1751 – Anton Englert, German composer and organist, dies at 77
1896 – Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexican Liberal politician, military leader and writer (Governor of the State of Mexico), dies at 64
1920 – Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet (b. 1884)
1963 – Bikram Singh, Indian Lt-General (Kashmir), killed in a helicopter crash in Poonch district
1963 – Wilhelm Beiglböck, Nazi physician (b. 1905)
1989 – C. C. Beck, American cartoonist (b. 1910)
1993 – Anthony Burgess, British novelist and essayist (A Clockwork Orange), dies of cancer at 76
2000 – Emil Zátopek, Czech distance runner (4 x Olympic gold 1948, 52), dies of a stroke at 78
2003 – Dick Thomas, American singing cowboy and TV host (Village Barn), dies at 88
2007 – Verity Lambert, English film and TV producer, 1st producer of Doctor Who, dies at 71