1828 – Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741)
1854 – Grant Cuthbert, Metis leader (led conflict with Red River settlement, settled Grant Town), dies after a fall from a horse at about 61
1856 – Margaretha Jacoba de Neufville, Dutch author (The Kidnap), dies at 81
1857 – Carl Czerny, Czech-Austrian pianist, composer (Schule der Virtuosen), student of Ludwig van Beethoven, and teacher of Franz Liszt, dies at 66
1933 – Freddie Keppard, American jazz cornetist (Original Creole Orchestra), dies of tuberculosis at 44
1983 – Eddie Foy Jr [Edwin Fitzgerald Jr], American actor (The Pajama Game, Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78
1987 – Alfie Bass [Abraham Basalinsky], British actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served), dies at 71
2010 – James E. Akins, American diplomat and advisor to Richard Nixon (b. 1926)
2015 – Alan Curtis, American harpsichordist, musicologist and conductor, dies at 80
2021 – Dennis Murphy, American sports entrepreneur (co-founder American Basketball Ass’n, World Hockey Ass’n, original World Team Tennis, Roller Hockey International), dies at 94