History Deaths on October 24

Anita Björk, Swedish actress (b. 1923)
#Anita_Björk

Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1592)
#Pierre_Gassendi

Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (b. 1905)
#Maurice_Roy
Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (b. 1546)
#Tycho_Brahe

Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)
#Winton_M._Blount

José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
#José_Azcona_del_Hoyo

Behçet Kemal Ça?lar, Turkish poet and politician (b. 1908)
#Behçet_Kemal_Ça?lar

Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1980)
#Ricky_Hendrick

George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
#George_Cadbury

Hans Meerwein, German chemist (b. 1879)
#Hans_Meerwein

Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1508)
#Edward_Stanley,_3rd_Earl_of_Derby

Gene Roddenberry, American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (b. 1921)
#Gene_Roddenberry

Raul Julia, Puerto Rican-American actor and singer (b. 1940)
#Raul_Julia

Margarita Khemlin, Ukrainian-Russian author and critic (b. 1960)
#Margarita_Khemlin

Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstan journalist (b. 1981)
#Alisher_Saipov

Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer and educator (b. 1967)
#Sansan_Chien

David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908)
#David_Oistrakh

Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (b. 1920)
#Maureen_O'Hara

Jean Titelouze, French organist and composer (b. 1562/3)
#Jean_Titelouze

G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (b. 1873)
#G._E._Moore

Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
#Fats_Domino

Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
#Ernst_Barlach

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
#Pierre_Puvis_de_Chavannes

John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (b. 1927)
#John_McCarthy_(computer_scientist)

Jane Seymour, English queen and wife of Henry VIII of England (b. 1508)
#Jane_Seymour

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1739)
#Carl_Ditters_von_Dittersdorf

Carlo Abarth, Italian automobile designer and founded of Abarth (b. 1908)
#Carlo_Abarth

Bobby Vee, American pop singer (b. 1943)
#Bobby_Vee

Valdemar IV, Danish king (b. 1320)
#Valdemar_IV_of_Denmark

James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (b. 1920)
#James_Aloysius_Hickey

Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
#Elias_Boudinot

Robert Guillaume, American actor (b. 1927)
#Robert_Guillaume

Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
#Nils_Wahlbom

Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (b. 1923)
#Michael_Beetham

Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
#Daniel_Webster

John Webb, English architect and scholar (b. 1611)
#John_Webb_(architect)

Harry Hay, English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries (b. 1912)
#Harry_Hay

Hugh Capet, French king
#Hugh_Capet

Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, English peer and courtier (b. 1582)
#Robert_Bertie,_1st_Earl_of_Lindsey

Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (b. 1924)
#Ján_Chryzostom_Korec

Ana Bertha Lepe, Mexican model and actress (b. 1934)
#Ana_Bertha_Lepe

Qutuz, Egyptian sultan
#Qutuz

Ian Middleton, New Zealand author (b. 1928)
#Ian_Middleton

Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
#Désiré_Charnay

Richie Evans, American race car driver (b. 1941)
#Richie_Evans

Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (b. 1902)
#Yaroslav_Halan
Girija Devi, Indian classical singer (b. 1929)
#Girija_Devi

William Prynne, English lawyer and author (b. 1600)
#William_Prynne

Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1660)
#Alessandro_Scarlatti

Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (b. 1980)
#Mbulaeni_Mulaudzi

Claire Windsor, American actress (b. 1897)
#Claire_Windsor

Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
#Hector_de_Saint-Denys_Garneau

Joy Clements, American soprano and actress (b. 1932)
#Joy_Clements

Peggy Ahern, American actress (b. 1917)
#Peggy_Ahern
Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
#Marcia_Strassman

Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1919)
#Jackie_Robinson

Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1936)
#Jo_Siffert

Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
#Raffaello_Carboni

Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
#Vidkun_Quisling

Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (b. 1904)
#Enolia_McMillan

Tony Joe White, American singer/songwriter (b.1943)
#Tony_Joe_White

Rosa Parks, American activist (b. 1913)
#Rosa_Parks

Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
#Louis_Renault_(industrialist)

James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
#James_Carroll_Beckwith

Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
#Jerzy_Kukuczka

Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
#Franz_Lehár