1611 – Jan Huygen van Linschoten, Dutch traveller and writer (Reys-Gheschrift), dies (B. 1653)
1750 – Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (Tragedy of Zara), dies at 65
1821 – Paul Anton Wineberger, German composer, dies at 62
1877 – Charles Wilkes, American Antarctic explorer and naval officer (Union Navy), dies at 78
1921 – Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin, Russian activist and anarchist, dies at 78
1975 – Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1886)
1985 – William Lyons, British industrialist and automobile manufacturer (Jaguar cars), dies at 84
1994 – Jacob Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogic Moment), dies at 70
1996 – Del Ennis, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 1946, 51, 55; NL RBI leader 1950; Philadelphia Phillies), dies from complications of diabetes at 70
2015 – Filipe Pires, Portuguese pianist, composer (Portugaliae Genesis), and educator, dies at 81