- 869 King Edmund of East Anglia
- 967 Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of Liederen), dies
- 1348 Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle against Roman revolutionaries by Porta Tiburtina
- 1437 Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363)
- 1480 Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies
- 1518 Marmaduke Constable, English soldier (battle of Flodden), dies after swallowing a frog, at about 61
- 1527 Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic
- 1529 Karl von Miltitz, German papal nuncio (met with Martin Luther), drowns at about 39
- 1591 Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540)
- 1612 John Harington, English Elizabethan courtier, writer (Orlando Furios) and inventor of the flush toilet, dies at about 52
- 1651 Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier who fought Cossack rebellions, dies at about 56
- 1662 Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1614)
- 1669 Arnold Geulincx, Flemish philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45
- 1675 Francisco de Moura y Cortereal, Spanish Vicroy of Sardinia and Governor of Hapsburg Netherlands (1664-68)
- 1678 Karel Dujardin, Dutch painter and etcher (Learned Dog), dies at about 56
- 1704 Charles Plumier, French botanist (Frangipani genus Plumeria is named after him), dies at 58
- 1713 Thomas Tompion, English clockmaker (cylinder tunnel), dies at 74
- 1737 Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, German born Queen of Great Britain, consort to King George II, dies at 54
- 1741 Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat, Cardinal and poet, dies at 80
- 1750 Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, Dutch theologist (Profound Christianity), dies at 50
- 1764 Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position), dies at 74
- 1778 Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit priest and scientist, dies at 52
- 1856 Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician known for his work on the foundations of geometry and the parallel axiom (Wallace–Bolyai–Gerwien theorem), dies at 81
- 1863 James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin & Kincardine and Governor (Jamaica), dies at 52
American amateur astronomer (photos of the Moon, Orion Nebula), dies of pleurisy at 45
- 1887 Louis Gallait, Belgian historical painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77
- 1888 Nathaniel Currier, American lithographer (Currier & Ives), dies at 75
- 1889 August Ahlqvist, Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi), dies at 63
- 1898 John Fowler, English engineer (engineer for London Metropolitan Railway - world's 1st underground railway), dies at 81
- 1907 Paula Modersohn-Becker, German Expressionist painter (1st known woman to paint nude self-portraits), dies after childbirth at 31
- 1908 Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (Voronoi diagram), dies at 40
- 1925 Alexandra, Danish princess and Queen of Great Britain, consort to Edward VII, dies at 80
- 1934 Willem de Sitter, Dutch scientist and cosmologist (developed theoretical models of the universe based on Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity), dies at 62
Spanish fascist politician and founder of Falange Española, executed for conspiracy and military rebellion at 33
- 1938 Edwin Hall, American physicist (discovered Hall effect), dies at 83
- 1938 Enzo Matsunaga, Japanese writer (b. 1895)
- 1938 Maud of Wales, Queen of Norway, spouse of King Haakon VII, dies at 68
- 1944 Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies at 21
- 1945 Francis William Aston, British chemist and physicist who won a Nobel laureate for his work with isotopes and the whole number rule, dies at 68
- 1947 Wolfgang Borchert, German writer, dies at 26
- 1952 Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and politician (La Critica), dies at 86
- 1954 Clyde Cessna, American aviator and airplane manufacturer, dies at 74
- 1957 Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian artist, dies at 82
- 1959 Alfonso López Pumarejo, 16th President of Colombia (Liberal: 1934-38 and 1942-46) and statesman (President of UN security council 1948), dies at 73
- 1960 Ya'akov Cahan, Hebrew poet and writer, dies at 79
- 1962 Jasper McLevy, American politician (Socialist mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1933-57), dies at 84
- 1976 Trofim Lysenko, Soviet biologist and agronomist, dies at 78
- 1977 Maxie Wander, Austrian writer (Good Morning My Lovely), dies at 44
- 1978 Giorgio De Chirico, Italian painter (founded the scuola metafisica art movement), dies at 90
- 1978 Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian poet (b. 1890)
- 1980 John McEwen, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (1967-68), dies at 80
- 1981 Rolf Bongs, German writer, dies at 74
- 1984 Trygve Bratteli, Norwegian Prime Minister (Labour: 1971-72, 1973-76), dies at 74
- 1986 William Bradford Huie, American writer and publisher, dies at 76
- 1992 John Foreman, producer (Prizzi's Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack
- 1993 Christopher Frank, French writer, dies at 51
- 1993 Emile Ardolino, American Emmy and Academy Award-winning director (He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'; Dirty Dancing; Sister Act), dies of AIDS at 50
- 1994 Ali-Akbar Sa'idi Sirjani, Iranian poet and journalist, dies at 64
- 1995 Ahmed Abel-Wadoud Karadawi, Sudanese academic and activist, dies at 50
- 1995 Robie Macauley, American editor (Houghton Mifflin) and novelist (A Secret History of Time to Come), dies of lymphoma at 76
- 1996 Bert Geoffrey Achong, Trinidadian pathologist and inventor (electron microscopist), dies at 67
- 1997 Gary Burris, American murderer (Kenneth Chambers), executed in Indiana at 40
- 1997 Robert Palmer, American rock critic, dies at 52
- 1998 Galina Starovoitova, Russian politician and dissident, assassinated at 52
- 1999 Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician and 5 x prime minister of Italy, dies at 91
- 2000 Kalle Päätalo, Finnish novelist (Iijoki), dies at 81
- 2000 Mike Muuss, American computer programmer (Ping), dies in a car accident at 42
- 2003 David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930)
- 2003 Eugene Kleiner, American entrepreneur (b. 1923)
- 2003 Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (b. 1933)
- 2003 Roger Short, British Consulate General (b. 1944)
- 2004 David Grierson, Canadian radio host (b. 1955)
- 2005 Manouchehr Atashi, Persian poet, dies at 74
- 2005 Sheldon Gardner, American psychologist (b. 1934)
- 2006 Zoia Ceauşescu, Romanian mathematician and daughter of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, dies of lung cancer at 57
- 2007 Ian Smith, Rhodesian farmer, fighter pilot, and politician (Prime Minister of Rhodesia, 1964-79), dies at 88
- 2008 Sven Inge, Swedish painter and modern artist (b. 1935)
- 2009 Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (b. 1925)
- 2010 Chalmers Johnson, American political scholar and author (b. 1931)
- 2010 Laurie Bembenek, American convicted murderer and fugitive (b. 1958)
- 2013 Peter Griffiths, British politician (C), controversially won his seat (1964), dies at 85
- 2013 Sylvia Browne, American author and self-proclaimed medium dubbed "America's most controversial psychic," dies at 77
- 2016 Kostis Stephanopoulos, Greek conservative politician (President of Greece, 1995-2005), dies at 90
- 2016 William Trevor, Irish writer (Children of Dynmouth, Fools of Fortune), dies at 88
- 2018 Aaron Klug, Lithuanian born British biochemist (Nobel prize for Chemistry 1982), dies at 92
- 2019 Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian Salvationist, 14th General of The Salvation Army, dies at 88
- 2020 Jan Morris, Welsh journalist, historian, writer and pioneering trans woman (Venice, Conundrum), dies at 94 [1]
- 2020 Patriarch Irinej [Miroslav Gavrilović], Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, dies of COVID-19 at 90 [1]
- 2022 Hebe de Bonafini, Argentine human rights activist (co-founded Mothers of Plaza de Mayo), dies at 93 [1]
- 2022 Jean-Marie Straub, French film director, with Danièle Huillet (Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach; Sicilia!), dies at 89
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