1656 – Jan van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 60
1695 – Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican philosopher and poet, and nun, dies at 44
1871 – Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, Austrian composer, dies at 59
1893 – John Murray Corse, American politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army), dies on his 58th birthday
1969 – René Barrientos, President of Bolivia, dies at 49
1991 – Marcus Heeresma, Dutch author (Anna, Son of a Whore), dies at 55
1996 – Joan Sterndale-Bennett, British actress (Brighton Rock, Those Fantastic Flying Fools), dies at 82
2002 – George Alec Effinger, American author, dies at 55
2009 – Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean actress and model, dies at 25
2018 – Paul Junger Witt, American TV and film producer (Brian’s Song; Soap; The Golden Girls; Dead Poets Society), dies of cancer at 77