1610 – Adam Elsheimer, German painter, cartoonist and etcher, buried at 32
1933 – Emile Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87
1991 – Robert Q. Lewis, American TV host (Masquerade Party, Robert Q Lewis Show), dies at 71
1994 – Yao Yilin, Vice Prime Minister of China (1979-88), dies at 77
1994 – Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (Mississippian culture), dies at 94
1995 – Robert Shelton [Shapiro], American born music and film critic, dies at 69
1996 – William Rushton, actor, author and cartoonist (TW3, Private Eye), dies of a heart attack at 59
2002 – Lou Stein, American pianist (Tonight! America After Dark), dies at 80
2008 – Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (b. 1960)
2009 – Claudia Boyarskikh, Soviet cross country skier (5 Olympic gold 1964, 1968), dies at 70