- 1921 Arthur Mold, English cricket fast bowler (England 3 Tests; 1,673 1st class wickets), dies at 57
- 1925 Edward J. McKeever, American baseball executive (co-owner Brooklyn Dodgers), dies of influenza at 66
- 1970 Forrest DeBernardi, American Basketball HOF center (5 × AAU C'ship; 5 × AAU All-American Westminster College), dies at 71
- 1998 Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey coach (inaugural HC Vancouver Canucks 1969-72), dies at 75
- 2002 Bob Akin [Robert Macomber Akin, III], American businessman, journalist and race car driver, dies at 66
- 2004 Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player who played 601 seasons, scoring 186 goals (Toronto Maple Leafs), dies at 78
- 2007 Dick Motz, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (32 Tests, 100 wickets, BB 6/63; Canterbury CA), dies at 67
- 2007 Josh Hancock, American baseball player, dies at 29
- 2015 Calvin Peete, American golfer (12 PGA Tour titles), dies of lung cancer at 71
- 2019 Gino Marchetti, Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end (Pro Bowl x 11), dies of pneumonia at 93
- 2020 Jānis Lūsis, Latvian athlete (Olympic gold men's javelin 1968, silver 1972, bronze 1968), dies at 80
- 2020 Trevor Cherry, English soccer defender (27 caps; Leeds United, Huddersfield Town, Bradford City) and manager (Bradford City), dies at 72
- 2021 Courtney Hall, American NFL center (San Diego Chargers), dies at 52
- 2021 Zhang Enhua, Chinese soccer defender (65 caps; Dalian Wanda FC, Grimsby Town), dies from cardiac arrest at 48
- 2023 Mike Shannon, American baseball utility (World Series 1964, 67 St. Louis Cardinals) and broadcaster (St. Louis Cardinals radio 1972-2021), dies of long COVID at 83
- 2023 Yuri Korolyov, Russian artistic gymnast (World All-Around Champion 1981, 85; World Cup All-Around Co-Champion 1986), dies at 60
- 2024 Dingaan Thobela, South African boxer (WBO lightweight title 1990-92, WBA lightweight title 1993, WBC super-middleweight title 2000), dies at 57
- 2024 Luis Mendoza, Venezuelan soccer midfielder (15 caps; Deportivo Galicia, Deportivo Italia), dies at 78
- 2024 Mykhaylo Fomenko, Ukrainian soccer defender (24 caps USSR; Dynamo Kyiv173 games) and manager (Ukraine 2012-16), dies at 75
- 2024 Wally Dallenbach Sr., American auto racer (Champ Car Series 1973 runner-up; Motorsports HOF of America), dies at 87
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