1849 – Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese painter and printmaker (The Great Wave off Kanagawa), dies at 89
1869 – Wilhelm Bernhard Molique, German composer and violonist, dies at 66
1885 – Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist, composer and conductor, dies at 73
1909 – Johannes de Koo, Dutch journalist and playwright, dies at 67
1971 – Shukichi Mitsukuri, Japanese composer (10 Haikai de Basho), dies at 75
1988 – Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (Long River), dies at 85
1994 – Lucebert [Jacobus Swaanswijk], Dutch poet and cartoonist (PC Hooft prize 1967), dies at 69
2002 – George Cates, American composer and orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show), dies at 90
2006 – Soraya [Lamilla], Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, arranger and record producer (“Amor En Tus Ojos / Love In Your Eyes”‘; “Casi”), dies of breast cancer at 37
2007 – Brian Wolfson, British CEO (Wembley Stadium Ltd), dies at 71