1610 – Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile (b. c. 1552)
1644 – J. Henry Alting, German theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61
1863 – Adolf Friedrich Hesse, German composer, dies at 53
1910 – Wojciech Gawronski, Polish composer, dies at 42
1929 – Millicent Fawcett, English suffragist, dies at 82
1943 – Adam Kuckhoff, German writer and resistance fighter, is executed during WWII at 55
1992 – Jeff Porcaro, American drummer (Toto – “Rosanna”; “Africa”), dies of cardiac arrest at 38
2000 – Alec Guinness, British actor (The Ladykillers, The Bridge on the River Kwai), dies of liver cancer at 86
2001 – Otema Allimadi, Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929)
2014 – Chapman Pincher, British journalist and author (about secret service), dies at 100