| | 69 - Saint Peter, Apostle and First Bishop of Rome |
| | 1252 - King Abel of Denmark (b. 1218) |
| | 1315 - Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235) |
| | 1509 - Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (b. 1443) |
| | 1725 - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (b. 1657) |
| | 1744 - André Campra, French composer (b. 1660) |
| | 1764 - Ralph Allen, English businessman and politician (b. 1693) |
| | 1852 - Henry Clay, U.S. Senator (b. 1777) |
| | 1861 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (b. 1806) |
| | 1873 - Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Bengali poet (b. 1824) |
| | 1875 - Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria (b. 1793) |
| | 1895 - Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (b. 1825) |
| | 1900 - Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (b. 1900) |
| | 1919 - José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician (b. 1864) |
| | 1933 - Fatty Arbuckle, American actor (b. 1887) |
| | 1935 - Jack O'Neill, baseball player (b. 1873) |
| | 1940 - Paul Klee, Swiss artist (b. 1879) |
| | 1941 - Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1860) |
| | 1960 - Frank Patrick, Professional ice hockey player and coach (b. 1885) |
| | 1964 - Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (b. 1928) |
| | 1967 - Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933) |
| | 1967 - Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (b. 1906) |
| | 1969 - Shorty Long, American singer (b. 1940) |
| | 1969 - Moise Tshombe, Congolese politician (b. 1919) |
| | 1978 - Bob Crane, American actor (murdered) (b. 1928) |
| | 1979 - Lowell George, American country-rock singer (Little Feat) (b. 1945) |
| | 1982 - Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (b. 1914) |
| | 1990 - Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (b. 1916) |
| | 1992 - Mohammed Boudiaf, President of Algeria (assassinated) (b. 1919) |
| | 1993 - Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1946) |
| | 1994 - Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (b. 1908) |
| | 1995 - Lana Turner, American actress (b. 1921) |
| | 1999 - Allan Carr, American film producer and writer (b. 1937) |
| | 2000 - Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (b. 1922) |
| | 2002 - Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928) |
| | 2002 - Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1931) |
| | 2003 - Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907) |
| | 2006 - Randy Walker, American football coach (b. 1954) |
| | 2006 Fabián Bielinsky, Argentinean film director (b. 1959) |
| | 2006 Lloyd Richards, American actor and director (b.1919) |