Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866-1944)
American federal judge (1905-22), Baseball HOF executive and 1st MLB Commissioner (1920-44), dies at 78
- 1961 Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (6 x Olympic gold, 3 x silver 1900, 20), dies at 95
- 1981 Morris Kirksey, American 4 X 100m (Olympic gold 1920), dies at 86
- 1985 Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (b. 1926)
- 1989 Ratu Sir George Cakobau, Fiji cricketer/Gov-General, dies
- 1990 Bill Vukovich III, American Indy 500 driver, killed in a crash during practice at 27
- 1993 Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (New York Giants), dies at 83
- 2000 Hugh Alexander, American baseball player, dies at 83
- 2005 George Best, Northern Irish footballer (Manchester United, Northern Ireland), dies at age 59 after suffering multiple organ failures
- 2011 Vasiliy Alekseyev, Russian weightlifter (Olympic gold 1972, 76), dies at 69
- 2012 David Sexton, English football manager, dies at 82
- 2013 Bill Foulkes, English footballer (Manchester United), dies at 81
- 2016 Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer (South African opening batsman and opening bowler), dies at 85
Diego Maradona (1960-2020)
Argentine soccer forward (91 caps; World Cup 1986 [captain]; FIFA Player of the 20th Century; Argentinos Juniors, Napoli), dies from a heart attack at 60
- 2020 Jacques Secrétin, French table tennis player (World C'ship gold mixed doubles 1977), dies at 71
- 2020 Zenon Plech, Polish motorcycle speedway rider (World C'ship individual 1979, pairs 1980 runner-up), dies at 67
- 2023 Doug Wabeke, American collegiate HOF baseball coach, and educator, dies at 65
- 2023 Terry Venables, British soccer midfielder (2 caps; Chelsea, Tottenham, QPR, Crystal Palace) and manager (Crystal Palace, QPR, Barcelona, Tottenham, England, Australia, Leeds United), dies at 80
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