Deaths
- 1016 – Edmund II of England
- 1580 – Richard Farrant, English composer
- 1626 – Thomas Weelkes, English composer
- 1654 – John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (b. 1584)
- 1675 – Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial governor (b. 1605)
- 1703 – Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (b. 1672)
- 1705 – Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II of England (b. 1638)
- 1718 – King Charles XII of Sweden (b. 1682)
- 1761 – John Dollond, British optician (b. 1706)
- 1765 – George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b. 1725)
- 1900 – Oscar Wilde, Irish writer (b. 1854)
- 1901 – Edward John Eyre, British explorer (b. 1815)
- 1908 – Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16thYokozuna (b. 1855)
- 1920 – Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)
- 1923 – John Maclean MA, Scottish Socialist (b. 1879)
- 1933 – Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b. 1875)
- 1934 – Hélène Boucher, French aviatrix (b. 1908)
- 1935 – Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (b. 1888)
- 1943 – Etty Hillesum, Dutch diarist (b. 1914)
- 1953 – Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (b. 1857)
- 1954 – Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (b. 1886)
- 1955 – Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer (b. 1896)
- 1957 – Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (b. 1890)
- 1958 – Hubert Wilkins, Australian polar explorer (b. 1888)
- 1966 – Salah Suheimat, Jordanian parliamentarian (b. 1914)
- 1967 – Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet (b. 1904)
- 1977 – Terence Rattigan, British writer and playwright (b. 1911)
- 1979 – Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901)
- 1987 – Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer (b. 1913)
- 1989 – Alfred Herrhausen, German banker (Deutsche Bank) (b. 1930)
- 1993 – Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (b. 1924)
- 1993 – David Houston, American country music singer (b. 1938)
- 1994 – Guy Debord, French writer and filmmaker (b. 1931)
- 1994 – Harry Saltzman, American film producer (b. 1915)
- 1994 – Lionel Stander, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1995 – Randy Walker, American musician (b. 1972)
- 1996 – Tiny Tim, American entertainer (b. 1932)
- 1997 – Kathy Acker, American author (b. 1947)
- 1999 – Charlie Byrd, American jazz guitarist (b. 1925)
- 2000 – Scott Smith, Canadian musician (Loverboy) (b. 1955)
- 2002 – Tim Woods, American professional wrestler (b. 1934)
- 2003 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906)
- 2004 – Seung Sahn, Korean spiritual figure (b. 1927)
- 2004 – Pierre Berton, Canadian author (b. 1920)
- 2005 – Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915)
- 2006 – Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and lyricist (b. 1927)
- 2006 – Rafael Buenaventura, Filipino banker and politician (b. 1938)
- 2007 – Evel Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil (b. 1938)
- 2007 – Engin Arık, Turkish nuclear physicist (b. 1948)
- 2008 – Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese musician (Loudness) (b. 1958)
- 2010 – Peter Hofmann, Czech-born German operatic tenor (b. 1944)
- 2010 – Rajiv Dixit, Indian scientist and Swadeshi movement figure (b. 1967)
- 2010 – Faye Wright, American spiritual figure (b. 1914)
- 2010 – Garry Gross, American photographer (b. 1937)
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