October 3 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1226 – Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181)
• 1283 – David ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince of Gwynedd (b. 1238)
• 1369 – Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
• 1568 – Elizabeth of Valois, wife of Philip II of Spain (b. 1545)
• 1596 – Florent Chrestien, French writer (b. 1541)
• 1611 – Charles of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne, French military leader (b. 1554)
• 1629 – Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian military leader (b. 1570)
• 1649 – Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1576)
• 1653 – Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (b. 1612)
• 1656 – Myles Standish, English-born soldier
• 1690 – Robert Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1648)
• 1701 – Joseph Williamson, English politician (b. 1633)
• 1801 – Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, Marshal of France (b. 1724)
• 1833 – François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general (b. 1754)
• 1838 – Black Hawk, Sauk-American tribal leader (b. 1767)
• 1867 – Elias Howe, American inventor (b. 1819)
• 1873 – Captain Jack, Modoc tribal leader
• 1877 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American religious leader (b. 1814)
• 1881 – Orson Pratt, American religious leader (b. 1811)
• 1890 – Joseph Hergenröther, German historian (b. 1824)
• 1891 – Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (b. 1842)
• 1896 – William Morris, English writer & poet (b. 1834)
• 1929 – Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1929 – Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor of Germany, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1878)
• 1931 – Carl Nielsen, Danish composer (b. 1865)
• 1936 – John Heisman, American football coach (b. 1869)
• 1953 – Arnold Bax, English composer (b. 1883)
• 1959 – Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27^th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
• 1965 – Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1967 – Woody Guthrie, American musician (b. 1912)
• 1967 – Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (b. 1895)
• 1969 – Skip James, American blues musician (b. 1902)
• 1986 – Vince DiMaggio, American baseball player (b. 1912)
• 1987 – Jean Anouilh, French writer (b. 1910)
• 1987 – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (b. 1947)
• 1988 – Franz Josef Strauß, Bavarian politician (b. 1915)
• 1990 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian businessman and husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (b. 1960)
• 1993 – Randy Shughart, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958)
• 1993 – Gary Gordon, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)
• 1998 – Roddy McDowall, English actor (b. 1928)
• 1999 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (b. 1947)
• 2000 – John Grant, British politician (b. 1932)
• 2001 – Costas Hajihristos, Greek actor (b. 1921)
• 2002 – Bruce Paltrow, American television and film producer (b. 1943)
• 2002 – Robert Krausz, American stock market advisor and investor (b. 1936)
• 2003 – Florence Stanley, American actress (b. 1924)
• 2003 – William Steig, American cartoonist and children's author (b. 1907)
• 2004 – John Cerutti, baseball player and announcer (b. 1960)
• 2004 – Janet Leigh, American actress (b. 1927)
• 2005 – Ronnie Barker, English comic actor (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (b. 1937)
• 2006 – John Crank, British mathematician (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Peter Norman, Australian track star (b. 1942)
• 2007 – M. N. Vijayan, Indian writer, orator, and academic (b. 1930)
• 2008 – Karam ud Din, Pakistani Navy officer (b. 1941)
• 2008 – Johnny J, American record producer and songwriter (b. 1969)
• 2009 – Queen Fatima of Lybia (b. 1918)
• 2010 – Ben Mondor, Canadian-born American baseball executive (b. 1925)