| | 45 BC - Titus Labienus, Roman leader |
| | 45 BC - Gnaeus Pompeius, the Younger, Roman general |
| | 180 - Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (b. 121) |
| | 493 - Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland |
| | 1040 - Harold Harefoot, King of England |
| | 1058 - King Lulach I of Scotland |
| | 1272 - Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220) |
| | 1425 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. 1407) |
| | 1516 - Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1478) |
| | 1565 - Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (b. 1500) |
| | 1620 - St. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing |
| | 1640 - Philip Massinger, English dramatist (b. 1583) |
| | 1680 - François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (b. 1613) |
| | 1704 - Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch military engineer (b. 1641) |
| | 1715 - Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (b. 1643) |
| | 1741 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (b. 1671) |
| | 1764 - George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer |
| | 1782 - Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-born mathematician (b. 1700) |
| | 1830 - Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (b. 1764) |
| | 1846 - Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1784) |
| | 1849 - William II of the Netherlands (b. 1792) |
| | 1853 - Christian Doppler, Austrian physician and mathematician (b. 1803) |
| | 1875 - Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist (b. 1832) |
| | 1893 - Jules Ferry, French statesman (b. 1832) |
| | 1917 - Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838) |
| | 1926 - Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (b. 1853) |
| | 1937 - Austen Chamberlain, English statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1863) |
| | 1941 - Marguerite Nichols, American actress (b. 1895) |
| | 1949 - Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (b. 1882) |
| | 1956 - Fred Allen, American actor and comedian (b. 1894) |
| | 1956 - Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1897) |
| | 1957 - Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines (b. 1907) |
| | 1965 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, college coach and player (b. 1862) |
| | 1974 - Louis Kahn, American architect |
| | 1976 - Luchino Visconti, Italian director (b. 1906) |
| | 1981 - Paul Dean, baseball player (b. 1913) |
| | 1983 - Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) |
| | 1987 - Santo Trafficante, Jr., American gangster (b. 1914) |
| | 1989 - Merritt Butrick, American actor (b. 1959) |
| | 1990 - Capucine, French actress (b. 1931) |
| | 1993 - Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900) |
| | 1995 - Ronnie Kray, British gangster (b. 1933) |
| | 1995 - Rick Aviles, American actor (b.1952) |
| | 1999 - Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (b. 1921) |
| | 1999 - Rod Hull, British comedian (b. 1936) |
| | 2002 - Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (b. 1911) |
| | 2002 - Pat Weaver, American broadcast executive (b. 1908) |
| | 2004 - J.J. Jackson, American television personality (b. 1941) |
| | 2005 - George F. Kennan, American Cold War strategist and historian (b. 1904) |
| | 2005 - Andre Norton, American writer (b. 1912) |
| | 2006 - Bob Blue, American singer/songwriter |
| | 2006 - Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (b. 1913) |
| | 2006 - Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (b. 1913) |
| | 2006 - Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (b. 1955) |