Famous Deaths on 3 Apr

Famous Deaths on 3 Apr

1287 - Pope Honorius IV, Pope for two years from 1285 to 1287 (b. circa 1210)
1350 - Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1295)
1606 - Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devon, English politician (b. 1563)
1680 - Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire, India (b. 1630)
1682 - Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Spanish painter (b. 1618)
1691 - Jean Petitot, Swiss enamel painter (b. 1608)
1695 - Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch painter (b. circa 1636)
1717 - Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician (b. 1640)
1728 - James Anderson, Scottish lawyer (b. 1662)
1792 - George Pocock, British admiral (b. 1706)
1804 - Jędrzej Kitowicz, Polish priest (b. 1727/1728)
1827 - Ernst Chladni, German physicist (b. 1756)
1849 - Juliusz SÅ‚owacki, Polish poet (b. 1809)
1868 - Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and inventor (b. 1796)
1882 - Jesse James, American outlaw (b. 1847)
1897 - Johannes Brahms, German composer (b. 1833)
1901 - Richard D'Oyly Carte, British impresario (b. 1844)
1930 - Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (b. 1847)
1932 - Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
1936 - Bruno Hauptmann, German killer of Charles Lindbergh III (b. 1899)
1943 - Conrad Veidt, German actor (b. 1893)
1950 - Carter G. Woodson, African-American historian, author, journalist and founder of Black History Month (b. 1875)
1950 - Kurt Weill, German composer (b. 1900)
1952 - Miina Sillanpää, Finnish politician, first female Finnish minister (b. 1866)
1965 - Ernst Kirchweger, Austrian communist and resistance fighter (born 1897 or 1898)
1971 - Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904)
1972 - Ferde Grofé, American composer (b. 1882)
1975 - Mary Ure, Scottish actress (b. 1933)
1978 - Ray Noble, English bandleader and composer (b. 1903)
1981 - Juan Trippe, Airline entrepreneur and pioneer, Pan Am founder (b. 1899)
1982 - Warren Oates, American character actor (b. 1928)
1986 - Peter Pears, English tenor (b. 1910)
1987 - Tom Sestak, American football player (b. 1936)
1988 - Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon) (b. 1907)
1990 - Sarah Vaughan, American singer (b. 1924)
1991 - Charles Goren, American bridge player, writer, and columnist (b. 1901)
1991 - Graham Greene, English writer (b. 1904)
1993 - Pinky Lee, American comic and children's television host (b. 1907)
1994 - Frank Wells, American entertainment businessman (b. 1932)
1995 - Alfred J. Billes, Canadian businessman (Canadian Tire) (b. 1902)
1996 - Ron Brown, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (b. 1941)
1996 - Carl Stokes, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (b. 1927)
1998 - Mary Cartwright, English mathematician (b. 1900)
1999 - Lionel Bart, English composer (Oliver!) (b. 1930)
2000 - Terence McKenna, American writer and philosopher (b. 1946)
2002 - Fad Gadget, English singer and musician (b. 1956)
2003 - Michael Kelly, American journalist (b. 1957)
2005 - Tony Croatto, Italian singer (b. 1940)
2007 - Marion Eames, Welsh novelist (b. 1921)
2007 - Nina Wang, Asia's richest woman (b. 1937)
2007 - Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b. 1919)
2008 - Hrvoje Ćustić, Croatian football player (b. 1983)
963 - William III, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 915)