1560 – George van Egmond, Dutch bishop of Utrecht, dies at 56
1764 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar, dies at 89
1802 – Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754)
1868 – August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
1952 – George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher and poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88
1960 – William Ling, South African cricketer (batsman in 6 Tests 1921-23), dies at 68
1965 – James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (b. 1898)
1994 – Maurice Ashley, historian and editor (The Listener), dies at 87
1998 – Betty Carter [Lillie Mae Jones], American jazz singer and scat vocalist, dies of pancreatic cancer at 69
2015 – Manuel Oltra, Spanish secular and sacred music composer, and professor (Barcelona Conservatory, 1959-87), dies at 93