1100 – Clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies
1637 – Robert Fludd, composer, dies at 63
1761 – Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (b. 1698)
1948 – Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho writer (b. 1876)
1953 – Fred M. Vinson, American Democratic politician, US Treasury Secretary (1945-46) and the 13th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1946-53), dies of a heart attack at 63
1980 – Bruce Dooland, cricketer (prolific leggie for Notts), dies
1980 – Willard Libby, American chemist (radiocarbon dating), dies of pneumonia at 71
1995 – Safa Khulusi, Iraqi writer and historian, dies at 78
2005 – Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b. 1932)
2016 – The Lady Chablis [born Benjamin Knox], American transgender entertainer (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil), dies at 59