1563 – Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (b. 1530)
1642 – Guido Reni, Italian painter (b. 1575)
1712 – Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers, English soldier
1815 – Chauncey Goodrich, American politician (b. 1759)
1966 – Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Struggle and Blessing), dies at 75
1981 – Anita Loos, US (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88
1992 – Gerard Sonder, Dutch radio host (AVRO), dies
2003 – Tony Jackson, English bass player (The Searchers), dies at 63
2009 – Kim Dae-jung,15th President of South Korea (b. 1925)
2010 – Benjamin Kaplan, American copyright scholar, dies at 99