| | 965 - Pope Benedict V |
| | 973 - Ulrich of Augsburg, German bishop (b. 890) |
| | 1187 - Raynald of Chatillon, Prince of Antioch |
| | 1541 - Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish explorer (b. 1495) |
| | 1603 - Philippe de Monte, Flemish composer (b. 1521) |
| | 1623 - William Byrd, English composer |
| | 1742 - Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (b. 1671) |
| | 1754 - Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist (b. 1680) |
| | 1761 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (b. 1689) |
| | 1780 - Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Austrian military leader (b. 1712) |
| | 1787 - Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise, Marshal of France (b. 1715) |
| | 1821 - Richard Cosway, English artist (b. 1742) |
| | 1826 - John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (b. 1735) |
| | 1826 - Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States (b. 1743) |
| | 1831 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States (b. 1758) |
| | 1848 - François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer (b. 1768) |
| | 1850 - William Kirby, English entomologist (b. 1759) |
| | 1857 - William L. Marcy, American statesman (b. 1786) |
| | 1881 - Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish statesman (b. 1806) |
| | 1882 - Joseph Brackett, American composer (b. 1797) |
| | 1891 - Hannibal Hamlin, U.S. Vice President (b. 1809) |
| | 1898 - Youssuf Ishmaelo, wrestler (b. 1857) |
| | 1901 - Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (b. 1843) |
| | 1902 - Swami Vivekananda, Indian spiritual leader (b. 1863) |
| | 1905 - Élisée Reclus, French anarchist (b. 1830) |
| | 1910 - Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (b. 1835) |
| | 1916 - Alan Seeger, American war poet (b. 1888) |
| | 1922 - Lothar von Richthofen, German pilot (b. 1894) |
| | 1926 - Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian mountaineer (b. 1901) |
| | 1931 - Buddie Petit, American jazz musician (b. 1895) |
| | 1931 - Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (d. 1869) |
| | 1934 - Maria Sklodowska-Curie, Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Physics (b. 1867) |
| | 1938 - Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player (b. 1899) |
| | 1941 - Antoni Lomnicki, Polish mathematician (b. 1881) |
| | 1970 - Barnett Newman, American artist (b. 1905) |
| | 1970 - Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1884) |
| | 1971 - August Derleth, American writer and editor (b. 1909) |
| | 1975 - Georgette Heyer, English author (b. 1902) |
| | 1976 - Antoni Slonimski, Polish poet (b. 1895) |
| | 1977 - Gersh Budker, Russian physicist (b. 1918) |
| | 1982 - Terry Higgins, early British AIDS death |
| | 1986 - Oscar Zariski, Russian mathematician (b. 1899) |
| | 1988 - Adrian Adonis, Professional wrestler |
| | 1991 - Victor Chang, Australian physician (b. 1936) |
| | 1992 - Ástor Piazzolla, Argentinian composer (b. 1921) |
| | 1994 - Joey Marella, American wresting referee (b. 1964) |
| | 1995 - Eva Gabor, Hungarian actress (b. 1919) |
| | 1997 - Charles Kuralt, American television reporter (b. 1934) |
| | 1997 - John Zachary Young, English zoologist (b. 1907) |
| | 1999 - Leo Garel, American artist and cartoonist (b.1917) |
| | 2000 - Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski, Polish writer (b. 1919) |
| | 2002 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr., American general (b. 1912) |
| | 2002 - Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian politician (b. 1951) |
| | 2003 - Barry White, American singer (b. 1944) |
| | 2004 - Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (b. 1920) |
| | 2005 - Hank Stram, American football coach (b. 1923) |