- 1936 Howard Francis, South African cricketer (2 Tests S Af v Eng 1898-99, 39 runs), dies at 67
- 1942 Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian aristocrat (3rd President International Olympic Committee 1925-42), dies at 63
- 1944 George Mullin, American baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers; no-hitter 1912), dies at 63
- 1955 Gerald Hartigan, South African cricketer (batsman in 5 Tests 1911-14), dies at 70
- 1960 Dorothea Lambert Chambers, British tennis player (Wimbledon 1903-04, 06, 10-11, 13-14), dies at 81
- 1967 Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (NSW & Aus, 5 wkt in 1912 series), dies
- 1972 Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), dies at 70
- 1980 Simonne Mathieu, French tennis player (French C'ships 1938-39; 11 Grand Slam doubles titles), dies at 71
- 1982 Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in a race crash at 41
Bronko Nagurski (1908-1990)
Canadian-American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame fullback (Chicago Bears), dies at 81
- 1990 Horace Stoneham, American baseball executive (owner New York / San Francisco Giants 1936-76), dies at 86
- 1990 Joseph Robbie, American lawyer and NFL owner and founder of the Miami Dolphins, dies at 73
- 1991 Joe Hicks, American baseball coach, dies of cancer at 64
- 1995 Harry Golombek, British chess grandmaster, author (3-time British champion), dies at 83
- 2007 Bobby Hamilton, American NASCAR driver and team owner, dies of cancer at 49
- 2011 Derek Gardner, British Formula 1 car designer (b. 1931)
- 2016 (John) "JJ" Johnson, American NBA basketball player, 1970-82 (Cleveland Cavaliers, Seattle SuperSonics, and 2 other teams), dies at 68
- 2020 André Abadie, French rugby union front rower (7 caps; SC Rieumois, SC Graulhetois, SC Albi), dies at 85
- 2020 George Perles, American football coach (Michigan State University 1983-94; Pittsburgh Steelers), dies from Parkinson's disease at 85
- 2020 Khamis Al-Owairan, Saudi Arabian soccer midfielder (105 caps; Al-Hilal, Al Ittihad), dies from cancer at 46
Tommy Lasorda (1927-2021)
American Baseball Hall of Fame manager (World Series 1981, 88; NL Manager of the Year 1983, 88; LA Dodgers 1976-96), dies of a heart attack at 93 [1]
- 2021 Vladimir Kiselyov, Ukranian-Soviet athlete (Olympic gold, 1980- shot put), dies at 64
- 2023 Ken Scotland, Scottish rugby union full-back (27 Tests Scotland, 5 British & Irish Lions; Leicester Tigers RUFC, London Scottish FC), dies from cancer at 86
- 2023 Modeste M'bami, Cameroonian soccer midfielder (37 caps; CS Sedan, Paris Saint-Germain, Marseille; Olympic gold 2000), dies from a heart attack at 40
- 2023 Rob Heming, Australian rugby union lock (21 Tests; NSW, Manly RUFC), dies at 90
- 2024 Duncan Hales, New Zealand rugby union three-quarter (4 Tests; Canterbury RFU, Manawatu RFU), dies at 76
Franz Beckenbauer (1945-2024)
German soccer defender (103 caps; FIFA World Cup 1974; Bayern Munich 427 games; Ballon d'Or 1972, 76) and manager (FIFA World Cup 1990; Bayern Munich), dies at 78
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