1240 – Jacques de Vitry, Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals
1898 – Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian and archivist (Brussels), dies at 81
1926 – Nicolaus Adriani, Dutch translator (Middle-Celebes Language), dies at 60
1935 – Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (Tour de France 1923), dies of a gunshot wound at 46
1946 – Edward Bairstow, English composer, dies at 71
1946 – Percy Whitlock, English composer and organist, dies at 42
1991 – Richard Thorpe, American director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies at 95
1994 – Ayrton Senna, Brazilian auto racer (World F1 champion 1988, 90, 91), dies in a crash at San Marino GP at 34
2015 – Pete Brown, American golfer (first African-American to win on PGA Tour, Waco 1964), dies at 80
2018 – Carl W. Duckworth, American politician (Utah House of Representatives, 1955–1958), dies of bone cancer at 53