| | 899 - Arnulf of Carinthia (b. 850) |
| | 1626 - John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) |
| | 1632 - Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) |
| | 1638 - Ivan Gundulic, Croatian poet (b. 1589) |
| | 1643 - John Pym, English statesman (b. 1583) |
| | 1649 - Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1613) |
| | 1680 - Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606) |
| | 1691 - Richard Baxter, English clergyman (b. 1615) |
| | 1695 - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (b. 1625) |
| | 1709 - Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (b. 1625) |
| | 1722 - Liselotte von der Pfalz, Duchess of Orléans (b. 1652) |
| | 1744 - Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, mistress of King Louis XV of France (b. 1717) |
| | 1745 - Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683) |
| | 1746 - Charles Radclyffe, British politician (b. 1693) |
| | 1756 - William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, British statesman and diplomat |
| | 1768 - Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1702) |
| | 1830 - Benjamin Constant, Swiss writer (b. 1767) |
| | 1859 - Thomas de Quincey, British author (b. 1785) |
| | 1864 - George Boole, British inventor of Boolean algebra (b. 1815) |
| | 1885 - William Henry Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1821) |
| | 1894 - Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (b. 1821) |
| | 1907 - Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829) |
| | 1914 - Maximilian von Spee, German naval officer (b. 1861) |
| | 1917 - Mendele Moykher Sforim, Russian writer (b. 1836) |
| | 1938 - Friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (b. 1896) |
| | 1952 - Charles Lightoller, British second officer on the Titanic (b. 1874) |
| | 1958 - Tris Speaker, American baseball player (b. 1888) |
| | 1963 - Field Marshal Sarit Dhanarajata, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908) |
| | 1975 - Gary Thain, New Zealand bassist (Uriah Heep) (b. 1948) |
| | 1978 - Golda Meir, Russian-born Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898) |
| | 1980 - John Lennon, British musician and activist (b. 1940) |
| | 1982 - Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist (b. 1951) |
| | 1982 - Marty Robbins, American singer (b. 1925) |
| | 1983 - Slim Pickens, American actor (b. 1919) |
| | 1984 - Luther Adler, American actor (b. 1903 |
| | 1984 - Robert Jay Mathews, White Nationalist (b. 1953) |
| | 1991 - Buck Clayton, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1911) |
| | 1992 - William Shawn, American magazine editor (b. 1917) |
| | 1994 - Tom Jobim, Brazilian composer and arranger (b. 1927) |
| | 1996 - Howard Rollins, American actor (b. 1950) |
| | 1999 - Péter Kuczka, Hungarian writer (b. 1923) |
| | 2001 - Don Tennant, American advertising executive (b. 1922) |
| | 2003 - Rubén González, Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club) |
| | 2004 - Dimebag Darrell (Darrell Abbott), American guitarist (b. 1966) |
| | 2005 - Georgiy Zhzhonov Russian actor and author (b. 1915) |
| | 2006 - Martha Tilton, American singer (b. 1915) |
| | 2006 - José Uribe, Dominican baseball player (b. (1959) |