1791 – Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French revolutionary (influential member of the National Constituent Assembly), dies of natural causes at 42
1910 – Boyd Alexander, English explorer and ornithologist (Niger to the Nile), murdered in a dispute with locals in Africa at 37
1923 – Michel Théato, Luxembourgian athlete (Olympic gold representing France, marathon 1900), dies at 45
1938 – Alice Berend, writer, dies
1979 – Ivan Barrow, Jamaican cricket wicketkeeper (11 Tests; first West Indian Test century-maker in England), dies at 68
1992 – Juanito, Spanish soccer forward (34 caps; Real Madrid 284 games, 85 goals), dies in car crash at 37
2009 – Peter Anderson, English footballer (Plymouth Argyle), dies at 72
2009 – Clifford “Bud” Shank, American jazz saxophonist and flute player, dies of a pulmonary embolism at 82
2013 – Chuck Fairbanks, American football coach (New England Patriots 1973-78; University of Oklahoma 1967-72, University of Colorado 1979-81), dies from brain cancer at 79
2018 – Winnie Mandela [Winnie Madikizela-Mandela], South African anti-apartheid activist and ANC politician, dies of a long illness at 81