1619 – Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies
1897 – William James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812)
1960 – Eden Phillpotts, British writer (b. 1862)
1970 – Marie Menken, American experimental filmmaker and socialite (b. 1909)
1986 – John Antill, Australian composer (Corroboree), dies at 82
1996 – William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian, dies at 85
2003 – Dinsdale Landen, English actor (The Mask of Janus), dies at 71
2011 – Bobby Purify [Robert Lee Dickey], American soul singer (I’m Your Puppet), dies at 72
2017 – Alfred Binns, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1953-56), dies at 88
2017 – John C. Portman Jr., American architect (Ivan Allen Award-1964), dies at 93