1056 – Theodora, Byzantine Empress (b. 981)
1946 – Harley Granville-Barker, English dramatist, producer (The Voysey Inheritance) and critic, dies at 68
1949 – Paul Hoffer, German composer, dies at 53
1973 – Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies at 68
1986 – Henry Moore, English artist and sculptor (known for Three Piece Sculpture: Vertebrae), dies at 88
1995 – David Farrar, English actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse, Watusi), dies at 87
2005 – Joseph Rotblat, Polish-British physicist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (for work to end the nuclear arms race), dies at 96
2009 – EraƱo Manalo, Filipino religious figure (b. 1925)
2010 – Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (1983 and 1984 Tour de France), dies of cancer at 50
2016 – Jacques Leduc, Belgian composer, dies at 84