Saturday, October 31, 2009

Famous Deaths on 1 Nov

Famous Deaths on 1 Nov

1296 - Guillaume Durand, French writer (b. 1230)
1391 - Amadeus VII of Savoy (b. 1360)
1399 - John V, Duke of Brittany (b. 1339)
1546 - Giulio Romano, Italian painter
1588 - Jean Daurat, French poet (b. 1508)
1596 - Pierre Pithou, French lawyer and scholar (b. 1539)
1642 - Jean Nicolet, French explorer (b. 1598)
1676 - Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (b. 1589)
1678 - William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601)
1700 - Charles II of Spain (b. 1661)
1814 - Alexander Samoylov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1744)
1888 - Nikolai Przhevalsky, Russian explorer (b. 1838)
1894 - Tsar Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845)
1903 - Theodor Mommsen, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817)
1907 - Alfred Jarry, French writer (b.1873)
1942 - Hugo Distler, German composer (b. 1908)
1947 - Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1917)
1955 - Dale Carnegie, American writer (b. 1888)
1962 - Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1942)
1968 - George Papandreou, Greek politician (b. 1888)
1972 - Ezra Pound, American poet (b. 1885)
1979 - Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (b. 1896)
1982 - King Vidor, American film director (b. 1894)
1982 - James Broderick, American actor (b. 1927)
1983 - Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (b. 1887)
1985 - Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (b. 1911)
1986 - Serge Garant, French-Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1929)
1987 - René Lévesque, Premier of Quebec (b. 1922)
1993 - A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian (b. 1911)
1993 - Severo Ochoa, Spanish-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1905)
1994 - Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (b. 1913)
1999 - Theodore Alvin Hall, Atomic Spy (b. 1925)
1999 - Jean Coutu, Canadian actor (b. 1925)
2000 - Bernard Erhard, American voice actor (b. 1934)
2004 - Mac Dre, American rapper (b. 1970)
2004 - Terry Knight, American music promoter (b. 1943)
2005 - Michael Piller, American screenwriter (b. 1948)
2005 - Skitch Henderson, English-born bandleader (b. 1918)
2006 - William Styron, American author (b. 1925)
2006 - Adrienne Shelly, American actress (b. 1966)
2007 - Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General (b. 1915)
2007 - S. Ali Raza, Bollywood Screenwriter (b. 1922)
921 - Richard, Duke of Burgundy
955 - Henry I, Duke of Bavaria

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