Famous Deaths on 10 Apr

Famous Deaths on 10 Apr

1533 - King Frederick I of Denmark (b. 1471)
1545 - Costanzo Festa, Italian composer
1585 - Pope Gregory XIII (b. 1502)
1599 - Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress of King Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
1601 - Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (b. 1562)
1619 - Thomas Jones, Archbishop of Dublin (b. c1550)
1640 - Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer (b. 1578)
1646 - Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)
1704 - William Egon of Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg (b. 1629)
1706 - Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)
1756 - Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (d. 1661)
1760 - Jean Lebeuf, French historian (b. 1687)
1786 - John Byron, British naval officer (b. 1723)
1813 - Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian-born mathematician (b. 1736)
1823 - Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (b. 1757)
1862 - W.H.L. Wallace, American Union general (b. 1821)
1882 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
1904 - Queen Isabella II of Spain (b. 1830)
1909 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet and critic (b. 1837)
1919 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1879)
1920 - Moritz Cantor, German mathematician (b. 1829)
1931 - Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet and painter (b. 1883)
1938 - Joe "King" Oliver, American musician (b. 1885)
1945 - Charles Nordhoff, English-born writer (b. 1887)
1945 - H.N. Werkman, Dutch artist and printer (b. 1882)
1954 - Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
1954 - Auguste Lumière, French film pioneer (b. 1862)
1955 - Teilhard de Chardin, French paleontologist and theologian (b. 1881)
1958 - Chuck Willis, American singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
1962 - Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (b. 1886)
1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe, English musician (The Beatles) (b. 1940)
1965 - Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (b. 1928)
1965 - Linda Darnell, American actress (b. 1923)
1966 - Evelyn Waugh, English writer (b. 1903)
1968 - Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899)
1969 - Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (b. 1893)
1975 - Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890)
1979 - Nino Rota, Italian composer (b. 1911)
1980 - Kay Medford, American actress (b. 1914)
1986 - Linda Creed, American songwriter (b. 1948)
1991 - Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (b. 1955)
1991 - Natalie Schafer, American actress (b. 1900)
1992 - Sam Kinison, American comedian (b. 1953)
1993 - Chris Hani, South African activist (b. 1942)
1994 - Sam B. Hall, American politician (b. 1924)
1995 - Morarji Desai, Indian activist (b. 1896)
1997 - Michael Dorris, American author (b. 1945)
1999 - Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (b. 1919)
1999 - Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-born biochemist (b. 1910)
2000 - Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (b. 1928)
2000 - Peter Jones, English actor (b. 1920)
2000 - Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
2003 - Little Eva, American singer (b. 1943)
2005 - Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
2005 - Iakovos, Archbishop of America (b. 1911)
2005 - Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (b. 1923)
2007 - Dakota Staton, American singer (b. 1930)
879 - Louis the Stammerer, King of the West Franks (b. 846)
948 - King Hugh of Italy