Deaths
- 946 – Eadgyth, German Queen (b. 910)
- 1567 – Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat
- 1630 – Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)
- 1636 – Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
- 1697 – Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)
- 1744 – Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
- 1750 – Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)
- 1795 – Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (b. 1732)
- 1799 – Gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722)
- 1823 – Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749)
- 1824 – Théodore Géricault, French painter (b. 1791)
- 1831 – Sangolli Rayanna, freedom fighter from Karnataka, India (b. 1798)
- 1855 – Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)
- 1869 – Duncan Gordon Boyes, English recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1846)
- 1870 – Victor de Broglie, French statesman and diplomat (b. 1785)
- 1885 – Edward Davy, English inventor (b. 1806)
- 1885 – Charles George 'Chinese' Gordon, British general (b. 1833)
- 1886 – David Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807)
- 1891 – Nikolaus August Otto, German inventor (b. 1833)
- 1893 – Abner Doubleday, American military figure, and credited inventor of baseball (b. 1819)
- 1904 – Whitaker Wright, English mining tycoon (b. 1846)
- 1926 – John Flannagan, American educator
- 1932 – William Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (b. 1861)
- 1933 – Alva Belmont, American socialite (b. 1853)
- 1942 – Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (b. 1868)
- 1943 – Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist (b. 1880)
- 1943 – Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist (b. 1887)
- 1946 – Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1884)
- 1947 – Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, (b. 1906)
- 1947 – Grace Moore, American soprano (b. 1898)
- 1948 – John Lomax, American musicologist and folklorist (b. 1867)
- 1952 – Khorloogiin Choibalsan, leader of Mongolia (b. 1895)
- 1953 – Athanase David, Canadian politician and businessman (b. 1882)
- 1961 – Stan Nichols, English cricketer (b. 1900)
- 1962 – Lucky Luciano, American mobster (b. 1897)
- 1963 – H. S. Lloyd, British dog breeder (b. 1887)
- 1968 – Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher (b. 1883)
- 1968 – Yvor Winters, American poet (b. 1900)
- 1973 – Jay C. Higginbotham, American musician (b. 1906)
- 1973 – Edward G. Robinson, American actor (b. 1893)
- 1976 – João Branco Núncio, Portuguese Bullfighter (b. 1901)
- 1977 – Filopimin Finos, Greek film producer (b. 1908)
- 1979 – Nelson Rockefeller, American politician - 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)
- 1983 – Paul "Bear" Bryant, American football coach (b. 1913)
- 1990 – Bob Gerard, British racing driver (b. 1914)
- 1990 – Lewis Mumford, American historian (b. 1895)
- 1992 – José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (b. 1912)
- 1993 – Jan Gies, Dutch resistance leader (b. 1905)
- 1993 – Robert Jacobsen, Danish artist (b. 1912)
- 1993 – Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian politician (b. 1922)
- 1996 – Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg, (b. 1921)
- 1996 – Harold Brodkey, American author (b. 1930)
- 1996 – Frank Howard, American college football player and coach (b. 1909)
- 1996 – Henry Lewis, American musician and conductor (b. 1932)
- 1996 – Stevie Plunder, Australian musician (The Whitlams) (b. 1963)
- 1996 – Dave Schultz, American wrestler (b. 1959)
- 1997 – Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b. 1904)
- 1998 – Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese music teacher (b. 1898)
- 2000 – Don Budge, American tennis player (b. 1915)
- 2000 – Kathleen Hale, British author (b. 1898)
- 2000 – A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-born author (b. 1912)
- 2001 – Al McGuire, American basketball coach (b. 1928)
- 2003 – Valeriy Brumel, Soviet track-and-field athlete (b. 1942)
- 2003 – Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (b. 1917)
- 2003 – George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b. 1931)
- 2004 – Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)
- 2006 – Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani politician and statesman (b. 1917)
- 2006 – Len Carlson, Canadian actor (b. 1937)
- 2006 – Carol Lambrino, Romanian royal (b. 1920)
- 2007 – Hans J. Wegner, Danish furniture designer (b. 1914)
- 2007 – Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
- 2008 – Christian Brando, American actor; son of Marlon Brando (b. 1958)
- 2008 – Viktor Schreckengost, American industrial designer (b. 1906)
- 2011 – Gladys Horton, American musician and singer (The Marvelettes) (b. 1944)
- 2011 – Charlie Louvin, American musician (The Louvin Brothers) (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Colin Tarrant, British actor (b. 1952)
- 2012 – Ian Abercrombie, British actor (Wizards of Waverly Place) (b. 1934)
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