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In recognition of this work, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953, the only Army general ever to receive the honor.
Notable Deaths on October 16
1959 — George Marshall
American general and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Defense, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1880)
October 16 has 134 recorded notable deaths across history, from 385 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
134 source records
385 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on October 16
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- 1869 Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women. Source
- 1968 Yasunari Kawabata becomes the first Japanese person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Source
- 1909 William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination. Source
- 1951 The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi. Source
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Ernst Kaltenbrunner was an Austrian lawyer, high-ranking SS official during the Nazi era, major perpetrator of the Holocaust, and convicted war criminal.
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As the patriarch of the Hart wrestling family, Hart is the ancestor of many wrestlers, most notably being the father of Bret and Owen Hart as well as the grandfather of Natalya Neidhart, Teddy Hart and Harry Smith.
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Lucas Cranach the Elder was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is known for his portraits, both of German princes and leaders of the Protestant Reformation, whose cause he embraced with enthusiasm.
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Through Martin Buber's translation, his teaching is thought to have influenced some 20th-century writers, including Franz Kafka.
More major people who died on October 16
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
Ernst Kaltenbrunner was an Austrian lawyer, high-ranking SS official during the Nazi era, major perpetrator of the Holocaust, and convicted war criminal.
2003
Stu Hart
Canadian wrestler and trainer (born 1915)
Stewart Edward Hart was a Canadian amateur and professional wrestler, wrestling booker, promoter, and coach.
1553
Lucas Cranach the Elder
German painter and engraver (born 1472)
Lucas Cranach the Elder was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving.
1810
Nachman of Breslov
Ukrainian religious leader, founded the Breslov Hasidic group (born 1772)
Nachman of Breslov, also known as Rabbi Nachman of Breslev, Rabbi Nachman miBreslev, Reb Nachman of Bratslav, Reb Nachman Breslover, and Nachman from Uman, was the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement.
2007
Toše Proeski
Macedonian singer-songwriter (born 1981)
Todor "Toše" Proeski was a Macedonian singer and songwriter. Considered a top act of the local Macedonian and Balkan music scene, Proeski's music was popular across multiple countries in Southeast Europe.
1594
William Allen
English cardinal (born 1532)
William Allen, also known as Guilielmus Alanus or Gulielmus Alanus, was an English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was an ordained priest, but was never a bishop.
385
Fu Jian
Chinese emperor (born 337)
Fu Jian, courtesy name Yonggu (永固) or Wenyu (文玉), also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Xuanzhao of Former Qin (前秦宣昭帝), was the third monarch of the Di-led Chinese Former Qin dynasty, ruling as Heavenly King.
2003
László Papp
Hungarian boxer (born 1926)
László Papp was a Hungarian professional boxer from Budapest. He was left-handed and won gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and the 1956 Summer Olympics held in…
1774
Robert Fergusson
Scottish poet (born 1750)
Robert Fergusson was a Scottish poet. After formal education at the University of St Andrews, Fergusson led a bohemian life in Edinburgh, the city of his birth, then at the height of intellectual and cultural ferment as…
1284
Shams al-Din Juvayni
Persian statesman, vizier and minister of finance of the Ilkhanate
Shams al-Din Juvayni was a Persian statesman and member of the Juvayni family.
2024
Ollie Olsen
Australian musician, composer and sound designer (born 1958)
Ollie Jngbert Christian Olsen was an Australian multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound designer and pioneer of electronic music in the Southern Hemisphere.
2024
Liam Payne
English singer-songwriter from One Direction (born 1993)
Liam James Payne was an English singer and songwriter. He was a member of the pop band One Direction, one of the best-selling boy bands of all time, alongside Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson.
2007
Deborah Kerr
Scottish actress (born 1921)
Deborah Jane Trimmer, known professionally as Deborah Kerr, was a British actress. Kerr rose to fame for her portrayals of proper, ladylike women, who often navigated societal expectations and stereotypes.
1972
Nick Begich
American lawyer and politician (born 1932)
Nicholas Joseph Begich Sr. was an American politician, school counselor, and school administrator.
2017
Roy Dotrice
British actor (born 1923)
Roy Dotrice was a British stage and screen actor. He played the antiquarian John Aubrey in the solo play Brief Lives.
1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
Julius Sebastian Streicher was a German publicist, politician, and convicted war criminal. A member of the Nazi Party, he served as the Gauleiter of Franconia and a member of the Reichstag, the national legislature.
1799
Veerapandiya Kattabomman Indian activist (born 1760)
Veerapandiya Kattabomman was an 18th-century Palayakarrar and king of Panchalankurichi in present-day Tamil Nadu, India.
1989
Cornel Wilde
American actor (born 1912)
Cornelius Louis Wilde was a Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker. His acting career began on Broadway in 1935, followed by small, uncredited appearances in films.
1946
Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
Arthur Seyss-Inquart was an Austrian Nazi politician and convicted war criminal who served as Chancellor of Austria in 1938 for two days before the Anschluss.