1812 – Franz Schneider, composer, dies at 74
1924 – Alexis Hollander, composer, dies at 83
1927 – Inayat Khan, Indian sufi (founder of the Sufi Order in the West (London) in 1914), dies at 44
1961 – Anthony Gustav de Rothschild, British philanthropist, dies at 73
1965 – Irving Bacon, American actor (Branded Men, Fort Ti), dies at 71
1993 – Joseph L Mankiewicz, US writer/director (All about Eve), dies at 83
1997 – John Richard Patterson, businessman, dies at 51
2000 – Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (Four Bags Full, Rouge et noir), dies at 98
2005 – GnassingbĂ© EyadĂ©ma, General and President of Togo (1967-2005), dies of heart attack at 69
2011 – Brian Jacques, English author, author of the Redwall series (b. 1939)