1581 – Seerp Galama, Dutch nobleman, soldier and politician, dies at 52
1700 – Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer, dies at 39
1798 – Matija A Reljkovic, Croatian writer (Satire of Wild Man), dies at 66
1942 – Xiao Hong, Chinese writer (The Field of Life and Death). dies at 30
1945 – Alfred Wolfenstein, German writer, dies at 61
1980 – Iris Meredith [Shunn], American actress (Son of Davy Crockett, The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen), dies at 64
1994 – Frances Gifford, dies of emphysema, at 71
1997 – Ron Holden, American singer (b. 1939)
2008 – Miles Lerman, Polish-American activist (b. 1920)
2017 – Jaki Liebesit, German rocker (Can), dies at 78