1581 – Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar
1599 – Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (b. 1546)
1880 – Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer, dies at 72
1956 – Una Mae Carlisle, US pianist/singer, dies at 40
1993 – Charles Aidman, actor (Kotch, Zoot Suit), dies of cancer at 68
1995 – John Patrick, American screenwriter and playwright (Pulitzer Prize 1954), commits suicide at 90
1996 – Michael Fenton Haddon, mining engineer, dies at 81
2002 – Margaret “Peg” Phillips, American actress (Northern Exposure, ER, Suddenly Susan), dies of lung disease at 84
2008 – Hedley Howarth, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (30 Tests, 86 wickets), dies of cancer at 64
2015 – Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic-born American actor (Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), dies of cancer at 68