1542 – Juan Boscán Almogáver, Spanish poet
1748 – John Balguy, English philosopher (b. 1686)
1798 – George Read, American judge and signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 65
1839 – Jacob Gottfried Weber, German composer, dies at 60
1956 – Robert Mills Delaney, American composer, dies at 53
1980 – Ernest White, composer, dies at 80
1981 – Tony Aubin, French composer, dies at 73
1982 – Hovhannes Bagramyan, Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union of Armenian origin, dies at 84
1987 – Ruth Attaway, American actress (Porgy and Bess, Conrack, Being There), dies at 77
1988 – Christine Norden, British actress (Little Shop of Horrors, Night Beat), dies from pneumonia at 63