1771 – Thomas Gray, English poet, dies at 54
1918 – Chaim Soloveitchik, Rabbi of Brisk, talmudic scholar, dies
1947 – Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia, dies at 86
1983 – Lynn Fontanne, British Emmy Award-winning stage, screen, and radio actress, dies of pneumonia at 95
1985 – Peter Knight, English musical arranger, conductor, and composer, dies at 68
1992 – Brenda Marshall [Ardis Ankerson], American actress (The Sea Hawk, Paris After Dark), dies of throat cancer at 76
1993 – Jay Scott [Jeffrey Scott Beaven], US/Canada movie critic, dies at 43
1994 – Enid Balint-Edmonds, British psychoanalyst, dies at 90
1995 – Harry Shorto, British philologist and linguist (A Dictionary of the Mon Inscriptions), dies at 75
2007 – Ingmar Bergman, Swedish stage and film director (Cries and Whispers), dies at 89