Notable Deaths on October 19

October 19 has 113 recorded notable deaths across history, from 727 to 2025. This page lists every one of them, with the best-known people first.

Daniel Naroditsky

2025 — Daniel Naroditsky

American chess grandmaster (born 1995)

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Notable Deaths 113 source records 727 – 2025

Major events on October 19

See what else happened on this day in history.

  1. 1900 Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation. Source
  2. 1466 The Thirteen Years' War between Poland and the Teutonic Order ends with the Second Treaty of Thorn. Source

Did you know about Daniel Naroditsky

Daniel Naroditsky became one of the youngest published authors in chess history at age 14 and earned the chess grandmaster title at age 17.

Did you know about John

John was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.

Did you know about Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift was the author of the satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) and the creator of the fictional island of Lilliput.

Did you know about Tom Bosley

Bosley is most notable for portraying Howard Cunningham on the ABC sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984) for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nomination.

Did you know about Gig Young

(1969), with two previous nominations for Come Fill the Cup (1952) and Teacher's Pet (1959).


More major people who died on October 19

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1216 John

John

King of England (born 1166)
John was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French Capetian dynasty during the 13th century. The baronial revolt at the end of John's reign led to the sealing of Magna Carta, a document considered a foundational milestone in English and later British constitutional history.
1745 Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

Irish satirist and essayist (born 1667)
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. He was the author of the satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) and the creator of the fictional island of Lilliput. He is regarded by many as the greatest satirist of the Georgian era and one of the foremost prose authors in the history of English and world literature.
2010 Tom Bosley

Tom Bosley

American actor (born 1927)
Thomas Edward Bosley was an American actor, television personality and entertainer. Bosley is most notable for portraying Howard Cunningham on the ABC sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984) for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nomination. Bosley also did a variety of voiceover work such as playing the lead character, Harry Boyle, in the animated series Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, and the narrator of the syndicated film history documentary series That's Hollywood. He was also known for his role as Sheriff Amos Tupper in the Angela Lansbury-led CBS mystery series Murder, She Wrote (1984–1988), and as the title character in the NBC/ABC series Father Dowling Mysteries (1989–1991).
1978 Gig Young

Gig Young

American actor (born 1913)
Gig Young was an American actor. He was active in film, television, and theater from the late 1930s through the 1970s, and was initially known for his portrayals of characters with "light-hearted sophistication." He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), with two previous nominations for Come Fill the Cup (1952) and Teacher's Pet (1959).
1937 Ernest Rutherford

Ernest Rutherford

New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871)
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson was a New Zealand physicist and chemist who was a pioneering researcher in both atomic and nuclear physics. He has been described as "the father of nuclear physics" and "the greatest experimentalist since Michael Faraday". In 1908, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances."
1905 Virgil Earp

Virgil Earp

American marshal (born 1843)
Virgil Walter Earp was an American lawman. He was both deputy U.S. marshal and the city marshal of Tombstone, in the Arizona Territory when he led his younger brothers Wyatt and Morgan, and Doc Holliday, in a confrontation with outlaw Cowboys at the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881. They killed brothers Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton. All three Earp brothers had been the target of repeated death threats made by the Cowboys who were upset by the Earps' interference in their illegal activities. All four lawmen were charged with murder by Ike Clanton, who had run from the gunfight. During a month-long preliminary hearing, Judge Wells Spicer exonerated the men, concluding their actions were legally justified.
1851 Marie Thérèse of France (born 1778)

Marie Thérèse of France (born 1778)

Marie-Thérèse was the eldest child of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France, and their only child to reach adulthood. In 1799, she married her cousin Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, the eldest son of Charles X of France, henceforth becoming the Duchess of Angoulême. She was the only member of her immediate family to survive the French Revolution.
1970 Lázaro Cárdenas

Lázaro Cárdenas

Mexican general and politician, 44th President of Mexico (born 1895)
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río was a Mexican general, statesman, and revolutionary who served as the 51st president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. Previously, he served as a general in the Constitutional Army during the Mexican Revolution and as Governor of Michoacán and President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He later served as the Secretary of National Defence. During his presidency, which is considered the end of the Maximato, he implemented massive land reform programs, led the nationalization of the country's oil industry, and implemented a welfare state.
1987 Jacqueline du Pré

Jacqueline du Pré

English cellist and educator (born 1945)
Jacqueline Mary du Pré was a British cellist, widely regarded as one of the preeminent cellists of the 20th century. Born in Oxford, she began studying at the Guildhall School of Music in the mid-1950s with William Pleeth, earning the school's Gold Medal in 1960. Her musical development was further enhanced by advanced studies with prominent cellists such as Paul Tortelier, Pablo Casals, and Mstislav Rostropovich.
1983 Maurice Bishop

Maurice Bishop

Aruban-Grenadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Grenada (born 1944)
Maurice Rupert Bishop was a Grenadian revolutionary, politician and the leader of the New JEWEL Movement (NJM), a party that sought to prioritise socio-economic development, education and true black liberation. The NJM came to power on 13 March 1979 and ushered in the Grenada revolution and installed the People's Revolutionary Government which removed Prime Minister Eric Gairy from office. Bishop headed the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada (PRG) from 1979 to 1983. In October 1983, he was deposed as Prime Minister and executed during a coup engineered internally by Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard. This quickly led to the demise of the PRG, culminating in the invasion of Grenada by the United States.
1994 Martha Raye

Martha Raye

American actress and comedian (born 1916)
Martha Raye was an American comic actress and singer whose career spanned six decades across film, theater, and television. Her wide smile and energetic comedic style earned her the nickname "The Big Mouth."
1945 Plutarco Elías Calles

Plutarco Elías Calles

Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (born 1877)
Plutarco Elías Calles was a Mexican politician and military officer who served as the 47th president of Mexico from 1924 to 1928. After the assassination of Álvaro Obregón, Calles founded the Institutional Revolutionary Party and held unofficial power as Mexico's de facto leader from 1929 to 1934, a period known as the Maximato. Previously, he served as a general in the Constitutional Army, as Governor of Sonora, Secretary of War, and Secretary of the Interior. During the Maximato, he served as Secretariat of Public Education, Secretary of War again, and Secretary of the Economy. During his presidency, he implemented many left-wing populist and anticlerical reforms, opposition to which sparked the Cristero War.
2003 Road Warrior Hawk

Road Warrior Hawk

American wrestler (born 1957)
Michael James "Mike" Hegstrand was an American professional wrestler. He was best known as Road Warrior Hawk, one half of the tag team known as the Road Warriors, with Road Warrior Animal. Outside of the Road Warriors, Hawk was a sporadic challenger for world heavyweight championships on pay-per-view from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. He headlined the inaugural 1993 edition of Extreme Championship Wrestling's premier annual event, November to Remember.
2003 Alija Izetbegović

Alija Izetbegović

Bosniak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (born 1925)
Alija Izetbegović was a Bosnian politician, Islamic philosopher and author who served as the president of the presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1996. He later served as the first chairman of the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1996 to 1998, and then briefly in 2000. He was also the founder and first president of the Party of Democratic Action.
2009 Joseph Wiseman

Joseph Wiseman

Canadian-American actor (born 1918)
Joseph Wiseman was a Canadian-born American actor of stage and screen. He starred as the villain Julius No in the first James Bond film, Dr. No, in 1962. He was also known for his role as crime boss Manny Weisbord on the television series Crime Story and his lengthy career on Broadway, where he was once called "the spookiest actor in the American theatre".
1936 Lu Xun

Lu Xun

Chinese author and critic (born 1881)
Lu Xun, pen name of Zhou Shuren, born Zhou Zhangshou, was a Chinese writer. A leading figure of modern Chinese literature, he wrote in both vernacular and literary Chinese as a novelist, literary critic, essayist, poet, translator and political commentator, known for his sharp, satirical style and critical reflections on Chinese history and culture.
1986 Samora Machel

Samora Machel

Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (born 1933)
Samora Moisés Machel was a Mozambican politician and revolutionary who served as the first President of Mozambique from the country's independence in 1975 until his death in the 1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 plane crash which killed 34 people, including several Mozambican ministers and government officials. Machel was a socialist in the tradition of Marxism–Leninism.
2023 Atsushi Sakurai

Atsushi Sakurai

singer from Japanese rock band Buck-Tick (born 1966)
Atsushi Sakurai was a Japanese musician. He was the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Buck-Tick from 1985 until his death in 2023. Initially joining as their drummer in 1983, Sakurai fronted the band for 38 years and 23 studio albums, nearly all of which reached the top ten on Japan's Oricon chart. Sakurai and Buck-Tick are commonly credited as among the founders of the visual kei movement.
1945 N. C. Wyeth

N. C. Wyeth

American painter and illustrator (born 1882)
Newell Convers Wyeth was an American painter and illustrator. He was a student of Howard Pyle and became one of America's most well-known illustrators. Wyeth created more than 3,000 paintings and illustrated 112 books — 25 of them for Scribner's, the Scribner Classics, which is the body of work for which he is best known. The first of these, Treasure Island, was one of his masterpieces and the proceeds paid for his studio. Wyeth was a realist painter at a time when the camera and photography began to compete with his craft. Sometimes seen as melodramatic, his illustrations were designed to be understood quickly. Wyeth, who was both a painter and an illustrator, understood the difference, and said in 1908, "Painting and illustration cannot be mixed—one cannot merge from one into the other."
1995 Don Cherry

Don Cherry

American trumpet player (born 1936)
Donald Eugene Cherry was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist. Beginning in the late 1950s, he had a long tenure performing in the bands of saxophonist Ornette Coleman, including on the pioneering free jazz albums The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959) and Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation (1961). Cherry also collaborated separately with musicians including John Coltrane, Charlie Haden, Sun Ra, Ed Blackwell, the New York Contemporary Five, and Albert Ayler.
1950 Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay

American poet and playwright (born 1892)
Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Millay was a renowned social figure and noted feminist in New York City during the Roaring Twenties and beyond. She also wrote prose under the pseudonym Nancy Boyd.
1943 Camille Claudel

Camille Claudel

French sculptor and illustrator (born 1864)
Camille Rosalie Claudel was a French sculptor known for her figurative works in bronze and marble. She died in relative obscurity. Later in the 20th century, she gained renewed attention and recognition for the originality and quality of her work.
2013 Noel Harrison

Noel Harrison

English singer, actor, and skier (born 1934)
Noel John Christopher Harrison was an English actor and singer. In the 1950s, he was a member of the British Olympic skiing team. In 1968, Harrison had a top-10 hit in the UK Singles Chart with "The Windmills of Your Mind". He was the son of actor Rex Harrison.
2009 Howard Unruh

Howard Unruh

American murderer (born 1921)
Howard Barton Unruh was an American mass murderer who shot and killed thirteen people and injured three others during a twelve-minute walk through a one-block span of his neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey, on September 6, 1949. The incident, which became known as the "Walk of Death" and the "Camden shootings", ended after Unruh surrendered to police after running out of ammunition.
1997 Glen Buxton

Glen Buxton

American guitarist and songwriter (born 1947)
Glen Edward Buxton was an American guitarist who played lead guitar for the rock band Alice Cooper. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 90 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". In 2011, Buxton was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the original Alice Cooper band.
2021 Jack Angel

Jack Angel

American voice actor (born 1930)
Jack Angel was an American voice actor and radio personality. Angel voiced characters in shows by Hasbro and Hanna-Barbera such as Super Friends, The Transformers and G.I. Joe and was involved in numerous productions by Disney and Pixar. Before becoming involved with voiceover work, Angel was a disc jockey for California radio stations KMPC and KFI.
1682 Thomas Browne

Thomas Browne

English physician and author (born 1605)
Sir Thomas Browne was an English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including science, medicine, religion and the esoteric. His writings display a deep curiosity towards the natural world, influenced by the Scientific Revolution of Baconian enquiry and are permeated by references to Classical and Biblical sources as well as the idiosyncrasies of his own personality. Although often described as suffused with melancholia, Browne's writings are also characterised by wit and subtle humour, while his literary style is varied, according to genre, resulting in a rich, unique prose which ranges from rough notebook observations to polished Baroque eloquence.
1984 Jerzy Popiełuszko

Jerzy Popiełuszko

Polish priest and activist (born 1947)
Jerzy Aleksander Popiełuszko was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who became associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union in communist Poland. He was murdered in 1984 by three agents of the Security Service, who were shortly thereafter tried and convicted of the murder.
1897 George Pullman

George Pullman

American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (born 1831)
George Mortimer Pullman was an American engineer and industrialist. He designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town in Chicago for the workers who manufactured it. This ultimately led to the Pullman Strike due to the high rent prices charged for company housing and low wages paid by the Pullman Company. His Pullman Company also hired black men to staff the Pullman cars, known as Pullman porters, who provided elite service and were compensated only in tips.
1952 Edward S. Curtis

Edward S. Curtis

American ethnologist and photographer (born 1868)
Edward Sherriff Curtis was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and Native American people. Sometimes referred to as the "Shadow Catcher", Curtis traveled the United States to document and record what he believed to be the dwindling ways of life of various Native tribes through photographs and audio recordings.
1988 Son House

Son House

American singer and guitarist (born 1902)
Edward James "Son" House Jr. was an American Delta blues singer and guitarist, noted for his highly emotional style of singing and slide guitar playing.
1595 Philip Howard

Philip Howard

20th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (born 1537)
Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman. He was canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970, as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Howard lived mainly during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He was charged with being a Roman Catholic, quitting England without leave, and sharing in Jesuit plots. For this, he was sent to the Tower of London in 1585. Howard spent ten years in the Tower, until his death from dysentery.
2014 Raphael Ravenscroft

Raphael Ravenscroft

English saxophonist and composer (born 1954)
Raphael Ravenscroft was a British musician, composer and author. He is best known for playing the saxophone riff on Gerry Rafferty's 1978 song "Baker Street".
1587 Francesco I de' Medici

Francesco I de' Medici

Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1541)
Francesco I was the second Grand Duke of Tuscany, ruling from 1574 until his death in 1587. He was a member of the House of Medici.
1992 Magnus Pyke

Magnus Pyke

English scientist and television host (born 1908)
Magnus Alfred Pyke was an English nutritional scientist, governmental scientific adviser, writer and presenter. He worked for the UK Ministry of Food, the post-war Allied Commission for Austria, and different food manufacturers. He wrote prolifically and became famous as a TV and radio personality, and was featured on Thomas Dolby's 1982 synth-pop hit, "She Blinded Me with Science".
1723 Godfrey Kneller

Godfrey Kneller

German-English painter (born 1646)
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet was a British painter of German origin. The leading portraitist in England during the late Stuart and early Georgian eras, he served as court painter to successive English and British monarchs, including Charles II of England and George I of Great Britain. Kneller also painted scientists such as Isaac Newton, foreign monarchs such as Louis XIV of France and visitors to England such as Michael Shen Fu-Tsung. A pioneer of the kit-cat portrait, he was also commissioned by William III of England to paint eight "Hampton Court Beauties" to match a similar series of paintings of Charles II's "Windsor Beauties" that had been painted by Kneller's predecessor as court painter, Peter Lely.
1609 Jacobus Arminius

Jacobus Arminius

Dutch Reformed theologian (born 1560)
Jacobus Arminius was a Dutch Reformed minister and theologian during the Protestant Reformation period whose views became the basis of Arminianism and the Dutch Remonstrant movement. He served from 1603 as professor in theology at the University of Leiden and wrote many books and treatises on theology.
1914 Robert Hugh Benson

Robert Hugh Benson

English Catholic priest and novelist (born 1871)
Robert Hugh Benson AFSC KC*SG KGCHS was an English Catholic priest and writer. First an Anglican priest, he was received into the Catholic Church in 1903 and ordained therein the next year. He was also a prolific writer of fiction, writing the notable dystopian novel Lord of the World, as well as Come Rack! Come Rope!.
1914 Julio Argentino Roca

Julio Argentino Roca

Argentine army general and statesman, 4th and 9th President of Argentina (born 1843)
Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an Argentine army general and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 1880 to 1886 and from 1898 to 1904. Roca is the most important representative of the Generation of '80 and is known for directing the Conquest of the Desert, a series of military campaigns against the indigenous peoples of Patagonia sometimes considered a genocide.
2008 Richard Blackwell

Richard Blackwell

American actor, fashion designer, and critic (born 1922)
Richard Blackwell, also known as Mr. Blackwell, was an American fashion critic, journalist, television and radio personality, artist, child actor and fashion designer. He was the creator of the "Ten Worst Dressed Women List", an annual awards presentation he unveiled in January of each year. Blackwell published the "Fabulous Fashion Independents" list and an annual Academy Awards fashion review, both of which receive somewhat less media attention. His partner of 60 years, Beverly Hills hairdresser Robert L. Spencer, was also his manager. He wrote two books, Mr. Blackwell: 30 Years of Fashion Fiascos and an autobiography, From Rags to Bitches.
1790 Lyman Hall

Lyman Hall

American physician and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia (born 1724)
Lyman Hall was an American Founding Father, physician, clergyman, and statesman who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. Hall County is named after him. He was one of four physicians to sign the Declaration, along with Benjamin Rush, Josiah Bartlett, and Matthew Thornton.
2012 Lincoln Alexander

Lincoln Alexander

Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (born 1922)
Lincoln MacCauley Alexander was a Canadian lawyer and politician who became the first Black Canadian to be a member of Parliament in the House of Commons, a federal Cabinet Minister, a Chair of the Worker's Compensation Board of Ontario, and the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1985 to 1991. Alexander was also a governor of the Canadian Unity Council.
1960 George Wallace

George Wallace

Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1895)
George Stephenson "Onkus" Wallace, was an Australian comedian, actor, vaudevillian and radio personality. During the early to mid-20th century, he was one of the most famous and successful Australian comedians on both stage and screen, with screen, song and revue sketch writing amongst his repertoire. Wallace was a small tubby man with goggle eyes, a mobile face and croaky voice who appeared in trademark baggy trousers, checkered shirt and felt hat. His career as one of Australia's most popular comedians spanned four decades from the 1920s to 1960 and encompassed stage, radio and film entertainment. Ken G. Hall, who directed him in two films, wrote in his autobiography that George Wallace was the finest Australian comedian he had known.
2014

John Holt

Jamaican singer-songwriter (born 1947)
John Kenneth Holt CD was a Jamaican reggae singer who first found fame as a member of The Paragons, before establishing himself as a solo artist.
1969 Lacey Hearn

Lacey Hearn

American sprinter (born 1881)
Lacey Earnest Hearn was an American athlete and middle-distance runner who competed in the early twentieth century. Individually he specialized in the 1500 Metres, and he won a bronze medal in Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics, held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Hearn's Compatriot James Lightbody took gold. Hearn was also a member of the American distance team which won the silver medal at the 1904 Olympics, competing in the Chicago American team in the 4-mile team race, consisting of James Lightbody, Frank Verner, Hearn, Albert Corey and Sidney Hatch.
1999 Nathalie Sarraute

Nathalie Sarraute

Russian-French lawyer and author (born 1900)
Nathalie Sarraute was a French writer and lawyer. She was nominated in 1969 for the Nobel Prize in Literature by Nobel Committee member Lars Gyllensten.
2005 Ryan Dallas Cook

Ryan Dallas Cook

American trombonist (born 1982)
Suburban Legends are an American ska punk band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998 and later based themselves in nearby Santa Ana. After building a fanbase in the Orange County ska scene through their numerous regular performances at the Disneyland Resort, a series of lineup changes in 2005 introduced elements of funk and disco into the group's style.
2003 Margaret Murie

Margaret Murie

American environmentalist and author (born 1902)
Margaret Elizabeth Thomas "Mardy" Murie was an American naturalist, writer, adventurer, and conservationist. Dubbed the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement" by both the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society, she helped in the passage of the Wilderness Act, and was instrumental in creating the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. She was the recipient of the Audubon Medal, the John Muir Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest civilian honor awarded by the United States.
2015 Ali Treki

Ali Treki

Libyan politician and diplomat, Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1938)
Ali Abdussalam Treki was a Libyan diplomat in Muammar Gaddafi's regime. Treki served as one of Libya's top diplomats from the 1970s till the 2011 Libyan Civil War. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1976 to 1982 and again from 1984 to 1986, and was later the permanent representative to the United Nations on several occasions. He was the president of the United Nations General Assembly from September 2009 to September 2010.
1924 Louis Zborowski

Louis Zborowski

English race car driver and engineer (born 1895)
Louis Vorow Zborowski was a British racing driver and automobile engineer, best known for creating a series of aero-engined racing cars known as the "Chitty-Bang-Bangs", which provided the inspiration for Ian Fleming's children's story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and culminated in the "Higham Special" which, much modified in the hands of John Godfrey Parry Thomas, broke the World Land Speed Record 18 months after the death of its creator.
2011 Kakkanadan

Kakkanadan

Indian author (born 1935)
George Varghese Kakkanadan, commonly known as Kakkanadan, was an Indian short-story writer and novelist in the Malayalam language. His works broke away from the neo-realism that dominated Malayalam literature through the 1950s and 1960s. He is often credited with laying the foundation of modernism in Malayalam literature. He is a recipient of Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards in addition to numerous other awards and recognitions.
1926 Ludvig Karsten

Ludvig Karsten

Norwegian painter (born 1876)
Ludvig Karsten was a Norwegian painter. He was a neo-impressionist influenced by Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse and contemporary French painting. He first participated at the Autumn exhibition in Kristiania in 1901, and had his first separate exhibition in 1904. He is represented at museums in many Scandinavian cities, including several paintings at the National Gallery of Norway. Karsten was known for his bohemian lifestyle and quick temper.
2007 Winifred Asprey

Winifred Asprey

American mathematician and computer scientist (born 1917)
Winifred "Tim" Alice Asprey was an American mathematician and computer scientist. She was one of only around 200 women to earn PhDs in mathematics from American universities during the 1940s, a period of women's underrepresentation in mathematics at this level. She was involved in developing the close contact between Vassar College and IBM that led to the establishment of the first computer science lab at Vassar.
2013 Ronald Shannon Jackson

Ronald Shannon Jackson

American drummer and composer (born 1940)
Ronald Shannon Jackson was an American jazz drummer from Fort Worth, Texas. A pioneer of avant-garde jazz, free funk, and jazz fusion, he appeared on over 50 albums as a bandleader, sideman, arranger, and producer. Jackson and bassist Sirone are the only musicians to have performed and recorded with the three prime shapers of free jazz: pianist Cecil Taylor, and saxophonists Ornette Coleman and Albert Ayler.
1842 Aleksey Koltsov

Aleksey Koltsov

Russian poet and author (born 1808)
Aleksey Vasilievich Koltsov was a Russian poet who has been called a Russian Burns. His poems, frequently placed in the mouth of women, stylize peasant-life songs and idealize agricultural labour. Koltsov earnestly collected Russian folklore which strongly influenced his poetry. He celebrated simple peasants, their work and their lives. Many of his poems were put to music by such composers as Dargomyzhsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov.
1996 Shamsuddin Qasemi

Shamsuddin Qasemi

Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (born 1935)
Shamsuddin Qasemi was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, politician, author and educationist. He was the founding president of the Khatme Nabuwwat Andolan Council, former secretary-general of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh, former principal of Jamia Madania Chittagong and Jamia Hussainia Arzabad, and the founding chief-editor of the monthly Paygam-e-Haqq and weekly Jamiat magazines. He is also noted for his contributions during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.
1965 Edward Willis Redfield

Edward Willis Redfield

American painter and educator (born 1869)
Edward Willis Redfield was an American Impressionist landscape painter and member of the art colony at New Hope, Pennsylvania. He is best known today for his impressionist scenes of the New Hope area, often depicting the snow-covered countryside. He also spent his summers on Boothbay Harbor, Maine, where he interpreted the local coastline. He frequently painted Maine's Monhegan Island.
1916 Ioannis Frangoudis

Ioannis Frangoudis

Greek general and target shooter (born 1863)
Ioannis Frangoudis was a Greek Cypriot Military officer, athlete and Olympic shooter. He served in the Hellenic Army reaching the rank of Colonel, and represented the kingdom of Greece in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athen. Frangoudis is the only Greek athlete who has won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal in a single Olympic.
2007 Michael Maidens

Michael Maidens

English footballer (born 1987)
Michael Douglas Maidens was a British professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his career with Hartlepool United in 2004, making his debut in the League Cup against Crystal Palace in September 2004.
2012 Wiyogo Atmodarminto

Wiyogo Atmodarminto

Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (born 1922)
Wiyogo Atmodarminto or better known as Bang Wi, is an Indonesian military figure, diplomat and politician. He served as Governor of Jakarta, the country's capital, from 1987–1992. Previously, he served as the Indonesian Ambassador to Japan and occupied several important army posts. Wiyogo participated in the General Offensive of 1 March 1949.
1856 William Sprague III

William Sprague III

American businessman and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island (born 1799)
William Sprague, also known as William III or William Sprague III, was a politician and industrialist from the U.S. state of Rhode Island, serving as the 14th governor, a U.S. representative and a U.S. senator. He was the uncle of William Sprague IV, also a governor and senator from Rhode Island.
1901 Carl Frederik Tietgen

Carl Frederik Tietgen

Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (born 1829)
Carl Frederik Tietgen was a Danish financier and industrialist. He played an important role in the industrialisation of Denmark as the founder of numerous prominent Danish companies, many of which are still in operation today. Tietgen notably formed conglomerates, thus several of Tietgen's companies attained monopoly-like status, cementing their durability.
1796 Michel de Beaupuy

Michel de Beaupuy

French general (born 1755)
Armand-Michel Bacharetie de Beaupuy was a French soldier. He rose in rank to command an infantry division during the Wars of the French Revolution. He was killed at the Battle of Emmendingen. His surname is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe, on Column 18.
1354 Yusuf I

Yusuf I

Sultan of Granada (born 1318)
Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf ibn Ismail, known by the regnal name al-Muayyad billah, was the seventh Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada on the Iberian Peninsula. The third son of Ismail I, he was Sultan between 1333 and 1354, after his brother Muhammad IV was assassinated.
2002 Nikolay Rukavishnikov

Nikolay Rukavishnikov

Russian physicist and astronaut (born 1932)
Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew three space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 10, Soyuz 16, and Soyuz 33. Two of these missions, Soyuz 10 and Soyuz 33, were intended to dock with Salyut space stations, but failed to do so.
727 Frithuswith

Frithuswith

English saint (born 650)
Year 727 (DCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 727 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
1287 Bohemond VII

Bohemond VII

Count of Tripoli
Bohemond VII was the count of Tripoli and nominal prince of Antioch from 1275 to his death. The only part left of the Principality of Antioch was the port of Latakia. He spent much of his reign at war with the Templars (1277–1282).
1999 James C. Murray

James C. Murray

American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1917)
James Cunningham Murray was a U.S. representative from Illinois from 1955 to 1957. He graduated from De Paul University Law School in 1940 and subsequently worked as a lawyer. He served in the United States Army Air Forces from 1942 to 1945.
2015 Bill Daley

Bill Daley

American football player and sportscaster (born 1919)
William Edward Daley was an All-American fullback who played for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1940 to 1942 and for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1943. The Gophers were national champions in his freshman and sophomore years.
2007 Jan Wolkers

Jan Wolkers

Dutch author, sculptor, and painter (born 1925)
Jan Hendrik Wolkers was a Dutch author, sculptor and painter. Wolkers is considered by some to be one of the "Great Four" writers of post-World War II Dutch literature, alongside Willem Frederik Hermans, Harry Mulisch and Gerard Reve.
1964 Nettie Palmer

Nettie Palmer

Australian poet and critic (born 1885)
Janet Gertrude "Nettie" Palmer was an Australian poet, essayist and Australia's leading literary critic of her day. She corresponded with women writers and collated the Centenary Gift Book which gathered together writing by Victorian women.
1997 Ken Wood

Ken Wood

inventor of the Kenwood Chef food mixer (born 1916)
Kenneth Wood was an English engineer, entrepreneur and businessman. He is best known as the founder of the Kenwood Manufacturing Company and for the development of the eponymous Kenwood Chef food mixer.
1918 Harold Lockwood

Harold Lockwood

American actor (born 1887)
Harold A. Lockwood was an American silent film actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most popular matinée idols of the early film period during the 1910s.
2014 Serena Shim

Serena Shim

Lebanese-American journalist (born 1984)
Serena Shim was a Lebanese-American journalist for Press TV. While covering the Siege of Kobanê as a war correspondent, she died in a car crash in Suruç, Turkey.
2014 Stephen Paulus

Stephen Paulus

American composer (born 1949)
Stephen Paulus was an American Grammy Award winning composer, best known for his operas and choral music. His style is essentially tonal, and melodic and romantic by nature.
2003 Nello Pagani

Nello Pagani

Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (born 1911)
Cirillo Pagani, nicknamed "Nello", was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver. He was born in Milan, Lombardy, and died in Bresso.
1432

John de Mowbray

2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of England (born 1392)
John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, 3rd Earl of Nottingham, 8th Baron Mowbray, 9th Baron Segrave KG, Earl Marshal was an English nobleman and soldier. He was a younger son of the first Duke of Norfolk and Lady Elizabeth Fitzalan, but inherited his father's earldom of Norfolk when his elder brother rebelled against King Henry IV and was executed before reaching the age of inheritance. This and the fact that his mother lived to old age and held a third of his estates in dower, meant that until the last few years of his life he was, although an important political figure, poorly-off financially.
2007

Randall Forsberg

American activist and author (born 1943)
Dr. Randall Caroline Forsberg led a lifetime of research and advocacy on ways to reduce the risk of war, minimize the burden of military spending, and promote democratic institutions. Her career started at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute in 1968. In 1974 she moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts to found the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies (IDDS) as well as to launch the national Nuclear Freeze campaign.
2012

Wissam al-Hassan

Lebanese general (born 1965)
Wissam Adnan al-Hassan was a brigadier general at the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) and the head of its intelligence-oriented Information Branch. Seen as a leading Sunni figure in Lebanon, he was also a key player in the opposition March 14 alliance without having a political position.
2013

John Bergamo

American drummer and composer (born 1940)
John Bergamo was an American percussionist and composer known for his film soundtrack contributions and his work with numerous other notable performers. From 1970 until his death, he was the coordinator of the percussion department at the California Institute of the Arts.
1608

Martin Delrio

Flemish theologian and author (born 1551)
Martin Anton Delrio SJ was a Dutch Jesuit theologian. He studied at numerous institutions, receiving a master's degree in law from Salamanca in 1574. After a period of political service in the Spanish Netherlands, he became a Jesuit in 1580.
1772

Andrea Belli

Maltese architect and businessman (born 1703)
Andrea Belli was a Maltese architect and businessman. He designed several Baroque buildings, including Auberge de Castille in Valletta, which is now the Office of the Prime Minister of Malta.
2013

Mikihiko Renjō

Japanese author (born 1948)
Mikihiko Renjō was a Japanese writer, winner of the Naoki Prize. He was also an ordained priest within the Ōtani-ha branch of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism.
993 Conrad I

Conrad I

King of Burgundy (born c. 925)
Conrad I, called the Peaceful, was King of Burgundy from 937 until his death in 993.
1375 Cansignorio della Scala

Cansignorio della Scala

Lord of Verona (born 1340)
Cansignorio della Scala was Lord of Verona from 1359 until 1375, initially together with his brother Paolo Alboino.
1401 John Charleton

John Charleton

4th Baron Cherleton (born 1362)
John Charlton , 4th Baron Charlton of Powys was an English noble.
1619 Fujiwara Seika

Fujiwara Seika

Japanese philosopher and educator (born 1561)
Fujiwara Seika was a Japanese Neo-Confucian philosopher and writer during the Edo period.
1636 Marcin Kazanowski

Marcin Kazanowski

Polish politician (born 1566)
Marcin Kazanowski was a Polish noble and magnate.
1678 Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten

Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten

Dutch painter (born 1627)
Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten was a Dutch Golden Age painter, who was also a poet and author on art theory.
1813 Józef Poniatowski

Józef Poniatowski

Polish general (born 1763)
Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski was a Polish military officer and politician who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
1815 Paolo Mascagni

Paolo Mascagni

Italian physician and anatomist (born 1755)
Paolo Mascagni was an Italian physician and anatomist. He is most well known for publishing the first complete description of the lymphatic system.
1889 Luís I of Portugal (born 1838)

Luís I of Portugal (born 1838)

Dom Luís I, known as "the Popular" was King of Portugal from 1861 to 1889.
1944 Dénes Kőnig

Dénes Kőnig

Hungarian mathematician (born 1884)
Dénes Kőnig was a Hungarian mathematician of Hungarian Jewish heritage who worked in the field of graph theory and wrote its first textbook.
1956 Isham Jones

Isham Jones

American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (born 1894)
Isham Edgar Jones was an American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter.
1960 Hjalmar Dahl

Hjalmar Dahl

Finnish journalist, translator and writer (born 1891)
Hjalmar Karl Emil Dahl was a Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist, translator and author.
1961 Şemsettin Günaltay

Şemsettin Günaltay

Turkish historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1883)
Mehmet Şemsettin Günaltay was a Turkish historian, politician, and Prime Minister of Turkey from 1949 to 1950.
1964 Christopher Vane

Christopher Vane

10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (born 1888)
Christopher William Vane, 10th Baron Barnard,, was a British peer and military officer.
1964 Sergey Biryuzov

Sergey Biryuzov

Marshal of the Soviet Union (born 1904)
Sergey Semyonovich Biryuzov was a Marshal of the Soviet Union and Chief of the General Staff.
1985 Alfred Rouleau

Alfred Rouleau

Canadian businessman (born 1915)
Alfred Rouleau, was a Canadian businessman and President of the Fédération du Québec des Caisses Populaires Desjardins, Quebec's largest credit union.
1986 Dele Giwa

Dele Giwa

Nigerian journalist, co-founded Newswatch Magazine (born 1947)
Dele Giwa was a Nigerian journalist, editor, and founder of Newswatch magazine.
1987 Hermann Lang

Hermann Lang

German race car driver (born 1909)
Hermann Albert Lang was a German racing driver who raced motorcycles, Grand Prix cars, and sports cars.
1995

Harilaos Perpessas

Greek pianist and composer (born 1907)
Harilaos Perpessas was a Greek-German composer of the Postmodern period.
2006

James Glennon

American cinematographer (born 1942)
James "Jim" Glennon was an American cinematographer.
2006 Phyllis Kirk

Phyllis Kirk

American actress (born 1927)
Phyllis Kirk was an American actress.
2012 Fiorenzo Magni

Fiorenzo Magni

Italian cyclist (born 1920)
Fiorenzo Magni was an Italian professional road racing cyclist.
2012 Mike Graham

Mike Graham

American wrestler (born 1951)
Edward Michael Gossett, better known as Mike Graham, was an American professional wrestler who was the son of Eddie Graham.
2013 Mahmoud Zoufonoun

Mahmoud Zoufonoun

Iranian-American violinist and composer (born 1920)
Ostad ("Master") Mahmoud Zoufonoun was an Iranian-born American musician accomplished in the art of Persian traditional music.
2015 Fleming Mackell

Fleming Mackell

Canadian ice hockey player and singer (born 1929)
Fleming David Mackell was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played with two Stanley Cup winners in his 13-season National Hockey League career.
2016

Giovanni Steffè

Italian rower (born 1928)
Giovanni Steffè was an Italian rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
2016

Phil Chess

Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (born 1921)
Philip Chess was a Polish-born American record company executive, the founder of Chess Records alongside his brother Leonard.
2017

Umberto Lenzi

Italian film director (born 1931)
Umberto Lenzi was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and novelist.
2019

Deborah Orr

Scottish journalist (born 1962)
Deborah Jane Orr was a British journalist who worked for The Guardian, The Independent and other publications.

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