1547 – Hernán Cortés, Spanish conquistador (defeated the Aztec Empire and colonized large parts of Mexico), dies of pleurisy at 61 or 62
1665 – Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French socialite (b. 1588)
1719 – Pasquier Quesnel, French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85
1944 – Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67
1980 – Richard Pindle Hammond, American composer dies at 83
1990 – Robert Cummings, American actor (Love that Bob, Dial M For Murder), dies of kidney failure at 80
1997 – Shirley Crabtree Jr. [Big Daddy], English pro wrestler (record-breaking 64-inch chest), dies from a stroke at 67
1999 – Joey Adams [Joseph Abramowitz], American comedian, actor and columnist (ABC’s Back That Fact), dies at 88
1999 – Charlie Byrd, American jazz and bossa nova guitarist (Desfinado), dies of lung cancer at 74
2020 – Pat Patterson, Canadian pro wrestler (WWE Hall of Fame; creator Royal Rumble), dies from cancer at 79