| | 1161 - Emperor Qinzong of China (b. 1100) |
| | 1381 - Simon Sudbury, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| | 1497 - Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Borgia (assassinated) |
| | 1544 - Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489) |
| | 1548 - Carpentras, French composer |
| | 1594 - Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer |
| | 1662 - Henry Vane the Younger, British Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1613) |
| | 1674 - Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French writer (b. 1600) |
| | 1703 - Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (b. 1625) |
| | 1794 - Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (b. 1718) |
| | 1800 - Louis Charles Antoine Desaix, French military leader (killed in battle) (b. August 17, 1768) |
| | 1800 - Jean-Baptiste Kleber, French general (assassinated) (b. 1753) |
| | 1801 - Benedict Arnold, American general (b. 1741) |
| | 1825 - Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect (b. 1754) |
| | 1837 - Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (b. 1798) |
| | 1883 - Edward FitzGerald, English poet (b. 1809) |
| | 1886 - Alexandr Ostrovsky, Russian dramatist (b. 1823) |
| | 1908 - Frederick Arthur Stanley, Governor general of Canada (b. 1841) |
| | 1916 - João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian writer (b. 1865) |
| | 1920 - Max Weber, German sociologist (b. 1864) |
| | 1926 - Mary Cassatt, American artist (b. 1843) |
| | 1927 - Jerome K. Jerome, British author (b. 1859) |
| | 1927 - Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (b. 1894) |
| | 1928 - Emmeline Pankhurst, British feminist (b. 1857) |
| | 1932 - Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian business pioneer |
| | 1936 - G. K. Chesterton, English author (b. 1874) |
| | 1936 - Hans Poelzig, German architect (b. 1869) |
| | 1946 - John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (b. 1888) |
| | 1967 - Eddie Eagan, American sportsman (b. 1897) |
| | 1968 - Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901) |
| | 1972 - Martin Dies, American politician (b. 1900) |
| | 1977 - Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911) |
| | 1986 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (b. 1899) |
| | 1986 - Alan Jay Lerner, American composer (b. 1918) |
| | 1991 - Dame Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (b. 1907) |
| | 1994 - Henry Mancini, American composer (b. 1924) |
| | 1995 - Rory Gallagher, Irish musician and composer (b. 1949) |
| | 1995 - Roger Zelazny, American author (b. 1937) |
| | 1997 - Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926) |
| | 1999 - Bernie Faloney, professional football player (b. 1932) |
| | 2002 - June Jordan, American writer and teacher (b. 1936) |
| | 2004 - Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1900) |
| | 2004 - Eamonn McGirr, Irish-born singer and entertainer |
| | 2005 - Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (b. 1924) |
| | 2005 - Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (b. 1914) |
| | 2006 - Jean Roba, Belgian comics author (b. 1930) |