Did you know
Chuck Norris's second lead, Good Guys Wear Black (1978), became a hit, and he soon became a popular action film star.
Notable Deaths on March 19
2026 — Chuck Norris
American martial artist and actor (born 1940)
March 19 has 92 recorded notable deaths across history, from 235 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
92 source records
235 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on March 19
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1649 The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring it "useless and dangerous to the people of England". Source
- 2004 March 19 Shooting Incident: The Republic of China (Taiwan) president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20. Source
- 1989 The Egyptian flag is raised at Taba, marking the end of Israeli occupation since the Six Days War in 1967 and the Egypt–Israel peace treaty in 1979. Source
- 1965 The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction. Source
Did you know
Phelps founded the Westboro Baptist Church, a Topeka, Kansas-based independent Primitive Baptist congregation, in 1955.
Did you know
One source states that "he acquired for France the most fertile half of the North American continent".
Did you know
Edward I had intended to make substantial grants of land to Edmund, but when the king died in 1307, Edward II refused to respect his father's intentions, mainly due to his favouritism towards Piers Gaveston.
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In May 1536, Anne Boleyn was accused of treason and adultery, and subsequently executed.
More major people who died on March 19
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2014
Fred Phelps
American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (born 1929)
Fred Waldron Phelps Sr. was an American minister and disbarred lawyer who served as the pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church, worked as a civil rights attorney, and ran for statewide election in Kansas.
1687
René-Robert Cavelier
Sieur de La Salle, French-American explorer (born 1643)
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, was a French explorer and fur trader in North America. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and the Mississippi River.
1330
Edmund of Woodstock
1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1301)
Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, whose seat was Arundel Castle in Sussex, was the sixth and youngest son of King Edward I of England, and the second son of his second wife Margaret of France, and was a younger…
1568
Elizabeth Seymour
Lady Cromwell, English noblewoman (bornc. 1518)
Elizabeth Seymour was a younger daughter of Sir John Seymour of Wulfhall, Wiltshire and Margery Wentworth. Elizabeth and her sister Jane served in the household of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII.
1949
James Somerville
English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (born 1882)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Fownes Somerville, was a Royal Navy admiral.
2014
Robert S. Strauss
American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (born 1918)
Robert Schwarz Strauss was an influential figure in American politics, diplomacy, and law whose service dated back to future President Lyndon Johnson's first congressional campaign in 1937.
1977
William L. Laurence
Lithuanian-born American journalist and author (born 1888)
William Leonard Laurence was an American science journalist best known for his work at The New York Times. Born in the Russian Empire, he won two Pulitzer Prizes.
2015
Danny Schechter
American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1942)
Daniel Isaac Schechter was an American television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic.
953
al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah
caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate (born 913)
Abu Tahir Isma'il, better known by his regnal name al-Mansur Billah, was the thirteenth Isma'ili imam and third caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate in Ifriqiya, ruling from 946 until his death.
2016
Jack Mansell
English footballer and manager (born 1927)
Jack Mansell was a professional football player and coach. He made 274 appearances in the Football League as a defender for Brighton & Hove Albion, Cardiff City and Portsmouth.
1948
Maud Howe Elliott
American novelist (born 1854)
Maud Howe Elliott was an American novelist, most notable for her Pulitzer Prize-winning collaboration with her sisters, Laura E.
2021
Glynn Lunney
American engineer (born 1936)
Glynn Stephen Lunney was an American NASA engineer. Lunney was an employee of NASA since its creation in 1958, a flight director during the Gemini and Apollo programs.
1987
Louis de Broglie
French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)
Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie was a French theoretical physicist and aristocrat known for his contributions to quantum theory. In his 1924 Ph.D.
1988
Bun Cook
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1904)
Frederick Joseph "Bun" Cook was a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and forward. He was an Allan Cup champion with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in 1924 before embarking on a 13-year professional career.
1944
William Hale Thompson
American rancher and politician, 41st Mayor of Chicago (born 1869)
William Hale Thompson Jr. was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931.
1982
J. B. Kripalani
Indian lawyer and politician (born 1888)
Jivatram Bhagwandas Kripalani, popularly known as Acharya Kripalani, was an Indian politician, noted particularly for holding the presidency of the Indian National Congress during the transfer of power in 1947 and the…
2008
Paul Scofield
English actor (born 1922)
David Paul Scofield was an English actor. During a six-decade career, Scofield achieved the Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award for his work.
2009
Maria Bergson
Austrian-American architect and interior designer (born 1914)
Maria Bergson was an American interior designer, industrial designer, and architect best known for revolutionizing commercial office design.
1949
James Newland
Australian soldier and policeman (born 1881)
James Ernest Newland, VC was an Australian soldier, policeman and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and…