Famous Deaths on 9 Apr

Famous Deaths on 9 Apr

1024 - Pope Benedict VIII
1137 - William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)
1483 - King Edward IV of England (b. 1442)
1484 - Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (b. 1473)
1492 - Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesmen (b. 1449)
1553 - François Rabelais, French writer
1557 - Mikael Agricola, Finnish scholar (b. ca. 1510)
1626 - Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, statesman, and essayist (b. 1561)
1654 - Matei Basarab, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1588)
1693 - Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (b. 1618)
1747 - Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Scottish clan chief
1754 - Christian Wolff, German philosopher (b. 1679)
1761 - William Law, British minister (b. 1686)
1804 - Jacques Necker, French statesman (b. 1732)
1806 - William V of Orange, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (b. 1748)
1872 - Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
1876 - Charles Goodyear, American politician (b. 1804)
1889 - Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist (b. 1786)
1909 - Helena Modrzejewska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
1917 - James Hope Moulton, British scholar of Classical Greek (b. 1863)
1936 - Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (b. 1855)
1940 - Mrs. Patrick Campbell, British actress (b. 1865)
1944 - Evgeniya Rudneva, Russian World War II heroine (b. 1920)
1945 - Georg Elser, failed assassin of Hitler (b. 1903)
1945 - Wilhelm Canaris, German Admiral (b. 1887)
1945 - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian (b. 1906)
1948 - George Carpenter, Australian Salvation Army general (b. 1872)
1948 - Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian politician (b. 1903)
1951 - Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist (b. 1862)
1959 - Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (b. 1867)
1961 - King Zog of Albania (b. 1895)
1963 - Eddie Edwards, American jazz trombonist (b. 1891)
1970 - Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (b. 1896)
1976 - Dagmar Nordstrom, American composer, pianist (b. 1903)
1976 - Phil Ochs, American singer (b. 1940)
1978 - Clough Williams-Ellis, Welsh architect (b.1883)
1982 - Wilfrid Pelletier, French Canadian conductor (b. 1896)
1988 - David Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (b. 1937)
1988 - Brook Benton, American singer (b. 1931)
1991 - Martin Hannett, record producer (b. 1948)
1996 - Richard Condon, American novelist (b. 1915)
1996 - James W. Rouse, American real estate developer, activist, and philanthropist (b. 1914)
1997 - Helene Hanff, American writer (b. 1916)
1997 - Mae Boren Axton, American singer and songwriter (b. 1914)
1998 - Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (b. 1953)
1999 - Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Niger politician and general (b. 1949)
2001 - Willie Stargell, American baseball player (b. 1940)
2002 - Leopold Vietoris, Austrian mathematician (b. 1891)
2002 - Pat Flaherty, American racecar driver (b. 1926)
2006 - Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish writer and film director (b. 1924)
2006 - Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and official (b. 1916)
2007 - Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and writer (b. 1930)
491 - Zeno, Byzantine Emperor
715 - Pope Constantine
93 - Yuan An, Minister over the Masses of the Han dynasty