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472 - Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies
939 - Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49
939 - Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
1113 - Mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies
1264 - Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies
1517 - John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37
1559 - Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)
1564 - Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49
1588 - Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies
1617 - Isaac Oliver, miniature painter, dies
1626 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (b. 1567)
1629 - Pierre the Barulle, French cardinal/founder (French Oratorio), dies
1629 - Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)
1656 - Stephan Otto, composer, dies at 53
1678 - Wu San-kuei, gen, invited Manchus to China, dies trying to expel them
1707 - Anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57
1721 - Benott Audran, artist/engraver, dies
1724 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (b. 1644)
1729 - Arnold Boonen, portrait painter, dies at 60
1746 - Josiah Burchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty
1764 - William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1775 - Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703)
1780 - John Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold)
1782 - Charles Lee, British and U.S. general (b. 1732)
1786 - August Keppel, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies
1803 - Samuel Adams, US revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81
1804 - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French steam vehicle pioneer (b. 1725)
1809 - Wybo Fijnje, politician/patriot/journalist, dies at 59
1817 - Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian naval commander and admiral (b. 1744)
1823 - Daniel Steibelt, composer, dies at 57 [OS=Sept 20]
1842 - Jose Mariano Elizaga, composer, dies at 56
1842 - William Ellery Channing, cleric/writer, dies
1850 - Sarah Biffin/Beffin, limbless miniature painter, dies
1853 - D Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist (chromosome), dies
1860 - Louis Hersent, painter, dies
1863 - Justinus van de Brugghen, lawyer/minister of Justice, dies
1872 - Eberhard F Walcker, organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies
1873 - Cornelius Varley, water-color painter, dies
1905 - Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuban/French sonnet poet, dies at 62
1915 - Russell Alexander, composer, dies at 38
1916 - Benjamin Kidel, English sociologist (Social Evolution), dies at 58
1919 - Ernest Halliwell, cricketer (S African wicketkeeper 1892-1904), dies
1920 - Max Bruch, composer, dies at 82
1927 - Svante August Arrhenius, chemist, dies
1931 - Thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies
1936 - G H Simpson-Hayward, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies
1938 - Alexandru Averescu, Romanian soldier and politician (b. 1859)
1943 - Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60
1944 - Rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries
1947 - Peter D. Ouspensky, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
1955 - O B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies
1956 - George Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74
1956 - Paul de Backer, Belgian radiologist, dies at 73
1958 - Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies
1960 - Jaroslav Doubrava, composer, dies at 51
1961 - Reggie Spooner, cricketer (England centurion v S Africa 1912), dies
1962 - Frank Lovejoy, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies at 48
1962 - Boris Y. Bukreev, Russian mathematician (b. 1859)
1965 - [John] Selwyn (Brooke) Lloyd, British statesman, dies
1967 - Albertina Rasch, ballerina/choreographer, dies at 76
1969 - Katharine Susannah Prichard, novelist (Black Opal), dies at 85
1970 - Alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79
1970 - Anders Bo Leif Linde, composer, dies at 37
1971 - Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter (b. 1911)
1973 - Paavo "Flying Finn" Nurmi, who won 6 Olympic gold medals, dies at 76
1973 - Paul Hartman, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction), dies at 84
1974 - Ina Seidel, writer, dies at 89
1975 - Wade Crosby, actor (Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood), dies at 70
1975 - Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian political leader, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1903)
1980 - Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46
1981 - Hazel Scott, Trinidadian singer/pianist, dies at 63
1981 - Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902)
1982 - William Bernbach, advertising magnate, dies at 71
1983 - Gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75
1985 - George Savalas, actor (Kojak), dies at 58
1985 - Rock Hudson, actor (MacMillian & Wife), dies of AIDS at 59
1985 - Sidney Clute, actor (Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey), dies at 69
1987 - Madeleine Carroll, actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent), dies at 81
1987 - Peter Brian Medawar, medical scientist, dies
1988 - Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (b. 1906)
1989 - Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Neth's 1st female advisor of State, dies
1991 - Dimitrios I, patriarch/primus interparis orthodox Christians, dies
1991 - Jan H Christianse, political chairman (CDA), dies
1993 - Henry Ringling North, circus owner (Ringling Bros Circus), dies at 83
1994 - Faith Davis, oldest triplets (Charity & Hope survive), dies at 95
1994 - Harriet Nelson, actress (Ozzie & Harriet), dies of heart failure at 80
1994 - Ronald James Herron, architect, dies at 64
1995 - Elizabeth Jane Lloyd, artist/teacher, dies at 67
1995 - Norman Ewart Thurston, musician, dies at 74
1996 - Andrey Lukanov, PM of Bulgaria (1990), assassinated at 58
1996 - Frideswide Frances Emma Knight, musician/socialist, dies at 85
1996 - Ivan Mark Waller, mountaineer, dies at 89
1996 - Robert Bourassa, PM of province of Quebec (1970-76, 85-93), dies at 63
1996 - Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman, dies at 79
1996 - Sybil Marion Rosenfeld, theatre historian, dies at 93
1998 - Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and entrepreneur (b. 1907)
1998 - Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (b. 1924)
1999 - Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist (b. 1921)
2001 - Franz Biebl, German composer (b. 1906)
2002 - Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-born physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
2003 - John T. Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
2005 - Bert Eriksson, Belgian neo-Nazi (b. 1931)
2005 - Nipsey Russell, American comedian (b. 1918)
2005 - August Wilson, American playwright (b. 1945)
2006 - Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)
2006 - Tamara Dobson, American actress (b. 1947)
2006 - Paul Halmos, Hungarian-born American mathematician (b. 1916)
2007 - Dan Keating, Irish politician (b. 1902)
2007 - Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924)
2007 - Christopher Derrick, British writer (b. 1921)
2008 - Rob Guest, New Zealand entertainer (b. 1950)
2008 - Choi Jin-sil, South Korean actress (b. 1968)