1542 – Gerardus Noviomagus [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59
1833 – António da Silva Leite, Portuguese composer, dies at 73
1846 – Étienne Pivert de Senancour, French writer (De l’Amour), dies at 75
1863 – Lyman Beecher, US Presbyterian clergyman, temperance movement leader (b. 1775)
1941 – Frank Bridge, British violinist andcomposer (Sea), dies at 61
1968 – Howard Smith, American actor (Kiss of Death, Call Northside 777), dies at 74
1994 – Michael Aldridge, British actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Murder in Cathedral), dies at 73
2009 – Sidney Wood Jr, American tennis player (Wimbledon 1931), dies at 97
2017 – Oliver Smithies, British biochemist (2007 Noble Prize for gene targeting), dies at 91
2018 – Wiesje Backer, Dutch ballet dancer, actress. and playwright, dies at 79