1218 – Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162)
1640 – John Francis Regis, French saint (b. 1597)
1971 – Jan Mul, Dutch composer, dies at 60
1995 – Heiner Muller, dramatist, dies at 66
1996 – Lew Ayres, American actor (All Quiet on Western Front, Holiday, Dr Kildare), dies at 88
2009 – Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist (The Birthday Party) (b. 1959)
2011 – Eva Zeisel, Hungarian-born ceramic designer, dies at 105
2014 – Patrick Gowers, British choral and film score composer (Viri Galilaei; Hamlet; Smiley’s People), dies at 78
2014 – Luise Rainer, German-American actress and 1st actor to win multiple Academy Awards (The Great Ziegfeld 1936, The Good Earth 1937), dies at 104
2015 – Howard Edward Davis Jr., boxer (Olympic silver 1976), dies at 59