1762 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 74
1771 – Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist (The Adventures of Roderick Random), dies at 50
1863 – Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny, French musketeer and writer (Moise, Chatterton), dies at 66
1877 – William Henry Fox Talbot, English photographic pioneer, dies at 77
1953 – Henry Holden Huss, American composer, dies at 91
1959 – Bert Leysen, Belgian TV director (Belgian National TV), dies at 39
1987 – Harry Locke, British actor (Passport to Pimlico, Town on Trial), dies at 73
1997 – Jan Peder Syse, Prime Minister of Norway (1989-90), dies
2006 – Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (b. 1924)
2020 – Terry Goodkind, American epic fantasy novelist (The Sword of Truth), dies at 72