Historical Deaths Today: 02 October

Deaths

• 939 - Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine


• 1559 - Jacquet of Mantua, French composer (b. 1483)


• 1626 - Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, conde de Gondomar, Spanish diplomat (b. 1567)


• 1629 - Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1575)


• 1629 - Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)


• 1708 - Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, French general (b. 1650)


• 1724 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (b. 1644)


• 1746 - Josiah Burchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty


• 1764 - William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom


• 1775 - Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703)


• 1780 - John André, British Army officer (executed) (b. 1750)


• 1782 - Charles Lee, British and U.S. general (b. 1732)


• 1786 - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (b. 1725)


• 1803 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (b. 1722)


• 1804 - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French steam vehicle pioneer (b. 1725)


• 1817 - Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov, Russian naval commander and admiral (b. 1744)


• 1850 - Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)


• 1853 - François Jean Dominique Arago, French mathematician (b. 1786)


• 1927 - Svante Arrhenius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)


• 1938 - Alexandru Averescu, Romanian soldier and politician (b. 1859)


• 1947 - Peter D. Ouspensky, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)


• 1962 - Boris Y. Bukreev, Russian mathematician (b. 1859)


• 1968 - Marcel Duchamp, French artist (b. 1887)


• 1971 - Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter (b. 1911)


• 1973 - Paul Hartman, American actor (b. 1904)


• 1973 - Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)


• 1974 - Vasily Shukshin, Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and director (b. 1929)


• 1975 - Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian political leader, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1903)


• 1981 - Harry Golden, American journalist (b. 1902)


• 1981 - Hazel Scott, West Indian-born singer (b. 1920)


• 1985 - Rock Hudson, American actor (b. 1925)


• 1987 - Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1915)


• 1987 - Madeleine Carroll, British-born actress (b. 1906)


• 1988 - Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (b. 1906)


• 1994 - Harriet Hilliard Nelson, American actress (b. 1909)


• 1996 - Robert Bourassa, politician, premier of Quebec (b. 1933)


• 1998 - Gene Autry, American singer, actor, and entrepreneur (b. 1907)


• 1998 - Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (b. 1924)


• 1999 - Heinz G. Konsalik, German novelist (b. 1921)


• 2001 - Franz Biebl, German composer (b. 1906)


• 2002 - Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-born physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)


• 2003 - John T. Dunlop, U.S. Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)


• 2005 - Bert Eriksson, Belgian neo-Nazi (b. 1931)


• 2005 - Nipsey Russell, American comedian (b. 1918)


• 2005 - August Wilson, American playwright (b. 1945)


• 2006 - Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)


• 2006 - Tamara Dobson, American actress (b. 1947)


• 2006 - Paul Halmos, Hungarian-born American mathematician (b. 1916)


• 2007 - Dan Keating, Irish politician (b. 1902)


• 2007 - Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924)


• 2007 - Christopher Derrick, British writer (b. 1921)

Historical Deaths Today: 01 October

Deaths

• 959 - King Edwy of England


• 1040 - Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)


• 1189 - Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar


• 1310 - Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)


• 1404 - Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)


• 1499 - Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b. 1433)


• 1500 - John Alcock, English Catholic bishop


• 1567 - Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)


• 1570 - Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)


• 1574 - Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen, Dutch painter (b. 1498)


• 1578 - Don John of Austria, military leader (b. 1547)


• 1588 - Blessed Edward James, Catholic martyr


• 1609 - Gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer


• 1684 - Pierre Corneille, French author (b. 1606)


• 1693 - Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)


• 1708 - John Blow, British composer (b. 1649)


• 1768 - Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b. 1687)


• 1837 - Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)


• 1838 - Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768)


• 1864 - Rose Greenhow, American Confederate spy (b. 1817)


• 1876 - James Lick, California land baron (b. 1796)


• 1901 - Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir


• 1913 - Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)


• 1929 - Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (b. 1861)


• 1942 - Ants Piip, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1884)


• 1955 - Charles Christie, American film studio owner (b. 1880)


• 1958 - Robert Falk, Russian painter (b. 1886)


• 1970 - Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)


• 1974 - Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (b. 1901)


• 1975 - Al Jackson, American drummer (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (b. 1935)


• 1984 - Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)


• 1985 - E. B. White, American author (b. 1899)


• 1988 - Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer (b. 1897)


• 1990 - Curtis LeMay, American Air Force general (b. 1906)


• 1992 - Petra Kelly, German politician (b. 1947)


• 1994 - Paul Lorenzen, German philosopher (b. 1915)


• 1996 - Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member (b. 1956)


• 1997 - Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (b. 1923)


• 1998 - Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (b. 1928)


• 2000 - Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1928)


• 2000 - Reginald Kray, British gangster (b. 1933)


• 2001 - Guy Beaulne, French-Canadian actor and theatre director (b. 1921)


• 2001 - Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (b. 1919)


• 2002 - Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1908)


• 2004 - Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)


• 2004 - Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (b. 1946)


• 2006 - Jerald Tanner, American religious activist (b. 1938)


• 2006 - André Viger, French Canadian wheelchair marathoner (b. 1952)


• 2007 - Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (b. 1965)


• 2007 - Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (b. 1932)


• 2007 - Al Oerter, American track and field athlete (b. 1936)


• 2007 - Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and stage director (b. 1931)


• 2007 - Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer (b. 1928)