Famous Deaths on 1 Oct

Famous Deaths on 1 Oct

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 - Reginald Kray, British gangster (b. 1933)
2000 - Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1928)
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 - André Viger, French Canadian wheelchair marathoner (b. 1952)
2006 - Jerald Tanner, American religious activist (b. 1938)
2007 - Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and stage director (b. 1931)
2007 - Al Oerter, American track and field athlete (b. 1936)
2007 - Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (b. 1932)
2007 - Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (b. 1965)
2007 - Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer (b. 1928)
959 - King Edwy of England

Famous Deaths on 30 Sep

Famous Deaths on 30 Sep

1101 - Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan
1246 - Yaroslav II of Russia (b. 1191)
1440 - Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, English soldier and politician
1487 - John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1400)
1551 - ÅŒuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (b. 1507)
1560 - Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (b. 1525)
1572 - St. Francis Borgia, Jesuit priest (b. 1510)
1581 - Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)
1626 - Nurhaci, Manchurian chief (b. 1559)
1628 - Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet (b. 1554)
1770 - George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (b. 1714)
1770 - Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, English politician and diplomat
1772 - James Brindley, English engineer (b. 1716)
1865 - Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (b. 1800)
1888 - Catherine Eddowes, widely believed to be the fourth victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1842)
1888 - Elizabeth Stride, widely believed to be the third victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1843)
1891 - Georges Boulanger, French general and politician (b. 1837)
1897 - St Therese of Lisieux, Roman Catholic saint and mystic (b. 1873)
1910 - Maurice Lévy, French engineer (b. 1838)
1913 - Rudolf Diesel, German inventor (b. 1858)
1942 - Hans-Joachim Marseille, German fighter pilot (b. 1919)
1943 - Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist (b. 1864)
1955 - James Dean, American actor (automobile accident) (b. 1931)
1961 - Onésime Gagnon, French Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Québec (b. 1888)
1973 - Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer and author (b. 1902)
1974 - Carlos Prats, Chilean Constitutionalist General, assassinated in the frame of Operation Condor
1977 - Mary Ford, American singer (Les Paul and Mary Ford) (b. 1924)
1978 - Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist (b. 1903)
1985 - Simone Signoret, French actress (b. 1921)
1985 - Charles Richter, American seismologist (b. 1900)
1988 - Al Holbert, American race car driver and team owner (b. 1946)
1989 - Virgil Thompson, American composer (b. 1896)
1990 - Alice Parizeau, Quebec writer and journalist (b. 1930)
1990 - Patrick White, Australian writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
1994 - Andre Michael Lwoff, French microbiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
1998 - Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player (b. 1953)
2002 - Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1913)
2003 - Robert Kardashian, Armenian-American lawyer (b. 1944)
2003 - Yusuf Bey, Black Muslim leader (b. 1935)
2004 - Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actor (b. 1936)
2004 - Michael Relph, British film producer and director (b. 1915)
420 - Saint Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible
653 - Saint Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury