1764 – William Hogarth, English satiric painter and engraver (Rake’s Progress), dies at 66
1773 – Amédée-François Frézier, French military engineer and explorer (b. 1682)
1803 – Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, dies at 82
1867 – John Fawcett, English composer, dies at 77
1935 – Akos Buttykai, Hungarian composer, dies at 64
1956 – Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist, composer, and lepidopterist, dies at 60
1965 – Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (Bavarian State Opera, 1922-36), dies at 77
1971 – Vincent Coleman, American actor (For the Freedom of Ireland, Salome), dies at 71
1993 – Absolutely Nobody [David Powers], Wash lt-gov candidate, dies at 37
1995 – Georgia Neese Gray, 1st Woman Treasurer of USA, dies at 95