1638 – Jacob C van Neck, admiral/mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 73
1661 – Jules Mazarin, Italian cardinal/premier of France, dies at 58
1844 – Charles XIV [Jean Bernadotte], French-born King of Sweden and Norway (1818-44), Marshall of France, dies at 81
1917 – Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and inventor (rigid dirigibles) who founded the Zeppelin airship company, dies at 78
1930 – Edward Terry Sanford, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1865)
1988 – Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist (b. 1918)
1995 – Kostis Stephanopoulos, Greek conservative politician (President of Greece, 1995-2005), dies at 90
1998 – Ray Nitschke, American football player, dies of a heart attack at 61
2003 – Karen Morley, American actress (b. 1909)
2009 – Zbigniew Religa, Minister of Health of the Republic of Poland (b. 1938)