1572 – Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (bc. 1508)
1679 – Barent Avercamp, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 66
1875 – Raffaello Carboni, Italian writer
1897 – Francis Turner Palgrave, English poet (Golden Treasury), dies at 73
1922 – George Cadbury, British chocolate and cocoa manufacturer (Cadbury), dies at 83
1953 – Ernest Irving, English composer, dies at 74
1994 – Gamini Dissanayake, Sri Lankain presidential candidate, murdered
2007 – Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyz journalist
2010 – Lamont Johnson, American television director (b. 1922)
2016 – Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, President of Uruguay (2000-2005), dies at 88