Famous Deaths on 16 Dec

Famous Deaths on 16 Dec

1325 - Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (b. 1270)
1378 - Otto III of Montferrat
1379 - John Fitzalan, Marshal of England
1470 - John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)
1515 - Afonso de Albuquerque Portuguese naval general (b. 1453)
1598 - Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (b. 1545)
1669 - Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608)
1687 - William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (b. 1623)
1751 - Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (b. 1700)
1765 - Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor
1774 - François Quesnay, French economist (b. 1694)
1783 - Johann A. Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)
1783 - Sir William James, British naval commander (b. 1720)
1809 - Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist (b. 1755)
1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, German writer and folklorist (b. 1786)
1897 - Alphonse Daudet, French novelist and short story writer (b. 1840)
1898 - Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
1914 - Ivan Zajc, Croatian composer (b. 1832)
1921 - Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (b. 1835)
1922 - Gabriel Narutowicz, first President of Poland (b. 1865)
1928 - Elinor Wylie, American poet and writer (b. 1885)
1935 - Thelma Todd, American actress (b. 1905)
1940 - Billy Hamilton, American baseball player (b. 1866)
1945 - Fumimaro Konoye, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891)
1945 - Giovanni Agnelli, Italian automobile manufacturer (b. 1866)
1949 - Sidney Olcott, Canadian film director (b. 1873)
1956 - Nina Hamnett, Welsh artist (b. 1890)
1965 - W. Somerset Maugham, English writer (b. 1874)
1976 - Réal Caouette, French Canadian politician (Social Credit Party of Canada) (b. 1917)
1977 - Risto Jarva, Finnish filmmaker (b. 1934)
1980 - Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (b. 1900)
1980 - Colonel Sanders, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1890)
1982 - Colin Chapman, English engineer and automobile manufacturer, founder of Lotus Cars (b. 1928)
1984 - Debs Garms, American baseball player (b. 1907)
1985 - Thomas Bilotti, American mafioso (b. 1940)
1985 - Paul Castellano, American mafioso (b. 1915)
1988 - Sylvester, American singer (b. 1948)
1989 - Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine racing driver (b. 1913)
1989 - Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (b. 1930)
1989 - Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895)
1989 - Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)
1990 - Douglas Campbell, American pilot (b. 1896)
1993 - Charizma, American Hip-Hop MC (b. 1973)
1993 - Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929)
1993 - Tanaka Kakuei, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
1995 - Mariele Ventre, Italian choir director (b. 1939)
1995 - Johnny Moss, American poker player (b. 1907)
1996 - Quentin Bell, English art historian (b. 1910)
1997 - Nicolette Larson, American singer (b. 1952)
1998 - William Gaddis, American writer (b. 1922)
2001 - Stuart Adamson, English-born Scottish musician (The Skids, Big Country) (b. 1958)
2001 - Stefan Heym, German author (b. 1913)
2003 - Gary Stewart, American musician and songwriter (b. 1945)
2003 - Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914)
2004 - Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)
2005 - Kenneth Bulmer, English author (b. 1921)
2005 - Ed Hansen, American film director and editor (b. 1937)
2005 - John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)
2006 - Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist (b. 1922)
2006 - Taliep Petersen, South African singer and composer (b. 1950)
2006 - Don Jardine, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1940)
2007 - Dan Fogelberg, American singer/songwriter (b. 1951)
705 - Empress Wu of Zhou (b. 625)
714 - Pippin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
867 - Eberhard of Friuli
999 - Saint Adelaide of Italy (b. 931)