Historical Deaths Today: 06 October

Deaths

• 877 - Charles the Bald (b. 823)


• 1014 - Samuil, Emperor of the Bulgarian Empire (b. 958)


• 1101 - Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order


• 1413 - Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)


• 1542 - Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)


• 1641 - Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer


• 1644 - Elisabeth of Bourbon, wife of Philip IV of Spain (b. 1602)


• 1660 - Paul Scarron, French writer


• 1661 - Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru


• 1688 - Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b. 1652)


• 1762 - Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer (b. 1684)


• 1819 - Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (b. 1751)


• 1829 - Pierre Derbigny, Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)


• 1873 - Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797)


• 1891 - Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)


• 1892 - Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet (b. 1809)


• 1912 - Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian statesman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1829)


• 1945 - Leonardo Conti, Nazi physician (b. 1900)


• 1947 - Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (b. 1887)


• 1951 - Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1884)


• 1951 - Will Keith Kellogg, American food manufacturer (b. 1860)


• 1959 - Bernard Berenson, American art historian (b. 1865)


• 1962 - Tod Browning, American film director (b. 1880)


• 1968 - Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (b. 1917)


• 1973 - François Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944)


• 1973 - Sidney Blackmer, American actor (b. 1895)


• 1974 - Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian Formula One driver (b. 1948)


• 1976 - Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)


• 1980 - Hattie Jacques, British comedy actress (b. 1922)


• 1980 - Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921)


• 1981 - Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1918)


• 1983 - Terence Cardinal Cooke, American Catholic archbishop (b. 1921)


• 1985 - Nelson Riddle, American bandleader (b. 1921)


• 1986 - Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)


• 1989 - Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908)


• 1992 - Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922)


• 1992 - Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)


• 1993 - Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot (b. 1949)


• 1997 - Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player (b. 1914)


• 1998 - Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)


• 1999 - Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)


• 1999 - Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler/commentator (b. 1937)


• 2000 - Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1930)


• 2001 - Arne Harris, American television sports director (b. 1934)


• 2002 - Claus von Amsberg, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (b. 1926)


• 2003 - Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist (b. 1957)


• 2006 - Puck Brouwer, Dutch athlete (b. 1930)


• 2006 - Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (b. 1940)


• 2006 - Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (b. 1911)


• 2006 - Wilson Tucker, American writer (b. 1914)


• 2007 - Bud Ekins, American stuntman (b. 1930)