1543 – Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet and litterateur, dies at 49
1729 – Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichordist, organist, singer, and composer (Les pièces de clavessin; Céphale et Procris), dies at 64
1785 – Egbert de Free Temminck, Amsterdam regent, dies at 84
1961 – Paul Guilfoyle, American actor and director (White Heat, Cyrano de Bergerac), dies of a heart attack at 58
1966 – Arthur D Waley [Schloss], British sinology/poet (Monkey), dies
2008 – Violet Cane, British pioneering female statistician, dies at 92
2011 – Gisèle Rabesahala, Malagasy politician (1st female minister) and human righter activist, dies at 82
2015 – Chris Squire, British progressive rock bassist, founding and longest serving member of Yes, 1969-2014 (“The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)”), dies of acute erythroid leukemia at 67
2017 – Suh Yun-bok, Korean marathon runner (Boston Marathon, 1947), dies at 94
2020 – Martha Nierenberg [née Weiss de Csepel], Hungarian-American biochemist, furniture designer and co-founder of Dansk Designs, dies at 96