1721 – Rochus Aerts, Flemish sculptor, dies [or 1739]
1887 – Abraham van Lier, Dutch theater director (Grand Théâtre des Variétés), dies at 73
1951 – René Guénon, French-Egyptian metaphysician, traditionalist and author, dies at 64
1984 – Alfred Kastler, French physicist (Nobel 1966 – Hertzian resonances within atoms), dies at 81
1988 – Michel Auclair [Vladimir Vujović], German actor (Funny Face; The Day of the Jackal), dies at 65
1993 – Richard Branda, American actor (You Are There, Two-Minute Warning), dies of colon cancer at 57
1994 – Bobby Pratt, American jazz trombone and piano player, dies at 67
2000 – Gary Albright, American professional wrestler (b. 1963)
2005 – Rosemary Kennedy, American sister of President John F. Kennedy who underwent a frontal lobotomy, dies at 86
2024 – Duncan Hales, New Zealand rugby union three-quarter (4 Tests; Canterbury RFU, Manawatu RFU), dies at 76