Historical Deaths Today: 08 October

Deaths

• 976 - Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen


• 1286 - John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)


• 1317 - Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265)


• 1621 - Antoine de Montchrétien, French dramatist


• 1647 - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (b. 1562)


• 1652 - John Greaves, English mathematician (b. 1602)


• 1656 - John George I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1585)


• 1659 - Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary


• 1735 - Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678)


• 1754 - Henry Fielding, English author (b. 1707)


• 1772 - Jean Joseph de Mondonville, French composer (b. 1711)


• 1793 - John Hancock, American revolutionary (b. 1737)


• 1795 - Andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman (b. 1725)


• 1809 - James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (b. 1721)


• 1834 - François-Adrien Boïeldieu, French composer (b. 1775)


• 1847 - Rose Scott, Social Reformer


• 1869 - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)


• 1879 - Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian Admiral (b. 1834)


• 1886 - Austin F. Pike, American politician from New Hampshire (b. 1819)


• 1897 - Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (b. 1830)


• 1928 - Larry Semon, comedian (b. 1889)


• 1931 - Sir John Monash, Australian soldier general (b. 1865)


• 1936 - William Henry Stark, American business leader (b. 1851)


• 1936 - Red Ames, American baseball player (b. 1882)


• 1942 - Sergei Chaplygin, Soviet engineer


• 1944 - Wendell Willkie, American politician (b. 1892)


• 1945 - Felix Salten, Austrian author (b. 1869)


• 1952 - Joe Adams, American baseball player (b. 1877)


• 1953 - Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)


• 1953 - Kathleen Ferrier, British contralto (b. 1912)


• 1958 - Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author (b. 1886)


• 1962 - Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer


• 1967 - Clement Attlee, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)


• 1970 - Mitr Chaibancha, Thai film actor (b. 1934)


• 1970 - Jean Giono, French author (b. 1895)


• 1973 - Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher (b. 1889)


• 1977 - Giorgos Papasideris, Greek country singer , composer , lyricist (b. 1902 )


• 1982 - Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (b. 1915)


• 1982 - Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace activist, Nobel laureate (b. 1889)


• 1983 - Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)


• 1985 - Malcolm Ross, American balloonist and atmospheric physicist (b. 1919)


• 1990 - B.J. Wilson, English musician (Procol Harum) (b. 1947)


• 1992 - Willy Brandt, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel laureate (b. 1913)


• 1995 - Christopher Keene, American conductor (b. 1946)


• 1997 - Bertrand Goldberg, American architect (b. 1913)


• 1999 - John McLendon, American basketball coach (b. 1915)


• 2002 - Jacques Richard, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)


• 2004 - Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (b. 1930)


• 2004 - James Chace, American historian (b. 1931)


• 2005 - Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor (b. 1928)


• 2006 - Mark Porter, New Zealand racing driver (b. 1975)


• 2007 - John Henry, American race horse (b. 1975)