History Deaths on July 16

Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267)

#Emperor_Go-Uda

Anne Askew, English author and poet (b. 1520)

#Anne_Askew

Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer and actress (b. 1925)

#Celia_Cruz

Jack Goody, English anthropologist, author, and academic (b. 1919)

#Jack_Goody

Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (b. 1818)

#Mary_Todd_Lincoln

Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (b. 1948)

#Winthrop_Paul_Rockefeller

Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)

#Ned_Buntline

Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)

#Vyacheslav_Ivanov_(poet)

Adolf von Thadden, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1921)

#Adolf_von_Thadden

Johann David Heinichen, German composer and theorist (b. 1683)

#Johann_David_Heinichen

Morris, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1923)

#Morris_(cartoonist)

John Pearson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1612)

#John_Pearson_(bishop)

Frank Rizzo, American police officer and politician, 93rd Mayor of Philadelphia (b. 1920)

#Frank_Rizzo

Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (b. 1840)

#Dmitry_Pisarev

Gilbert Esau, American businessman and politician (b. 1919)

#Gilbert_Esau

Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)

#Ellen_G._White

Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)

#Philipp_Scharwenka

François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1641)

#François-Michel_le_Tellier,_Marquis_de_Louvois

Isabella de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1542)

#Isabella_de'_Medici

Ed Lincoln, Brazilian bassist, pianist, and composer (b. 1932)

#Ed_Lincoln

Charles Sweeney, American general and pilot (b. 1919)

#Charles_Sweeney

Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)

#Heinrich_Böll

Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)

#Hilaire_Belloc

Miguel Muñoz, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)

#Miguel_Muñoz

Anne of Cleves (b. 1515)

#Anne_of_Cleves

Julian Schwinger, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)

#Julian_Schwinger

Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)

#Harry_Chapin

George Howard, English field marshal and politician (b. 1718)

#George_Howard_(British_Army_officer)

Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)

#Johnny_Winter

Heinz Zemanek, Austrian computer scientist and academic (b. 1920)

#Heinz_Zemanek

Jo Stafford, American singer (b. 1917)

#Jo_Stafford

Buck Buchanan, American football player and coach (b. 1940)

#Buck_Buchanan

Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)

#Edward_Deas_Thomson

Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)

#Edmond_de_Goncourt

Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgian singer-songwriter and radio host (b. 1920)

#Camillo_Felgen

Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1926)

#Alcides_Ghiggia

Masaniello, Italian rebel (b. 1622)

#Masaniello

Stephen Covey, American businessman and author (b. 1932)

#Stephen_Covey

Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)

#Albert_Kesselring

Charles I of Hungary (b. 1288)

#Charles_I_of_Hungary

Francis Cotes, English painter and academic (b. 1726)

#Francis_Cotes

Giuseppe Crespi, Italian painter (b. 1665)

#Giuseppe_Crespi

Alex Colville, Canadian painter and academic (b. 1920)

#Alex_Colville

Pope Innocent III (b. 1160)

#Pope_Innocent_III

Irmgard, Frankish abbess

#Irmgard_of_Chiemsee

Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (b. 1616)

#Andreas_Gryphius

John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer and publisher (b. 1960)

#John_F._Kennedy_Jr.

Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (b. 1920)

#Pietro_Consagra

Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (b. 1764)

#Sarah_Allen_(missionary)

Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Ministers of Turkey (b. 1881)

#Rauf_Orbay

Wayne King, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1901)

#Wayne_King

Lindsay Thompson, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Victoria (b. 1923)

#Lindsay_Thompson

Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1919)

#Kitty_Wells

Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1908)

#Herbert_von_Karajan

George Busbee, American lawyer and politician, 77th Governor of Georgia (b. 1927)

#George_Busbee

Fulrad, Frankish diplomat and saint (b. 710)

#Fulrad

Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Russian general (b. 1763)

#Louis_Alexandre_Andrault_de_Langeron

George Romero, American filmmaker (b. 1940)

Evelyn Ebsworth, English chemist and academic (b. 1933)

Denis Avey, English soldier, engineer, and author (b. 1919)

Mary Ellen Otremba, American educator and politician (b. 1950)

Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi (b. 1920)

Marv Rotblatt, American baseball player (1927)

Masaharu Matsushita, Japanese businessman (b. 1913)

William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

Forrest Blue, American football player (b. 1944)

Caterina Bueno, Italian singer and historian (b. 1943)

Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (b. 1935)

#Carol_Shields

John Cocke, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1925)

Alan Macnaughton, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (b. 1903)

John Henrik Clarke, American historian and scholar (b. 1915)

Stephen Spender, English author and poet (b. 1909)

May Sarton, American playwright and novelist (b. 1912)

Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic (b. 1915)

Meindert DeJong, Dutch-American soldier and author (b. 1906)

Robert Blackburn, Irish educator (b. 1927)

Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (b. 1894)

James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)

Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)

John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)

Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)

Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)

Joao da Nova, Portuguese explorer (b. 1460)

An-Nasir Ahmad, Sultan of Egypt (b. 1316)

William de Brus, 3rd Lord of Annandale