1879 – Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
1942 – Richard Willstätter, German chemist (Nobel 1915), dies at 69
1944 – Felka Platek, Polish painter, wife of painter Felix Nussbaum, murdered at in Auschwitz Concentration Camp at 44
1947 – Vic Willis, American Baseball HOF pitcher (no-hitter 1899; World Series 1909; MLB ERA leader 1899 and strikeout leader 1902; Boston Beaneaters, Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 71
1948 – Tommy Ryan, American boxer (World Welterweight, Middleweight champion), dies at 78
1958 – Peter Collins, English auto racer (British GP 1958), dies in race accident at German GP at 26
1994 – Innokenti Smoktunovski, Russian actor (Hamlet), dies at 69
2000 – Michael Meyer, English novelist and translator, dies at 79
2019 – Mike Troy, American swimmer (Olympics 2 x gold 200m butterfly, 4×200m freestyle relay 1960), dies at 78
2021 – Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golfer (LPGA Rookie of the Year 1972; Canadian Open 1973), dies at 74