Famous Deaths on 9 Jul

Famous Deaths on 9 Jul

1228 - Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury
1386 - Leopold III of Austria (b. 1351)
1553 - Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)
1654 - Ferdinand IV of Germany (b. 1633)
1706 - Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French Canadian sailor and explorer (b. 1661)
1737 - Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1671)
1742 - John Oldmixon, English historian (b. 1673)
1746 - Philip V of Spain (b. 1683)
1747 - Giovanni Bononcini, Italian composer (b. 1670)
1755 - General Edward Braddock British Commander-in-chief of military forces in North America (b. 1695?)
1766 - Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (b. 1720)
1795 - Henry Seymour Conway, British general and statesman (b. 1721)
1797 - Edmund Burke, British philosopher and statesman (b. 1729)
1850 - Báb, Persian founder of the Bábi Faith (b. 1819)
1850 - Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (b. 1784)
1852 - Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, American politician (b. 1794)
1855 - Lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War
1856 - James Strang, Mormon splinter group leader (b. 1813)
1856 - Amedeo Avogadro, Italian chemist (b. 1776)
1880 - Paul Broca, French physician and anatomist (b. 1824)
1882 - Ignacio Carrera Pinto, Chilean war hero(b. 1848)
1903 - Alphonse François Renard, Belgian geologist (b. 1842)
1927 - John Drew Jr., American actor (b. 1853)
1932 - King C. Gillette, American inventor (b. 1885)
1937 - Oliver Law, first African-American commander of U.S. troops (b. 1899)
1938 - Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (b. 1870)
1947 - Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish general (b. 1865)
1949 - Fritz Bennicke Hart, English-born Australian composer (b. 1874)
1951 - Harry Heilmann, American Baseball player (b. 1894)
1955 - Don Beauman, British racing driver (b. 1928)
1967 - Eugen Fischer, Nazi physician (b. 1874)
1972 - Robert Weede, American baritone (b. 1903)
1974 - Earl Warren, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1891)
1979 - Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (b. 1899)
1980 - Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and lyricist (b. 1913)
1985 - Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish founder of Narcotics Anonymous (b. 1911)
1985 - Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1896)
1992 - Eric Sevareid, American reporter (b. 1912)
1994 - Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)
1996 - Melvin Belli, American attorney (b. 1907)
1999 - Robert de Cotret, Canadian politician (b. 1944)
2000 - Doug Fisher, English actor (b. 1941)
2002 - Laurence Janifer, American writer (b. 1933)
2002 - Rod Steiger, American actor (b. 1925)
2004 - Paul Klebnikov, American journalist (b. 1963)
2004 - Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917)
2004 - Chuck Cadman, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
2005 - Kevin Hagen, American actor (b.1928)
2005 - Yevgenij Grishin, Russian speed skater (b. 1931)
2005 - Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
2006 - Milan Williams, American musician (The Commodores) (b. 1948)
2007 - Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905)
2008 - Séamus Brennan, Irish politicain (b. 1948)
518 - Anastasius I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 430)