1557 – Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)
1917 – Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (Primitive Culture), dies at 84
1918 – Sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42
1968 – Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies
1975 – Theo Osterkamp, World War I and World War II German fighter pilot, dies at 82
2002 – Margaret “Bibi” Osterwald, American actress (As Good as It Gets, Bridget Loves Bernie), dies of lung disease at 83
2005 – Cyril Fletcher, British comedian, dies at 91
2005 – Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist (b. 1911)
2007 – Richard Newton, Australian-born technology pioneer and professor (b. 1951)
2012 – Ian Bargh, Canadian jazz pianist and composer, dies from lung cancer at 76