October 9 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1047 – Pope Clement II (b. 1005)
• 1253 – Robert Grosseteste, English statesman and bishop
• 1273 – Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany
• 1390 – King John I of Castile (b. 1358)
• 1555 – Justus Jonas, German Protestant reformer (b. 1493)
• 1562 – Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and early advocate for the use of condoms. (b. 1523)
• 1569 – Vladimir of Staritsa, Russian prince (b. 1533)
• 1581 – Saint Louis Bertrand, Spanish Dominican and missionary (b. 1526)
• 1597 – Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (b. 1537)
• 1691 – William Sacheverell, English statesman (b. 1638)
• 1709 – Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1640)
• 1729 – Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (b. 1654)
• 1793 – Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary (b. 1718)
• 1797 – Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (b. 1720)
• 1806 – Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer (b. 1731)
• 1808 – John Claiborne, U.S. politician (b. 1777)
• 1831 – John Capodistria, Governor of Greece (b. 1776)
• 1873 – George Ormerod, English historian and antiquarian (b. 1785)
• 1897 – Jan Heemskerk, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
• 1900 – Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
• 1924 – Valery Bryusov, Russian writer and critic (b. 1873)
• 1934 – King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (assassinated) (b. 1888)
• 1934 – Louis Barthou, Prime Minister of France (assassinated) (b. 1862)
• 1937 – Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1868)
• 1940 – Wilfred Grenfell, English medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1865).
• 1941 – Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
• 1943 – Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1950 – George Hainsworth, National Hockey League goaltender (b. 1895)
• 1953 – Jimmy Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1955 – Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (b. 1875)
• 1956 – Marie Doro, American actress (b. 1882)
• 1958 – Pope Pius XII Eugenio Pacelli, (b. 1876)
• 1962 – Milan Vidmar, Slovenian electrical engineer and chess player (b. 1885)
• 1967 – Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, Argentine revolutionary and guerrilla leader (executed) (b. 1928)
• 1967 – Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1967 – André Maurois, French author (b. 1885)
• 1968 – Pierre Mulele, Congolese revolutionary (b. 1929)
• 1972 – Miriam Hopkins, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1974 – Oskar Schindler, Sudetgerman businessman (b. 1908)
• 1976 – Walter Warlimont, German General WWII (b. 1894)
• 1978 – Jacques Brel, Belgian singer and actor (b. 1929)
• 1985 – Emílio Garrastazu Médici, president of Brazil (b. 1905)
• 1987 – Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (b. 1908)
• 1987 – Clare Boothe Luce, American diplomat (b. 1903)
• 1987 – William Parry Murphy, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1892)
• 1987 – Konstantinos Tsatsos, President of Greece (b. 1899)
• 1988 – Felix Wankel German inventor of the Wankel engine (b. 1902)
• 1989 – Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (b. 1940)
• 1995 – Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1903)
• 1996 – Walter Kerr, American theater critic (b. 1913)
• 1999 – Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist (b. 1923)
• 1999 – Akhtar Hameed Khan, pioneer of Microcredit in developing countries (b. 1914)
• 2000 – David Dukes, American actor (b. 1945)
• 2000 – Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1918)
• 2001 – Dagmar, American television personality (b. 1921)
• 2001 – Herbert Ross, American film director and producer (b. 1927)
• 2002 – Sopubek Begaliev, Soviet-era economist and politician (b. 1931)
• 2002 – Charles Guggenheim, American film director/producer (b. 1924)
• 2002 – Aileen Wournos, American serial killer sentenced to death (b. 1956)
• 2005 – Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Stella Stratigou, Greek actress (b. 1931)
• 2006 – Paul Hunter, English professional snooker player (b. 1978)
• 2006 – Raymond Noorda, American co-founder and long time CEO of Novell (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Enrico Banducci, American nightclub owner (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Gidget Gein, American musician (b. 1969)