History Deaths on April 21

Thomas Tickell, English poet and author (b. 1685)

#Thomas_Tickell

Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1495)

#Petrus_Apianus

Maria of Montpellier, Lady of Montpellier, Queen of Aragon (b. 1182)

#Maria_of_Montpellier

Henry VII of England (b. 1457)

#Henry_VII_of_England

Bajkam, de facto regent of the Abbasid Caliphate

#Bajkam

Charles Colson, American lawyer and activist, founded Prison Fellowship (b. 1931)

#Charles_Colson

Arthur Fadden, Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)

#Arthur_Fadden

Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)

#Eleonora_Duse

Sen no Riky?, Japanese exponent of the tea ceremony (b. 1522)

#Sen_no_Riky?

Albert Falco, French captain and diver (b. 1927)

#Albert_Falco

Steve Byrnes, American sportscaster and producer (b. 1959)

#Steve_Byrnes

François Duvalier, Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (b. 1907)

#François_Duvalier

Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (b. 1887)

#Aldo_Leopold

Janet Gray Hayes, American politician, 60th Mayor of San Jose (b. 1926)

#Janet_Gray_Hayes

Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (b. 1930)

#Win_Tin

Antoine Hamilton, Irish-French soldier and author (b. 1646)

#Antoine_Hamilton

Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)

#Robert_Bridges

Thomas Wyatt Turner, American biologist and academic (b. 1877)

#Thomas_Wyatt_Turner

Leslie Banks, American actor, director and producer (b. 1890)

#Leslie_Banks

Herb Gray, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1931)

#Herb_Gray

Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)

#Ivan_Nabokov

Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931)

#Telê_Santana

Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)

#Manfred_von_Richthofen

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Indian politician, Governor of Assam (b. 1927)

#Janaki_Ballabh_Patnaik

Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1519)

#Cosimo_I_de'_Medici,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany

Odgar, Frankish archbishop of Mainz

#Odgar

Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)

#Edward_Victor_Appleton

Anselm of Canterbury, Italian-English archbishop and saint (b. 1033)

#Anselm_of_Canterbury

Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (b. 1835)

#Mark_Twain

Gustav Lorentzen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)

#Gustav_Lorentzen

Peter Abelard, French philosopher and theologian (b. 1079)

#Peter_Abelard

Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters, Canadian general (b. 1920)

#Sydney_Valpy_Radley-Walters

Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)

#Muhammad_Iqbal

Prince, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (b. 1958)

#Prince_(musician)

Verne Troyer, American actor (b. 1969)

#Verne_Troyer

Chic Harley, American football player (b. 1894)

#Chic_Harley

Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)

#Frederick_IV,_Duke_of_Lorraine

Gustav Bergmann, Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1906)

#Gustav_Bergmann

Joseph Winston, American soldier and politician (b. 1746)

#Joseph_Winston

Jan Boeckhorst, Flemish painter (b. c. 1604)

#Jan_Boeckhorst

Jean-François Lyotard, French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1924)

#Jean-François_Lyotard

Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1765)

#Johann_Friedrich_Pfaff

George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (b. 1936)

#George_H._Heilmeier

Liuvigild, king of the Visigoths

#Liuvigild

Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechen general and politician, 1st President of Ichkeria (b. 1944)

#Dzhokhar_Dudayev

Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)

#Walter_Model

Tancredo Neves, Brazilian banker and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (b. 1910)

#Tancredo_Neves

Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1640)

#Philippe_de_La_Hire

Walter Slezak, Austrian-American actor and singer (b. 1902)

#Walter_Slezak

Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, seventh President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1920)

#Juan_Antonio_Samaranch

Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and activist (b. 1933)

#Nina_Simone

Johnny Checketts, New Zealand commander and pilot (b. 1912)

#Johnny_Checketts

Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (b. 1819)

#Vikramatji_Khimojiraj

T. K. Ramakrishnan, Indian politician (b. 1922)

#T._K._Ramakrishnan

Marcel Janco, Romanian-Israeli artist (b. 1895)

#Marcel_Janco

Prince Eugene of Savoy (b. 1663)

#Prince_Eugene_of_Savoy

Gordon D. Gayle, American general and historian (b. 1917)

#Gordon_D._Gayle

Polly Higgins, Scottish barrister, author and environmental lobbyist, (b. 1968)

#Polly_Higgins

Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer (b. 1972)

#Ugo_Ehiogu

John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)

#John_Maynard_Keynes

Jerry Toppazzini, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)

#Jerry_Toppazzini

Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (b. 1929)

#Shakuntala_Devi

Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1959)

#Chrissy_Amphlett

Erté, Russian-French illustrator (b. 1892)

#Erté

Sohrab Sepehri, Iranian poet and painter (b. 1928)

#Sohrab_Sepehri

Salah Jahin, Egyptian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1930)

#Salah_Jahin

Emperor Xian of Han, Chinese emperor (b. 181)

#Emperor_Xian_of_Han

Jean Racine, French playwright and poet (b. 1639)

#Jean_Racine

Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)

#Friedrich_Gustav_Piffl

Catharina Halkes, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1920)

#Catharina_Halkes

Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (b. 1897)

#Emil_Leon_Post

Nabi Tajima, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest Japanese and Asian person ever, last verified person born in the 19th century (b. 1900)

Betsy von Furstenberg, German-American actress (b. 1931)

John Moshoeu, South African footballer and manager (b. 1965)

M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic (b. 1912)

Leopold Engleitner, Austrian Holocaust survivor, author, and educator (b. 1905)

Charles Higham, English-American author and poet (b. 1931)

Doris Betts, American author and academic (b. 1932)

Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan-English engineer and civil servant (b. 1930)

Vivian Maier, American photographer (b. 1926)

Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1941)

Gerry Marshall, English race car driver and journalist (b. 1941)

Mary McGrory, American journalist (b. 1918)

Buddy Rogers, American actor (b. 1904)

Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (b. 1919)

Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1925)

Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-born American engineer and racing driver (b. 1909)

Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor (b. 1909)

James Kirkwood, Jr., American actor, playwright, and author (b. 1924)

Marjorie Eaton, American painter and actress (b. 1901)

Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the monokini (b. 1922)

Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian engineer and mountaineer (b. 1943)

Alexander Oparin, Russian biochemist and academic (b. 1894)

Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter (b.1947)

Gummo Marx, American vaudevillian and talent agent (b. 1893)

Kemal Tahir, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1910)

Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1895)

Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)

Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (b. 1782)

Francesco Zerafa, Maltese architect (b. 1679)

Robert Beverley, Jr., English historian and author (b. 1673)

Yagy? J?bei Mitsuyoshi, Japanese samurai (b. 1607)

John Wittlebury, English politician (b. 1333)

Stephen, Count of Tréguier Breton noblemen (b. c. 1058/62)

Pope Alexander II

Bardas, de facto regent of the Byzantine Empire