1657 – Sebastian Stosskopf, Elizabethan painter, dies at 59
1964 – Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (b. 1905)
1968 – Pitirim Sorokin, Russian-American sociologist (Social mobility), dies at 79
1987 – Sadequain, Pakistani artist, painter, calligrapher and artist, dies at 56
1992 – Alex Haley, American writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), dies at 70
1995 – Paul Monette, American writer, dies of AIDS at 49
1997 – Lou Bennett, American bebop pianist, and jazz organist, dies at 70
2001 – George Holmes Tate, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (b. 1913)
2003 – Clark MacGregor, American Republican politician (involved in Watergate), dies at 80
2006 – J Dilla [James Dewitt Yancey], American rapper and producer (Donuts), dies of a heart attack at 32