| | 1321 - Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256) |
| | 1519 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459) |
| | 1583 - Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1508) |
| | 1665 - Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (b. 1601) |
| | 1674 - Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (b. 1605) |
| | 1700 - Marguerite Bourgeoys, Saint (b.1620) |
| | 1705 - Luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634) |
| | 1732 - John Horsley, British archaeologist |
| | 1735 - John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668) |
| | 1759 - Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, (b. 1709) |
| | 1777 - Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) |
| | 1781 - Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691) |
| | 1817 - Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740) |
| | 1834 - William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759) |
| | 1909 - Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864) |
| | 1940 - Edward Smith, English soldier (b. 1899) |
| | 1943 - Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and writer (b. 1902) |
| | 1944 - Lance C. Wade, American pilot (b. 1915) |
| | 1956 - Norman Kerry, American actor (b. 1894) |
| | 1960 - Nevil Shute, English writer (b. 1899) |
| | 1962 - Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian writer and feminist (b. 1869) |
| | 1965 - Lorraine Hansberry, American writer (b. 1936) |
| | 1976 - Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890) |
| | 1983 - Nikolai Podgorny, President of the USSR (b. 1903) |
| | 1991 - Keye Luke, Chinese-born actor (b. 1904) |
| | 1996 - Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician (b. 1926) |
| | 1997 - Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1901) |
| | 1999 - Betty Lou Gerson, American voice actress (b. 1914) |
| | 1999 - Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1961) |
| | 2000 - Marc Davis, American animator (b. 1913) |
| | 2000 - Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969) |
| | 2001 - Affirmed, American racehorse (b. 1975) |
| | 2001 - William Hewlett, American engineer and businessman (b. 1913) |
| | 2002 - Stanley Unwin, South African comedian (b. 1911) |
| | 2002 - Cyrus Vance, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1917) |
| | 2003 - Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese director (b. 1930) |
| | 2003 - Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator of Argentina (b. 1926) |
| | 2003 - Maurice Gibb, British singer, songwriter, and musician (Bee Gees) (b. 1949) |
| | 2003 - Brandon Vedas, Internet drug abuser. (b. 1981) |
| | 2004 - Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1921) |
| | 2005 - Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932) |
| | 2005 - Edmund S. Valtman, Estonian-born cartoonist (b. 1914) |