- 1916 Frederik Septimus Kelly, Australian-British composer and rower (Summer Olympic gold 1908), dies at 35
- 1978 George Hearne, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests; Western Province), dies at 90
- 1982 Dorothy [Little-]Round, England, tennis star (Never on Sunday), dies
- 1989 Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (b. 1964)
- 1998 Doug Wright, English cricket spin bowler (34 Tests, 108 wickets; Kent), dies at 84
- 1998 William "Red" Holzman, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (New York Knicks 14 seasons), dies leukemia at 78
- 1999 Jaswick Taylor, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 10 wickets; 5/109 in Test debut 1958; Trinidad & Tobago), dies at 67
- 2007 John Doherty, English footballer (b. 1935)
- 2007 Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player (b. 1937)
- 2010 Ken Iman, American football player (b. 1939)
- 2013 Todd Christensen, American football tight end (Super Bowl XV, XVIII; First-team All-Pro 1983, 85, 86; 5 × Pro Bowl; Oakland/LA Raiders) and sportscaster (NBC Sports, ESPN, CBS Sports Network), dies from complications during liver transplant surgery at 57
- 2014 Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager, dies from Alzheimer's disease at 92
- 2016 Enzo Maiorca, Italian free diver who set 17 world records, dies at 85
Bobby Doerr (1918-2017)
American Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (9 x MLB All Star; Boston Red Sox), dies at 99
- 2020 Jim Pace, American auto racer (24 Hours of Daytona 1996), dies from COVID-19 at 59
- 2020 Paul Hornung, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1956, Notre Dame; Pro Bowl 1959, 60; Green Bay Packers), dies from dementia complications at 84
- 2020 Viden Apostolov, Bulgarian soccer defender (22 caps; PFC Botev Plovdiv 429 games), dies at 79
- 2021 Ernie Michie, Scottish rugby union lock (15 caps; 2 caps British & Irish Lions; Barbarians FC; London Scottish RUFC, Leicester Tigers RUFC), dies at 88
- 2021 Sam Huff, American College / Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker (5 x Pro Bowl; First-team All-Pro 1958, 59; NY Giants, Washington Redskins), dies from dementia complications at 87
- 2022 Jerry Holland, Irish rugby union lock (3 Tests; Munster RUFC) and coach (Munster RUFC 1994-97), dies at 66
- 2022 Kevin Beardmore, English rugby league hooker (14 caps GB, 1 England; Castleford RLFC 247 games), dies at 62
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