1781 – Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer, dies at 43
1928 – Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Dutch physicist (electromagnetic radiation, Nobel 1902), dies at 74
1944 – Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress, dies at 79
1954 – Vaclav Vackar, composer, dies at 72
1966 – Gilbert H. Grosvenor, American geographer and 1st full-time editor of National Geographic Society (1899-1954), dies at 90
1975 – Louis Jordan, American musician, songwriter and bandleader (Caldonia), dies of a heart attack at 66
1994 – Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist and director (KNMI), dies at 84
2012 – Robert Glaser, American educational psychologist, dies from Alzheimer’s disease at 91
2018 – Kenneth Haigh, British actor (Look Back in Anger, Search for the Nile), dies at 86
2020 – Benito Sarti, Italian soccer defender (6 caps; Juventus, Sampdoria), dies at 83