1591 – Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540)
1669 – Arnold Geulincx, Flemish philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45
1778 – Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit priest and scientist, dies at 52
1889 – August Ahlqvist, Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi), dies at 63
1959 – Alfonso López Pumarejo, 16th President of Colombia (Liberal: 1934-38 and 1942-46) and statesman (President of UN security council 1948), dies at 73
1978 – Giorgio De Chirico, Italian painter (founded the scuola metafisica art movement), dies at 90
1991 – Gina Petrushka, actress (Exorcist, Sybil), dies at 82
2003 – James “Jim” Siedow, American actor (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), dies from emphysema at 83
2005 – James King, American tenor, dies at 80
2009 – H.C. Robbins Landon, American musicologist (Haydn: Chronicle and Works), dies at 83