Famous Deaths on 6 Jul

Famous Deaths on 6 Jul

1189 - King Henry II of England (b. 1133)
1218 - Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
1249 - King Alexander II of Scotland (b. 1198)
1415 - Jan Hus, Bohemian reformer (b. 1369)
1476 - Regiomantus, German astronomer (b. 1436)
1480 - Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (b. 1416)
1533 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (b. 1474)
1535 - Sir Thomas More, English philosopher (b. 1478)
1553 - King Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
1583 - Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury
1585 - Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (b. 1552)
1684 - Peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614)
1758 - George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general
1762 - Tsar Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
1768 - Conrad Beissel, German-born religious leader (b. 1690)
1802 - Daniel Morgan, American Revolutionary general and politician (b. ~1735)
1809 - Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775)
1813 - Granville Sharp, British abolitionist (b. 1735)
1835 - John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1755)
1854 - Georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789)
1868 - Sanosuke Harada, Shinsengumi Captain (b. 1840)
1893 - Guy de Maupassant, French author (b. 1850)
1901 - Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1819)
1902 - St. Maria Goretti, Italian saint (b. 1890)
1907 - August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German Linguist, Theologian (b. 1826)
1916 - Odilon Redon, French painter (b. 1840)
1922 - Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (b. 1863)
1932 - Kenneth Grahame, English author (b. 1859)
1950 - Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1923)
1952 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, French Canadian politician (b. 1867)
1960 - Aneurin Bevan, British politician (b. 1897)
1961 - Scott LaFaro, American musician (b. 1936)
1961 - Woodall Rodgers, American politician (b. 1890)
1962 - Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1899)
1962 - Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b. 1872)
1962 - William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
1966 - Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1892)
1971 - Louis Armstrong, American musician (b. 1901)
1972 - Brandon De Wilde, American actor (b. 1942)
1973 - Otto Klemperer, German conductor (b. 1885)
1975 - Otto Skorzeny, WWII German SS commando (b. 1908)
1975 - Ruffian, American racehorse (b. 1972)
1976 - Fritz Lenz, German geneticist (b. 1887)
1976 - Zhu De, Chinese Communist military leader and statesman (b. 1886)
1979 - Van McCoy, American music producer, musician, songwriter and orchestra leader (b. 1940)
1982 - Bob Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1905)
1986 - Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (b. 1908)
1989 - János Kádár, Hungarian politician (b. 1912)
1991 - Muda Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
1994 - Cameron Mitchell, American actor (b. 1918)
1995 - Aziz Nesin, Turkish humorist and author (b. 1915)
1996 - Kathy Ahern, American golfer (b. 1949)
1998 - Roy Rogers, American actor (b. 1911)
1999 - Carl Gunter Jr, American politician (b. 1938)
1999 - Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (b. 1901)
1999 - Barry Winchell, American soldier (b. 1977)
2002 - Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (b. 1932)
2002 - John Frankenheimer, American film director (b. 1930)
2003 - Buddy Ebsen, American actor (b. 1908)
2004 - Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (b. 1932)
2004 - Syreeta Wright, American singer (b. 1946)
2005 - Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
2005 - Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1913)
2005 - Evan Hunter, American novelist (b. 1926)
2005 - L. Patrick Gray III, American FBI director (b. 1916)
2005 - Bruno Augenstein, German-born mathematician (b. 1923)
2006 - Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1926)
2006 - Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and broadcaster (b. 1914)
2008 - Bobby Durham, American jazz drummer (b. 1937)