| | 565 - Justinian the Great, Byzantine Emperor (b. 483) |
| | 1226 - Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (executed) (b. 1193) |
| | 1263 - Alexander Nevsky, Grand Prince of Novgorod and Vladimir |
| | 1359 - Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica (b. 1296) |
| | 1522 - Anne of France, Princess and Regent of France (b. 1461) |
| | 1556 - Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (b. 1504) |
| | 1633 - William Ames, English philosopher (b. 1576) |
| | 1687 - Nell Gwynne, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1650) |
| | 1691 - Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617) |
| | 1716 - Gottfried Leibniz, German philosopher and mathematician (b. 1646) |
| | 1734 - Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, French-born mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1649) |
| | 1746 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (b. 1709) |
| | 1825 - Jean Paul, German writer (b. 1763) |
| | 1829 - Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist |
| | 1831 - Georg Hegel, German philosopher (b. 1770) |
| | 1832 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the American Declaration of Independence and U.S. Senator (b. 1737) |
| | 1844 - John Abercrombie, British physician (b. 1780) |
| | 1866 - King Miguel of Portugal (b. 1802) |
| | 1872 - Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (b. 1788) |
| | 1907 - Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician (b. 1848) |
| | 1908 - The Guangxu Emperor of China, (b. 1871) |
| | 1914 - Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Malayali Journalist and Short story writer (b. 1861) |
| | 1915 - Booker T. Washington, American inventor, educator, and author (b. 1856) |
| | 1916 - Saki, British writer (b. 1870) |
| | 1937 - Jack O'Connor, baseball player (b. 1869) |
| | 1944 - Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist (b. 1873) |
| | 1946 - Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (b. 1876) |
| | 1972 - Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (b. 1900) |
| | 1977 - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of ISKCON (b. 1896) |
| | 1981 - Robert Bradford, Northern Irish footballer and politician (assassinated} (b. 1941 |
| | 1991 - Tony Richardson, English film director (b. 1928) |
| | 1992 - Ernst Happel, Austrian football coach (b. 1925) |
| | 1994 - Tom Villard, American actor (b. 1953) |
| | 1997 - Eddie Arcaro, American jockey (b. 1916) |
| | 2000 - Robert Trout, American journalist (b. 1908) |
| | 2001 - Charlotte Coleman, British actress (b. 1968) |
| | 2002 - Eddie Bracken, American film actor (b. 1915) |
| | 2003 - Gene Anthony Ray, American actor (b. 1962) |
| | 2004 - Margaret Hassan, Irish-born aid worker (b. 1945) |
| | 2004 - Michel Colombier, French composer, songwriter and conductor (b. 1939) |
| | 2006 - Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian fashion model (b. 1985) |