| | 1286 - Eric V of Denmark, Danish King (b. 1249) |
| | 1318 - Mikhail Yaroslavich, Russian prince (b. 1271) |
| | 1594 - Martin Frobisher, English explorer |
| | 1617 - Ahmed I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1590) |
| | 1694 - John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1630) |
| | 1697 - Libéral Bruant, French architect |
| | 1710 - Bernardo Pasquini, Italian composer (b. 1637) |
| | 1718 - Blackbeard (Edward Teach), British pirate |
| | 1758 - Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, British politician (b. 1680) |
| | 1774 - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general (b. 1725) |
| | 1783 - John Hanson, American Continental Congressman (b. 1715) |
| | 1794 - John Alsop, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724) |
| | 1875 - Henry Wilson, United States Vice President (b. 1812) |
| | 1886 - William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859) |
| | 1900 - Arthur S. Sullivan, British composer (b. 1842) |
| | 1916 - Jack London, American writer (b. 1876) |
| | 1917 - Teoberto Maler, German-born explorer (b. 1842) |
| | 1919 - Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer (b. 1852) |
| | 1932 - William Walker Atkinson, American author (b. 1862) |
| | 1943 - Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (b. 1895) |
| | 1944 - Arthur Stanley Eddington, English astrophysicist (b. 1882) |
| | 1946 - Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist (b. 1889) |
| | 1953 - Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani religious scholar and biographer of Muhammad (b. 1884) |
| | 1955 - Shemp Howard, American actor (b. 1895) |
| | 1956 - Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born choreographer (b. 1882) |
| | 1963 - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (b. 1917) |
| | 1963 - C. S. Lewis, Irish author (b. 1898) |
| | 1963 - Aldous Huxley, British author (b. 1894) |
| | 1967 - Pavel Korin, Russian painter (b. 1892) |
| | 1980 - Norah McGuinness, Northern Irish painter (b. 1901) |
| | 1980 - Mae West, American actress and writer (b. 1893) |
| | 1980 - Jules Léger, Governor General of Canada (b. 1913) |
| | 1981 - Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900) |
| | 1986 - Scatman Crothers, American actor (b. 1910) |
| | 1986 - William Bradford Huie, American writer (b. 1910) |
| | 1988 - Luis Barragán, Mexican architect (b. 1908) |
| | 1989 - Rene Moawad, President of Lebanon (b. 1925) |
| | 1989 - C.C. Beck, American Cartoonist (b. 1910) |
| | 1992 - Sterling Holloway, American voice actor (b. 1905) |
| | 1993 - Anthony Burgess, British author (b. 1917) |
| | 1996 - Mark Lenard, American actor (b. 1924) |
| | 1996 - María Casares, Spanish-born Frenh actress (b. 1922) |
| | 1997 - Michael Hutchence, Australian singer (b. 1960) |
| | 1998 - Stu Unger, Professional poker player (b. 1953) |
| | 2000 - Christian Marquand, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1927) |
| | 2000 - Emil Zátopek, Czech athlete (b. 1922) |
| | 2001 - Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (b. 1915) |
| | 2005 - Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (b. 1920) |