- 1909 Ernest Hogan, blackface comedian and musician (b. 1859)
- 1956 Andre Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies
- 1969 Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64
- 1969 Royal Beal, American actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer at 69
- 1984 Peter Bull, British actor and author (The African Queen, Tom Jones, Dr Strangelove), dies of a heart attack at 72
- 1985 George Memmoli, actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46
- 1989 Anton Diffring [Alfred Pollack], German character actor (Assignment Vienna), dies at 70
- 1996 Jon Pertwee, English actor and entertainer (third Doctor in Doctor Who, Worzel Gummidge), dies from a heart attack at 76
- 1996 Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter, dies at 65
- 2005 John Donovan "J D" Cannon, American actor (McCloud, Ike, Call to Glory), dies at 83
- 2009 Lucy Gordon, British model and actress (b. 1980)
- 2011 Randy Savage, American Pro-Wrestler (b. 1952)