History Deaths on March 21

Benedict of Nursia, Italian saint (b. 480)
#543

Pinetop Perkins, American singer and pianist (b. 1913)
#Pinetop_Perkins

Rudolf VI, Margrave of Baden
#Rudolf_VI,_Margrave_of_Baden

Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician, 1st President of Mexico (b. 1786)
#Guadalupe_Victoria

Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien (b. 1772)
#Louis_Antoine,_Duke_of_Enghien

Evelina Haverfield, British suffragette and aid worker (b. 1867)
#Evelina_Haverfield

Lilyan Tashman, American actress (b. 1896)
#Lilyan_Tashman

Wilbert Awdry, English cleric and author, created Thomas the Tank Engine (b. 1911)
#Wilbert_Awdry

Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (b. 1871)
#Frantz_Reichel

Galina Ulanova, Russian ballerina (b. 1910)
#Galina_Ulanova

Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian and author (b. 1679)
#Robert_Wodrow

Umar Wirahadikusumah, Indonesian general and politician, 4th Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1924)
#Umar_Wirahadikusumah

Joseph E. Johnston, American general (b. 1807)
#Joseph_E._Johnston

Harlon Hill, American football player and coach (b. 1932)
#Harlon_Hill

James C. Binnicker, American sergeant (b. 1938)
#James_C._Binnicker

Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
#Franz_Schreker
Barney Martin, American police officer and actor (b. 1923)
#Barney_Martin

Thomas Cranmer, English archbishop and saint (b. 1489)
#Thomas_Cranmer

John Law, Scottish-French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1671)
#John_Law_(economist)

Giovanni Arduino, Italian miner and geologist (b. 1714)
#Giovanni_Arduino_(geologist)

Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1871)
#Willem_Mengelberg

Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (b. 1924)
#Bobby_Short

Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (b. 1706)
#Johann_Heinrich_Zedler

Chuck Barris, American game show host and producer (b. 1929)
#Chuck_Barris

Drew Hayes, American author and illustrator (b. 1969)
#Drew_Hayes
Tonino Guerra, Italian poet and screenwriter (b. 1920)
#Tonino_Guerra

Cyril M. Kornbluth, American soldier and author (b. 1923)
#Cyril_M._Kornbluth

Osberht, king of Northumbria
#Osberht_of_Northumbria

Sven O. Høiby, Norwegian hurdler and journalist (b. 1936)
#Sven_O._Høiby

Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (b. 1909)
#Leo_Fender

Hat? Ç?rpan, Turkish politician (b. 1890)
#Hat?_Ç?rpan

Evald Aav, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1900)
#Evald_Aav
Pietro Mennea, Italian sprinter and politician (b. 1952)
#Pietro_Mennea

Bill Boedeker, American football player and soldier (b. 1924)
#Bill_Boedeker

Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011)
#Robert_I,_Duke_of_Burgundy

Jørgen Ingmann, Danish singer and guitarist (Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann) (b. 1925)
#Jørgen_Ingmann

Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1930)
#Chinua_Achebe

Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French geographer and cartographer (b. 1703)
#Jacques-Nicolas_Bellin

Robert Southey, English poet, historian, and translator (b. 1774)
#Robert_Southey

Joe Medwick, American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
#Joe_Medwick

Chung Ju-yung, South Korean businessman, founded Hyundai (b. 1915)
#Chung_Ju-yung

Herman Talmadge, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 70th Governor of Georgia (b. 1913)
#Herman_Talmadge

Nicholas of Flüe, Swiss monk and saint (b. 1417)
#Nicholas_of_Flüe

James Rebhorn, American actor (b. 1948)
#James_Rebhorn

Lili Damita, French-American actress and singer (b. 1904)
#Lili_Damita

Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland (2007-2017) (b. 1950)
#Martin_McGuinness

Mike Hall, British cyclist (b. 1981)
#Mike_Hall_(cyclist)

Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (b. 1894)
#Arthur_Nebe

El?bieta Sieniawska, politically influential Polish magnate (b. 1669)
#El?bieta_Sieniawska
Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) (b. 1795)
#Pedro_María_de_Anaya

Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (b. 1819)
#Ezra_Abbot

Absalon, Danish archbishop (b. c. 1128)
#Absalon

John Ireland, Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1914)
#John_Ireland_(actor)

Ali Hikmet Ayerdem, Turkish general and politician (b. 1877)
#Ali_Hikmet_Ayerdem

Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1803)
#Juan_Almonte

Edwin Vose Sumner, American general (b. 1797)
#Edwin_Vose_Sumner

Pocahontas, Algonquian Indigenous princess (b. c. 1595)
#Pocahontas

Robert Preston, American captain, actor, and singer (b. 1918)
#Robert_Preston_(actor)

Michael Redgrave, English actor, director, and manager (b. 1908)
#Michael_Redgrave
Frederick Winslow Taylor, American golfer, tennis player, and engineer (b. 1856)
#Frederick_Winslow_Taylor
Macdonald Carey, American actor (b. 1913)
#Macdonald_Carey

Odet de Coligny, French cardinal and Protestant (b. 1517)
#Odet_de_Coligny

Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1248)
#Robert_II,_Duke_of_Burgundy

John de Vere, 15th Earl of Oxford, English peer and courtier (b. c. 1482)
#John_de_Vere,_15th_Earl_of_Oxford

Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1865)
#Alexander_Glazunov

Cornelia Fort, American soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
#Cornelia_Fort

Gonzalo Portocarrero, Peruvian sociologist (b. 1949)
#Gonzalo_Portocarrero

Albrecht Dietz, German economist and businessman (b. 1926)
#Albrecht_Dietz

Marina Salye, Russian geologist and politician (b. 1934)
#Marina_Salye

James Ussher, Irish archbishop (b. 1581)
#James_Ussher

Hans Erni, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1909)
#Hans_Erni

Chuck Bednarik, American lieutenant and football player (b. 1925)
#Chuck_Bednarik

Yuri Razuvaev, Russian chess player and trainer (b. 1945)
#Yuri_Razuvaev