History Deaths on September 24

Hermann of Reichenau, German composer, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1013)

#Hermann_of_Reichenau

Mike Webster, American football player (b. 1952)

#Mike_Webster

Rosalie Allen, American singer and radio host (b. 1924)

#Rosalie_Allen

William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)

#William_A._MacCorkle

Paracelsus, German-Swiss physician, botanist, and chemist (b. 1493)

#Paracelsus

Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)

#Princess_Victoria_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine

Sagadat Nurmagambetov, Kazakh general and politician (b. 1924)

#Sagadat_Nurmagambetov

Pedro Vázquez Colmenares, Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Oaxaca (b. 1934)

#Pedro_Vázquez_Colmenares

Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai prince (b. 1892)

#Mahidol_Adulyadej

Charles Reisner, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887)

#Charles_Reisner

Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (b. 1867)

#Carl_Laemmle

Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet and author (b. 1642)

#Vincenzo_da_Filicaja

Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordionist and bandleader (b. 1947)

#Buckwheat_Zydeco

Margaret Feilman, Australian architect and urban planner (b. 1921)

#Margaret_Feilman

Túpac Amaru, last of the Incas

#Túpac_Amaru

Patsy Kelly, American actress and dancer (b. 1910)

#Patsy_Kelly

Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American soldier and composer (b. 1829)

#Patrick_Gilmore

Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1913)

#Bruno_Pontecorvo

Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (b. 1856)

#Charles_Leroux

Irene Dailey, American actress (b. 1920)

#Irene_Dailey

Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (b. 1897)

#Hasso_von_Manteuffel

Robert of Knaresborough (b. 1160)

#Robert_of_Knaresborough

Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (b. 1617)

#Frederick,_Landgrave_of_Hesse-Eschwege

Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1818)

#Louis_Gerhard_De_Geer

Vladimir Kuzmichyov, Russian footballer (b. 1979)

#Vladimir_Kuzmichyov

Lyle Bettger, American actor (b. 1915)

#Lyle_Bettger

Sarah Churchill, English actress (b. 1914)

#Sarah_Churchill_(actress)

Mike Donlin, American baseball player and actor (b. 1878)

#Mike_Donlin

Bill Mollison, Australian researcher, author and biologist (b. 1928)

#Bill_Mollison

Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1118)

#Manuel_I_Komnenos

Pope Innocent II

#Pope_Innocent_II

Alexander Radishchev, Russian author and critic (b. 1749)

#Alexander_Radishchev

Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (b. 1941)

#Christopher_Hogwood

Theodor Luts, Estonian-Brazilian director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1896)

#Theodor_Luts

Paul Dietzel, American football player and coach (b. 1924)

#Paul_Dietzel

Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)

#Warren_William

Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet (b. 1817)

#Branwell_Brontë

Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)

#Welf_II,_Duke_of_Bavaria

Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (b. 1914)

#Alan_Moore_(war_artist)

Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (b. 1882)

#Hans_Geiger

Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer and educator (b. 1565)

#Duarte_Lobo

Eric of Pomerania, King of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (b. 1382)

#Eric_of_Pomerania

Pedro I of Brazil (b. 1798)

#Pedro_I_of_Brazil

Pepin the Short, Frankish king (b. 714)

#Pepin_the_Short

Isabeau of Bavaria (b. 1370)

#Isabeau_of_Bavaria

Stefan the First-Crowned, Serbian king (b. 1165)

#Stefan_the_First-Crowned

Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1208)

#Humphrey_de_Bohun,_2nd_Earl_of_Hereford

Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish commander (b. 1560)

#Jan_Karol_Chodkiewicz

John Keyse Sherwin, English engraver (b. 1751)

#John_Keyse_Sherwin

Charles Tatham, American fencer (b. 1854)

#Charles_Tatham_(fencer)

Andrew C. McLaughlin, American historian and author (b. 1861)

#Andrew_C._McLaughlin

Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)

#Niels_Ryberg_Finsen

Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (b. 1918)

#Mickey_Vernon

Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (b. 1904)

#Dr._Seuss

Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (b. 1908)

#Josué_de_Castro

Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1931)

#Zeki_Müren

Neil Hamilton, American actor (b. 1899)

#Neil_Hamilton_(actor)

József Klekl, Slovene priest and journalist (b. 1879)

#József_Klekl_(writer)

Earle Cabell, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1906)

#Earle_Cabell

Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654)

#Emperor_Reigen

Poliziano, Italian poet and scholar (b. 1454)

#Poliziano

Michael Glinski, Lithuanian prince (b. c. 1470)

#Michael_Glinski

Bill Nunn, American actor (b. 1953)

Mel Charles, Welsh footballer (b. 1935)

Wang Zhongshu, Chinese archaeologist and academic (b. 1925)

Madis Kõiv, Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1929)

Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, English aristocrat, socialite, and author (b. 1920)

Paul Oliver, American football player (b. 1984)

Anthony Lawrence, English-Hong Kong journalist and author (b. 1912)

Boris Karvasarsky, Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and author (b. 1931)

Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (b. 1923)

Pierre Adam, French cyclist (b. 1924)

Gennady Yanayev, Russian engineer and politician, Vice President of the Soviet Union (b. 1937)

Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (b. 1975)

Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (b. 1917)

Phil Latulippe, Canadian soldier and runner (b. 1909)

Michael Ferguson, PIRA volunteer, lawyer, and politician (b. 1953)

Françoise Sagan, French author and screenwriter (b. 1935)

Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian politician (b. 1953)

Jeff Moss, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1942)

Barry Bishop, American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (b. 1932)

Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)

Józef Nawrot, Polish-English footballer (b. 1906)

James Bassett, American journalist and author (b. 1912)

Philip Gbeho, Ghanaian composer and educator (b. 1904)

August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (b. 1887)

Lev Schnirelmann, Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1900)

Alice Muriel Williamson, English author (b. 1869)

D. H. Hill, American general and academic (b. 1821)

William Debenham, English businessman, founded Debenhams (b. 1794)

Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1684)

Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer and educator (b. 1547)

Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1495)

Albert of Mainz, German cardinal (b. 1490)

Philip of Montfort, Lord of Castres

Agnes of Germany (b. 1072)

Gao Pian, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 821)

Pope Liberius