1236 – Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies
1631 – Michael Drayton, English poet (b. 1563)
1793 – Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)
1951 – Alfrēds Kalniņš, Latvian composer, dies at 72
1962 – Luis Alberni, Spanish character actor (The Lady Eve, Topaze), dies at 76
1967 – Karen Verne [Ingeborg Klinkerfuss], German actress (Sky Murder, All Through the Night, Madame X), dies from a heart ailment at 49
1970 – Mimi Benzell, American operatic soprano (Gilda-Rigoletto), dies at 52
1989 – Peter Bennett, British actor (Lady Chatterley’s Lover, The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 72
2007 – Michael Kidd, American film and stage choreographer (b. 1915)
2013 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and inventor of the AK-47, dies at 94