Deaths
- 1248 – Henry II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1207)
- 1328 – King Charles IV of France (b. 1294)
- 1542 – Girolamo Aleandro, Italian cardinal (b. 1480)
- 1563 – Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia
- 1590 – Lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator
- 1673 – Elizabeth Fones, English-born American pioneer (b. 1610)
- 1691 – Pope Alexander VIII (b. 1610)
- 1718 – Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury (b. 1660)
- 1733 – King Augustus II of Poland (b. 1670)
- 1734 – John Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649)
- 1743 – Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (b. 1657)
- 1750 – Bakar, Georgian Prince and politician (b. 1699)
- 1761 – Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682)
- 1768 – Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, Englis cavalry officer (b. 1685)
- 1793 – William Wildman Shute Barrington, English statesman (b. 1717)
- 1832 – Archibald Murphey, American politician (b. 1777)
- 1850 – Edward Baker Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1846)
- 1851 – Mary Shelley, English author (b. 1797)
- 1893 – George Henry Sanderson, American politician (b. 1824)
- 1897 – Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826)
- 1903 – George Gabriel Stokes, Irish physicist (b. 1819)
- 1908 – King Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
- 1922 – William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
- 1928 – Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
- 1936 – Georgios Kondylis, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
- 1940 – Philip Francis Nowlan, American writer (b. 1888)
- 1940 – Zacharias Papantoniou, Greek writer (b. 1877)
- 1944 – Piet Mondriaan, Dutch painter (b. 1872)
- 1945 – Prince Kiril of Bulgaria (b. 1895)
- 1949 – Herbert Stothart, American composer, song writer (b. 1885)
- 1954 – Yvonne de Bray, French actress (b. 1889)
- 1957 – Friedrich Paulus, German general (b. 1890)
- 1958 – Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
- 1959 – Madame Sul-Te-Wan, American actress (b. 1873)
- 1963 – Fleetwood Lindley, American witness (b. 1888)
- 1966 – Hedda Hopper, American actress and columnist (b. 1885)
- 1966 – Buster Keaton, American actor (b. 1895)
- 1968 – Jacob van der Hoeden, Dutch-Israeli scientist (b. 1891)
- 1970 – Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1921)
- 1976 – Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1901)
- 1976 – George Whipple, American scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1878)
- 1979 – Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist (b. 1929)
- 1980 – Gastone Nencini, Italian cyclist (b. 1930)
- 1981 – Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American businessman (b. 1892)
- 1981 – Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (b. 1908)
- 1986 – Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
- 1987 – Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director (b. 1900)
- 1988 – Heather O'Rourke, American actress (b. 1975)
- 1989 – Elaine de Kooning, American artist (b. 1918)
- 1991 – Carol Dempster, American actress (b. 1901)
- 1991 – Phil Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
- 1992 – Jean Hamburger, French surgeon and essayist (b. 1909)
- 1995 – Richey James Edwards, lyricist and guitarist (Manic Street Preachers) (b. 1967)
- 1997 – Herb Caen, American columnist (b. 1916)
- 1999 – Paul Mellon, American philanthropist (b. 1907)
- 1999 – Barış Manço, Turkish musician (b. 1943)
- 2001 – André D'Allemagne, Canadian political observer and essayist (b. 1929)
- 2002 – Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, and writer (b. 1925)
- 2003 – Michael P. Anderson, American astronaut (b. 1959)
- 2003 – David Brown, American astronaut (b. 1956)
- 2003 – Kalpana Chawla, American astronaut (b. 1961)
- 2003 – Laurel Clark, American astronaut (b. 1961)
- 2003 – Rick Husband, American astronaut (b. 1957)
- 2003 – Willie McCool, American astronaut (b. 1961)
- 2003 – Ilan Ramon, Israeli astronaut (b. 1954)
- 2003 – Mongo Santamaria, Cuban percussionist and band leader (b. 1922)
- 2004 – May O'Donnell, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1909)
- 2005 – John Vernon, Canadian actor (b. 1932)
- 2006 – Dick Bass, American football player (b. 1937)
- 2006 – Bryce Harland, New Zealand diplomat (b. 1931)
- 2007 – Whitney Balliett, American jazz critic (b. 1926)
- 2007 – Ray Berres, American baseball player (b. 1907)
- 2007 – Ahmad Abu Laban, Danish Muslim leader (b. 1946)
- 2007 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-born composer (b. 1911)
- 2007 – Seri Wangnaitham, Thai choreographer (b. 1937)
- 2008 – Beto Carrero, Brazilian businessman and entertainer (b. 1937)
- 2010 – Justin Mentell, American artist and actor (b. 1982)
- 2011 – Les Stubbs, English fotballer (b. 1929)
- 2011 – Douglas Haig,(actor) (b. 1920)
- 2011 – Knut Risan, Norwegian actor (b. 1930)
- 2011 – Derek Rawcliffe,English clergyman and author (b. 1921)
- 2012 – Don Cornelius, American TV host (b. 1936)
- 2012 – Mike Kelley, American visual artist (b. 1954)
- 2012 – Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet, Nobel laureate (b. 1923)
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