1825 – Jean Paul, writer, dies at 62
1831 – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and inventor (dialectic), dies at 61
1908 – Kwang-siu, emperor of China, dies
1914 – Frederick Sleigh “Bobs” Roberts, governor of Natal, dies at 82
1915 – Booker T. Washington, American education pioneer and 1st African American on a US stamp, dies at 59
1922 – Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist and politician who first coined the term “geopolitics”, dies at 58
1975 – Max Ackermann, German “entartet” painter, dies at 88
1996 – Vera von der Heydt, German psychoanalyst, dies at 96
1997 – Stefan Lorant, Hungarian-American writer, photojournalist and filmmaker, dies at 96
2012 – Brian Davies, Australia Rugby League player, dies at 82