1525 – Giovanni Rucellai, Italian humanist and poet (The Bees – one of the 1st famous poems in blank verse), dies at 49
1747 – Francesco Solimena, Italian painter, dies at 89
1897 – Johannes Brahms, German composer and conductor (Hungarian Dances; A German Requiem), dies at 63
1930 – Emma Albani, Canadian operatic soprano, dies at 82
1936 – Bruno Hauptmann, German kidnapper of Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, executed at 36
1962 – Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer, dies at 78
2015 – Sarah Brady, American gun-control activist, dies at 73
2020 – Tom Dempsey, American NFL kicker (Pro Bowl, First-team All-Pro 1969; New Orleans Saints; longest winning field goal, 63 yards), dies of COVID-19 complications at 73
2022 – Tommy Davis, American baseball utility (3 x MLB All Star; World Series 1963; NL batting champion 1962, 63 LA Dodgers), dies at 83
2023 – Nigel Lawson, British journalist and politician (UK Chancellor 1983-89, reformed tax laws), dies at 91