
| | 1600 - Richard Hooker, English theologian (b. 1554) |
| | 1643 - John Bainbridge, English astronomer (b. 1582) |
| | 1643 - Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (b. 1577) |
| | 1711 - John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian (b. 1666) |
| | 1787 - Robert Lowth, British bishop and grammarian (b. 1710) |
| | 1793 - Olympe de Gouges, French feminist and revolutionary (b. 1748) |
| | 1794 - François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1715) |
| | 1890 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1811) |
| | 1891 - Louis Lucien Bonaparte, French politician and linguist (b. 1813) |
| | 1918 - Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov, Russian scientist (b. 1857) |
| | 1926 - Annie Oakley, American sharp-shooter (b. 1860) |
| | 1929 - Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (b. 1883) |
| | 1933 - Emile Roux, French scientist (b. 1853) |
| | 1939 - Charles Tournemire, French composer and organist (b. 1870) |
| | 1954 - Henri Matisse, French artist (b. 1869) |
| | 1957 - Wilhelm Reich, Austrian psychotherapist (b. 1897) |
| | 1964 - John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (b. 1905) |
| | 1970 - Peter II of Yugoslavia (b. 1923) |
| | 1990 - Mary Martin, American actress (b. 1913) |
| | 1993 - Leon Theremin, Russian inventor (b. 1895) |
| | 1995 - Gordon S. Fahrni, physician and president of the Canadian Medical Association (b. 1887) |
| | 1996 - Abdullah Çatli, a Turkish nationalist and neofascist activist (b. 1956) |
| | 1996 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa, President of the Central African Republic (b. 1921) |
| | 1998 - Bob Kane, comic artist & Batman co creator (b. 1915) |
| | 1999 - Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (b. 1928) |
| | 2001 - Ernst Gombrich, Austrian art historian (b. 1909) |
| | 2002 - Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician (b. 1931) |
| | 2002 - Jonathan Harris, American actor (b. 1914) |
| | 2003 - Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (b. 1923) |
| | 2004 - Sergei Zholtok, Latvian hockey player (b. 1972) |
| | 2006 - Paul Mauriat, French musician (b. 1925) |
| | 2006 - Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorean footballer (b. 1937) |
| | 2006-Marie Rudisill, American Author and Fruitcake Lady (b. 1911) |