| | 363 - Julian the Apostate, Roman Emperor (killed in battle) (b. 331) |
| | 1291 - Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England |
| | 1541 - Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru (murdered) |
| | 1688 - Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher (b. 1617) |
| | 1784 - Caesar Rodney, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1728) |
| | 1793 - Gilbert White, English ornithologist (b. 1720) |
| | 1810 - Joseph Michel Montgolfier, inventor of the hot air balloon (b. 1740) |
| | 1836 - Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French composer (La Marseillaise) (b. 1760) |
| | 1917 - Joseph Acton, Professional wrestler |
| | 1918 - Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843) |
| | 1922 - Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848) |
| | 1939 - Ford Maddox Ford, English writer (b. 1873) |
| | 1943 - Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1868) |
| | 1947 - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870) |
| | 1956 - Clifford Brown, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1930) |
| | 1957 - Alfred Döblin, German writer (b. 1878) |
| | 1958 - George Orton, Canadian athlete (b. 1873) |
| | 1958 - Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician and United Nations diplomat (b. 1888) |
| | 1964 - Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (b. 1888) |
| | 1967 - Françoise Dorléac, French actress (b. 1942) |
| | 1975 - St. Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish Catholic priest (b. 1902) |
| | 1984 - Michel Foucault, French literary theorist (b. 1926) |
| | 1992 - Herman Rohde, professional wrestler (b. 1921) |
| | 1993 - William H. Riker, American political scientist (b. 1920) |
| | 1993 - Roy Campanella, Major League baseball player (b. 1921) |
| | 1996 - Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (b. 1958) |
| | 1997 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiian singer (b. 1959) |
| | 2002 - Arnold Brown, the 11th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1913) |
| | 2002 - Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914) |
| | 2003 - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroon footballer (b. 1975) |
| | 2003 - Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (b. 1902) |
| | 2003 - Dennis Thatcher MBE, husband of Margaret Thatcher (b. 1915) |
| | 2004 - Yash Johar, Indian film producer (b. 1929) |
| | 2005 - Richard Whiteley, British television game show host (b. 1943) |