1784 – (Honora) “Nano” Nagle, Irish Catholic educator and religious order founder (Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, aka Presentation Sisters), dies of tuberculosis at about 66.
1827 – Bernardo Ottani, Italian composer, dies at 90
1951 – Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist, dies at 82
1970 – Paul Celan, Romanian-born writer, dies at 49
1976 – Neil McCallum, British-Canadian actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at 45
1976 – Sid James [Solomon Joel Cohen], South African-born British character and comedy actor (Hancock’s Half Hour, Carry On), dies from a heart attack at 62
1980 – Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-born British actress (Double Exposure), dies at 87
1981 – Jim Davis, American actor (Dallas – “Jack Ewing”), dies at 65
1997 – John Beal [James Andrew Bliedung], American actor (10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Les Misérables), dies at 87
1997 – Gene Ames, American singer (Ames Brothers), dies of cancer at 73