June 24 - Deaths

Deaths

• 238 – Maximinus Thrax, Roman Emperor (b. 173)
• 803 – Higbald, Bishop of Lindisfarne (birth year unknown)
• 1398 – Hongwu Emperor, founder of the Ming Dynasty of China (b. 1328)
• 1439 – Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)
• 1519 – Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara (b. 1480)
• 1520 – Hosokawa Sumimoto, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1489)
• 1604 – Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1550)
• 1637 – Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (b. 1580)
• 1643 – John Hampden, English politician (b. 1595)
• 1766 – Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (b. 1678)
• 1778 – Pieter Burmann the Younger, Dutch philologist (b. 1714)
• 1803 – Matthew Thornton, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1714)
• 1817 – Thomas McKean, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1734)
• 1835 – Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1769)
• 1894 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, French statesman (b. 1837)
• 1908 – Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
• 1909 – Sarah Orne Jewett, American writer (b. 1849)
• 1922 – Walther Rathenau, German Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
• 1931 – Xiang Zhongfa, Head of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1880)
• 1935 – Carlos Gardel, Argentine tango singer (b. 1890)
• 1946 – Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1947 – Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (b. 1864)
• 1968 – Tony Hancock, British comedian (b. 1924)
• 1976 – Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (b. 1883)
• 1977 – André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (b. 1943)
• 1978 – Robert Charroux, French writer (b. 1909)
• 1984 – Clarence Campbell, Canadian president of the National Hockey League (b. 1905)
• 1987 – Jackie Gleason, American actor and musician (b. 1916)
• 1991 – Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-born novelist (b. 1917)
• 1991 – Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter (b. 1899)
• 1997 – Don Hutson, American football player (b. 1913)
• 1997 – Brian Keith, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Vera Atkins, Romanian-born intelligence officer (b. 1908)
• 2000 – David Tomlinson, English actor (b. 1917)
• 2002 – Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1913)
• 2003 – Vladimir Garin, Russian actor (b. 1987)
• 2004 – Ifigeneia Giannopoulou, Greek songwriter (b. 1957)
• 2004 – Bob Bemer, American computer scientist (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Yedidia Shofet, former chief rabbi of Iran (b. 1908)
• 2005 – Paul Winchell, American voice actor and ventriloquist (b. 1922)
• 2006 – Patsy Ramsey, mother of JonBenét Ramsey (b. 1956)
• 2007 – Byron Baer, American politician (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Chris Benoit, Canadian wrestler (b. 1967)
• 2007 – Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1938)
• 2007 – Natasja Saad, Danish reggae and dance hall artist (b. 1974)
• 2008 – Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician (b. 1919)
• 2008 – Ira Tucker, American gospel singer (The Dixie Hummingbirds) (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Ed Thomas, American High School football coach (b. 1951)
• 2009 – Roméo LeBlanc, 25th Governor General of Canada (b. 1927)