1681 – Georg Neumark, German composer and poet, dies at 60
1695 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer (discovered Saturn’s rings) and scientist (dynamics), dies at 66
1721 – Elihu Yale, English merchant and philanthropist (benefactor of Yale University), dies at 72
1784 – Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist (b. 1735)
1826 – Luther Martin, American statesman (b. 1748)
1933 – Anthony Hope, British author (b. 1863)
1949 – Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Italian composer, dies at 66
1979 – Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1906)
1982 – Virginia Hall [Goillot], American spy with British Special Operations during WWII (1940-1966), dies at 76
1991 – Lotte Palfi Andor, German-American actress (Lovesick, All That Jazz), dies at 87