July 22 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1362 – Louis of Durazzo, Count of Gravina, Italian soldier (b. 1324)
• 1387 – Frans Ackerman, Flemish statesman (b. 1330)
• 1461 – Charles VII of France (b. 1403)
• 1525 – Richard Wingfield, English diplomat (b. 1426)
• 1540 – John Zápolya, Hungarian king (b. 1487)
• 1619 – Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian priest (b. 1559)
• 1633 – Trijntje Keever, Dutch tallest woman ever (b. 1616)
• 1645 – Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (b. 1587)
• 1676 – Pope Clement X (b. 1590)
• 1726 – Hugh Drysdale, English-American politician
• 1734 – Peter King, 1st Baron King, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1669)
• 1789 – Joseph Foullon de Doué, French politician (b. 1715)
• 1802 – Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (b. 1771)
• 1824 – Thomas McNamara Russell, English navy admiral
• 1826 – Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (b. 1746)
• 1832 – Napoleon II, French emperor (b. 1811)
• 1833 – Joseph Forlenze, Italian ophthalmologist (b. 1757)
• 1852 – Auguste de Marmont, French general and statesman (b. 1774)
• 1864 – James B. McPherson, American army general (b. 1828)
• 1869 – John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (b. 1806)
• 1902 – Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Polish cardinal (b. 1822)
• 1903 – Cassius Marcellus Clay, American politician (b. 1810)
• 1904 – Wilson Barrett, English actor (b. 1846)
• 1906 – William Snodgrass, Canadian minister (b. 1827)
• 1908 – Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828)
• 1915 – Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time (b. 1827)
• 1916 – James Whitcomb Riley, American poet (b. 1849)
• 1918 – Indra Lal Roy, Indian flying ace (b. 1898)
• 1920 – William Kissam Vanderbilt, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1849)
• 1922 – Jokichi Takamine, Japanese chemist (b. 1854)
• 1932 – Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and radio pioneer (b. 1866)
• 1932 – Errico Malatesta, Italian activist and writer (b. 1853)
• 1932 – Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., American actor and producer (b. 1867)
• 1934 – John Dillinger, American bank robber (b. 1903)
• 1940 – Albert Young, American welterweight boxer (b. 1877)
• 1950 – William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1958 – Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian writer (b. 1895)
• 1967 – Carl Sandburg, American poet (b. 1878)
• 1968 – Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist (b. 1908)
• 1970 – George Johnston, Australian journalist and novelist (b. 1912)
• 1974 – Wayne Morse, American politician (b. 1900)
• 1979 – J. V. Cain, American football player (b. 1951)
• 1979 – Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
• 1986 – Ede Staal, Dutch singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
• 1988 – Duane Jones, American actor (b. 1936)
• 1989 – Martti Talvela, Finnish singer (b. 1935)
• 1990 – Manuel Puig, Argentinian writer (b. 1932)
• 1992 – Wayne McLaren, American actor and stuntman (b. 1940)
• 1992 – David Wojnarowicz, American artist and activist (b. 1954)
• 1995 – Harold Larwood, English cricketer (b. 1904)
• 1996 – Rob Collins, English keyboardist (The Charlatans) (b. 1956)
• 1998 – Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and coach (b. 1909)
• 1998 – Hermann Prey, German singer (b. 1929)
• 1999 – Gar Samuelson, American drummer (Megadeth) (b. 1958)
• 2000 – Eric Christmas, English actor (b. 1916)
• 2000 – Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author (b. 1925)
• 2000 – Claude Sautet, French director (b. 1924)
• 2001 – Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909)
• 2003 – Honey Craven, American horse rider, ringmaster and manager (b. 1904)
• 2003 – Qusay Hussein, Iraqi soldier, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1966)
• 2003 – Uday Hussein, Iraqi son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1964)
• 2003 – Wahome Mutahi, Kenyan writer (b. 1954)
• 2004 – Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (b. 1933)
• 2004 – Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1922)
• 2004 – George Kidd, Canadian diplomat (b. 1917)
• 2005 – Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian electrician (b. 1978)
• 2005 – Eugene Record American singer-songwriter and producer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940)
• 2006 – José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountaineer (b. 1965)
• 2006 – James E. West, American politician (b. 1950)
• 2007 – Mike Coolbaugh, American baseball player and coach (b. 1972)
• 2007 – Jarrod Cunningham, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1968)
• 2007 – Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953)
• 2007 – Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (b. 1906)
• 2007 – László Kovács, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Greg Burson, American voice actor (b. 1949)
• 2008 – Estelle Getty, American actress (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Richard M. Givan, American judge (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and writer (b. 1947)
• 2010 – Kenny Guinn, American politician (b. 1936)
• 2011 – Cees de Wolf, Dutch footballer (b. 1945)
• 2012 – Eric Bell, English footballer (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Jim Carlen, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Ding Guangen, Chinese politician (b. 1929)
• 2012 – George Armitage Miller, American psychologist (b. 1920)
• 2012 – J. P. Patches, American clown (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Oswaldo Payá, Cuban activist (b. 1952)
• 2012 – Fern Persons, American actress (b. 1910)
• 2012 – Frank Pierson, American director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Ed Stevens, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Bogdan Stupka, Ukrainian actor (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Herbert Vogel, American art collector (b. 1922)