1595 – Philippus Nerius [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79
1703 – Samuel Pepys, English navy administrator and Member of Parliament famous for his Diary of the English Restoration period, dies at 70
1864 – Charles Sealsfield, Austrian-American writer, dies at 71
1924 – Victor Herbert, American cellist, composer, and conductor (Babes in Toyland; Eileen), dies of a heart attack at 65
1944 – Robert van Spaendonck, Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 27
1993 – Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78
1996 – Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, musician, dies at 45
2003 – Kathleen Winsor, American writer (b. 1919)
2005 – Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1928)
2018 – Ted [Samuel Frederick] Dabney, American electrical engineer and founder of Atari (Pong), dies at 81