Deaths
- 576 – Germain of Paris, French bishop (b. 496)
- 1023 – Wulfstan, English archbishop and writer
- 1357 – Afonso IV of Portugal (b. 1291)
- 1509 – Caterina Sforza, Italian noblewoman (b. 1463)
- 1556 – Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494)
- 1672 – John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)
- 1747 – Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715)
- 1750 – Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)
- 1787 – Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1719)
- 1805 – Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer (b. 1743)
- 1808 – Richard Hurd, English Bishop of Worcester and writer (b. 1720)
- 1811 – Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1742)
- 1816 – Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord (b. 1745)
- 1828 – Daikokuya Kōdayū, Japanese castaway (b. 1751)
- 1831 – William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, English admiral (b. 1756)
- 1843 – Noah Webster, American writer and lexicographer (b. 1758)
- 1849 – Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1820)
- 1864 – Simion Bărnuţiu, Romanian philosopher and politician (b. 1808)
- 1878 – John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
- 1916 – Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (b. 1856)
- 1927 – Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter (b. 1878)
- 1937 – Alfred Adler, Austrian psychologist (b. 1870)
- 1940 – Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse (b. 1868)
- 1946 – Carter Glass, American politician (b. 1858)
- 1947 – August Eigruber, Austrian war criminal (b. 1907)
- 1948 – Unity Mitford, English fascist sympathizer (b. 1914)
- 1952 – Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1882)
- 1953 – Hori Tatsuo, Japanese writer (b. 1904)
- 1968 – Fyodor Okhlopkov, Soviet sniper (b. 1908)
- 1971 – Audie Murphy, American actor and soldier (b. 1924)
- 1971 – Jean Vilar, French actor (b. 1912)
- 1972 – Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
- 1975 – Ezzard Charles, American boxer (b. 1921)
- 1976 – Steffan Danielsen, Faroese painter (b. 1922)
- 1978 – Arthur Brough, English actor (b. 1905)
- 1980 – Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician (b. 1895)
- 1981 – Stefan Wyszyński, Polish prelate, Primate of Poland (b. 1901)
- 1981 – Mary Lou Williams, American pianist, composer, and arranger (b. 1910)
- 1982 – H. Jones, English army officer, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1940)
- 1983 – Erastus Corning 2nd, American politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany, New York (b. 1909)
- 1984 – Eric Morecambe, English comedian and actor (b. 1926)
- 1988 – Sy Oliver, American trumpeter, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
- 1994 – Julius Boros, American golfer (b. 1920)
- 1994 – Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer (b. 1916)
- 1998 – Phil Hartman, Canadian actor and comedian (b. 1948)
- 2000 – George Irving Bell, American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (b. 1926)
- 2001 – Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist and philosopher (b. 1946)
- 2001 – Joe Moakley, American politician (b. 1927)
- 2001 – Francis Bebey, Cameroonian-French guitarist and novelist (b. 1929)
- 2002 – Jean Berger, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1909)
- 2003 – Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Soviet astronaut (b. 1933)
- 2003 – Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
- 2003 – Martha Scott, American actress (b. 1912)
- 2004 – Umberto Agnelli, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1934)
- 2004 – Francis Brunn, German juggler (b. 1922)
- 2004 – Michael Buonauro, American artist and writer
- 2006 – Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian author and ski jumper (b. 1920)
- 2007 – Marquise Hill, American football player (b. 1982)
- 2007 – David Lane, American white nationalist, founding member of The Order (b. 1938)
- 2007 – Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician (b. 1945)
- 2008 – Beryl Cook, English painter (b. 1926)
- 2008 – Robert H. Justman, American director and producer (b. 1926)
- 2010 – Gary Coleman, American actor (b. 1968)
- 2011 – Alys Robi, French-Canadian singer (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Hugh Dawnay, English soldier and polo player (b. 1932)
- 2012 – Bob Edwards, English journalist (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Ludovic Quistin, Guadeloupean footballer (b. 1984)
- 2012 – Yuri Susloparov, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and coach (b. 1958)
- 2012 – Matthew Yuricich, American special effects artist (b. 1923)
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“You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes,
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