1845 – Gregor MacGregor, Scottish con-man (b. 1786)
1902 – Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (b. 1833)
1961 – Mary Charleson, Irish-American silent film actress (Upstairs And Down), dies at 71
1967 – Annette Kolb, German writer and pacifist, dies at 97
1978 – William Grant Still, American composer (“Afro-American” Symphony), dies at 83
1981 – (Nicolaas) “Cola” Debrot, Dutch lawyer, doctor.author and politician (Governor of the Netherlands Antilles, 1962-70), dies at 79
1984 – Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Russian mathematician (b. 1919)
2006 – Logan Whitehurst, American musician (b. 1977)
2009 – Richard Todd, Irish-born British actor (Dorian Gray, Assassin Yangtse Incident), dies at 90
2020 – Noah Creshevsky, American electroacoustic composer, dies of cancer at 75