1648 – Władysław IV Vasa, King of Poland (1632-48), dies of kidney stones at 52
1713 – Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635)
1793 – Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist and writer, dies at 73
1900 – Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer, dies at 80
1923 – Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist, dies
1969 – Fred Sherman, American actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64
1972 – Cornelis Jakob van der Klauw, Dutch biologist and zoologist, dies at 78
1973 – Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945)
2020 – Stephen A. DiMauro, American thoroughbred racing jockey, trainer, breeder and owner (Eclipse Award 1975; Lady Pitt, Dearly Precious, Nassipour, Wajima), dies from cancer at 87
2022 – Roger Angell, American literary editor and baseball journalist (The New Yorker), dies of congestive heart failure at 101