Famous Deaths on 19 Jul

Famous Deaths on 19 Jul

1374 - Petrarch, Italian poet (b. 1304)
1415 - Philippa of Lancaster, wife of John I of Portugal (plague) (b. 1359)
1543 - Lady Mary Boleyn, mistress of King Henry VIII of England
1631 - Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (b. 1550)
1687 - Laura Martinozzi, Duchess of Modena (b. 1637)
1692 - Sarah Good, Puritan accused of being witch during Salem Witch Trials (b. 1653)
1742 - William Somervile, English poet (b. 1675)
1810 - Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Queen of Prussia (b. 1776)
1814 - Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer of Australia (b. 1774)
1838 - Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (b. 1785)
1850 - Margaret Fuller, American writer (b. 1810)
1857 - Stefano Franscini, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1796)
1868 - Soji Okita, Japanese samurai (b. 1842 or 1844)
1896 - Abraham H. Cannon, American Mormon apostle (b. 1859)
1906 - Ferdinand Brunetière, French writer and critic (b. 1849)
1913 - Clímaco Calderón, President of Colombia (b. 1852)
1939 - Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (b. 1850)
1947 - U Razak, Burmese politician (b. 1898)
1947 - Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915)
1965 - Syngman Rhee, first President of South Korea (b. 1875)
1972 - Hezekiah M. Washburn, missionary (b. 1884)
1974 - Erno Schwarz, Hungarian American soccer player (b. 1904)
1974 - Joe Flynn, American actor (b. 1924)
1975 - Lefty Frizzell, American country music singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
1980 - Nihat Erim, Prime Minister of Turkey (assassinated) (b. 1912)
1981 - Roger Doucet, French Canadian tenor (b. 1919)
1982 - John Harvey, stage and film actor (b. 1911)
1984 - Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (b. 1896)
1985 - Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish writer (b. 1938)
1989 - Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish president (b. 1913)
1990 - Eddie Quillan, American actor (b. 1907)
1992 - Paolo Borsellino, Italian magistrate, martyr of mafia (b. 1940)
1998 - Elmer Valo, baseball player (b. 1921)
2002 - Alan Lomax, American folksong collector (b. 1915)
2003 - Bill Bright, American evangelist (b. 1921)
2003 - Pierre Graber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1908)
2004 - Reverend Francis Marzen, American Catholic prelate (b. 1924)
2004 - Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911)
2005 - Edward Bunker, American writer (b. 1933)
2005 - John Tyndall, British politician (b. 1934)
2006 - Jack Warden, American actor (b. 1920)
2007 - Roberto Fontanarrosa, Argentine cartoonist (b. 1944)
2007 - A. K. Faezul Huq, Lawyer, politician, and freelance journalist (b. 1945)
2008 - Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedienne (b. 1907)
514 - Pope Symmachus, Italian clergy
931 - Uda, Emperor of Japan (b. 867)