Deaths
- 950 – King Lothair II of Italy
- 1286 – King Eric V of Denmark (b. 1249)
- 1318 – Prince Mikhail Yaroslavich of Russia (b. 1271)
- 1594 – Martin Frobisher, English explorer
- 1617 – Ahmed I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1590)
- 1694 – John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1630)
- 1697 – Libéral Bruant, French architect (b. 1635)
- 1710 – Bernardo Pasquini, Italian composer (b. 1637)
- 1718 – Blackbeard (Edward Teach), British pirate (b. 1680)
- 1758 – Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, British politician (b. 1680)
- 1774 – Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general (b. 1725)
- 1783 – John Hanson, American Continental Congressman (b. 1715)
- 1794 – John Alsop, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
- 1813 – Johann Christian Reil, German physician (b. 1759)
- 1875 – Henry Wilson, American politician (b. 1812)
- 1886 – William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
- 1893 – James Calder, American academic and educator (b. 1826)
- 1900 – Arthur S. Sullivan, British composer (b. 1842)
- 1916 – Jack London, American writer (b. 1876)
- 1917 – Teoberto Maler, German-born explorer (b. 1842)
- 1919 – Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer (b. 1852)
- 1920 – Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet (b. 1884)
- 1926 – Darvish Khan, Iranian musician (b. 1872)
- 1932 – William Walker Atkinson, American author (b. 1862)
- 1941 – Werner Mölders, German fighter pilot (b. 1915)
- 1943 – Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (b. 1895)
- 1944 – Arthur Stanley Eddington, English astrophysicist (b. 1882)
- 1946 – Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist (b. 1889)
- 1953 – Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani religious scholar and biographer of Muhammad (b. 1884)
- 1954 – Roderick McMahon, American professional wrestling promotor (b. 1882)
- 1955 – Shemp Howard, American actor (b. 1895)
- 1956 – Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born American choreographer (b. 1882)
- 1963 – Aldous Huxley, English author (b. 1894)
- 1963 – John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (b. 1917)
- 1963 – C. S. Lewis, Irish author (b. 1898)
- 1963 – Wilhelm Beiglböck, Austrian physician (b. 1905)
- 1963 – J. D. Tippit, American law enforcement officer (b. 1924)
- 1967 – Pavel Korin, Russian painter (b. 1892)
- 1980 – Norah McGuinness, Northern Irish painter (b. 1901)
- 1980 – Mae West, American actress and writer (b. 1893)
- 1980 – Jules Léger, Canadian politician (b. 1913)
- 1981 – Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
- 1986 – Scatman Crothers, American actor (b. 1910)
- 1986 – William Bradford Huie, American writer (b. 1910)
- 1988 – Luis Barragán, Mexican architect (b. 1908)
- 1988 – Paul Vario, American organizied crime figure (b. 1914)
- 1989 – Rene Moawad, Lebanonese politician (b. 1925)
- 1989 – C. C. Beck, American cartoonist (b. 1910)
- 1992 – Sterling Holloway, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1993 – Anthony Burgess, British author (b. 1917)
- 1994 – Forrest White, American musical instruments industry figure (b. 1920)
- 1996 – Mark Lenard, American actor (b. 1924)
- 1996 – María Casares, Spanish-born French actress (b. 1922)
- 1997 – Michael Hutchence, Australian singer (INXS) (b. 1960)
- 1998 – Stu Ungar, American poker player (b. 1953)
- 2000 – Christian Marquand, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
- 2000 – Emil Zátopek, Czech athlete (b. 1922)
- 2001 – Mary Kay Ash, American entrepreneur (b. 1915)
- 2001 – Norman Granz, American jazz impresario and recording industry executive (b. 1918)
- 2004 – Arthur Hopcraft, English screenwriter and journalist (b. 1932)
- 2005 – Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (b. 1920)
- 2006 – Pat Dobson, American baseball player (b. 1942)
- 2007 – Maurice Béjart, French-born Swiss choreographer (b. 1929)
- 2007 – Verity Lambert, British television producer (b. 1935)
- 2008 – MC Breed, American hip hop artist (b. 1971)
- 2010 – Frank Fenner, Australian microbiologist (b. 1914)
- 2010 – Jean Cione, American All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player (b. 1928)
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