1264 – Urbanus IV [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies
1817 – Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian naval commander and admiral (b. 1744)
1853 – François Arago, French astronomer, physicist (chromosome) and politician, dies at 67
1961 – Reggie Spooner, English cricket batsman (10 Tests; dual cricket/rugby union international), dies at 80
1962 – Boris Y. Bukreev, Russian mathematician (b. 1859)
1968 – Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (Nude Descending a Staircase), dies at 81
1993 – William Berger, Austrian American actor (Face to Face, Adventure of Hercules), dies of prostate cancer at 65
2006 – Milly Vitale, Italian actress (7 Little Foys, War and Peace, Juggler), dies at 73
2008 – Rob Guest, New Zealand entertainer (b. 1950)
2010 – Kwa Geok Choo, wife of Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1920)