1199 – Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160)
1622 – William Baffin, English explorer, dies of a gunshot wound at in attack on Qeshm about 38
1785 – Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician (b. 1717)
1988 – Dan Daniel, American politician (Rep-D-VA, 1969-88), dies at 73
1993 – Thomas A. Dorsey, American jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies at 93
1997 – Charles Craig, English opera singer, dies at 77
1997 – Roger John Tayler, British astrophysicist (author of The Origin of the Chemical Elements), dies at 67
2002 – Igor Kipnis, American harpsichordist, pianist, conductor, and educatordies of renal cancer at 71
2007 – Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist and writer (b. 1932)
2017 – Gorden Kaye, British actor (Allo Allo), dies at 75