1886 – Johann Nepomuk Kafka, composer, dies at 67
1903 – Francis Ellingwood Abbot, American theologian (Scientific Theism), dies at 66
1913 – Edwin Klebs, German physician and bacteriologist (bacterial theory of infection, diphtheria bacillus), dies at 79
1915 – W. G. Grace, Victorian England’s greatest cricketer, dies of a heart attack at 67
1957 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer (New Look), dies of a heart attack at 52
1997 – Luther George Simjian, Turkish-American Inventor (teleprompter and first self-posing portrait camera), dies at 92
2001 – Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner, dies at 84
2005 – John Muth, American economist (b. 1930)
2011 – Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (250cc World Championship 2008), dies in a track accident at 24
2016 – Jack Chick, American religious cartoonist (Chick tracts), dies at 92