1675 – Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, colonial Governor of Maryland (b. 1605)
1703 – Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer, dies at 31
1841 – Charles Louis W J van Keverberg, Dutch government official, dies at 73
1944 – Max Halbe, German playwright (Jugend), dies at 79
1974 – Bert Gordon [Barney Gorodetsky], American comedian, dies at 79
1987 – Simon Carmiggelt, journalist/literary (Kronkel), dies at 74
2000 – Jānis Kalniņš, Latvian-Canadian organist, composer (Ugunī; New Brunswick Rhapsody), and conductor (Latvian National Opera, 1933–1944), dies at 96
2011 – J. Blackfoot [Colbert], American soul singer (“Soul Children”; “Taxi”), dies of pancreatic cancer at 65
2012 – I. K. [Inder Kumar] Gujral, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (1997-98), dies at 92
2015 – Marcus Klingburg, Israeli soviet spy and epidemiologist, dies at 97