1553 – Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41
1894 – Ernesto Camillo Sivori, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 78
1952 – Knut Hamsun, Norwegian writer (Nobel Prize 1920), dies at 92
1965 – Forrest Taylor, actor (This is Life, Man Without a Gun), dies at 81
1981 – Frank Merrik, composer, dies at 94
1995 – John Howard, American actor (The Philadelphia Story, My Three Sons), dies of heart failure at 81
1995 – Calder Willingham, American novelist and scriptwriter (End as a Man), dies at 72
1997 – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese revolutionary and paramount leader of China (1978-92), dies at 92
2010 – Laura Spurr, Tribal Chairperson, Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (b. 1945)
2013 – Manfred Niehaus, German composer, dies at 79