- 1945 George Studd, English cricket batsman (4 Tests; Middlesex), dies at 85
- 1964 Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman (Chicago Cubs), dies in plane crash at 22
- 1970 Herbert Strudwick, English cricket wicketkeeper (28 Tests, 73 dismissals; Surrey CCC), dies at 90
- 1981 Jack Crapp, English cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies at 68
- 1987 Milford "Curly" Page, New Zealand cricket batsman and captain (14 Tests, 1 x 100, 2x 50, 5 wickets) and rugby union halfback (Canterbury RU), dies at 84
- 1991 Ron Pickering, British athletics coach (GB 1964 Summer Olympics) and broadcaster (BBC), dies after a heart bypass operation at 60
- 2003 Kid Gavilan, Cuban boxer (b. 1926)
- 2005 Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (Le Mans, 1954). and vintner, dies at 87
- 2005 Nelson Briles, American MLB player (St Louis Cardinals), dies at 61
- 2012 Freddie Solomon, American football wide receiver, dies from colon and liver cancer at 59
- 2014 Piero d'Inzeo, Italian equestrian rider (Olympic silver individual & team jumping 1956, 60; bronze 1956, 60, 64, 72), dies at 90
- 2018 Tito Francona, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1961), dies at 84
- 2020 Jimmy Thunder, New Zealand boxer (IBO heavyweight title 1994-95), dies following brain surgery at 54
- 2021 Frank Orr, Canadian sports author and journalist (Hockey Hall of Fame; Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award; Toronto Star), dies at 84
- 2021 Yury Vlasov, Ukrainian weightlifter (Olympic gold USSR heavyweight 1960, 64; World C'ship gold x 4) and writer, dies at 85
Eduardo Romero (1954-2022)
Argentine golfer (Tradition 2006, US Senior Open 2008), dies at 67
- 2022 Johnny Whiteley, English rugby league back rower (15 Tests GB, 1 England; Hull RLFC 417 games) and coach (GB, England, Hull RLFC, Hull KR), dies at 91
- 2023 Conrad Dobler, American football guard (Pro Bowl 1975, 76, 77; St. Louis Cardinals; famous for unsportsmanlike play), dies at 72
- 2024 Datta Gaekwad, Indian cricket batsman and captain (11 Tests, 1 x 50; Baroda CC), dies at 95
- 2024 Ken Ploen, American CFL HOF quarterback (CFL All-Star 1965; CFL West All-Star 1957, 59, 65 Winnipeg Blue Bombers), dies at 88
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