1351 – Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)
1749 – Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman
1843 – Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician, dies at 78
1861 – Elmer E. Ellsworth, American soldier who was the 1st Union officer killed in the American Civil War, dies at 24
1948 – Jacques Feyder, Belgian director and screenwriter (b. 1885)
1966 – Jim Barnes, English golfing pioneer (4 major wins), dies at 80
1966 – Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (Shell-Haus in Berlin), dies at 80
1976 – Melle Oldeboerrigter, Dutch painter and cartoonist, dies at 65
1996 – Joseph Mitchell, American writer (Joe Gould’s Secret), dies at 87
1996 – Jacob Druckman, American composer, dies at 67