Deaths
- 1329 – Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (b. 1274)
- 1358 – Ashikaga Takauji, Japanese shogun (b. 1305)
- 1394 – Anne of Bohemia, wife of Richard II of England (b. 1367)
- 1618 – Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, English governor of Virginia (b. 1577)
- 1676 – Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (b. 1606)
- 1711 – Henry Dodwell, Irish theologian (b. 1641)
- 1779 – William Warburton, English critic and Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1698)
- 1810 – Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (b. 1765)
- 1821 – Tudor Vladimirescu, Romanian rebellion leader (b. c. 1780)
- 1826 – Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist (b. 1787)
- 1840 – King Frederick William III of Prussia (b. 1770)
- 1854 – Charles Baudin, French admiral (b. 1792)
- 1859 – David Cox, English artist (b. 1783)
- 1866 – Chief Seattle, Native American leader
- 1879 – William Tilbury Fox, English dermatologist (b. 1836)
- 1896 – Pavlos Carrer, Greek composer (b. 1829)
- 1911 – Maurice Rouvier, French statesman (b. 1842)
- 1915 – Charles Reed Bishop, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
- 1916 – Émile Faguet, French writer and critic (b. 1847)
- 1927 – Edmund James Flynn, Premier of Quebec (b. 1847)
- 1936 – Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer (b. 1875)
- 1937 – Jean Harlow, American actress (b. 1911)
- 1942 – Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (b. 1903)
- 1945 – Kitaro Nishida, Japanese philosopher (b. 1870)
- 1951 – Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
- 1954 – Alan Turing, British mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1912)
- 1963 – Zasu Pitts, American actress (b. 1894)
- 1965 – Judy Holliday, American actress (b. 1921)
- 1966 – Jean Arp, German-born sculptor, painter, and poet (b. 1886)
- 1967 – Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)
- 1967 – Dorothy Parker, American writer (b. 1893)
- 1968 – Dan Duryea, American actor (b. 1907)
- 1970 – E. M. Forster, English author (b. 1879)
- 1978 – Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
- 1979 – Forrest Carter, American author (b. 1925)
- 1980 – Elizabeth Craig, British writer (b. 1883)
- 1980 – Henry Miller, American writer (b. 1891)
- 1988 – Vernon Washington, American actor (b. 1927)
- 1989 – Chico Landi, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1907)
- 1992 – Bill France, Sr., first president of NASCAR, NASCAR founder (b. 1909)
- 1993 – Dražen Petrović, Croatian basketball player (b. 1964)
- 1995 – Hsuan Hua, Chinese-born religious leader (b. 1918)
- 1996 – Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (b. 1904)
- 1999 – Paco Stanley, Mexican TV entertainer (b. 1942)
- 2001 – Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (b. 1907)
- 2001 – Carole Fredericks, American singer (b. 1952)
- 2001 – Betty Neels, English novelist (b. 1910)
- 2002 – Mary Lilian Baels, Belgian princess (b. 1916)
- 2002 – Basappa Danappa Jatti, former Vice-President of India and Acting President (b. 1912)
- 2003 – Trevor Goddard, English actor (b. 1962)
- 2006 – John Tenta, Canadian wrestler (b. 1963)
- 2006 – Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian-born Mujahid (b. 1966)
- 2008 – Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor (b. 1953)
- 2008 – Jim McKay, American sportscaster (b. 1921)
- 2009 – Kenny Rankin, American singer (b. 1940)
- 2009 – Hugh Hopper, British musician (b. 1945)
- 2010 – Stuart Cable, Welsh musician (b. 1970)
- 2010 – Adriana Xenides, Australian TV personality (b. 1956)
- 2010 – Omar Rayo, Colombian painter, sculptor, caricaturist and plastic artist. (b. 1928)
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