1545 – Piotr Gamrat, Polish Catholic archbishop (b. 1487)
1590 – Pope Sixtus V [Felice Piergentile], Pope of the Catholic Church (1585-90), dies at 68
1748 – James Thomson, Scottish poet (Rule, Britannia), dies at 47
1865 – Józef Nowakowski, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 64
1931 – Francis Marion Smith, American borax magnate (b. 1846)
1950 – Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41
1978 – Robert Shaw, British actor, novelist, and playwright (Deep, Jaws, Sting, Black Sunday), dies of heart attack at 51
1981 – Valery Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (b. 1948)
1991 – Vince Taylor, [Brian Holden], British singer (Brand new Cadillac), dies
1996 – Abram Games, graphic artist, dies at 82