1644 – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (b. 1577)
1769 – Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Austrian soldier (b. 1685)
1906 – Josephine Butler, English feminist and social reformer (campaigned against human trafficking), dies at 78
1967 – Bert Berns, American songwriter (“Twist And Shout”; “Piece Of My Heart”; “Hang On Sloopy”) and producer (“Under The Boardwalk”; “Brown-Eyed Girl”), dies of heart failure at 38
1984 – Massa, oldest gorilla on record (b. 1930)
1986 – Jiri Jaroch, Czech composer, dies at 66
2003 – David Bale, South African-born activist (b. 1941)
2008 – Dick Green, Canadian actor
2014 – Deborah Bone, English mental health nurse who was the inspiration for the song Disco 2000 by Jarvis Cocker, dies of multiple myeloma cancer at 51
2018 – Mrinal Sen, Bengali film director (In Search of Famine), dies at 95