1768 – Lawrence Sterne, Irish writer (Tristram Shandy, Sentimental Journey France and Italy), dies at 54
1898 – Matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826)
1933 – Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian navy officer, explorer and mountaineer (Ruwenzori Range, Uganda; Mount Saint Alias, Yukon), dies at 60
1973 – Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American baritone tenor (National Symphony), dies at 82
1976 – James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73
1977 – José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1944)
1980 – Erich Fromm, German psychologist and psychoanalyst (Sane Society), dies at 79
1983 – Franco Giorgetti, Italian cyclist (Olympic gold 1920), dies at 80
1989 – Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician (Theory of Probability) and geophysicist, dies at 97
2013 – Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Pakistani general and fighter ace, dies at 77