Died on this day

British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA

British chemist

Norwegian economist and econometrician

Canadian-American actress

Swedish ophthalmologist

brother of Napoleon Bonaparte; King of Naples (1806–08) and Spain (1808–13)

French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry

Philosopher, military and political leader

French revolutionary lawyer and politician

French novelist and dramatist