October 16 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1355 – Louis, King of Sicily, felled by the Black Death (b. 1337)
• 1553 – Lucas Cranach the Elder, German painter (b. 1472)
• 1555 – Hugh Latimer, English Protestant (martyred)
• 1555 – Nicholas Ridley, English Protestant (martyred)
• 1591 – Pope Gregory XIV (b. 1535)
• 1594 – William Allen, English Catholic cardinal (b. 1532)
• 1621 – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer (b. 1562)
• 1628 – François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)
• 1649 – Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter (b. 1621)
• 1655 – Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (b. 1591)
• 1680 – Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian general
• 1750 – Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German composer and lutenist (b. 1687)
• 1755 – Saint Gerard Majella, Catholic saint (b. 1725)
• 1774 – Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (b. 1750)
• 1781 – Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English naval officer (b. 1705)
• 1791 – Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin, Russian general and statesman (b. 1739)
• 1793 – Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (executed) (b. 1755)
• 1793 – John Hunter, eminent doctor and philosopher (b. 1728)
• 1796 – Victor Amadeus III of Savoy (b. 1726)
• 1810 – Nachman of Breslov, founder of Breslov Hasidut (b. 1772)
• 1822 – Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian ballet dancer (b. 1724)
• 1865 – Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet, lawmaker, philosopher, and sociologist (b. 1781)
• 1877 – Theodore Barrière, French dramatist (b. 1823)
• 1888 – John Wentworth, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1893 – Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (b. 1808)
• 1908 – Joseph Leycester Lyne (Father Ignatius), a restorer of monastic life in the Church of England (b. 1837)
• 1909 – Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Sorbian writer (b. 1856)
• 1937 – Jean de Brunhoff, French writer (b. 1899)
• 1946 – Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
  • Hans Frank, German war criminal (b. 1900)
  • Wilhelm Frick, German war criminal (b. 1877)
  • Alfred Jodl, German military officer (b. 1890)
  • Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian SS officer (b. 1903)
  • Wilhelm Keitel, German military officer (b. 1882)
  • Joachim von Ribbentrop, German politician (b. 1893)
  • Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi ideologist (b. 1893)
  • Fritz Sauckel, German war criminal (b. 1894)
  • Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian Nazi leader (b. 1892)
  • Julius Streicher, German propagandist (b. 1887)
• 1951 – Liaqat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan (b 1895)
• 1952 – Syed Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian/Pakistani Muslim leader and poet (b. 1876)
• 1956 – Jules Rimet, president of FIFA (b. 1873)
• 1959 – Minor Hall, American jazz musician (b. 1897)
• 1959 – George Marshall, United States Secretary of State, Nobel laureate (b. 1880)
• 1962 – Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (b. 1884)
• 1964 – Patsy Callighen, Canadian Hockey Player (b. 1906)
• 1966 – George O'Hara, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1968 – Ellis Kinder, baseball player (b. 1914)
• 1971 – Robin Boyd, Australian architect (b.1919)
• 1972 – Hale Boggs, U.S. Congressman from Louisiana (b. 1914)
• 1972 – Nick Begich, U.S. Congressman from Alaska (b. 1932)
• 1972 – Leo G. Carroll, English actor (b. 1886)
• 1973 – Gene Krupa, American jazz drummer (b. 1909)
• 1974 – Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Carnatic musician (b. 1895)
• 1978 – Dan Dailey, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1979 – Johan Borgen, Norwegian author (b. 1903)
• 1981 – Moshe Dayan, Israeli general (b. 1915)
• 1982 – Mario del Monaco, Italian tenor (b. 1915)
• 1983 – Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer (b. 1895)
• 1983 – Kelso, American racehorse (b. 1957)
• 1986 – Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist (b. 1921)
• 1989 – Cornel Wilde, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1990 – Jorge Bolet, Cuban-American classical pianist (b. 1914)
• 1990 – Art Blakey, American jazz drummer (b. 1919)
• 1992 – Shirley Booth, American actress (b. 1898)
• 1994 – Raúl Juliá, Puerto Rican actor (b. 1940)
• 1996 – Eric Malpass, English novelist (b. 1910)
• 1996 – Jason Bernard, American actor (b. 1938)
• 1997 – James Michener, American writer (b. 1907)
• 1997 – Audra Lindley, American actress (b. 1918)
• 1998 – Jon Postel, American Internet pioneer (b. 1943)
• 1999 – Jean Shepherd, American writer and actor (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Mel Carnahan, American politician (b. 1934)
• 2002 – Dawson family, American murder victims
• 2003 – Avni Arbas, Turkish artist (b. 1919)
• 2003 – Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1915)
• 2003 – László Papp, Hungarian boxer (b. 1926)
• 2004 – Pierre Salinger, John F. Kennedy's White House Press Secretary (b. 1925)
• 2005 – "Len" Dresslar, American singer and voice actor (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Eugene "Porky" Lee, American child actor (b. 1933)
• 2005 – David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (b. 1971)
• 2005 – Ursula Howells, English actress (b. 1922)
• 2006 – Valentín Paniagua Corazao, Ex President of Peru (b. 1936)
• 2006 – John Murra, Ukrainian-American anthropologist (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Ross Davidson, Scottish actor (b. 1949)
• 2006 – Tommy Johnson, American tubist (b. 1935)
• 2006 – Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Toše Proeski, Macedonian music star and humanitarian (b. 1981)
• 2007 – Barbara West, second-to-last living Titanic survivor (b. 1911)
• 2010 – Barbara Billingsley, American actress (b. 1915)
• 2010 – Eyedea, American rapper (Eyedea & Abilities) (b. 1981)