1617 – Barnabe Rich, English soldier and writer
1673 – Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, king of Poland (16..-73), dies
1772 – Pedro Antonio Joaquim Correa da Serra Garção, Portuguese poet (b. 1724)
1978 – Theo Lingen, German director and actor (M, Charm of La Boheme), dies at 75
1991 – Franco Malfatti, president of Commission of Europe (1970-1972), dies
1991 – Alessandro Lessona, Minister of Italian Colonies (1931-38), dies
1998 – Svetlana Beriosova, Lithuanian-British ballerina, dies at 66
2006 – Fokko du Cloux, mathematician (b. 1954)
2006 – Gerald Levert, American singer (b. 1966)
2015 – Allen Toussaint [Naomi Neville], American RandB musician and songwriter (Ride Your Pony), dies at 77