1573 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, dies at 65
1713 – Henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford and privy councillor (b. 1632)
1771 – Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy), dies at 54
1913 – Edward Burd Grubb, American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, dies at 71
1931 – Johannes “Kodgee” Kotze, South African cricketer (South Africa 1902-07), dies at 51
1970 – Dame Laura Knight, English impressionist artist, dies at 92
1973 – Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (Studies in prejudice), dies at 78
1975 – Ruffian, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1972)
1980 – Reginald Gardiner, British actor (The Flying Deuces, The Great Dictator), dies at 77
1990 – Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer, dies at 32