September 16 - Deaths

Deaths

  • 307 – Flavius Valerius Severus, Roman emperor
  • 1087 – Pope Victor III (b. 1026)
  • 1100 – Bernold of Constance, German chronicler and writer (b. 1054)
  • 1345 – John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295)
  • 1380 – Charles V of France (b. 1338)
  • 1394 – Antipope Clement VII (b. 1342)
  • 1406 – Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. 1336)
  • 1498 – Tomás de Torquemada, Spanish-Dominican ruler (b. 1420)
  • 1589 – Michael Baius, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)
  • 1672 – Anne Bradstreet, American poet (b. 1612)
  • 1701 – James II of England (b. 1633)
  • 1736 – Gabriel Fahrenheit, German physicist (b. 1686)
  • 1775 – Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst, English politician (b. 1684)
  • 1782 – Farinelli, Italian singer (b. 1705)
  • 1792 – Nguyen Hue, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1753)
  • 1803 – Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, cartographer, and naturalist (b. 1754)
  • 1819 – John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)
  • 1824 – Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)
  • 1843 – Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)
  • 1865 – Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
  • 1887 – Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
  • 1896 – Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
  • 1898 – Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, doctor, and diplomat (b. 1827)
  • 1911 – Edward Whymper, English mountaineer (b. 1840)
  • 1925 – Leo Fall, Austrian composer (b. 1873)
  • 1925 – Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (b. 1888)
  • 1932 – Ronald Ross, English physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
  • 1933 – George Gore, American baseball player (b. 1857)
  • 1936 – Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French scientist and doctor (b. 1867)
  • 1940 – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (b. 1860)
  • 1944 – Gustav Bauer, German politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
  • 1945 – John McCormack, Irish tenor (b. 1884)
  • 1946 – James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1877)
  • 1950 – Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)
  • 1955 – Leo Amery, Indian-English politician (b. 1873)
  • 1957 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (b. 1864)
  • 1965 – Ahn Eak-tai, Korean composer and conductor (b. 1906)
  • 1965 – Fred Quimby, American animation producer (b. 1886)
  • 1973 – Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (b. 1932)
  • 1975 – Irene Hayes, American businesswoman (b. 1896)
  • 1977 – Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (T. Rex and John's Children) (b. 1947)
  • 1977 – Maria Callas, Greek-American soprano (b. 1923)
  • 1978 – Lavrentis Dianellos, Greek actor (b. 1911)
  • 1980 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (b. 1896)
  • 1984 – Louis Réard, French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (b. 1897)
  • 1987 – Howard Moss, American poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1922)
  • 1987 – Christopher Soames, Baron Soames, English politician (b. 1920)
  • 1989 – Steven Stayner, American kidnap victim (b. 1965)
  • 1991 – Olga Spessivtseva, Russian ballerina (b. 1895)
  • 1991 – Carol White, English actress (b. 1943)
  • 1992 – Millicent Fenwick, American politician and writer (b. 1910)
  • 1993 – František Jílek, Czech conductor (b. 1913)
  • 1993 – Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet and activist (b. 1920)
  • 1993 – Rok Petrovič, Slovenian skier (b. 1966)
  • 1996 – McGeorge Bundy, American diplomat, 6th [[National Security Advisor (United States)|United States National Security
1996 – Gene Nelson, American actor (b. 1920)
  • 2000 – Georgiy Gongadze, Ukrainian journalist (b. 1969)
  • 2001 – Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer (b. 1918)
  • 2002 – James Gregory, American actor (b. 1911)
  • 2003 – Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1921)
  • 2004 – Michael Donaghy American poet (b. 1954)
  • 2005 – Harry Freedman, Canadian composer and educator (b. 1922)
  • 2005 – Gordon Gould, American physicist, invented the laser (b. 1920)
  • 2006 – Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
  • 2007 – Robert Jordan, American author (b. 1948)
  • 2008 – Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)
  • 2009 – Myles Brand, American academic (b. 1942)
  • 2009 – Ernst Märzendorfer, Austrian conductor (b. 1921)
  • 2009 – Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (Peter, Paul, and Mary) (b. 1936)
  • 2010 – George N. Parks, American educator and bandleader (b. 1953)
  • 2010 – Jim Towers, English footballer (b. 1933)
  • 2012 – Suthivelu, Indian actor (b. 1947)
  • 2012 – John Coates, English animation producer (b. 1927)
  • 2012 – John Ingle, American actor (b. 1928)
  • 2012 – Roman Kroitor, Canadian director and producer, co-founded IMAX (b. 1926)
  • 2012 – Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen (b. 1930)
  • 2012 – Loose Mohan, Indian actor (b. 1928)
  • 2012 – Shinichi Nishimiya, Japanese diplomat (b. 1952)
  • 2012 – Friedrich Zimmermann, German politician (b. 1925)

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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:

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