1867 – Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather), dies at 86
1937 – Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist, dies at 47
1961 – Ernest Thesiger, English actor (Brass Monkey, Ghoul), dies at 81
1978 – Robert Heger, German conductor and composer, dies at 91
1984 – Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (McDonald’s) and owner of baseball’s San Diego Padres, dies of heart failure at 81
1996 – Jacques LeBrun, French yachtsman (Olympic gold – Snowbird class, 1932), dies at 85
1999 – Aldo van Eyck, Dutch architect (City Hall), dies at 80
2008 – Judah Folkman, American pediatric surgeon and cancer researcher (angiogenesis), dies of a heart attack at 74
2016 – Alan Rickman, English actor (Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Die Hard, Harry Potter), dies of cancer at 69
2024 – Christophe Boesch, French-Swiss primatologist (studied and championed chimpanzees), dies at 72