| | 655 - Penda, King of Mercia |
| | 1028 - Constantine VIII Byzantine Emperor (b. 960) |
| | 1136 - Margrave Leopold III of Austria (b. 1073) |
| | 1280 - Albertus Magnus, German theologian, bishop, and philosopher |
| | 1463 - Giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto and Constable of Naples |
| | 1544 - King Jungjong of Joseon (b. 1506) |
| | 1579 - Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian religious reformer (b. 1510) |
| | 1628 - Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (b. 1576) |
| | 1630 - Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1571) |
| | 1670 - Comenius, Czech writer (b. 1592) |
| | 1691 - Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (b. 1620) |
| | 1706 - Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (b. 1683) |
| | 1712 - James Douglas, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nationalist (b. 1658) |
| | 1712 - Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (b. 1675) |
| | 1787 - Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (b. 1714) |
| | 1794 - John Witherspoon, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1723) |
| | 1795 - Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (b. 1719) |
| | 1853 - Queen Maria II of Portugal (b. 1819) |
| | 1908 - Empress Dowager Cixi, Chinese ruler (b. 1835) |
| | 1910 - Wilhelm Raabe, German writer (b. 1831) |
| | 1916 - Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846) |
| | 1917 - Émile Durkheim, French sociologist (b. 1858) |
| | 1919 - Alfred Werner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866) |
| | 1954 - Lionel Barrymore, American actor (b. 1878) |
| | 1958 - Tyrone Power, American actor (b. 1914) |
| | 1959 - Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869) |
| | 1961 - Elsie Ferguson, American actress (b.1883) |
| | 1963 - Fritz Reiner, Hungarian conductor (b. 1988) |
| | 1965 - Dawn Powell, American poet (b. 1896) |
| | 1967 - Michael J. Adams, American test pilot (b. 1930) |
| | 1969 - Iskander Mirza, first President of Pakistan (b. 1899) |
| | 1971 - Rudolf Abel, Soviet spy (b. 1903) |
| | 1971 - Edie Sedgwick, American actress and model (b. 1943) |
| | 1976 - Jean Gabin, French actor (b. 1904) |
| | 1978 - Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (b. 1901) |
| | 1983 - John Le Mesurier, British actor (b. 1912) |
| | 1983 - Charlie Grimm, baseball player (b. 1898) |
| | 1988 - Billo Frómeta,Dominican Republic orchestra conductor, arranger and composer (b. 1915) |
| | 1990 - Alydar, American racehorse (b. 1975) |
| | 1994 - Elizabeth George Speare, award-winning American children's author (b. 1908) |
| | 1996 - Alger Hiss, American government official and alleged spy (b. 1904) |
| | 1997 - Saul Chaplin, American composer and musical director (b. 1912) |
| | 1998 - Stokely Carmichael, American civil rights activist (b. 1941) |
| | 2002 - Myra Hindley, English murderer (b. 1942) |
| | 2003 - Ray Lewis, Canadian athlete (b. 1910) |
| | 2003 - Dorothy Loudon, American actress (b. 1933) |
| | 2003 - Laurence Tisch, American businessman (b. 1923) |
| | 2004 - Elmer L. Andersen, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1909) |
| | 2004 - John Morgan, Canadian comedian (b. 1930) |
| | 2005 - Dr. Adrian Rogers, American Southern Baptist Minister and leader (b. 1931) |
| | 2005 - Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (b. 1959) |