- 1626 Edward Alleyn, English actor and founder of Dulwich College, dies at 60
- 1935 Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (After 30 Years), dies at 72
- 1948 Charles D. Brown, American actor (Eve Knew Her Apples), dies at 61
Bill Robinson (1878-1949)
American actor and tap dancer (Stormy Weather; The Little Colonel), dies at 71
- 1959 Jean Grémillon, French film director, dies at 58
- 1964 Clarence Kolb, American actor (My Little Margie - "Mr. Honeywell"), dies at 90
- 1968 Phil Lord, actor (Stud's Place), dies at 89
- 1971 Hank Mann, American actor (City Lights, Smoky, Dawn Trail, Fugitive Road), dies at 84
- 1973 Laurence Harvey [Larushka Skine], Lithuanian-born South African actor (Alamo, Romeo & Juliet), dies of cancer at 45
- 1974 Rosemary Lane, American actress (An Angel from Texas, 4 Mothers, Harvest Melody), dies from diabetes and pulmonary obstruction at 61
- 1975 Moyna MacGill, actress (Strange Affair of Uncle Harry), dies
- 1981 Jack Albertson, American actor (Chico and the Man, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory), dies from colon cancerr at 74
- 1982 Robert Coote, British actor (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Scaramouche), dies of a heart attack at 73
- 1989 Frank M Thomas, actor (Behind the Headlines, M'Liss), dies
- 1991 Eleanor Audley, American voice actress (Cinderella - "Wicked Stepmother"), dies at 86
- 1993 Claudia McNeil, actress (Raisin in the Sun), dies of diabetes at 77
- 1997 Charles Hallahan, American actor (Hunter), dies of a heart attack at 54
- 1998 (Clerow) "Flip" Wilson, American Grammy Award-winning comedian, and Emmy Award-winning writer and TV personality (The Flip Wilson Show), dies of liver cancer at 64
- 2006 Phyllis Fraser, American actress and children's book publisher (b. 1916)
- 2010 Peter Christopherson, British rock musician (Throbbing Gristle; Psychic TV), commercial & music video director, dies at 55
- 2012 Dinah Sheridan, British actress (Genevieve, The Railway Children, Don't Wait Up), dies at 92
- 2013 Toshiaki Tsushima, Japanese film score composer, dies of pneumonia at 77
- 2014 Joanna Dunham, English actress (Possession, House the Dripped Blood), dies at 78
- 2016 Ron Glass, American actor (Barney Miller, Frank's Place), dies at 71
- 2017 Rance Howard, American actor (Splash, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind), dies at 89
- 2022 Irene Cara [Escalera], American Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter ("Fame"; "Flashdance...What A Feeling"), and actress (Fame; D.C. Cab), dies at 63
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