1614 – Melchior Bischoff, German composer, dies at 67
1737 – James Louis Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland, dies at 70
1807 – Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (b. 1723)
1814 – Joseph Bramah, Inventor and Locksmith, notably invented the beer pump
1815 – Michel Woldemar, composer, dies at 65
1867 – Jean-Georges Kastner, French composer, dies at 57
1951 – Barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at 51
1982 – Dwight Macdonald, American social critic (b. 1906)
1986 – V. C. Andrews, American author (Flowers in the Attic), dies of breast cancer at 63
2004 – Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano, dies at 82