Deaths

Deaths

• 408 – Stilicho, Roman general (b. 359)
• 1155 – Emperor Konoe of Japan (b. 1139)
• 1241 – Pope Gregory IX, (b. 1143)
• 1280 – Pope Nicholas III (b. 1216)
• 1304 – John II, Count of Holland (b. 1247)
• 1350 – Philip VI of France (b. 1293)
• 1358 – Isabella of France (b. 1295)
• 1456 – Vladislav II of Wallachia
• 1485 – Richard III of England (b. 1452)
• 1553 – John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English admiral and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1504)
• 1572 – Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, English leader of the Rising of the North (b. 1528)
• 1584 – Jan Kochanowski, Polish poet (b. 1530)
• 1599 – Luca Marenzio, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1553)
• 1607 – Bartholomew Gosnold, English lawyer and explorer, founded the London Company (b. 1572)
• 1652 – Jacob De la Gardie, Estonian-Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden (b. 1583)
• 1664 – Maria Cunitz, Polish astronomer (b. 1610)
• 1680 – John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1613)
• 1701 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1628)
• 1711 – Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (b. 1644)
• 1752 – William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (b. 1667)
• 1793 – Louis de Noailles, French general (b. 1713)
• 1793 – Cäcilia Weber, German-Austrian mother of Constanze Weber and mother-in-law of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b. 1727)
• 1797 – Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (b. 1724)
• 1806 – Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter (b. 1732)
• 1818 – Warren Hastings, English politician, 1st Governor-General of Bengal (b. 1732)
• 1828 – Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (b. 1758)
• 1850 – Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet (b. 1802)
• 1861 – Xianfeng Emperor of China (b. 1831)
• 1888 – Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian politician (b. 1817)
• 1891 – Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
• 1903 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
• 1904 – Kate Chopin, American author (b. 1850)
• 1909 – Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist (b. 1846)
• 1914 – Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop (b. 1859)
• 1918 – Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist (b. 1868)
• 1922 – Michael Collins, Irish politician, 2nd Minister of Finance for Ireland (b. 1890)
• 1926 – Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)
• 1933 – Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)
• 1940 – Oliver Lodge, English physicist (b. 1851)
• 1940 – Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1861)
• 1942 – Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880)
• 1946 – Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883)
• 1950 – Kirk Bryan, American geologist (b. 1888)
• 1951 – Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
• 1953 – Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916)
• 1958 – Roger Martin du Gard, French author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1960 – Johannes Sikkar, Estonian politician (b. 1897)
• 1960 – Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler (b. 1898)
• 1963 – Lord Nuffield, English motor manufacturer and philanthropist (b. 1877)
• 1965 – Ellen Church, American flight attendant (b. 1904)
• 1967 – Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist, co-created the birth-control pill (b. 1903)
• 1970 – Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar (b. 1895)
• 1973 – Louise Huff, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1974 – Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (b. 1908)
• 1976 – Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist (b. 1913)
• 1976 – Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (b. 1902)
• 1977 – Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 1978 – Jomo Kenyatta, Kenyan politician, 1st President of Kenya (b. 1894)
• 1979 – James T. Farrell, American author and poet (b. 1904)
• 1980 – James Smith McDonnell, American pilot, engineer, and businessman, founded McDonnell Aircraft (b. 1899)
• 1987 – Joseph P. Lash, American author and journalist (b. 1909)
• 1989 – Robert Grondelaers, Belgian cyclist (b. 1933)
• 1989 – Huey P. Newton, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party (b. 1942)
• 1991 – Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian-American actress (b. 1924)
• 1991 – Boris Pugo, Latvian politician, Soviet Interior Minister (b.1937)
• 1994 – Gilles Groulx, Canadian director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2000 – Toru Tanaka, American wrestler and actor (n. 1930)
• 2003 – Generosa Ammon, American wife of Ted Ammon (b. 1956)
• 2003 – Imperio Argentina, Argentinian singer and actress (b. 1906)
• 2003 – Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater and coach (b. 1914)
• 2004 – Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (b. 1960)
• 2004 – Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1908)
• 2004 – Al Dvorin, American bandleader and talent agent (b. 1922)
• 2004 – Daniel Petrie, Canadian director and producer (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Luc Ferrari, French-Italian composer (b. 1929)
• 2005 – Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (b. 1914)
• 2005 – Mati Unt, Estonian author and director (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Bruce Gary, American drummer and producer (The Knack) (b. 1951)
• 2008 – Gladys Powers, Canadian soldier (b. 1899)
• 2009 – Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (b. 1926)
• 2010 – Stjepan Bobek, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Nick Ashford, American singer-songwriter and producer (Ashford & Simpson) (b. 1942)
• 2011 – Gudrun Berend, German hurdler (b. 1955)
• 2011 – Jack Layton, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1950)
• 2011 – Jerry Leiber, American songwriter (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Nina Bawden, English author (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Larry Carp, American lawyer (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Charles Flores, Cuban-American bassist (b. 1970)
• 2012 – Paulino Matip Nhial, South Sudanese military leader and politician
• 2012 – Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Chinese cardinal (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Martin Shikuku, Kenyan politician (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Jeffrey Stone, American actor (b. 1926)
• 2012 – András József Szennay, Hungarian clergyman (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Keiko Fuji, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1951)
• 2013 – Petr Kment, Czech wrestler (b. 1942)
• 2013 – William McIlroy, English journalist and activist (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Ronald Motley, American lawyer (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Jetty Paerl, Dutch singer (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Andrea Servi, Italian footballer (b. 1984)
• 2013 – Peter Waieng, Papua New Guinea politician (b. 1966)