1856 – William Buckland, dean (Westminster)/geologist, dies
1905 – Simeon Solomon, English Pre-Raphaelite painter, dies at 64
1926 – John H. Moffitt, American politician (b. 1843)
1956 – Bertolt Brecht, German poet and playwright (Mother Courage), dies of a heart attack at 58
1969 – Sigrid Gurie, Norwegian American actress (Algiers, Sofia, Refugee), dies from a blood clot at 58
1972 – Pierre Brasseur [Espinasse], French actor (Eyes Without a Face, Children of Paradise), dies from a heart attack at 66
1994 – Patrick Meehan, Scottish petty criminal, wrongly convicted of murder, dies at 67
2002 – Dave Williams, American singer (Drowning Pool) (b. 1972)
2012 – John Herbert “Jonathan” Frid, Canadian actor (Barnabas Collins-Dark Shadows), dies of pneumonia at 87
2013 – Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress, dies at 43