1707 – Humphrey Hody, English theologian (b. 1659)
1841 – Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer and adventurer (attempted to rule Iceland), dies at 60
1850 – Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779)
1971 – Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal, dies at 85
1990 – Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese imperial prince and 30th Prime Minister of Japan, dies at 102
1991 – Louis Seigner, actor (Eclipse, Special Section), dies in a fire at 87
1996 – David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick, dies at 61
2005 – Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist, writer, and politician (b. 1913)
2008 – Tālivaldis Ķeniņš, Latvian-Canadian composer, organist, and pedagogue, dies at 88
2012 – Etta James [Jamesetta Hawkins], American singer, dies from leukaemia at 73