1726 – Hugh Drysdale, British Colonial Governor of Virginia
1826 – Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (found 1st asteroid-Ceres), dies at 80
1909 – D v Liliencron, writer, dies at 65
1972 – Hugo Kauder, Austrian composer, dies at 84
1992 – Wayne McLaren, model (Marlboro Man), dies of lung cancer at 51
1996 – Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader, dies at 65
1998 – Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone (b. 1929)
2003 – Qusay Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1966)
2009 – Peter Krieg, German documentary filmmaker, producer and writer (b. 1947)
2013 – Lawrie Reilly, Scottish footballer, dies at 84