| | 987 - King Louis V of France |
| | 1254 - Conrad IV of Germany (b. 1228) |
| | 1481 - King Christian I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (b. 1426) |
| | 1512 - Pandolfo Petrucci, ruler of Siena |
| | 1524 - Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier |
| | 1542 - Hernando de Soto, Spanish explorer |
| | 1607 - John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549) |
| | 1639 - Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian (b. 1568) |
| | 1647 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet (b. 1581) |
| | 1650 - James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish royalist (b. 1612) |
| | 1664 - Elizabeth Poole, Puritan businesswoman |
| | 1670 - Niccolo Zucchi, Italian astronomer (b. 1586) |
| | 1690 - John Eliot, English Puritan missionary (b. 1604) |
| | 1724 - Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman (b. 1661) |
| | 1742 - Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (b. 1664) |
| | 1771 - Christopher Smart, English poet (b. 1722) |
| | 1786 - Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish chemist (b. 1742) |
| | 1790 - Thomas Warton, English poet (b. 1728) |
| | 1844 - Giuseppe Baini, Italian composer (b. 1775) |
| | 1862 - John Drew, Irish-born American actor (b. 1827) |
| | 1879 - Arturo Prat, Chilean naval officer (b. 1848) |
| | 1894 - Emile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872) |
| | 1894 - August Kundt, German physicist (b. 1839) |
| | 1895 - Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer (b. 1819) |
| | 1911 - Williamina Fleming, Scottish-born astronomer (b. 1857) |
| | 1915 - Leonid Gobyato, Russian general (b. 1875) |
| | 1919 - Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1853) |
| | 1929 - Archibald Primrose, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847) |
| | 1935 - Jane Addams, American social worker, Nobel laureate (b. 1860) |
| | 1949 - Klaus Mann, German writer (b. 1906) |
| | 1952 - John Garfield, American actor (b. 1913) |
| | 1957 - Aleksandr Vertinsky, Russian singer (b. 1889) |
| | 1964 - James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1882) |
| | 1965 - Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer (b. 1882) |
| | 1970 - E. L. Grant Watson, Australian biologist (b. 1885) |
| | 1973 - Vaughn Monroe, American musician (b. 1911) |
| | 1981 - Patsy O'Hara, Irish Hunger striker (b. 1957) |
| | 1984 - Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891) |
| | 1988 - Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (b. 1900) |
| | 1991 - Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (b. 1944) |
| | 1992 - T. B. Ilangaratne, Sri Lankan novelist and politician (b. 1913) |
| | 1996 - Lash LaRue, American actor (b. 1917) |
| | 1999 - Karnail "Bugz" Pitts, American rapper (D12) (b. 1979) |
| | 2000 - Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901) |
| | 2000 - Sir John Gielgud, British actor (b. 1904) |
| | 2000 - Mark R. Hughes, American enterpreneur (b. 1956) |
| | 2002 - Niki de Saint Phalle, French artist (b. 1930) |
| | 2003 - Frank D. White, American politician (b. 1933) |
| | 2005 - Howard Morris, American comic actor and director (b. 1919) |
| | 2006 - Katherine Dunham, American dancer (b. 1909) |
| | 2006 - Spencer Clark, American racecar driver (b. 1987) |
| | 2006 - Billy Walker, American singer (b. 1929) |