1802 – Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German lieder and ballad composer, and conductor, dies at 42
1823 – Charles Hutton, English mathematician and surveyor, dies at 85
1850 – J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85
1928 – Marie Verstraete, Belgian actress (Mooi Juultje van Volendam, Frou Frou), dies at 74
1940 – Isaak Babel, Russian writer (Zakat, Marija), executed at 46
1974 – Georgios Grivas, Greek gen/oppos leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at 75
2000 – Mae Faggs Starr, American athlete, 4x100m runner (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 67
2007 – Bob Carroll, American screenwriter (I Love Lucy, Stage Two Revue, Stranger), dies at 88
2018 – Mort Walker, American cartoonist (Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois), dies at 94
2021 – Mehrdad Minavand, Iranian soccer midfielder (67 caps; Persepolis, Sturm Graz), dies from COVID-19 at 45