1523 – Gerard David, Flemish painter
1948 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897)
1971 – King Curtis [Curtis Ousley], American musician, bandleader and saxophonist (Memphis Soul Stew), murdered at 37
1995 – Jan Křesadlo, Czech-born writer (b. 1926)
1996 – Christopher John Gray, priest, dies at 42
1996 – David Tudor, composer, dies at 70
2000 – Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer-songwriter, lawyer and social activist known as “Queen of Pop” in South Asia, dies of lung cancer at 35
2007 – Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (b. 1902)
2012 – Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager, dies at 92
2018 – Jim “the Anvil” Neidhart, American professional wrestler (WWF/WCW/NJPW/CWFI/Calgary), dies at 63