1872 – Thomas Sully, American portrait painter (Queen Victoria), dies at 89
1941 – Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (b. 1905)
1975 – Lionel Trilling, American literary critic and author (1969 Poses Award, The Liberal Imagination), dies at 70
2000 – Roger Peyrefitte, French writer (Special Friendships), dies at 93
2005 – John Fowles, British novelist (Collector, French Lieutenant’s Woman), dies at 79
2006 – Bülent Ecevit, four term Turkish Prime Minister (between 1974 and 2002), dies at 81
2008 – Paul Greening, Royal Navy officer and master of Queen’s household, dies at 80
2012 – Charles V. Bush, African-American pioneer (1st African-American US Air Force Academy Graduate and US Supreme Court Page), dies from colon cancer at 72
2015 – Guido Masanetz, German composer (In Frisco ist der Teufel Los), dies at 101
2021 – Russell Ebert, Australian Rules midfielder (4 x Magarey Medals; 6 x Port Adelaide FC BandF; Australian Football HOF) and coach (SA 1996-98), dies of leukemia at 72