1658 – Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
1762 – Leonhard Trautsch, German composer, dies at 68
1941 – James Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zurich Switzerland, at 58
1954 – Roland Diggle, English-born American composer and organist, dies at 69
1995 – Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, Anglican bishop (Southwark England), dies at 81
2003 – Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
2007 – Doyle Holly, American comedian and musician (Buckaroos), dies at 70
2014 – Bobby Collins, Scottish soccer midfielder (31 caps; Celtic, Everton, Leeds), dies at 82
2015 – Ronnie Ronalde [Ronald Charles Waldron], British entertainer and world-famous whistler, dies at 91
2018 – Doug Harvey, American National League umpire (Baseball Hall of Fame 2010), dies at 87