History Deaths on March 16

Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (b. 1864)

#Marguerite_Durand

Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (b. 1898)

#Tamara_de_Lempicka

Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist (d. 1791)

#Félix_Savart

Bill Brown, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1912)

#Bill_Brown_(cricketer)

Frank Sinatra Jr., American singer and actor (b. 1944)

#Frank_Sinatra_Jr.

Nathaniel Bowditch, American captain and mathematician (b. 1773)

#Nathaniel_Bowditch

John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, French-English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1373)

#John_Beaufort,_1st_Earl_of_Somerset

Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician (b. 1827)

#Samuel_F._Miller_(U.S._politician)

Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician (b. 1907)

#Fred_Rose_(politician)

Eric Show, American baseball player (b. 1956)

#Eric_Show

Ivan Dixon, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1931)

#Ivan_Dixon

Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)

#Selma_Lagerlöf

Yadier Pedroso, Cuban pitcher (b. 1986)

#Yadier_Pedroso

Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)

#Joseph_Medill

James Craggs the Elder, English politician, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom (b. 1657)

#James_Craggs_the_Elder

Alexander von Staël-Holstein, Estonian orientalist and sinologist (b. 1877)

#Alexander_von_Staël-Holstein

Adalbert of Hamburg, German archbishop (b. 1000)

#Adalbert_of_Hamburg

Dick Dale, American surf-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter (b. 1937)

#Dick_Dale

Ralph Erskine, English architect, designed The London Ark (b. 1914)

#Ralph_Erskine_(architect)

Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874)

#Börries_von_Münchhausen

Valentinian III, Roman emperor (assassinated; b. 419)

#Valentinian_III

Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-Danish chess player (b. 1886)

#Aron_Nimzowitsch

Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)

#Charles_Albert_Gobat

Roy Bean, American lawyer and judge (b. 1825)

#Roy_Bean

Eddie Shore, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1902)

#Eddie_Shore

Ladislaus Hunyadi, Hungarian politician (b. 1433)

#Ladislaus_Hunyadi

Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (b. 1690)

#Christian_August,_Prince_of_Anhalt-Zerbst

Louise Slaughter, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York (b. 1929)

#Louise_Slaughter

Don Robertson, American pianist and composer (b. 1922)

#Don_Robertson_(songwriter)

Heribert of Cologne, German archbishop and saint (b. 970)

#Heribert_of_Cologne

Hippolyte Carnot, French politician (b. 1801)

#Hippolyte_Carnot

Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (b. 1874)

#Laura_Adams_Armer

Anthony St. Leger, English-Irish politician Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)

#Anthony_St_Leger_(Lord_Deputy_of_Ireland)

John Murray, Scottish oceanographer, biologist, and limnologist (b. 1841)

#John_Murray_(oceanographer)

Mickey Thompson, American race car driver (b. 1928)

#Mickey_Thompson

Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943)

#Bob_Wollek

Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)

#Gaston_Calmette

Arthur Godfrey, American actor and television host (b. 1903)

#Arthur_Godfrey

Gratien Gélinas, Canadian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1909)

#Gratien_Gélinas

Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)

#Anne_Neville

Constantin Brâncu?i, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1876)

#Constantin_Brâncu?i

August von Wassermann, German bacteriologist and hygienist (b. 1866)

#August_von_Wassermann

Kamal Jumblatt, Lebanese lawyer and politician (b. 1917)

#Kamal_Jumblatt

Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (b. 1350)

#Margaret_III,_Countess_of_Flanders

Alexander Pochinok, Russian economist and politician (b. 1958)

#Alexander_Pochinok

Tiberius, Roman emperor (b. 42 BC)

#Tiberius

José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Argentinian economist and politician, Minister of Economy of Argentina (b. 1925)

#José_Alfredo_Martínez_de_Hoz

Henry I, Count of Champagne

#Henry_I,_Count_of_Champagne

Dick Radatz, American baseball player (b. 1937)

#Dick_Radatz

Jean de Brébeuf, French-Canadian missionary and saint (b. 1593)

#Jean_de_Brébeuf

Marina Solodkin, Russian-Israeli academic and politician (b. 1952)

#Marina_Solodkin

John Leverett, English general and politician, 19th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)

#John_Leverett

Donald Crothers, American chemist and academic (b. 1937)

#Donald_Crothers

Thomas Ferebee, American colonel and pilot (b. 1918)

#Thomas_Ferebee

Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (b. 1939)

#Jamal_Nazrul_Islam

Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870)

#Miguel_Primo_de_Rivera

Gary Bettenhausen, American race car driver (b. 1941)

#Gary_Bettenhausen

Benjamin Wadsworth, American minister and academic (b. 1670)

#Benjamin_Wadsworth

Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (b. 1161)

#Baldwin_IV_of_Jerusalem

Pie Traynor, American baseball player (b. 1898)

#Pie_Traynor

Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (b. 1872)

#Aubrey_Beardsley

George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche (b. 1666)

#George_Bähr

David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (b. 1814)

#David_Wilmot

Leon Cadore, American baseball player (b. 1891)

#Leon_Cadore

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1710)

#Giovanni_Battista_Pergolesi

Donald E. Hillman, American colonel and pilot (b. 1918)

#Donald_E._Hillman

Bebe Daniels, American actress (b. 1901)

#Bebe_Daniels

Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and author (b. 1911)

#Pavel_Prudnikau

Lewis Rowland, American neurologist (b. 1925)

Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Russian-American mathematician and poet (b. 1924)

Jack Haley, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1964)

Steve Moore, English author and illustrator (b. 1949)

Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy, Sierra Leonean author, poet, and playwright (b. 1936)

Frank Thornton, English actor (b. 1921)

Ruchoma Shain, American-born teacher and author (b. 1914)

Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, philosopher, and critic (b. 1924)

Richard Wirthlin, American religious leader (b. 1931)

Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (b. 1942)

Manjural Islam Rana, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)

Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958)

Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910)

Ronald Ferguson, English captain, polo player, and manager (b. 1931)

Rachel Corrie, American activist (b. 1979)

Carlos Velázquez, Puerto Rican pitcher (b. 1948)

Michael Starr, Canadian judge and politician, 16th Canadian Minister of Labour (b. 1910)

Esther Bubley, American photographer (b. 1921)

Derek Barton, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)

Yves Rocard, French physicist and engineer (b. 1903)

Jean Bellette, Australian artist (b. 1908)

Chris Austin, American country singer (b .1964)

Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1898)

Jigger Statz, American baseball player (b.1897)

Roger Sessions, American composer, critic, and educator (b. 1896)

Jean Monnet, French economist and politician (b. 1888)

T-Bone Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)

Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of New York (b. 1902)

#Thomas_E._Dewey

Tammi Terrell, American singer (b. 1945)

Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and translator (b. 1907)

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American pianist and composer (b. 1895)

Thomas MacGreevy, Irish poet (b. 1893)

Alice Herz, German activist (b. 1882)

Václav Talich, Czech violinist and conductor (b. 1883)

Chen Geng, Chinese general and politician (b. 1903)

Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1914)

John James Rickard Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)

Max Burckhard, Austrian theater director (b. 1854)

Art Croft, American baseball player (b. 1855)

Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English general and politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1276)

Jeanne of Dammartin, Queen consort of Castile and León (b. 1216)

Pi Guangye, Chinese official and chancellor (b. 877)

Takin al-Khazari, Egyptian commander and politician, Abbasid Governor of Egypt

Xiao Mian, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty

Heraclius, Roman courtier (primicerius sacri cubiculi )