1600 – Andrew of Austria, Austrian nobleman (Margrave of Burgau), clergyman (Catholic cardinal and bishop), and Governor-General of the Habsburg Netherlands (1598-1599), dies at 42
1823 – Emanuel Aloys Förster, Bohemian composer and music teacher, dies at 75
1852 – Georg Hellmesberger Jr., Austrian violinist and composer, dies at 22
1944 – George David Birkhoff, American mathematician (Aesthetic measure), dies at 60
1967 – Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian, dies at 58
1967 – Kurt Barthel [KuBa], German writer and political activist, dies at 53
1970 – Gene Gifford American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and arranger (Jean Goldkette; Casa Loma Orchestra), dies at 62
1996 – John Qace Hardbattle, Botswana political activist and co-founder of the First People of the Kalahari (1991), dies of lymphatic cancer at 51
2001 – Albert Hague [Marcuse], German-American actor, singer and composer (Fame, How the Grinch Stole Christmas), dies of cancer at 73
2003 – Kay E. Kuter, American actor (Green Acres), dies at 78