1573 – John Caius, English physician, dies at 62
1612 – Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
1781 – Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician, dies at 73
1813 – Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. 1771)
1964 – Vean Gregg, American baseball player, dies at 79
1988 – Pete Drake, American pedal steel guitarist and producer, dies at 55
1997 – Chuck Wayne [Jagelka], America session and jazz guitarist ( Woody Herman; George Shearing; Tony Bennett), dies of emphysema at 74
2001 – Wau Holland, German computer hacker (b. 1951)
2003 – Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. 1937)
2020 – Mike Gillespie, American college baseball coach (College World Series 1998, Collegiate Coach of the Year 1998, USC), dies from a stroke at 80