| 2003 | Bobby Hatfield, singer, the Righteous Brothers, dies at 63 |
| 2000 | David Brower, ecological activist, executive director of the Sierra Club for nearly 20 years, dies at 88 |
| 2000 | David R. Brower, American Environmentalist |
| 1996 | Eddie Harris, saxophonist/composer, dies at 62 |
| 1996 | Lars-Ake Nilsson, diplomat, dies at 53 |
| 1996 | Paula Hinton, dancer, dies at 72 |
| 1996 | Ronald Ogden, engineer, dies at 81 |
| 1995 | Laura Weber, TV Host, dies at 70 |
| 1994 | McHenry Boatwright, signer, dies at 66 |
| 1992 | Arpad E Elo, Hungarian physicist (chess classification system), dies |
| 1992 | Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (Oort Cloud), dies at 92 |
| 1991 | Fred MacMurray, actor (My Three Sons), dies of pneumonia at 83 |
| 1991 | Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (New York Daily News), dies at 68 |
| 1990 | Bobby Nunn, U.S. bassist (Coasters-Down in Mexico), dies at about 65 |
| 1990 | Herbert Berghof, actor (Belarus File), dies of heart failure at 81 |
| 1989 | Barry Sadler, singer (Green Berets), murdered at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn |
| 1989 | Vladimir Horovitz, Ukrainian/U.S. pianist, dies at 85 |
| 1982 | Gerda Brautigam, journalist/Dutch MP (PvdA), dies |
| 1982 | Jacques Tatischeff, French actor and director (Parade), dies at 74 |
| 1979 | Al Capp, U.S. cartoonist (Li'l Abner), dies at 70 |
| 1978 | Denis O'Dea, actor (Captain Horatio Hornblower), dies at 73 |
| 1977 | Aleksei G Stachanov, Russian model miner, dies at 72 |
| 1977 | Guy Lombardo, orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75 |
| 1977 | Rene Goscinny, French writer (Asterix), dies at 51 |
| 1975 | Annette Kellerman, swimmer (Million Dollar Mermaid), dies at 87 |
| 1975 | Edward Lawrie Tatum, American Scientist |
| 1974 | Stafford Repp, actor (Chief O'Hara-Batman), dies at 56 |
| 1972 | Reginald Owen, actor (Above Suspicion, Love on the Run), dies at 85 |
| 1969 | Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies |
| 1969 | Lloyd Corrigan, actor, Professor McKillup in 'Hank', dies at 69 |
| 1968 | Estelle Hemsley, actress (Leech Woman, Take aGiant Step), dies at 81 |
| 1968 | Robert Ayres, actor (Battle Beneath the Earth), dies at 54 |
| 1964 | Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer, dies at 57 |
| 1960 | August Gailit, Estonian writer (Ekke Moor), dies at 69 |
| 1960 | Johnny Horton, country singer, dies at 33 |
| 1960 | Mack Sennett, director/producer (Keystone Cops), dies |
| 1960 | Ward Bond, actor (Wagon Train), dies of heart attack at 57 |
| 1956 | Art Tatum, black pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles |
| 1955 | Maurice Utrillo, French painter (Cathedrale St-Denis), dies at 71 |
| 1951 | Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancers/pegagoge, dies at 72 |
| 1951 | Bedrich Antonin Wiedermann, composer, dies at 67 |
| 1950 | Jacobus J E Hondius, Dutch classicist/graphic artist, dies at 53 |
| 1946 | Sigismond Stojowski, composer, dies at 77 |
| 1943 | Louis Schelfhout, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies at 62 |
| 1942 | George M Cohan, composer, dies at 64 |
| 1942 | George M. Cohan, American Actor |
| 1935 | Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis, dies at 71 |
| 1933 | Texas Guinan, American Businessman |
| 1930 | Christiaan Eokman, bacteriologist (vitamin B1, Nobel 1929), dies at 72 |
| 1883 | William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle |
| 1879 | James Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist (speed of light), dies at 48 |
| 1879 | James C. Maxwell, Scottish Mathematician |
| 1860 | Carl Binder, composer, dies at 43 |
| 1854 | ... Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann |
| 1850 | Ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69 |
| 1834 | Aernout Drost, Dutch literary/founder (The Guide), dies at 24 |
| 1819 | Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland, dies at 55 |
| 1804 | Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, poet (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 66 |
| 1803 | Ch de Laclos, writer, dies |
| 1801 | Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist, dies |
| 1772 | Johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50 |
| 1772 | Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), dies at 66 |
| 1743 | Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, composer, dies at 44 |
| 1737 | Johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke, dies at 55 |
| 1680 | Gillis Valckenier, mayor of Amsterdam (1665..80), dies at about 57 |
| 1675 | Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship designer, dies at 52 |
| 1669 | John Coccejus, German/Netherlands reformed theologist, dies at about 66 |
| 1603 | Irini Fedorovna, Russian daughter of Boris Godunov, dies |
| 1559 | Kano Motonobu, Zen co-founder (Kano school of painting), dies at 83 |
| 1515 | Mariotto di Bigio di Bindo Albertinelli, Italian painter, dies at 41 |
| 1370 | Kazimierz III, the Great, king of Poland (1333-70), dies at 61 |
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