July 7 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1304 – Pope Benedict XI (b. 1240)
• 1307 – King Edward I of England (b. 1239)
• 1537 – Madeleine of Valois, French-born Queen consort of James V of Scotland (b. 1520)
• 1572 – King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland (b. 1520)
• 1573 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect (b. 1507)
• 1647 – Thomas Hooker, English-born Connecticut colonist (b. 1586)
• 1663 – Thomas Baltzar, German violinist
• 1701 – William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b. 1631)
• 1713 – Henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford and member of the Privy Council of England (b. 1632)
• 1730 – Olivier Levasseur, French pirate (b. 1688 or 1690)
• 1764 – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician (b. 1683)
• 1737 – Gian Gastone, the last Medicean Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1671)
• 1776 – Jeremiah Markland, English classical scholar (b. 1693)
• 1790 – François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (b. 1721)
• 1816 – Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and politician (b. 1751)
• 1855 – Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787)
• 1865 – Mary Surratt, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the first woman ever executed in the USA (b. 1823)
• 1865 – Lewis Payne, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1844)
• 1865 – David Herold, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1842)
• 1865 – George Atzerodt, German-born conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1833)
• 1878 – Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Russian mathematician (b. 1847)
• 1890 – Henri Nestlé, German confectioner and founder of Nestlé S.A. (b. 1814)
• 1901 – Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)
• 1913 – Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General (b. 1841)
• 1922 – Cathal Brugha, Chief of Staff of Irish Republican Army (b. 1874)
• 1925 – Clarence Hudson White American photographer (b. 1871)
• 1927 – Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician (b. 1846)
• 1930 – Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer (b. 1859)
• 1932 – Alexander Grin, Russian novelist (b. 1880)
• 1932 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American Lutheran theologian (b. 1844)
• 1949 – Bunk Johnson, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1879 or 1889)
• 1954 – Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (b. 1874)
• 1956 – Gottfried Benn, German poet (b. 1886)
• 1964 – Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower (b. 1904)
• 1965 – Moshe Sharett, Ukraine-born 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894)
• 1967 – Vivien Leigh, English actress (b. 1913)
• 1968 – Jo Schlesser, French race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1971 – Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer (b. 1925)
• 1971 – Ub Iwerks, American artist, director, and cartoonist (b. 1901)
• 1972 – Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1886)
• 1972 – King Talal of Jordan (b. 1909)
• 1973 – Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895)
• 1973 – Veronica Lake, American actress (b. 1919)
• 1975 – Ruffian, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1972)
• 1976 – Walter Giesler, American football coach (b. 1910)
• 1980 – Dore Schary, American film producer and writer (b. 1905)
• 1981 – Peace Pilgrim, American pacifist and activist (b. 1908)
• 1984 – Alexander Fu Sheng, Hong Kong actor (b. 1954)
• 1984 – Carl Boenish, American BASE jumping supporter (b. 1941)
• 1990 – Bill Cullen, American game show host (b. 1920)
• 1990 – Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (b. 1958)
• 1993 – Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits) (b. 1965)
• 1994 – Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (b. 1924)
• 1994 – Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German Luftwaffe Officer (b. 1907)
• 1999 – Captain Vikram Batra, Indian Army officer and Param Vir Chakra recipient (b. 1974)
• 2000 – Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969)
• 2001 – Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)
• 2002 – Bison Dele, American basketball player (b. 1969)
• 2003 – Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian-born conductor (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Juan de Ávalos, Spanish sculptor (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Syd Barrett, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pink Floyd) (b. 1946)
• 2006 – John Money, New Zealand-born American sexologist (b. 1921)
• 2008 – Bruce Conner, American sculptor, painter and photographer (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Dorian Leigh, American supermodel (b. 1917)