Deaths
- 306 – Constantius Chlorus, Roman emperor (b. 250)
- 1409 – Martin I of Sicily (b. 1376)
- 1471 – Thomas à Kempis, German priest and mystic (b. 1380)
- 1472 – Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, French military leader (b. 1394)
- 1492 – Pope Innocent VIII (b. 1432)
- 1572 – Isaac Luria, Ottoman rabbi and mystic (b. 1534)
- 1608 – Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer (b. 1556)
- 1616 – Andreas Libavius, German physician and chemist (b. 1550)
- 1643 – Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, English statesman (b. 1584)
- 1676 – François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French writer (b. 1604)
- 1681 – Urian Oakes, English-American minister and educator (b. 1631)
- 1790 – Johann Bernhard Basedow, German education reformer, writer, and educator (b. 1723)
- 1790 – William Livingston, American politician, 1st Governor of New Jersey (b. 1723)
- 1791 – Isaac Low, American politician (b. 1735)
- 1794 – André Chénier, French writer (b. 1762)
- 1826 – Kondraty Ryleyev, Russian poet and revolutionary (b. 1795)
- 1834 – Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet (b. 1772)
- 1842 – Dominique Jean Larrey, French surgeon (b. 1766)
- 1843 – Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and inventor (b. 1766)
- 1853 – Joaquin Murrieta, Mexican outlaw (b. 1829)
- 1861 – Jonas Furrer, Swiss politician (b. 1805)
- 1865 – James Barry, English surgeon (b. 1799)
- 1866 – Floride Calhoun, American wife of John C. Calhoun (b. 1792)
- 1887 – John Taylor, American religious leader (b. 1808)
- 1934 – François Coty, French businessman, founded Coty, Inc. (b. 1874)
- 1934 – Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1892)
- 1942 – Fred Englehardt, American athlete (b. 1879)
- 1952 – Herbert Murrill, English composer (b. 1909)
- 1959 – Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish rabbi (b. 1888)
- 1962 – Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian jurist (b. 1879)
- 1963 – Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist (b. 1877)
- 1967 – Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter (b. 1878)
- 1971 – John Meyers, American freestyle swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
- 1971 – Leroy Robertson, American composer (b. 1896)
- 1973 – Louis St. Laurent, Canadian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1882)
- 1980 – Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1938)
- 1982 – Hal Foster, Canadian-American cartoonist (b. 1892)
- 1984 – Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1913)
- 1984 – Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
- 1986 – Vincente Minnelli, American director (b. 1903)
- 1988 – Judith Barsi, American actress (b. 1978)
- 1989 – Steve Rubell, American businessman, co-owner of Studio 54 (b. 1943)
- 1992 – Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
- 1995 – Charlie Rich, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1932)
- 1997 – Ben Hogan, American golfer (b. 1912)
- 1998 – Tal Farlow, American guitarist (b. 1921)
- 1998 – Evangelos Papastratos, Greek businessman, co-founded Papastratos (b. 1910)
- 2000 – Rudi Faßnacht, German football coach and manager (b. 1934)
- 2002 – Abdel Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (b. 1917)
- 2003 – Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (b. 1912)
- 2003 – Erik Brann, American singer and guitarist (Iron Butterfly) (b. 1950)
- 2003 – John Schlesinger, English director (b. 1926)
- 2004 – John Passmore, Australian philosopher (b. 1914)
- 2005 – Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist (b. 1928)
- 2006 – Carl Brashear, American navy officer (b. 1931)
- 2006 – Ezra Fleischer, Romanian-Israeli poet and philologist (b. 1928)
- 2007 – Bernd Jakubowski, German footballer (b. 1952)
- 2007 – Jesse Marunde, American strongman (b. 1979)
- 2008 – Jeff Fehring, Australian footballer (b. 1955)
- 2008 – Tracy Hall, American chemist (b. 1919)
- 2008 – Randy Pausch, American computer scientist and educator (b. 1960)
- 2009 – Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian director, writer and scriptwriter (b. 1958)
- 2009 – Alexis Cohen, American singer (b. 1984)
- 2009 – Vernon Forrest, American boxer (b. 1971)
- 2009 – Harry Patch, English soldier and super-centenarian (b. 1898)
- 2010 – Redford White, Filipino comedian and actor (b. 1955)
- 2011 – Michael Cacoyannis, Greek director (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Shelby Harris, American super-centenarian (b. 1901)
- 2012 – B. R. Ishara, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1934)
- 2012 – Susanne Lothar, German actress (b. 1960)
- 2012 – Greg Mohns, Canadian football coach (b. 1950)
- 2012 – Franz West, Austrian painter and sculptor (b. 1947)
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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldiers sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
—Philip Caputo (b. 1941)
“I sang of death but had I known
The many deaths one must have died
Before he came to meet his own!”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet deaththat is, they attempt suicidetwice as often as men, though men are more successful because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
—Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)