1634 – John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop, dies at 22
1737 – Joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)
1926 – Rainer Maria Rilke, Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist (Ana, The City, Duino Elegies), dies at 51
1975 – Euell Gibbons, American outdoorsman and proponent of natural diets (b. 1911).
1984 – Sidney Garfield, American physician and pioneer of health maintenance organizations (Kaiser Permanente), dies at 78
2008 – Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1938)
2018 – Bill Watson, Australian cricketer (NSW and Australian opening batsman mid-1950s), dies at 87
2019 – LaDell Andersen, American college basketball coach (Utah State, BYU), dies at 90
2023 – Maurice Hines, American tap-dancer, choreographer, actor, and theater director, dies at 80
2024 – George Folsey Jr., American film editor (Coming to America; The Blues Brothers), dies of complications of pneumonia at 85