1811 – Robert Mylne, Scottish architect (b. 1734)
1859 – Peter G L Dirichlet, German mathematician, dies at 53
1864 – Alexander Hays, US Union-general-major, dies in battle at 44
1951 – Leo Diegel, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1928-29), dies of throat and lung cancer at 52
1971 – Harry Moorman, Dutch vice-admiral (KVP), dies at 71
1991 – William De Acutis, American actor (9½ Weeks, Other People’s Money), dies from a brain lymphoma at 33
1995 – Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian influential world chess champion, dies at 83
1995 – Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington, British engineer (float glass), dies at 75
2004 – Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (Kanashii Jiyū / Koi ga, Kiete Yuku), dies at 44
2008 – Irv Robbins, Canadian-American entrepreneur (co-founded the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain), dies at 90