Famous Deaths Dec 14 St. John of the Cross [Juan de Yepes y Álvarez], Spanish Carmelite friar, poet and saint, dies at 49 Dec 30 Pope Innocent IX [Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti], 230th Catholic pope (1591), dies at 72 Nov 1591 History by Year Jan 1592 Famous Living People by Age 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 80-89 Over 90