Deaths

Deaths

• 223 – Jia Xu, Advisor for the state of Cao Wei
• 353 – Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)
• 449 – Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople
• 1204 – Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)
• 1259 – Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor (b. 1208)
• 1456 – John Hunyadi, Hungarian general (b. 1387)
• 1464 – Nicholas of Cusa, German cardinal (b. 1401)
• 1494 – Hans Memling, Flemish painter (b. 1430)
• 1519 – Johann Tetzel, German preacher (b. 1465)
• 1563 – Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (b. 1500)
• 1578 – Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician and cosmographer(b. 1502)
• 1596 – Hamnet Shakespeare, English son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
• 1614 – Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)
• 1656 – Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599)
• 1774 – Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, French physician and author (b. 1722)
• 1813 – Henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745)
• 1851 – Lorenz Oken, German biologist (b. 1779)
• 1854 – Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (b. 1798)
• 1868 – Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 – Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843)
• 1890 – John Henry Newman, English cardinal (b. 1801)
• 1892 – Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)
• 1903 – Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 – Khudiram Bose, Indian activist (b. 1889)
• 1919 – Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 – Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 – Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 – Edith Wharton, American author (b. 1862)
• 1939 – Jean Bugatti, German-Italian automobile designer and engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 – Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1953 – Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver (b. 1892)
• 1954 – Santo Trafficante, Sr., Italian-American mobster (b. 1886)
• 1956 – Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
• 1961 – Antanas Škėma, Polish-American actor, director, playwright, and author (b. 1910)
• 1963 – Otto Wahle, Austrian swimmer (b. 1879)
• 1965 – Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
• 1969 – Miriam Licette, English soprano (b. 1885)
• 1972 – Max Theiler, South African-American virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1974 – Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (Orfeón Lamas) (b. 1887)
• 1974 – Jan Tschichold, German typographer (b. 1902)
• 1975 – Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Belarusian wife of Zalman Shazar (b. 1885)
• 1979 – J. G. Farrell, English author (b. 1935)
• 1980 – Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
• 1982 – Tom Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 1984 – Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892)
• 1984 – Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–American chess player (b. 1916)
• 1986 – János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)
• 1988 – Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1991 – J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (b. 1938)
• 1994 – Peter Cushing, English actor (b. 1913)
• 1995 – Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
• 1996 – Tassos Isaac, Cypriot activist (b. 1972)
• 1996 – Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1914)
• 1996 – Mel Taylor, American drummer (The Ventures) (b. 1933)
• 1996 – Baba Vanga, Bulgarian mystic (b. 1911)
• 2000 – Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Percy Stallard, English cyclist (b. 1909)
• 2002 – Galen Rowell, American photographer and mountaineer (b. 1940)
• 2003 – Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937)
• 2004 – K. Arulanandan, Ceylon-American engineer and academic (b. 1925)
• 2005 – James Booth, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, founded the Special Olympics (b. 1921)
• 2010 – Bruno Schleinstein, German actor (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Jani Lane, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Warrant and Saints of the Underground) (b. 1964)
• 2012 – Red Bastien, American wrestler (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Carlo Curley, American organist (b. 1952)
• 2012 – Michael Dokes, American boxer (b. 1958)
• 2012 – Lucy Gallardo, Argentinian-Mexican actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Von Freeman, American saxophonist (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Heidi Holland, Zimbabwean journalist and author (b. 1947)
• 2012 – Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Indian linguist (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Henning Moritzen, Danish actor (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Bill Rafferty, American comedian and game show host (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Sid Waddell, English sportscaster (b. 1940)
• 2013 – George Barasch, American union leader (b. 1910)
• 2013 – Raymond Delisle, French cyclist (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Don Friedman, American politician and radio host (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Zafar Futehally, Indian ornithologist (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Shirley Herz, American publicist (b. 1925)
• 2013 – David Howard, English ballet dancer and educator (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Henry Polic II, American actor (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Judit Temes, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1930)