1645 – Francisco Gómez de Quevedo, Spanish author and poet, dies at 64
1755 – Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (Williams College), dies at 40
1909 – Frank Crawford Armstrong, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 73
1922 – Léon Bonnat, French painter (Job), dies at 89
1956 – Vital Celen, Flemish writer (‘t Pastoorke van Vossendonck), dies at 69
1981 – Roy Wilkins, American civil rights activist and longtime executive director of NAACP, dies at 80
1983 – Ibrahim Abboud, 1st President and 4th Prime Minister of Sudan (1958-64), dies at 82
1996 – Elizabeth Eyre de Lanaux, designer artist/writer, dies at 102
2003 – Leni Riefenstahl [Helene Bertha Amalie], German film director (Triumph of the Will) and actress (Tiefland), dies in her sleep at 101
2010 – Rich Cronin, American singer-songwriter (Lyte Funkie Ones) dies of cancer aged 36