| Year | People / Celebrity Name | People / Celebrity Profession | Country |
|---|
| 0795 | Pope Adrian I | Pope from February 1, 772 to December 25, 795 |  Italy |
| 1156 | Peter the Venerable | French Benedictine abbot of Cluny |  France |
| 1406 | Henry III of Castile | King of Castile |  Spain |
| 1553 | Pedro de Valdivia | Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile |  Chile |
| 1635 | Samuel de Champlain | French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat and chronicler | France |
| 1648 | Claudia de Medici | Grand Duchess of Tuscany | Italy |
| 1676 | Matthew Hale (jurist) | Influential English barrister, judge and jurist | -flag.jpg) United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1676 | William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle | English polymath and aristocrat, poet, equestrian, playwright, swordsman, politician, architect, diplomat and soldier | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1683 | Kara Mustafa Pasha | Ottoman military leader and grand vizier |  Turkey |
| 1711 | Johann Nikolaus Hanff | North German organist and composer |  Germany |
| 1758 | James Hervey | English clergyman and writer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1763 | Surajmal Jat | Ruler of Bharatpur in Rajasthan in India |  India |
| 1765 | Vaclav Prokop Divis | Czech theologian and natural scientist |  Czech Republic |
| 1783 | Yosa Buson | Japanese poet and painter from the Edo period |  Japan |
| 1820 | Joseph Fouche | French statesman | France |
| 1824 | Baroness Barbara von Krudener | Russian religious mystic and author |  Russia |
| 1853 | Joseph von Radowitz | Prussian statesman and general | Germany |
| 1868 | Linus Yale, Jr. | American inventor and manufacturer | -flag.jpg) United States(USA) |
| 1875 | Young Tom Morris | Scottish golfer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1880 | Fridolin Anderwert | Swiss Federal Councilor |  Switzerland |
| 1902 | Jan Gotlib Bloch | Polish military theorist and peace activist |  Poland |
| 1915 | Huang Yuanyong | Chinese author and journalist |  China |
| 1916 | St. Albert Chmielowski | Polish Catholic Saint | Poland |
| 1921 | Vladimir Korolenko | Russian writer | Russia |
| 1925 | Karl Abraham | German psychoanalyst | Germany |
| 1926 | Emperor Taisho | 123rd emperor of Japan | Japan |
| 1933 | Francesc Macia i Llussa | 122nd President of Catalonia,formerly a Catalan officer in the Spanish Army | Spain |
| 1935 | Paul Bourget | French novelist and critic | France |
| 1938 | Karel Capek | Czech writer | Czech Republic |
| 1940 | Agnes Ayres | American actress | United States(USA) |
| 1944 | George Steer | South African born British journalist, author and war correspondent | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1946 | W.C. Fields | American actor | United States(USA) |
| 1947 | Gaspar G. Bacon | President of the Massachusetts Senate and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | United States(USA) |
| 1949 | Leon Schlesinger | American film producer | United States(USA) |
| 1950 | Neil Francis Hawkins | Leading British fascist | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1953 | Patsy Donovan | Irish-American right fielder and manager in Major League Baseball | United States(USA) |
| 1954 | Johnny Ace | American singer | United States(USA) |
| 1956 | Robert Walser (writer) | Swiss writer | Switzerland |
| 1957 | Charles Pathe | French pioneer of film and record industries | France |
| 1961 | Otto Loewi | German pharmacologist | Germany |
| 1961 | Owen Brewster | American politician | United States(USA) |
| 1963 | Tristan Tzara | Romanian poet and essayist |  Romania |
| 1972 | Rajaji | Indias freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India | India |
| 1973 | Gabriel Voisin | French aviation pioneer | France |
| 1973 | Ismet Inonu | Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey | Turkey |
| 1975 | Gaston Gallimard | French publisher | France |
| 1977 | Charlie Chaplin | English actor, writer, and film producer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1979 | Joan Blondell | American actress | United States(USA) |
| 1979 | Jordi Bonet | Catalan born Quebec painter, ceramic artist, muralist and sculptor |  Canada |
| 1983 | Joan Miro | Spanish painter | Spain |
| 1988 | Shohei Ooka | Japanese novelist, literary critic and translator of French literature | Japan |
| 1988 | Edward Pelham-Clinton | English nobleman | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1989 | Nicolae Ceausescu | Romanian dictator | Romania |
| 1989 | Billy Martin | American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball | United States(USA) |
| 1989 | Elena Ceausescu | Wife of Romanias Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu and Deputy Prime Minister of Romania | Romania |
| 1992 | Helen Joseph | South African anti-apartheid activist |  South Africa |
| 1992 | Monica Dickens | English writer, the great granddaughter of Charles Dickens | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1994 | Zail Singh | President of India | India |
| 1995 | Nicolas Slonimsky | Russian-born musicologist and composer | Russia |
| 1995 | Dean Martin | American actor | United States(USA) |
| 1995 | Emmanuel Levinas | French philosopher and Talmudic commentator | France |
| 1996 | Bill Osmanski | American football player | United States(USA) |
| 1996 | Bill Hewitt | Canadian radio and television sportscaster | Canada |
| 1997 | Anatoli Boukreev | Russian climber | Russia |
| 1997 | Denver Pyle | American film and television actor | United States(USA) |
| 1998 | Mike McAlary | Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and columnist | United States(USA) |
| 1998 | Bryan MacLean | American singer, guitarist and songwriter | United States(USA) |
| 1998 | John Pulman | English professional snooker player | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 1999 | Peter Jeffrey | British actor with many roles in television and film | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 2000 | Willard Van Orman Quine | American philosopher | United States(USA) |
| 2000 | Neil Hawke | Australian Test cricketer and leading Australian rules footballer |  Australia |
| 2002 | William T. Orr | American television producer | United States(USA) |
| 2003 | Nicholas Mavroules | U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts | United States(USA) |
| 2004 | Gennadi Strekalov | Instructor Test Cosmonaut and Department Head at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia | Russia |
| 2005 | Birgit Nilsson | Swedish soprano |  Sweden |
| 2005 | Charles Socarides | American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, physician, educator, and author | United States(USA) |
| 2005 | Derek Bailey | English avant-garde guitarist and leading figure in the free improvisation movement | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 2005 | Robert Barbers | Police officer, Secretary of Interior and Local Government and Senator of the Philippines |  Philippines |
| 2006 | James Joseph Brown | American entertainer | United States(USA) |
| 2007 | Des Barrick | English cricketer | United Kingdom(UK) |
| 2007 | Mighty King Kong | Reggae musician |  Kenya |
| 2007 | Jim Beauchamp | Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder | United States(USA) |
| 2008 | Eartha Kitt | American actress, singer, and cabaret star | United States(USA) |
| 2008 | Robert Ward | American blues and soul guitarist | United States(USA) |
| 2009 | Vic Chesnutt | American singer, songwriter | United States(USA) |
| 2009 | Tony Bellamy | Mexican-American guitarist, pianist and vocalist | United States(USA) |
| 2010 | Bud Greenspan | Film director, writer, and producer | United States(USA) |
| 2010 | Carlos Andres Perez | Venezuelan politician, President of Venezuela |  Venezuela |
| 2011 | Simms Taback | American writer, graphic artist, and illustrator | United States(USA) |
| 2012 | Erico Boyles Aumentado | American journalist, a lawyer, senior provincial board member, provincial vice-governor, congressman and deputy speaker | United States(USA) |
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