1723 – J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66
1952 – Charles Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (1922-41), dies at 80
1986 – Manly Wade Wellman, sci-fi author (Devil’s Planet), dies at 82
2001 – Malcolm Shepherd [2nd Baron Shepherd], Politician (L) and Leader of the House of Lords (1974-76), dies at 82
2004 – Sławomir Rawicz, Polish soldier (b. 1915)
2020 – Margaret Burbidge, British-American astronomer and educator (faint object spectrograph of the Hubble Space), dies at 100
2020 – Ed Biles, American football coach (College: Xavier 1962-68; NFL: Houston Oilers 1981-83), dies from leukemia at 88
2021 – Philip K Chapman, Australian astronaut (Apollo 14 support), dies at 86
2022 – Joaquim Carvalho, Portuguese soccer goalkeeper (6 caps; Sporting CP), dies at 84
2022 – Bobby Rydell [Ridarelli], American pop singer (“Wild One”; “Wildwood Days”), and actor (Bye Bye Birdie), dies of pneumonia at 79