1626 – John Davies, English poet (b. 1569)
1632 – Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer, dies at 71
1746 – Charles Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Derwentwater, British politician, dies at 53
1850 – Georg Sverdrup, Norwegian statesman, dies at 80
1864 – George Boole, English mathematician (Boolean algebra), dies at 49
1894 – Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician (b. 1821)
1934 – Bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62
1952 – Charles Lightoller, English second officer on the Titanic (b. 1874)
1982 – Cyrill Daal, Suriname worker’s union leader, murdered
2003 – Rubén González, Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1919)