- 1946 Edward R. Bradley, American businessman and horse owner (1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners), dies at 86
- 1961 Willie Macfarlane, Scottish golfer (US Open 1925), dies at 72
- 1972 Jeff Pfeffer, American baseball pitcher (no-hitter Boston Doves v Cincinnati Reds 1907), dies at 84
- 1981 Pappy Waldorf, American College Football Hall of Fame tackle and coach (Northwestern, California), dies at 78
- 1985 Joe Carveth, Canadian ice hockey right wing (NHL All Star 1950; Stanley Cup 1943, 50 Detroit Red Wings; Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens), dies at 67
- 1994 Simon R. Naoli, Tanzanian marathoner, dies in an accident at 28
- 1994 Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (Rome-Naples-Rome 1957), dies at 64
- 2001 Richard Chelimo, Kenyan athlete (b. 1972)
- 2002 Kyle Rote, American college football HOF halfback (SMU; 4 × Pro Bowl; NY Giants) and broadcaster (WNEW, NBC, WNBC New York), dies at 74
- 2006 Faas Wilkes, Dutch soccer star (Xerxes, Fortuna, Inter Milan), dies at 82
- 2006 Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player (Cronulla), dies of cancer at 52
- 2007 Sam Pollock, Canadian NHL hockey general manager, 9X Stanley Cups (Montreal Canadiens, 1964-78), dies at 81
- 2008 James Orthwein, American businessman (owner of the New England Patriots), dies at 84
- 2008 Vic Toweel, South African boxer (undisputed world bantamweight champion), dies at 79
- 2011 Eric Dempster, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, TS 47, 2 wickets; Wellington CA), dies at 86
- 2011 Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 27
- 2014 Jay Adams, American skateboarder (Z-Boys; Skateboarding HOF), dies of a heart attack at 53
- 2014 Jerry Lumpe, American baseball player, dies at 81
- 2014 Licia Albanese, Italian-American operatic soprano (NY Metropolitan Opera, 1940-66), dies at 105
- 2018 Ajit Wadekar, Indian cricket batsman and captain (37 Tests; top score 143; Bombay), dies at 77
- 2020 Henk Wullems, Dutch soccer manager (NAC Breda, SBV Vitesse, Go Ahead Eagles, AZ; Indonesia 1996-98), dies from a Cerebral infarction at 84
- 2021 Gary Woollard, New Zealand rugby league five eighth (10 Tests; Wellington), dies at 79
Gerd Müller (1945-2021)
German soccer striker (62 caps; FIFA World Cup 1974; Bayern Munich 453 games, 398 goals), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 75
- 2021 Joe Walton, American football coach (New York Jets 1983-89; Robert Morris University), dies at 85
- 2022 Pete Carril, American basketball coach (13 × Ivy League champion, Princeton University), dies at 92
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