- 1875 Cecil De Vere, English chess player (1st official British chess champion (1866), dies from tuberculosis at 28
- 1916 Jack Barrett, Australian cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1890), dies at 49
- 1917 Francis Allan, Australian cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies at 67
- 1953 Charlie Spencer, English soccer defender and manager (2 caps; Newcastle United; mgr Grimsby Town 1937-51), dies at 53
- 1961 Grigory Levenfish, Russian International chess grandmaster, dies at 70
- 1961 Oscar Egg, Swiss track and road bicycle racer (3 x world hour record), dies at 70
- 1969 Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathoner (Olympic gold 1928), dies at 68
- 1978 Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (b. 1893)
- 1979 Jim Smith, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies at 72
- 1987 Larry French, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1940; Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs; Brooklyn Dodgers), dies at 79
- 1994 Bud Wilkinson, American college football coach (Oklahoma), dies at 77
- 1996 Neil Franklin, English soccer defender (26 caps; Stoke City, Hull City, Crewe Alexandra) and manager (Colchester United), dies at 74
- 1998 Ken Weekes, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests, top score 137; first Test cricketer born in US), dies at 86
- 2000 Beau Jack, American boxer (NYSAC world lightweight champion 1942-44), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 78
- 2003 Vera Ralston [Věra Helena Hrubá], Czech figure skater and actress (Dakota, Accused of Murder), dies of cancer at 83
- 2006 Ron Greenwood, English soccer defender (Brentford) and manager (West Ham Utd 1961-74; FA Cup 1964, European Cup Winners' Cup 1965; England 1977-82), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 84
Hank Bauer (1922-2007)
American baseball infielder, manager (8-time World Series champion; NY Yankees, Baltimore Orioles), dies from lung cancer at 84
Ed Sabol (1916-2015)
American filmmaker (NFL Films), dies at 98
- 2018 Liam Miller, Irish soccer midfielder (21 caps; Sunderland, Hibernian), dies of pancreatic cancer at 36
- 2022 Jeremy Giambi, American MLB baseball player, 1998-2003 (Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, and two other teams), takes his own life at 47
- 2022 Johnny Raper, Australian rugby league lock (33 Tests, 6 World Cup games; Newtown RLFC, St. George RLFC; Inaugural RL "Immortal") and coach (St. George, RLFC, Cronulla RLFC), dies from dementia at 82
- 2023 Marcos Alonso, Spanish soccer winger (22 caps; Atlético Madrid, FC Barcelona) and manager (Rayo Vallecano, Racing Santander, Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Valladolid), dies from cancer at 63
- 2024 Roland Grip, Swedish soccer defender (55 caps; IFK Östersund, AIK, IK Sirius), dies at 83
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