1835 – John Nash, British town planner/architect (Regent’s Park), dies
1882 – Jules Nicolas Crevaux, French naval doctor and explorer (French Guiana and the Amazon), murdered on the Pilcomayo River at 35
1962 – Frank Jenks, American stage and screen actor (Colonel Flack, Zombies on Broadway), dies of cancer at 59
1970 – William Dobell, Australian portrait artist, dies at 70
2001 – Jason Miller, American actor and writer (Exorcist, Light of Day), dies at 62
2002 – Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (Mother and Son), dies at 76
2019 – Jerome Callet, American musician and designer of brass instruments, dies at 89
2020 – Rolf Hochhuth, German playwright (Der Stellvertreter), dies at 89
2023 – Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda, Japanese gymnast (World C’ship gold balance beam 1954; Olympic bronze team 1964; first Japanese female to win a world title), dies at 89
2025 – José Mujica, 40th President of Uruguay (2010-2015), champion of the poor, and former urban guerrilla with the Tupamaros, dies at 89