1632 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher, dies at 60
1681 – Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish dramatist, poet and writer of the Spanish Golden Age, dies at 81
1899 – Marie-Rosalie “Rosa” Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68
1940 – Joe De Grasse, Canadian film director, dies at 67
1949 – Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WWII), dies at 47
1979 – John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949)
1981 – Fredric Warburg, British publisher and author (b. 1898)
2005 – Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (b. 1938)
2008 – J. R. Simplot, American potato farmer (b. 1909)
2018 – Piet Kee, Dutch organist and composer, dies at 90