April 7 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1498 – Charles VIII of France (b. 1470)
• 1614 – El Greco, Greek artist (b. 1541)
• 1638 – Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese ruler of Satsuma (b. 1576)
• 1651 – Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. 1603)
• 1658 – Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic (b. 1595)
• 1661 – Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician (b. 1604)
• 1663 – Francis Cooke, Mayflower pilgrim (b. c.1583)
• 1668 – William Davenant, English poet (b. 1606)
• 1719 – Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French saint (b. 1651)
• 1739 – Dick Turpin, English highwayman (b. 1705)
• 1747 – Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1676)
• 1766 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685)
• 1767 – Franz Sparry, Austrian composer (b. 1715)
• 1782 – Taksin, King of Thailand (b. 1734)
• 1789 – Abdul Hamid I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1725)
• 1789 – Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist (b. 1722)
• 1801 – Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (b. 1724)
• 1804 – Toussaint Louverture, Haitian Revolutionary (b. 1743)
• 1811 – Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757)
• 1823 – Jacques Charles, French chemist (b. 1746)
• 1833 – Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish politician (b. 1775)
• 1836 – William Godwin, English political writer (b. 1756)
• 1850 – William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)
• 1858 – Anton Diabelli, Austrian music publisher, editor, and composer (b. 1781)
• 1868 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish Nationalist, journalist, and Father of Canadian confederation (b. 1825)
• 1871 – Alexander Loyd, American politician, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1871 – Prince Alexander John of Wales (b. 1871)
• 1885 – Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. 1804)
• 1889 – Youssef Karam, Lebanese nationalist leader (b.1823)
• 1891 – P. T. Barnum, American showman, businessman, scam artist, and entertainer (b. 1810)
• 1920 – Karl Binding, German jurist (b. 1841)
• 1928 – Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1932 – Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1939 – Joseph Lyons, Australian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
• 1943 – Jovan Dučić, Serbian poet (b. 1871)
• 1943 – Alexandre Millerand, French politician, President of France (b. 1859)
• 1947 – Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer and industrialist, founder of the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863)
• 1949 – John Gourlay, Canadian football player (b. 1872)
• 1950 – Walter Huston, Canadian-born American actor (b. 1884)
• 1955 – Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885)
• 1960 – Henri Guisan, Swiss army officer, General of the Swiss Army during World War II (b. 1874)
• 1965 – Roger Leger, Canadian hockey player (b. 1919)
• 1968 – Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (b. 1936)
• 1972 – Joe Gallo, American gangster (b. 1929)
• 1972 – Abeid Karume, African political leader, first president of Zanzibar (b. 1905)
• 1981 – Kit Lambert, British record producer and manager (b. 1935)
• 1981 – Norman Taurog, American director (b. 1899)
• 1982 – Brenda Benet, American actress (b. 1945)
• 1982 – Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver (b. 1948)
• 1984 – Frank Church, American Senator (b. 1924)
• 1985 – Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and theorist (b. 1888)
• 1990 – Ronald Evans, American astronaut (b. 1933)
• 1992 – Ace Bailey, Canadian hockey player (b. 1903)
• 1992 – Antonis Tritsis, Greek politician (b. 1937)
• 1994 – Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (b. 1923)
• 1994 – Golo Mann, German historian (b. 1909)
• 1994 – Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Rwandan politician, Prime Minister of Rwanda (b. 1953)
• 1997 – Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (b. 1923)
• 1997 – Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)
• 1997 – Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese movie producer (b. 1910)
• 1999 – Heinz Lehmann, Canadian psychiatrist (b. 1911)
• 2000 – Broery Marantika, Indonesian singer (b. 1944)
• 2001 – David Graf, American actor (b. 1950)
• 2001 – Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. 1914)
• 2002 – John Agar, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2003 – Cecile de Brunhoff, French author (b. 1903)
• 2003 – David Greene, British director (b. 1921)
• 2004 – Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934)
• 2004 – Konstantinos Kallias, Greek politician (b. 1901)
• 2005 – Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Cliff Allison, British race car driver (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
• 2007 – Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1917)
• 2008 – Mark Speight, English television presenter (b. 1965)
• 2008 – Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese writer (b. 1915)
• 2009 – Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons (b. 1947)
• 2011 – Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Mike Wallace, American journalist (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Steven Kanumba Tanzanian actor (b.1984)