| | 636 - Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet |
| | 896 - Pope Formosus (b. 816) |
| | 1292 - Pope Nicholas IV (b. 1227) |
| | 1588 - King Frederick II of Denmark (b. 1534) |
| | 1617 - John Napier, Scottish mathematician (b. 1550) |
| | 1643 - Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (b. 1583) |
| | 1846 - Solomon Sibley, Senator from Michigan Territory (b. 1769) |
| | 1701 - Joseph Haines, entertainer and author |
| | 1743 - Daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678) |
| | 1861 - John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1785) |
| | 1761 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722) |
| | 1976 - Harry Nyquist, contributor to information theory (b. 1889) |
| | 1979 - Ali Bhutto, President and Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1928) |
| | 1979 - Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903) |
| | 1983 - Gloria Swanson, American actress (b. 1897) |
| | 1841 - William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States (b. 1773) |
| | 1984 - Oleg Antonov, Russian airplane engineer (b. 1906) |
| | 1987 - C.L. Moore, American writer (b. 1911) |
| | 1991 - Max Frisch, Swiss writer (b. 1911) |
| | 1991 - H. John Heinz III, U.S. Senator (b. 1938) |
| | 1991 - Forrest Towns, American hurdler (b. 1914) |
| | 1991 - Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (b. 1920) |
| | 1992 - Arthur Russell, American cellist (b. 1951) |
| | 1995 - Priscilla Lane, American singer, actress (b. 1915) |
| | 1995 - Kenny Everett, British radio DJ and television entertainer (b. 1944) |
| | 1996 - Barney Ewell, American athlete (b. 1918) |
| | 1996 - Larry LaPrise, American songwriter (b. 1913) |
| | 1999 - Early Wynn, baseball player (b. 1920) |
| | 1999 - Faith Domergue American actor (b. 1924) |
| | 2000 - Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mafioso and pentito (b. 1928) |
| | 2001 - Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, American custom car designer (b. 1932) |
| | 2002 - Harry L. O'Connor, Czech-born film stuntman |
| | 2003 - Resortes, Mexican comedian (b. 1916) |
| | 2004 - Casey Sheehan, American soldier, son of Cindy Sheehan (b. 1979) |
| | 2005 - Edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1924) |
| | 2007 - Eddie Robinson, legenedary football coach at Grambling. |