1613 – Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)
1656 – Jan J van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 60
1695 – Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44
1882 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet (Representive Men), dies of pneumonia at 78
1957 – Mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies
1984 – Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63
1998 – Dominique Aury, French novelist (b. 1907)
2009 – Feroz Khan, Indian actor, producer and director (known as Clint Eastwood of Bollywood), dies at 69
2009 – Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean actress and model (b. 1983)
2017 – Julius Youngner, American virologist, helped develop Salk polio vaccine, dies at 96