Famous Deaths on 14 Oct

Famous Deaths on 14 Oct

1066 - Harold Godwinson, King of England
1092 - Nizam al-Mulk, Persian vizier (b. 1018)
1256 - Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (b. 1239)
1318 - Edward Bruce, High King of Ireland
1552 - Oswald Myconius, Swiss Protestant reformer (b. 1488)
1565 - Thomas Chaloner, English statesman and poet (b. 1521)
1568 - Jacques Arcadelt, Flemish composer
1610 - Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1540)
1619 - Samuel Daniel, English poet (b. 1562)
1637 - Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (b. 1552)
1660 - Thomas Harrison, English Puritan soldier (b. 1606)
1669 - Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (b. 1623)
1703 - Thomas Hansen Kingo, Danish poet (b. 1634)
1711 - Tewoflos, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1708)
1758 - Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (b. 1696)
1831 - Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (b. 1761)
1911 - John Marshall Harlan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1833)
1944 - Erwin Rommel, German field marshall (b. 1891)
1958 - Douglas Mawson, Australian Antarctic explorer (b. 1882)
1959 - Errol Flynn, Australian actor (b. 1909)
1960 - Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist (b. 1880)
1961 - Paul Ramadier, French politician (b. 1888)
1961 - Harriet Shaw Weaver, English political activist (b. 1876)
1967 - Marcel Aymé, French novelist and playwright (b. 1902)
1973 - Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (b. 1897)
1976 - Dame Edith Evans, English actress (b. 1888)
1977 - Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (b. 1903)
1983 - Willard Price, Canadian author and naturalist
1984 - Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1918)
1985 - Emil Gilels, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1916)
1986 - Keenan Wynn, American actor (b. 1916)
1989 - Michael Carmine, American actor (b.1959)
1990 - Leonard Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1918)
1997 - Harold Robbins, American novelist (b. 1915)
1998 - Frankie Yankovic, American musician (b. 1916)
1998 - Cleveland Amory, American writer and animal rights activist (b. 1917)
1999 - Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician (b. 1922)
2002 - Norbert Schultze, American composer and songwriter (b. 1911)
2003 - Patrick Dalzel-Job, English soldier and inspiration for James Bond (b. 1913)
2004 - Vlassis Bonatsos, Greek singer, actor and entertainer (b. 1949)
2005 - Jody Dobrowski, English murder victim (b. 1981)
2006 - Gerry Studds, American politician (b. 1937)
2006 - Nancy Lynn, American aviator (b. 1956)
2006 - Maurice Grosse, British paranormal investigator (b. 1919)
2006 - Freddy Fender, American musician (b. 1937)
2006 - Jared Anderson, American bassist (b. 1975)
2007 - Big Moe, American rapper (b. 1974)