421 – Flavius Constantine III, Emperor of Western Roman Empire, dies at about 51
1915 – August Stramm, German poet and playwright dies in battle during WWI at 41
1934 – James Allan, New Zealand rugby union player All Black, dies at 73
1964 – Alvin York, American World War I soldier who led a famed attack on a German machine gun nest (Medal of Honor), dies at 76
1984 – Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (Antigone, Marinos Kontaras), dies at 79
1986 – Philip Radcliffe, English composer, dies at 81
1996 – Emily Kngwarreye, artist, dies at 86
2012 – Mark Abrahamian, guitarist (Starship), dies of a heart attack at 46
2013 – Ronald Coase, British economist (Nobel Prize in Economics 1991), dies at 102
2014 – Norman Gordon, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 20 wickets; Transvaal), dies at 103