1503 – Bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449)
1865 – Josef Leopold Zvonar, composer, dies at 41
1948 – Stanner E.V. Taylor, American director and screenwriter (Lucky Jim, Ramona), dies at 71
1952 – Albert van Raalte, conductor (Radio Philharmonic Orchestra), dies at 62
1962 – H. J. Friedericy, Dutch author (Last General), dies at 62
1973 – Robert Ellis, actor (Curse of King Tut’s Tomb), dies at 40
1995 – Louis Malle, film director (Pretty Baby), dies at 63
2006 – Nick Clarke, English radio presenter (b. 1948)
2006 – Anita O’Day, American singer (b. 1919)
2016 – Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (Manuel In Fawlty Towers), dies at 86