1784 – Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (first to study freshwater polyps or hydra), dies at 73
1796 – Johann Peter Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75
1871 – Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer, dies at 89
1876 – Henri-François-Alphonse Esquiros, French poet and writer (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63
1981 – Benjamin Sheares, President of Singapore (1971-81), dies at 73
1985 – Jean Debuffet, French painter and sculptor (Landscape with 2 Personages), dies at 83
2004 – John LaPorta, American Jazz clarinetist and composer, dies at 84
2006 – Gillespie V. Montgomery, former U.S. representative from Mississippi (b. 1920)
2007 – Teddy Infuhr, American former child actor (The Bishop’s Wife, They Live By Night), dies at 70
2007 – Mullah Dadullah Akhund, Taliban military leader (b. 1966?)