Famous Deaths on 7 Jul

Famous Deaths on 7 Jul

1304 - Pope Benedict XI (b. 1240)
1307 - King Edward I of England (b. 1239)
1537 - Madeleine de Valois, queen of James V of Scotland (b. 1520)
1572 - King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland (b. 1520)
1573 - Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (b. 1507)
1647 - Thomas Hooker, Connecticut colonist (b. 1586)
1663 - Thomas Baltzar, German violinist
1701 - William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631)
1713 - Henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford and privy councillor (b. 1632)
1764 - William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician (b. 1683)
1776 - Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693)
1790 - François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (b. 1721)
1816 - Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b. 1751)
1855 - Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787)
1865 - George Atzerodt, Lincoln conspirator (b. 1833)
1865 - David Herold, Lincoln conspirator (b. 1842)
1865 - Lewis Paine, Lincoln conspirator (b. 1844)
1865 - Mary Surratt, Lincoln conspirator (b. 1823)
1878 - Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847)
1890 - Henri Nestlé, Founder of Nestlé S.A. (b. 1814)
1901 - Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)
1913 - Edward Burd Grubb, American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General (b.1841)
1922 - Cathal Brugha, Chief of Staff of Irish Republican Army (b.1874)
1925 - Clarence Hudson White American photographer (b.. 1871)
1927 - Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician (b. 1846)
1930 - Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer (b. 1859)
1932 - Alexander Grin, Russian novelist (b. 1880)
1932 - Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1844)
1949 - Bunk Johnson, American musician (b. 1879 or 1889)
1956 - Gottfried Benn, German poet (b. 1886)
1964 - Lillian Copeland, American athlete (b. 1904)
1965 - Moshe Sharett, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894)
1967 - Jo Schlesser, French Formula One racing driver (b. 1928)
1971 - Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer (b. 1925)
1971 - Ub Iwerks, American artist, director, and cartoonist (b1901)
1972 - Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1886)
1972 - King Talal of Jordan (b. 1909)
1973 - Veronica Lake, American actress (b. 1919)
1973 - Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895)
1975 - Ruffian, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1972)
1976 - Walter Giesler, American soccer coach (b. 1910)
1980 - Dore Schary, American film producer and writer (b. 1905)
1981 - Mildred Lisette Norman a.k.a. Peace Pilgrim, American pacifist and activist
1984 - Carl Boenish, American father of BASE jumping (b. 1941)
1990 - Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (b. 1958)
1990 - Bill Cullen, American game show host (b. 1920)
1993 - Mia Zapata, American singer with The Gits (b. 1965)
1994 - Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (b. 1924)
1994 - Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German Luftwaffe Officer (b. 1907)
1999 - Captain Vikram Batra, Indian Army officer, awarded Param Vir Chakra (September 9,1974)
2000 - Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969)
2001 - Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
2002 - Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian business tycoon (b. 1933)
2002 - Bison Dele, American basketball player (b. 1969)
2003 - Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian-born conductor (b. 1924)
2006 - Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor (b. 1911)
2006 - Syd Barrett, original guitarist and vocalist of the band Pink Floyd (b. 1946)
2006 - John Money, Sexologist (b. 1921)
2008 - Bruce Conner, American artist (b. 1933)
2008 - Dorian Leigh, American supermodel (b. 1917)

Famous Deaths on 6 Jul

Famous Deaths on 6 Jul

1189 - King Henry II of England (b. 1133)
1218 - Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1166)
1249 - King Alexander II of Scotland (b. 1198)
1415 - Jan Hus, Bohemian reformer (b. 1369)
1476 - Regiomantus, German astronomer (b. 1436)
1480 - Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (b. 1416)
1533 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (b. 1474)
1535 - Sir Thomas More, English philosopher (b. 1478)
1553 - King Edward VI of England (b. 1537)
1583 - Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury
1585 - Thomas Aufield, English Catholic martyr (b. 1552)
1684 - Peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614)
1758 - George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, British general
1762 - Tsar Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
1768 - Conrad Beissel, German-born religious leader (b. 1690)
1802 - Daniel Morgan, American Revolutionary general and politician (b. ~1735)
1809 - Antoine Charles Louis Lasalle, French cavalry general (b. 1775)
1813 - Granville Sharp, British abolitionist (b. 1735)
1835 - John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1755)
1854 - Georg Ohm, German physicist (b. 1789)
1868 - Sanosuke Harada, Shinsengumi Captain (b. 1840)
1893 - Guy de Maupassant, French author (b. 1850)
1901 - Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1819)
1902 - St. Maria Goretti, Italian saint (b. 1890)
1907 - August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German Linguist, Theologian (b. 1826)
1916 - Odilon Redon, French painter (b. 1840)
1922 - Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (b. 1863)
1932 - Kenneth Grahame, English author (b. 1859)
1950 - Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1923)
1952 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, French Canadian politician (b. 1867)
1960 - Aneurin Bevan, British politician (b. 1897)
1961 - Scott LaFaro, American musician (b. 1936)
1961 - Woodall Rodgers, American politician (b. 1890)
1962 - Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1899)
1962 - Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Austrian field marshal (b. 1872)
1962 - William Faulkner, American writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
1966 - Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1892)
1971 - Louis Armstrong, American musician (b. 1901)
1972 - Brandon De Wilde, American actor (b. 1942)
1973 - Otto Klemperer, German conductor (b. 1885)
1975 - Otto Skorzeny, WWII German SS commando (b. 1908)
1975 - Ruffian, American racehorse (b. 1972)
1976 - Fritz Lenz, German geneticist (b. 1887)
1976 - Zhu De, Chinese Communist military leader and statesman (b. 1886)
1979 - Van McCoy, American music producer, musician, songwriter and orchestra leader (b. 1940)
1982 - Bob Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1905)
1986 - Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (b. 1908)
1989 - János Kádár, Hungarian politician (b. 1912)
1991 - Muda Lawal, Nigerian footballer (b. 1954)
1994 - Cameron Mitchell, American actor (b. 1918)
1995 - Aziz Nesin, Turkish humorist and author (b. 1915)
1996 - Kathy Ahern, American golfer (b. 1949)
1998 - Roy Rogers, American actor (b. 1911)
1999 - Carl Gunter Jr, American politician (b. 1938)
1999 - Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (b. 1901)
1999 - Barry Winchell, American soldier (b. 1977)
2002 - Dhirubhai Ambani, Indian businessman (b. 1932)
2002 - John Frankenheimer, American film director (b. 1930)
2003 - Buddy Ebsen, American actor (b. 1908)
2004 - Thomas Klestil, President of Austria (b. 1932)
2004 - Syreeta Wright, American singer (b. 1946)
2005 - Richard Verreau, Canadian tenor (b. 1926)
2005 - Claude Simon, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1913)
2005 - Evan Hunter, American novelist (b. 1926)
2005 - L. Patrick Gray III, American FBI director (b. 1916)
2005 - Bruno Augenstein, German-born mathematician (b. 1923)
2006 - Kasey Rogers, American actress (b. 1926)
2006 - Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and broadcaster (b. 1914)
2008 - Bobby Durham, American jazz drummer (b. 1937)