1693 – John Ashby, English admiral
1814 – William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, British military leader (commander of British forces in the American Revolutionary War), dies at 84
1845 – Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet (Creation, Humanity, and Messiah) and author, dies at 37
1850 – Robert Stevenson, Scottish civil engineer (Bell Rock Lighthouse, Scotland), dies at 78
1934 – Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American industrialist and inventor (outboard marine engine), dies at 57
1945 – Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician (b. 1871)
1953 – Joseph Jongen, Belgian composer, dies at 79
1979 – Minnie Ripperton, [Andrea Davis], singer (Lovin’ You), dies at 30
1999 – Bill Owen [William Owen Rowbotham], British actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Not So Dusty), dies from pancreatic cancer at 85
2017 – Chuck Blazer [Charles Gordon Blazer], American soccer administrator, dies from colorectal cancer at 72