Famous Deaths on this Day in History
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869 - King Edmund of East Anglia
967 - Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies
1347 - Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle
1437 - Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363)
1480 - Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies
1518 - Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies
1518 - Marmaduke Constable, English soldier
1527 - Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic
1529 - Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio
1591 - Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540)
1612 - John Harington, English writer (b. 1561)
1651 - Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)
1662 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1614)
1669 - Arnold Geulincx, South Neth philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45
1675 - Francisco de Moura y Cortereal, Span land guardian of Neth (1664-68)
1678 - Charles Dujardin, painter/etcher (Learned Dog), dies at about 56
1695 - Zumbi, Brazilian runaway slave
1704 - Charles Plumier, French botanist (b. 1646)
1713 - Thomas Tompion, English clock maker (cylinder tunnel), dies
1737 - Caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great-Britain, dies
1741 - Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/clergyman, dies
1750 - Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50
1758 - Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish composer/violist, dies at 64
1764 - Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, dies
1778 - Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (b. 1726)
1827 - Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer, dies at 58
1851 - Wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75
1856 - Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81
1863 - James Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52
1882 - Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62
1887 - Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77
1894 - Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64
1898 - John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies
1899 - Carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63
1908 - Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (b. 1868)
1910 - Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82 [NS]
1925 - Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80
1927 - Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer, dies at 56
1934 - Willem de Sitter, Dutch scientist (b. 1872)
1936 - Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, Spanish Falange, executed
1938 - Enzo Matsunaga, Japanese writer (b. 1895)
1939 - Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72
1944 - Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies at 21
1945 - Francis William Aston, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1877)
1950 - Francesco Cilea, composer, dies at 84
1951 - Thomas Quinlan (impresario) (b. 1881)
1952 - Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (La Critica), dies at 86
1957 - Weldon Hart, composer, dies at 46
1957 - Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian artist (d. 1875)
1960 - Jacob Cohen, Hebrew poet/writer, dies
1962 - Jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport Ct, dies
1964 - John Tasker Howard, composer, dies at 73
1968 - Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50
1968 - Helen Gardner, silent film actress (Sandra), dies
1973 - Allan Sherman, parodist (Camp Granada, Harvey & Sheila), dies at 48
1975 - Francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Span dictator (1936-75), dies at 82
1976 - Trofim Lysenko, Stalinist biologist (b. 1898)
1977 - Maxie Wander, writer, dies
1978 - Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian poet (b. 1890)
1983 - Marcel Dalio, actor (Casablanca), dies at 83
1983 - Richard Loo, actor, (China Sky), dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest
1984 - Alexander Moyzes, composer, dies at 78
1985 - Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65
1989 - Lynn Bari, actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies at 71
1991 - Gina Petrushka, actress (Exorcist, Sybil), dies
1992 - John Foreman, producer (Prizzi's Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack
1993 - Christopher Frank, French writer, dies at 51
1993 - Emile Ardolino, director (Dirty Dancing), dies at 50 of AIDs
1993 - Heather Farr, golfer, dies of cancer at 28
1994 - John Lucarotti, scriptwriter, dies at 68
1994 - Saeedi Sirjani, poet, dies at 64
1995 - Ahmed Abel-Wadoud Karadawi, academic/activist, dies at 50
1995 - Sergei Grinkov, figure skater (Oly-gold), dies of heart attack at 28
1996 - Bert Geoffrey Achong, electron microscopist, dies at 67
1997 - Gary Burris, murderer (Kenneth Chambers), executed in Indiana
1997 - Robert Palmer, rock critic, dies at 52
1997 - Dick Littlefield, baseball player (b. 1926)
1998 - Galina Starovoitova, Russian politician (b. 1946)
1999 - Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician and prime minister (b. 1908)
2000 - Mike Muuss, American computer programmer (b. 1958)
2000 - Kalle Päätalo, Finnish writer (b. 1919)
2003 - Robert Addie, British actor (cancer) (b. 1960)
2003 - Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (b. 1933)
2003 - David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930)
2003 - Eugene Kleiner, American entrepreneur (b. 1923)
2003 - Roger Short, British Consulate General (b. 1944)
2003 - Jim Siedow, American actor (b. 1920)
2003 - Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (b. 1945)
2004 - David Grierson, Canadian radio host (b. 1955)
2004 - Jenny Ross, English musician (Section 25) (b. 1962)
2005 - Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian poet (b. 1931)
2005 - Sheldon Gardner, American psychologist (b. 1934)
2005 - Chris Whitley, American musician (b. 1960)
2005 - James King, American singer (b. 1925)
2006 - Robert Altman, American film director (b. 1925)
2006 - Zoia Ceauşescu, Romanian mathematician (b. 1950)
2006 - Andre Waters, American football player (b. 1962)
2007 - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (b. 1919)
2008 - Sven Inge, Swedish painter and modern artist (b. 1935)
