1855 – Robert Mills, American engineer and architect (Washington Monument on the National Mall), dies at 73
1953 – James J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer, dies at 77
1961 – Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born left-handed pianist, dies at 72
1983 – Hergé [Georges Prosper Remi], Belgian comic book creator (The Adventures of Tintin), dies at 75
1988 – Sewall Wright, US geneticist (evolution model), dies at 98
1991 – Arthur Murray [Moses Teichman], American ballroom dancer and businessman (Arthur Murray Dance Party), dies at 95 of pneumonia
1995 – Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar (Professor of French) and Wartime resister, dies at 84
1996 – Meyer Schapiro, Lithuanian-born American art historian, dies at 91
2007 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist and creator of “La Linea” animated cartoons, dies at 87
2016 – Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and batsman, dies of cancer at 53