1797 – Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer, pupil of J. S. Bach, dies at 81
1856 – Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist, dies at 82
1884 – Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss-American geologist, geographer and meteorologist, dies at 76
1954 – Mabel Paige, actress (Lucky Jordan), dies at 73
1959 – William J “Wild Bill” Donovan, Office Strategic Services, dies at 76
1960 – Giles Gilbert Scott, British architect (b. 1880)
1975 – Martyn Green, British actor (Gilbert and Sullivan, Iceman Cometh), dies at 75
1985 – Tom Greenway, actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at 75
1992 – Denny Wright, British jazz guitarist, dies at 67
2007 – Anna Nicole Smith, American model, Playboy playmate (Playmate of the Year 1993) and tabloid fixture dies of a prescription drug overdose at 39