1873 – Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797)
1887 – Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808)
1889 – Volney E. Howard, American politician, dies at 79
1935 – Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and gay rights advocate, dies of a heart attack at 67
2001 – Gil Langley, Australian cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper 1951-56), dies at 81
2006 – James Botten, South African cricketer (all-rounder in 1965 South African series v England), dies at 67
2010 – Goh Keng Swee, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1918)
2012 – Derek Hammond-Stroud, English operatic baritone, dies at 86
2021 – Ester Mägi, Estonian composer ‘First Lady of Estonian music’, dies at 99
2021 – Sándor Balassa, Hungarian composer (Requiem for Lajos Kassák; The Third Planet), and educator (Liszt Ferenc Academy, 1981-95), dies at 86