Famous Deaths on 22 Mar

Famous Deaths on 22 Mar

1322 - Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)
1418 - Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian
1421 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388)
1544 - Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)
1602 - Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557)
1685 - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
1687 - Jean Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer (b. 1632)
1758 - Jonathan Edwards, American minister (b. 1703)
1758 - Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (b. 1670)
1772 - John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)
1820 - Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (b. 1779)
1832 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer (b. 1749)
1840 - Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)
1896 - Thomas Hughes, English novelist (b. 1822)
1913 - Sung Chiao-jen, Chinese Nationalist (b. 1882)
1924 - William Macewen, Scottish surgeon (b. 1848)
1934 - Theophilos Hatzimihail, Greek painter (b. 1870)
1945 - John Hessin Clarke, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1857)
1951 - Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (b. 1871)
1952 - Uncle Dave Macon, American musician (b. 1870)
1955 - Ivan Šubašić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister and last ban of Croatia (b. 1892)
1958 - Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
1960 - José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (b. 1904)
1974 - Peter Revson, American racecar driver (b.1939)
1977 - A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (b. 1904)
1978 - Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (b. 1905)
1981 - James "Jumbo" Elliott, American track coach (b. 1915)
1986 - Charles Starrett, American actor (b. 1903)
1986 - Mark Dinning, American singer (b. 1933)
1990 - Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer (b. 1928)
1991 - Léon Balcer, French Canadian politician (b. 1917)
1991 - Dave Guard, American folk singer (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1934)
1991 - Gloria Holden, American film actress (b. 1908)
1994 - Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (b. 1900)
1994 - Dan Hartman, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1950)
1996 - Don Murray, American musician (The Turtles) (b. 1945)
1999 - David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969)
2001 - William Hanna, American animator and studio founder (b. 1910)
2003 - Terry Lloyd, English reporter (b. 1952)
2004 - Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (b. ca. 1937)
2005 - Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect (b. 1913)
2006 - Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)
2006 - Kurt von Trojan, Australian science fiction author (b. 1937)
2007 - Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1918)
2008 - Cachao López, Cuban mambo musician (b. 1918)