1075 – Ernest of Austria (b. 1027)
1849 – Frederich Kalkbrenner, German-French piano virtuoso, composer, music publisher, piano maker, and teacher, dies of cholera at 63
1858 – Robert Brown, Scottish botanist (discovered ‘Brownian Motion’), dies at 84
1930 – Adolf Harnack, German theologian (b. 1851)
1971 – Michael Rennie, British actor (The Day the Earth Stood Still), dies at 61
1994 – Edward Kienholz, American sculptor (Back Seat Dodge ’38), dies at 66
1995 – Lindsey Nelson, American sportscaster (NY Mets), dies at 76
2000 – Brian Statham, English cricket fast bowler (70 Tests, 252 wickets @ 24.84), dies at 69
2019 – Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, American epidemiologist and University of California professor (Living legacy award 2009), dies at 84
2021 – Buddhadev Dasgupta, Indian director and poet (Charachar, Grihajuddha), dies at 77