1794 – John Hely-Hutchinson, Irish statesman (b. 1724)
1974 – Marcel Achard, French playwright (La forges the Paris), dies at 75
1979 – Jef van de Wiele, Belgian pro-Nazi politician, dies at 76
1991 – Charlie Barnet, saxophonist (Cherokee), dies of pneumonia at 77
1996 – Sam Cook, English cricketer (Gloucestershire slow bowler with one Test for England), dies at 75
2000 – David Brown, American guitarist (Santana) dies of liver and kidney failure at 53
2006 – Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer, dies at 64
2007 – Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese army officer and educator, dies at 95
2014 – Włodzimierz Kotoński, Polish composer, dies at 89
2015 – Emmanuel “Rico” Rodriguez, Jamaican ska trombonist (The Specials), dies at 80