1805 – Francois-Thomas de Baculard d’Arnaud, French writer, dies at 87
1811 – Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47
1880 – Jacob Edvard Gille, Swedish composer, dies at 66
1908 – William Edward Ayrton, English Physicist, Inventor and Electrical Engineer, dies at 60
1952 – Claude Carter, South African cricket spin bowler (19 Tests, 28 wickets), dies at 71
1974 – Ivory Joe Hunter “The Baron of the Boogie”, American RandB singer, piano player, and songwriter (“Since I Met You Baby”), dies of lung cancer at 60
1984 – Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, Norwegian composer, dies at 81
1990 – Anya Seton, American author (Katherine), dies at 86
1998 – Jean Marais, French actor (Donkey Skin, Orpheus), dies of cardio-vascular disease at 84
1999 – Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 58