1878 – Robert Stirling, Scottish inventor (Stirling cycle engine) (b. 1790)
1911 – Charley Jones, American MLB Baseball outfielder, and one of the first sluggers, 1875-88 (Cincinnati Reds; Boston Red Caps, and 3 other teams), dies at 59
1935 – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, British army officer, dies at 72
1969 – Miles Dempsey, British WWII general (XIII Corps, Second Army), dies of cancer at 72
1984 – A. Bertram Chandler, Anglo-Australian mariner and sci-fi author (Empress of Outer Space), dies at 72
1987 – Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor and playwright (Porridge), dies of stomach cancer at 64
2010 – Paul Wunderlich, German lithographer, surrealist painter, and sculptor, dies at 83
2015 – Vincent Bugliosi, American attorney and author (Helter-Skelter), dies at 80
2016 – Peter Shaffer, English playwright (Equus, Amadeus), twin brother to Anthony, dies at 90
2023 – Teddy McCarthy, Irish hurler (2 x All-Ireland Titles; Cork; Sarsfields GAA) and Gaelic footballer (2 x All-Ireland Titles; Cork; Glanmire GFC), dies at 57