Famous Deaths on 22 Apr

Famous Deaths on 22 Apr

1592 - Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect (b. 1511)
1672 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (b. 1598)
1699 - Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman (b. 1646)
1758 - Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686)
1778 - James Hargreaves, English inventor (b. 1720)
1806 - Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (stabbed) (b. 1763)
1833 - Richard Trevithick, English inventor (b. 1771)
1839 - Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)
1854 - Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (b. 1786)
1877 - James P. Kirkwood, American civil engineer (b. 1807)
1892 - Edouard Lalo, French composer (b. 1823)
1893 - Chaim Aronson, inventor and academic (b. 1825)
1896 - Thomas Meik, British civil engineer (b. 1812)
1908 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)
1925 - André Caplet, French composer (b. 1878)
1929 - Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. 1848)
1930 - Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish poet (b. 1866)
1933 - Henry Royce, British automobile manufacturer (b. 1863)
1945 - Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (b. 1900)
1945 - Käthe Kollwitz, German artist (b. 1867)
1946 - Lionel Atwill, English Actor (b. 1885)
1946 - Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1872)
1951 - Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (b. 1870)
1968 - Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (b. 1911)
1978 - Will Geer, American actor (b. 1902)
1980 - Jane Froman, American actress (b. 1907)
1980 - Fritz Strassmann, German physicist (b. 1902)
1983 - Earl "Fatha" Hines, American jazz pianist (b. 1903)
1983 - John Louis Evans, convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1950)
1984 - Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. 1902)
1985 - Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (b. 1900)
1985 - Jacques Ferron, French Canadian physician, author and politician (b. 1921)
1986 - Mircea Eliade, Romanian writer (b. 1907)
1988 - Irene Rich, American actress (b. 1891)
1990 - Albert Salmi, American actor (b. 1928)
1994 - Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (b. 1913)
1995 - Maggie Kuhn, American activist (b. 1905)
1996 - Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American professional golfer (b. 1908)
1996 - Erma Bombeck, American humorist (b. 1927)
1998 - Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach (b. 1940)
1999 - Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. 1938)
2002 - Linda Lovelace, American adult actress (b. 1949)
2003 - Michael Larrabee, American athlete (b. 1933)
2003 - Martha Griffiths, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1912)
2003 - Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
2004 - Jason L. Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
2004 - Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed in action) (b. 1976)
2005 - Robert Farnon, Canadian-born composer and conductor (b. 1917)
2005 - Norman Bird, UK character actor (b. 1920)
2005 - Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906)
2005 - Philip Morrison, American physicist (b. 1915)
2006 - Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921)
2007 - Juanita Millender-McDonald, congresswoman from southern California (b. 1938)
2008 - Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive (b. 1941)
296 - Pope Caius
455 - Petronius Maximus, Roman Emperor
536 - Pope Agapetus I