| | 1066 - Harold Godwinson, King of England |
| | 1092 - Nizam al-Mulk, Persian vizier (b. 1018) |
| | 1256 - Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (b. 1239) |
| | 1318 - Edward Bruce, High King of Ireland |
| | 1552 - Oswald Myconius, Swiss protestant reformer (b. 1488) |
| | 1565 - Thomas Chaloner, English statesman and poet (b. 1521) |
| | 1568 - Jacques Arcadelt, Flemish composer |
| | 1610 - Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1540) |
| | 1619 - Samuel Daniel, English poet (b. 1562) |
| | 1637 - Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (b. 1552) |
| | 1660 - Thomas Harrison, English Puritan soldier (b. 1606) |
| | 1669 - Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (b. 1623) |
| | 1703 - Thomas Hansen Kingo, Danish poet (b. 1634) |
| | 1711 - Tewoflos, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1708) |
| | 1758 - Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (b. 1696) |
| | 1831 - Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (b. 1761) |
| | 1911 - John Marshall Harlan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1833) |
| | 1944 - Erwin Rommel, German field marshall (b. 1891) |
| | 1958 - Douglas Mawson, Australian Antarctic explorer (b. 1882) |
| | 1959 - Errol Flynn, Australian actor (b. 1909) |
| | 1960 - Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist (b. 1880) |
| | 1961 - Paul Ramadier, French politician (b. 1888) |
| | 1976 - Dame Edith Evans, English actress (b. 1888) |
| | 1977 - Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (b. 1903) |
| | 1984 - Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1918) |
| | 1985 - Emil Gilels, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1916) |
| | 1986 - Keenan Wynn, American actor (b. 1916) |
| | 1990 - Leonard Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1918] |
| | 1997 - Harold Robbins, American novelist (b. 1915) |
| | 1998 - Cleveland Amory, American writer and animal rights activist (b. 1917) |
| | 1998 - Frankie Yankovic, American musician (b. 1916) |
| | 1999 - Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician (b. 1922) |
| | 2003 - Patrick Dalzel-Job, English soldier and inspiration for James Bond (b. 1913) |
| | 2006 - Freddy Fender, American musician (b. 1937) |
| | 2006 - Gerry Studds, Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts (b. 1937) |