Famous Deaths on 7 Apr

Famous Deaths on 7 Apr

1307 - Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I of England (b. 1271)
1498 - King Charles VIII of France (b. 1470)
1614 - El Greco, Greek-born artist (b. 1541)
1638 - Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese ruler of Satsuma (b. 1576)
1651 - Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. 1603)
1658 - Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic (b. 1595)
1661 - Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician (b. 1604)
1663 - Francis Cooke, Mayflower pilgrim (b. c. 1583)
1668 - William Davenant, English poet (b. 1606)
1719 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French saint (b. 1651)
1739 - Dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. 1706)
1747 - Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1676)
1761 - Thomas Bayes, English mathematician (b. 1702)
1766 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (b. 1685)
1767 - Franz Sparry, composer (b. 1715)
1782 - Taksin, King of Thailand (b. 1734)
1789 - Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist (b. 1722)
1789 - Abd-ul-Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1725)
1801 - Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (b. 1724)
1804 - Toussaint Louverture, Haitian Revolutionary (b. 1743)
1811 - Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (b. 1757)
1823 - Jacques Charles, French chemist (b. 1746)
1833 - Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish politician (b. 1775)
1836 - William Godwin, English political writer (b. 1756)
1850 - William Lisle Bowles, English poet and critic (b. 1762)
1858 - Anton Diabelli, Austrian music publisher, editor, and composer (b. 1781)
1868 - D'Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and Father of Confederation (b. 1825)
1871 - Alexander Lloyd, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
1885 - Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. 1804)
1891 - P. T. Barnum, American circus impresario (b. 1810)
1920 - Karl Binding, German jurist (b. 1841)
1928 - Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (b. 1873)
1939 - Joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
1943 - Jovan Dučić, Serbian poet
1943 - Alexandre Millerand, President of France (b. 1859)
1947 - Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer and industrialist (b. 1863)
1950 - Walter Huston, Canadian-born actor (b. 1884)
1955 - Theda Bara, American film actress (b. 1885)
1968 - Jim Clark, OBE, Scottish race car driver and two-time F1 world champion (b. 1936)
1981 - Kit Lambert, British record producer and manager (The Who) (b. 1935)
1981 - Norman Taurog, American film director (b. 1899)
1982 - Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (b. 1948)
1982 - Brenda Benet, American actress (b. 1945)
1984 - Frank Church, U.S. Senator from Idaho (b. 1924)
1990 - Ronald Evans, American astronaut (b. 1933)
1992 - Ace Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1903)
1994 - Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (b. 1923)
1994 - Golo Mann, German historian (b. 1909)
1994 - Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (b. 1953)
1997 - Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese film producer (Godzilla) (b. 1910)
1997 - Georgi Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1935)
1997 - Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player (b. 1923)
1998 - Broery Marantika, Indonesian singer
2001 - David Graf, American actor (b. 1950)
2001 - Beatrice Straight, American actress (b. 1914)
2002 - John Agar, American actor (b. 1921)
2003 - Cecile de Brunhoff, French storyteller (b. 1903)
2003 - David Greene, British television director (b. 1921)
2004 - Victor Argo, American actor (b. 1934)
2005 - Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer (b. 1922)
2005 - Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
2005 - Cliff Allison, British racing driver (b. 1932)
2007 - Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
2007 - Barry Nelson, American actor (b. 1917)
2007 - Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977)