1619 – Samuel Daniel, English poet (b. 1562)
1631 – Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Queen of Denmark and Norway, dies at 74
1857 – Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, Polish composer, dies of tuberculosis at 33
1977 – Bing Crosby [Harry Lillis Crosby], American singer and actor (Going My Way), dies of a heart attack at 74
1985 – Emil Gilels, Soviet concert pianist (Brussels Competition – 1st prize, 1938), dies at 68
1986 – Keenan Wynn, American actor (Dr Strangelove, Absent Minded Professor), dies at 70
1986 – Mary Lund, American women first to receive an artificial heart, dies at 40
1987 – Rodolfo Halffter, Spanish composer, and music critic, dies at 86
1988 – Mary Morris, actress (Agitator, Double Door), dies
2006 – Jared Anderson, American bassist (b. 1975)