History Deaths on September 16

Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1873)

#Leo_Amery

Philip III of Navarre (b. 1306)

#Philip_III_of_Navarre

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1920)

#Carlo_Azeglio_Ciampi

Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)

#Pedro_de_Cordoba

John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (b. 1744)

#John_Jeffries

McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor (b. 1919)

#McGeorge_Bundy

Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (b. 1936)

#Mary_Travers

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (b. 1686)

#Daniel_Gabriel_Fahrenheit

C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)

#C._X._Larrabee

Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician (b. 1910)

#Millicent_Fenwick

Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (b. 1919)

#Arjan_Singh

Anne Bradstreet, English poet (b. 1612)

#Anne_Bradstreet

John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (b. 1884)

#John_McCormack_(tenor)

Tomás de Torquemada, Spanish friar (b. 1420)

#Tomás_de_Torquemada

Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (b. 1754)

#Nicolas_Baudin

Allan Wright, English captain and pilot (b. 1920)

#Allan_Wright

Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (b. 1860)

#Charles_Cochrane-Baillie,_2nd_Baron_Lamington

Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)

#Antônio_Carlos_Gomes

Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (b. 1814)

#Thomas_Davis_(Young_Irelander)

Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1921)

#Sheb_Wooley

Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)

#Sakaigawa_Namiemon

Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (b. 1867)

#Jean-Baptiste_Charcot

Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (b. 1895)

#Olga_Spessivtseva

George N. Parks, American educator and bandleader (b. 1953)

#George_N._Parks

Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (b. 1894)

#Bertha_Lutz

Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (b. 1896)

#Jean_Piaget

Christopher Soames, English soldier and politician, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (b. 1920)

#Christopher_Soames

Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (b. 1923)

#Maria_Callas

Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)

#Ramón_Emeterio_Betances

Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral (b. 1923)

#Julien_J._LeBourgeois

Robert Jordan, American engineer and author (b. 1948)

#Robert_Jordan

Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)

#Pavlos_Kalligas

Antipope Clement VII (b. 1342)

#Antipope_Clement_VII

Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (b. 1908)

#Peg_Entwistle

Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)

#Gustav_Bauer

Edward Albee, American director and playwright (b. 1928)

#Edward_Albee

Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer (b. 1936)

#Willie_"Big_Eyes"_Smith

Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)

#Alexander_Friedmann

Mary Stuart, English-Scottish princess (b. 1605)

#Mary_Stuart_(1605-1607)

Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1770)

#Ezekiel_Hart

John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295)

#John_IV,_Duke_of_Brittany

Michael Baius, Belgian theologian and academic (b. 1513)

#Michael_Baius

George Gore, American baseball player and manager (b. 1857)

#George_Gore

Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (b. 1915)

#Hasan_Polatkan

António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cabo Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (b. 1944)

#António_Mascarenhas_Monteiro

James Gregory, American actor (b. 1911)

#James_Gregory_(actor)

James Burdette Thayer, American brigadier general (b. 1920)

#James_B._Thayer

Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)

#Edward_Whymper

Pope Victor III (b. 1026)

#Pope_Victor_III

Marcelo Rezende, Brazilian journalist (b. 1951)

#Marcelo_Rezende

Gabriele Amorth, Italian priest and exorcist (b. 1925)

#Gabriele_Amorth

Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)

#Ronald_Ross

Gene Nelson, American actor, dancer, and director (b. 1920)

#Gene_Nelson

Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)

#Christian_de_Meza

Pandulf Verraccio, Roman ecclesiastical politician

#Pandulf_Verraccio

Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser (b. 1920)

#Gordon_Gould

Samuel Z. Arkoff, American producer (b. 1918)

#Samuel_Z._Arkoff

Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)

#Marc_Bolan

Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (b. 1925)

#Friedrich_Zimmermann

Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)

#Leo_Fall

Guy Béart, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (b. 1930)

#Guy_Béart

Fatin Rü?tü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1910)

#Fatin_Rü?tü_Zorlu

Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John II of Sweden (b. 1526)

#Catherine_Jagiellon

James II of England (b. 1633)

#James_II_of_England

Charles V of France (b. 1338)

#Charles_V_of_France

Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, French-born American businessman (b. 1932)

W. P. Kinsella, American novelist (b. 1935)

Kurt Oppelt, Austrian figure skater and coach (b. 1932)

Julio Brady, Virgin Islander lawyer, judge, and politician, 5th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (b. 1942)

H. M. Fowler American sergeant and politician (b. 1918)

Patsy Swayze, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1927)

Ratiba El-Hefny, Egyptian soprano and director (b. 1931)

Scott Adams, American football player (b. 1966)

Roman Kroitor, Canadian director and producer, co-founded IMAX (b. 1926)

Jim Towers, English footballer (b. 1933)

Ernst Märzendorfer, Austrian conductor (b. 1921)

Myles Brand, American philosopher and academic (b. 1942)

Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (b. 1940)

Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)

Harry Freedman, Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (b. 1922)

Michael Donaghy, American-English poet and author (b. 1954)

Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet and activist (b. 1920)

František Jílek, Czech conductor (b. 1913)

Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (b. 1935)

Louis Réard, French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (b. 1897)

Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (b. 1932)

Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (b. 1886)

Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (b. 1906)

James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1877)

Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)

Louis XVIII of France (b. 1755)

Nguy?n Hu?, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1753)

Peter Niers, notorious German bandit (date of birth unknown)

Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. 1336)

William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (b. 1319)

#William_de_Bohun,_1st_Earl_of_Northampton

Bernold of Constance, German priest and historian (b. 1054)

Pope Martin I

Flavius Valerius Severus, Roman emperor