1799 – Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, dies at 82
1819 – Jean-Louis Duport, French cellist and composer, dies at 69
1929 – Frederic Weatherly, British barrister, author, translator, and lyricist (“Danny Boy”, “The Holy City”, “Roses of Picardy”), dies at 80
1939 – Kyoka Izumi, Japanese novelist and kabuki playwright, dies at 65
1961 – Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy [Gerbrandij], Dutch lawyer, resistance fighter, and Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1940-45), dies at 76
2001 – Igor Buketoff, American conductor (Iceland Symphony Orchestra, 1964-65), dies at 86
2002 – Erma Franklin, American gospel and RandB singer (“Piece Of My Heart”), dies at 64
2016 – Norbert Schemansky, American weightlifter (Olympic gold heavyweight 1952, silver 1948, bronze 1960, 64), dies at 92
2017 – John Maxwell Geddes, Scottish composer and pedagogue, dies at 76
2025 – John Penton, American motorcycle racer and designer considered “the godfather of off-road motorcycling”, dies at 100