1612 – Ernest of Bavaria, Prince-elector-archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne, dies at 57
1680 – Jan Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist and entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 43
1875 – Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33
1933 – Henri Viotta, Dutch conductor and composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84
1943 – Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (b. 1872)
1970 – Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Jewish writer (Nobel Prize for Literature 1966), dies at 81
1987 – Hal K. Dawson, American actor (Another Language, Wells Fargo), dies at 90
1996 – Hervé Bazin, French writer (Head Against the Wall), dies at 84
2017 – Warren Frost, American actor (Twin Peaks, Matlock, Seinfeld), dies at 91
2017 – Peter Richardson, British cricketer (England batsman mid-50’s), dies at 85