454 – Dioscorus van Alexandria, patriarch (council of Efeze), dies
1759 – Girolamo Chiti, Italian composer and music theorist, dies at 80
1780 – John Fielding, English magistrate and social reformer (b. 1721)
1916 – José Echegaray, Spanish dramatist (Nobel 1904), dies at 84
1974 – Lewi Pethrus, Swedish politician (b. 1884)
1975 – Walter Tetley, cartoon voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 60
1977 – Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek musician (b. 1899)
1977 – E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (b. 1911)
1991 – Dottie West, country singer (Here Comes my Baby), dies at 58 in a car
2003 – Lola Bobesco, Romanian-born violinist (b. 1921)