1816 – Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Serva Padrona), dies at 76
1825 – Odysseas Androutsos, hero in the Greek War of Independence (Chani of Gravia,), executed for supposedly collaborating with the Ottomans at 37
1868 – Anselm Hüttenbrenner, Austrian composer, dies at 73
1880 – Jacob Jan Cremer, Dutch author (Betuwsche Novellen), dies at 52
1953 – Bill Tilden, American tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29; Wimbledon 1920-21, 30; French 1927, 30), dies of a heart attack at 60
1983 – Kurt Tank, German aircraft designer (WWII Luftwaffe planes), dies at 85
2003 – Manuel Rosenthal, French composer and conductor, dies at 98
2005 – Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican politician (b. 1949)
2009 – Boris Pokrovsky, Russian operatic stage director, dies at 97
2015 – Richard Johnson, British stage and screen actor and producer (Never So Few, Restless, Beyond the Door), dies at 87