History Deaths on July 24

Robert Ledley, American physiologist and physicist, invented the CT scanner (b. 1926)

#Robert_Ledley

John Salusbury, Welsh politician and poet (b. 1567)

#John_Salusbury_(poet)

Peg Lynch, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1916)

#Peg_Lynch

Nathaniel Lardner, English theologian and author (b. 1684)

#Nathaniel_Lardner

Dan Peek, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)

#Dan_Peek

Dale Schlueter, American basketball player (b. 1945)

#Dale_Schlueter

Sherman Hemsley, American actor and singer (b. 1938)

#Sherman_Hemsley

David Servan-Schreiber, French physician, neuroscientist, and author (b. 1961)

#David_Servan-Schreiber

Ry?nosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)

#Ry?nosuke_Akutagawa

Helen Cordero, Cochiti Pueblo (Native American) Pueblo potter (b. 1915)

#Helen_Cordero

Carlos, Prince of Asturias (b. 1545)

#Carlos,_Prince_of_Asturias

Jacob van Artevelde, Flemish statesman (b. 1290)

#Jacob_van_Artevelde

Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)

#Constance_Bennett

Chad Everett, American actor and director (b. 1937)

#Chad_Everett

Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)

#Hermann_Raster

Matilda of Tuscany (b. 1046)

#Matilda_of_Tuscany

James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)

#James_Chadwick

Joris Hoefnagel, Flemish painter (b. 1542)

#Joris_Hoefnagel

Berthold of Hanover, Bishop of Livonia

#Berthold_of_Hanover

William J. Brennan Jr., American colonel and jurist (b. 1906)

#William_J._Brennan_Jr.

Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)

#Sacha_Guitry

John Atta Mills, Ghanaian lawyer and politician, a President of Ghana (b. 1944)

#John_Atta_Mills

Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1053)

#Emperor_Shirakawa

Fred Dretske, American philosopher and academic (b. 1932)

#Fred_Dretske

Marni Nixon, American actress and singer (b. 1930)

#Marni_Nixon

Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)

#Martin_Van_Buren

Gregorio Peces-Barba, Spanish jurist and politician (b. 1938)

#Gregorio_Peces-Barba

Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

#Fritz_Albert_Lipmann

Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer and educator (b. 1686)

#Benedetto_Marcello

Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (b. 1925)

#Peter_Sellers

Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)

#Witold_Gombrowicz

Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary and martyr (b. 1953)

#Ezechiele_Ramin

Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

#Isaac_Bashevis_Singer

Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist (b. 1912)

#Richard_Doll

Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)

#Arkhip_Kuindzhi

Harshida Raval, Indian Gujarati playback singer

Ingrid Sischy, South African-American journalist and critic (b. 1952)

Hans-Hermann Sprado, German journalist and author (b. 1956)

Ik-Hwan Bae, Korean-American violinist and educator (b. 1956)

Pius Langa, South African lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of South Africa (b. 1939)

Virginia E. Johnson, American psychologist and sexologist (b. 1925)

Garry Davis, American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (b. 1921)

Themo Lobos, Chilean author and illustrator (b. 1928)

Larry Hoppen, American singer and guitarist (b. 1951)

Skip Thomas, American football player (b. 1950)

Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist and composer (b. 1970)

Frank Dietrich, German politician (b. 1966)

Norman Dello Joio, American pianist and composer (b. 1913)

Nicola Zaccaria, Greek opera singer (b. 1923)

Albert Ellis, American psychologist and author (b. 1913)

Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, and composer (b. 1931)

Ahmad Shamloo, Iranian poet and journalist (b. 1925)

Saw Maung, Burmese general and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1928)

Alphonso Theodore Roberts, Vincentian cricketer and activist (b. 1937)

George Rodger, English photographer and journalist (b. 1908)

Sam Berger, Canadian lawyer and businessman (b. 1900)

Arletty, French actress and singer (b. 1898)

Qudrat Ullah Shahab, Pakistani civil servant and author (b. 1917)

Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897)

Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)

Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)

Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)

John Boste, English martyr and saint (b. 1544)

Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, Egyptian ruler (b. 882)

Gao Ying, Chinese politician (b. 740)

Oswulf, king of Northumbria