1775 – John Hill, British writer
1953 – Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band), dies at 60
1957 – Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (b. 1873)
1963 – Robert Stroud, American convict “Birdman of Alcatraz”, dies at 73
1970 – Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist (Nobel Prize 1930 for light scattering), dies at 82
1975 – Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (The Church on the Mountain), dies at 86
1991 – Prior Jones, West Indian cricketer (WI pace bowler in 9 Tests 1948-52), dies at 74
1995 – Peter Grant, English rock band manager, dies at 60
2007 – Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (All About My Mother), dies at 86
2013 – Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (L’Oeil écoute – The Eye Listens), dies at 86