1801 – Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, German composer, and translator, dies at 58
1851 – Mordecai Manuel Noah, American writer, journalist (b. 1755)
1885 – Victor Hugo, French author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables), dies at 83
1904 – Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist, hysteria specialist, and namesake of Tourette’s syndrome, dies from syphilis at 46
1949 – Hans Pfitzner, German composer (Palestrina), dies at 80
1965 – Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher (Das Sein in der Zeit), dies
1966 – Tom Goddard, English cricket off-spin bowler (8 Tests; 22 wickets @ 26.72; Gloucestershire), dies at 65
1967 – Langston Hughes, American poet (Weary Blues), playwright (Mulatto), and librettist (Troubled Island), dies at 65
2003 – Ousmane Zongo, Burkinabé shooting victim
2008 – Robert Asprin, American author (b. 1946)