June 21 - Deaths

Deaths

• 223 – Liu Bei, Chinese Emperor (b. 161)
• 1040 – Fulk III, Count of Anjou (b. 972)
• 1171 – Walter de Luci, English brother of Richard de Luci (b. 1103)
• 1205 – Enrico Dandolo, Italian noble, 42nd Doge of Venice (b. 1107)
• 1208 – Philip of Swabia (b. 1177)
• 1305 – Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (b. 1271)
• 1377 – Edward III of England (b. 1312)
• 1421 – Jean Le Maingre, French marshal (b. 1366)
• 1521 – Leonardo Loredan, Italian noble, 76th Doge of Venice (b. 1436)
• 1527 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and author (b. 1469)
• 1529 – John Skelton, English poet
• 1547 – Sebastiano del Piombo, Italian painter (b. 1485)
• 1558 – Piero Strozzi, Italian military leader (b. 1558)
• 1582 – Oda Nobunaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1534)
• 1591 – Aloysius Gonzaga, Italian saint (b. 1568)
• 1596 – Jean Liebault, French agronomist (b. 1535)
• 1621 – Louis III, Cardinal of Guise (b. 1575)
• 1621 – Kryštof Harant, Czech soldier, writer, and composer (b. 1564)
• 1631 – John Smith, English soldier and explorer (b. c. 1580)
• 1652 – Inigo Jones, English architect, designed the Queen's House and Wilton House (b. 1573)
• 1661 – Andrea Sacchi, Italian painter (b. 1599)
• 1737 – Matthieu Marais, French jurist (b. 1664)
• 1738 – Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English statesman (b. 1674)
• 1796 – Richard Gridley, American soldier (b. 1710)
• 1824 – Étienne Aignan, French writer (b. 1773)
• 1865 – Frances Adeline Seward, American wife of William H. Seward (b. 1824)
• 1874 – Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (b. 1814)
• 1876 – Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican politician, President of Mexico (b. 1794)
• 1893 – Leland Stanford, American industrialist and politician, founder of Stanford University (b. 1824)
• 1908 – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (b. 1844)
• 1914 – Bertha von Suttner, Austrian writer and pacifist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1917 – Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer (b. 1856)
• 1926 – Lorne Currie, British sailor (b. 1871)
• 1929 – Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, English politician, journalist, and sociologist (b. 1864)
• 1934 – Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)
• 1940 – Smedley Butler, American general (b. 1881)
• 1951 – Charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (b. 1867)
• 1951 – Gustave Sandras, French gymnast (b. 1872)
• 1952 – Wop May, Canadian flying ace (b. 1896)
• 1954 – Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer, developed the zipper (b. 1880)
• 1957 – Claude Farrère, French writer (b. 1876)
• 1957 – Johannes Stark, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1964 – James Chaney, American civil rights activist and murder victim (b. 1943)
• 1964 – Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist and murder victim (b. 1943)
• 1964 – Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist and murder victim (b. 1939)
• 1968 – Ingeborg Spangsfeldt, Danish actress (b. 1895)
• 1969 – Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (b. 1934)
• 1970 – Sukarno, Indonesian politician, 1st President of Indonesia (b. 1901)
• 1976 – Margaret Herrick, American librarian and director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (b. 1902)
• 1979 – Angus MacLise, American musician, composer, and poet (Velvet Underground and Theatre of Eternal Music) (b. 1938)
• 1980 – Bert Kaempfert, German orchestra leader, musician, and songwriter (b. 1923)
• 1985 – Ettore Boiardi, Italian chef, founder of Chef Boyardee (b. 1897)
• 1985 – Tage Erlander, Swedish politician, 25th Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1901)
• 1986 – Assi Rahbani, Lebanese singer, composer, and producer (Rahbani Brothers) (b. 1923)
• 1987 – Madman Muntz, American businessman and engineer, founded the Muntz Car Company (b. 1914)
• 1990 – Cedric Belfrage, English-American journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian (b. 1904)
• 1992 – Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, Bengali poet (b. 1956)
• 1992 – Li Xiannian, Chinese politician, President of the People's Republic of China (b. 1909)
• 1993 – Ticho Parly, Danish tenor (b. 1928)
• 1994 – William Wilson Morgan, American astronomer (b. 1906)
• 1997 – Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1931)
• 1997 – Fidel Velázquez Sánchez, Mexican labor leader (b. 1900)
• 1998 – Anastasio Ballestrero, Italian cardinal (b. 1913)
• 1998 – Al Campanis, American baseball player and executive (b. 1916)
• 1999 – Kami, Japanese drummer (Malice Mizer) (b. 1973)
• 2000 – Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American composer (b. 1911)
• 2001 – John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Souad Hosni, Egyptian actress (b. 1942)
• 2001 – Carroll O'Connor, American actor (b. 1924)
• 2002 – Timothy Findley, Canadian novelist and playwright (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Jason Moran, Australian criminal (b. 1967)
• 2003 – Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1934)
• 2003 – Leon Uris, American writer (b. 1924)
• 2004 – Leonel Brizola, Brazilian politician (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Jaime Sin, Filipino archbishop (b. 1928)
• 2006 – Jared C. Monti, American soldier, Medal Of Honor recipient (b. 1975)
• 2007 – Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants (b. 1918)
• 2008 – Scott Kalitta, American race car driver (b. 1962)
• 2008 – Kermit Love, American actor and puppeteer (b. 1916)
• 2010 – Irwin Barker, Canadian comedian and writer (b. 1956)
• 2011 – Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (b. 1927)
• 2012 – J. Michael Adams, American educator, President of Fairleigh Dickinson University
• 2012 – Richard Adler, American composer and producer (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Abid Hussain, Indian economist and diplomat (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Sunil Janah, Indian photographer and journalist (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Joviano de Lima Júnior, Brazilian archbishop (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Radha Vinod Raju, Indian police officer (b. 1949)
• 2012 – Gilbert Blaize Rego, Indian bishop (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Anna Schwartz, American economist and author (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Teddy Scott, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Drew Turnbull, Scottish rugby player (b. 1930)