1711 – Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician
1792 – Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719)
1868 – Costache Negruzzi, Romanian author/poet, dies at about 60
1885 – Reuben Fenton, American merchant and politician (22nd Governor of New York), dies at 66
1944 – Mussa Dshalil, writer, dies
1972 – Robert Denzler, composer, dies at 80
1976 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author (Nobel-1974), dies at 76
1991 – Don Nute, American actor, dies of AIDS at 56
1995 – R B Hudmon, RandB/Soul Singer, dies at 41
1997 – Clodomiro Almeyda Medina, Chilean external minister (1970-73), dies