Famous Deaths on 6 Apr

Famous Deaths on 6 Apr

1147 - Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090)
1199 - King Richard I of England (b. 1157)
1199 - Pierre Basile, French soldier
1362 - James I, Count of La Marche, French soldier (b. 1319)
1490 - King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
1520 - Raphael, Italian painter and architect (b. 1483)
1528 - Albrecht Dürer, German artist (b. 1471)
1551 - Joachim Vadian, Swiss humanist (b. 1484)
1571 - John Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician
1590 - Francis Walsingham, English spymaster
1605 - John Stow, English historian
1655 - David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)
1686 - Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (b. 1614)
1707 - Willem van de Velde, the younger, Dutch painter (b. 1633)
1755 - Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690)
1825 - Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (b. 1757)
1829 - Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (b. 1802)
1833 - Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (b. 1748)
1838 - José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva, Brazilian statesman and geologist (b. 1763)
1862 - Albert Sidney Johnston, American Confederate general (b. 1803)
1883 - Benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician (b. 1801)
1906 - Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author (b. 1849)
1933 - Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (b. 1842)
1935 - Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet (b. 1869)
1947 - Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (b. 1896)
1953 - Idris Davies, Welsh poet (b. 1905)
1961 - Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1870)
1963 - Otto Struve, Russian-born astronomer (b. 1897)
1970 - Sam Sheppard, American accused murderer (b. 1923)
1970 - Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933)
1971 - Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (b. 1882)
1974 - Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and businessman (b.1895)
1974 - Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch architect (b. 1884)
1976 - Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903)
1992 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (b. 1920)
1994 - Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician (b. 1956)
1994 - Juvénal Habyarimana, Rwandan politician (b. 1937)
1996 - Greer Garson, Irish actress (b. 1904)
1998 - Tammy Wynette, American singer (b. 1942)
1998 - Wendy O. Williams, American singer (Plasmatics) (b. 1949)
1999 - Red Norvo, American jazz vibraphonist (b. 1908)
2000 - Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician (b. 1903)
2001 - Charles Pettigrew, American singer (b. 1963)
2003 - Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (b. 1927)
2003 - Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter, Canadian religious figure (b. 1912)
2003 - David Bloom, American reporter (b. 1963)
2004 - Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (b. 1929)
2004 - Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets) (b. 1937)
2005 - Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (b. 1923)
2006 - Francis L. Kellogg, U.S. diplomat and prominent socialite (b. 1917)
2006 - Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (b. 1977)
2007 - Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (b. 1916)
885 - Saint Methodius (b. ca.815)