1672 – John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)
1811 – Henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742)
1878 – John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, British Prime Minister (Whig: 1846-52 and 1865-66), dies at 85
1900 – George Grove, English biblical scholar and misicographer, dies at 79
1964 – John Finley Williamson, American choral conductor (Westminster Choir College, 1920-58), dies at 76
1979 – William Edmonson, American bass harmony and gospel vocalist (Southernaires), radio, stage and screen actor (Thirty Years Later), dies at 76
1980 – Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician (b. 1895)
1990 – Joseph Hardy, American character actor (Husbands; The Clock), dies at 71
1996 – Jimmy Rowles [Hunter], American jazz pianist and composer (The Peacocks), dies of cardiac arrest at 77
2021 – Mark Eaton, American basketball center (NBA All-Star 1989; NBA Defensive Player of the Year 1985, 89; Utah Jazz), dies after a bicycle accident at 64
