* 867 – Pope Nicholas I
* 1004 – Abbon of Fleury
* 1093 – King Malcolm III of Scotland (b. 1041)
* 1143 – King Fulk of Jerusalem
* 1170 – Albert I of Brandenburg
* 1314 – Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1240)
* 1345 – Constance of Penafiel, wife of Pedro I of Portugal (b. 1323)
* 1359 – Ivan II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1326)
* 1460 – Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (b. 1394)
* 1606 – Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530)
* 1619 – Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1555)
* 1650 – Thomas May, English poet and historian (b. 1595)
* 1726 – Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle (b. 1666)
* 1770 – George Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1712)
* 1771 – Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (b. 1712)
* 1777 – William Bowyer (printer), English printer (b. 1699)
* 1862 – Ludwig Uhland, German poet (b. 1787)
* 1867 – Adolphe Napoleon Didron, French archaeologist (b. 1806)
* 1868 – Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (b. 1792)
* 1883 – James Marion Sims, American physician (b. 1813)
* 1903 – Camille Pissarro, French painter (b. 1830)
* 1929 – Princess Viktoria of Prussia (b. 1866)
* 1942 – Daniel J. Callaghan, United States Naval Officer (b. 1890)
* 1952 – Margaret Wise Brown, American children’s author (b. 1910)
* 1954 – Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (b. 1881)
* 1961 – Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American diplomat (b. 1897)
* 1963 – Margaret Murray, English anthropologist and Egyptologist (b. 1863)
* 1967 – Harriet Cohen, English pianist (b. 1895)
* 1973 – Lila Lee, American actress (b. 1901)
* 1973 – Bruno Maderna, Italian/German conductor and composer (b. 1920)
* 1974 – Vittorio De Sica, Italian film director (b. 1901)
* 1974 – Karen Silkwood, American activist (b. 1946)
* 1975 – Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (b. 1910)
* 1977 – Ingrid Schubert, German terrorist (b. 1944)
* 1979 – Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright (b. 1907)
* 1982 – Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician (b. 1911)
* 1983 – Junior Samples, American comedian (Hee Haw) (b. 1926)
* 1985 – George Robert Vincent, American sound recording pioneer (b. 1898)
* 1986 – Thierry Le Luron, French humourist (b. 1952)
* 1988 – Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (b. 1906)
* 1988 – Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (b. 1902)
* 1989 – Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (b. 1964)
* 1990 – Stewart Graeme Guthrie, New Zealand Police officer (b.1948)
* 1991 – Paul-Émile Léger, cardinal archbishop of Montreal (b. 1904)
* 1993 – Carey Lloyd, American professional wrestler (b. 1933)
* 1994 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese geneticist (b. 1924)
* 1996 – Bill Doggett, American pianist and organist (b. 1916)
* 1996 – Swami Rama, Himalayan yoga master (b. 1925)
* 1997 – André Boucourechliev, French composer (b. 1925)
* 1997 – Dawud M. Mu’Min, American murderer (b. 1953)
* 1998 – Edwige Feuillère, French actress (b. 1907)
* 1998 – Valerie Hobson, British actress (b. 1917)
* 1998 – Red Holzman, American basketball coach (b. 1920)
* 1998 – Michel Trudeau, Canadian outdoorsman, son of Pierre Trudeau (b. 1975)
* 1999 – Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (b. 1915)
* 2001 – Peggy Mount, English actress (b. 1915)
* 2002 – Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1925)
* 2002 – Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese politician and writer (b. 1925)
* 2003 – Kellie Waymire, American actress (b. 1967)
* 2004 – John Balance, English musician and artist (b. 1962)
* 2004 – Thomas Foglietta, American politician (b. 1928)
* 2004 – Ol’ Dirty Bastard, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) (b. 1968)
* 2005 – Eddie Guerrero, American/Mexican professional wrestler (b. 1967)
* 2005 – Vine Deloria, Jr., Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist (b. 1933)
* 2007 – Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician and Congressman (b. 1960)
* 2007 – John Doherty, English footballer (b. 1935)
* 2007 – Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player (b. 1937)
* 2007 – Monty Westmore, American make-up artist (b. 1923)
* 2008 – Jules Archer, American historian (b. 1915)
* 2010 – Luis García Berlanga, Spanish filmmaker (b. 1921)
* 2010 – Ken Iman, American football player (b. 1939)
* 2010 – Allan Sandage, American astronomer (b. 1926)