| | 1025 - Bolesław I the Brave, first king of Poland |
| | 1091 - Dirk V, Count of Holland (b. 1052) |
| | 1463 - Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (b. 1436) |
| | 1565 - Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (b. 1536) |
| | 1694 - Philip Cardinal Howard, English Catholic Cardinal (b. 1629) |
| | 1696 - John III Sobieski, King of Poland (b. 1629) |
| | 1719 - Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (b. 1672) |
| | 1734 - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France (b. 1653) |
| | 1740 - William Wyndham, English politician (b. 1687) |
| | 1762 - Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French writer (b. 1674) |
| | 1775 - Major John Pitcairn, British marine (killed in battle) (b. 1722) |
| | 1797 - Agha Muhammad Khan, Shah of Persia (b. 1742) |
| | 1813 - Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician (b. 1726) |
| | 1821 - Martín Miguel de Güemes Argentine military leader (b. 1785) |
| | 1898 - Edward Burne-Jones, English artist (b. 1833) |
| | 1904 - Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov, Russian politician, Governor-General of Finland (assassinated) (b. 1839) |
| | 1939 - Allen Sothoron, American baseball player (b. 1893) |
| | 1940 - Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865) |
| | 1942 - Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician (b. 1853) |
| | 1952 - Jack Parsons, American rocket-fuel pioneer and renegade occultist (b. 1914) |
| | 1956 - Paul Rostock, German doctor (b. 1892) |
| | 1956 - Bob Sweikert, American racing driver (b. 1926) |
| | 1957 - Dorothy Richardson, English writer (b. 1873) |
| | 1961 - Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918) |
| | 1979 - Duffy Lewis, baseball player (b. 1888) |
| | 1981 - Richard O'Connor, British general (b. 1889) |
| | 1981 - Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (b. 1889) |
| | 1982 - Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920) |
| | 1986 - Kate Smith, American singer (God Bless America) (b. 1907) |
| | 1987 - Dick Howser, baseball player and manager (b. 1936) |
| | 1996 - Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher of science (b. 1922) |
| | 2001 - Donald J. Cram, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919) |
| | 2002 - Willie Davenport, American athlete (b. 1943) |
| | 2002 - Fritz Walter, German footballer (b. 1920) |
| | 2004 - Gerry McNeil, Canadian hockey player (b. 1926) |
| | 2005 - Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum) (b. 1962) |
| | 2005 - Sam Loeb, comic book writer |
| | 2006 - Cláudio Besserman Vianna, aka "Bussunda", Brazilian comedian (b. 1962) |