| | 741 - Pope Gregory III |
| | 1268 - Pope Clement IV |
| | 1314 - Philip IV of France (b. 1268) |
| | 1330 - Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (b. 1287) |
| | 1342 - Michael of Cesena, Italian Franciscan leader (b. 1270) |
| | 1378 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1316) |
| | 1530 - Thomas Wolsey, adviser to King Henry VIII of England |
| | 1577 - Cuthbert Mayne, English saint (b. 1543) |
| | 1590 - Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547) |
| | 1595 - Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (b. 1533) |
| | 1626 - Ernst, Graf von Mansfield, German soldier |
| | 1632 - Frederick V, Elector Palatine (b. 1596) |
| | 1643 - William Cartwright, English dramatist (b. 1611) |
| | 1643 - Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (b. 1567) |
| | 1646 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (b. 1565) |
| | 1661 - Brian Walton, English clergyman and scholar (b. 1600) |
| | 1694 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (b. 1628) |
| | 1695 - James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (b. 1619) |
| | 1699 - Patrick Gordon, Scottish general (b. 1635) |
| | 1759 - Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1687) |
| | 1780 - Maria Theresa of Austria (b. 1717) |
| | 1797 - Samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (b. 1723) |
| | 1847 - Marcus Whitman, Washington state pioneer (b. 1802) |
| | 1924 - Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (b. 1858) |
| | 1939 - Philipp Scheidemann, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865) |
| | 1953 - Sam De Grasse, American actor (b. 1875) |
| | 1953 - Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator and animator (b. 1895) |
| | 1954 - Dink Johnson, American musician (b. 1892) |
| | 1957 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (b. 1897) |
| | 1972 - Carl Stalling, American composer (b. 1888) |
| | 1974 - James J. Braddock, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1905) |
| | 1975 - Graham Hill, British race car driver (b. 1929) |
| | 1979 - Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901) |
| | 1980 - Dorothy Day, American journalist, turned social activist, and devout member of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| | 1981 - Fredric Wertham, German-born psychologist (b. 1895) |
| | 1981 - Natalie Wood, American actress (b. 1938) |
| | 1982 - Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (b. 1908) |
| | 1984 - Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (b. 1900) |
| | 1986 - Cary Grant, British-born American actor (b. 1904) |
| | 1991 - Frank Yerby, American author (b. 1916) |
| | 1991 - Ralph Bellamy, American actor (b. 1904) |
| | 1992 - Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (b. 1906) |
| | 1998 - Martin Ruane, British professional wrestler (b. 1947) |
| | 1999 - Gene Rayburn, American game show host (b. 1917) |
| | 2000 - Daniel Gélin, French actor (b. 1921) |
| | 2001 - George Harrison, British singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943) |
| | 2001 - John Knowles, American author (b. 1926) |
| | 2003 - Moondog Spot, wrestler (b. 1952) |
| | 2004 - John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1929) |
| | 2004 - Harry Danning, American baseball player (b. 1911) |
| | 2004 - Anne Samson, oldest-ever nun documented (b. 1891) |
| | 2005 - David di Tommaso, French soccer player (b. 1979) |
| | 2005 - Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (b. 1958) |
| | 2006 - Allen Carr, English anti-smoking campaigner (b. 1934) |