1112 – Sigebert of Gembloux, French chronicler
1564 – Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer, dies at about 54 [birth date uncertain]
1950 – Frederic Lewy, German neurologist (b. 1885)
1960 – Alfred L. Kroeber, American anthropologist and author (Anthropologist looks at History), dies at 84
1965 – Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, Swedish composer, dies at 79
1986 – Emanuel Sayles, American jazz banjo player (Preservation Hall Jazz Band), dies at 79
1996 – Seymour Cray, American inventor (Cray Research, Cray I supercomputer), dies after a car accident at 71
1997 – Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler, dies at 35
2004 – William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013 nominee), dies at 62
2011 – Bert Jansch, Scottish folk guitarist, singer, dulcimer player, and songwriter dies of lung cancer at 67