1676 – Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)
1765 – Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist, dies at 67
1824 – Barbara Juliane, baroness von Krüdener, Baltic German religious mystic, author, and Pietist Lutheran theologian, dies at 60
1842 – Bedrich Divis Weber, Bohemian composer and musicologist, dies at 76
1921 – Vladimir Korolenko, Russian writer (The Blind Musician), dies at 68
1933 – Francesc Macià, Catalonian statesman (b. 1859)
1975 – Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94
1995 – Dean Martin [Dino Paul Crocetti], American singer, comedian and actor (Martin and Lewis, The Dean Martin Show), dies of throat cancer at 78
2000 – Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition, dies at 92
2014 – Geoff Pullar, English cricketer (England opening batsman late 50’s early 60’s), dies at 79