1716 – Ogata Korin, Japanese painter
1754 – Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (b. 1680)
1761 – Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (b. 1685)
1873 – François George-Hainl, French cellist and composer, dies at 65
1881 – Émile Littré, French lexicographer (b. 1801)
1948 – Karl Brandt, German physician of Adolf Hitler, hanged for war crimes at 44
1951 – Alain [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher, dies at 83
1967 – Benno Ohnesorg, German student (b. 1940)
1970 – Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer and founder of eponymous race team, dies in a car crash at 32
1993 – Johnny Mize, American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (10-time MLB All Star), dies of cardiac arrest at 80