Famous Deaths on 19 Jun

Famous Deaths on 19 Jun

1312 - Piers Gaveston, French favorite of Edward II of England
1542 - Leo Jud, Swiss reformer (b. 1482)
1545 - Abraomas Kulvietis Lithuanian reformer (b. 1509)
1584 - François, Duke of Anjou (b. 1555)
1608 - Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (b. 1551)
1650 - Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (b. 1593)
1747 - Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1669)
1762 - Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer (b. 1702)
1768 - Benjamin Tasker, Governor of Maryland (b. 1690)
1786 - Nathanael Greene, American Revolutionary general (b. 1742)
1805 - Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, French painter (b. 1724)
1820 - Joseph Banks, English naturalist and botanist (b. 1743)
1844 - Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (b. 1772)
1867 - Maximilian I, Mexican Emperor (b. 1832)
1902 - Albert, King of Saxony (b. 1828)
1921 - Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet (b. 1888)
1937 - J. M. Barrie, Scottish author (b. 1860)
1939 - Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
1949 - Syed Zafarul Hasan, Prominent Muslim philosopher (b. 1885)
1951 - Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet (b. 1884)
1952 - Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone (b. 1888)
1953 - Julius Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1918)
1953 - Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1915)
1956 - Thomas J. Watson, American businessman (IBM) (b. 1874)
1966 - Ed Wynn, American actor (b. 1886)
1968 - James Joseph Sweeney, American Catholic prelate (b. 1898)
1975 - Sam Giancana, American gangster (b. 1908)
1977 - Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist (b. 1933)
1977 - Lady Olave Baden-Powell, English founder of the Girl Guide (b. 1889)
1979 - Paul Popenoe, American eugenicist (b. 1888)
1984 - Lee Krasner, American painter (b. 1908)
1986 - Len Bias, American basketball player (b. 1963)
1986 - Coluche, French comedian (b. 1944)
1987 - Teresa Cormack, New Zealand murder victim (b. 1981)
1988 - Fernand Seguin, Canadian biologist (b. 1922)
1988 - Gladys Spellman, American. Congresswoman (b. 1918)
1991 - Jean Arthur, American actress (b. 1900)
1993 - William Golding, English writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
1995 - Peter Townsend, RAF officer (b. 1914)
1996 - G. David Schine, American businessman (b. 1927)
1997 - Olga Georges-Picot, French actress (b. 1944)
1997 - Bobby Helms, American singer (b. 1933)
2001 - John Heyer, Australian documentary filmmaker (b. 1916)
2003 - Laura Sadler, English actress (b. 1980)
2007 - Ze'ev Schiff, Israeli journalist (b. 1932)
2007 - Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1919)
2007 - Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (b. 1947)
2007 - El Fary, Spanish singer (b. 1937)
2008 - Barun Sengupta, Bengali journalist (b. 1934)
2008 - Bennie Swain, American basketball player (b. 1930)