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History Deaths on October 21


Jules Chevalier
Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)

#Jules_Chevalier

Dorothea Ackermann
Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (b. 1752)

#Dorothea_Ackermann

France Bu?ar
France Bu?ar, Slovenian lawyer and politician (b. 1923)

#France_Bu?ar

Edward Dickinson Baker
Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (b. 1811)

#Edward_Dickinson_Baker

George Duff
George Duff, Scottish captain (b. 1764)

#George_Duff

Samuel Foote
Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright (b. 1720)

#Samuel_Foote

Julius Caesar Scaliger
Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (b. 1484)

#Julius_Caesar_Scaliger

Józef Franczak
Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (b. 1918)

#Józef_Franczak

Dany Chamoun
Dany Chamoun, Lebanese engineer and politician (b. 1934)

#Dany_Chamoun

Major Owens
Major Owens, American librarian and politician (b. 1936)

#Major_Owens

James Henry Greathead
James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)

#James_Henry_Greathead

Henry Lawes
Henry Lawes, English pianist and composer (b. 1595)

#Henry_Lawes

Giovanni Paolo Panini
Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (b. 1691)

#Giovanni_Paolo_Panini

Anastas Mikoyan
Anastas Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1895)

#Anastas_Mikoyan

Arthur Schnitzler
Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)

#Arthur_Schnitzler

Bill Black
Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (b. 1926)

#Bill_Black

William Wade (English politician)
William Wade, English politician and diplomat, Lieutenant of the Tower of London (b. 1546)

#William_Wade_(English_politician)

Luis A. Ferré
Luis A. Ferré, Puerto Rican engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1904)

#Luis_A._Ferré

Rune T. Kidde
Rune T. Kidde, Danish author, poet, and illustrator (b. 1957)

#Rune_T._Kidde

Walter Sans Avoir
Walter Sans Avoir, a leader of the First Crusade

#Walter_Sans_Avoir

Johan Sebastian Welhaven
Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)

#Johan_Sebastian_Welhaven

Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Iranian cleric and politician, Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1931)

#Mohammad-Reza_Mahdavi_Kani

Bud Adams
Bud Adams, American businessman (b. 1923)

#Bud_Adams

Ahmet Taner K??lal?
Ahmet Taner K??lal?, Turkish political scientist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1939)

#Ahmet_Taner_K??lal?

Isabelle Eberhardt
Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)

#Isabelle_Eberhardt

Louise Day Hicks
Louise Day Hicks, American politician (b. 1916)

#Louise_Day_Hicks

Jaroslav Kozlík
Jaroslav Kozlík, Czech volleyball player and educator (b. 1907)

#Jaroslav_Kozlík

François Truffaut
François Truffaut, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)

#François_Truffaut

Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1921)

#Prabhat_Ranjan_Sarkar

Alix, Duchess of Brittany
Alix, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201)

#Alix,_Duchess_of_Brittany

Wac?aw Sierpi?ski
Wac?aw Sierpi?ski, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1882)

#Wac?aw_Sierpi?ski

Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville
Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville

#Geoffrey_de_Geneville,_1st_Baron_Geneville

Peyton Randolph
Peyton Randolph, American lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Continental Congress (b. 1721)

#Peyton_Randolph

?tani Yoshitsugu
?tani Yoshitsugu, Japanese samurai (b. 1558)

#?tani_Yoshitsugu

Lionel Murphy
Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (b. 1922)

#Lionel_Murphy

Nasif Estéfano
Nasif Estéfano, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1932)

#Nasif_Estéfano

Charles VI of France
Charles VI of France (b. 1368)

#Charles_VI_of_France

Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester
Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English politician

#Robert_de_Beaumont,_4th_Earl_of_Leicester

Tone Pav?ek
Tone Pav?ek, Slovenian poet and author (b. 1928)

#Tone_Pav?ek

Oscar Yanes
Oscar Yanes, Venezuelan journalist and author (b. 1927)

#Oscar_Yanes

Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (b. 1922)

#Jack_Kerouac

A. Ayyappan
A. Ayyappan, Indian poet and translator (b. 1949)

#A._Ayyappan

Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (b. 1758)

#Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson

Ben Bradlee
Ben Bradlee, American journalist and author (b. 1921)

#Ben_Bradlee

Yash Chopra
Yash Chopra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)

#Yash_Chopra

Birger Jarl
Birger Jarl, Swedish politician (b. 1210)

#Birger_Jarl

Marty Ingels
Marty Ingels, American actor (b. 1936)

#Marty_Ingels

John Cooke (Royal Navy officer)
John Cooke, English captain (b. 1763)

#John_Cooke_(Royal_Navy_officer)

Jinmaku Ky?gor?
Jinmaku Ky?gor?, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)

#Jinmaku_Ky?gor?

Muthuswami Dikshitar
Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (b. 1775)

#Muthuswami_Dikshitar

Gough Whitlam
Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1916)

#Gough_Whitlam

Charles Reidpath
Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (b. 1887)

#Charles_Reidpath

Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1969)

#Elliott_Smith

Jacques Babinet
Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)

#Jacques_Babinet

Edmund Waller
Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (b. 1606)

#Edmund_Waller

Antoni Dobrowolski
Antoni Dobrowolski, Polish educator (b. 1904)

#Antoni_Dobrowolski

Gianni Ferrio
Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1924)

#Gianni_Ferrio

Radka Toneff
Radka Toneff, Norwegian singer-songwriter (b. 1952)

#Radka_Toneff

William G. Conley
William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)

#William_G._Conley

Cosmas of Prague
Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian priest and historian (b. 1045)

#Cosmas_of_Prague

Hans Merensky
Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (b. 1871)

#Hans_Merensky

Li Linsi
Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (b. 1896)

#Li_Linsi

Pietro Aretino
Pietro Aretino, Italian author (b. 1492)

#Pietro_Aretino

George McGovern
George McGovern, American historian, lieutenant, and politician (b. 1922)

#George_McGovern

Sheldon Wolin, American philosopher, theorist, and academic (b. 1922)
Norman W. Moore, English conservationist and author (b. 1923)
Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (b. 1925)
Nelson Bunker Hunt, American businessman (b. 1926)
Tony Summers, Welsh swimmer (b. 1924)
Colonel Robert Morris, American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1954)
Alf Kumalo, South African photographer and journalist (b. 1930)
Hikmet Bilâ, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1954)
Paul Fox, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
Sandy West, American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1959)
Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (b. 1924)
Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1915)
Georgios Zoitakis, Greek general and politician (b. 1910)
Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)
Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (b. 1939)
Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1919)
Maxene Andrews, American singer (b. 1916)
Sam Zolotow, American journalist and critic (b. 1899)
Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (b. 1921)
Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher (b. 1898)
Lorenc Antoni, Albanian composer, conductor, and musicologist (b. 1909)
Jean Image, Hungarian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
Dan White, American assassin and politician (b. 1946)
Joseph P. Lordi, American government official (b. 1919)
Hans Asperger, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1906)
Ferit Tüzün, Turkish composer (b. 1929)
Minnie Evans, Potawatomi leader (b. 1888)
Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)
Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)
Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician and educator (b. 1460)
Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442)
Gero, Archbishop of Magdeburg
Zhenzhu Khan, khan of Xueyantuo