1934 – Earnest L. Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79
1946 – Grigory Semyonov, Russian counter-revolutionary (executed) (b. 1890)
2001 – Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor, dies at 94
2004 – Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (dirty-snowball theory), dies at 97
2005 – James H. Scheuer, American politician (Rep-D-NY, 1965-73, 75- 93), dies of heart and kidney failure at 85
2007 – Augustine Harris, British Bishop of Middlesbrough, dies at 89
2013 – Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright (Nobel Prize in Literature 1995), dies at 74
2015 – Oliver Sacks, English Neurologist and author (Awakenings), dies at 82
2015 – Wes Craven, American filmmaker (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream), dies at 76
2019 – Valerie Harper, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Rhoda), dies of cancer at 80