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History Deaths on October 09


Richard Blackmore
Richard Blackmore, English physician and poet (b. 1654)

#Richard_Blackmore

Vladimir of Staritsa
Vladimir of Staritsa (b. 1533)

#Vladimir_of_Staritsa

John Daido Loori
John Daido Loori, American Zen Buddhist monastic and teacher (b. 1931)

#John_Daido_Loori

André Maurois
André Maurois, French soldier and author (b. 1885)

#André_Maurois

Pieter Zeeman
Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

#Pieter_Zeeman

Kanshi Ram
Kanshi Ram, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)

#Kanshi_Ram

Clare Boothe Luce
Clare Boothe Luce, American author, playwright, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (b. 1903)

#Clare_Boothe_Luce

William P. Murphy
William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)

#William_P._Murphy

Carol Bruce
Carol Bruce, American actress and singer (b. 1919)

#Carol_Bruce

Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Wajda, Polish film and theatre director (b. 1926)

#Andrzej_Wajda

Jean Rochefort
Jean Rochefort, French actor (b. 1930)

#Jean_Rochefort

Alexander I of Yugoslavia
Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)

#Alexander_I_of_Yugoslavia

Che Guevara
Che Guevara, Argentinian-Cuban physician, politician and guerrilla leader (b. 1928)

#Che_Guevara

Saint Ghislain
Ghislain, Frankish anchorite and saint

#Saint_Ghislain

Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson, American vibraphone player and composer (b. 1923)

#Milt_Jackson

Don Hoak
Don Hoak, American baseball player (b. 1928)

#Don_Hoak

Walter Kerr
Walter Kerr, American author, composer, and critic (b. 1913)

#Walter_Kerr

Yukio Sakurauchi
Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (b. 1888)

#Yukio_Sakurauchi

Al-Tirmidhi
Al-Tirmidhi, Persian scholar and hadith compiler (b. 824)

#Al-Tirmidhi

Valery Bryusov
Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)

#Valery_Bryusov

Gabriele Falloppio
Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and physician (b. 1523)

#Gabriele_Falloppio

Ioannis Kapodistrias
Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece (b. 1776)

#Ioannis_Kapodistrias

Patrick Anthony Porteous
Patrick Anthony Porteous, Indian-Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)

#Patrick_Anthony_Porteous

Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany
Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (b. 1227)

#Elisabeth_of_Bavaria,_Queen_of_Germany

Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)

#Cyril_Norman_Hinshelwood

Marie Doro
Marie Doro, American actress (b. 1882)

#Marie_Doro

Shir? Ishii
Shir? Ishii, Japanese general and biologist (b. 1892)

#Shir?_Ishii

Justus Jonas
Justus Jonas, German academic and reformer (b. 1493)

#Justus_Jonas

Philip I of Namur
Philip I of Namur, Marquis of Namur (b. 1175)

#Philip_I_of_Namur

Jan Heemskerk
Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)

#Jan_Heemskerk

George Ormerod
George Ormerod, English historian and author (b. 1785)

#George_Ormerod

Wilfred Grenfell
Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)

#Wilfred_Grenfell

Milan Vidmar
Milan Vidmar, Slovenian chess player and engineer (b. 1885)

#Milan_Vidmar

Felix Wankel
Felix Wankel, German engineer, invented the Wankel engine (b. 1902)

#Felix_Wankel

Geoffrey Howe
Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1926)

#Geoffrey_Howe

Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (b. 1930)

#Jacques_Derrida

Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII (b. 1876)

#Pope_Pius_XII

Henry Constable
Henry Constable, English poet (b. 1562)

#Henry_Constable

Carl Fontana
Carl Fontana, American jazz trombonist (b. 1928)

#Carl_Fontana

Theodor Innitzer
Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (b. 1875)

#Theodor_Innitzer

George Hainsworth
George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (b. 1895)

#George_Hainsworth

Maurice Allais
Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)

#Maurice_Allais

Louis Barthou
Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1862)

#Louis_Barthou

Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (b. 1731)

#Benjamin_Banneker

Peter A. Peyser
Peter A. Peyser, American soldier and politician (b. 1921)

#Peter_A._Peyser

Pavel Karelin
Pavel Karelin, Russian ski jumper (b. 1989)

#Pavel_Karelin

Wilfried Martens
Wilfried Martens, Belgian lawyer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1936)

#Wilfried_Martens

Miriam Hopkins
Miriam Hopkins, American actress (b. 1902)

#Miriam_Hopkins

Jean Joseph Marie Amiot
Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, French missionary and linguist (b. 1718)

#Jean_Joseph_Marie_Amiot

Heinrich von Herzogenberg
Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)

#Heinrich_von_Herzogenberg

Jacques Brel
Jacques Brel, Belgian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1929)

#Jacques_Brel

Louis Bertrand (saint)
Louis Bertrand, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1526)

#Louis_Bertrand_(saint)

Emílio Garrastazu Médici
Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian general and politician, 28th President of Brazil (b. 1905)

#Emílio_Garrastazu_Médici

Louis Nye
Louis Nye, American actor (b. 1913)

#Louis_Nye

Horst Szymaniak
Horst Szymaniak, German footballer (b. 1934)

#Horst_Szymaniak

Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)

#Ernest_Louis,_Grand_Duke_of_Hesse

Gottlieb Hering
Gottlieb Hering, German captain (b. 1887)

#Gottlieb_Hering

Jan Hooks
Jan Hooks, American actress and comedienne (b. 1957)

#Jan_Hooks

Ravindra Jain
Ravindra Jain, Indian composer and director (b. 1944)

#Ravindra_Jain

Frank Castleman
Frank Castleman, American football player, baseball player, and coach (b. 1877)

#Frank_Castleman

Alec Douglas-Home
Alec Douglas-Home, British cricketer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1903)

#Alec_Douglas-Home

Helen Morgan
Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)

#Helen_Morgan

Oskar Schindler
Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (b. 1908)

#Oskar_Schindler

Robert Grosseteste
Robert Grosseteste, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1175)

#Robert_Grosseteste

Vilna Gaon
Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi and scholar (b. 1720)

#Vilna_Gaon

Jack Daniel
Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)

#Jack_Daniel

John I of Castile
John I of Castile (b. 1358)

#John_I_of_Castile

Edmund Niziurski
Edmund Niziurski, Polish sociologist, lawyer, and author (b. 1925)

#Edmund_Niziurski

Walter Warlimont
Walter Warlimont, German general (b. 1894)

#Walter_Warlimont

Sopubek Begaliev
Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (b. 1931)

#Sopubek_Begaliev

Ray Duncan, American businessman (b. 1930)
Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (b. 1936)
Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (b. 1925)
Boris Buzan?i?, Croatian actor and politician, 47th Mayor of Zagreb (b. 1929)
Srihari, Indian actor
Solomon Lar, Nigerian educator and politician, 4th Governor of Plateau State (b. 1933)
Harris Savides, American cinematographer (b. 1957)
Kenny Rollins, American basketball player (b. 1923)
Sammi Kane Kraft, American actress (b. 1992)
Stuart M. Kaminsky, American author and educator (b. 1934)
Enrico Banducci, American businessman, founded hungry i (b. 1922)
Paul Hunter, English snooker player (b. 1978)
Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker (b. 1933)
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (b. 1926)
Charles Guggenheim, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
Herbert Ross, American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1927)
David Dukes, American actor (b. 1945)
Akhtar Hameed Khan, Pakistani economist and scholar (b. 1914)
Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (b. 1940)
Yusuf At?lgan, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1921)
Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian and physician (b. 1893)
Noon Meem Rashid, Pakistani poet (b. 1910)
Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness trainer, developed Pilates (b. 1883)
James Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (b. 1887)
John Claiborne, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
William Sacheverell, English politician (b. 1638)
Joseph Pardo, Italian rabbi and merchant (b. 1561)
Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1269)
Pope Clement II