1851 – Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist and minister (Graham cracker) (b. 1794)
1858 – Alexander Gurilyov, Russian composer, dies at 55
1926 – Matsunosuke Onoe [Tsuruzo Nakamura], Japanese actor (Araki Mataemon, Yajîkita: zenpen), Japanese actor, dies at 50
1946 – Arthur van Schendel, writer (Holland Drama), dies at 72)
1949 – Henri Rabaud, French composer/conductor (L’ete), dies at 75
1958 – Robert W. Service, English-Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee), dies at 84
1982 – Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (The Jungle), dies at 79
1994 – Sara Taylor, mother of Elizabeth, dies at 62
1997 – Hannah Weiner, American experimental poet, dies at 68
2015 – Marcel Zeeuw, Surinamese soldier (coup 1982), dies at 61