1846 – Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 [OS]
1875 – Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77
1976 – Angela Baddeley, English actress (Speckled Band), dies at 71
1978 – Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O’Brien), dies at 74
1978 – Phyllis McGinley, US poetess (Pulitzer 1961), dies at 72
1990 – Stephen Burns, American actor (Casey’s Shadow), dies from AIDS complications at 35
1995 – Emmanuel Roblès, Algerian-French novelist and playwright (Lesson Hauteurs), dies at 80
1998 – Grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84
2005 – Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish artist (b. 1929)
2016 – Douglas Slocombe, British cinematographer (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Raiders of the Lost Ark), dies at 103