1611 – Jan H Van Linschoten, traveller/writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies
1725 – Peter the Great [Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov], Tsar of Russia (1682-1725) dies of uremia at 52
1947 – Ernest Williams, American composer, dies at 65
1960 – John Langshaw Austin, British philosopher, (b. 1911)
1963 – George Dolenz [Jure Dolenc], Italian actor (Scared Stiff, Count of Monte Cristo), dies from a heart attack at 55
1980 – Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer (b. 1936)
1994 – Ken Hall, Australian director and producer (Kokoda front line), dies at 92
1998 – Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer (Nobel 1955), dies at 95
2005 – Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician and organist (Walk on the Wild Side), dies at 79
2013 – James DePreist, American conductor (Mitropoulos Prize, 1964, Oregon Symphony, 1980-2003), dies of a heart attack at 76