1811 – Thomas Percy, English literary and bishop of Dromore, dies at 82
1865 – Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar, dies at 65
1904 – Sigurd Lie, Norwegian composer and conductor, dies of tuberculosis at 33
1955 – Michael Chekhov, Russian-American actor (Rhapsody, Abie’s Irish Rose), dies at 64
1965 – E. E. Smith, American food engineer and sci-fi author (Triplanetary), dies at 75
1973 – Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer and author (b. 1902)
1990 – Michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist, dies at 89
1993 – Alex Lyon, English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83), dies at 61
1994 – Roberto Viola, Argentine general/president (1981), dies at 69
1997 – Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling, British professor of occupational health, dies at 86