History Deaths on March 09

Harry Somers, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1925)

#Harry_Somers

Jhaverchand Meghani, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1896)

#Jhaverchand_Meghani

Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (b. 1777)

#Hans_Christian_Ørsted

Alan of Farfa, Aquitanian scholar and hermit

#Alan_of_Farfa

Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect, designed the Piercefield House and St James' Church (b. 1739)

#Joseph_Bonomi_the_Elder

Jose Tomas Sanchez, Filipino cardinal (b. 1920)

#Jose_Tomas_Sanchez

Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (b. 1865)

#Mikao_Usui

Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921)

#Glen_Harmon

Ozias Humphry, English painter and academic (b. 1742)

#Ozias_Humphry

Nikolai Anderson, Estonian philologist and linguist (b. 1845)

#Nikolai_Anderson

Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (b. 1870)

#Paul_von_Lettow-Vorbeck

Jo Min-ki, Korean actor (b. 1965)

#Jo_Min-ki

John Profumo, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1915)

#John_Profumo

Cardinal Mazarin, Italian-French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1602)

#Cardinal_Mazarin

Stan Brakhage, American director and cinematographer (b. 1933)

#Stan_Brakhage

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1606)

#James_Hamilton,_1st_Duke_of_Hamilton

Max Jakobson, Finnish journalist and diplomat (b. 1923)

#Max_Jakobson

Albert Mol, Dutch actor and author (b. 1917)

#Albert_Mol

Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier and politician, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (b. 1590)

#Henry_Rich,_1st_Earl_of_Holland

Doris Haddock, American activist and politician (b. 1910)

#Doris_Haddock

Willie Davis, American baseball player and manager (b. 1940)

#Willie_Davis_(baseball)

Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (b. 1874)

#Vagn_Walfrid_Ekman

Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)

#Ulf_von_Euler

Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English courtier and politician (b. 1638)

#Ralph_Montagu,_1st_Duke_of_Montagu

William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)

#William_I,_German_Emperor

Viren J. Shah, Indian businessman and politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal (b. 1926)

#Viren_J._Shah

Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)

#Menachem_Begin

Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1825)

#Sondre_Norheim

István Nyers, French-Hungarian footballer (b. 1924)

#István_Nyers

Faye Emerson, American actress (b. 1917)

#Faye_Emerson

Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (b. 1864)

#Frank_Wedekind

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (b. 1836)

#Leopold_von_Sacher-Masoch

Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (b. 1864)

#Paul_Elmer_More

Tom Fox, American activist (b. 1951)

#Tom_Fox_(Quaker)

Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (b. 1858)

#Willard_Metcalf

Frances of Rome, Italian nun and saint (b. 1384)

#Frances_of_Rome

Abdul Munim Riad, Egyptian general (b. 1919)

#Abdul_Munim_Riad

Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (b. 1917)

#Fernando_Rey

Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Chancellor of Germany (b. 1904)

#Kurt_Georg_Kiesinger

David Rizzio, Italian-Scottish courtier and politician (b. 1533)

#David_Rizzio

Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (b. 1902)

#Pope_Cyril_VI_of_Alexandria

Sverre of Norway (b. 1145)

#Sverre_of_Norway

Willye Dennis, American librarian and politician (b. 1926)

#Willye_Dennis

Brad Delp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)

#Brad_Delp

Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and scholar (b. 1867)

#Edgar_de_Wahl

George Burns, American actor and comedian (b. 1896)

#George_Burns

Clyde Lovellette, American basketball player and coach (b. 1929)

#Clyde_Lovellette

Robert Horton, American actor (b. 1924)

#Robert_Horton_(actor)

C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian and author (b. 1909)

#C._Northcote_Parkinson

Howard Hodgkin, British painter (b. 1932)

#Howard_Hodgkin

Mary Anning, English paleontologist (b. 1799)

#Mary_Anning

Leonardo Bruni, Italian humanist (b. 1374)

#Leonardo_Bruni

James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician (b. 1920)

William Clay Ford, Sr., American businessman (b. 1925)

Mohammed Fahim, Afghan field marshal and politician, Vice President of Afghanistan (b. 1924)

Merton Simpson, American painter and art collector (b. 1928)

Agnes Torres, Mexican psychologist, researcher, and transgender activist (b. 1939)

David S. Broder, American journalist and academic (b. 1929)

Chris LeDoux, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)

Rust Epique, American guitarist and painter (b. 1968)

Bernard Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician, 2nd President of Nauru (b. 1946)

Ivo Robi?, Croatian singer-songwriter (b. 1923)

Jean Coulthard, Canadian composer and educator (b. 1908)

The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (b. 1972)

Terry Nation, Welsh author and screenwriter (b. 1930)

Jean-Dominique Bauby, French journalist and author (b. 1952)

Eddie Creatchman, Canadian wrestler, referee, and manager (b. 1928)

Charles Bukowski, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1920)

Jim Hardin, American baseball player (b. 1943)

Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (b. 1946)

Harry Catterick, English footballer and manager (b. 1919)

Harry Womack, American singer (b. 1945)

Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr., American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)

Miroslava, Czech-Mexican actress (b. 1925)

Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (b. 1878)

Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet, author, and critic (b. 1743)

Zhu Youqian, Chinese warlord

Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi, Muslim scholar and astrologer (b. 787)

Humbert, bishop of Würzburg