Did you know
In the 1960s, he formed John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among its members some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians of all time.
Notable Deaths on July 22
2024 — John Mayall
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1933)
July 22 has 101 recorded notable deaths across history, from 698 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
By thisDay.info Editorial Team · — Wikipedia
Notable Deaths
101 source records
698 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on July 22
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1951 Soviet space dogs: Dezik and Tsygan were launched into a sub-orbital spaceflight from Kapustin Yar and became the first dogs to fly in space and the first to safely return. Source
- 1099 First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem. Source
- 2019 Chandrayaan-2, the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan-1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover. Source
- 1833 The Slavery Abolition Act passes in the British House of Commons, initiating the gradual abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire. Source
Did you know
Carl Sandburg won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln.
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Errico Malatesta's exiles included five years in Europe and 12 years in Argentina.
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Born and raised in Scotland, he immigrated to colonial Canada at the age of 18.
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Harold Larwood was a cricketer for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team between 1924 and 1938.
More major people who died on July 22
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1967
Carl Sandburg
American poet and historian (born 1878)
Carl August Sandburg was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln.
1932
Errico Malatesta
Italian activist and author (born 1853)
Errico Malatesta was an Italian anarchist, theorist and revolutionary socialist.
1915
Sandford Fleming
Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time (born 1827)
Sir Sandford Fleming was a Scottish Canadian engineer and inventor. Born and raised in Scotland, he immigrated to colonial Canada at the age of 18.
1995
Harold Larwood
English-Australian cricketer (born 1904)
Harold Larwood was a cricketer for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team between 1924 and 1938.
1645
Gaspar de Guzmán
Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (born 1587)
Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel, 1st Duke of Sanlúcar, 3rd Count of Olivares,, known as the Count-Duke of Olivares, was a Spanish royal favourite of Philip IV and minister.
2013
Rosalie E. Wahl
American lawyer and judge (born 1924)
Sara Rosalie Wahl was an American feminist, lawyer, public defender, clinical law professor, and judge. She was the first woman to serve on the Minnesota Supreme Court, which she did for some seventeen years.
2013
Natalie de Blois
American architect, co-designed the Lever House (born 1921)
Natalie Griffin de Blois was an American architect. Entering the field in 1944, she became one of the earliest prominent women in the male-dominated profession.
1824
Thomas Macnamara Russell
English admiral
Vice-Admiral Thomas Macnamara Russell was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
2007
Rollie Stiles
American baseball player (born 1906)
Rolland Mays Stiles was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns from 1930 to 1933.
2006
José Antonio Delgado
Venezuelan mountaineer (born 1965)
José Antonio Delgado Sucre was the first Venezuelan mountaineer to reach the summit of five eight-thousanders and one of the most experienced climbers in Latin America.
2000
Raymond Lemieux
Canadian chemist and academic (born 1920)
Raymond Urgel Lemieux, CC, AOE, FRS was a Canadian organic chemist, who pioneered many discoveries in the field of chemistry, his first and most famous being the synthesis of sucrose.
1864
James B. McPherson
American general (born 1828)
James Birdseye McPherson (/məkˈfərsən/) was a career United States Army officer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
2004
Sacha Distel
French singer and guitarist (born 1933)
Alexandre "Sacha" Distel was a French musician and singer who had hits with a cover version of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" in 1970, which reached No. 10 on the UK charts, "Scoubidou", and "The Good Life".
2011
Linda Christian
Mexican-American actress (born 1923)
Linda Christian was a Mexican film actress who appeared in Mexican and Hollywood films. Her career reached its peak in the 1940s and 1950s.
1802
Marie François Xavier Bichat
French anatomist and physiologist (born 1771)
Marie François Xavier Bichat was a French anatomist and pathologist, known as the father of modern histology.
2025
Ozzy Osbourne
English musician and media personality (born 1948)
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne was an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. Dubbed the "Prince of Darkness", he is widely credited as a pioneer of heavy metal music.
2013
Dennis Farina
American policeman and actor (born 1944)
Donaldo Gugliermo "Dennis" Farina was an American actor and Chicago police detective.
2008
Estelle Getty
American actress (born 1923)
Estelle Gettleman, known professionally as Estelle Getty, was an American actress and comedian.
2014
Johann Breyer
German SS officer (born 1925)
Johann Breyer was a Czech-American tool and die maker and onetime SS-Totenkopfverbände concentration and death camp guard whom the United States Department of Justice Office of Special Investigations (OSI)…