- 1131 Adjutor, French Catholic Saint and knight in the First Crusade, patron saint of swimmers, boaters, and drowning victims
- 1919 Henry Wood, English cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 134no; Kent CCC, Surrey CCC), dies at 65
- 1931 Sammy Woods, Australian cricket all-rounder (3 Tests Australia, 3 England, 1 x 50, 10 wickets; Somerset CCC) and rugby union flanker (13 caps England, 5 as captain), dies at 64
- 1983 Joel H. Hildebrand, American chemist and educator (research led to new treatments for divers with the 'bends' through the use of helium and oxygen breathing mixtures), dies at 101
- 1993 Dave Waymer, American NFL safety (NO Saints), dies of a heart attack at 34
- 1993 Eric Rowan, South African cricket batsman (26 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 236; Transvaal, Eastern Province), dies at 83
- 1993 Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)
- 1994 Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver, dies in crash at 31
- 1997 Henry Picard, American golfer (Masters 1938, PGA 1939), dies at 90
- 2003 Peter "Possum" Bourne, New Zealand race car driver, dies at 47
- 2007 Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
- 2011 Emilio Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player, dies at 105
- 2019 Mike Doyle, American surfer (World C'ship 1964 runner-up; World Tandem Champion 1965, 67), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 78
- 2020 Chuni Goswami, Indian soccer striker and captain (30 caps; Mohun Bagan) and cricket all-rounder (captain Bengal), dies from cardiac arrest at 82
- 2022 Mino Raiola, Italian soccer agent (Pavel Nedvěd, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Paul Pogba), dies at 54
Ralph Boston (1939-2023)
American athlete (Olympic gold long jump 1960, silver 1964, bronze 1968; first to break 27 feet [8.2m] barrier), dies after a stroke at 83
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