Famous Deaths on 21 Mar

Famous Deaths on 21 Mar

1063 - Blessed Richeza of Lotharingia, venerated in Roman Catholicism, wife of King Mieszko II of Poland
1076 - Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011)
1181 - Taira Kiyomori, Japanese Feudal general (b. 1118)
1306 - Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248)
1487 - Nicholas of Flue, Swiss hermit and saint (b. 1417)
1556 - Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury (burned at the stake) (b. 1489)
1617 - Pocahontas, Native American, daughter of Powhatan (b. c. 1595)
1656 - James Ussher, Irish Anglican archbishop (b. 1581)
1676 - Henri Sauval, French historian (b. 1623)
1729 - John Law, Scottish economist (b. 1671)
1734 - Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian (b. 1679)
1751 - Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (b. 1706)
1762 - Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (b. 1713)
1772 - Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French cartographer (b. 1703)
1795 - Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (b. 1714)
1801 - Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer (b. 1741)
1804 - Louis-Antoine-Henri de Bourbon-Condé, duc d'Enghien (executed) (b. 1772)
1843 - Robert Southey, English poet (b. 1774)
1843 - Guadalupe Victoria, first President of Mexico (b. 1786)
1850 - Miguel Pedrorena, American settler
1863 - Edwin Vose Sumner, American Civil War general (b. 1797)
1881 - Samuel Courtauld, American-born textile magnate (b. 1793)
1884 - Ezra Abbot, American bible scholar (b. 1819)
1910 - Nadar, French photographer (b. 1820)
1915 - Frederick Winslow Taylor, American inventor (b. 1856)
1934 - Franz Schreker, Austrian composer (b. 1878)
1936 - Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (b. 1865)
1945 - Artur Nebe, German SS officer {b. 1894)
1951 - Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (b. 1871)
1958 - Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (b. 1923)
1970 - Manolis Chiotis, Greek songwriter and musician (b. 1920)
1975 - Joe Medwick, baseball player (b. 1911)
1980 - Peter Stoner, American mathematician, astronomer and Christian apologist (b. 1888)
1984 - Shauna Grant, American actress (suicide) (b. 1963)
1985 - Sir Michael Redgrave, English actor (b. 1908)
1987 - Robert Preston, American actor (b. 1918)
1987 - Dean Paul Martin, American musician (b. 1951)
1991 - Leo Fender, American guitar manufacturer (b. 1909)
1992 - John Ireland, Canadian film actor and director (b. 1914)
1992 - Natalie Sleeth, American composer (b. 1930)
1994 - Macdonald Carey, American actor (b. 1913)
1994 - Dack Rambo, American actor (b. 1941)
1994 - Lili Damita, French actress (b. 1904)
1997 - W. V. Awdry, English children's writer (b. 1911)
1998 - Galina Ulanova, Russian prima ballerina assoluta (b. 1910)
1999 - Ernie Wise, British comedian (b. 1925)
2001 - Chung Ju-yung, Korean industrialist (b. 1915)
2001 - Norma MacMillan, Canadian voice actress (b. 1921)
2001 - Anthony Steel, English actor (b. 1920)
2002 - Herman Talmadge, American politician (b. 1913)
2003 - Umar Wirahadikusumah, Fourth Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1924)
2004 - Ludmilla Tchérina, French ballet dancer and actress (b. 1924)
2005 - Barney Martin, American actor (b. 1923)
2005 - Bobby Short, American singer (b. 1924)
2007 - Drew Hayes, American writer & graphic artist (b. 1969)
2007 - Sven O. Høiby, the father of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (b. 1936)
2007 - Kevin Whitrick, first British man to commit suicide on a live chatroom (b. 1964)