1856 – Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, British writer of humor, dies of typhoid fever at 45 (b. 1811)
1903 – Vicente Fidel López, Argentine historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87
1950 – Ralph Hancock, Welsh garden designer (Rockefeller Center), dies at 57
1963 – Guy Burgess, English-born Soviet spy, dies of acute liver failure at 52
1986 – Ellis Achong, West Indian cricket spin bowler (6 Tests, 8 wickets; Trinidad; 1st of Chinese descent to play a Test match), dies at 82
1994 – Michael Gribble, American film animator (Mike and Spike Festival), dies of cancer at 42
2007 – José Luis de Villalonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Spanish aristocrat, author, and film actor, dies at 87
2015 – Marvin Mandel, American politician (Governor of Maryland 1969-79), dies at 95
2015 – Wes Craven, American filmmaker (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream), dies at 76
2019 – James Cellan Jones, Welsh television director (Fortunes of War, The Forsyte Saga), dies at 88