Famous Deaths on 16 Jan

Famous Deaths on 16 Jan

1400 - John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352)
1545 - George Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484)
1547 - Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)
1554 - Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480)
1585 - Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512)
1659 - Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)
1710 - Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
1711 - Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651)
1747 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680)
1748 - Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684)
1750 - Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667)
1752 - Francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705)
1794 - Edward Gibbon, English historian (b. 1737)
1809 - John Moore, British general (b. 1761)
1817 - Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman (b. 1759)
1834 - Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769)
1856 - Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)
1864 - Anton Schindler, Austrian biographer of Beethoven (b. 1795)
1865 - Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)
1879 - Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)
1886 - Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian opera composer (b. 1834)
1891 - Léo Delibes, French composer (b. 1836)
1898 - Charles Pelham Villiers, longest-serving MP in the British House of Commons (b. 1802)
1901 - Hiram Revels, U.S. Senator, first African-American to serve in the United States Congress (b. 1822)
1901 - Jules Barbier, French opera librettist (b. 1825)
1901 - Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter (b. 1827)
1906 - Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834)
1917 - George Dewey, U.S. admiral (b. 1837)
1919 - Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil (b. 1848)
1920 - Reginald De Koven, American music critic and composer of operettas (b. 1859)
1924 - Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, philanthropist (b. 1859)
1935 - Ma Barker, American criminal (b. 1871)
1936 - Albert Fish, American serial killer (b. 1870)
1942 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, son of Queen Victoria, Governor General of Canada (b. 1850)
1942 - Carole Lombard, American actress (b. 1908)
1957 - Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867)
1957 - 1st Earl of Athlone, British royal, Governor-General of South Africa and Canada (b. 1874)
1962 - Frank Hurley, Australian photographer (b. 1885)
1962 - Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor (b. 1883)
1963 - Ike Quebec, American tenor-saxophone player (b. 1918)
1967 - Robert J. Van de Graaff, American nuclear physicist (b. 1901)
1969 - Vernon Duke, American composer and songwriter (b. 1903)
1969 - Jan Palach, Czech protester against the Soviet led invasion.(b. 1948)
1971 - Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (b. 1890)
1972 - Teller Ammons, American politician (b. 1895)
1972 - Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., American actor and creator of The Chipmunks (b. 1919)
1979 - August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (b. 1897)
1979 - Ted Cassidy, American actor (b. 1932)
1981 - Bernard Lee, English actor (b. 1908)
1982 - Red Smith, American sports columnist (b. 1905)
1985 - Robert Fitzgerald, U.S. poet and translator (b. 1910)
1986 - Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
1987 - Bertram Wainer, Australian pro-abortion campaigner (b. 1928)
1988 - Ballard Berkeley, English actor (b. 1904)
1988 - Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (b. 1899)
1993 - Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (b. 1960)
1995 - Eric Mottram, English poet, teacher, critic, and editor (b. 1924)
1996 - Marcia Davenport, American author and music critic (b. 1903)
1997 - Ennis Cosby, son of entertainer Bill Cosby (b. 1969)
1998 - Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (b. 1921)
1999 - Jim McClelland, Australian solicitor, politician, Minister, Royal Commissioner, judge (b. 1915)
2000 - John Morris Rankin, musical entertainer (b. 1959)
2000 - Will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1928)
2001 - Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1939)
2001 - Auberon Waugh, British author and journalist (b. 1939)
2002 - Ron Taylor, American actor (b. 1952)
2002 - Eddie Meduza, Swedish composer (b. 1948)
2002 - Bobo Olson, American boxer (b. 1928)
2002 - Michael Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923)
2002 - Robert Hanbury Brown, British-Australian astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)
2003 - Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918)
2004 - Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
2005 - Marjorie Williams, American journalist (b. 1958)
2006 - Stanley Biber, American physician, pioneer of transgender surgery, (b. 1923)
2007 - Ron Carey, American actor (b. 1935)
2007 - Benny Parsons, American racecar driver and commentator (b. 1941)
960 - Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople