1662 – John Tradescant, traveller/gardener, dies
1672 – Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish scholar/author/poet (Hercules), dies at 73
1758 – Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686)
1962 – Vera Reynolds, actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at 62
1986 – Mircea Eliade, Romanian religious historian (Le Yoga) and author, dies at 79
1992 – Youcca Troubatzkoy, actress (Flower of the Night), dies
1996 – Harold “Jug” McSpaden, American professional golfer, dies at 87
2005 – Philip Morrison, American physicist, dies at 89
2005 – Robert Farnon, Canadian composer and conductor, dies at 87
2017 – Norman T. Hatch, American oscar-winning marine cinematographer during WWII (With the Marines at Tarawa), dies at 96