| | 705 - Empress Wu of Zhou (China; b. 625) |
| | 714 - Pippin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia |
| | 999 - Saint Adelaide of Italy (b. 931) |
| | 1325 - Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270) |
| | 1379 - John Fitzalan, Marshal of England |
| | 1470 - John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425) |
| | 1515 - Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese naval general (b. 1453) |
| | 1598 - Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545) |
| | 1669 - Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician |
| | 1687 - William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623) |
| | 1751 - Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700) |
| | 1765 - Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor |
| | 1774 - François Quesnay, French economist (b. 1694) |
| | 1783 - Johann A. Hasse, German composer (b. 1699) |
| | 1783 - Sir William James British naval commander (b. 1720) |
| | 1809 - Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755) |
| | 1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, German writer and folklorist (b. 1786) |
| | 1898 - Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832) |
| | 1914 - Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (b. 1832) |
| | 1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1869) |
| | 1921 - Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (b. 1835) |
| | 1922 - Gabriel Narutowicz, first President of Poland (b. 1865) |
| | 1928 - Elinor Wylie, American poet and writer (b. 1885 |
| | 1935 - Thelma Todd, American actress (b. 1905) |
| | 1945 - Giovanni Agnelli, Italian automobile manufacturer (b. 1866) |
| | 1945 - Fumimaro Konoye, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891) |
| | 1949 - Sidney Olcott, Canadian film director (b. 1873) |
| | 1956 - Nina Hamnett, British artist (b. 1890) |
| | 1965 - W. Somerset Maugham, British writer (b. 1874) |
| | 1976 - Réal Caouette, French Canadian politician (Social Credit Party of Canada) (b. 1917) |
| | 1977 - Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (b. 1934) |
| | 1980 - Colonel Harland Sanders, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1890) |
| | 1980 - Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (b. 1900) |
| | 1982 - Colin Chapman, British engineer and automobile manufacturer, founder of Lotus Cars (b. 1928) |
| | 1984 - Debs Garms, baseball player (b. 1907) |
| | 1985 - Paul Castellano, American mafioso (b. 1915) |
| | 1985 - Thomas Bilotti, American mafioso (b. 1940) |
| | 1988 - Sylvester James, American R&B singer, disco performer (b. 1948) |
| | 1989 - Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925) |
| | 1989 - Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895) |
| | 1989 - Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (b. 1930) |
| | 1990 - Douglas Campbell, American pilot (b. 1896) |
| | 1993 - Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929) |
| | 1993 - Tanaka Kakuei, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918) |
| | 1995 - Mariele Ventre, Italian choir director (b. 1939) |
| | 1995 - Johnny Moss, American poker player (b. 1907) |
| | 1996 - Quentin Bell, British art historian (b. 1910) |
| | 1997 - Nicolette Larson, American singer (b. 1952) |
| | 2001 - Stuart Adamson, British musician (b. 1958) |
| | 2003 - Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914) |
| | 2003 - Gary Stewart, American musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1945) |
| | 2004 - Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933) |
| | 2005 - Kenneth Bulmer, British author (b.1921) |
| | 2005 - John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946) |
| | 2006 - Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist |
| | 2006 - Taliep Petersen, South African singer and composer (b. 1950) |