1706 – Pierre Verdier, French composer working in Sweden, dies at 79
1806 – Utamaro Kitagawa, painter, dies
1971 – James Westerfield, American actor (Jungle Heat, Lucky Johnny), dies from a heart attack at 59
1974 – Carlyle Blackwell Jr, American actor (The Pilgrim Lady, The Triumph of the Rat), dies at 71
1976 – Johan Boskamp, opera singer/actor, dies at 83
1996 – Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician, dies at 42
2001 – Marcos Pérez Jiménez, President of Venezuela (1953-58), dies at 87
2003 – Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician (b. 1922)
2003 – Gordon Mitchell [Charles Allen Pendleton], American actor and bodybuilder (Sinbad), dies a 80
2003 – Lord Williams of Mostyn, Welsh barrister, politician, and Lord President of the Council, dies at 62