October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 63 days remain until the end of the year.
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1901–present
- 1914 – Ottoman entry into World War I.[4]
- 1918 – The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19.
- 1921 – United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1923 – Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.[5]
- 1929 – Black Tuesday: The New York Stock Exchange crashes, ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.[6]
- 1941 – The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto, over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".[7]
- 1942 – The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
- 1944 – The Dutch city of Breda is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division.
- 1944 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
- 1948 – Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Safsaf massacre: Israeli soldiers capture the Palestinian village of Safsaf in the Galilee; afterwards, between 52 and 64 villagers are massacred by the IDF.
- 1953 – BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.[8]
- 1955 – The Soviet battleship Novorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.[9]
- 1956 – Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.[10]
- 1957 – Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into the Knesset.[11]
- 1960 – An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.[12]
- 1964 – The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed to the United Republic of Tanzania.[13]
- 1964 – Biggest jewel heist; involving the Star of India in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City by Murph the Surf and gang.[14]
- 1967 – Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.[15]
- 1969 – The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.[16]
- 1972 – The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of the hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615.[17]
- 1980 – Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in a crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida, leading to the cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.
- 1985 – Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced as the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
- 1986 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
- 1991 – The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.[18]
- 1994 – Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House; he is later convicted of trying to kill U.S. President Bill Clinton.[19]
- 1998 – In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities.[20]
- 1998 – Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space at that time.[21]
- 1998 – ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission.[22]
- 1998 – Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras.[23]
- 1998 – The Gothenburg discothèque fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures over 200.[24]
- 1999 – A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India.[25]
- 2002 – A fire destroys a luxurious department store in Ho Chi Minh City, where 1,500 people are shopping. More than 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for in the deadliest peacetime disaster in Vietnam.[26]
- 2004 – The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election.[27]
- 2005 – Bombings in Delhi, India kill 67 and injure over 200 people.[28]
- 2006 – ADC Airlines Flight 053 crashes after takeoff from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria killing 96 people and injuring nine.[29]
- 2008 – Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five.[30]
- 2008 – A pair of deadly earthquakes hits Baluchistan, Pakistan, killing 215.[31]
- 2012 – Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing hundreds, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages.[32]
- 2014 – A mud slide; the 2014 Badulla landslide, in south-central Sri Lanka, kills at least 16 people, and leaves hundreds of people missing.[33]
- 2015 – China announces the end of its one-child policy after 35 years.[34]
- 2018 – A Boeing 737 MAX plane crashes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia killing 189 people on board.[35]
- 2020 – Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party and of the Opposition in the United Kingdom is suspended from the Labour Party following his response to findings from the EHRC on the issue of antisemitism within the party.[36]
- 2022 – At least 156 die at a crowd crush during a Halloween celebration in Itaewon district, Seoul, South Korea.[37]
- 2022 – At least 100 people are killed and over 300 are injured by a double car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.[38]
1601–1900
- 1682 – Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian, explorer, and author (d. 1761)[44]
- 1690 – Martin Folkes, English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1754)[45]
- 1704 – John Byng, English admiral and politician, 11th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1757)[46]
- 1711 – Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and academic, first woman to have doctorate in science (d. 1778)[47]
- 1740 – James Boswell, Scottish lawyer and author (d. 1795)[48]
- 1808 – Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (d. 1873)
- 1812 – Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright (d. 1907)[49]
- 1815 – Dan Emmett, American composer (d. 1904)[50]
- 1822 – Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Russian-Polish cardinal (d. 1902)
- 1831 – James Boucaut, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of South Australia (d. 1916)[51]
- 1832 – Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (d. 1869)
- 1837 – Harriet Powers, American folk artist and quilter (d. 1910)[52]
- 1855 – Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (d. 1939)
- 1855 – Paul-Jacques Curie, French physicist and academic (d. 1941)
- 1861 – Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
- 1866 – Antonio Luna, Filipino general and politician (d. 1899)
- 1866 – Carl Gustav Witt, German astronomer (d. 1946)[53]
- 1875 – Marie of Romania (d. 1938)[54]
- 1877 – Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer (d. 1966)
- 1877 – Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (d. 1973)[55]
- 1879 – Alva B. Adams, American lawyer and politician (d. 1941)[56]
- 1879 – Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1969)
- 1880 – Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1960)
- 1881 – John DeWitt, American football player and hammer thrower (d. 1930)
- 1882 – Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (d. 1944)[57]
- 1883 – Victor Hochepied, French swimmer and water polo player (d. 1966)
- 1891 – Fanny Brice, American actress and singer (d. 1951)[58]
- 1897 – Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Nazi Germany (d. 1945)[59]
- 1897 – Billy Walker, English footballer (d. 1964)
- 1898 – Alan Barker, English soldier (d. 1984)
- 1899 – Akim Tamiroff, Georgian-American actor (d. 1972)
1901–present
- 1905 – Henry Green, English author (d. 1973)[60]
- 1906 – Fredric Brown, American author (d. 1972)[61]
- 1907 – Edwige Feuillère, French actress (d. 1998)[62]
- 1910 – A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and author (d. 1989)[63]
- 1913 – Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (d. 2014)
- 1914 – Maxim of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch (d. 2012)[64]
- 1915 – William Berenberg, American physician and academic (d. 2005)
- 1918 – Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2007)[65]
- 1918 – Diana Serra Cary, American actress and author (d. 2020)[66]
- 1920 – Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)[67]
- 1920 – Václav Neumann, Czech violinist and conductor (d. 1995)[68]
- 1921 – Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (d. 2014)
- 1921 – Baku Mahadeva, Sri Lankan civil servant and academic (d. 2013)
- 1921 – Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (d. 2003)[69]
- 1922 – Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2008)[70]
- 1923 – Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (d. 2015)[71]
- 1923 – Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch runner, hurdler, and long jumper (d. 2015)
- 1924 – Bernard Middleton, British restoration bookbinder (d. 2019)[72]
- 1925 – Dominick Dunne, American journalist and author (d. 2009)[73]
- 1925 – Robert Hardy, English actor (d. 2017)[74]
- 1925 – Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (d. 2012)[75]
- 1925 – Klaus Roth, British mathematician (d. 2015)[76]
- 1925 – Zoot Sims, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1985)[77]
- 1926 – Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2011)[78]
- 1926 – Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor and actor (d. 2015)[79]
- 1927 – Frank Sedgman, Australian tennis player
- 1929 – Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia (d. 2015)[80]
- 1930 – Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (d. 2006)
- 1930 – Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor and painter (d. 2002)[81]
- 1930 – Omara Portuondo, Cuban singer and dancer
- 1930 – Natalie Sleeth, American pianist and composer (d. 1992)
- 1932 – Dick Garmaker, American basketball player (d. 2020)[82]
- 1932 – Joyce Gould, Baroness Gould of Potternewton, English pharmacist and politician
- 1933 – William Harrison, American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1935 – David Allen, English cricketer (d. 2014)[83]
- 1935 – Eddie Hopkinson, English footballer (d. 2004)[84]
- 1935 – Michael Jayston, English actor (d. 2024)[85]
- 1937 – Sonny Osborne, American bluegrass singer and banjo player (d. 2021)[86]
- 1938 – Ralph Bakshi, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1938 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian politician, President of Liberia, Nobel Prize laureate[87]
- 1938 – Peter Stampfel, American fiddle player, violinist, and singer-songwriter
- 1940 – Connie Mack III, American lawyer and politician[88]
- 1940 – Jack Shepherd, English actor, director, and playwright
- 1940 – Galen Weston, English-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded George Weston Limited (d. 2021)[89]
- 1941 – George Davies, English fashion designer
- 1941 – Paul Tyler, Baron Tyler, English politician
- 1942 – Lee Clayton, American rock/country musician and songwriter (d. 2023)
- 1942 – Bob Ross, American painter and television host (d. 1995)[90]
- 1943 – Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
- 1944 – Claude Brochu, Canadian businessman
- 1944 – Mehmet Haberal, Turkish surgeon and academic
- 1944 – Denny Laine, English singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2023)[91]
- 1944 – Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch musician and songwriter
- 1945 – Mick Gallagher, English keyboard player and songwriter
- 1945 – Ron Maag, American businessman and politician
- 1945 – Melba Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1945 – Gerrit Ybema, Dutch civil servant and politician (d. 2012)
- 1946 – Peter Green, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)[92]
- 1947 – Helen Coonan, Australian lawyer and politician, 52nd Australian Minister for Communications
- 1947 – Richard Dreyfuss, American actor and activist
- 1948 – Frans de Waal, Dutch-American ethologist, author, and academic (d. 2024)
- 1948 – Kate Jackson, American actress, director, and producer
- 1949 – Kieron Baker, English footballer
- 1949 – Raphael Carl Lee, American surgeon and academic
- 1949 – Paul Orndorff, American football player and wrestler (d. 2021)[93]
- 1949 – David Paton, Scottish guitarist
- 1949 – James Williamson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1950 – Abdullah Gül, Turkish academic and politician, 11th President of Turkey
- 1951 – Dirk Kempthorne, American businessman and politician, 49th United States Secretary of the Interior
- 1951 – Tiff Needell, English race car driver and television host
- 1952 – Marcia Fudge, American lawyer and politician
- 1953 – Denis Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1955 – Kevin DuBrow, American heavy metal singer-songwriter (d. 2007)[94]
- 1956 – Wilfredo Gómez, Puerto Rican-American boxer
- 1957 – Dan Castellaneta, American actor, voice artist, comedian, singer and producer
- 1958 – Blažej Baláž, Slovak painter, sculptor, and illustrator
- 1958 – David Remnick, American journalist and author
- 1958 – Danny Vranes, American basketball player[95]
- 1959 – Jesse Barfield, American baseball player and coach[96]
- 1959 – Mike Gartner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1959 – Finola Hughes, English actress
- 1959 – John Magufuli, Tanzanian politician, 5th President of Tanzania (d. 2021)[97]
- 1960 – Michael Carter, American football player and athlete[98]
- 1960 – Fabiola Gianotti, Italian physicist and academic
- 1960 – Thorsten Schlumberger, German footballer
- 1961 – Randy Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer[99]
- 1961 – Joel Otto, American ice hockey player and coach
- 1962 – Einar Örn Benediktsson, Icelandic singer, trumpet player, and politician
- 1963 – Damian Chapa, American actor[100]
- 1963 – Gerald Morris, American author
- 1964 – Yasmin Le Bon, English model
- 1964 – Eddie McGuire, Australian businessman and television host
- 1965 – Tyler Collins, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1965 – Andrew Ettingshausen, Australian rugby league player and television host
- 1965 – Michael Passons, American singer-songwriter
- 1966 – Mary Bucholtz, American linguist and academic
- 1967 – Beth Chapman, American reality television star (d. 2019)[101]
- 1967 – Thorsten Fink, German footballer and manager
- 1967 – Joely Fisher, American actress and director
- 1967 – Rufus Sewell, English actor
- 1968 – Johann Olav Koss, Norwegian speed skater and physician
- 1969 – David Farr, English director and playwright
- 1969 – Chris Verene, American photographer
- 1970 – Phillip Cocu, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1970 – Dan Ratushny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach and lawyer[102]
- 1970 – Kaido Reivelt, Estonian physicist and academic
- 1970 – Toby Smith, English keyboardist and songwriter (d. 2017)[103]
- 1970 – Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer and sportscaster[104]
- 1971 – Daniel J. Bernstein, American mathematician, cryptologist, and academic
- 1971 – Greg Blewett, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
- 1971 – Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer
- 1971 – Winona Ryder, American actress and producer[105]
- 1972 – Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress and producer[106]
- 1972 – Takafumi Horie, Japanese businessman, founded Livedoor[107]
- 1972 – Gabrielle Union, American actress and producer[108]
- 1973 – Adam Bacher, South African cricketer
- 1973 – Vonetta Flowers, American bobsledder, sprinter, and long jumper[109]
- 1973 – Éric Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 – Robert Pires, French footballer[110]
- 1974 – R. A. Dickey, American baseball player[111]
- 1974 – Michael Vaughan, English cricketer and sportscaster[112]
- 1974 – Yenny Wahid, Indonesian activist and politician
- 1975 – Baba Ali, Iranian-American comedian, games developer, businessman, and actor
- 1975 – Joy Osmanski, American actress[113]
- 1976 – Stephen Craigan, Irish footballer and manager
- 1976 – Milena Govich, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1976 – Raghava Lawrence, Indian actor, director, and choreographer
- 1976 – Mark Sheehan, Irish guitarist (d. 2023)[114]
- 1977 – Jon Abrahams, American actor[115]
- 1977 – Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor[116]
- 1977 – Vaggelis Kaounos, Greek footballer
- 1978 – Travis Henry, American football player
- 1978 – Kelly Smith, English footballer
- 1979 – Ignasi Giménez Renom, Catalan lawyer and politician
- 1979 – Andrew-Lee Potts, English actor, director, and producer[117]
- 1980 – Ben Foster, American actor[118]
- 1980 – Nadejda Ostrovskaya, Belarusian tennis player
- 1980 – Kaine Robertson, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
- 1981 – Amanda Beard, American swimmer[119]
- 1981 – Jonathan Brown, Australian footballer
- 1981 – Angelika dela Cruz, Filipino actress and singer
- 1981 – Georgios Fotakis, Greek footballer
- 1982 – Ariel Lin, Taiwanese actress and singer
- 1982 – Chelan Simmons, Canadian model and actress[120]
- 1983 – Richard Brancatisano, Australian actor
- 1983 – Maurice Clarett, American football player
- 1983 – Freddy Eastwood, Welsh footballer[121]
- 1983 – Dana Eveland, American baseball player
- 1983 – Jérémy Mathieu, French footballer
- 1983 – Nurcan Taylan, Turkish weightlifter
- 1984 – Chris Baio, American bass player
- 1984 – Lee Chung-ah, South Korean actress
- 1984 – Les Davies, Welsh footballer
- 1984 – Eric Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Cal Crutchlow, English motorcycle racer
- 1985 – Janet Montgomery, English actress and dancer[122]
- 1985 – Ximena Sariñana, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress[123]
- 1985 – Vijender Singh, Indian boxer
- 1986 – Nataly Dawn, American singer
- 1986 – Sarita Pérez de Tagle, Filipino actress
- 1986 – Italia Ricci, Canadian actress
- 1986 – Derek Theler, American actor and model
- 1987 – Andy Dalton, American football player
- 1987 – Jessica Dubé, Canadian figure skater
- 1987 – Tove Lo, Swedish singer[124]
- 1987 – Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer and actress
- 1988 – Florin Gardoș, Romanian footballer
- 1988 – Sam Hutsby, English golfer
- 1988 – Janoris Jenkins, American football player
- 1988 – Roman Van Uden, New Zealand cyclist
- 1989 – Irina Karamanos, Chilean anthropologist and political scientist, First Lady of Chile[125]
- 1989 – Primož Roglič, Slovenian ski jumper and cyclist
- 1990 – Ender Inciarte, Venezuelan baseball player[126]
- 1990 – Ben Proudfoot, Canadian filmmaker[127]
- 1990 – Eric Saade, Swedish singer
- 1991 – Parris Goebel, New Zealand dancer and choreographer[128]
- 1991 – Nikita Zaitsev, Russian ice hockey player[129]
- 1992 – Evan Fournier, French basketball player[130]
- 1992 – Colin Miller, Canadian ice hockey player[131]
- 1993 – Ágnes Bukta, Hungarian tennis player
- 1993 – India Eisley, American actress
- 1994 – Danielle Hunter, American football player[132]
- 1996 – Vince Dunn, Canadian ice hockey player[133]
- 1996 – Mikko Rantanen, Finnish ice hockey player[134]
- 1996 – Astrid S, Norwegian singer and songwriter[135]
1601–1900
- 1618 – Walter Raleigh, English admiral, explorer, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (b. 1554)[137]
- 1650 – David Calderwood, Scottish historian and theologian (b. 1575)[138]
- 1666 – Edmund Calamy the Elder, English minister and activist (b. 1600)[139]
- 1666 – James Shirley, English dramatist (b. 1596)[140]
- 1783 – Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1717)[141]
- 1804 – Sarah Crosby, English Methodist preacher (b. 1729)[142]
- 1829 – Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (b. 1751)[143]
- 1871 – Andrea Debono, Maltese trader and explorer (b. 1821)[144]
- 1877 – Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)[145]
- 1892 – William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)[146]
- 1897 – Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)[147]
1901–present
- 1901 – Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)[148]
- 1905 – Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
- 1911 – Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)[149]
- 1916 – John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
- 1918 – Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)[150]
- 1919 – Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)
- 1924 – Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849)[151]
- 1932 – Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857)
- 1933 – Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1863)
- 1933 – George Luks, American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)[152]
- 1933 – Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (b. 1853)[153]
- 1936 – Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and theorist (b. 1874)
- 1939 – Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (b. 1864)[154]
- 1941 – Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)
- 1942 – Edward S. Anthoine, American politician and lawyer (b. 1882)[155]
- 1949 – George Gurdjieff, Armenian-French monk, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1872)
- 1949 – Thomas Slater Price, British chemist (b. 1875)[156]
- 1950 – Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1858)[157]
- 1951 – Robert Grant Aitken, American astronomer (b. 1864)[158]
- 1953 – William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922)[159]
- 1956 – Louis Rosier, French race car driver (b. 1905)
- 1957 – Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-American production manager and producer (b. 1885)
- 1958 – Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1886)[160]
- 1961 – Astrid Holm, Danish actress (b. 1893)
- 1963 – Adolphe Menjou, American actor (b. 1890)[161]
- 1971 – Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)[162]
- 1971 – Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)[163]
- 1975 – Edmund Hirst, British chemist (b. 1898)[164]
- 1977 – Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (b. 1926)
- 1980 – Giorgio Borġ Olivier, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1911)[165]
- 1981 – Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
- 1985 – Evgeny Lifshitz, Soviet physicist (b. 1915)[166]
- 1986 – Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor, singer, and academic (b. 1913)
- 1987 – Woody Herman, American singer, clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader (b. 1913)[167]
- 1988 – Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian author and activist (b. 1903)
- 1993 – Lipman Bers, Latvian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1914)[168]
- 1994 – Shlomo Goren, Israeli rabbi, general, and scholar (b. 1918)[169]
- 1995 – Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, screenwriter (b. 1924)[170]
- 1996 – Eugen Kapp, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1908)[171]
- 1997 – Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (b. 1930)[172]
- 1997 – Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, Greek-American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1947)
- 1998 – Paul Misraki, Turkish-French pianist and composer (b. 1908)[173]
- 1999 – Greg, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1931)
- 2000 – Carlos Guastavino, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1912)[174]
- 2002 – Glenn McQueen, Canadian-American animator (b. 1960)[175]
- 2003 – Hal Clement, American pilot, author, and educator (b. 1922)[176]
- 2003 – Franco Corelli, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1921)[177]
- 2004 – Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester (b. 1901)[178]
- 2004 – Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic (b. 1946)
- 2004 – Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, Premier of Dominica (b. 1923)[179]
- 2004 – Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (b. 1916)[180]
- 2005 – Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (b. 1924)[181]
- 2005 – Ion Irimescu, Romanian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1903)
- 2008 – Mike Baker, American singer-songwriter (b. 1963)
- 2011 – Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (b. 1926)[182]
- 2012 – Letitia Baldrige, American etiquette expert and author (b. 1926)[183]
- 2012 – J. Bernlef, Dutch author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1937)
- 2012 – Kenneth G. Ryder, American academic (b. 1924)[184]
- 2012 – Wallace L. W. Sargent, English-American astronomer and academic (b. 1935)[185]
- 2012 – Jack Vaughn, American boxer and diplomat (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Jean Rénald Clérismé, Haitian priest and politician, Foreign Minister of Haiti (b. 1937)[186]
- 2013 – Sherman Halsey, American director and producer (b. 1957)
- 2013 – John Spence, American soldier and engineer (b. 1918)
- 2013 – Graham Stark, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)[187]
- 2014 – Roger Freeman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1965)[188]
- 2014 – Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1968)[189]
- 2014 – H. Gary Morse, American businessman (b. 1936)[190]
- 2015 – Luther Burden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1953)[191]
- 2015 – Ernesto Herrera, Filipino businessman and politician (b. 1942)
- 2015 – Boris Kristančič, Slovene basketball player and coach (b. 1931)
- 2015 – Ranko Žeravica, Serbian basketball player and coach (b. 1929)[192]
- 2019 – John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian (b. 1942)[193]
- 2020 – Angelika Amon, Austrian-American molecular and cell biologist (b. 1967)[194]
- 2021 – Ashley Mallett, Australian cricketer (b. 1945)[195]
- 2023 – Hiroshi Morie, Japanese musician and singer-songwriter (b. 1968)[196]
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