1875 – Isaac Singer, American inventor (1st practical home sewing machine), dies at 63
1904 – John Simon, British pathologist, public health officer, and 1st Chief Medical Officer (1855-76), dies at 87
1920 – Conrad Kohrs, German-born rancher (b. 1835)
1942 – Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer who invented devices for radio broadcasting, dies at 72
1974 – Mary Forbes, actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90
1982 – Betty Parsons, American artist and art dealer, dies at 82
1995 – Floyd McDaniel, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 80
2011 – Amy Winehouse, British singer songwriter, dies from alcohol poisoning at 27
2013 – Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer, dies from complications from pneumonia at 84
2013 – Emile Griffith, American boxer, (world welterweight, middleweight and junior middleweight champion), dies of dementia complications at 75