999 – Boleslaus II of Bohemia
1593 – Jacques Amyot, French humanist, translator and Abbot of Bellozanne, dies at 79
1823 – Ann Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist (The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Romance of the Forest), dies at 58
1873 – Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish writer (The House by the Churchyard), dies at 58
1937 – Elihu Root, American statesman (Nobel Peace Prize, 1912), dies at 91
1940 – Francis Ford, English cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1894-95), dies at 73
1984 – Brooks West, American actor (Richard-My Friend Irma), dies at 67
1996 – [Isian Kehinde] I. K. Dairo, Nigerian Jùjú musician and academic, dies at 65
1999 – José Silva, American parapsychologist, author of the Silva Method and Silva UltraMind ESP System (b. 1914)
2015 – Billy Casper, American golfer (US Open 1959, 66; US Masters 1970), dies of a heart attack at 83