- 1911 Bernard Tancred, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Northern Cape), dies at 46
- 1916 Leonard Moon, English cricket batsman (4 Tests, Cambridge University CC, Middlesex CCC), dies in WWI action at 38
- 1934 Giovanni Brunero, Italian road cyclist (Giro d'Italia General classification 1921, 22, 26), dies at 39
- 1943 Ernie Jones, Australian cricket fast bowler (19 Tests, 64 wickets; first bowler to be called for throwing in a Test), dies at 74
Hack Wilson (1900-1948)
American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (MLB single season record 191 RBI 1930; NL HR leader 1926–28, 30; NL RBI leader 1929, 30; Chicago Cubs), dies of internal haemorrhaging at 48
- 1967 Freddie Martin, West Indian cricket batsman, (9 Tests, 1 x 100; Jamaica), dies at 74
- 1971 Lisle Nagel, Australian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Victoria CA), dies at 66
- 1980 Herby Wade, South African cricket batsman and captain (10 Tests, 327 runs; Natal), dies at 75
- 1990 Bo Diaz, catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish at 37
- 1995 Frank Hammond, American umpire, world's 1st professional tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66
- 2001 Bo Belinsky, American baseball pitcher (no-hitter 1962; LA Angels), dies from bladder cancer at 64
- 2005 Frank Gatski, American football player (b. 1919)
- 2006 Willie Pep, American boxer (b. 1922)
- 2007 Joe Kennedy, American MLB baseball pitcher. 2001-07 (Tampa Bay Devil Rays and 4 other teams), dies of hypertensive heart disease at 28
- 2007 Óscar Sánchez, Bolivian soccer defender (78 caps; Club The Strongest, Club Bolivar), dies at 36
- 2007 Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby union utility back (13 Tests; Auckland, Counties) and All Black selector 1969-71, dies at 71
- 2011 Jim Rathmann, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1960; Race of Two Worlds at Monza, 1958), dies after a seizure at 83
- 2014 Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, American tennis player, dies at 98
- 2016 Peggy Kirk, American golfer, (Titleholders Championship 1949), dies at 95
- 2016 Ralph Branca, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1947–49; pitched “Shot Heard Round the World”), dies at 90
- 2020 Anele Ngcongca, South African soccer defender (53 caps; Genk), dies in a car accident at 33
- 2021 Bill Virdon, American baseball outfielder, manager, coach (NL Rookie of the Year 1955; World Series 1960; Gold Glove 1962), dies at 90
- 2022 David Johnson, English soccer forward (8 caps; Liverpool FC, Ipswich Town, Everton, Manchester City), dies at 71
- 2023 Paul Sait, Australian rugby league utility (7 Tests, 9 World Cup; NSWRL Premiership 1970, 71 South Sydney), dies at 76
- 2023 Rubens Minelli, Brazilian soccer manager (SC Internacional, SE Palmeiras, SC Corinthians, Santos FC, Al-Hilal SFC, Saudi Arabia), dies at 94
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