Famous Deaths on 24 Jul

Famous Deaths on 24 Jul

1115 - Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)
1129 - Shirakawa, Emperor of Japan (b. 1053)
1240 - Konrad von Thüringen, fifth Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
1568 - Prince Don Carlos of Spain (b. 1545)
1594 - John Boste, Catholic saint and martyr (b. 1544)
1739 - Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1686)
1768 - Nathanial Lardner, English theologian (b. 1684)
1862 - Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
1908 - Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran poet (b. the same day 1867)
1910 - Arkhip Kuindzhi, Russian painter (b. 1841)
1927 - Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese writer (b. 1892)
1957 - Sacha Guitry, French actor, director, screenwriter and playwright (b. 1885)
1965 - Constance Bennett, American actress (b. 1904)
1966 - Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
1969 - Witold Gombrowicz, Polish novelist and dramatist (b. 1904)
1970 - Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman (b. 1897)
1974 - James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
1980 - Peter Sellers, British comedian and actor (b. 1925)
1980 - Uttam Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1926)
1986 - Fritz Albert Lipmann, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1991 - Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-born Yiddish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1992 - Arletty, French singer and actress (b. 1898)
1992 - Sam Berger, Canadian football owner (b. 1900)
1993 - Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (b. 1957)
1995 - Jerry Lordan, English composer and singer (b. 1934)
1995 - George Rodger, British photojournalist (b. 1908)
1996 - Alphonso Roberts, West Indian cricketer and politician (b. 1937)
1997 - William J. Brennan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1906)
1997 - Saw Maung, Burmese dictator (b. 1928)
2000 - Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (b. 1925)
2001 - Georges Dor, Canadian author, composer, singer and playwright (b. 1931)
2005 - Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (b. 1912)
2007 - Albert Ellis, American psychologist (b. 1913)
2007 - Chaney Kley, American Actor (b. 1972)
2008 - Norman Dello Joio, American composer (b. 1913)