October 22 - Deaths

Deaths

• 741 – Charles Martel, Frankish military leader and politician (b. 686)
• 1383 – Ferdinand I of Portugal (b. 1345)
• 1565 – Jean Grolier de Servières, French book collector (b. 1479)
• 1625 – Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyo (b. 1561)
• 1674 – Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (b. 1621)
• 1707 – Cloudesley Shovell, English navy admiral (b.1650)
• 1708 – Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian (b. 1636)
• 1751 – William IV, Prince of Orange (b. 1711)
• 1755 – Elisha Williams, American minister and jurist (b. 1694)
• 1792 – Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725)
• 1847 – Sahle Selassie, Ethiopian son of Wossen Seged (b. 1795)
• 1859 – Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1883 – Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American author (b. 1818)
• 1891 – Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist (b. 1846)
• 1906 – Paul Cézanne, French painter (b. 1839)
• 1914 – Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (b. 1866)
• 1917 – Bob Fitzsimmons, English boxer (b. 1863)
• 1918 – Myrtle Gonzalez, American actress (b. 1891)
• 1927 – Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (b. 1876)
• 1928 – Andrew Fisher, Australian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
• 1934 – Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (b. 1904)
• 1935 – Edward Carson, Baron Carson, Irish politician (b. 1854)
• 1935 – Komitas Vardapet, Armenian composer (b. 1869)
• 1941 – Guy Môquet, French militant (b. 1924)
• 1952 – Ernst Rüdin, Swiss nazi physician (b. 1874)
• 1954 – Jibanananda Das, Bengali poet (b. 1899)
• 1956 – Hannah Mitchell, English activist (b. 1872)
• 1969 – Tommy Edwards, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
• 1973 – Pau Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1978 – John Riley, English poet (b. 1937)
• 1979 – Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (b. 1887)
• 1985 – Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (b. 1894)
• 1986 – Jane Dornacker, American actress and singer (b. 1947)
• 1986 – Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (b. 1897)
• 1986 – Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
• 1987 – Lino Ventura, Italian-French actor (b. 1919)
• 1989 – Ewan MacColl, English singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and playwright (b. 1915)
• 1992 – Red Barber, American sportscaster (b. 1908)
• 1992 – Cleavon Little, American actor (b. 1939)
• 1993 – Innes Ireland, Scottish race car driver (b. 1930)
• 1995 – Kingsley Amis, English author and poet (b. 1922)
• 1997 – Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (b. 1905)
• 1998 – Eric Ambler, English author (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (b. 1922)
• 2002 – Géraldine Apponyi de Nagyappony, Austrian wife of Zog of Albania (b. 1915)
• 2002 – Richard Helms, American intelligence agent and diplomat (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Arman, French-American painter (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Tony Adams, Irish film producer (b. 1953)
• 2005 – Franky Gee, Cuban-American singer (Captain Jack) (b. 1962)
• 2006 – Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Ève Curie, French journalist and pianist (b. 1904)
• 2009 – Don Lane, American-Australian actor, singer, and talk show host (b. 1933)
• 2009 – Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (b. 1926)
• 2011 – Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Russell Means, American actor and activist (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Salvatore Merlino, American mobster (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Shubha Phutela, Indian model and actress (b. 1991)
• 2012 – Wilson Whineray, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1935)