1487 – Nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417)
1656 – Armagh James Ussher, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (claimed world began 4004 BC), dies at 76
1734 – Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian (b. 1679)
1844 – Leopold van Sasse van Ysselt, Dutch nobleman and politician, dies at 65
1921 – “Big Jim” Colisimo, American gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1975 – Ralph Hawtrey, British economist (multiplier, quantity theory of money), dies at 95
1984 – Shauna Grant, American actress (suicide) (b. 1963)
1987 – Dean Paul Martin, American actor (Misfits of Science), dies in a plane crash at 35
1995 – Robert Urquhart, Scottish actor (Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed), dies at 72
2017 – Colin Dexter, English crime writer (Inspector Morse), dies at 86