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===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[Bernardino de Mendoza]], Spanish commander and diplomat (b. 1540)
*[[1621]] &ndash; [[Guillaume du Vair]], French lawyer and author (b. 1556)
*[[1712]] &ndash; [[Joshua Barnes]], English historian and scholar (b. 1654)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Haugen |first1=Kristine L. |title=Barnes, Joshua (1654–1712), Greek scholar and antiquary |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/1470}}</ref>
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[Anthonie Heinsius]], Dutch politician (b. 1641)
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[Grinling Gibbons]], Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (b. 1648)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Beard |first1=Geoffrey |title=Gibbons, Grinling |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T032101}}</ref>
*[[1761]] &ndash; [[Johann Matthias Gesner]], German scholar and academic (b. 1691)
*[[1773]] &ndash; [[Stanisław Konarski]], Polish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[Étienne Bonnot de Condillac]], French epistemologist and philosopher (b. 1715)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Richard Arkwright]], English engineer and businessman (b. 1732)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Mason |first1=J. J. |title=Arkwright, Sir Richard (1732–1792), inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/645}}</ref>
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst]], English field marshal and politician, [[List of colonial governors of Virginia|Colonial Governor of Virginia]] (b. 1717)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Anderson |first1=Fred |title=Amherst, Jeffery (1717-1797), British soldier and first baron Amherst |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0100021}}</ref>
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Christopher Anstey]], English author and poet (b. 1724)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Merrett |first1=Robert James |title=Anstey, Christopher (1724–1805), poet |date=21 May 2009 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/579}}</ref>
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Wenzel Müller]], Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1767)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Branscombe |first1=Peter |title=Müller, Wenzel |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.19332}}</ref>
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Dorothea von Schlegel]], German author and translator (b. 1763)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Eugène Sue]], French author and politician (b. 1804)<ref>{{cite web |title=Eugène Sue {{!}} French author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eugene-Sue |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Gábor Klauzál]], Hungarian politician, [[Minister of Agriculture (Hungary)|Hungarian Minister of Agriculture]] (b. 1804)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Philipp August Böckh]], German historian and scholar (b. 1785)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[William B. Ogden]], American businessman and politician, 1st [[Mayor of Chicago]] (b. 1805)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Joseph Severn]], English painter (b. 1793)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Powell |first1=Cecilia |title=Severn, Joseph |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T077863}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[George Inness]], American painter (b. 1825)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Staiti |first1=Paul J. |title=Inness, George |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T041356}}</ref>