1773 – George Edwards, English naturalist and ornithologist (father of British ornithology), dies at 79
1844 – Christian Gobrecht, 4th US chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office
1951 – Philippe Pétain, French marshal and Chief of the French State (1940-44), dies at 95
1996 – Jean Muir, American actress (Fugitive in the Sky, The Aldrich Family) and the 1st performer to be blacklisted for being an alleged communist sympathizer, dies at 85
1996 – John Corner, scientist, dies at 80
2004 – Mehmood [Ali], Indian actor, singer, director and producer (Do Phoo!, Vardaan), dies at 71
2006 – Jean-Paul Desbiens, Quebec writer and journalist (b. 1927)
2014 – Heinz Martin Lonquich, German pianist, conductor, composer (The Silence of John of Nepomuk; Where year and day don’t count), and clergyman, dies at 77
2020 – Jean Brankart, Belgian cyclist (Tour de France 1955, Giro d’Italia 1958 runner-up; Belgium national track pursuit champion 1956, 58, 59), dies at 90
2020 – Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian politician, President of Tanzania (1995-2005), dies at 81