1654 – Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594)
1900 – Eugenio Beltrami, Italian mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry), dies at 64
1902 – Charles Lewis Tiffany, American jeweler and founder of Tiffany and Co, dies at 90
1951 – Piet A W Hopmans, bishop of Breda (Crusade), dies at 85
1959 – Alfred Alessandrescu, Romanian composer, dies at 65
1975 – Chivu Stoica [Stoica Chivu], premier of Romania (1955-61), dies at 66
1993 – Jacqueline Hill, dies of cancer at 63
2008 – Sir Richard Knowles, British politician (b. 1917)
2009 – Ronald Dearing, British civil servant and chairman (British Post Office), dies of cancer at 78
2013 – Kevin Ayers, British progressive rocker (Soft Machine; Joy of a Toy), dies at 68