216 – Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, Roman consul
216 – Lucius Aemilius Paullus, Roman consul and general
216 – Marcus Minucius Rufus, Roman consul
257 – Pope Stephen I
640 – Pope Severinus
686 – Pope John V (b. 635)
923 – Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury
924 – Ælfweard of Wessex (b. 904)
1075 – Patriarch John VIII of Constantinople
1100 – William II of England (b. 1056)
1222 – Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (b. 1156)
1277 – Mu'in al-Din Sulaiman Pervane, Chancellor and Regent of the Sultanate of Rum
1316 – Louis of Burgundy (b. 1297)
1332 – King Christopher II of Denmark (b. 1276)
1445 – Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian poet and composer (b. 1376)
1511 – Andrew Barton, Scottish admiral (b. 1466)
1512 – Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1463)
1546 – Peter Faber, French priest and theologian, co-founded the Society of Jesus (b. 1506)
1589 – Henry III of France (b. 1551)
1605 – Richard Leveson, English admiral (b. c. 1570)
1611 – Katō Kiyomasa, Japanese daimyo (b. 1562)
1667 – Francesco Borromini, Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (b. 1599)
1696 – Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630)
1769 – Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1689)
1776 – Louis François, Prince of Conti (b. 1717)
1788 – Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (b. 1727)
1815 – Guillaume Brune, French general and politician (b. 1763)
1823 – Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, President of the National Convention (b. 1753)
1834 – Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (b. 1793)
1849 – Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
1854 – Heinrich Clauren, German author (b. 1771)
1859 – Horace Mann, American educator and politician (b. 1796)
1876 – "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
1889 – Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
1890 – Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
1903 – Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
1903 – Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
1913 – Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
1915 – John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
1917 – Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
1920 – Ormer Locklear, American pilot and actor (b. 1891)
1921 – Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
1922 – Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
1923 – Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
1929 – Mae Costello, American actress (b. 1882)
1934 – Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
1937 – Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
1939 – Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
1945 – Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)
1955 – Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
1955 – Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (b. 1879)
1963 – Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
1967 – Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886)
1970 – Angus MacFarlane-Grieve, English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891)
1972 – Brian Cole, American bass player (b. 1942)
1972 – Paul Goodman, American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911)
1972 – Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (b. 1887)
1973 – Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
1974 – Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893)
1976 – László Kalmár, Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
1976 – Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890)
1978 – Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer and conductor (b. 1899)
1978 – Antony Noghès, French businessman, founded the Monaco Grand Prix (b. 1890)
1979 – Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947)
1981 – Stefanie Clausen, Danish diver (b. 1900)
1986 – Roy Cohn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
1988 – Joe Carcione, American activist and author (b. 1914)
1988 – Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet (b. 1938)
1990 – Norman Maclean, American short story writer and essayist (b. 1902)
1990 – Edwin Richfield, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
1992 – Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
1996 – Michel Debré, French lawyer and politician, 150th Prime Minister of France (b. 1912)
1996 – Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1917)
1997 – William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1914)
1998 – Shari Lewis, American television host and puppeteer (b. 1933)
1999 – Willie Morris, American writer (b. 1934)
2003 – Peter Safar, Austrian-American physician and academic (b. 1924)
2004 – Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1929)
2004 – François Craenhals, Belgian illustrator (b. 1926)
2004 – Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1911)
2005 – Steven Vincent, American journalist and author (b. 1955)
2007 – Chauncey Bailey, American journalist (b. 1950)
2008 – Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (b. 1935)
2011 – José Sanchis Grau, Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1932)
2012 – Gabriel Horn, English biologist and academic (b. 1927)
2012 – Magnus Isacsson, Canadian director and producer (b. 1948)
2012 – Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
2012 – John Keegan, English historian and journalist (b. 1934)
2012 – Bernd Meier, German footballer (b. 1972)
2012 – Marguerite Piazza, American soprano (b. 1920)
2012 – Mihaela Ursuleasa, Romanian pianist (b. 1978)
2013 – Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer and activist (b. 1936)
2013 – Richard E. Dauch, American businessman, co-founded American Axle (b. 1942)
2013 – Alla Kushnir, Russian–Israeli chess player (b. 1941)
2014 – Ed Joyce, American journalist (b. 1932)
2014 – Billie Letts, American author and educator (b. 1938)
2014 – Barbara Prammer, Austrian social worker and politician (b. 1954)
2014 – James Thompson, American-Finnish author (b. 1964)
2014 – Pete van Wieren, American sportscaster (b. 1944)
2015 – Forrest Bird, American pilot and engineer (b. 1921)
2015 – Giovanni Conso, Italian jurist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1922)
2015 – Piet Fransen, Dutch footballer (b. 1936)
2015 – Jack Spring, American baseball player (b. 1933)
2016 – Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (b. 1930)
2016 – David Huddleston, American actor (b. 1930)
2016 – Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (b. 1927)
2016 – Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1946)
