1272 – Zita, Italian maid and saint from Lucca, dies at about 59
1790 – Benjamin Franklin, US Founding Father, inventor, ambassador and writer (Poor Richards Almanac), dies at 84
1799 – Richard Jupp, English architect (East India House) (b. 1728)
1882 – George Jennings, English sanitary engineer (invented first public flush toilets), dies at 71
1948 – Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer (South African captain in 13 Tests 1905-11), dies at 67
1967 – Giorgio Cesana, Italian coxswain (Olympic gold 1906), dies at 75
1988 – Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (featured at the 31st Venice Biennale), dies of brain tumor at 88
1995 – Nancy Mayhew Youngman, English painter and educationalist, dies at 88
2012 – Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer, dies from a heart attack at 64
2013 – Deanna Durbin [Edna Mae Durbin], Canadian actress and vocalist (Every Sunday, Three Smart Girls, 100 Men and a Girl), dies at 91