1441 – Jan/Johannes van Eyck, Flemish painter (Lamb Gods), dies
1553 – Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)
1696 – Waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies
1856 – James Strang, Mormon splinter group leader (b. 1813)
1957 – Manfred Julius Susskind, South African cricketer (1924 Test series), dies
1969 – Rob de Vries, actor and director (Ciske de Rat, Silent Raid), dies at 51
1977 – Loren C Eiseley, US anthropologist/writer (Animal Secrets), dies at 69
1979 – Cornelia Otis Skinner, dies at 78
1994 – Bill Mosienko, Ukrainian-Canadian National Hockey League player, dies at 72
2004 – Isabel Sanford, American actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family), dies at 86 (b. 1917)