| Year | People / Celebrity Name | People / Celebrity Profession | Country |
|---|
| 1153 | David I of Scotland | King of the Scots | -flag.jpg) United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1351 | Abu al-Hasan Ali | Sultan of Morocco |  Morocco |
| 1408 | Taejo of Joseon | Ruler of Korea |  North Korea |
| 1425 | Murdoch Stewart | Governor of Scotland and Duke of Albany | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1446 | Ambroise de Lore | Baron of Ivry in Normandy, a French military commander, and companion of Joan of Arc |  France |
| 1543 | Nicolaus Copernicus | Polish mathematician and astronomer |  Poland |
| 1612 | Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury | English statesman and spymaster | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1627 | Luis de Gongora | Spanish poet |  Spain |
| 1632 | Robert Hues | English mathematician and geographer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1725 | Jonathan Wild | English criminal | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1734 | Georg Ernst Stahl | German scientist |  Germany |
| 1742 | Pylyp Orlyk | Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat |  Ukraine |
| 1749 | Abraham ben Abraham (Graf Valentin Potocki) | Polish nobleman | Poland |
| 1773 | Jan Zach | Czech composer and musician |  Czech Republic |
| 1792 | George Brydges Rodney | 1st Baron Rodney and British naval officer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1806 | John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll | Scottish soldier and nobleman | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1831 | Benjamin Carr | American composer, singer, teacher and music publisher | -flag.jpg) United States(USA) |
| 1833 | John Randolph | U.S. Senator from Virginia | United States(USA) |
| 1843 | Sylvestre Francois Lacroix | French mathematician | France |
| 1861 | Elmer E. Ellsworth | Lawyer and soldier | United States(USA) |
| 1872 | Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld | German painter | Germany |
| 1879 | William Lloyd Garrison | American abolitionist | United States(USA) |
| 1881 | Samuel Palmer | English artist | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1908 | Old Tom Morris | Scottish golfer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1915 | John Condon (British Army soldier) | Irish soldier |  Ireland |
| 1919 | Amado Nervo | Mexican poet |  Mexico |
| 1941 | Lancelot Holland | British admiral | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1945 | Robert Ritter von Greim | German field marshal | Germany |
| 1948 | Jacques Feyder | Belgian screenwriter and film director |  Belgium |
| 1949 | Aleksey Shchusev | Russian architect |  Russia |
| 1950 | Archibald Wavell | British general | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1959 | John Foster Dulles | U.S. Secretary of State | United States(USA) |
| 1960 | Avraham Arnon | Israeli educator and a recipient of the Israel Prize |  Israel |
| 1963 | Elmore James | American blues musician | United States(USA) |
| 1966 | Emil Fahrenkamp | German architect | Germany |
| 1972 | Ismail Yasin | Egyptian comedian, actor |  Egypt |
| 1974 | Duke Ellington | American jazz pianist and bandleader | United States(USA) |
| 1976 | Denise Pelletier | Canadian actress |  Canada |
| 1979 | Ernest Bullock | English organist, composer, and educator | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1981 | Jack Warner (Actor) | English actor | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1984 | Vince McMahon, Sr. | American professional wrestling promoter | United States(USA) |
| 1986 | Yakima Canutt | American actor and stuntman | United States(USA) |
| 1987 | Hermione Gingold | English actress | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1989 | Steve McCall | American jazz drummer | United States(USA) |
| 1990 | Arthur Villeneuve | Quebec painter | Canada |
| 1991 | Gene Clark | American singer, songwriter and one of the founding members of the folk rock group The Byrds | United States(USA) |
| 1991 | Miriam di San Servolo | Italian actress |  Italy |
| 1992 | Hitoshi Ogawa | Japanese racing car driver |  Japan |
| 1995 | Harold Wilson | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1996 | John Abbott (actor, born 1905) | British actor | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1996 | Joseph Mitchell (writer) | American writer | United States(USA) |
| 1996 | Jacob Druckman | American composer | United States(USA) |
| 1996 | Enrique Alvarez Felix | Mexican actor | Mexico |
| 1997 | Edward Mulhare | Irish popular television leading man | Ireland |
| 2000 | Kurt Schork | American reporter and war correspondent | United States(USA) |
| 2000 | Majrooh Sultanpuri | Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter |  India |
| 2000 | Majrooh Sultanpuri | Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter | India |
| 2002 | Wallace Markfield | American comic novelist | United States(USA) |
| 2003 | Lady Rachel Kempson | English actress | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 2004 | Edward Wagenknecht | American literary critic and teacher | United States(USA) |
| 2004 | Henry Ries | Photographer who worked for New York Times | United States(USA) |
| 2004 | Milton Shulman | Canadian author, film and theater critic | Canada |
| 2005 | Arthur Haulot | Belgian journalist, humanist and poet | Belgium |
| 2005 | Carl Amery | German writer and environmental activist | Germany |
| 2005 | Guy Tardif | Canadian politician | Canada |
| 2006 | Henry Bumstead | American art director | United States(USA) |
| 2006 | Michal-Zyczkowski | Polish technician, professor and doctor honoris causa of the Cracow University of Technology | Poland |
| 2007 | Bill Johnston (cricketer) | Australian cricketer |  Australia |
| 2008 | Dick Martin (comedian) | American comedian | United States(USA) |
| 2008 | Jimmy McGriff | Hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader | United States(USA) |
| 2008 | Rob Knox | English actor | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 2009 | Jay Bennett | American guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer and singer, songwriter | United States(USA) |
| 2010 | Paul Gray | American bassist | United States(USA) |
| 2010 | Ray Alan | English ventriloquist and television entertainer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 2010 | Virendra Bhatia | Politician from the Samajwadi Party and a Member of the Parliament of India | India |
| 2010 | Tapen Chatterjee | Bengali actor | India |
| 2010 | Raymond V. Haysbert | Prominent African-American business executive and civil rights leader | United States(USA) |
| 2010 | Anneliese Rothenberger | German operatic lyric soprano | Germany |
| 2010 | Petr Muk | Czech pop musician, composer and performer | Czech Republic |
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