1341 – Andronicus III Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1328-41), dies
1724 – Henry Sacheverell, English churchman and politician (b. 1674)
1768 – James Short, Scottish mathematician and manufacturer of telescopes, dies at 57
1889 – Mihail Eminesco, Romanian poet (Luceafarul), dies at 39
1982 – Neil Fitzgerald, Irish actor (Bride of Frankenstein), dies at 90
2006 – Alireza Shapour Shahbazi, Iranian archaeologist and a world expert on Achaemenid archeology, dies of cancer at 63
2013 – José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver, dies from respiratory failure at 90
2014 – Daniel Keyes, American author (Flowers for Algernon), dies from complications from pneumonia at 86
2014 – Casey Kasem, American radio personality (creator of American Top 40) and the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo, dies from Lewy body dementia at 82
2017 – Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor named a People’s Artist of the USSR (1976) and a Hero of Socialist Labour (1989), dies at 88