| | 639 - Dagobert I, King of the Franks |
| | 1526 - Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501) |
| | 1576 - Hans Sachs, German Meistersinger (b. 1494) |
| | 1661 - Thomas Venner, Fifth Monarchist (executed) |
| | 1729 - William Congreve, English playwright (b. 1670) |
| | 1757 - Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1674) |
| | 1766 - Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born French architect and painter (b. 1695) |
| | 1785 - Jonathan Toup, English classical scholar and critic (b. 1713) |
| | 1833 - Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold, French composer (b. 1791) |
| | 1847 - Charles Bent, New Mexico pioneer (assassinated) |
| | 1851 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805) |
| | 1865 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809) |
| | 1869 - Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788) |
| | 1874 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (b. 1798) |
| | 1878 - Henri Victor Regnault French physicist and chemist (b. 1810) |
| | 1905 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (b. 1817) |
| | 1929 - Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873) |
| | 1939 - Cliff Heathcote, baseball player (b. 1898) |
| | 1948 - Tony Garnier, French architect (b. 1869) |
| | 1954 - Theodor Kaluza, German scientist (b. 1885) |
| | 1964 - Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886) |
| | 1968 - Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b. 1879) |
| | 1969 - Jan Palach, Czech student and political activist (suicide) (b. 1948) |
| | 1971 - Harry Shields, American musician (b. 1899) |
| | 1972 - Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936) |
| | 1973 - Max Adrian, Northern Irish actor (b. 1903) |
| | 1975 - Thomas Hart Benton, American painter (b. 1889) |
| | 1980 - William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1898) |
| | 1982 - Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b. 1945) |
| | 1983 - Ham the Chimp, Monkey astronaut |
| | 1990 - Rajneesh, Indian religious leader (b. 1931) |
| | 1990 - Herbert Wehner, German politician (b. 1906) |
| | 1991 - John Russell, American actor (b. 1921) |
| | 1996 - Don Simpson, American film producer (b. 1943) |
| | 1997 - James Dickey, American writer (b. 1923) |
| | 1998 - Carl Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1932) |
| | 2000 - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934) |
| | 2000 - Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born actress (b. 1913) |
| | 2001 - Dario Vittori, Argentinean actor (b. 1921) |
| | 2003 - Françoise Giroud, French writer and journalist (b. 1916) |
| | 2004 - Harry E. Claiborne, American judge (suicide) (b. 1917) |
| | 2004 - David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955) |
| | 2005 - Bill Andersen, New Zealand communist and trade union leader (b. 1924) |
| | 2005 - K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974) |
| | 2006 - Wilson Pickett, Soul singer (b. 1941) |
| | 2006 - Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1933) |