| | 1016 - Edmund II of England |
| | 1580 - Richard Farrant, English composer |
| | 1626 - Thomas Weelkes, English composer |
| | 1654 - John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (b. 1584) |
| | 1675 - Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, colonial Governor of Maryland (b. 1605) |
| | 1703 - Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (b. 1672) |
| | 1705 - Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II of England (b. 1638) |
| | 1718 - King Charles XII of Sweden (b. 1682) |
| | 1761 - John Dollond, British optician (b. 1706) |
| | 1765 - George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b. 1725) |
| | 1900 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer (b. 1854) |
| | 1901 - Edward John Eyre, British explorer (b. 1815) |
| | 1920 - Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867) |
| | 1933 - Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b. 1875) |
| | 1935 - Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (b. 1888) |
| | 1943 - Etty Hillesum, Dutch diarist (executed) (b. 1914) |
| | 1953 - Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (b. 1857) |
| | 1954 - Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (b. 1886) |
| | 1955 - Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer (b. 1896) |
| | 1957 - Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (b. 1890) |
| | 1958 - Hubert Wilkins, Australian polar explorer (b. 1888) |
| | 1967 - Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet (b. 1904) |
| | 1987 - Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer (b. 1913) |
| | 1989 - Alfred Herrhausen, German banker, murdered (Deutsche Bank) (b. 1930) |
| | 1993 - Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (b. 1924) |
| | 1993 - David Houston, American country music singer (b. 1938) |
| | 1994 - Guy Debord, French writer and filmmaker (b. 1931) |
| | 1996 - Tiny Tim, American entertainer (b. 1932) |
| | 1997 - Kathy Acker, American author (b. 1947) |
| | 1997 - Randy Walker (AKA Stretch), American musician (b. 1972) |
| | 1999 - Charlie Byrd, American jazz guitarist (b. 1925) |
| | 2002 - Tim Woods, American professional wrestler (b. 1934) |
| | 2003 - Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906) |
| | 2004 - Pierre Berton, Canadian author (b. 1920) |
| | 2005 - Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915) |