1603 – François Viète, French mathematician dies in Paris (b. 1540)
1909 – Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet, critic and interpreter, dies of a heart attack at 54
1945 – Robert van Genechten, Dutch Nazi (NSB), commits suicide
1958 – Brand Dirck Ochse, Dutch filmmaker and co-founder (Polygoon), dies at 66
1961 – Grandma Moses [Anna Mary Robertson], American primitive painter (Old Oaken Bucket), dies at 101
1965 – Robert Frederick Sink, United States Army Officer (WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War), dies at 60
1975 – Cyril Delevanti, British actor (Soylent Green, The Night of the Iguana), dies at 88
1991 – Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (La Marge), dies at 82
2008 – John Drake, New Zealand rugby union footballer (b. 1959)
2009 – Paul A. Samuelson, American economist (1970 Nobel Prize for Economics, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal), dies at 94