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History Deaths on October 14


Razia Sultana
Razia Sultana, Only female sultan of Delhi (b. c. 1205)

#Razia_Sultana

Art Coulter
Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1909)

#Art_Coulter

Sulli
Sulli, South Korean singer and actress (b. 1994)

#Sulli

Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (b. 1557)

#Sophie_of_Mecklenburg-Güstrow

Käty van der Mije-Nicolau
Käty van der Mije-Nicolau, Romanian-Dutch chess player (b. 1940)

#Käty_van_der_Mije-Nicolau

Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1903)

#Bing_Crosby

Douglas Mawson
Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)

#Douglas_Mawson

Mathieu Kérékou
Mathieu Kérékou, Beninese soldier and politician, President of Benin (b. 1933)

#Mathieu_Kérékou

Abu Yaqub Yusuf
Yusuf I, Almohad caliph (b. 1135)

#Abu_Yaqub_Yusuf

Benoit Mandelbrot
Benoit Mandelbrot, Polish-American mathematician and economist (b. 1924)

#Benoit_Mandelbrot

Helen Kelly (trade unionist)
Helen Kelly, New Zealand trade union leader (b. 1964)

#Helen_Kelly_(trade_unionist)

Harold Godwinson
Harold Godwinson, English king (b. 1022)

#Harold_Godwinson

Harriet Shaw Weaver
Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist (b. 1876)

#Harriet_Shaw_Weaver

Harold Robbins
Harold Robbins, American author (b. 1915)

#Harold_Robbins

Marcellus Emants
Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)

#Marcellus_Emants

Klaas Runia
Klaas Runia, Dutch theologian and journalist (b. 1926)

#Klaas_Runia

Frankie Yankovic
Frankie Yankovic, American accordion player (b. 1916)

#Frankie_Yankovic

Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani
Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani, Indian admiral (b. 1930)

#Radhakrishna_Hariram_Tahiliani

Gervase Clifton, 1st Baron Clifton
Gervase Clifton, 1st Baron Clifton, English nobleman (b.c. 1570)

#Gervase_Clifton,_1st_Baron_Clifton

Robert Furman
Robert Furman, American engineer and intelligence officer (b. 1915)

#Robert_Furman

Samuel Daniel
Samuel Daniel, English poet and historian (b. 1562)

#Samuel_Daniel

Amaro Pargo
Amaro Pargo, Spanish corsair (b. 1678)

#Amaro_Pargo

Paul Ramadier
Paul Ramadier, French politician, 129th Prime Minister of France (b. 1888)

#Paul_Ramadier

Bruno Metsu
Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (b. 1954)

#Bruno_Metsu

Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1918)

#Leonard_Bernstein

Kyuichi Tokuda
Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)

#Kyuichi_Tokuda

James Francis Edward Keith
James Francis Edward Keith, Scottish-Prussian field marshal (b. 1696)

#James_Francis_Edward_Keith

Jean-Louis Pons
Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer and educator (b. 1761)

#Jean-Louis_Pons

Frank Moore (performance artist)
Frank Moore, American painter and poet (b. 1946)

#Frank_Moore_(performance_artist)

Reg Alcock
Reg Alcock, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1948)

#Reg_Alcock

Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1930)

#Arlen_Specter

Wally Bell
Wally Bell, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1965)

#Wally_Bell

Norbert Schultze
Norbert Schultze, German composer and conductor (b. 1911)

#Norbert_Schultze

Samuel van Houten
Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)

#Samuel_van_Houten

Jacques Arcadelt
Jacques Arcadelt, Dutch singer and composer (b. 1507)

#Jacques_Arcadelt

Ahmed Hamdi
Ahmed Hamdi, Egyptian general and engineer (b. 1929)

#Ahmed_Hamdi

Garcilaso de la Vega (poet)
Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet (b. 1503)

#Garcilaso_de_la_Vega_(poet)

Max Cahner
Max Cahner, German-Catalan historian and politician (b. 1936)

#Max_Cahner

Marcel Aymé
Marcel Aymé, French author and playwright (b. 1902)

#Marcel_Aymé

William Hogenson
William Hogenson, American sprinter (b. 1884)

#William_Hogenson

Errol Flynn
Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1909)

#Errol_Flynn

Émile Sarrade
Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)

#Émile_Sarrade

Gart Westerhout
Gart Westerhout, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1927)

#Gart_Westerhout

Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry the Mild, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

#Henry_the_Mild,_Duke_of_Brunswick-Lüneburg

Keenan Wynn
Keenan Wynn, American actor (b. 1916)

#Keenan_Wynn

John Marshall Harlan
John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)

#John_Marshall_Harlan

Elizabeth Peña
Elizabeth Peña, American actress (b. 1959)

#Elizabeth_Peña

Gerry Studds
Gerry Studds, American educator and politician (b. 1937)

#Gerry_Studds

Collin Wilcox (actress)
Collin Wilcox, American actress (b. 1935)

#Collin_Wilcox_(actress)

Thomas Chaloner (statesman)
Thomas Chaloner, English poet and politician (b. 1521)

#Thomas_Chaloner_(statesman)

Lou Albano
Lou Albano, American professional wrestler (b. 1933)

#Lou_Albano

Max Fatchen
Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author (b. 1920)

#Max_Fatchen

James R. Grover Jr.
James R. Grover Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1919)

#James_R._Grover_Jr.

Cleveland Amory
Cleveland Amory, American author and activist (b. 1917)

#Cleveland_Amory

Al-Aziz Billah
Al-Aziz Billah, Fatimid caliph (b. 955)

#Al-Aziz_Billah

Henri Berger
Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)

#Henri_Berger

Gabriello Chiabrera
Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (b. 1552)

#Gabriello_Chiabrera

Oswald Myconius
Oswald Myconius, Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1488)

#Oswald_Myconius

Thomas Kingo
Thomas Kingo, Danish bishop and poet (b. 1634)

#Thomas_Kingo

Edward Bruce
Edward Bruce, High King of Ireland (b. 1275)

#Edward_Bruce

Edith Evans
Edith Evans, English actress (b. 1888)

#Edith_Evans

Haguroyama Masaji
Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna (b. 1914)

#Haguroyama_Masaji

Abram Ioffe
Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1880)

#Abram_Ioffe

Daniel Webb (baseball)
Daniel Webb, American baseball player (b. 1989)

#Daniel_Webb_(baseball)

Milena Dravi?
Milena Dravi?, Serbian actress (b. 1940)

#Milena_Dravi?

Tony Roper (racing driver)
Tony Roper, American race car driver (b. 1964)

#Tony_Roper_(racing_driver)

Julius Nyerere
Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian educator and politician, 1st President of Tanzania (b. 1922)

#Julius_Nyerere

Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)

#Erwin_Rommel

Margaret Keyes, American historian and academic (b. 1918)
Nurlan Balgimbayev, Kazakh politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Kazakhstan (b. 1947)
Leonard Liggio, American author and academic (b. 1933)
A. H. Halsey, English sociologist and academic (b. 1923)
K?ichi Iijima, Japanese author and poet (b. 1930)
Dody Weston Thompson, American photographer (b. 1923)
Larry Sloan, American publisher, co-founded Price Stern Sloan (b. 1922)
John Clive, English actor and author (b. 1933)
Ashawna Hailey, American computer scientist and philanthropist (b. 1949)
Simon MacCorkindale, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1952)
Martyn Sanderson, New Zealand actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
Kazys Petkevi?ius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
Freddy Fender, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
Patrick Dalzel-Job, English linguist, commander, and navigator (b. 1913)
Takahiko Yamanouchi, Japanese physicist (b. 1902)
Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (b. 1916)
Martin Ryle, English astronomer and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
Willard Price, Canadian-American historian and author (b. 1887)
Louis Rougier, French philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1889)
Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (b. 1897)
August Sang, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1914)
Arthur Folwell, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator (b. 1904)
Randall Jarrell, American poet and author (b. 1914)
Jack Davey, New Zealand-Australian singer and radio host (b. 1907)
Sobibór uprising: Rudolf Beckmann, German SS officer (b. 1910) Siegfried Graetschus, German sergeant (b. 1916) Johann Niemann, German lieutenant (b. 1913)
Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
Tewoflos, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1708)
Antonio Cesti, Italian organist and composer (b. 1623)
Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese daimy? (b. 1540)
Kuj? Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (b. 1239)
Isabella, English noblewoman and wife of John of England (b. c. 1173)
Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex, English sheriff and Chief Justiciar
Nizam al-Mulk, Persian scholar and politician (b. 1018)
Andronicus Ducas, Byzantine courtier (b. 1022)
Gyrth Godwinson, English nobleman and brother of Harold II
Leofwine Godwinson, English nobleman and brother of Harold II
Gerloc, Frankish noblewoman
Pang Xun, Chinese rebel leader
Shi Yuanzhong, Chinese governor
Antipope Dioscorus