496 – Pope Gelasius I
498 – Pope Anastasius II
930 – Yan Keqiu, Chinese chief strategist
1034 – Theodoric II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia (b. c. 990)
1092 – Malik-Shah I, Seljuk Sultan
1288 – Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (b. 1230)
1298 – Mechtilde, Saxon saint (b. c. 1240)
1350 – Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu[1]
1481 – Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (b. 1472)
1557 – Bona Sforza, Italian wife of Sigismund I the Old (b. 1494)
1577 – Matsunaga Hisahide, Japanese daimyo (b. 1510)
1581 – Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia (b. 1554)
1630 – Johann Schein, German singer and composer (b. 1586)
1649 – Caspar Schoppe, German scholar and author (b. 1576)
1665 – Nicolas Poussin, French-Italian painter (b. 1594)
1672 – John Wilkins, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1614)
1679 – Roger Conant, Massachusetts governor (b. 1592)
1692 – Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright (b. 1642)
1703 – Man in the Iron Mask, French prisoner
1723 – Antoine Nompar de Caumont, French courtier and soldier (b. 1632)
1772 – William Nelson, American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1711)
1773 – James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish soldier and politician (b. 1722)
1785 – Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer (b. 1720)
1798 – Wolfe Tone, Irish general (b. 1763)
1804 – Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian composer (b. 1728)
1810 – Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and choreographer (b. 1725)
1822 – Johann Georg Tralles, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1763)
1828 – Franz Schubert, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1797)
1850 – Richard Mentor Johnson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 9th Vice President of the United States (b. 1780)
1868 – Ivane Andronikashvili, Georgian general (b. 1798)
1883 – Carl Wilhelm Siemens, German-English engineer (b. 1823)
1887 – Emma Lazarus, American poet (b. 1849)
1897 – William Seymour Tyler, American historian and academic (b. 1810)
1910 – Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, German chemist (b. 1835)
1915 – Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist (b. 1879)
1918 – Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1838)
1924 – Thomas H. Ince, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1882)
1928 – Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (b. 1864)
1931 – Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet and translator (b. 1897)
1938 – Lev Shestov, Ukrainian-Russian philosopher and theologian (b. 1866)
1942 – Bruno Schulz, Polish painter and critic (b. 1892)
1943 – Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 29th Yokozuna (b. 1895)
1949 – James Ensor, Belgian painter (b. 1860)
1950 – Aage Redal, Danish actor (b. 1891)
1954 – Walter Bartley Wilson, English footballer and manager (b. 1870)
1955 – Marquis James, American journalist and author (b. 1891)
1956 – Francis L. Sullivan, English-American actor (b. 1903)
1959 – Joseph Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1892)
1960 – Phyllis Haver, American actress (b. 1899)
1962 – Grigol Robakidze, Georgian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1882)
1963 – Carmen Boni, Italian-French actress (b. 1901)
1963 – Henry B. Richardson, American archer (b. 1889)
1967 – Charles J. Watters, American priest and soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927)
1970 – Lewis Sargent, American actor (b. 1903)
1974 – George Brunies, American trombonist (b. 1902)
1974 – Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (b. 1928)
1975 – Roger D. Branigin, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Governor of Indiana (b. 1902)
1975 – Rudolf Kinau, Low German writer (b. 1887)
1975 – Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1892)
1975 – Elizabeth Taylor (novelist), English novelist, (b. 1912)
1976 – Basil Spence, Indian-Scottish architect and academic, designed the Coventry Cathedral (b. 1907)
1983 – Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
1985 – Stepin Fetchit, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1907)
1985 – Juan Arvizu, Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (b. 1900)
1988 – Christina Onassis, American-Greek businesswoman (b. 1950)
1988 – Peggy Parish, American author (b. 1927)
1989 – Grant Adcox, American race car driver (b. 1950)
1990 – Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician (b. 1900)
1991 – Reggie Nalder, Austrian-American actor (b. 1907)
1992 – Bobby Russell, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
1992 – Diane Varsi, American actress (b. 1938)
1998 – Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (b. 1920)
1998 – Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
1998 – Bernard Thompson, English director and producer (b. 1926)
1999 – Alexander Liberman, Russian-American artist and publisher (b. 1912)
2001 – Marcelle Ferron, Canadian painter and stained glass artist (b. 1924)
2003 – Ian Geoghegan, Australian race car driver (b. 1940)
2004 – George Canseco, Filipino journalist and composer (b. 1934)
2004 – Piet Esser, Dutch sculptor and academic (b. 1914)
2004 – Helmut Griem, German actor and director (b. 1932)
2004 – Trina Schart Hyman, American author and illustrator (b. 1939)
2004 – Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
2004 – John Vane, English pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
2005 – Erik Balling, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2005 – Steve Belichick, American football player, coach and scout (b. 1919)
2007 – Kevin DuBrow, American singer-songwriter (b. 1955)
2007 – Mike Gregory, English rugby player and coach (b. 1964)
2009 – Johnny Delgado, Filipino actor (b. 1948)
2010 – Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1952)
2011 – Ömer Lütfi Akad, Turkish director and screenwriter (b. 1916)
2011 – John Neville, English actor (b. 1925)
2011 – Ruth Stone, American poet and author (b. 1915)
2012 – John Hefin, Welsh director and producer (b. 1941)
2012 – Shiro Miya, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
2012 – Warren Rudman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
2012 – Boris Strugatskiy, Russian author (b. 1933)
2013 – Babe Birrer, American baseball player (b. 1928)
2013 – Dora Dougherty Strother, American pilot and academic (b. 1921)
2013 – Ray Gosling, English journalist, author, and activist (b. 1939)
2013 – Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2013 – Charlotte Zolotow, American author and poet (b. 1915)
2014 – Roy Bhaskar, English philosopher and academic (b. 1944)
2014 – Jeremiah Coffey, Irish-Australian bishop (b. 1933)
2014 – Pete Harman, American businessman (b. 1919)
2014 – Richard A. Jensen, American theologian, author, and academic (b. 1934)
2014 – Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian footballer and manager (b. 1950)
2014 – Mike Nichols, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2015 – Armand, Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
2015 – Allen E. Ertel, American lawyer and politician (b. 1937)
2015 – Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
2015 – Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic (b. 1953)
2015 – Mal Whitfield, American runner and diplomat (b. 1924)
2017 – Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer (b. 1934)
2017 – Warren "Pete" Moore, American singer-songwriter and record producer (b. 1939)
2017 – Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player (b. 1968)
2017 – Della Reese, American singer and actress (b. 1931)
2017 – Mel Tillis, American singer and songwriter (b. 1932)
498 – Pope Anastasius II
930 – Yan Keqiu, Chinese chief strategist
1034 – Theodoric II, Margrave of Lower Lusatia (b. c. 990)
1092 – Malik-Shah I, Seljuk Sultan
1288 – Rudolf I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (b. 1230)
1298 – Mechtilde, Saxon saint (b. c. 1240)
1350 – Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu[1]
1481 – Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (b. 1472)
1557 – Bona Sforza, Italian wife of Sigismund I the Old (b. 1494)
1577 – Matsunaga Hisahide, Japanese daimyo (b. 1510)
1581 – Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia (b. 1554)
1630 – Johann Schein, German singer and composer (b. 1586)
1649 – Caspar Schoppe, German scholar and author (b. 1576)
1665 – Nicolas Poussin, French-Italian painter (b. 1594)
1672 – John Wilkins, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1614)
1679 – Roger Conant, Massachusetts governor (b. 1592)
1692 – Thomas Shadwell, English poet and playwright (b. 1642)
1703 – Man in the Iron Mask, French prisoner
1723 – Antoine Nompar de Caumont, French courtier and soldier (b. 1632)
1772 – William Nelson, American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1711)
1773 – James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish soldier and politician (b. 1722)
1785 – Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer (b. 1720)
1798 – Wolfe Tone, Irish general (b. 1763)
1804 – Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian composer (b. 1728)
1810 – Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and choreographer (b. 1725)
1822 – Johann Georg Tralles, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1763)
1828 – Franz Schubert, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1797)
1850 – Richard Mentor Johnson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 9th Vice President of the United States (b. 1780)
1868 – Ivane Andronikashvili, Georgian general (b. 1798)
1883 – Carl Wilhelm Siemens, German-English engineer (b. 1823)
1887 – Emma Lazarus, American poet (b. 1849)
1897 – William Seymour Tyler, American historian and academic (b. 1810)
1910 – Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, German chemist (b. 1835)
1915 – Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist (b. 1879)
1918 – Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1838)
1924 – Thomas H. Ince, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1882)
1928 – Jeanne Bérangère, French actress (b. 1864)
1931 – Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet and translator (b. 1897)
1938 – Lev Shestov, Ukrainian-Russian philosopher and theologian (b. 1866)
1942 – Bruno Schulz, Polish painter and critic (b. 1892)
1943 – Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 29th Yokozuna (b. 1895)
1949 – James Ensor, Belgian painter (b. 1860)
1950 – Aage Redal, Danish actor (b. 1891)
1954 – Walter Bartley Wilson, English footballer and manager (b. 1870)
1955 – Marquis James, American journalist and author (b. 1891)
1956 – Francis L. Sullivan, English-American actor (b. 1903)
1959 – Joseph Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1892)
1960 – Phyllis Haver, American actress (b. 1899)
1962 – Grigol Robakidze, Georgian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1882)
1963 – Carmen Boni, Italian-French actress (b. 1901)
1963 – Henry B. Richardson, American archer (b. 1889)
1967 – Charles J. Watters, American priest and soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927)
1970 – Lewis Sargent, American actor (b. 1903)
1974 – George Brunies, American trombonist (b. 1902)
1974 – Louise Fitzhugh, American author and illustrator (b. 1928)
1975 – Roger D. Branigin, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Governor of Indiana (b. 1902)
1975 – Rudolf Kinau, Low German writer (b. 1887)
1975 – Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1892)
1975 – Elizabeth Taylor (novelist), English novelist, (b. 1912)
1976 – Basil Spence, Indian-Scottish architect and academic, designed the Coventry Cathedral (b. 1907)
1983 – Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
1985 – Stepin Fetchit, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1907)
1985 – Juan Arvizu, Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (b. 1900)
1988 – Christina Onassis, American-Greek businesswoman (b. 1950)
1988 – Peggy Parish, American author (b. 1927)
1989 – Grant Adcox, American race car driver (b. 1950)
1990 – Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician (b. 1900)
1991 – Reggie Nalder, Austrian-American actor (b. 1907)
1992 – Bobby Russell, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
1992 – Diane Varsi, American actress (b. 1938)
1998 – Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (b. 1920)
1998 – Alan J. Pakula, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
1998 – Bernard Thompson, English director and producer (b. 1926)
1999 – Alexander Liberman, Russian-American artist and publisher (b. 1912)
2001 – Marcelle Ferron, Canadian painter and stained glass artist (b. 1924)
2003 – Ian Geoghegan, Australian race car driver (b. 1940)
2004 – George Canseco, Filipino journalist and composer (b. 1934)
2004 – Piet Esser, Dutch sculptor and academic (b. 1914)
2004 – Helmut Griem, German actor and director (b. 1932)
2004 – Trina Schart Hyman, American author and illustrator (b. 1939)
2004 – Terry Melcher, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
2004 – John Vane, English pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
2005 – Erik Balling, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2005 – Steve Belichick, American football player, coach and scout (b. 1919)
2007 – Kevin DuBrow, American singer-songwriter (b. 1955)
2007 – Mike Gregory, English rugby player and coach (b. 1964)
2009 – Johnny Delgado, Filipino actor (b. 1948)
2010 – Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1952)
2011 – Ömer Lütfi Akad, Turkish director and screenwriter (b. 1916)
2011 – John Neville, English actor (b. 1925)
2011 – Ruth Stone, American poet and author (b. 1915)
2012 – John Hefin, Welsh director and producer (b. 1941)
2012 – Shiro Miya, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
2012 – Warren Rudman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
2012 – Boris Strugatskiy, Russian author (b. 1933)
2013 – Babe Birrer, American baseball player (b. 1928)
2013 – Dora Dougherty Strother, American pilot and academic (b. 1921)
2013 – Ray Gosling, English journalist, author, and activist (b. 1939)
2013 – Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2013 – Charlotte Zolotow, American author and poet (b. 1915)
2014 – Roy Bhaskar, English philosopher and academic (b. 1944)
2014 – Jeremiah Coffey, Irish-Australian bishop (b. 1933)
2014 – Pete Harman, American businessman (b. 1919)
2014 – Richard A. Jensen, American theologian, author, and academic (b. 1934)
2014 – Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian footballer and manager (b. 1950)
2014 – Mike Nichols, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2015 – Armand, Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
2015 – Allen E. Ertel, American lawyer and politician (b. 1937)
2015 – Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
2015 – Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic (b. 1953)
2015 – Mal Whitfield, American runner and diplomat (b. 1924)
2017 – Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer (b. 1934)
2017 – Warren "Pete" Moore, American singer-songwriter and record producer (b. 1939)
2017 – Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player (b. 1968)
2017 – Della Reese, American singer and actress (b. 1931)
2017 – Mel Tillis, American singer and songwriter (b. 1932)