1585 – John Willock, Scottish reformer
1909 – Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter and graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60
1969 – Alceo Toni, Italian composer, dies at 85
1983 – Bruce Drake, American Basketball Hall of Fame coach (University of Oklahoma 1938-55, 200-181), dies at 77
1983 – Estelle Omens, American actress (Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds), dies at 55
1997 – Richard Vernon, British character actor (A Hard Days Night; The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; Gandhi), dies of complications from Parkinson’s disease at 72
2005 – Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b.1963)
2005 – Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author (b. 1924)
2012 – Jonathan Harvey, British composer (Bhakti; Wheel of Emptiness),educator, and musicologist (Music of Stockhausen), dies at 73
2020 – David L. Lander, American actor (Laverne and Shirley – “Squiggy”), dies of multiple sclerosis at 73