1588 – Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist
1806 – John Nieuwenhuijzen, Dutch theologist (co-founder Foundation ‘t Nut), dies at 81
1919 – Josephine McGill, composer, dies at 41
1925 – Karl Hjalmar Branting, Swedish statesman, Prime Minister of Sweden, recipient of the 1921 Nobel Peace Prize, dies at 64
1943 – Fred Tate, English cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Sussex CCC) and coach (Derbyshire CCC), dies at 75
1967 – Franz Waxman [Wachsmann], German-American film score composer (Rebecca; Sunset Boulevard; A Place In The Sun), dies of cancer at 60
1976 – Charles Wilfred Orr, English pianist and composer (settings of A.E. Housman poems), dies at 82
1991 – Héctor Rial, Spanish soccer striker (Real Madrid, 5 straight Euro Cup C’ships 1956-60), dies at 62
2006 – Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (b. 1925)
2011 – Anant Pai, Indian educationalist and creator of comics (b. 1929)