Historical Deaths Today: 03 October

Deaths

• 42 BC - Gaius Cassius Longinus


• 1226 - Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181)


• 1283 - David ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince of Gwynedd (executed)


• 1369 - Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)


• 1568 - Elizabeth of Valois, wife of Philip II of Spain (b. 1545)


• 1596 - Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)


• 1611 - Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)


• 1629 - Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military leader (b. 1570)


• 1649 - Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1576)


• 1653 - Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (b. 1612)


• 1656 - Myles Standish, English-born soldier


• 1690 - Robert Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1648)


• 1701 - Joseph Williamson, English politician (b. 1633)


• 1801 - Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, Marshal of France (b. 1724)


• 1833 - François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (b. 1754)


• 1838 - Black Hawk (chief), Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe (b. 1767)


• 1867 - Elias Howe, American sewing machine pioneer (b. 1819)


• 1873 - Captain Jack, Modoc tribal leader


• 1877 - James Roosevelt Bayley, first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, and the eighth Archbishop of Baltimore (b. 1814)


• 1881 - Orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811)


• 1890 - Joseph Hergenröther, German historian (b. 1824)


• 1891 - Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (b. 1842)


• 1896 - William Morris, English writer & poet (b. 1834)


• 1929 - Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)


• 1929 - Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1878)


• 1931 - Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (b. 1865)


• 1936 - John Heisman, American football coach (b. 1869)


• 1953 - Arnold Bax, English composer (b. 1883)


• 1965 - Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)


• 1967 - Woody Guthrie, American musician (b. 1912)


• 1967 - Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (b. 1895)


• 1969 - Skip James, American blues musician (b. 1902)


• 1986 - Vince DiMaggio, American Baseball Player (b. 1912)


• 1987 - Jean Anouilh, French writer (b. 1910)


• 1987 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947)


• 1988 - Franz Josef Strauß, Bavarian politician (b. 1915)


• 1990 - Stefano Casiraghi, husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (b. 1960)


• 1993 - Sgt. First Class Randy Shughart, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958)


• 1993 - Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)


• 1994 - Dub Taylor, American actor (b. 1907)


• 1998 - Roddy McDowall, English actor (b. 1928)


• 1999 - Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (b. 1921)


• 2000 - Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (b. 1947)


• 2000 - John Grant, British politician (b. 1932)


• 2002 - Bruce Paltrow, American television and film producer (b. 1943)


• 2002 - Robert Krausz, Stock market advisor and investor (b. 1936)


• 2003 - Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)


• 2003 - William Steig, American cartoonist and children's author (b. 1907)


• 2004 - John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (b. 1960)


• 2004 - Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927)


• 2005 - Ronnie Barker, English comic actor (b. 1929)


• 2006 - Alberto Ramento, Filipina bishop (b. 1937)


• 2006 - John Crank, British mathematician (b. 1913)


• 2006 - Peter Norman, Australian track star (b. 1942)


• 2007 - M.N. Vijayan, Indian writer, orator, and academic