July 29 - Deaths

Deaths

• 238 – Balbinus, Roman Emperor (b. 165)
• 238 – Pupienus, Roman Emperor (b. 178)
• 1030 – Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)
• 1095 – Ladislaus I of Hungary (b. 1040)
• 1099 – Pope Urban II (b. 1042)
• 1108 – Philip I of France (b. 1052)
• 1507 – Martin Behaim, German-Bohemian navigator and geographer (b. 1459)
• 1573 – John Caius, English physician (b. 1510)
• 1612 – Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
• 1644 – Pope Urban VIII (b. 1568)
• 1752 – Peter Warren, English admiral (b. 1703)
• 1781 – Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713)
• 1792 – René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, French politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1714)
• 1813 – Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. 1771)
• 1833 – William Wilberforce, English politician and philanthropist (b. 1759)
• 1839 – Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (b. 1755)
• 1844 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1791)
• 1856 – Robert Schumann, German composer (b. 1810)
• 1857 – Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, scientist, and writer (b. 1774)
• 1887 – Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1813)
• 1890 – Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
• 1900 – Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1913 – Tobias Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)
• 1918 – Ernest William Christmas, Australian painter (b. 1863)
• 1924 – Sotirios Krokidas, Greek law professor, interim Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)
• 1934 – Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
• 1938 – Nikolai Krylenko, Russian jurist and politician (b. 1885)
• 1950 – Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)
• 1954 – Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
• 1962 – Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator (b. 1875)
• 1964 – Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1966 – Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian military leader (b. 1924)
• 1966 – Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian military governor (b. 1926)
• 1970 – John Barbirolli, English conductor (b. 1899)
• 1973 – Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
• 1973 – Roger Williamson, English race car driver (b. 1948)
• 1974 – Cass Elliot, American singer (The Mamas & the Papas, The Big Three, and The Mugwumps) (b. 1941)
• 1974 – Erich Kästner, German author and poet (b. 1899)
• 1976 – Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913)
• 1979 – Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher (b. 1898)
• 1979 – Bill Todman, American television producer (b. 1916)
• 1981 – Robert Moses, American urban planner, designed the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway (b. 1888)
• 1982 – Harold Sakata, American wrestler and actor (b. 1920)
• 1982 – Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope (b. 1889)
• 1983 – Luis Buñuel, Spanish director and writer (b. 1900)
• 1983 – Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (b. 1896)
• 1983 – David Niven, English actor (b. 1910)
• 1984 – Fred Waring, American musician, bandleader, and banker (b. 1900)
• 1987 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian-Bengali writer (b. 1894)
• 1990 – Bruno Kreisky, Austrian politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911)
• 1992 – Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
• 1994 – John Britton, American physician (b. 1925)
• 1994 – Dorothy Hodgkin, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1995 – Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1917)
• 1996 – Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (b. 1919)
• 1996 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician (b. 1920)
• 1996 – Jason Thirsk, American singer and bass player (Pennywise and Humble Gods) (b. 1967)
• 1998 – Jerome Robbins, American choreographer, director, and producer (b. 1918)
• 2001 – Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
• 2001 – Wau Holland, German hacker, co-founded Chaos Computer Club (b. 1951)
• 2003 – Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean soldier, founder and leader of Revolutionary United Front (b. 1937)
• 2004 – Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
• 2007 – Mike Reid, English comedian, actor, and author (b. 1940)
• 2007 – Michel Serrault, French actor (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Tom Snyder, American journalist (b. 1936)
• 2007 – Marvin Zindler, American journalist (b. 1921)
• 2008 – Ishmeet Singh, Indian singer (b. 1988)
• 2009 – Gayatri Devi, England-Indian wife of Sawai Man Singh II (b. 1919)
• 2010 – Charles E. Wicks, American engineer, author, and academic (b. 1925)
• 2012 – John P. Finnegan, American actor (b. 1926)
• 2012 – August Kowalczyk, Polish actor, director, and Holocaust survivor (b. 1921)
• 2012 – James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Vempati Chinna Satyam, Indian dancer and teacher (b. 1929)
• 2012 – John Stampe, Danish footballer and coach (b. 1957)