1617 – Hans Christoph Haiden, German composer, organist and poet, dies at 44
1740 – Vincenz Lubeck, German composer, dies at 85
1812 – Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer, dies at 57
1979 – Allen Tate, American poet (Mr Pope and Other Poems), dies at 79
1984 – Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras
1998 – Ken Weekes, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests, top score 137; first Test cricketer born in US), dies at 86
2001 – Herbert Simon, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
2006 – Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932)
2008 – Trichen Jurme Kunzang Wangyal, the eleventh Mindrolling Trichen, Tibetan Buddhist lama of the Nyingma school (b. 1930)
2008 – Scott Halpin, a one time drummer of The Who.