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History Deaths on March 19


Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger
Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (b. 1795)

#Wilhelm_Karl_Ritter_von_Haidinger

Lord Edmund Howard
Lord Edmund Howard, English nobleman (b. c. 1478)

#Lord_Edmund_Howard

Randy Rhoads
Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1956)

#Randy_Rhoads

Norman Haworth
Norman Haworth, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)

#Norman_Haworth

Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer (b. 1917)

#Arthur_C._Clarke

Arthur Balfour
Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)

#Arthur_Balfour

Bun Cook
Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)

#Bun_Cook

Severus Alexander
Severus Alexander, Roman emperor (b. 208)

#Severus_Alexander

Philip Mazzei
Philip Mazzei, Italian-American physician and philosopher (b. 1730)

#Philip_Mazzei

Patrick Joseph McGovern
Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded IDG (b. 1937)

#Patrick_Joseph_McGovern

Clinton Hart Merriam
Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist (b. 1855)

#Clinton_Hart_Merriam

Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill
Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (b. 1585)

#Sophia_Olelkovich_Radziwill

René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French-American explorer (b. 1643)

#René-Robert_Cavelier,_Sieur_de_La_Salle

Robert S. Strauss
Robert S. Strauss, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia (b. 1918)

#Robert_S._Strauss

James Newland
James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman (b. 1881)

#James_Newland

J. B. Kripalani
J. B. Kripalani, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1888)

#J._B._Kripalani

Roger Agnelli
Roger Agnelli, Brazilian banker and businessman (b. 1959)

#Roger_Agnelli

Giuseppe Mercalli
Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian priest, geologist, and volcanologist (b. 1850)

#Giuseppe_Mercalli

Henry the Bearded
Henry the Bearded, Polish duke and son of Boles?aw I the Tall (b. 1163)

#Henry_the_Bearded

Lawrence Walsh
Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1912)

#Lawrence_Walsh

E. M. S. Namboodiripad
E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian theorist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1909)

#E._M._S._Namboodiripad

William Hale Thompson
William Hale Thompson, American rancher and politician, 41st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)

#William_Hale_Thompson

Frederick Cornwallis
Frederick Cornwallis, English archbishop (b. 1713)

#Frederick_Cornwallis

John Bingham
John Bingham, American lawyer and politician, 7th United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1815)

#John_Bingham

John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners
John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, English baron and statesman (b. 1467)

#John_Bourchier,_2nd_Baron_Berners

Dmytro Doroshenko
Dmytro Doroshenko, Ukrainian historian and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1882)

#Dmytro_Doroshenko

Hugo Claus
Hugo Claus, Belgian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1929)

#Hugo_Claus

Henry Lefroy
Henry Lefroy, Australian politician, 11th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1854)

#Henry_Lefroy

Thomas Ken
Thomas Ken, English bishop and hymn-writer (b. 1637)

#Thomas_Ken

Charles-Louis Hanon
Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer (b. 1819)

#Charles-Louis_Hanon

Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American painter and educator (b. 1904)

#Willem_de_Kooning

Fred Phelps
Fred Phelps, American lawyer, pastor, and activist, founded the Westboro Baptist Church (b. 1929)

#Fred_Phelps

Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent
Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1301)

#Edmund_of_Woodstock,_1st_Earl_of_Kent

Philip Hayes (composer)
Philip Hayes, English organist and composer (b. 1738)

#Philip_Hayes_(composer)

Lise Østergaard
Lise Østergaard, Danish psychologist and politician (b. 1924)

#Lise_Østergaard

Thomas Killigrew
Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager (b. 1612)

#Thomas_Killigrew

Paul Scofield
Paul Scofield, English actor (b. 1922)

#Paul_Scofield

Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell
Elizabeth Seymour, Lady Cromwell, English noblewoman (b.c. 1518)

#Elizabeth_Seymour,_Lady_Cromwell

Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs, American soldier and author (b. 1875)

#Edgar_Rice_Burroughs

Maria Bergson
Maria Bergson, Austrian-American architect and interior designer (b. 1914)

#Maria_Bergson

Gus Douglass
Gus Douglass, American farmer and politician (b. 1927)

#Gus_Douglass

Alexander III of Scotland
Alexander III, king of Scotland (b. 1241)

#Alexander_III_of_Scotland

Emma of Paris, Duchess of Normandy
Emma of Paris, duchess of Normandy (b. 943)

#Emma_of_Paris,_Duchess_of_Normandy

Pope Clement XI
Pope Clement XI (b. 1649)

#Pope_Clement_XI

Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha
Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 182nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1713)

#Cezayirli_Gazi_Hasan_Pasha

Danny Schechter
Danny Schechter, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)

#Danny_Schechter

Jack Mansell
Jack Mansell, English footballer and manager (b. 1927)

#Jack_Mansell

Nicolaus Bruhns
Nicolaus Bruhns, German organist and composer (b. 1665)

#Nicolaus_Bruhns

James Somerville
James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1882)

#James_Somerville

Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie
Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Irish-French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer (b. 1810)

#Antoine_Thomson_d'Abbadie

Louis de Broglie
Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)

#Louis_de_Broglie

Jim Case
Jim Case, American director and producer (b. 1927)

#Jim_Case

Hugh of Saint-Cher
Hugh of Saint-Cher, French cardinal (b. 1200)

#Hugh_of_Saint-Cher

Péter Pázmány
Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1570)

#Péter_Pázmány

William L. Laurence
William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-born American journalist and author (b. 1888)

#William_L._Laurence

William Whitfield, British architect (b.1920)
Safet Plakalo, Bosnian author and playwright (b. 1950)
Joseph F. Weis, Jr., American lawyer and judge (b. 1923)
Heather Robertson, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1942)
Hugo Munthe-Kaas, Norwegian intelligence agent (b. 1922)
Ulu Grosbard, Belgian-American director and producer (b. 1929)
Kym Bonython, Australian drummer and radio host (b. 1920)
John DeLorean, American engineer and businessman, founded the DeLorean Motor Company (b. 1925)
Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1911)
Michael Mathias Prechtl, German soldier and illustrator (b. 1926)
Shafiq-ur-Rahman, Pakistani physician and author (b. 1920)
Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (b. 1935)
Tofilau Eti Alesana, Samoan politician, 5th Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1924)
Eugène Guillevic, French poet and author (b. 1907)
Virginia Henderson, American nurse, researcher, theorist and author (b. 1897)
Henrik Sandberg, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1915)
Andrew Wood, American singer-songwriter (b. 1966)
Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1922)
Garry Winogrand, American photographer (b. 1928)
M. A. Ayyangar, Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1891)
Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1950)
Albert Dieudonné, French actor and author (b. 1889)
Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American tenor and actor (b. 1890)
Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist of Appalachia (b. 1879)
John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish soldier (b. 1636)
Gerhard Johann Vossius, German scholar and theologian (b. 1577)
Francis I, duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1510)
Arthur Brooke, English poet
Michael Weiße, German theologian (b. c. 1488)
John II, marquess of Montferrat (b. 1321)
Zhao Bing, Chinese emperor (b. 1271)
Al-Mansur Billah, caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate (b. 913)