1871 – Aimé Maillart, French opera composer (Les Dragons de Villars), dies at 54
1904 – Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist and namesake of Tourette’s syndrome, dies from Syphilis at 46
1926 – S V Petlura, Ukrainain ataman, assassinated by Shalom Schwarzbard
1966 – Don Castle, American actor (Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol), dies of a medication overdose at 47
1976 – Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Being and Time), dies at 86
1995 – Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist, dies at 61
1996 – Mike Sharperson, American baseball infielder (MLB All Star 1992; World Series 1988, 95), dies in a car crash at 34
2001 – Anne Haney, American actress (Mrs. Sellner in Mrs. Doubtfire, Greta the secretary in Liar Liar), dies at 67
2010 – Kieran Phelan, Irish senator (b. 1949)
2011 – Ben Roberts, British industrial relations expert (London School of Economics), dies at 93