October 16 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1333 – Antipope Nicholas V (b. 1260)
• 1355 – Louis, King of Sicily (b. 1337)
• 1553 – Lucas Cranach the Elder, German painter (b. 1472)
• 1555 – Hugh Latimer, English bishop (b. 1487)
• 1555 – Nicholas Ridley, English bishop (b. 1500)
• 1591 – Pope Gregory XIV (b. 1535)
• 1594 – William Allen, English cardinal (b. 1532)
• 1621 – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer (b. 1562)
• 1628 – François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)
• 1649 – Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter (b. 1621)
• 1655 – Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (b. 1591)
• 1680 – Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian general (b. 1609)
• 1730 – Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French-American explorer and politician, founded Detroit (b. 1658)
• 1750 – Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German composer and lutenist (b. 1687)
• 1755 – Gerard Majella, Italian saint (b. 1725)
• 1774 – Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (b. 1750)
• 1679 – Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, English soldier and politician (b. 1621)
• 1781 – Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English navy officer (b. 1705)
• 1791 – Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and statesman (b. 1739)
• 1793 – Marie Antoinette, Austrian wife of Louis XVI of France (b. 1755)
• 1793 – John Hunter, Scottish doctor and philosopher (b. 1728)
• 1796 – Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (b. 1726)
• 1810 – Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian religious leader, founder of Breslov Hasidic movement (b. 1772)
• 1822 – Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian dancer (b. 1724)
• 1865 – Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet, lawmaker, philosopher, and sociologist (b. 1781)
• 1877 – Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 – John Wentworth, American politician, 21st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1908 – Joseph Leycester Lyne, English preacher (b. 1837)
• 1909 – Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Sorbian writer (b. 1856)
• 1913 – Ralph Rose, American track and field athlete (b. 1885)
• 1937 – Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 – Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
  • Hans Frank, German lawyer (b. 1900)
  • Wilhelm Frick, German nazi official (b. 1877)
  • Alfred Jodl, German military officer (b. 1890)
  • Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian SS officer (b. 1903)
  • Wilhelm Keitel, German military officer (b. 1882)
  • Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi ideologist (b. 1893)
  • Fritz Sauckel, German politician (b. 1894)
  • Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1892)
  • Julius Streicher, German propagandist (b. 1887)
  • Joachim von Ribbentrop, German politician (b. 1893)
• 1951 – Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (b 1895)
• 1952 – Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and poet (b. 1876)
• 1956 – Jules Rimet, French football administrator, 3rd President of FIFA (b. 1873)
• 1959 – Minor Hall, American drummer (b. 1897)
• 1959 – George Marshall, American military officer and politician, 50th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1880)
• 1962 – Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (b. 1884)
• 1964 – Patsy Callighen, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1906)
• 1966 – George O'Hara, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1968 – Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (b. 1914)
• 1971 – Robin Boyd, Australian architect (b. 1919)
• 1972 – Nick Begich, American politician (b. 1932)
• 1972 – Hale Boggs, American politician (b. 1914)
• 1972 – Leo G. Carroll, English actor (b. 1886)
• 1973 – Gene Krupa, American drummer and composer (b. 1909)
• 1974 – Chembai, Indian singer (b. 1895)
• 1975 – Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1885)
• 1978 – Dan Dailey, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1979 – Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (b. 1903)
• 1981 – Moshe Dayan, Israeli general (b. 1915)
• 1981 – Eugene Eisenmann, Panamanian-American ornithologist (b. 1906)
• 1982 – Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (b. 1915)
• 1983 – Kelso, American race horse (b. 1957)
• 1983 – Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer (b. 1895)
• 1986 – Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist and pianist (b. 1921)
• 1989 – Cornel Wilde, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1990 – Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1919)
• 1990 – Jorge Bolet, Cuban-American pianist (b. 1914)
• 1991 – Ole Beich, Danish bass player (Guns n Roses and L.A. Guns) (b. 1955)
• 1992 – Shirley Booth, American actress (b. 1898)
• 1996 – Jason Bernard, American actor (b. 1938)
• 1996 – Eric Malpass, English author (b. 1910)
• 1997 – Audra Lindley, American actress (b. 1918)
• 1997 – James A. Michener, American author (b. 1907)
• 1998 – Jon Postel, American computer scientist (b. 1943)
• 1999 – Jean Shepherd, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Mel Carnahan, American politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (b. 1934)
• 2003 – Avni Arbaş, Turkish painter (b. 1919)
• 2003 – Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler (b. 1915)
• 2003 – László Papp, Hungarian boxer (b. 1926)
• 2004 – Pierre Salinger, American politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Elmer Dresslar, Jr., American voice actor and singer (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Ursula Howells, English actress (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Eugene Gordon Lee, American actor (b. 1933)
• 2005 – David Reilly, American singer-songwriter (God Lives Underwater) (b. 1971)
• 2006 – Ross Davidson, Scottish actor (b. 1949)
• 2006 – Tommy Johnson, American tuba player (b. 1935)
• 2006 – John Murra, Ukrainian-American anthropologist (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian politician (b. 1936)
• 2006 – Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1981)
• 2007 – Barbara West, English survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (b. 1911)
• 2010 – Eyedea, American rapper and producer (Eyedea & Abilities and Face Candy) (b. 1981)
• 2010 – Barbara Billingsley, American actress (b. 1915)
• 2011 – Dan Wheldon, English race car driver (b. 1978)
• 2012 – James Conte, American politician (b. 1959)
• 2012 – John A. Durkin, American politician (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Mario Gallegos, Jr., American politician (b. 1950)
• 2012 – Aleksandr Koshkyn, Russian boxer (b. 1959)
• 2012 – Bódog Török, Hungarian handball player and coach (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)