Famous Deaths on 7th July

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1129 - Shirakawa, emperor of Japan (1072-86)/budhist monk, dies at 76
1304 - Benedict XI, [Niccolo Boccasini], Pope (1303-04), dies
1307 - Edward I, King of England (1272-1307), dies at 68
1348 - John Andreae, Italian canonist, dies
1537 - Madeleine de Valois, queen of James V of Scotland (b. 1520)
1572 - Sigismund II August, last Jagellonen king of Poland, dies at 51
1573 - Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (b. 1507)
1647 - Thomas Hooker, clergyman, father of American democracy, dies
1656 - Michelangelo Rossi, Italian opera composer, buried at about 55
1663 - Thomas Baltzar, German violinist
1694 - Dokusho, Zen teacher, Obaku line, dies
1701 - William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631)
1713 - Henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford and privy councillor (b. 1632)
1764 - William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician (b. 1683)
1771 - Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy), dies at 54
1773 - Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer, dies at 60
1774 - Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83
1776 - Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693)
1790 - Franciscus "Frans" Hemsterhuis, Frisian philosopher, dies at 68
1794 - Pascal Boyer, composer, dies at 51
1799 - William Curtis, English botanist (Botanical Magazine), dies at 53
1814 - Robert Jasper van der Capellen, Dutch politician, dies at 71
1816 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b. 1751)
1826 - Friedrich Ludwig Dulon, flautist/composer, dies at 56
1855 - Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787)
1861 - John Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies
1865 - Mary Surratt, & 3 other Lincoln conspirators, hanged
1865 - Lewis Paine, Lincoln conspirator (b. 1844)
1865 - David Herold, Lincoln conspirator (b. 1842)
1878 - Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847)
1885 - Nicola De Giosa, composer, dies at 66
1889 - Giovanni Bottesini, composer, dies at 67
1890 - Henri Nestlé, Founder of Nestlé S.A. (b. 1814)
1893 - Guy de Maupassant, writer, dies at 42
1898 - Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreograph/ballet leader, dies
1901 - Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)
1903 - Ferreira Veiga, Viscount d' Arneiro, composer, dies at 64
1903 - Jose Augusto da Ferreira Veiga, composer, dies at 64
1907 - James McGranahan, composer, dies at 67
1913 - Edward Burd Grubb, American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General (b.1841)
1919 - Paul Deusen, German philosopher/CEO (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft), dies
1922 - Cathal Brugha, Chief of Staff of Irish Republican Army (b.1874)
1925 - Clarence Hudson White American photographer (b.. 1871)
1927 - Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician (b. 1846)
Author of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle (1930) 1930 - Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 71
1931 - Johannes Jacobus "Kodgee" Kotze, cricketer (South Africa 1902-07), dies
1932 - Alexander Grin, Russian novelist (b. 1880)
1932 - Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1844)
1933 - John M Acket, literary (New Friends), dies at 70
1934 - Doodles Tapscott, cricketer (South African batsman 1922-23), dies
1939 - James Deacon White, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi), dies at 91
1944 - Erich Salomon, German photographer, dies
1944 - Georges Mandel, [Louis Rothschild], French foreign min (-1940), dies
1945 - Salomeja Neris, [S Bacinskaite-Buciene], Latvian poet, dies at 40
1949 - Bunk Johnson, American musician (b. 1879 or 1889)
1955 - Franco Casavola, composer, dies at 63
1956 - Gottfried Benn, writer, dies at 70
1958 - Raymond Hackett, dies at 55
1965 - Bill Hitch, England cricket fast-bowler (7 Tests 1911-21), dies
1965 - Moshe Sharett, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894)
1966 - Carmelita Geraghty, dies of heart attack at 65
1967 - Vivian Leigh, actress (Scarlet-Gone with the Wind), dies at 53
1967 - Jo Schlesser, French Formula One racing driver (b. 1928)
1968 - Leo Sowerby, composer (Pulitzer Prize), dies at 73
1969 - Erskine Sanford, dies at 83
1969 - Gladys Swarthout, US mezzo-soprano (La Gioconda), dies at 69
1970 - Allen Lane [Williams], English publisher (Penguin Books), dies at 67
1970 - Louise Harrison, mother of Beatle George, dies
1970 - Marjorie Rambeau, actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song), dies at 80
1970 - Sylvester Wiere, comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at 60
1971 - Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer (b. 1925)
1971 - Ub Iwerks, American artist, director, and cartoonist (b1901)
1972 - Athenagoras, 268th patriarch of Constantinople, dies
1972 - King Talal of Jordan (b. 1909)
1973 - Max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist, dies at 78
1973 - Veronica Lake, [Constance Ockleman], actress (Ramrod), dies at 58
1975 - Barbara Brown
1975 - Vito Frazzi, composer, dies at 86
1975 - Ruffian, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1972)
1976 - Gustav Heinemann, German president, dies at 76
1976 - Norman Foster, dies at 75
1976 - Walter Giesler, American soccer coach (b. 1910)
1979 - D P Conyngham, cricketer (one Test for South Africa), dies
1980 - Reginald Gardiner, actor (Great Dictator), dies at 77
1981 - Keefe Brasselle, actor (Be Our Guest), dies at 58
1981 - Mildred Lisette Norman a.k.a. Peace Pilgrim, American pacifist and activist
1982 - Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis, soccer star/writer, dies at 76
1982 - Fred Stuthman, actor (Henry Adler-Hello Larry), dies at 63
1983 - George Cukor, director (My Fair Lady), dies on 84th birthday
1983 - Herman Kahn, US futurist/nuclear strategist, dies at 71
1983 - Vicki Morgan, mistress (Beautiful Bad Girl), murdered at 30
1984 - Flora Robson, actress (Great Day, Frieda), dies in her sleep at 82
1984 - Carl Boenish, American father of BASE jumping (b. 1941)
1985 - Patti McCarty, actress (Gangster of the Frontier), dies at 64
1988 - Jimmy Edwards, actor (Plank, Bottoms Up, Late Mr H), dies at 68
1990 - Bill Cullen, game show host (Price is Right), dies at 70 of cancer
1990 - Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle, Jes priest/apprentice Zen teacher, dies at 92
1990 - Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (b. 1958)
1992 - Ruurd Faber, mayor of Aalten (1971-75), dies at 79
1993 - Mia Zapata, American singer with The Gits (b. 1965)
1994 - Anita Garvin, US actress (Sailors Beware), dies at 80
1994 - Rosa Chacel, spanish Novelist, dies at 96
1994 - Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (b. 1924)
1995 - Gabor Ormai, viola Player, dies at 40
1995 - Geoffrey Freeman Allen, railway writer, dies at 73
1996 - Albrecht Luitpold Michael Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 91
1997 - Jerry Doggett, sportscaster (Bkln/LA Dodgers), dies at 80
1999 - Captain Vikram Batra, Indian Army officer, awarded Param Vir Chakra (September 9,1974)
2000 - Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969)
2001 - Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
2002 - Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian business tycoon (b. 1933)
2002 - Bison Dele, American basketball player (b. 1969)
2003 - Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian-born conductor (b. 1924)
2006 - Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor (b. 1911)
Rocker Syd Barrett (2006) 2006 - Syd Barrett, original guitarist and vocalist of the band Pink Floyd (b. 1946)
2006 - John Money, Sexologist (b. 1921)
2008 - Bruce Conner, American artist (b. 1933)
2008 - Dorian Leigh, American supermodel (b. 1917)