1765 – William Stukeley, English physician and archaeologist (pioneered investigation of Stonehenge and Avebury), dies at 77
1943 – George Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies
1990 – Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86
1994 – Ezra Stone [Chaim Feinstone], American director, actor and producer (My Living Doll, Henry Aldrich), dies in a road accident at 76
1996 – Meyer Schapiro, Lithuanian-born American art historian, dies at 91
2001 – Louis Edmonds, American actor (b. 1923)
2002 – Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter, dies at 74
2003 – Peter Smithson, English architect, dies at 79
2006 – Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet (b. 1923)
2018 – David Ogden Stiers, American actor (Winchester-M*A*S*H, Doc), dies of bladder cancer at 75