History Deaths on April 09

Hans Oster, German general (b. 1887)

#Hans_Oster

David Hayes, American sculptor and painter (b. 1931)

#David_Hayes_(sculptor)

Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach (b. 1877)

#Eddie_Cochems

Norman Girvan, Jamaican economist, academic, and politician (b. 1941)

#Norman_Girvan

Leopold Vietoris, Austrian soldier, mathematician, and academic (b. 1891)

#Leopold_Vietoris

Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)

#Yevgeniya_Rudneva

Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)

#Zip_the_Pinhead

Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)

#Ferdinand_Tönnies

Will Smith, American football player (b. 1981)

#Will_Smith_(defensive_end)

Malcolm Thomas, Welsh rugby player and cricketer (b. 1929)

#Malcolm_Thomas_(rugby_union)

James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)

#James_Hope_Moulton

Yuan An, Chinese scholar and politician

#Yuan_An

Sidney Lumet, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)

#Sidney_Lumet

Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Colombian Minister of National Education (b. 1903)

#Jorge_Eliécer_Gaitán

Nina Companeez, French director and screenwriter (b. 1937)

#Nina_Companeez

Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)

#Hans_Fruhstorfer

Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (b. 1865)

#Mrs_Patrick_Campbell

Aelay Narendra, Indian politician (b. 1946)

#Aelay_Narendra

Mikael Agricola, Finnish priest and scholar (b. 1510)

#Mikael_Agricola

C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and television host (b. 1891)

#C._E._M._Joad

François Rabelais, French monk and scholar (b. 1494)

#François_Rabelais

Brook Benton, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1931)

#Brook_Benton

Alexander Dalgarno, English physicist and academic (b. 1928)

#Alexander_Dalgarno

Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish director and screenwriter (b. 1924)

#Vilgot_Sjöman

Dave Prater, American singer (b. 1937)

#Dave_Prater

Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French author (b. 1618)

#Roger_de_Rabutin,_Comte_de_Bussy

William V, stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (b. 1748)

#William_V,_Prince_of_Orange

Wilfrid Pelletier, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1896)

#Wilfrid_Pelletier

Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer and academic (b. 1907)

#Dorrit_Hoffleit

Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, manager (b. 1916)

#Billy_Hitchcock

Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)

#Erastus_Corning

Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)

#Helena_Modjeska

Eddie Edwards, American trombonist (b. 1891)

#Eddie_Edwards_(musician)

Zog I of Albania (b. 1895)

#Zog_I_of_Albania

Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)

#Hans_Reichenbach

Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, Scottish nobleman (ca. 1296)

#Walter_Stewart,_6th_High_Steward_of_Scotland

Charles Goodyear, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1804)

#Charles_Goodyear_(politician)

Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (b. 1867)

#Frank_Lloyd_Wright

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)

#Dante_Gabriel_Rossetti

Henry II, High Duke of Poland (b. 1196)

#Henry_II_the_Pious

Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (b. 1786)

#Michel_Eugène_Chevreul

Ivan Doig, American journalist and author (b. 1939)

#Ivan_Doig

Francis Bacon, English jurist and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1561)

#Francis_Bacon

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Iraqi cleric and philosopher (b. 1935)

#Muhammad_Baqir_al-Sadr

Alqas Mirza, Safavid prince (b. 1516)

#Alqas_Mirza

Edward of Middleheim, prince of Wales (b. 1473)

#Edward_of_Middleham,_Prince_of_Wales

Paolo Soleri, Italian-American architect, designed the Cosanti (b. 1919)

#Paolo_Soleri

Edward IV, king of England (b. 1442)

#Edward_IV_of_England

Paul Almond, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1931)

#Paul_Almond

Christian Wolff, German philosopher and academic (b. 1679)

#Christian_Wolff_(philosopher)

Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1667)

#Simon_Fraser,_11th_Lord_Lovat

Jimmu, emperor of Japan (b. 711 BC)

#Emperor_Jimmu

Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (b. 1862)

#Vilhelm_Bjerknes

Willie Stargell, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)

#Willie_Stargell

Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator (b. 1896)

#Gustaf_Tenggren

Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (b. 1887)

#Wilhelm_Canaris

A. N. R. Robinson, Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1926)

#A._N._R._Robinson

Xul Solar, Argentinian painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

#Xul_Solar

Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (b. 1732)

#Jacques_Necker

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (b. 1906)

#Dietrich_Bonhoeffer

Zeno, emperor of the Byzantine Empire (b. 425)

#Zeno_(emperor)

Forrest Towns, American hurdler and coach (b. 1914)

#Forrest_Towns

Matei Basarab, Romanian prince (b. 1588)

#Matei_Basarab

John Clarke, New Zealand-Australian comedian, writer, and satirist (b. 1948)

Duane Clarridge, American spy (b. 1932)

Tsien Tsuen-hsuin, Chinese-American academic (b. 1909)

Margaret Rule, British marine archaeologist (b. 1928)

Svetlana Velmar-Jankovi?, Serbian author (b. 1933)

Rory Ellinger, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941)

Chris Banks, American football player (b. 1973)

Gil Askey, American trumpet player, composer, and producer (b. 1925)

McCandlish Phillips, American journalist and author (b. 1927)

Mordechai Mishani, Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1945)

Greg McCrary, American football player (b. 1952)

Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri, Bahraini journalist (b. 1971)

Zoltán Varga, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1945)

Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (b. 1986)

Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and poet (b. 1930)

Jerry Bittle, American cartoonist (b. 1949)

Pat Flaherty, American race car driver (b. 1926)

Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, Nigerien general and politician, President of Niger (b. 1949)

Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (b. 1953)

Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter (b. 1916)

Mae Boren Axton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1914)

Richard Condon, American author and publicist (b. 1915)

Joseph B. Soloveitchik, American rabbi and philosopher (b. 1903)

Hans Berndt, German footballer (b. 1913)

Clough Williams-Ellis, English-Welsh architect, designed Portmeirion (b. 1883)

Renato Petronio, Italian rower (b. 1891)

Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)

Dagmar Nordstrom, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1903)

George Carpenter, Australian 5th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1872)

Hans von Dohnányi, Austrian-German lawyer and jurist (b. 1902)

Karl Sack, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1896)

Johann Georg Elser, German carpenter (b. 1903)

Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)

Sarah Fielding, English author (b. 1710)

William Law, English priest and theologian (b. 1686)

Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (b. 1261)

William X, duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)

Benedict VIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 980)

Constantine, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 664)

Maslama ibn Mukhallad al-Ansari, Egyptian politician, Governor of Egypt (b. 616)

Tan Daoji, Chinese general and politician