1839 – Robert Gallenberg, Austrian composer, dies at 55
1903 – Nicolas Beets [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura) and theologian, dies at 88
1955 – Tribhuwan Bir Bikram Shah, King of Nepal (1911-55), dies under mysterious circumstances at 48
1965 – Vittorio Jano, Italian automobile designer, dies at 73
1975 – Ivo Andric, Yugoslavian novelist (Bridge on Drina, Nobel 1961), dies at 82
1987 – Bernhard Grzimek, German zoologist (West Germany), dies at 77
1996 – Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director (The Double Life of Veronique), dies of a heart attack at 54
2006 – Peter Tomarken, American game show host (Press Your Luck) (b. 1942)
2012 – Jock Hobbs, New Zealand rugby union flanker and captain (21 Tests; Canterbury RU; Chairman NZRFU 2002-10), dies from leukemia at 52
2024 – Dan Wakefield, American novelist (Going All The Way; New York In The Fifties), journalist (The Atlantic, 1968-81), and screenwriter, dies at 91