1871 – Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (b. 1795)
1914 – Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850)
1934 – Anthony John Blok, Dutch lawyer (strafproces), dies at 66
1940 – Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54
1942 – Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist and ornithologist, dies at 86
1971 – Mary Dorna [Mary Jeanette Tenkink-Stoppelman], Dutch author, dies at 79
1979 – Richard Beckinsale, English actor (Doing Time, Porridge, Lovers), dies at 31
1991 – Ron Pagano, dies after lengthy illness at 37
1992 – Henry Leland Clarke, American composer, dies at 85
1994 – Jose Coronel Urtecho, poet, dies at 87