| | 1149 - Raymond of Antioch |
| | 1162 - Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118) |
| | 1458 - King Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396) |
| | 1574 - Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511) |
| | 1603 - Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop, writer, and diplomat (b. 1539) |
| | 1627 - John Hayward, English historian |
| | 1655 - Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1598) |
| | 1672 - Roger Twysden, English antiquarian (b. 1597) |
| | 1720 - Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639) |
| | 1794 - Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, Austrian statesman (b. 1711) |
| | 1794 - Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (b. 1715) |
| | 1829 - James Smithson, English scientist and philanthropist (b. 1765) |
| | 1831 - Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776) |
| | 1839 - Prince Milan Obrenović II of Serbia (b. 1819) |
| | 1844 - Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (b. 1800) |
| | 1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1805) |
| | 1907 - Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator (b. 1822) |
| | 1912 - George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (b. 1855) |
| | 1920 - Adolphe-Basile Routhier, French Canadien lyricist (O Canada) (b. 1839) |
| | 1944 - Milan Hodža, Slovak politician (b. 1878) |
| | 1952 - Max Dehn, German mathematician (b. 1878) |
| | 1954 - Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (b. 1881) |
| | 1957 - Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (b. 1909) |
| | 1960 - Lottie Dod, English athlete (b. 1871) |
| | 1970 - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902) |
| | 1984 - Alan Dennison, English professional wrestler (b. 1932) |
| | 1991 - Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (b. 1953) |
| | 1996 - Cubby Broccoli, American film producer (b. 1909) |
| | 1999 - George Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (b. 1919) |
| | 2001 - Tove Jansson, Finnish author, the creator of the Moomins (b. 1914) |
| | 2001 - Jack Lemmon, American actor (b. 1925) |
| | 2002 - John Entwistle, English bassist (The Who) (b. 1944) |
| | 2004 - George Patton IV, American general (b. 1923) |
| | 2004 - Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968) |
| | 2005 - Shelby Foote, American author and historian (b. 1917) |
| | 2005 - John T. Walton, American businessman (b. 1946) |
| | 2005 - Ray Holmes, Battle of Britain veteran (b. 1914) |