Deaths
- 304 – Pope Marcellinus
- 625 – Pope Boniface V
- 1047 – King Magnus I of Norway (b. 1024)
- 1154 – King Stephen of England (b. 1096)
- 1200 – Conrad of Wittelsbach, German Archbishop
- 1230 – Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (b. 1180)
- 1400 – Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet
- 1415 – Killed in the Battle of Agincourt:
- Charles d'Albret, Count of Dreux and Constable of France
- John I of Alençon (b. 1385)
- Antoine, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384)
- Frederick of Lorraine (b. 1371)
- Philip II, Count of Nevers (b. 1389)
- Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (b. 1394)
- Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (b. 1373)
- 1478 – Katarina Kosača, queen consort of Bosnia
- 1492 – Thaddeus McCarthy, Irish Catholic bishop
- 1495 – King John II of Portugal (b. 1455)
- 1514 – William Elphinstone, Scottish bishop and statesman (b. 1431)
- 1555 – Olympia Fulvia Morata, Italian classical scholar (b. 1526)
- 1557 – William Cavendish, English politician (b. 1505)
- 1633 – Jean Titelouze, French organist
- 1647 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)
- 1683 – William Scroggs, Lord Chief Justice of England
- 1733 – Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (b. 1667)
- 1757 – Antoine Augustine Calmet, French theologian (b. 1672)
- 1760 – George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
- 1773 – Johann Georg Estor, German jurist (b. 1699)
- 1806 – Henry Knox, American general and politician (b. 1750)
- 1826 – Philippe Pinel, French psychiatrist (b. 1745)
- 1833 – Abbas Mirza of Persia (b. 1789)
- 1852 – John C. Clark, American politician (b. 1793)
- 1889 – Émile Augier, French dramatist (b. 1820)
- 1895 – Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (b. 1819)
- 1910 – Willie Anderson, Scottish-born golfer (b. 1878)
- 1920 – King Alexander I of Greece (b. 1893)
- 1920 – Terence MacSwiney, Irish playwright and activist (b. 1879)
- 1921 – Bat Masterson, American journalist and lawman (b. 1853)
- 1938 – Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (b. 1892)
- 1945 – Robert Ley, German Nazi leader (b. 1890)
- 1953 – Holger Pedersen, Danish linguist (b. 1867)
- 1955 – Sadako Sasaki, Japanese atomic bomb victim (b. 1943)
- 1957 – Albert Anastasia, Italian-born American organized crime figure (b. 1902)
- 1957 – Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish writer (b. 1878)
- 1960 – Harry Ferguson, Irish farm equipment manufacturer (b. 1884)
- 1963 – Roger Désormière, French conductor (b. 1898)
- 1965 – Eduard Einstein, son of Albert Einstein (b. 1910)
- 1973 – Robert Scholl, German politician, father of Hans and Sophie Scholl (b. 1891)
- 1973 – Cleo Moore, American actress (b. 1928)
- 1973 – Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian athlete (b. 1932)
- 1975 – Vladimir Herzog, Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1937)
- 1976 – Raymond Queneau, French poet and novelist (b. 1903)
- 1980 – Virgil Fox, American organist (b. 1912)
- 1980 – Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and lyricist (b. 1921)
- 1985 – Gary Holton, English actor (b. 1952)
- 1986 – Forrest Tucker, American actor (b. 1919)
- 1991 – Bill Graham, American rock promoter (b. 1931)
- 1992 – Roger Miller, American musician and composer (b. 1936)
- 1993 – Danny Chan, Hong Kong singer/songwriter (b. 1958)
- 1993 – Vincent Price, American actor (b. 1911)
- 1994 – Kara Spears Hultgreen, American naval pilot (b. 1965)
- 1994 – Mildred Natwick, American actress (b. 1905)
- 1995 – Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (b. 1918)
- 1995 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish-born actress (b. 1920)
- 1998 – Warren Wiebe, American singer (b. 1953)
- 1999 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (b. 1957)
- 2002 – Richard Harris, Irish actor (b. 1930)
- 2002 – Paul Wellstone, American politician (b. 1944)
- 2002 – René Thom, French mathematician (b. 1923)
- 2003 – Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian philosopher and spiritual figure (b. 1920)
- 2003 – Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1925)
- 2003 – Robert Strassburg, American composer (b. 1915)
- 2004 – John Peel, British disc jockey (b. 1939)
- 2005 – Wellington Mara, American football team owner (b. 1916)
- 2006 – Danny Rolling, American convicted murderer (b. 1954)
- 2007 – Martín Caballero, Colombian guerrilla leader
- 2008 – Anne Pressly, American news anchor (b. 1982)
- 2010 – Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican musician (b. 1951)
- 2010 – Vesna Parun, Croatian poet (b. 1922)
- 2010 – Lisa Blount, American actress and producer (b. 1957)
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