Famous Deaths on 16 Mar

Famous Deaths on 16 Mar

1021 - Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III
1037 - Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen
1072 - Adalbert of Hamburg, German archbishop
1322 - Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)
1410 - John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)
1457 - László Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman and warrior (b. 1433)
1485 - Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)
1559 - Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)
1620 - St. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing
1649 - St. Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)
1679 - John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
1721 - James Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657)
1736 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (b. 1710)
1737 - Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670)
1738 - George Bähr, German architect (b. 1666)
1747 - Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690)
1888 - Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801)
1890 - Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864)
1892 - Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827)
1898 - Aubrey Beardsley, British artist (b. 1872)
1899 - Joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
1903 - Roy Bean, American jurist
1914 - Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1843)
1926 - Sergeant Stubby, decorated World War I dog
1930 - Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish dictator (b. 1870)
1935 - John James Richard Macleod, Scottish-born physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
1935 - Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-born chess player (b. 1886)
1936 - Marguerite Durand, French journalist and feminist (b. 1864)
1940 - Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
1945 - Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874)
1955 - Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter (b. 1914)
1957 - Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (b. 1876)
1961 - Chen Geng, Chinese military leader (b. 1903)
1968 - Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and writer (b. 1907)
1968 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian composer (b. 1895)
1970 - Tammi Terrell, American singer (b. 1946)
1971 - Thomas Dewey, American presidential candidate (b. 1902)
1975 - Richard W. DeKorte, American politician (b. 1936)
1975 - T-Bone Walker, American musician (b. 1910)
1977 - Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze (b. 1917)
1979 - Jean Monnet, French politician (b. 1888)
1980 - Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born painter (b. 1898)
1983 - Arthur Godfrey, American actor and television host (b. 1903)
1983 - Fred Rose, Canadian politician (b. 1907)
1984 - John Hoagland, American photographer (b. 1947)
1985 - Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
1992 - Roger Lemelin, Quebec novelist and television writer (b. 1919)
1992 - Yves Rocard, French physicist (b. 1903)
1993 - Johnny Cymbal, American singer and producer (b. 1945)
1996 - Charlie Barnett, American actor (b. 1954)
1998 - Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
1999 - Gratien Gélinas, Quebec playwright and director (b. 1909)
2000 - Thomas Ferebee, Hiroshima bombardier (b. 1918)
2001 - Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (b. 1921)
2001 - Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943)
2003 - Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah, Duchess of York (b. 1931)
2003 - Rachel Corrie, American political activist (b. 1979)
2004 - Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910)
2005 - Allan Hendrickse, South African politician (b. 1927)
2005 - Anthony George, American TV actor (b. 1921)
2005 - Ralph Erskine, British architect (Byker Wall) (b. 1914)
2005 - Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958)
2005 - Dick Radatz, American baseball player (b. 1937)
2006 - David Feintuch, American sci-fi author (b. 1944)
2007 - Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
2008 - G. David Low, American astronaut (b. 1956)
2008 - Gary Hart, American professional wrestling manager and wrestler (b. 1942)
2008 - Ola Brunkert, Swedish session drummer for ABBA (b. 1946)
2008 - Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (b. 1912)
2008 - John Hewer, Actor famous for portraying Captain Birdseye in British commercials. (b. 1922)
37 - Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar, Roman Emperor (b. 46 BC)
455 - Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)