April 22 - Deaths

Deaths

• 296 – Pope Caius
• 455 – Petronius Maximus, Roman Emperor
• 536 – Pope Agapetus I
• 1592 – Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italian architect (b. 1511)
• 1672 – Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (b. 1598)
• 1699 – Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman (b. 1646)
• 1758 – Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686)
• 1778 – James Hargreaves, English inventor (b. 1720)
• 1806 – Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (stabbed) (b. 1763)
• 1833 – Richard Trevithick, English inventor (b. 1771)
• 1839 – Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)
• 1854 – Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (b. 1786)
• 1877 – James P. Kirkwood, American civil engineer (b. 1807)
• 1892 – Edouard Lalo, French composer (b. 1823)
• 1893 – Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian inventor and academic (b. 1825)
• 1896 – Thomas Meik, British civil engineer (b. 1812)
• 1908 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)
• 1925 – André Caplet, French composer (b. 1878)
• 1929 – Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. 1848)
• 1930 – Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish poet (b. 1866)
• 1933 – Henry Royce, British automobile manufacturer (b. 1863)
• 1944 – Nikolaos Roussen, Greek naval officer in World War II (b. 1913)
• 1945 – Käthe Kollwitz, German artist (b. 1867)
• 1945 – Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician (b. 1900)
• 1946 – Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1872)
• 1946 – Lionel Atwill, English actor (b. 1885)
• 1950 – Charles Hamilton Houston, American civil rights attorney (b. 1895)
• 1951 – Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (b. 1870)
• 1968 – Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (b. 1911)
• 1978 – Will Geer, American actor (b. 1902)
• 1980 – Jane Froman, American actress (b. 1907)
• 1980 – Fritz Strassmann, German physicist (b. 1902)
• 1983 – Earl "Fatha" Hines, American jazz pianist (b. 1903)
• 1983 – John Louis Evans, American convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1950)
• 1984 – Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. 1902)
• 1985 – Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (b. 1900)
• 1985 – Jacques Ferron, French Canadian physician, author and politician (b. 1921)
• 1986 – Mircea Eliade, Romanian writer (b. 1907)
• 1988 – Irene Rich, American actress (b. 1891)
• 1990 – Albert Salmi, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1994 – Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (b. 1913)
• 1995 – Maggie Kuhn, American activist (b. 1905)
• 1996 – Erma Bombeck, American humorist (b. 1927)
• 1996 – Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American professional golfer (b. 1908)
• 1998 – Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach (b. 1940)
• 1999 – Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. 1938)
• 1999 – Chan Canasta, Polish-British magician and mindreader (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Linda Lovelace, American porn actress (b. 1949)
• 2003 – Martha Griffiths, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1912)
• 2003 – Michael Larrabee, American athlete (b. 1933)
• 2003 – Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925)
• 2004 – Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed in action) (b. 1976)
• 2004 – Jason L. Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981)
• 2005 – Norman Bird, UK character actor (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Robert Farnon, Canadian-born composer and conductor (b. 1917)
• 2005 – Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906)
• 2005 – Philip Morrison, American physicist (b. 1915)
• 2006 – Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Juanita Millender-McDonald, congresswoman from southern California (b. 1938)
• 2008 – Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive (b. 1941)