1832 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and social philosopher (Faust), dies at 82
1840 – Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician, dies at 41
1871 – Johnny Cuzens, Australian aboriginal cricketer (1st Australian indigenous tour to UK 1868), dies
1913 – Song Jiaoran, Chinese Nationalist and revolutionary (Leader of Kuomintang party 1912-13), assassinated at 30
1937 – Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, English aviator and ornithologist, dies at 71
1963 – Cilly Aussem, German tennis player (French C’ships, Wimbledon 1931), dies of liver failure at 54
1969 – Ernst Deutsch [Dorian], Jewish-Austrian actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at 78
1986 – Mark Dinning, American singer (“Teen Angel”), dies of a heart attack at 52
2007 – ]Uppaluri Gopala] U.G. Krishnamurti, Indian philosophe and lecturer, dies of injuries after a fall at 88
2013 – Pietro Mennea, Italian sprinter (200m world record), dies from cancer at 60