1559 – Kano Motonobu, Zen co-founder (Kano school of painting), dies at 83
1660 – Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
1660 – Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, English socialite (b. 1599)
1772 – Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), dies at 66
1968 – Robert Ayres, actor (Battle Beneath the Earth), dies at 54
1990 – Humphrey Gibbs, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (1959-69), dies at 87
1991 – Robert Maxwell, British billionaire publisher (NY Daily News), dies at 68
1992 – Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (hypothesized “Oort Cloud”), dies at 92
2005 – (Fred Lincoln) “Link” Wray, Native American rock guitarist (“Rumble”), dies of heart failure at 76
2009 – Félix Luna, Argentine historian and lyricist, dies at 84