840 – Eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at 69
1612 – Philip Galle, Flemish engraver, dies at about 74
1760 – Anton Filtz [Fils], German composer, dies at 26
1811 – Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, British Prime Minister (1768-70), dies at 75
1967 – Paul Faucher, French author and pioneering children’s publisher (Père Castor), dies at 68
1994 – Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska, Polish pianist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 82
2006 – Lennart Meri, Estonian politician, writer and director (President of Estonia 1992-2001), dies at 76
2014 – Tony Benn, British politician, Minister of Technology and President of the Stop the War Coalition, dies aged 88
2018 – Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician and human rights activist, assassinated at 38
2024 – Byron Janis [né Yanks], American concert pianist (debut with NBC Symphony Orchestra at age 15), dies at 95