1778 – Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. 1714)
1810 – Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist, dies at 84
1849 – Abraham AA “Albert” Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88
1865 – William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies
1901 – Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. 1832)
1948 – Harry Brearley, English inventor (b. 1871)
1973 – Karl Ziegler, German chemist and Nobel Laureate (polymers), dies at 74
1976 – Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies
1985 – Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (b. 1951)
1991 – Irene Campbell, British actress/dancer (Wicker Man, St Justice), dies