| | 1315 - Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282) |
| | 1446 - Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368) |
| | 1657 - William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590) |
| | 1707 - Dieterich Buxtehude, German composer |
| | 1745 - Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer(b. 1663) |
| | 1747 - John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673) |
| | 1760 - Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (b. 1700) |
| | 1789 - Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (b. 1715) |
| | 1790 - William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress |
| | 1791 - Francis Hopkinson, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1737) |
| | 1805 - Friedrich Schiller, German poet and historian (b. 1759) |
| | 1861 - Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805) |
| | 1889 - William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800) |
| | 1903 - Paul Gauguin, French painter (b. 1848) |
| | 1915 - François Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887) |
| | 1918 - George Coşbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866) |
| | 1931 - Albert Abraham Michelson, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) |
| | 1938 - Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (b. 1866) |
| | 1949 - Prince Louis II of Monaco (b. 1870) |
| | 1950 - Esteban Terradas i Illa, Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. 1883) |
| | 1955 - Kate Booth, the oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1858) |
| | 1957 - Ezio Pinza, Italian bass (b. 1892) |
| | 1968 - Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (b. 1893) |
| | 1970 - Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (b. 1884) |
| | 1970 - Walter Reuther, American labor leader (b. 1907) |
| | 1976 - Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (b. 1920) |
| | 1976 - Ulrike Meinhof, German revolutionist (b. 1934) |
| | 1977 - James Jones, American writer (b. 1921) |
| | 1978 - Aldo Moro, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1916) |
| | 1981 - Ralph Allen, English footballer (b. 1906) |
| | 1985 - Edmond O'Brien, American actor (b. 1915) |
| | 1986 - Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese sherpa (b. 1914) |
| | 1989 - Keith Whitley, American country music singer (b. 1955) |
| | 1994 - Elias Motsoaledi, South African freedom fighter (b. 1924) |
| | 1998 - Alice Faye, American actress (b. 1915) |
| | 2003 - Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (b. 1918) |
| | 2004 - Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen president (b. 1951) |
| | 2004 - Alan King, American comedian (b. 1927) |
| | 2005 - Nasrat Parsa, Afghani singer (b. 1969) |