Deaths
- 741 – Charles Martel, leader of the Franks (b. 686)
- 1383 – King Fernando I of Portugal (b. 1345)
- 1565 – Jean, Vicomte d'Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile (b. 1479)
- 1613 – Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer
- 1625 – Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (b. 1561)
- 1674 – Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (b. 1621)
- 1707 – Cloudesley Shovell, Royal Navy admiral (b.1650)
- 1708 – Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian (b. 1636)
- 1751 – William IV, Prince of Orange (b. 1711)
- 1755 – Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (b. 1694)
- 1792 – Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725)
- 1847 – Sahle Selassie, Negus of Shewa
- 1859 – Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
- 1883 – Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (b. 1818)
- 1891 – Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist (b. 1846)
- 1906 – Paul Cézanne, French painter (b. 1839)
- 1914 – Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (b. 1866)
- 1917 – Bob Fitzsimmons, English boxer (b. 1863)
- 1918 – Myrtle Gonzalez, American film and stage actress (b. 1891)
- 1927 – Borisav "Bora" Stanković, Serbian writer (b. 1876)
- 1928 – Andrew Fisher, fifth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
- 1934 – Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (b. 1904)
- 1935 – Komitas, Armenian composer (b. 1869)
- 1935 – Sir Edward Carson, Irish Unionist opposed to Home Rule (b. 1854)
- 1941 – Guy Môquet, French hero of the resistance(executed)(b. 1924)
- 1952 – Ernst Rüdin, Swiss nazi physician (b. 1874)
- 1954 – Jibanananda Das, Bengali poet (b. 1899)
- 1956 – Hannah Mitchell, English socialist and suffragette (b. 1872)
- 1969 – Tommy Edwards, American singer (b. 1922)
- 1973 – Pau Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (b. 1876)
- 1978 – John Riley, English poet (murdered) (b. 1937)
- 1979 – Nadia Boulanger, French composer and composition teacher (b. 1887)
- 1985 – Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (b. 1894)
- 1986 – Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
- 1986 – Jane Dornacker, musician, actress, and traffic reporter for WNBC Radio. (b. 1947)
- 1986 – Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (b. 1897)
- 1987 – Lino Ventura, Italian-born actor (b. 1919)
- 1989 – Ewan MacColl, English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (b. 1915)
- 1992 – Red Barber, American sportscaster (b. 1908)
- 1992 – Cleavon Little, American actor (b. 1939)
- 1993 – Innes Ireland, Scottish racing driver (b. 1930)
- 1995 – Sir Kingsley Amis, English writer (b. 1922)
- 1997 – Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (b. 1905)
- 1998 – Eric Ambler, English novelist (b. 1909)
- 2001 – Prof. Dr. Dkfm. Helmut Krackowizer, journalist and motorcycle racer (b. 1922)
- 2002 – Queen Geraldina of the Albanians (b. 1915)
- 2005 – Arman, French-born artist (b. 1928)
- 2005 – Tony Adams, Irish film producer (b. 1953)
- 2005 – Franky Gee, American singer (Captain Jack) (b. 1962)
- 2006 – Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (b. 1922)
- 2007 – Ève Curie, French writer (b. 1904)
- 2009 – Don Lane, American-born Australian television personality (b. 1933)
- 2009 – Soupy Sales, American comedian and television personality (b. 1926)
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