699 – Saint Werburgh, Anglo Saxon Princess and patron saint of Chester, England
1960 – Johannes Geelkerken, Dutch theologian and vicar, dies at 80
1975 – Robert Evett, composer, dies at 52
1989 – John Cassavetes, Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter (Dirty Dozen, Rosemary’s Baby), dies at 59
1996 – Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist, dies at 61
1997 – William Geoffrey Biddle, English bomb disposal expert, dies at 79
2005 – Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist (evolutionary theory), dies at 100
2006 – Al Lewis [Alexander Meister], American actor (The Munsters, Used Cars), dies at 82
2011 – Maria Schneider, French actress (Last Tango in Paris, Crime of Honor), dies at 58
2012 – Ben Gazzara, American actor, dies from pancreatic cancer at 81