1541 – Paracelsus, Swiss physician and alchemist (Zinc, Laudanum), dies at 47
1848 – Branwell Brontë [Patrick Branwell Brontë], English painter and writer and brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily and Anne, dies at 31
1896 – Louis Gerhard De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (1876-80), dies at 78
1938 – Lev Schnirelmann, Soviet-Russian mathematician (number theory, topology and differential geometry), commits suicide at 33
2003 – Rosalie Allen, American country singer, yodeler, and disc jockey, dies of congestive heart failure at 79
2004 – Joep Straesser, Dutch composer (Blossom songs, Ramasasiri), dies at 70
2005 – Thomas “Tommy” Bond, American actor (Butch-Our Gang, Superman), dies at 79
2008 – Vinko “Vice” Vukov, Croatian singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1963 and 1965), dies from head injury at 72
2009 – Susan Atkins, American murderer (b. 1948)
2025 – Claudia Cardinale, Italian-Tunisian actress (The Pink Panther; 8½; Once Upon a Time in the West), dies at 87