1101 – Su Shi [Zizhan], Chinese poet, artist and important figure in Song Dynasty politics, dies at 64
1798 – Thomas Alcock, English clergyman (b. 1709)
1943 – Ernst Ottwalt, writer, dies
1957 – Ronald Arbuthnott Knox, British priest, broadcaster and author (Viaduct Murder), dies at 69
1958 – Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist, dies at 82
1977 – Soewarsih Djojopoespito, Indonesian writer (Toe the Line), dies at 65
1999 – Mary Jane Croft, American actress (The Lucy Show, Our Miss Brooks), dies of natural causes at 83
2012 – Pauli Ellefsen, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (1981-85), dies at 76
2015 – Justin Wilson, English auto racer (International Formula 3000 C’ship; Champ Car Series 4 wins), dies as a result of on track accident at 37
2017 – Jay Thomas [Jon Thomas Terrell], American actor and comedian (Cheers, Murphy Brown), dies of cancer at 69