1704 – Charles Plumier, French botanist (Frangipani genus Plumeria is named after him), dies at 58
1888 – Nathaniel Currier, American lithographer (Currier and Ives), dies at 75
1898 – John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies
1952 – Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (La Critica), dies at 86
1957 – Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian artist, dies at 82
1968 – Helen Gardner, silent film actress (Sandra), dies
2005 – James King, American tenor, dies at 80
2005 – Chris Whitley, American musician (b. 1960)
2006 – Robert Altman, American screenwriter, producer and director (The Player, M*A*S*H, Nashville), dies of complications from leukemia at 81
2012 – William Grut, Swedish pentathlete, dies at 98