434 – Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople
1963 – Alfred Métraux, Swiss anthropologist, dies at 60
1975 – Josephine Baker, American French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68
1981 – Hendrik Andriessen, Dutch organist and composer (Te Deum), dies at 88
1988 – Alan Paton, South African author (Cry, the Beloved Country, Too Late the Phalarope) and anti-apartheid activist, dies of cancer at 85
1994 – Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60
1996 – Nancy Sheehan, writer, dies at 69
2009 – John Maddox, British science writer and editor (Nature), dies at 83
2012 – George Mesterhazy, Hungarian-American jazz pianist, and arranger, dies at 56
2013 – Robert Byrne, American grand chess master, dies from Parkinson’s disease at 84