1473 – John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (b. 1420)
1782 – Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (1756-1777), dies at 82
1853 – Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67
1880 – Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (Madame Bovary), dies at 58
1984 – Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1916)
1993 – Avram Davidson, American sci-fi author (Hugo, Peregrine: Primus, Rork!), dies at 70
1997 – Kai-Uwe Von Hassel, German President of Bundestag (CDU 1969-72), dies
2006 – Iain Macmillan, Abbey Road photographer (b. 1938)
2013 – Taylor Mead, American writer, actor and performer (Factory, Taylor Mead’s Ass), dies at 88
2013 – Jeanne Cooper, American actress (Kay-The Young and Restless), dies at 84