1494 – Hans Memling [John Memlinc], Flemish painter (Passietaferelen), dies
1886 – Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843)
1892 – Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)
1968 – Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian New Testament scholar, dies at 85
1982 – Tom Drake [Alfred Sinclair Alderdice], American actor (Meet Me In St. Louis; Warlock), dies of lung cancer at 63
1988 – Anne Ramsey, American actress (Throw Mama from the Train), dies of cancer at 59
1988 – Pauline Lafont, daughter of Bernadette, dies in hiking accident at 25
1995 – Phil Harris [Wonga Philip], American actor and singer (Anything Goes, Robin Hood), dies of heart failure at 91
2010 – Geoffrey Johnson Smith, Scottish Conservative politician (1959-2001), dies at 86
2016 – Hanif Mohammad, Pakistani cricket batsman (55 Tests; longest Test innings in history at 16 hours, 337 v WI 1958; 12 x 100), dies at 81