1792 – Jan Jachym Kopriva, Czech composer and organist, dies at 38
1865 – Mosby Munroe Parsons, United States officer in the Mexican–American War and brigadier general of the Confederate States Army, dies in battle at 42
1953 – Bannister Fletcher, English architect and architectural historian (A History of Architecture), dies at 87
1953 – Johannes Tielrooy, Dutch literary professor (French Living Lesson), dies at 66
1954 – Billy Murray, American singer (Denver Nightengale), dies at 77
1972 – Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76
1992 – Barbara Morgan, American photographer (Martha Graham), dies at 92
1995 – David Warrilow, English actor (Simon, Radio Days, Barton Fink), dies at 60
2007 – Bill Deedes, British journalist and politician (b. 1913)
2013 – John Hollander, American poet and literary critic, dies at 83