1509 – Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52, Henry VIII succeeds him aged 17
1699 – Jean Racine, French dramatist (Phèdre, Athalie), dies of liver cancer at 59
1946 – Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for South Africa in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies
1946 – John Maynard Keynes, English economist whose ideas changed the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, dies of a heart attack at 62
1990 – Erté, French artist
1997 – Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies
1999 – Charles “Buddy” Rogers, American film actor (Wings), singer, and dance bandleader, dies at 94
2003 – Nina Simone [Eunice Waymon], American jazz pianist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and civil rights activist (“Mississippi Goddam”; “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black”, “Feeling Good”; “Wild Is The Wind”), dies of breast cancer at 70
2004 – Mary McGrory, American journalist and columnist, dies at 85
2013 – Leopold Engleitner, Austrian Holocaust survivor, dies at 107