1159 – Adrian IV [Nicolas Breakspear], British catholic clergyman, and only English pope (1154-59), dies at about 59 (exact birthday unknown)
1666 – French Neck, portrait painter (Women Portrait), dies at about 86
1967 – Siegfried Sassoon, English poet and writer (Counterattack), dies at 80
1985 – Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (b. 1957)
1992 – Chick Harbert, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1954, Ryder Cup 1949, 55), dies of a cerebral haemorrhage at 77
1994 – Clifford Leofric Purdy Bishop, Anglican pastor and bishop, dies at 88
2005 – R. L. Burnside, American blues musician (Deep Blues), dies at 78 (b. 1926)
2007 – Roy McKenzie, New Zealand philanthropist (b. 1922)
2012 – George Jefferson, English engineer who oversaw privatisation of British Telecom, dies at 91
2013 – Tommy Morrison, American boxer (WBO heavyweight title, 1993) and actor (Rocky V), dies from sepsis, multi organ failure, and cardiac arrest at 44