651 – Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary
1667 – Johann von Rist, German composer and poet known for his hymns, dies at 60
1741 – Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist, dies at 59
1814 – Arthur Phillip, British admiral, 1st Governor of New South Wales (1788-92), dies at 75
1949 – André-Louis Debierne, French chemist and physicist (discoverer of element actinium, worked with Marie Curie), dies at 75
1973 – Raymond Keane, American actor (Midnight Sun, Love Eagle), dies at 66
1996 – David Pollock, Viscount Hanworth, British barrister, dies at 80
2002 – George Porter, British chemist (Nobel Prize, 1967), dies at 81
2003 – Jaap Geraedts, Dutch composer, dies at 79
2013 – David Frost, British broadcaster (That Was the Week That Was), dies from a heart attack at 74