| Year | People / Celebrity Name | People / Celebrity Profession | Country |
|---|
| 0680 | Muawiyah I | Caliph |  Saudi Arabia |
| 1471 | Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset | English nobleman and military commander | -flag.jpg) United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1502 | James Tyrrell | English knight, a trusted servant of King Richard III of England | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1527 | Charles III, Duke of Bourbon | Constable of France |  France |
| 1596 | Giaches de Wert | Franco-Flemish composer |  Italy |
| 1631 | Sir Robert Bruce Cotton | English politician | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1638 | Cornelius Jansen | Dutch bishop |  Netherlands |
| 1708 | Francois de Laval | First bishop of New France | France |
| 1757 | Charles FitzRoy | British politician | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1757 | Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin | Prussian field marshal |  Germany |
| 1840 | Francisco de Paula Santander | 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada |  Colombia |
| 1859 | Alexander von Humboldt | German naturalist and explorer | Germany |
| 1862 | Henry David Thoreau | American writer and philosopher | -flag.jpg) United States(USA) |
| 1870 | James Young Simpson | British obstetrician | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1877 | Johan Ludvig Runeberg | Finnish poet |  Finland |
| 1882 | Lord Frederick Cavendish | British politician | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1882 | Thomas Henry Burke | Civil servant |  Ireland |
| 1891 | Thomas Hare (political scientist) | English barrister | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1902 | Bret Harte | American writer | United States(USA) |
| 1904 | Franz von Lenbach | German painter | Germany |
| 1904 | Alexander William Williamson | English chemist of Scottish descent | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1909 | Fanny Cerrito | Italian ballet dancer | Italy |
| 1910 | King Edward VII | King of the United Kingdom | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1919 | L. Frank Baum | American author | United States(USA) |
| 1935 | Bronson M. Cutting | American politician | United States(USA) |
| 1939 | Konstantin Somov | Russian artist |  Russia |
| 1949 | Maurice Maeterlinck | Belgian poet Nobel laureate |  Belgium |
| 1951 | Elie Cartan | Influential French mathematician | France |
| 1952 | Maria Montessori | Italian educator | Italy |
| 1961 | Lucian Blaga | Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher |  Romania |
| 1963 | Monty Woolley | American actor | United States(USA) |
| 1965 | Oren E. Long | The tenth Territorial Governor of Hawaii | United States(USA) |
| 1967 | Zhou Zuoren | Chinese writer |  China |
| 1970 | Aleksandr Rodzyanko | Russian general | Russia |
| 1971 | Helene Weigel | German actress | Germany |
| 1971 | Dickie Valentine | English pop singer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1972 | Deniz Gezmis | Marxist-Leninist revolutionary and political activist in the Republic of Turkey |  Turkey |
| 1973 | Ernest MacMillan | Canadian musician |  Canada |
| 1975 | Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty | Hungarian Catholic cardinal |  Hungary |
| 1983 | Ezra Jack Keats | Childrens literature author | United States(USA) |
| 1983 | Kai Winding | Popular Danish trombonist and jazz composer |  Denmark |
| 1984 | Mary Cain | American newspaper editor and politician | United States(USA) |
| 1984 | Bonner Pink | British Conservative politician | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1985 | Julie Vega | Filipina child actress and singer |  Philippines |
| 1988 | Richard S. Caliguiri | American politician | United States(USA) |
| 1989 | Earl Blaik | American football player and coach | United States(USA) |
| 1990 | Charles Farrell | American actor | United States(USA) |
| 1991 | Wilfrid Hyde-White | British actor | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1992 | Marlene Dietrich | German actress and singer | Germany |
| 1992 | Gaston Reiff | Belgian athlete | Belgium |
| 1992 | Jilly Rizzo | American restaurateur and entertainer | United States(USA) |
| 1993 | Ann Todd | English actress | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1995 | Noel Brotherston | Northern Irish footballer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1995 | Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Braganca | Writer, self styled Duchess of Braganza and claimant to the throne of Portugal |  Portugal |
| 2000 | Gordon Lee McClymont | Australian agricultural scientist, ecologist, and educationist |  Australia |
| 2002 | Otis Blackwell | American songwriter, singer, and pianist | United States(USA) |
| 2002 | Pim Fortuyn | Dutch politician | Netherlands |
| 2002 | Saleh Selim | Famous Egyptian football player and actor |  Egypt |
| 2003 | Art Houtteman | American baseball player | United States(USA) |
| 2003 | Colin Gunton | British systematic theologian | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 2004 | Barney Kessel | American jazz guitarist | United States(USA) |
| 2004 | Virginia Capers | American actress | United States(USA) |
| 2004 | Philip Kapleau | Teacher of Zen Buddhism | United States(USA) |
| 2005 | Ruth Laredo | American classical pianist | United States(USA) |
| 2006 | Lillian Asplund | Last American Titanic survivor | United States(USA) |
| 2006 | Grant McLennan | Australian singer and songwriter | Australia |
| 2006 | Shigeru Kayano | Japanese Ainu activist |  Japan |
| 2006 | Lorne Saxberg | Canadian television journalist | Canada |
| 2007 | Curtis Harrington | American film and television | United States(USA) |
| 2007 | Carey Bell | American blues musician | United States(USA) |
| 2007 | Eneas Carneiro | Brazilian politician |  Brazil |
| 2007 | Dorde Novkovic | Songwriter |  Croatia |
| 2009 | Valentin Varennikov | Russian general and statesman | Russia |
| 2009 | Ean Evans | Bassist, Musician | United States(USA) |
| 2010 | Robin Roberts (baseball) | Major League Baseball starting pitcher | United States(USA) |
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