Famous Deaths on 22 Jul

Famous Deaths on 22 Jul

1362 - Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (b. 1324)
1387 - Franz Ackerman, Flemish statesman (b. 1330)
1461 - Charles VII of France (b. 1403)
1525 - Richard Wingfield, English diplomat
1540 - John Zápolya, King of Hungary
1619 - Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (b. 1559)
1645 - Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (b. 1587)
1676 - Pope Clement X (b. 1590)
1726 - Hugh Drysdale, British Colonial Governor of Virginia
1734 - Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor of England
1789 - Joseph-François Foulon, French administrator (b. 1715)
1802 - Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist (b. 1771)
1826 - Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (b. 1746)
1832 - Napoleon II of France (b. 1811)
1852 - Auguste Marmont, French marshal (b. 1774)
1864 - James B. McPherson, American army general, in the Battle of Atlanta (b. 1828)
1869 - John A. Roebling, German-American civil engineer (Brooklyn Bridge), (b. 1806)
1902 - Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (b. 1822)
1903 - Cassius Marcellus Clay, American emancipationist (b. 1810)
1904 - Wilson Barrett, English actor (b. 1846)
1908 - William Randal Cremer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1828)
1915 - Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer and inventor (b. 1827)
1916 - James Whitcomb Riley, American author and poet (b. 1849)
1918 - Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (b. 1898)
1920 - William Kissam Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1849)
1922 - Jokichi Takamine, Japanese chemist (b. 1854)
1932 - Errico Malatesta, Italian anarchist (b. 1853)
1932 - Florenz Ziegfeld, theatrical producer (b. 1867)
1932 - Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and radio pioneer (b. 1866)
1934 - John Dillinger, American bank robber (b. 1903)
1950 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
1958 - Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian writer (b. 1895)
1967 - Carl Sandburg, American poet (b. 1878)
1968 - Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist (b. 1908)
1974 - Wayne Morse, U.S. Senator from Oregon (b. 1900)
1979 - Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
1988 - Duane Jones starred as Ben in The 1968 classic Night of the Living Dead
1989 - Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (b. 1935)
1990 - Manuel Puig, Argentinian writer (b. 1932)
1992 - Wayne McLaren, portrayed the Marlboro Man (b. 1940)
1995 - Harold Larwood, Former England cricketer (b. 1904)
1996 - Rob Collins, English musician (The Charlatans) (b. 1956)
1998 - Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone (b. 1929)
1999 - Gar Samuelson, American musician (Megadeth) (b. 1958)
2000 - Eric Christmas, British actor (b. 1916)
2000 - Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author (b. 1925)
2000 - Claude Sautet, French film director (b. 1924)
2001 - Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909)
2003 - Wahome Muthahi, Kenyan humourist (b. 1954)
2003 - Uday Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1964)
2003 - Qusay Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1966)
2004 - Sacha Distel, French singer (b. 1933)
2004 - George Kidd, Canadian diplomat (b. 1917)
2004 - Illinois Jacquet, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1922)
2005 - Eugene Record American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940)
2005 - Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian electrician killed by Scotland Yard (b. 1978)
2006 - James E. West, mayor of Spokane, Washington (b. 1950)
2006 - José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (b. 1965)
2007 - Jarrod Cunningham New Zealand rugby player (b. 1968)
2007 - Mike Coolbaugh former baseball player and coach (b.1972)
2007 - Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953)
2007 - Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (b. 1906)
2007 - Laszlo Kovacs, Hungarian-born cinematographer (b. 1933)
2008 - Estelle Getty American comedic actress (b. 1923)