672 – Chad of Mercia, Ango-Saxon saint credited with introducing Christianity to the Mercian kingdom, dies at about 38
1822 – Jean-Baptiste Davaux, French classical composer, dies at 79
1909 – Adolf Stoecker, German conservative politician, and reformer who founded the German Christian Social Party, dies at 73
1931 – Theodor Batthynyi, Hungarian contra-revolutionary, dies at 71
1940 – Vsevolod Meyerhold [Karl Kasimir Theodor], Russian theatrical director and actor (Houligan), executed during the Great Purge at 65
1956 – Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (b. 1876)
1961 – Adolf Vogl, composer, dies at 87
1994 – John Wesley Funchess Littlejohn, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 62
2004 – Róbert Zimonyi, Hungarian-American rowing coxswain (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 85
2007 – Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (b. 1967)