1917 – Octave Mirbeau, French writer (b. 1848)
1938 – Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64
1967 – Smiley Burnette, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction), dies at 55
2000 – Marceline Day [Newlin], American actress (The Cameraman, The Arm of the Law), dies at 91
2001 – Bob Buhl, baseball player (b. 1928)
2005 – Queen Narriman, second and last wife of King Farouk and mother of their only child King Fuad II
2012 – Gary Carter, American Hall of Fame baseball catcher dies from brain tumor at 57
2014 – Michael Shea, American sci-fi author (World Fantasy Award: Nifft the Lean, Growlimb), dies at 67
2017 – Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator (Miffy books), dies at 89
2019 – Don Bragg, American pole vaulter (Olympic gold 1960), dies of results of stroke at 83