History Deaths on July 21

Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, French admiral, explorer, and politician (b. 1739)

#Antoine_Bruni_d'Entrecasteaux

Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1350)

#Manuel_II_Palaiologos

Dan Borislow, American businessman, invented the magicJack (b. 1961)

#Dan_Borislow

Antonio de Mendoza, Spanish politician, 1st Viceroy of New Spain (b. 1495)

#Antonio_de_Mendoza

Lettice Curtis, English engineer and pilot (b. 1915)

#Lettice_Curtis

Luis Corvalán, Chilean educator and politician (b. 1916)

#Luis_Corvalán

Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)

#Sam_Bass_(outlaw)

Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)

#Gualberto_Villarroel

Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)

#Alan_Shepard

Shangguan Wan'er, Chinese poet (b. 664)

#Shangguan_Wan'er

Dick Nanninga, Dutch footballer (b. 1949)

#Dick_Nanninga

E. L. Doctorow, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1931)

#E._L._Doctorow

Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)

#Arshile_Gorky

Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)

#Hubert_Lyautey

Ralph Houk, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1919)

#Ralph_Houk

Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)

#Claus_von_Stauffenberg

Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. (b. 1856)

#Pedro_Lascuráin

Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)

#Ruth_St._Denis

Ali Podrimja, Albanian poet and author (b. 1942)

#Ali_Podrimja

Robert Young, American actor and singer (b. 1907)

#Robert_Young_(actor)

Alene Duerk, U.S. Navy first female admiral (b. 1920)

#Alene_Duerk

Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1928)

#Jigme_Dorji_Wangchuck

Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor and singer (b. 1892)

#Basil_Rathbone

Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou

#Geoffrey_I,_Count_of_Anjou

Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)

#Bill_Gleason

Robert Broberg, Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1940)

#Robert_Broberg

Alexander Cockburn, Scottish-American journalist and author (b. 1941)

#Alexander_Cockburn

William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)

#William_Bland

Lee Miller, American model and photographer (b. 1907)

#Lee_Miller

John Davies, English-New Zealand runner and coach (b. 1938)

#John_Davies_(middle-distance_runner)

John Heard, American film and television actor (b. 1946)

#John_Heard_(actor)

Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer and actor (b. 1941)

#Long_John_Baldry

Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor (b. 1889)

#Ralph_Craig

Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1759)

#Robert_Burns

Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)

#Robert_G._Ingersoll

François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)

#François_Sébastien_Charles_Joseph_de_Croix,_Count_of_Clerfayt

Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)

#Owen_Wister

Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)

#Bohdan_Lepky

Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)

#Jimmie_Foxx

Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)

#Louis_Vauxcelles

Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (b. 1929)

#Jerry_Goldsmith

Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)

#Charley_Paddock

Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)

#Fiammetta_Wilson

Henry Percy, English soldier (b. 1364)

#Henry_Percy_(Hotspur)

Dave Garroway, American journalist and actor (b. 1913)

#Dave_Garroway

Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)

#Mikhail_Mikhaylovich_Gerasimov

Kevin Skinner, New Zealand rugby player and boxer (b. 1927)

#Kevin_Skinner_(rugby_union)

Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)

#Nelson_Dewey

James D. Ramage, American admiral and pilot (b. 1916)

#James_D._Ramage

Dennis Green, American football player and coach (b. 1949)

Czes?aw Marchaj, Polish-English sailor and academic (b. 1918)

Nicholas Gonzalez, American physician (b. 1947)

Rilwanu Lukman, Nigerian engineer and politician (b. 1938)

Hans-Peter Kaul, German lawyer and judge (b. 1943)

Louise Abeita, Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (b. 1926)

Fred Taylor, American football player and coach (b. 1920)

Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom, Colombian-French composer and educator (b. 1971)

Det de Beus, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1958)

Lourembam Brojeshori Devi, Indian martial artist (b. 1981)

Andrea Antonelli, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1988)

Don Wilson, English cricketer and coach (b. 1937)

Angharad Rees, English-born Welsh actress (b. 1944)

Marie Kruckel, American baseball player (b. 1924)

John E. Irving, Canadian businessman (b. 1932)

Donald Stokes, English businessman (b. 1914)

Dubravko Škiljan, Croatian linguist and academic (b. 1949)

Ta Mok, Cambodian soldier and monk (b. 1926)

Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese-American actor and singer (b. 1933)

Lord Alfred Hayes, English-American wrestler and manager (b. 1928)

Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)

Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (b. 1908)

Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (b. 1948)

Olaf Kopvillem, Estonian-Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1926)

Marijac, French author and illustrator (b. 1908)

Paul Warwick, English race car driver (b. 1969)

Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945)

Albert Lutuli, South African academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)

Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Vienna Circle member (b. 1884)

Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)

Anthony Perry, Irish rebel leader (b. ca. 1760)

James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1610)

Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford, English soldier

Sir Walter Blount, English soldier, standard-bearer of Henry IV

Gojong of Goryeo

Wei, empress of the Tang Dynasty

Li Guo'er, princess of the Tang dynasty

K'an II, Mayan ruler (b. 588)