1907 – William Henry Perkin, English chemist and inventor (b. 1838)
1925 – Pancho Villa [Francisco Guilledo], Filipino world boxing champion, dies at 23
1950 – Āpirana Ngata, Māori New Zealand politician and lawyer known for promoting and protecting Māori culture and language, dies at 76
1951 – Sammy Jones, Australian cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies at 89
1959 – Grock [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown and circus director, dies at 79
1995 – Michael Naylor, English insurance broker (Endsleigh Insurance), dies at 59
1998 – Richard McDonald, American fast food pioneer (b. 1909)
2000 – René Ríos Boettiger, Chilean cartoonist (b. 1911)
2000 – William Roscoe Estep, American Baptist historian (b. 1920)
2005 – Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger, dies at 80