| | 431 - Paulinus of Nola, Roman poet |
| | 1276 - Pope Innocent V |
| | 1429 - Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380) |
| | 1535 - John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester (executed) |
| | 1632 - James Whitelocke, English judge (b. 1570) |
| | 1634 - Johann Graf von Aldringen, Austrian soldier (b. 1588) |
| | 1699 - Josiah Child, English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630) |
| | 1714 - Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (b. 1662) |
| | 1868 - Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801) |
| | 1874 - Howard Staunton, English chess master (b. 1810) |
| | 1892 - Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (b. 1819) |
| | 1894 - Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop (b. 1823) |
| | 1905 - Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (b. 1815) |
| | 1913 - Ştefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet (b. 1875) |
| | 1925 - Felix Klein, German mathematician (b. 1849) |
| | 1928 - A. B. Frost, American illustrator (b. 1851) |
| | 1931 - Armand Fallières, French president (b. 1841) |
| | 1935 - Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, diplomat and politician (b. 1866) |
| | 1959 - Hermann Brill, German politician (b. 1895) |
| | 1961 - Maria of Romania, Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (b. 1900) |
| | 1963 - Maria Tănase, Romanian singer of traditional and popular music (b. 1913) |
| | 1964 - Havank, Dutch writer (b. 1904) |
| | 1965 - David O. Selznick, American film producer (b. 1902) |
| | 1969 - Judy Garland, American singer and actress (b. 1922) |
| | 1974 - Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892) |
| | 1979 - Louis Chiron, Monaco race car driver (b. 1899) |
| | 1984 - Joseph Losey, American theather and film director (b. 1909) |
| | 1987 - Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (b. 1899) |
| | 1988 - Dennis Day, American singer and actor (b. 1916) |
| | 1989 - Lucien Saulnier, French Canadian politician (b. 1916) |
| | 1990 - Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908) |
| | 1992 - Chuck Mitchell, American actor (b. 1927) |
| | 1993 - Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912) |
| | 1994 - Otto Bradfisch, Nazi leader (b. 1903) |
| | 1995 - Al Hansen, American artist (b. 1927) |
| | 1997 - Gérard Pelletier, French journalist, politician, and diplomat (b. 1919) |
| | 1997 - Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (b. 1956) |
| | 2001 - Suad Husni, Egyptian actor (b. 1942) |
| | 2002 - Darryl Kile, American baseball player (b. 1968) |
| | 2002 - Ann Landers, American columnist (b. 1918) |
| | 2004 - Mattie Stepanek, American poet (b. 1990) |
| | 2004 - Bob Bemer, computer scientist (b. 1920) |
| | 2004 - Kim Sun-il, South Korean translator (b. 1970) |
| | 2006 - Moose (Dog Actor), Dog Actor popular for role on Frasier (b. 1990) |