- 1898 George Ulyett, English cricket all-rounder (25 Tests; 949 runs, 50 wickets), dies from pneumonia at 46
- 1952 Efim Bogoljubov, Russian-German chess player, dies at 63
- 1958 Douglas Jardine, English cricket batsman (22 Tests, 1 x 100, 10 x 50, HS 127; England's Bodyline Series captain; Oxford Uni CC, Surrey CCC, MCC), dies at 57
- 1961 Eddie Gaedel, American baseball pinch-hitter (shortest player in MLB history 3' 7"; St. Louis Browns), dies after mugging at 36
- 1962 George Sargent, English golfer (US Open 1909), dies at 79
- 1967 Beat Fehr, Swiss racing driver, killed in crash at Caserta, Italy at 23
- 1967 Giacomo Russo, Italian racing driver, killed in crash at Caserta, Italy at 29
- 1980 André Leducq, French cyclist (Tour de France 1930, 32; Olympic gold road race 1924), dies at 76
- 1990 Dennis Dyer, South African cricketer (scored 96 3 Tests for South Africa), dies at 76
- 1996 Pierre Chany, French cycling journalist (49 x Tour de France; L'Équipe), dies of pleurisy at 73
Jack Buck (1924-2002)
American sports announcer (St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 77
- 2002 Walter Villa, Italian motorcycle road racer (250cc world champion 1974,-76; 350cc 1976; Harley-Davidson), dies from a heart attack at 58
Larry Doby (1924-2003)
American Baseball HOF outfielder (MLB All-Star 1949–55; World Series 1948; AL HR leader 1952, 54; 1st African-American in AL; Cleveland Indians), dies of cancer at 79
- 2005 Syed Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (prolific batsman of 30's & 40's), dies at 90
- 2012 Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and coach, dies at 78
- 2013 Gene Freese, American MLB player, dies from complications of back surgery at 79
- 2014 Michael Frederick, Barbadian cricketer (one Test WI v England 1954, scored 0 & 30), dies at 87
- 2018 Walter Bahr, American soccer midfielder (19 caps) and coach (Penn State), dies of complications broken hip at 91
- 2020 Arturo Chaires, Mexican soccer defender (22 caps; C.D. Guadalajara), dies at 83
- 2020 Tibor Benedek, Hungarian water polo player (Olympic gold 2000, 04, 08; World C'ship gold 2003) and coach (Hungary 2013-16), dies from pancreatic cancer at 47
- 2021 Giampiero Boniperti, Italian soccer striker (38 caps; Juventus 443 games), executive (chairman Juventus) and politician (deputy in European Parliament), dies from heart failure at 92
- 2021 Jeannette Altwegg, English figure skater (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 90
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