History Deaths on March 06

Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1880)

#Volodymyr_Vynnychenko

Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French historian and author (b. 1713)

#Guillaume_Thomas_François_Raynal

Alvin Lee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)

#Alvin_Lee

William Whewell, English priest, historian, and philosopher (b. 1794)

#William_Whewell

George Geary, English cricketer and coach (b. 1893)

#George_Geary

Homer N. Wallin, American admiral (b. 1893)

#Homer_N._Wallin

Francis Magalona, Filipino rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1964)

#Francis_Magalona

Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (b. 1834)

#Gottlieb_Daimler

Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor and academic, designed Mount Rushmore (b. 1867)

#Gutzon_Borglum

Chorão, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Charlie Brown Jr.) (b. 1970)

#Chorão

Charles Farrar Browne, American-English author and educator (b. 1834)

#Charles_Farrar_Browne

Jean Baudrillard, French photographer and theorist (b. 1929)

#Jean_Baudrillard

Sheila Varian, American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1937)

#Sheila_Varian

Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahrain king (b. 1933)

#Isa_bin_Salman_Al_Khalifa

Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235)

#Rose_of_Viterbo

Donald M. Payne, American businessman and politician (b. 1934)

#Donald_M._Payne

Francis Beaumont, English playwright (b. 1584)

#Francis_Beaumont

Alvin R. Dyer, American religious leader (b. 1903)

#Alvin_R._Dyer

Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1694)

#Henry_Pelham

Henry Wilcoxon, Dominican-American actor and producer (b. 1905)

#Henry_Wilcoxon

Makar Yekmalyan, Armenian composer (b. 1856)

#Makar_Yekmalyan

John Henninger Reagan, American surveyor, judge, and politician, 3rd Confederate States of America Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1818)

#John_Henninger_Reagan

Oskars Kalpaks, Latvian colonel (b. 1882)

#Oskars_Kalpaks

Manlio Sgalambro, Italian philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1924)

#Manlio_Sgalambro

Mark Linkous, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1962)

#Mark_Linkous

Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)

#Ivor_Novello

Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian (b. 1892)

#Martin_Niemöller

Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)

#Pearl_S._Buck

George Formby, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)

#George_Formby

Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, linguist, and philosopher (b. 1882)

#Zoltán_Kodály

Nancy Reagan, American actress, 42nd First Lady of the United States (b. 1921)

#Nancy_Reagan

Ka?iulani of Hawaii (b. 1875)

#Ka?iulani

Martin Nesbitt, American lawyer and politician (b. 1946)

#Martin_Nesbitt_(politician)

Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (b. 1832)

#Louisa_May_Alcott

Francisco Xavier do Amaral, East Timorese politician, 1st President of East Timor (b. 1937)

#Francisco_Xavier_do_Amaral

Jürgen Stroop, German general (b. 1895)

#Jürgen_Stroop

Dennis Viollet, English-American soccer player and manager (b. 1933)

#Dennis_Viollet

Ömer Seyfettin, Turkish author and educator (b. 1884)

#Ömer_Seyfettin

John Haden Badley, English author and educator, founded the Bedales School (b. 1865)

#John_Haden_Badley

Fred Craddock, American minister and academic (b. 1928)

#Fred_Craddock

John Philip Sousa, American conductor and composer (b. 1854)

#John_Philip_Sousa

Nelson Eddy, American actor and singer (b. 1901)

#Nelson_Eddy

Chrodegang, Frankish bishop and saint

#Chrodegang

Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer (b. 1903)

#Maxie_Rosenbloom

Robert Osborne, American actor and historian (b. 1932)

#Robert_Osborne

William Hopper, American actor (b. 1915)

#William_Hopper

Kirby Puckett, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)

#Kirby_Puckett

Ayn Rand, Russian-American philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1905)

#Ayn_Rand

Teresa Wright, American actress (b. 1918)

#Teresa_Wright

Alice Woodby McKane, First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (b. 1865)

#Alice_Woodby_McKane

Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1690)

#Philip_Yorke,_1st_Earl_of_Hardwicke

Hans Bethe, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)

#Hans_Bethe

Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1921)

#Sheila_MacRae

Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (b. 1918)

#Cheddi_Jagan

Paul of Greece (b. 1901)

#Paul_of_Greece

Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, Irish colonel and diplomat, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1778)

#Charles_Vane,_3rd_Marquess_of_Londonderry

Deaths at the Battle of the Alamo: James Bonham, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1807) James Bowie, American colonel (b. 1796) Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician (b. 1786) William B. Travis, American lieutenant colonel and lawyer (b. 1809)

#Battle_of_the_Alamo

Tommy Vance, English radio host (b. 1943)

#Tommy_Vance

Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)

#Stompin'_Tom_Connors

Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (b. 1813)

#Camilla_Collett

Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (b. 1920)

#Melina_Mercouri

Rambhau Mhalgi, Indian politician and member of the Lok Sabha (b. 9 July 1921)

#Rambhau_Mhalgi

Frances Dee, American actress (b. 1909)

#Frances_Dee

Peter Nicholls, Australian science fiction critic and encyclopedist (b. 1939)

#Peter_Nicholls_(writer)

Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1705)

#Henry_Vane,_1st_Earl_of_Darlington

Frank Jobe, American soldier and surgeon (b. 1925)

#Frank_Jobe

Anton Cermak, Czech-American lawyer and politician, 44th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1873)

#Anton_Cermak

Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1852)

#Ferdinand_von_Lindemann

Michael Manley, Jamaican soldier, pilot, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1924)

#Michael_Manley

Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter (b. 1887)

#Georgia_O'Keeffe

Enrique "Coco" Vicéns, Puerto Rican-American basketball player and politician (b. 1926)

Ram Sundar Das, Indian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1921)

Alemayehu Atomsa, Ethiopian educator and politician (b. 1969)

W. Wallace Cleland, American biochemist and academic (b. 1930)

Helen Walulik, American baseball player (b. 1929)

Louis J. Michot, American businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1922)

Betty Millard, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1911)

Endurance Idahor, Nigerian footballer (b. 1984)

Peter Poreku Dery, Ghanaian cardinal (b. 1918)

Ernest Gallo, American businessman, co-founded E & J Gallo Winery (b. 1909)

Anne Braden, American journalist and activist (b. 1924)

Danny Gardella, American baseball player and trainer (b. 1920)

Hercules, American wrestler (b. 1957)

Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1969)

John Colicos, Canadian actor (b. 1928)

Ursula Torday, English author (b. 1912)

Seán Savage, Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1965)

Daniel McCann, Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1957)

Mairéad Farrell, Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1957)

Billy Collins, Jr., American boxer (b. 1961)

Ernest Becker, American anthropologist and author (b. 1924)

Margaret Dumont, American actress (b. 1889)

Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician (b. 1884)

Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (b. 1871)

Ross Lockridge, Jr., American author, poet, and academic (b. 1914)

Francis Aveling, Canadian priest, psychologist, and author (b. 1875)

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)

Pedro Arias Dávila, Spanish explorer and diplomat (b. 1440)

Richard Woodville, 3rd Earl Rivers

Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458)

Alvise Loredan, Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1393)

Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey de Ruthyn

Ulric I, Margrave of Carniola

Su Jian, Chinese official and chancellor

Lu Guangqi, Chinese official and chancellor

Li Ke, prince of the Tang Dynasty (b. 619)

Liu Bian (poisoned by Dong Zhuo) (b. 176)