296 – Pope Caius, Bishop of Rome (283-296), dies at 51
1253 – Elias van Cortona, Italian vicar general for St. Francis of Assisi, dies at 72 or 73
1616 – Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra, Spanish author (Don Quixote), dies of likely diabetes at 68
1854 – Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier, dies at 67
1984 – Ansel Adams, American landscape photographer and environmentalist (Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980), dies at 82
1986 – Mircea Eliade, Romanian religious historian (Le Yoga) and author, dies at 79
2003 – Martha Griffiths, U.S. Congresswoman, dies at 91
2005 – (John) Norman Bird, British stage, wireless, and screen character actor (Worzel Gummidge, 1979–81 – “Mr Braithwaite”), dies at 80
2005 – John Marshall, American filmmaker and activist (Ju/’hoan Bushman films), dies at 76
2011 – Moin Akhter, Pakistani actor, dies at 60