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History Deaths on April 14


Al Christie
Al Christie, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)

#Al_Christie

Mstislav I of Kiev
Mstislav I of Kiev (b. 1076)

#Mstislav_I_of_Kiev

L. L. Zamenhof
L. L. Zamenhof, Polish physician and linguist, created Esperanto (b. 1859)

#L._L._Zamenhof

Tommy Holmes
Tommy Holmes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)

#Tommy_Holmes

Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland
Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (b. 1548)

#Edward_Manners,_3rd_Earl_of_Rutland

Burl Ives
Burl Ives, American actor, folk singer, and writer (b. 1909)

#Burl_Ives

Auguste-Réal Angers
Auguste-Réal Angers, Canadian judge and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1837)

#Auguste-Réal_Angers

Richard de Bury
Richard de Bury, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of The United Kingdom (b. 1287)

#Richard_de_Bury

Emmy Noether
Emmy Noether, German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1882)

#Emmy_Noether

Michel Chamillart
Michel Chamillart, French politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1652)

#Michel_Chamillart

Colin Davis
Colin Davis, English conductor and educator (b. 1927)

#Colin_Davis

John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent, American painter (b. 1856)

#John_Singer_Sargent

Jonathan Frid
Jonathan Frid, Canadian actor (b. 1924)

#Jonathan_Frid

Lidwina
Lidwina, Dutch saint (b. 1380)

#Lidwina

Roberto Tucci
Roberto Tucci, Italian cardinal and theologian (b. 1921)

#Roberto_Tucci

Klaus Bednarz
Klaus Bednarz, German journalist and author (b. 1942)

#Klaus_Bednarz

George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer (b. 1685)

#George_Frideric_Handel

Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English commander and politician (b. 1428)

#Richard_Neville,_16th_Earl_of_Warwick

Gillis Grafström
Gillis Grafström, Swedish figure skater and architect (b. 1893)

#Gillis_Grafström

Bibi Andersson
Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress (b.1935)

#Bibi_Andersson

Vladimir Mayakovsky
Vladimir Mayakovsky, Georgian-Russian actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1893)

#Vladimir_Mayakovsky

Hubert Bland
Hubert Bland, English activist, co-founded the Fabian Society (b. 1855)

#Hubert_Bland

Gasparo da Salò
Gasparo da Salò, Italian violin maker (b. 1540)

#Gasparo_da_Salò

Percy Sledge
Percy Sledge, American singer (b. 1940)

#Percy_Sledge

Fredric March
Fredric March, American actor (b. 1897)

#Fredric_March

Émile Bouchard
Émile Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1919)

#Émile_Bouchard

Armando Villanueva
Armando Villanueva, Peruvian politician, 121st Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1915)

#Armando_Villanueva

Mikhail Vrubel
Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1856)

#Mikhail_Vrubel

Joe Gordon
Joe Gordon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1915)

#Joe_Gordon

Richard Armstedt
Richard Armstedt, German philologist, historian, and educator (b. 1851)

#Richard_Armstedt

William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele
William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English politician (b. 1582)

#William_Fiennes,_1st_Viscount_Saye_and_Sele

Ramana Maharshi
Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1879)

#Ramana_Maharshi

Ellen Corby
Ellen Corby, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1911)

#Ellen_Corby

Joseph Lanner
Joseph Lanner, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1801)

#Joseph_Lanner

Boles?aw the Pious
Boles?aw the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland (b. 1224)

#Boles?aw_the_Pious

Mick Staton
Mick Staton, American soldier and politician (b. 1940)

#Mick_Staton

Rahul Sankrityayan
Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian monk and historian (b. 1893)

#Rahul_Sankrityayan

Girolamo Riario
Girolamo Riario, Lord of Imola and Forli (b. 1443)

#Girolamo_Riario

Maximilian Hell
Maximilian Hell, Slovak-Hungarian astronomer and priest (b. 1720)

#Maximilian_Hell

William Whitehead (poet)
William Whitehead, English poet and playwright (b. 1715)

#William_Whitehead_(poet)

Micheline Charest
Micheline Charest, English-Canadian television producer, co-founded the Cookie Jar Group (b. 1953)

#Micheline_Charest

Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir, French novelist and philosopher (b. 1908)

#Simone_de_Beauvoir

Yakov Dzhugashvili
Yakov Dzhugashvili, Georgian-Russian lieutenant (b. 1907)

#Yakov_Dzhugashvili

Wilf Mannion
Wilf Mannion, English footballer (b. 1918)

#Wilf_Mannion

Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson, American biologist and author (b. 1907)

#Rachel_Carson

Peter Steele
Peter Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1962)

#Peter_Steele

Henri Brisson
Henri Brisson, French politician, 50th Prime Minister of France (b. 1835)

#Henri_Brisson

Pete Farndon
Pete Farndon, English bassist (The Pretenders) (b. 1952)

#Pete_Farndon

Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician)
Charlie Wilson, American politician (b. 1943)

#Charlie_Wilson_(Ohio_politician)

August R. Lindt
August R. Lindt, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1905)

#August_R._Lindt

Maurice Druon
Maurice Druon, French author (b. 1918)

#Maurice_Druon

Henri Elzéar Taschereau
Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1836)

#Henri_Elzéar_Taschereau

Avvakum
Avvakum, Russian priest and saint (b. 1620)

#Avvakum

James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, English husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (b. 1534)

#James_Hepburn,_4th_Earl_of_Bothwell

Emil Czyrnia?ski
Emil Czyrnia?ski, Polish chemist (b. 1824)

#Emil_Czyrnia?ski

Tatyana Afanasyeva
Tatyana Afanasyeva, Russian-Dutch mathematician and theorist (b. 1876)

#Tatyana_Afanasyeva

Ollie Johnston
Ollie Johnston, American animator and voice actor (b. 1912)

#Ollie_Johnston

Addie Joss
Addie Joss, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1880)

#Addie_Joss

F. R. Leavis
F. R. Leavis, English educator and critic (b. 1895)

#F._R._Leavis

M. Visvesvaraya
M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer and scholar (b. 1860)

#M._Visvesvaraya

Gerard, Duke of Lorraine
Gerard, Duke of Lorraine (b. c. 1030)

#Gerard,_Duke_of_Lorraine

R. P. Goenka
R. P. Goenka, Indian businessman, founded RPG Group (b. 1930)

#R._P._Goenka

Gianni Rodari
Gianni Rodari, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)

#Gianni_Rodari

Nina Cassian
Nina Cassian, Romanian poet and critic (b. 1924)

#Nina_Cassian

Piermario Morosini
Piermario Morosini, Italian footballer (b. 1986)

#Piermario_Morosini

Efi Arazi
Efi Arazi, Israeli businessman, founded the Scailex Corporation (b. 1937)

#Efi_Arazi

Louis of Nassau
Louis of Nassau (b. 1538)

#Louis_of_Nassau

Mark Reeds, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1960)
Wally Olins, English businessman and academic (b. 1930)
Crad Kilodney, American-Canadian author (b. 1948)
George Jackson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
Jean Gratton, Canadian Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1924)
Alice Miller, Polish-French psychologist and author (b. 1923)
Israr Ahmed, Pakistani theologian and scholar (b. 1932)
René Rémond, French historian and economist (b. 1918)
Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player (b. 1930)
June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1924)
Mahmut Bakalli, Kosovo politician (b. 1936)
Jyrki Otila, Finnish politician (b. 1941)
Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (b. 1939)
Phil Katz, American computer programmer, co-created the zip file format (b. 1962)
Bill Wendell, American television announcer (b. 1924)
Anthony Newley, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1931)
Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani chemist and scholar (b. 1897)
Olabisi Onabanjo, Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ogun State (b. 1927)
Thurston Harris, American singer (b. 1931)
José Revueltas, Mexican author and activist (b. 1914)
Günter Dyhrenfurth, German-Swiss mountaineer, geologist, and explorer (b. 1886)
Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, Spanish actress (b. 1900)
Al Benton, American baseball player (b. 1911)
Charles Lot Church, American-Canadian politician (b. 1777)
Henry Wallop, English politician (b. 1540)
Thomas de Spens, Scottish statesman and prelate (b. c. 1415)
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (b. 1431)
Lucia Visconti, English countess (b. 1372)
Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere, English soldier and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1275)
Conrad, Bishop of Utrecht (b. before 1040)
Pope Sergius III, pope of the Roman Catholic Church