1654 – Ole Worm, Danish physician, dies at 66
1772 – William Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695)
1966 – Kasimir Edschmid, German writer, dies at 75
1986 – Urho Kekkonen, 8th President of Finland (1956-81), dies at 85
1990 – Johnny Lindsay, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1947), dies
1995 – John Erik Jonsson, American businessman and Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93
1995 – David Richard Holloway, literary Editor, dies at 71
1996 – Milt Larkin, American jazz trumpeter and band leader, dies at 85
2005 – Michael Sheard, British actor (b. 1940)
2006 – Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (b. 1977)