July 22 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1362 – Louis of Durazzo, Italian soldier (b. 1324)
• 1387 – Franz Ackerman, Flemish statesman (b. 1330)
• 1461 – Charles VII of France (b. 1403)
• 1525 – Richard Wingfield, English diplomat (b. c. 1426)
• 1540 – John Zápolya, Voivode of Transylvania and King of Hungary (b. 1487)
• 1619 – Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian monk (b. 1559)
• 1633 – Trijntje Keever, Dutch woman presumed to have been the tallest woman ever (b. 1616)
• 1645 – Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (b. 1587)
• 1676 – Pope Clement X (b. 1590)
• 1726 – Hugh Drysdale, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (birth year unknown)
• 1734 – Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor of England (b. c. 1669)
• 1789 – Joseph-François Foulon, French administrator (b. 1715)
• 1802 – Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist (b. 1771)
• 1824 – Thomas McNamara Russell, Royal Navy admiral
• 1826 – Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (b. 1746)
• 1832 – Napoleon II, Emperor of the French and King of Rome (b. 1811)
• 1852 – Auguste Marmont, French marshal (b. 1774)
• 1864 – James B. McPherson, American army general, in the Battle of Atlanta (b. 1828)
• 1869 – John A. Roebling, German-American civil engineer (Brooklyn Bridge), (b. 1806)
• 1902 – Mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (b. 1822)
• 1903 – Cassius Clay, American emancipationist (b. 1810)
• 1904 – Wilson Barrett, English actor (b. 1846)
• 1906 – William Snodgrass, Canadian Presbyterian minister and the sixth Principal of Queen's College, now Queen's University (b. 1827)
• 1908 – Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1828)
• 1915 – Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer and inventor (b. 1827)
• 1916 – James Whitcomb Riley, American poet (b. 1849)
• 1918 – Indra Lal Roy, Indian flying ace (b. 1898)
• 1920 – William Kissam Vanderbilt, American businessman and horse breeder, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1849)
• 1922 – Jokichi Takamine, Japanese chemist (b. 1854)
• 1932 – Errico Malatesta, Italian anarchist (b. 1853)
• 1932 – Florenz Ziegfeld, American theatrical producer (b. 1867)
• 1932 – Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and radio pioneer (b. 1866)
• 1934 – John Dillinger, American bank robber (b. 1903)
• 1950 – William Lyon Mackenzie King, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1958 – Mikhail Zoshchenko, Russian writer (b. 1895)
• 1967 – Carl Sandburg, American poet (b. 1878)
• 1968 – Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist (b. 1908)
• 1970 – George Johnston, Australian journalist and novelist (b. 1912)
• 1974 – Wayne Morse, U.S. Senator from Oregon (b. 1900)
• 1979 – J. V. Cain, American football player (b. 1951)
• 1979 – Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
• 1988 – Duane Jones, American actor (b. 1936)
• 1989 – Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (b. 1935)
• 1990 – Manuel Puig, Argentinian writer (b. 1932)
• 1992 – Wayne McLaren, American stuntman, actor and rodeo rider who portrayed the Marlboro Man (b. 1940)
• 1995 – Harold Larwood, English cricketer (b. 1904)
• 1996 – Rob Collins, English keyboardist (The Charlatans) (b. 1956)
• 1998 – Fritz Buchloh, German football player and coach (b. 1909)
• 1998 – Hermann Prey, German bass-baritone (b. 1929)
• 1999 – Gar Samuelson, American drummer (Megadeth) (b. 1958)
• 2000 – Eric Christmas, British actor (b. 1916)
• 2000 – Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author (b. 1925)
• 2000 – Claude Sautet, French film director (b. 1924)
• 2001 – Indro Montanelli, Italian journalist and historian (b. 1909)
• 2003 – Qusay Hussein, Iraqi politician, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1966)
• 2003 – Uday Hussein, Iraqi politician, son of Saddam Hussein (b. 1964)
• 2003 – Wahome Muthahi, Kenyan humourist (b. 1954)
• 2004 – Sacha Distel, French singer (b. 1933)
• 2004 – George Kidd, Canadian diplomat (b. 1917)
• 2004 – Illinois Jacquet, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Eugene Record American songwriter and singer (The Chi-Lites) (b. 1940)
• 2005 – Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian electrician (b. 1978)
• 2006 – José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (b. 1965)
• 2006 – James E. West, mayor of Spokane, Washington (b. 1950)
• 2007 – Jarrod Cunningham, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1968)
• 2007 – Mike Coolbaugh, American baseball player and coach (b. 1972)
• 2007 – Ulrich Mühe, German actor (b. 1953)
• 2007 – Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (b. 1906)
• 2007 – László Kovács, Hungarian-born American cinematographer (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Estelle Getty, American comedic actress (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Greg Burson, American voice actor (b. 1949)
• 2009 – Richard M. Givan, Indiana Supreme Court chief justice (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Peter Krieg, German documentary filmmaker, producer and writer (b. 1947)