992 – Mieszko I, Grand Duke and ruler of Poland (960-992), dies at around 61
1934 – Gustav Holst, English composer (The Planets; Ode to Death), dies at 59
1935 – Sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer, dies at 71
1965 – Sonny Boy Williamson II [Aleck Miller], American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, dies at 65
1974 – Donald Crisp, British actor and director (How Green Was My Valley, Pollyana), dies at 91
2007 – Bill Johnston, Australian cricket fast/spin bowler (40 Tests, 160 wickets @ 23.91; Victoria), dies at 85
2008 – Georgette Amowitz, French choreographer and educator, dies at 78
2008 – J. R. Simplot, American potato farmer (b. 1909)
2009 – Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician (b. 1905)
2023 – Frank Handlen, American artist of marine subjects, dies at 106