1617 – Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (Versa est in luctum), dies at 62
1695 – George Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax and author (Character of a Trimmer), dies at 61
1735 – Samuel Wesley, English poet (b. 1662)
1934 – Salvatore Di Giacomo, Italian poet and songwriter during “Golden Age of Neapolitan Song”, dies at 74
1951 – Edward Rigby, British actor (Star Look Down, Young and Innocent), dies at 72
2004 – Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (b. 1936)
2005 – Dale Messick [Dalia Messick], American comic strip artist (Brenda Starr, Reporter), dies at 98
2012 – Jim Marshall, British businessman and electric guitar amplifier pioneer known as “The Father of Loud”, dies at 88
2014 – John Pinette, American comedian and actor (The Punisher, Junior), dies from an pulmonary embolism at 50
2021 – Paul Ritter [Simon Paul Adams], British actor (Friday Night Dinner; Chernobyl; Quantum of Solace), dies of a brain tumor at 54