1670 – Ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59
1681 – Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, Swedish architect (Drottningholm Palace), dies at 65
1843 – Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician, dies at 78
1850 – Jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74
1994 – Jean-Pierre Plooij, Dutch writer and playwright (Duvelsmoer verhalen; Patience; Bird House), dies at 48
1994 – John Barrington Wain, English author and poet (Hurry on Down), dies at 69
2005 – Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist (b. 1913)
2010 – Paul Gray, American heavy metal bassist (Slipknot), dies of a drug overdose at 38
2010 – Ray Alan, English ventriloquist and television entertainer (Lord Charles), dies at 79
2022 – Thomas Ulsrud, Norwegian curler (World C’ship gold [skip] 2014; Olympics silver 2010), dies from cancer at 50