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A recipient of the Padma Shri in 1971, he had also won several other awards including the Kalaimamani, the MGR Gold Medal, and the Screen Lifetime Achievement Award.
Notable Deaths on March 22
2005 — Gemini Ganesan
Indian film actor (born 1920)
March 22 has 101 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
101 source records
235 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on March 22
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- 1792 Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets: Black slave insurgents gain a victory in the first major battle of the Haitian Revolution. Source
- 1873 The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico. Source
- 1988 The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987. Source
- 2006 Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., Tom Fox. Source
Did you know
Scott Walker lived in the UK from 1965 onward and became a UK citizen in 1970.
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Edwards played a critical role in shaping the First Great Awakening and oversaw some of the first revivals in 1733–35 at his church in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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"I Can Dream About You", his most successful US hit, reached No.
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Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV and became a French subject in 1661.
More major people who died on March 22
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2019
Scott Walker
British-American singer-songwriter (born 1943)
Noel Scott Engel, better known by his stage name Scott Walker, was an American-British singer-songwriter and record producer.
1758
Jonathan Edwards
English minister, theologian, and philosopher (born 1703)
Jonathan Edwards was an American revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist theologian. Edwards is widely regarded as one of America's most important and original philosophical theologians.
1994
Dan Hartman
American singer-songwriter, and producer (born 1950)
Daniel Earl Hartman was an American pop rock musician. Among songs he wrote and recorded were "Free Ride" as a member of the Edgar Winter Group, and the solo hits "Relight My Fire", "Instant Replay", "I Can Dream About…
1687
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Italian-French composer and conductor (born 1632)
Jean-Baptiste Lully was an Italian-French composer, dancer and instrumentalist, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style.
2007
U. G. Krishnamurti
Indian-Italian philosopher and educator (born 1918)
Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti was an Indian "anti-guru" who questioned the search for enlightenment. Having pursued a religious path in his youth and eventually rejecting it, U.G.
880
Carloman of Bavaria
Frankish king
Carloman was a Frankish king of the Carolingian dynasty. He was the eldest son of Louis the German, king of East Francia, and Hemma, daughter of a Bavarian count.
2005
Kenzō Tange
Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (born 1913)
Kenzō Tange was a Japanese architect. Born in Sakai and raised in China and southern Japan, Tange was inspired from an early age by the work of Le Corbusier and designed his first buildings under Imperial Japan.
1996
Robert F. Overmyer
American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1936)
Robert Franklyn Overmyer was an American test pilot, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, physicist, United States Marine Corps officer, and USAF/NASA astronaut.
2010
James Black
Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1924)
Sir James Whyte Black was a Scottish physician and pharmacologist. Together with Gertrude B. Elion and George H.
1976
John Dwyer McLaughlin
American painter (born 1898)
John Dwyer McLaughlin was an American abstract painter. Based primarily in California, he was a pioneer in minimalism and hard-edge painting.
1322
Thomas
2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward of England (born 1278)
Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster was an English nobleman of the first House of Lancaster, a cadet branch of the royal Plantagenet dynasty.
2018
Johan van Hulst
Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (born 1911)
Johan Willem van Hulst was a Dutch school director, university professor, author, politician, chess player and centenarian.
1832
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (born 1749)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language.
1958
Mike Todd
American film producer (born 1909)
Michael Todd was an American theater and film producer, celebrated for his 1956 Around the World in 80 Days, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Actress Elizabeth Taylor was his third wife.
1471
George of Poděbrady (born 1420)
George of Kunštát and Poděbrady, also known as Poděbrad or Podiebrad, was the sixteenth King of Bohemia, who ruled in 1458–1471. He was a leader of the Hussites, but moderate and tolerant toward the Catholic faith.
1820
Stephen Decatur
American commander (born 1779)
Stephen Decatur Jr. was a United States Navy officer. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland in Worcester County.
2008
Cachao López
Cuban-American bassist and composer (born 1918)
Israel López Valdés, better known as Cachao, was a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga.
1602
Agostino Carracci
Italian painter and educator (born 1557)
Agostino Carracci was an Italian painter, printmaker, tapestry designer, and art teacher.
1913
Song Jiaoren
Chinese educator and politician (born 1882)
Song Jiaoren was a Chinese republican revolutionary, political leader and a founder of the Kuomintang (KMT). Song Jiaoren led the KMT to electoral victories in China's first democratic election.