| | 1153 - King David I of Scotland (b. 1084) |
| | 1351 - Abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco |
| | 1425 - Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362) |
| | 1456 - Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) |
| | 1543 - Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer (b. 1473) |
| | 1612 - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, English statesman and spymaster (b. 1563) |
| | 1627 - Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (b. 1561) |
| | 1725 - Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1683) |
| | 1734 - Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) |
| | 1749 - Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman (burned at the stake) |
| | 1792 - George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, British naval officer (b. 1718) |
| | 1806 - John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll, British field marshal (b. 1723) |
| | 1843 - Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1765) |
| | 1861 - Elmer E. Ellsworth, North American Colonel, known as the first conspicuous casualty of the American Civil War. (b. 1837) |
| | 1879 - William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist, writer, and publisher (b. 1805) |
| | 1881 - Samuel Palmer, English artist (b. 1805) |
| | 1883 - Abdel Kadir, Algerian leader (b. 1808) |
| | 1919 - Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (b. 1870) |
| | 1945 - Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (b. 1892) |
| | 1947 - C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (b. 1878) |
| | 1948 - Jacques Feyder, Belgian director and screenwriter (b. 1885) |
| | 1949 - Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect (b. 1873) |
| | 1950 - Archibald Wavell, British general (b. 1883) |
| | 1959 - John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State (b. 1888) |
| | 1963 - Elmore James, American musician (b. 1918) |
| | 1969 - Willy Ley, German-born rocket scientist (b. 1906) |
| | 1974 - Duke Ellington, American composer and musician (b. 1899) |
| | 1984 - Vincent J. McMahon, American pro wrestling promoter (b. 1914) |
| | 1991 - Gene Clark, American singer and songwriter (The Byrds) (b. 1944) |
| | 1991 - Miriam di San Servolo, Italian actress (b. 1912) |
| | 1995 - Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916) |
| | 1997 - Edward Mulhare, Irish actor (b. 1923) |
| | 1999 - Owen Hart, professional wrestler (b. 1965) |
| | 2000 - Kurt Schork, American reporter and war correspondent (b. 1947) |
| | 2002 - Wallace Markfield, American writer (b. 1926) |
| | 2003 - Rachel Kempson, English actress (b. 1910) |
| | 2004 - Henry Ries, American photographer (b. 1917) |
| | 2004 - Milton Shulman, Canadian author and drama critic (b. 1913) |
| | 2005 - Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and resistance fighter (b. 1913) |
| | 2005 - Vivian Liberto, first wife of Johnny Cash (b. 1934) |