Famous Deaths on 14 Mar

Famous Deaths on 14 Mar

1457 - Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)
1471 - Sir Thomas Malory, English author (b. 1405)
1647 - Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (b. 1584)
1648 - Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (b. 1584)
1680 - René Le Bossu, French critic (b. 1631)
1682 - Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruysdael, Dutch painter (b. 1628)
1696 - Jean Domat, French jurist (b. 1625)
1698 - Claes RÃ¥lamb, Swedish statesman (b. 1622)
1748 - George Wade, British military leader (b. 1673)
1757 - John Byng, British admiral (executed) (b. 1704)
1791 - Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725)
1803 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German writer (b. 1724)
1805 - Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki, Russian general (b. 1753)
1811 - Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1735)
1823 - Charles François Dumouriez, French general (b. 1739)
1883 - Karl Marx, German philosopher and political theorist (b. 1818)
1884 - Quintino Sella, Italian statesman (b. 1827)
1932 - George Eastman, American inventor, and founder of Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
1933 - Balto, husky dog who brought back the antitoxin in 1925
1946 - Werner von Blomberg, field marshal (b. 1878)
1949 - John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (b. 1873)
1957 - Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter (b. 1938)
1973 - Chic Young, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
1973 - Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer (b. 1907)
1973 - Howard Aiken, American engineer (b. 1900)
1975 - Susan Hayward, American actress (b. 1917)
1976 - Busby Berkeley, American choreographer and director (b. 1895)
1977 - Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (b. 1917)
1980 - Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician (b. 1902)
1983 - Maurice Ronet, French film actor (b. 1927)
1989 - Edward Abbey, American author and environmental activist (b. 1927)
1991 - Doc Pomus, American composer (b. 1925)
1991 - Howard Ashman, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1950)
1991 - Margery Sharp, children's author (b. 1905)
1992 - Jean Poiret, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
1995 - William Alfred Fowler, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
1997 - Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born director (b. 1907)
1999 - Kirk Alyn, American actor (b. 1910)
2002 - Cherry Wilder, New Zealand-born author (b. 1930)
2002 - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b. 1900)
2003 - Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (b. 1945)
2003 - Jean-Luc Lagardère, French publisher (b. 1928)
2006 - Lennart Meri, former president of Estonia (b. 1929)
2006 - Ann Calvello, Roller Derby Queen (b. 1929)
2007 - Lucie Aubrac, French history teacher and member of the French Resistance (b. 1912)
2007 - Gareth Hunt, English actor (b. 1943)
2008 - Chiara Lubich, Italian Catholic activist and leader and foundress of the Focolare (b. 1920)
2008 - Anthony Minghella, English Oscar winning film director (b. 1954)
752 - Pope Zachary
968 - Matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen (c. 895)