| | 218 - Macrinus, Roman Emperor |
| | 632 - Muhammad, Prophet of Islam (b. 570) |
| | 1042 - Harthacanute, King of Denmark and England (b. 1018) |
| | 1376 - Edward, the Black Prince, son of Edward III of England (b. 1330) |
| | 1383 - Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros, English Crusader (b. 1338) |
| | 1384 - Kanami, Japanese actor (b. 1333) |
| | 1476 - George Neville, English archbishop and statesman |
| | 1505 - Hongzhi, Emperor of China (b. 1470) |
| | 1611 - Jean Bertaut, French poet (b. 1552) |
| | 1612 - Hans Leo Hassler, German composer (b. 1562) |
| | 1621 - Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (b. 1567) |
| | 1628 - Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher (b. 1547) |
| | 1714 - Sophia of Hanover, heir to the throne of Great Britain (b. 1630) |
| | 1716 - Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (b. 1658) |
| | 1727 - August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (b. 1663) |
| | 1768 - Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German classical scholar and archaeologist (b. 1717) |
| | 1771 - George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (b. 1716) |
| | 1795 - King Louis XVII of France (b. 1785) |
| | 1809 - Thomas Paine, American revolutionary and writer (b. 1737) |
| | 1835 - Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (b. 1761) |
| | 1845 - Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767) |
| | 1857 - Douglas William Jerrold, British playwright and satirist (b. 1803) |
| | 1874 - Cochise, Apache leader |
| | 1876 - George Sand, French author (b. 1804) |
| | 1885 - Ignace Bourget, Bishop of Montreal (b. 1799) |
| | 1924 - Andrew Irvine, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1902) |
| | 1924 - George Leigh Mallory, English mountain climber (climbing accident) (b. 1886) |
| | 1929 - Bliss Carman, Canadian poet (b. 1861) |
| | 1965 - Edmondo Rossoni, Italian fascist (b. 1884) |
| | 1966 - Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (b. 1890) |
| | 1969 - Robert Taylor, American actor (b. 1911) |
| | 1970 - Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b. 1908) |
| | 1972 - Jimmy Rushing, American blues singer (b. 1903?) |
| | 1982 - Satchel Paige, American baseball player (b. 1906) |
| | 1993 - Root Boy Slim, American entertainer (b. 1945) |
| | 1998 - Sani Abacha, President of Nigeria (b. 1943) |
| | 2000 - Jeff MacNelly, American political cartoonist (b. 1948) |
| | 2004 - Mack Jones, American baseball player (b. 1938) |
| | 2006 - Robert Donner, American actor (b. 1931) |
| | 2006 - Abouna Matta El Meskeen, Coptic Orthodox monk (b. 1919) |