975 – Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies
1656 – Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64
1721 – Elihu Yale, English merchant and philanthropist (benefactor of Yale University), dies at 72
1822 – Percy Bysshe Shelley, English romantic poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29
1898 – Soapy Smith, American con artist (b. 1860)
1946 – Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer/conductor, dies at 63
1969 – Charmian Clift, Australian writer and essayist, dies at 45
1979 – Robert B. Woodward, American organic chemist (Nobel 1965), dies at 62
2001 – Ernst Baier, German figure skater (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 95
2017 – Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress (Indian Fighter), dies at 82