Did you know about Jimmy Greaves
Jimmy Greaves is England's fifth-highest international goalscorer with 44 goals, which includes an English record of six hat-tricks, and is Tottenham Hotspur's second-highest all-time top goalscorer.
Notable Deaths on September 19
September 19 has 90 recorded notable deaths across history, from 643 to 2026. This page lists every one of them, with the best-known people first.
2021 — Jimmy Greaves
English footballer (born 1940)
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643 – 2026
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Did you know about Hiroshi Yamauchi
Before joining Nintendo, he had strong familial connections; his great-grandfather, Fusajiro Yamauchi, founded the company, and was its first president, and his grandfather, Sekiryo Kaneda, was its second president.
Did you know about Emperor Taizu of Jin (born 1068)
Emperor Taizu of Jin (born 1068) was originally the chieftain of the Wanyan tribe, the most dominant among the Jurchen tribes which were subjects of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty.
Did you know about Guy Gibson
Guy Gibson was the first commanding officer of No. 617 Squadron, which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid in 1943, resulting in the breaching of two large dams in the Ruhr area of Germany.
Did you know about Arthur Mitchell
In 1955, he was the first African-American dancer with the New York City Ballet, where he was promoted to principal dancer the following year and danced in major roles until 1966.
More major people who died on September 19
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2013
Hiroshi Yamauchi
Japanese businessman (born 1927)
Hiroshi Yamauchi was a Japanese businessman and the third president of Nintendo, serving in the role from 25 April 1949 to 24 May 2002, and principal owner of the Seattle Mariners from 1992 until his death. Before joining Nintendo, he had strong familial connections; his great-grandfather, Fusajiro Yamauchi, founded the company, and was its first president, and his grandfather, Sekiryo Kaneda, was its second president. During his tenure, Nintendo was transformed from a Japanese manufacturer of hanafuda into a global conglomerate largely focused on manufacturing video game consoles and publishing video games. On the basis of this success, and his ownership of most of Nintendo's shares, he became considerably wealthy. In 2008, he was Japan's wealthiest person, with an estimated net worth of $7.8 billion. Even in 2013, with this figure having declined to $2.1 billion, he was the 13th richest person in Japan and the 491st richest in the world.
1123
Emperor Taizu of Jin (born 1068)
Emperor Taizu of Jin, personal name Aguda, sinicised name Min, was the founder and first emperor of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty of China. He was originally the chieftain of the Wanyan tribe, the most dominant among the Jurchen tribes which were subjects of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty. Starting in 1114, Aguda united the Jurchen tribes under his rule and rebelled against the Liao dynasty. A year later, he declared himself emperor and established the Jin dynasty. By the time of his death, the Jin dynasty had conquered most of the Liao dynasty's territories and emerged as a major power in northern China. In 1145, he was posthumously honoured with the temple name Taizu by his descendant Emperor Xizong.
1944
Guy Gibson
British commander, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1918)
Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, was a British bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was the first commanding officer of No. 617 Squadron, which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid in 1943, resulting in the breaching of two large dams in the Ruhr area of Germany. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, in the aftermath of the raid in May 1943 and became the most highly decorated British serviceman at that time. He completed over 170 war operations before being killed in action at the age of 26.
2018
Arthur Mitchell
American ballet dancer & choreographer (born 1934)
Arthur Mitchell was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of ballet companies. In 1955, he was the first African-American dancer with the New York City Ballet, where he was promoted to principal dancer the following year and danced in major roles until 1966. He then founded ballet companies in Spoleto, Washington, D.C., and Brazil. In 1969, he founded a training school and the first African-American classical ballet company, Dance Theatre of Harlem. Among other awards, Mitchell was recognized as a MacArthur Fellow, inducted into the National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame, and received the United States National Medal of Arts and a Fletcher Foundation fellowship.
1339
Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (born 1288)
Emperor Go-Daigo was the 96th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He successfully overthrew the Kamakura shogunate in 1333 and established the short-lived Kenmu Restoration to bring the Imperial House back into power. This was to be the last time the emperor had real power until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. The Kenmu restoration was in turn overthrown by Ashikaga Takauji in 1336, ushering in the Ashikaga shogunate. The overthrow split the imperial family into two opposing factions between the Ashikaga backed Northern Court situated in Kyoto and the Southern Court based in Yoshino. The Southern Court was led by Go-Daigo and his later successors.
1668
William Waller
English general and politician (born 1597)
Sir William Waller JP was an English soldier and politician, who commanded Parliamentarian armies during the First English Civil War. Elected MP for Andover to the Long Parliament in 1640, Waller relinquished his military positions under the Self-denying Ordinance in 1645. Although deeply religious and a devout Puritan, he belonged to the moderate Presbyterian faction, who opposed the involvement of the New Model Army in politics post 1646. As a result, he was one of the Eleven Members excluded by the army in July 1647, then again by Pride's Purge in December 1648 for refusing to support the Trial of Charles I, and his subsequent execution in January 1649.
1580
Catherine Brandon
Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (born 1519)
Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, suo jure 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, was an English noblewoman living at the courts of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I. She was the fourth wife of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, who acted as her legal guardian during his third marriage to Henry VIII's sister Mary. Her second husband was Richard Bertie, a member of her household. Following Suffolk's death in 1545, it was rumoured that King Henry had considered marrying Katherine as his seventh wife, while he was still married to his sixth wife, Catherine Parr, who was Katherine's close friend.
2004
Damayanti Joshi
Indian dancer and choreographer (born 1928)
Damayanti Joshi was an Indian dancer who was a noted renowned exponent of the Kathak dance form. She believed Kathak is the art of storytelling. She began in the 1930s dancing in Madame Menaka's troupe, which travelled to many parts of the world. She learnt Kathak from Sitaram Prasad of Jaipur Gharana and became an adept dancer at a very young age, and later trained under from Acchan Maharaj, Lacchu Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj of Lucknow gharana, thus imbibing nuances from both the traditions. She became independent in the 1950s and achieved prominence in the 1960s, before turning into a guru at her dance school in Mumbai.
2011
George Cadle Price
1st Prime Minister of Belize (born 1919)
George Cadle Price was a Belizean statesman who served as the head of government of Belize from 1961 to 1984 and 1989 to 1993. He was the first minister and premier under British rule until independence in 1981 and was the nation's first prime minister after independence that year. He is considered one of the principal architects of Belizean independence. Today he is referred to by many as the "Father of the Nation". Price effectively dominated Belizean politics from the early 1960s until his 1996 retirement from party leadership, having been the nation's head of government under various titles for most of that period.
1973
Gram Parsons
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)
Ingram Cecil Connor III, known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American musician. He recorded with the International Submarine Band, the Byrds, and the Flying Burrito Brothers, popularizing what he called "Cosmic American Music", a hybrid of country, rhythm and blues, soul, folk, and rock. He has been credited with helping to found the country rock and alt-country genres and received a ranking of No. 87 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Parsons was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2026 in the musical influence category.
2003
Slim Dusty
Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1927)
Slim Dusty, AO MBE was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was an Australian cultural icon, referred to universally as Australia's King of Country Music and one of the country's most awarded stars, with a career spanning nearly seven decades and producing numerous recordings. He recorded songs in the legacy of Australia genre, particularly of bush life, including works by renowned Australian bush poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson, who represented the lifestyle. The music genre was coined the "bush ballad", a style first made popular by Buddy Williams.
1692
Giles Corey
American farmer and accused wizard (born c. 1612)
Giles Corey was an English-born farmer who was accused of witchcraft along with his wife Martha Corey during the Salem witch trials in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. After being arrested, Corey refused to enter a guilty or not guilty plea. He was subjected to torture in the form of peine forte et dure, dying after three days of being crushed. Because Corey refused to enter a plea, his estate passed on to his sons instead of being seized by the Massachusetts colonial government.
1968
Red Foley
American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1910)
Clyde Julian "Red" Foley was an American musician who made a major contribution to the growth of country music after World War II. For more than two decades, Foley was one of the biggest stars of the genre, selling more than 25 million records. His 1951 hit, "Peace in the Valley", was among the first million-selling gospel records. A Grand Ole Opry veteran until his death, Foley also hosted the first popular country music series on network television, Ozark Jubilee, from 1955 to 1960.
1881
James A. Garfield
American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (born 1831)
James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death in September that year after being shot in July. A preacher, lawyer, and Civil War general, Garfield served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives and is the only sitting member of the House to be elected president. Before he ran for president, the Ohio General Assembly had elected him to the U.S. Senate, a position he declined upon becoming president-elect.
1989
Willie Steele
American long jumper (born 1923)
William Samuel Steele was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. Steele won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1948 London Olympics. A two-time USA Outdoor champion, Steele was the 1948 Olympic Trials champion and a two-time NCAA long jump champion. He was considered the world's best long jumper in 1942 and 1946, and was world ranked #1 by Track & Field News their first two years of producing worldwide rankings, 1947 and 1948.
2015
Jackie Collins
English novelist (born 1937)
Jacqueline Jill Collins was an English romance novelist and actress. She moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and spent most of her career there. She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list. Her books have sold more than 500 million copies and have been translated into 40 languages. Eight of her novels have been adapted for the screen, either as films or television miniseries. She was the younger sister of Joan Collins.
2021
John Challis
English actor (born 1942)
John Spurley Challis was an English actor. He had an extensive theatre and television career but is best known for portraying Terrance Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long-running BBC Television sitcom Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003) and its sequel/spin-off The Green Green Grass (2005–2009), as well as Monty Staines from the seventh series onwards in the ITV sitcom Benidorm (2015–2018). Challis was an established stage actor, making appearances for companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.
1936
Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
Indian singer and musicologist (born 1860)
Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande was an Indian musicologist, music theorist and scholar of Hindustani classical music. He played a major role in systematizing the study and teaching of Hindustani music in the early 20th century. Drawing on both historical Sanskrit treatises and his study of contemporary musicians, he developed a system for classifying Hindustani ragas into ten thaats, devised a widely used system of musical notation, documented compositions from different musical traditions, and produced influential theoretical and pedagogical works.
2000
Ann Doran
American actress (born 1911)
Ann Doran was an American character actress, who worked in more than 1500 motion pictures and television episodes. Today's audiences know her as Carol Stark, the mother of James "Jim" Stark in Rebel Without a Cause (1955), and as a featured actress in short comedies with The Three Stooges and Charley Chase. She was an early member of the Screen Actors Guild and served on the board of the Motion Picture & Television Fund for 30 years.
1843
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis
French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (born 1792)
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis was a French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist. He is best known for his work on the supplementary forces that are detected in a rotating frame of reference, leading to the Coriolis effect. He was the first to apply the term travail for the transfer of energy by a force acting through a distance, and he prefixed the factor +1⁄2 to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's concept of vis viva, thus specifying today's kinetic energy.
2002
Robert Guéï
Ivorian politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (born 1941)
Robert Guéï was an Ivorian politician who served as the third president of the Ivory Coast from 24 December 1999 to 26 October 2000. He succeeded President Henri Konan Bédié after the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état and lost to Laurent Gbagbo in the ensuing 2000 Ivorian presidential election. Guéï, his wife Rose Doudou Guéï, and his children were killed on 19 September 2002 on the first day of the First Ivorian Civil War.
2013
John D. Vanderhoof
American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (born 1922)
John David Vanderhoof was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, Vanderhoof served as the 37th governor of Colorado from 1973 to 1975, assuming the office from John Arthur Love, who was appointed to the National Energy Policy Office by President Richard Nixon. Vanderhoof served out the remainder of Love's term, but failed to win a term in his own right, being defeated by Democrat Richard Lamm in the 1974 election.
1978
Étienne Gilson
French historian and philosopher (born 1884)
Étienne Henri Gilson was a French Catholic philosopher and historian of philosophy. A scholar of medieval philosophy, he originally specialised in the thought of Descartes; he also philosophized in the "existential" tradition of Thomas Aquinas, although he did not consider himself a neo-Thomist philosopher. In 1946, he attained the distinction of being elected an "Immortal" (member) of the Académie française. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1983
Ángel Labruna
Argentine footballer and manager (born 1918)
Ángel Amadeo Labruna was an Argentine footballer and coach who played as a forward. With 323 goals scored in official matches, which include 295 league goals, Labruna is the all-time top scorer of Primera División. Labruna was also part of the celebrated River Plate offense, nicknamed La Máquina, and he was considered one of the best South-American footballers of his generation. In his career, Labruna scored 564 goals.
2004
Eddie Adams
American photographer and journalist (born 1933)
Edward Thomas Adams was an American photographer and photojournalist noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and for coverage of 13 wars. He is best known for his photograph of the execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém, a Viet Cong prisoner of war, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography in 1969. Adams was a longtime resident of Bogota, New Jersey.
1987
Einar Gerhardsen
Norwegian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (born 1897)
Einar Henry Gerhardsen was a Norwegian politician who served as the prime minister of Norway from 1945 to 1951, 1955 to 1963 and 1963 to 1965. With a total of 17 years in office, he is the longest-serving prime minister in Norway since the introduction of parliamentarism. He was the leader of the Labour Party from 1945 to 1965.
2012
Earl R. Fox
U.S. Navy and Coast Guard veteran; last active U.S. servicemember to serve in World War II (born 1919)
Earl Russell H. Fox was an American physician and commissioned officer who served in the Navy and later in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps detailed to the Coast Guard. Upon his retirement in November 1999, he was the last active-duty member of a United States uniformed service who had served during the Second World War.
1812
Mayer Amschel Rothschild
German banker (born 1744)
Mayer Amschel Rothschild was a German Jewish banker and the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty, which dominated international finance in Europe between the 1820s and the 1870s. Referred to as a "founding father of international finance", Rothschild was ranked seventh on the Forbes magazine list of "The Twenty Most Influential Businessmen of All Time" in 2005.
1863
Hans Christian Heg
Norwegian-American colonel and politician (born 1829)
Hans Christian Heg was a Norwegian American journalist, anti-slavery activist, politician, and soldier. He was best known for leading the 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment on the Union side in the American Civil War; he died of wounds he received at the Battle of Chickamauga. He previously held elected office as the 6th prison commissioner of Wisconsin (1860–1862).
2014
Audrey Long
American actress (born 1922)
Audrey Gwendoline Long was an American stage and screen actress of English descent, who performed mainly in low-budget films in the 1940s and early 1950s. Some of her more notable film performances are in Tall in the Saddle (1944) with John Wayne, Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945), Born to Kill (1947), and Desperate (1947).
2004
Skeeter Davis
American singer-songwriter (born 1931)
Skeeter Davis was an American country music singer and songwriter who sang crossover pop music songs including 1962's "The End of the World". She started out as part of the Davis Sisters as a teenager in the late 1940s, eventually recording for RCA Victor. In the late 1950s, she became a solo star.
1902
Masaoka Shiki
Japanese poet, author, and critic (born 1867)
Masaoka Shiki , pen-name of Masaoka Noboru, was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry, credited with writing nearly 20,000 stanzas during his short life. He also wrote on reform of tanka poetry.
1990
Hermes Pan
American dancer and choreographer (born 1910)
Hermes Pan was an American dancer and choreographer, principally remembered as Fred Astaire's choreographic collaborator on the famous 1930s movie musicals starring Astaire and Ginger Rogers. He worked on nearly two dozen films and TV shows with Astaire. He won both an Oscar and an Emmy for his dance direction.
1906
Maria Georgina Grey
English educator, founded the Girls' Day School Trust (born 1816)
Maria Georgina Grey, also known as Mrs William Grey, was a British educationist and writer who promoted women's education and was one of the founders of the organisation that became the Girls' Day School Trust. The college she founded was named in her honour the Maria Grey Training College.
1995
Orville Redenbacher
American businessman, founded his own eponymous brand (born 1907)
Orville Clarence Redenbacher was an American food scientist and businessman most often associated with the brand of popcorn that bears his name which is now owned by Conagra Brands. The New York Times described him as "the agricultural visionary who all but single-handedly revolutionized the American popcorn industry".
1949
Nikos Skalkottas
Greek violinist and composer (born 1901)
Nikos Skalkottas was a Greek composer of 20th-century classical music. A member of the Second Viennese School, he drew his influences from both the classical repertoire and the Greek tradition. He also produced a sizeable amount of tonal music in the last phase of his musical creativity.
2009
Eduard Zimmermann
German journalist (born 1929)
Eduard "Ede" Zimmermann was a German journalist, television presenter and security expert. He was the creator and long-time host of Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst, a German television show that pioneered interactive true crime television and thus became the model for the British Crimewatch and American America's Most Wanted.
2019
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Tunisian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (born 1936)
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, commonly known as Ben Ali or Ezzine, was a Tunisian politician, military officer and dictator who served as the second president of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. In that year, during the Tunisian revolution, he was overthrown and fled to Saudi Arabia.
2012
Itamar Singer
Romanian-Israeli historian and author (born 1946)
Itamar Singer was an Israeli author and historian of Jewish-Romanian origin. He is known for his research of the Ancient Near East and as a leading Hittitologist, pioneering the study of this ancient Anatolians culture in Israel and elucidating the tensions which brought about its demise.
1356
Walter VI
Count of Brienne (born 1304)
Walter VI of Brienne, also known simply as the Duke of Athens, was a French nobleman and crusader. He was the count of Brienne in France, the count of Conversano and Lecce in southern Italy and claimant to the Duchy of Athens in Frankish Greece.
2013
John Reger
American football player (born 1931)
John George Reger was a National Football League linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Washington Redskins, and participated in three Pro Bowls during his 12-year career. Reger played college football at the University of Pittsburgh. He died in Tampa, Florida in 2013.
1905
Thomas John Barnardo
Irish-English philanthropist (born 1845)
Thomas John Barnardo was an Irish Christian philanthropist and founder and director of homes for poor and deprived children. From the foundation of the first Barnardo's home in 1867 to the date of Barnardo's death, nearly 60,000 children had been taken in.
1710
Ole Rømer
Danish astronomer and instrument maker (born 1644)
Ole Christensen Rømer was a Danish astronomer who, in 1676, first demonstrated that light travels at a finite speed. Rømer also invented the modern thermometer showing the temperature between two fixed points, namely the points at which water boils and freezes.
1955
John D. Dingell Sr.
American journalist and politician (born 1894)
John David Dingell Sr. was an American politician who represented Michigan's 15th congressional district from 1933 to 1955. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was the father of the longest-serving member of Congress, U.S. Representative John Dingell Jr.
1985
Italo Calvino
Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (born 1923)
Italo Calvino was an Italian novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952–1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979).
2017
Leonid Kharitonov
Russian bass-baritone (born 1933)
Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov was a Soviet and Russian bass-baritone singer. He was honored with People's Artist of the RSFSR and Honored Artist of RSFSR. In the West he was noted for his 1965 video of The Song of the Volga Boatmen.
2021
Dinky Soliman
Filipino politician, 23rd Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (born 1953)
Corazon Victoria "Dinky" Nerves Juliano-Soliman was a Filipina politician, activist and social worker who served as Secretary of Social Welfare and Development twice, under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from 2001 to 2005, and President Benigno Aquino III from 2010 to 2016.
2006
Elizabeth Allen
American actress (born 1929)
Elizabeth Allen was an American theatre, television, and film actress and singer whose 40-year career lasted from the mid-1950s through the mid-1990s, and included scores of TV episodes and six theatrical features, two of which were directed by John Ford.
1998
Patricia Hayes
English actress (born 1909)
Patricia Lawlor Hayes was an English character actress. She is best known for playing the titular Edna in the Play for Today, Edna, the Inebriate Woman (1971), for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress.
2026
Sandro Mazzola
Italian footballer and sportscaster (born 1942)
Alessandro Mazzola was an Italian professional footballer who played as a forward or attacking midfielder for Inter Milan and the Italy national team. He also worked as a football analyst and commentator on the Italian national television station RAI.
1972
Robert Casadesus
French pianist and composer (born 1899)
Robert Marcel Casadesus was a French pianist and composer. He was the most prominent member of a distinguished musical family, being the nephew of Henri Casadesus and Marius Casadesus, husband of Gaby Casadesus, and father of Jean Casadesus.
1975
Pamela Brown
English actress (born 1917)
Pamela Mary Brown was a British actress. For her portrayal of Queen Victoria's mother Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent in Victoria Regina (1961) she was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.
1356
Peter I
Duke of Bourbon (born 1311)
Peter I of Bourbon was the second Duke of Bourbon, from 1342 to his death. He was the son of Louis I of Bourbon, whom he also succeeded as Grand Chamberlain of France, and Mary of Avesnes.
1935
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Russian scientist and engineer (born 1857)
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky was a Russian rocket scientist who pioneered astronautics. Along with Hermann Oberth and Robert H. Goddard, he is one of the pioneers of space flight and the founding father of modern rocketry and astronautics.
2020
John Turner
Canadian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1929)
John Napier Wyndham Turner was the 17th prime minister of Canada, serving from June to September 1984. He served as leader of the Liberal Party and leader of the Opposition from 1984 to 1990.
1605
Edward Lewknor
English politician (born 1542)
Sir Edward Lewknor or Lewkenor was a prominent member of the puritan gentry in East Anglia in the later Elizabethan period, and an important voice on religious matters in the English Parliament.
961
Helena Lekapene
Byzantine empress
Helena Lekapene was the empress consort of Constantine VII, known to have acted as his political adviser and de facto co-regent. She was a daughter of Romanos I Lekapenos and Theodora.
1927
Michael Ancher
Danish painter (born 1849)
Michael Peter Ancher was a Danish realist artist, widely known for his paintings of fishermen, the Skagerrak and the North Sea, and other scenes from the Danish fishing community in Skagen.
1965
Lionel Terray
French mountaineer (born 1921)
Lionel Terray was a French climber who made many first ascents, including on the 1955 French Makalu expedition in the Himalaya and Cerro Fitz Roy in the Patagonian Andes.
1942
Condé Montrose Nast
American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (born 1873)
Condé Montrose Nast was an American publisher, entrepreneur and business magnate. He founded Condé Nast, a mass media company, and published titles such as Vanity Fair and Vogue.
2008
Earl Palmer
American rhythm and blues drummer (born 1924)
Earl Cyril Palmer was an American drummer. Considered one of the inventors of rock and roll, he is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1873
Robert Mackenzie
Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (born 1811)
Sir Robert Ramsay Mackenzie, 10th Baronet was a pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was Premier of Queensland, Australia from August 1867 to November 1868.
2009
Milton Meltzer
American historian and author (born 1915)
Milton Meltzer was an American historian and author best known for his nonfiction books on Jewish, African-American, and American history. Since the 1950s, he was a prolific author of history books in the children's literature and young adult literature genres, having written nearly 100 books. Meltzer was an advocate for human rights, as well as an adjunct professor for the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He won the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his career contribution to American children's literature in 2001. Meltzer died of esophageal cancer in 2009.
2015
Todd Ewen
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1966)
Todd Gordon Ewen was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for several teams in the National Hockey League (NHL). A right wing, Ewen was primarily known as an enforcer. He played for the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and San Jose Sharks. Ewen retired with 1,914 penalty minutes, putting him 61st for all-time career penalty minutes. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and raised in St. Albert, Alberta. Ewen won the Stanley Cup in 1993 with the Canadiens.
643
Goeric of Metz
Frankish bishop and saint
Goeric of Metz, also known as Abbo I of Metz, Goericus of Metz, and Gury of Metz, was a bishop of Metz. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches.
690
Theodore of Tarsus
English archbishop and saint (born 602)
Theodore of Tarsus was Archbishop of Canterbury from 668 to 690. Theodore grew up in Tarsus, but fled to Constantinople after the Muslims conquered Tarsus. After studying there, he relocated to Rome and was later installed as the Archbishop of Canterbury on the orders of Pope Vitalian. Accounts of his life appear in two 8th-century texts. Theodore is best known for his reform of the English Church and establishment of a school in Canterbury.
2006
Danny Flores
American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (born 1929)
Daniel Flores, also known by his stage name Chuck Rio, was an American rock and roll saxophonist. He is best remembered for his self-penned song "Tequila", which he recorded with The Champs, the band of which he was a member at the time, and which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
1992
Jacques Pic
French chef (born 1932)
Jacques Pic was a French chef best known for being head chef at his three Michelin-starred restaurant Maison Pic in Valence, Drôme, France. He was the son of chef Andre Pic, and the father of chefs Alain and Anne-Sophie Pic.
1949
George Shiels
Irish-Canadian playwright (born 1886)
George Shiels was an Irish dramatist whose plays were a success both in his native Ulster and at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. His most famous plays are The Rugged Path, The Passing Day, and The New Gossoon.
2018
Bernard "Bunny" Carr
Irish TV presenter (born 1927)
Bernard "Bunny" Carr was an Irish television presenter. He presented shows such as Quicksilver, Teen Talk and Going Strong on RTÉ. He later set up his own communications and public relations company.
2013
Robert Barnard
English author and critic (born 1936)
Robert Barnard was an English crime writer, critic and lecturer. In addition to over 40 books published under his own name, he also published four books under the pseudonym Bernard Bastable.
1868
William Sprague
American minister and politician (born 1809)
William Sprague was a minister and politician in the U.S. state of Michigan. From 1849 to 1851, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
2004
Ellis Marsalis Sr.
American businessman and activist (born 1908)
Ellis Louis Marsalis Sr. was an American businessman from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was a former poultry farmer turned hotelier, Esso franchise owner and civil rights activist.
979
Gotofredo I
archbishop of Milan
Gotofredo I was the archbishop of Milan from 974 until his death.
1147
Igor II of Kiev
Igor II Olgovich was Prince of Chernigov and Grand Prince of Kiev (1146). He was a son of Oleg I of Chernigov.
1589
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