1218 – Simon de Montfort the elder, 5th Earl of Leicester, French crusader dies in the siege of Toulouse
1483 – Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers, English writer
1798 – Thomas Sandby, English architect (b. 1721)
1974 – Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81
1977 – Lady Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guides, dies at 88
1979 – Philippe Halsman, American portrait photographer, dies at 73
1983 – Alberto Evaristo Ginastera, Argentine composer (Panambi), dies at 67
1992 – William E Harris, entertainer, dies
1997 – Jacques Cousteau, French oceanographer, dies of heart attack at 87
2015 – Patrick Macnee, British actor (The Avengers, Magnum, P.I., Sherlock Holmes), dies at 93