1561 – Bairam Khan, Great Mughal General, regent for Akbar
1561 – Menno Simons, Dutch priest and vicar whose followers are named the Mennonites, dies at around 65
1892 – Charles Spurgeon, English preacher and evangelist, dies at 57
1922 – Heinrich Reinhardt, Austrian composer, dies at 56
1966 – Elizabeth Patterson, actress (Tall Story), dies at 90
1972 – Howard Barlow, American conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79
1972 – Fritiof Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag), dies at 76
1995 – Sir John Smith, English soccer administrator (chairman Liverpool F.C. 1973-90), dies at 74
2012 – Tristram Coffin, American folklorist, dies from pneumonia at 89
2015 – Lizabeth Scott [Emma Matzo], American actress (Desert Fury, Dark City), dies of heart failure at 92