| | 268 - Pope Dionysius |
| | 418 - Pope Zosimus |
| | 1350 - Jean de Marigny, French bishop |
| | 1458 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393) |
| | 1476 - Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1444) |
| | 1530 - Babur, Emperor of the Mogul empire (b. 1483) |
| | 1574 - Charles of Guise, French cardinal (b. 1524) |
| | 1624 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (b. 1573) |
| | 1731 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (b. 1672) |
| | 1771 - Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (b. 1715) |
| | 1780 - John Fothergill, English physician (b. 1712) |
| | 1784 - Seth Warner, American revolutionary leader (b. 1743) |
| | 1786 - Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (b. 1713) |
| | 1869 - Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille, French physiologist (b. 1797) |
| | 1890 - Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist (b. 1822) |
| | 1909 - Frederic Remington, American artist (b. 1861) |
| | 1933 - Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (b. 1875) |
| | 1960 - Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (b. 1889) |
| | 1963 - George Wagner, American professional wrestler and television personality (b. 1915) |
| | 1970 - Lillian Board, British athlete (b. 1948) |
| | 1972 - Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884) |
| | 1973 - Harold B. Lee, 11th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899) |
| | 1974 - Jack Benny, American comedian (b. 1894) |
| | 1977 - Howard Hawks, American film director and writer (b. 1896) |
| | 1981 - Savithri, Indian actress |
| | 1983 - Violet Carson, British actress |
| | 1985 - Dian Fossey, American gorilla specialist (b. 1932) |
| | 1986 - Elsa Lanchester, British-born actress (b. 1902) |
| | 1988 - Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (b. 1907) |
| | 1996 - JonBenét Ramsey, American child beauty queen (b. 1990) |
| | 1997 - Cornelius Castoriadis, philosopher (b. 1922) |
| | 1999 - Curtis Mayfield, American musician (b. 1942) |
| | 1999 - Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India (b. 1918) |
| | 2000 - Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922) |
| | 2001 - Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (b. 1929) |
| | 2002 - Herb Ritts, American photographer (b. 1952) |
| | 2002 - Armand Zildjian, American cymbal manufacturer (b. 1921) |
| | 2003 - Alan Bates, British actor (b. 1934) |
| | 2004 - Marianne Heiberg, Norwegian mediator (b. 1945) |
| | 2004 - Troy Broadbridge, Australian football player (b. 1980) |
| | 2004 - Aki Sirkesalo, Finnish musician (b. 1962) |
| | 2004 - Reggie White, American football player (b. 1961) |
| | 2005 - Kerry Packer, Australian businessman (b. 1937) |
| | 2005 - Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948) |
| | 2005 - Erich Topp, German submarine commander (b. 1914) |