1869 – Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, French composer, dies at 72
1903 – Jean Robert Planquette, French composer (Bells of Corneville), dies at 54
1908 – Sidney Paget, British illustrator (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 47
1938 – Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28
1951 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish general and 6th President of Finland (1944-46), dies at 83
1960 – Zora Neale Hurston, American author, dies at 69
1967 – Shunter Coen, South African cricketer (2 Tests for S Af, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies at 64
1986 – Ronald E McNair, American astronaut and physicist, dies in Challenger disaster at 35
1991 – Dale Long, hit HRs in 8 consecutive games, dies at 66
1995 – George Woodcock, author, dies at 82