1040 – Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)
1570 – Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
1602 – Hernando de Cabezon, Spanish composer, dies at 61
1708 – John Blow, English baroque composer (Venus and Adonis), dies at 59
1943 – Johan Roemer, resistance fighter, executed at 22
1991 – Jan van Tongeren, painter, dies
1994 – Scott Dunbar, American blues vocalist and guitarist, dies at 90
1997 – Gul Mohammed, world’s shortest man (22.1″/56.16 cm), dies at 36
2004 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
2007 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (Olympic gold 1956, 60, 64, 68), dies of heart failure aged 71