1832 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French mechanical engineer and mathematician known as the “father of thermodynamics”, dies of cholera at 36
1939 – W H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies
1950 – Ernst Wiechert, writer, dies at 63
1954 – Getulio Vargas, President of Brazil (1930-45, 1951-54), modernizer and dictator, commits suicide at 71
1957 – Ronald Arbuthnott Knox, British priest, broadcaster and author (Viaduct Murder), dies at 69
1983 – Scott Nearing, American sociologist, pacifist and author (The Good Life), dies at 100
1994 – Jason McRoy, downhill MTB racer, dies at 23
2017 – Charlie Robertson, American politician (mayor of York, Pennsylvania 1994-2002), dies of cancer at 83
2018 – Tom Frost, American rock climber (founder gear and apparel company Patagonia), dies of prostate cancer at 82
2020 – Tony Colton [Chalk], British singer-songwriter, and record producer (Head, Hands, and Feet), dies of kidney failure at 68