1703 – Georg Christoph Leuttner, German composer, dies at 58
1805 – Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard d’Ansse de Villoison, French classical scholar (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55
1865 – Charles J Sax, Belgium musician and father of Adolphe Sax inventor of the saxophone, dies at 74
1920 – Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (number theory), dies of illness at 32
1924 – Josef Labor, Austrian composer, dies at 82
1958 – Joan Collette, Dutch graphic artist and painter (New Church, Delft), dies at 68
1964 – Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81
1970 – “Gypsy” Rose Lee [Hovick], American burlesque actress (Gypsy), dies of lung cancer at 59
1991 – Leo Arnaud, French-American composer (Bugler’s Dream), dies at 86
2013 – Jacqueline Brookes, American actress (Jack and Mike, Another World), dies at 82