April 10 - Deaths

Deaths

• 879 – King Louis the Stammerer of the West Franks (b. 846)
• 948 – King Hugh of Italy
• 1533 – King Frederick I of Denmark (b. 1471)
• 1545 – Costanzo Festa, Italian composer
• 1585 – Pope Gregory XIII (b. 1502)
• 1599 – Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress of Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
• 1601 – Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (b. 1562)
• 1619 – Thomas Jones, Archbishop of Dublin (b. c. 1550)
• 1640 – Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer (b. 1578)
• 1646 – Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)
• 1667 – Jan Marek Marci, Bohemian doctor and scientist (b. 1595)
• 1704 – William Egon of Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg (b. 1629)
• 1706 – Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)
• 1756 – Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (d. 1661)
• 1760 – Jean Lebeuf, French historian (b. 1687)
• 1786 – John Byron, British naval officer (b. 1723)
• 1806 – Horatio Gates, American Revolutionary War figure (b. 1727)
• 1813 – Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian-born mathematician (b. 1736)
• 1823 – Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (b. 1757)
• 1882 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
• 1904 – Queen Isabella II of Spain (b. 1830)
• 1909 – Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet and critic (b. 1837)
• 1910 – Jean Moréas, Greek poet (b. 1856)
• 1919 – Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1879)
• 1920 – Moritz Cantor, German mathematician (b. 1829)
• 1931 – Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet and painter (b. 1883)
• 1938 – Joe "King" Oliver, American musician (b. 1885)
• 1945 – Charles Nordhoff, English-born writer (b. 1887)
• 1945 – H.N. Werkman, Dutch artist and printer (b. 1882)
• 1954 – Auguste Lumière, French film executive (b. 1862)
• 1954 – Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
• 1955 – Teilhard de Chardin, French paleontologist and theologian (b. 1881)
• 1958 – Chuck Willis, American singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
• 1962 – Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born American director (b. 1886)
• 1962 – Stuart Sutcliffe, English musician (The Beatles) (b. 1940)
• 1965 – Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (b. 1928)
• 1965 – Linda Darnell, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1966 – Evelyn Waugh, English writer (b. 1903)
• 1968 – Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899)
• 1969 – Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (b. 1893)
• 1975 – Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890)
• 1979 – Nino Rota, Italian composer (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Kay Medford, American actress (b. 1914)
• 1983 – Issam Sartawi, Palestine Liberation Organization figure (b. 1935)
• 1986 – Linda Creed, American songwriter (b. 1948)
• 1991 – Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (b. 1955)
• 1991 – Natalie Schafer, American actress (b. 1900)
• 1992 – Sam Kinison, American comedian (b. 1953)
• 1993 – Chris Hani, South African activist (b. 1942)
• 1994 – Sam B. Hall, American politician (b. 1924)
• 1995 – Morarji Desai, Indian statesman (b. 1896)
• 1997 – Michael Dorris, American author (b. 1945)
• 1998 – Jack Clemmons, American law enforcement officer (b. 1924)
• 1999 – Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-born biochemist (b. 1910)
• 1999 – Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (b. 1919)
• 2000 – Peter Jones, English actor (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
• 2000 – Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (b. 1928)
• 2003 – Little Eva, American singer (b. 1943)
• 2005 – Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Iakovos, Archbishop of America (b. 1911)
• 2005 – Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
• 2005 – Scott Gottlieb, American drummer (Bleed the Dream) (b. 1970)
• 2007 – Dakota Staton, American singer (b. 1930)
• 2009 – Deborah Digges, American poet (b. 1950)
• 2010 – Passengers in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash, including:
  • Maria Kaczyńska, First Lady of Poland (b. 1942)
  • Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland (b. 1949)
  • Janusz Zakrzeński, Polish actor (b. 1936)
  • Anna Walentynowicz, Polish free trade activist (b. 1929)
• 2010 – Dixie Carter, American actress (b. 1939)
• 2010 – Arthur Mercante, Sr., American boxing referee (b. 1920)