1429 – Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)
1735 – Pirro Capacelli, Italian aristocrat and composer, dies at 71
1973 – Jacques Wolfe, Romanian-American composer, dies at 77
1977 – Peter Laughner, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu), dies at 24
1979 – Louis Chiron, Monégasque racing driver, dies at 79
1988 – Ross Ford, actor (Reform School Girl, Jungle Patrol), dies
1989 – Lee Calhoun, hurdler (Olympic gold 1956, 60), dies at 66
1992 – Frederic I Rinaldo, writer (Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein), dies
1996 – Salah Abou Seif, film director, dies at 81
2018 – Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician, dies at 90