1324 – Marco Polo, Venetian explorer (The Travels of Marco Polo), dies at 69
1919 – Peter Altenberg, writer, dies at 59
1938 – Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy (b. 1880)
1948 – John Lomax, American folk song collector and ethnomusicologist (American Folklore Society), and educator, dies of a stroke at 83
1958 – Mary Colter, American architect and designer (Fred Harvey Company, Santa Fe Railroad), dies at 88
1967 – Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (Ashes and Diamonds), dies at 39
1979 – Sara Carter, American country musician, songwriter and vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 81
1987 – Manuel Blancafort, Spanish-Catalan pianist and composer, dies at 89
2017 – Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 4th President of Iran (1989-97) and de facto commander-in-chief of the Iranian military during the Iran-Iraq War, dies of a heart attack at 82
2023 – Bernard Kalb, American journalist, moderator, lecturer and author, one of the most respected broadcast journalists of his time (CBS News, New York Times), dies at 100