1891 – William Ferrel, American mathematician (b. 1817)
1951 – Pamela Colman Smith, British suffragist, writer and artist known for designing the Rider-Waite deck of tarot cards, dies at 73
1953 – Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver, dies at 26
1967 – John Cockcroft, English physicist (development of Radar, Nobel Prize 1951 for 1st particle accelerator, Director of Atomic Energy Research Establishment), dies at 70
1975 – Fairfield Porter, American painter, dies at 68
1992 – Earl Van Dyke, American jazz and session piano, Hammond B-3, and harpsichord player (Motown Records’ Funk Brothers, 1964-72), dies of prostate cancer at 62
1995 – Donald Davie, English Movement poet and literary critic, dies at 73
2002 – Ernest Sidey, British air marshal (General of RAF Medical Services, Honorary Surgeon to the Queen), dies at 89
2012 – Jack Kralick, American MLB baseball pitcher (All-Star 1964; no hitter 1962; Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians), dies from complications of strokes at 77
2025 – Diane Martel, American music video director (Beyoncé; Mariah Carey; Miley Cyrus), dies of cancer at 63