Historical Deaths Today: 06 October

Deaths

• 877 - Charles the Bald (b. 823)


• 1014 - Samuil, Emperor of the Bulgarian Empire (b. 958)


• 1101 - Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order


• 1413 - Dawit I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1382)


• 1542 - Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)


• 1641 - Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer


• 1644 - Elisabeth of Bourbon, wife of Philip IV of Spain (b. 1602)


• 1660 - Paul Scarron, French writer


• 1661 - Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru


• 1688 - Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b. 1652)


• 1762 - Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer (b. 1684)


• 1819 - Charles Emmanuel IV, king of Sardinia (b. 1751)


• 1829 - Pierre Derbigny, Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)


• 1873 - Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797)


• 1891 - Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)


• 1892 - Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet (b. 1809)


• 1912 - Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian statesman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1829)


• 1945 - Leonardo Conti, Nazi physician (b. 1900)


• 1947 - Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (b. 1887)


• 1951 - Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1884)


• 1951 - Will Keith Kellogg, American food manufacturer (b. 1860)


• 1959 - Bernard Berenson, American art historian (b. 1865)


• 1962 - Tod Browning, American film director (b. 1880)


• 1968 - Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (b. 1917)


• 1973 - François Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944)


• 1973 - Sidney Blackmer, American actor (b. 1895)


• 1974 - Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian Formula One driver (b. 1948)


• 1976 - Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)


• 1980 - Hattie Jacques, British comedy actress (b. 1922)


• 1980 - Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921)


• 1981 - Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1918)


• 1983 - Terence Cardinal Cooke, American Catholic archbishop (b. 1921)


• 1985 - Nelson Riddle, American bandleader (b. 1921)


• 1986 - Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)


• 1989 - Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908)


• 1992 - Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922)


• 1992 - Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)


• 1993 - Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot (b. 1949)


• 1997 - Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player (b. 1914)


• 1998 - Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)


• 1999 - Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)


• 1999 - Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler/commentator (b. 1937)


• 2000 - Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1930)


• 2001 - Arne Harris, American television sports director (b. 1934)


• 2002 - Claus von Amsberg, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (b. 1926)


• 2003 - Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist (b. 1957)


• 2006 - Puck Brouwer, Dutch athlete (b. 1930)


• 2006 - Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (b. 1940)


• 2006 - Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (b. 1911)


• 2006 - Wilson Tucker, American writer (b. 1914)


• 2007 - Bud Ekins, American stuntman (b. 1930)

Historical Deaths Today: 05 October

Deaths

• 578 - Justin II, Byzantine Emperor


• 1056 - Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1017)


• 1112 - Sigebert of Gembloux, French chronicler


• 1214 - King Alfonso VIII of Castile (b. 1155)


• 1285 - King Philip III of France (b. 1245)


• 1528 - Richard Foxe, English churchman


• 1540 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet (b. 1488)


• 1564 - Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer


• 1565 - Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (b. 1522)


• 1606 - Philippe Desportes, French poet (b. 1546)


• 1714 - Kaibara Ekiken, Japanese philosopher (b. 1630)


• 1740 - Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (b. 1721)


• 1777 - Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)


• 1791 - Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (b. 1739)


• 1805 - Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (b. 1738)


• 1813 - Tecumseh, Shawnee leader


• 1848 - Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (b. 1781)


• 1861 - Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish bishop (b. 1778)


• 1880 - Jacques Offenbach, German-born composer (b. 1819)


• 1913 - Hans von Bartels, German painter (b. 1856)


• 1918 - Roland Garros, French pilot (shot down) (b. 1888)


• 1930 - Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, British military officer (b. 1875)


• 1933 - Renée Adorée, French actress (b. 1898)


• 1933 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich, Russian general (b. 1862)


• 1936 - J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist (tuberculosis) (b. 1898)


• 1938 - Saint Faustina, Polish saint (b. 1905)


• 1940 - Ballington Booth, Salvation Army Officer and co-founder of Volunteers of America (b. 1857)


• 1940 - Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (b. 1859)


• 1940 - Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican musician (b. 1889)


• 1941 - Louis Dembitz Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1856)


• 1943 - Leon Roppolo, American musician (b. 1902)


• 1950 - Frederic Lewy, German neurologist (b. 1885)


• 1952 - Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884 or 1885)


• 1976 - Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)


• 1976 - Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1929)


• 1981 - Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)


• 1983 - Earl Tupper, American inventor (b. 1907)


• 1983 - Humberto Mauro, Brazilian film director and screenwriter (b. 1897)


• 1986 - Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (b. 1898)


• 1986 - James H. Wilkinson, English mathematician (b. 1919)


• 1986 - Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver (b. 1947)


• 1992 - Eddie Kendricks, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1939)


• 1995 - Linda Gary, American voice actress (b. 1944)


• 1996 - Seymour Cray, American computer pioneer (b. 1925)


• 1997 - Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (b. 1962)


• 2000 - Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (b. 1976)


• 2001 - Mike Mansfield, American politician (b. 1903)


• 2002 - Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)


• 2003 - Denis Quilley, English actor (b. 1927)


• 2003 - Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1978)


• 2003 - Timothy Treadwell, American bear enthusiast featured in Grizzly Man (b. 1957)


• 2004 - Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (b. 1921)


• 2004 - Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)


• 2004 - William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine nominee (b. 1941)


• 2006 - Jennifer Moss, English Actress (b. 1945)


• 2006 - Antonio Peña, Mexican founder of lucha libre promotion AAA (b. 1953)


• 2007 - Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (b. 1898)