1648 – Thomas Ford, English composer and lutenist to the royal court, dies (b. 1580)
1897 – George Hendric Houghton, American Protestant Episcopal clergyman (b. 1820)
1929 – Dick Lilley, English cricket wicket-keepe (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies at 62
1944 – Johan Hermanus Doorn, Dutch journalist and resistance fighter (Orange Newspaper), dies at 34
1989 – Emerson Buckley, American composer, dies at 73
1994 – G Waller, German/Swiss movie journalist (NRC/Variety), dies at 82
1996 – Johan Fleming Ramsland, British broadcaster, dies at 54
2003 – Arthur Conley, American singer (b. 1946)
2005 – Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (Janosik), dies at 63
2008 – Guy Peellaert, Belgian graphic artist, photographer (Rock Dreams), movie poster and album cover designer (David Bowie -“Diamond Dogs’; Rolling Stones – “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll”), dies of cancer at 74