| | 1189 - Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (b. 1159) |
| | 1336 - Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288) |
| | 1365 - Louis VI the Roman, Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328) |
| | 1395 - Constantine Dragas, Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm |
| | 1464 - Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (executed) (b. 1427) |
| | 1510 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (b. 1445) |
| | 1521 - Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, English politician |
| | 1536 - George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, English diplomat |
| | 1575 - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1504) |
| | 1626 - Juan Pujol, Catalan composer (b. 1570) |
| | 1643 - Giovanni Picchi, Italian composer |
| | 1727 - Catherine I of Russia |
| | 1729 - Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (b. 1675) |
| | 1765 - Alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (b. 1713) |
| | 1797 - Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (b. 1719) |
| | 1801 - William Heberden, English physician (b. 1710) |
| | 1809 - Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722) |
| | 1822 - Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French-Russian statesman (b. 1766) |
| | 1829 - John Jay, first Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745) |
| | 1838 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b. 1754) |
| | 1839 - Archibald Alison, Scottish author (b. 1757) |
| | 1868 - Isami Kondo, Shinsengumi Commander (b. 1834) |
| | 1875 - John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821) |
| | 1879 - Asa Packer, Railroad magnate and founder of Lehigh Valley Railroad (b. 1805) |
| | 1886 - John Deere, American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. 1804) |
| | 1888 - Giacomo Zanella, Italian poet (b. 1820) |
| | 1916 - Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (b. 1862) |
| | 1917 - Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke, ruler of Sarawak (b. 1829) |
| | 1919 - Guido von List, German occult author (b. 1848) |
| | 1935 - Paul Dukas, French composer (b. 1865) |
| | 1947 - George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869) |
| | 1985 - Abe Burrows, songwriter, composer, and writer (b. 1910) |
| | 1987 - Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) |
| | 1992 - Lawrence Welk, American musician (b. 1903) |
| | 1995 - Hector "Toe" Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and NHL coach (b. 1912) |
| | 1996 - Kevin Gilbert, American singer, composer and instrumentalist (b. 1966) |
| | 1996 - Scott Brayton, American race car driver (b. 1959) |
| | 1999 - Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian record producer and musician (b. 1949) |
| | 2000 - Donald Coggan, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1909) |
| | 2001 - Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist and physician (b. 1908) |
| | 2002 - Dave Berg, American cartoonist (b. 1920) |
| | 2002 - Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter (b. 1940) |
| | 2002 - Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (b. 1962) |
| | 2002 - Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer (b. 1927) |
| | 2003 - Frank "Pop" Ivy, American and Canadian football coach (b. 1916) |
| | 2004 - Jørgen Nash, Danish artist (b. 1920) |
| | 2004 - Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920) |
| | 2004 - Ezzedine Salim, leader of Iraqi Governing Council (b. 1943) |
| | 2005 - Frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1934) |
| | 2006 - Cy Feuer, American playwright (b. 1911) |
| | 2006 - Eric Forth, MP (b. 1944) |
| | 2006 - Captain Nichola Goddard, Canadian soldier (b. 1980) |