Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869)
British lexicographer (Roget's Thesaurus) and inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard), dies at 90
- 1917 Eric Lundie, South African cricketer (WWI Test South Africa v England 1914), dies at the Battle of Passchendaele at 29
- 1963 Ben Sealey, West Indian cricketer (one Test WI v England 1933), dies at 64
- 1975 Doc Alexander, American College Football Hall of Fame guard (Syracuse; All Pro 1921, 22; Rochester Jeffersons; NFL C'ship 1925; NY Giants), dies at 78
- 1979 Denis Smith, English cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies at 72
- 1980 André Chéron, French chess player (French Champion, 1926, 1927 & 1929) and endgame theorist, dies at 84
- 1983 Sabin Carr, American athlete (Olympic gold pole vault 1928; WR 4.27m 1927), dies at 79
- 1999 Bill Quackenbush, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman (8 x NHL All-Star; Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings) and coach (Princeton), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 77
Jack Kramer (1921-2009)
American tennis player (Wimbledon 1947, US Open 1946, 47), dies of cancer at 88
- 2010 Giulio Zignoli, Italian footballer (b. 1946)
- 2011 Alexander Galimov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1985)
- 2021 Michel Maïque, French rugby league second rower (8 Tests; FC Lézignan) and politician (Mayor of Lézignan-Corbières 2014-20), dies from acute pancreatitis at 73
- 2023 Dominique Colonna, French soccer goalkeeper (13 caps; Stade Français, OGC Nice, Reims) and manager (Cameroon 1965-70), dies at 95
- 2023 Gordon Kennett, English motorcycle speedway rider (World Pairs C'ship [Malcolm Simmons] 1978; World Championship 1978 runner-up), dies at 70
- 2023 Roy Kidd, American College Football HOF coach (Eastern Kentucky University 1964-2002, record 314–124–8), dies at 91
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