1872 – Ten Bears (Parra-Wa-Samen), American poet/Comanche chief, dies
1937 – George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (b. 1858)
1943 – Ernie Jones, Australian cricket fast bowler (19 Tests, 64 wickets; first bowler to be called for throwing in a Test), dies at 74
1989 – Armand Salacrou, French playwright, dies at 90
1992 – Ray Acuff, country singer (Wahbash Cannonball), dies
1994 – Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (Boyce and Hart, Monkees), commits suicide at 55
1994 – Art Barr, American professional wrestler, dies at 28
2007 – Óscar Carmelo Sánchez, Bolivian footballer (b. 1971)
2012 – Larry Hagman, American actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Dallas), dies of complications from throat cancer at 81
2017 – Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP), dies at 93