1004 – Abbo van Fleury [Floriacensis], French abbott and saint, dies
1170 – Albert I of Brandenburg
1689 – Philipp von Zesen, German poet and historian (Bescheibung of Amsterdam), dies at 70
1862 – Ludwig Uhland, German writer, dies at 75
1944 – Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician (21st Premier of the Republic of China 1932-35), dies at61
1963 – Margaret Murray, English anthropologist and Egyptologist (b. 1863)
1975 – R. C. Sherriff, English playwright (Journey’s End), dies at 79
1994 – Lewis Bingham Keeble, British-born town planner, dies at 79
2007 – Montague “Monty” Westmore, American 3rd generation make-up artist (Westmore family), dies of prostate cancer at 84
2016 – Leon Russell, American musician and singer-songwriter (Carny), dies at 74