1600 – Richard Hooker, English theologian (b. 1554)
1643 – John Bainbridge, English astronomer (b. 1582)
1913 – Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, composer, dies at 83
1945 – Alessandro Longo, composer, dies at 80
1959 – Friedrich Niggli, composer, dies at 83
1999 – Ian Bannen, Scottish character actor (Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park), dies in a car crash at 71
2002 – Jonathan Harris, American actor (Dr Zachary Smith-Lost in Space), dies at 87
2004 – Sergei Zholtok, Latvian hockey player (b. 1972)
2010 – James “Jim” Clench, Canadian bassist and songwriter (April Wine and Bachman-Turner Overdrive), dies of lung cancer at 61
2012 – Tommy Goodwin, British track cyclist, dies at 91