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534

Athalaric

Athalaric became king of the Ostrogoths in Italy at age 10 in 526. His mother Amalasuntha ruled as regent. He died at 18, possibly from alcoholism. He never really ruled. His mother tried. The kingdom collapsed 20 years later. Child kings don't last.

829

Michael II

Michael II rose from peasant soldier to Byzantine emperor after helping to overthrow his predecessor in 820. He couldn't read or write. He relied on advisors to handle documents while he focused on military campaigns. He defended Constantinople against Arab sieges and stabilized the empire's borders. His illiteracy didn't stop him from ruling for nine years.

939

Gilbert

Gilbert of Lorraine drowned in the Rhine during a battle against Otto I's forces. He'd spent years fighting to keep Lorraine independent from German control, switching alliances constantly. The river swallowed him in full armor. His duchy didn't survive him — Otto absorbed it within a decade. Fifty years of Lotharingian autonomy gone with one miscalculation at a river crossing.

939

Eberhard of Franconia

Eberhard of Franconia rebelled against Otto I in 938, leading an army of discontented nobles. He was defeated and killed in battle within a year. The Holy Roman Empire had crushed a duke who wanted independence.

1099

Teodoro Gabras, general bizantino.

1113

Maudud, líder militar turco (n.

Maudud, líder militar turco (n. 1060), atabeg de Mosul de 1109 a 1113, líder de varias expediciones importantes, pero fracasadas, contra los cruzados.

1156

Germán de Stahleck, aristócrata alemán (n.

Germán de Stahleck, aristócrata alemán (n. 1128).

1160

Ibn Quzmān (Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Quzman), poeta andalusí-cordobés (n.

Ibn Quzmān (Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Quzman), poeta andalusí-cordobés (n. 1079), conocido por sus peculiares zéjeles escritos en árabe coloquial andalusí.

1213

Geoffrey fitz Peter, 1.

Geoffrey fitz Peter, 1. Earl of Essex, englischer Adeliger

1225

an-Nāsir li-Dīn Allāh, arabischer Kalif

1264

Pope Urban IV

Pope Urban IV held the papacy from 1261 to 1264 — a reign of three years during which he never once entered Rome, governing from Orvieto and Viterbo because Rome's political violence made it uninhabitable for a pope. He commissioned a new feast day — Corpus Christi — and asked Thomas Aquinas to write the liturgy for it. The hymns Aquinas composed are still used in Catholic services seven centuries later. Urban died in Perugia in October 1264, before his most significant political project — installing a French king in Sicily — could be completed.

1285

Felipe III, rey francés (n.

Felipe III, rey francés (n. 1245).

1294

John of Sandford, englischer Geistlicher und Erzbischof von Dublin

1348

Alice de Lacy (66), aristócrata («condesa de Lincoln», «condesa de Salisbury» y «par de Inglaterra») galeso-inglesa (n.

Alice de Lacy (66), aristócrata («condesa de Lincoln», «condesa de Salisbury» y «par de Inglaterra») galeso-inglesa (n. 1281).

1348

Alice de Lacy, englische Adelige

1368

Ana de Kashin, aristócrata («princesa consorte») y monja cristiana rusa (n.

Ana de Kashin, aristócrata («princesa consorte») y monja cristiana rusa (n. 1280), esposa del príncipe Mijaíl de Tver; todos sus familiares fueron asesinados durante las guerras civiles), canonizada por la Iglesia Ortodoxa Rusa en 1650, descanonizada en 1677 y recanonizada en 1908 por el zar Nicolás II.

1368

Anna von Kaschin, russische Fürstin und Heilige

1391

Faydit d'Aigrefeuille, obispo católico francés, seudocardenal nombrado en 1383 por el antipapa francés Clemente VII.

1411

Antonio Calvi, cardenal y obispo católico italiano (n.

Antonio Calvi, cardenal y obispo católico italiano (n. 1341).

1413

Andrea Vanni, Seneser Maler und Politiker der Republik Siena

1417

Maso degli Albizi, político y militar italiano (n.

Maso degli Albizi, político y militar italiano (n. 1343).

1422

María de Borgoña (36), aristócrata («duquesa de Saboya») francesa (n.

María de Borgoña (36), aristócrata («duquesa de Saboya») francesa (n. 1380); duquesa de Saboya por su matrimonio con Amadeo VIII de Saboya, más tarde conocido como antipapa Félix V.

1464

Heinrich Kalteisen, Erzbischof von Norwegen

1484

Isabel de Iorque, Condessa de Essex (n.

Isabel de Iorque, Condessa de Essex (n. 1409).

1488

Giovanni Arcimboldi, cardenal y arzobispo católico italiano (n.

Giovanni Arcimboldi, cardenal y arzobispo católico italiano (n. 1426).

1495

Francisco de Borbón-Vendôme, aristócrata francés (n.

Francisco de Borbón-Vendôme, aristócrata francés (n. 1470).

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1503

Martin Fuhrmann, deutscher Philologe, Theologe, Hochschullehrer und Gründer einer Stipendienstiftung

1515

Bárbara de Zápolya, aristócrata húngara (n.

Bárbara de Zápolya, aristócrata húngara (n. 1495), reina consorte de Polonia y gran duquesa de Lituania como la primera esposa del rey Segismundo I Jagellón el Viejo.

1517

Johannes Murmellius, niederländischer Pädagoge, Philologe, Dichter und Humanist

1519

Sebastiano Ferrero, aristócrata italiano (n.

Sebastiano Ferrero, aristócrata italiano (n. 1438).

1523

Alessandro Alessandri, jurista italiano (n.

Alessandro Alessandri, jurista italiano (n. 1461).

1534

علي الكركي مرجع شيعي اثني عشري من جبل عامل

1545

Rutgerus Rescius Dryopolitanus (Rutger Ressen), erudito y editor griego flamenco.

1552

Kul Sharif, político, poeta, religioso musulmán y catedrático tártaro, imán del janato de Kazán, muerto en el sitio d…

Kul Sharif, político, poeta, religioso musulmán y catedrático tártaro, imán del janato de Kazán, muerto en el sitio de Kazán.

1559

Jacquet of Mantua

Jacquet of Mantua composed over 300 motets during 76 years of life, most of them while working in Italian cathedrals. He outlived the entire first generation of Renaissance composers. His music was still being printed and performed when he died at 76. Then tastes changed, and his name disappeared for four centuries until musicologists rediscovered his manuscripts in the 1960s.

1580

Manuel de Almada, sacerdote católico português (n.

Manuel de Almada, sacerdote católico português (n. 1500).

1587

Andō Chikasue, militar japonés (n.

Andō Chikasue, militar japonés (n. 1539).

1588

Bernardino Telesio, filósofo, ensayista y naturalista italiano (n.

Bernardino Telesio, filósofo, ensayista y naturalista italiano (n. 1509).

1596

Giovanni Alberti, obispo católico italiano (n.

Giovanni Alberti, obispo católico italiano (n. 1540).

1599

Hoca Sadeddin Efendi, historiador otomano.

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1602

Ijuin Tadazane, militar japonés (n.

Ijuin Tadazane, militar japonés (n. 1576).

1614

Carlo Sellitto, pintor barroco italiano-napolitano (n.

Carlo Sellitto, pintor barroco italiano-napolitano (n. 1581), cuyo estilo era cercano al de Caravaggio.

1616

Frans Francken I, pintor y dibujante flamenco (n.

Frans Francken I, pintor y dibujante flamenco (n. 1542).

1616

Ernestus Hettenbach, deutscher Physiker und Mediziner

1617

Isaac Oliver, pintor, dibujante y miniaturista inglés (n.

Isaac Oliver, pintor, dibujante y miniaturista inglés (n. 1565).

1620

Benedikt Wurzelbauer, deutscher Bildhauer und Erzgießer

1626

Diego Sarmiento de Acuña

Diego Sarmiento de Acuña served as Spain's ambassador to England for eight years. He defended Catholics, opposed the marriage of Prince Charles to a Spanish princess, and spied constantly. James I hated him. He returned to Spain in 1622 and died four years later. His dispatches are still studied for their detail and paranoia.

1628

Torii Tadamasa, militar japonés (n.

Torii Tadamasa, militar japonés (n. 1567).

1629

Pierre de Bérulle

Pierre de Bérulle founded the Oratory of Jesus in France, introduced Carmelite reforms, and served as Cardinal Richelieu's spiritual advisor. He died suddenly while saying Mass, collapsing at the altar mid-ceremony at 54. His writings on mysticism influenced French Catholicism for two centuries. Richelieu kept his letters until his own death 13 years later.

1629

Antonio Cifra

Antonio Cifra wrote music for the Vatican, serving four different popes across 45 years. He composed over 500 sacred works, most for the Cappella Giulia at St. Peter's. He died the same year as Pierre de Bérulle, both in 1629. His masses were still being performed in Rome a century after his death, then forgotten until scholars found his manuscripts in Vatican archives.

1633

Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese, cardenal italiano, arzobispo católico y coleccionista de arte (n.

Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese, cardenal italiano, arzobispo católico y coleccionista de arte (n. 1577).

1637

Angelo Sala, italienischer Arzt, Wissenschaftler und Mitglied der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft

1638

Andréi Andreievich Golitsyn, aristócrata ruso.

1645

Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri, cardenal italiano (n.

Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri, cardenal italiano (n. 1566).

1649

Johann Ludwig von Pfalz-Sulzbach, schwedischer General im Dreißigjährigen Krieg

1655

Francesco Pona, médico, filósofo, poeta y escritor italiano (n.

Francesco Pona, médico, filósofo, poeta y escritor italiano (n. 1595).

1661

Paul Rotenburger, im Fürsterzbistum Salzburg und in Kärnten wirkender Orgelbauer

1668

Jean Daret, pintor y grabador francés (n.

Jean Daret, pintor y grabador francés (n. 1614).

1673

Panagiotis Nikousios, médico otomano (n.

Panagiotis Nikousios, médico otomano (n. 1613).

1674

George Frederick of Nassau-Siegen

George Frederick of Nassau-Siegen fought for the Dutch Republic against Spain and France for decades. He was sixty-eight when he died. The Dutch Republic was a tiny country that survived by hiring the best soldiers — he was one of them. He left behind a military career spent defending swampland that became a global empire.

1678

Wu Sangui

Wu Sangui opened the Great Wall gates and let Manchu armies into China. He'd been a Ming general, switched sides to avenge his concubine. The Manchus gave him a kingdom in the south. Thirty years later he rebelled against them too. He declared himself emperor, died six months later. The Qing hunted down his descendants for generations.

1679

Giovanni Claret, pintor italiano (n.

Giovanni Claret, pintor italiano (n. 1599).

1679

Andrea Mattioli, compositor y sacerdote italiano (n.

Andrea Mattioli, compositor y sacerdote italiano (n. 1611).

1685

David Teniers III

David Teniers III was the son of a famous painter, trained by his father, and painted in the same style. He died at 47. His work is often mistaken for his father's. Museums still debate attributions. He spent his life painting like someone else. That was his career.

1685

David Teniers III, pintor flamenco (n.

David Teniers III, pintor flamenco (n. 1638).

1686

Balthasar Bebel, deutscher lutherischer Theologe

1696

Charles Henri de Choiseul, aristócrata y militar francés.

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1700

Tetsugyū Dōki, Mönch der Ōbaku-shū des japanischen Zen-Buddhismus

1704

Carlo Barberini, cardenal italiano (n.

Carlo Barberini, cardenal italiano (n. 1630).

1705

Augusto Federico de Holstein-Gottorp, príncipe alemán (n.

Augusto Federico de Holstein-Gottorp, príncipe alemán (n. 1646).

1708

Anne Jules de Noailles

Anne Jules de Noailles commanded French forces in 40 battles across three wars, losing only twice. He fought at Steenkerque, Neerwinden, and Malplaquet, where a cannonball killed his horse but missed him. He became a marshal of France and a duke. He died at 58 from illness, not combat. Two losses in 40 tries is a better record than most generals admit.

1709

Ivan Mazepa

Ivan Mazepa was Hetman of Ukraine and switched sides during the Great Northern War. He abandoned Peter the Great and joined Sweden in 1708. Peter burned his capital in revenge. Sweden lost at Poltava. Mazepa died in exile a few months later. He bet everything on the wrong side and destroyed Ukraine in the process. Pushkin wrote a poem about him. Byron wrote one too. He's famous for the betrayal.

1721

Benoît Audran, französischer Kupferstecher

1721

Benoît Audran llamado el Viejo, grabador francés (n.

Benoît Audran llamado el Viejo, grabador francés (n. 1661).

1724

François-Timoléon de Choisy

François-Timoléon de Choisy attended Louis XIV's court in full makeup and women's gowns, then became a priest at 32 and wrote histories of the church. He traveled to Siam as a missionary, learned Thai, and chronicled the kingdom's politics. He died at 80, having lived as three different people. His memoirs are still in print.

1724

Johann Conrad Brunner, médico suizo (n.

Johann Conrad Brunner, médico suizo (n. 1653).

1728

Zeger Bernard van Espen, teólogo belga (n.

Zeger Bernard van Espen, teólogo belga (n. 1646).

1728

Zeger Bernhard van Espen, niederländischer Kirchenjurist

1729

Serafina Brunelli, monja cristiana italiana (n.

Serafina Brunelli, monja cristiana italiana (n. 1659).

1741

Marthe de Roucoulle, französische Erzieherin am preußischen Hof

1745

Buonafede Vitali, médico italiano (n.

Buonafede Vitali, médico italiano (n. 1686).

1745

Heinrich Klausing, deutscher lutherischer Theologe, Mathematiker, Astronom und Polyhistor

1746

Josiah Burchett

Josiah Burchett served as Secretary of the Admiralty for 46 years — from 1694 to 1742. He worked under eleven different First Lords. He was the institutional memory of the Royal Navy through four wars. He never went to sea. He managed correspondence, logistics, and records. He died at 80, still in office. The Navy ran on his filing system for another century.

1751

Pierre Du Mage, compositor y organista francés (n.

Pierre Du Mage, compositor y organista francés (n. 1674).

1757

Johann Adam Groß der Ältere, deutscher Baumeister

1757

Luigi Centurione, jesuita italiano (n.

Luigi Centurione, jesuita italiano (n. 1686).

1758

Carlo De Dominicis, arquitecto italiano (n.

Carlo De Dominicis, arquitecto italiano (n. 1696).

1759

Placido Costanzi, pintor italiano (n.

Placido Costanzi, pintor italiano (n. 1702).

1764

William Cavendish

William Cavendish was Britain's prime minister for just seven months in 1756-57, appointed during the Seven Years' War. He didn't want the job. He was ineffective. He resigned after failing to prevent the execution of Admiral Byng. He spent the rest of his life as a wealthy duke, building Chatsworth House. His political career was a disaster. His estate is still a tourist attraction.

1766

Jacques Hardion, historiador y traductor francés (n.

Jacques Hardion, historiador y traductor francés (n. 1686).

1766

Jacques Hardion, französischer Historiker, Übersetzer und königlicher Bibliothekar

1767

Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels, grabadora francesa (n.

Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels, grabadora francesa (n. 1686).

1775

Chiyo-ni

Kaga no Chiyo-ni perfected the haiku form by grounding profound philosophical observations in the fleeting details of the natural world. Her death in 1775 ended a career that elevated the genre from simple wordplay to a respected literary art, ensuring her verses remain the standard for Japanese students learning to capture beauty in seventeen syllables.

1775

Chiyo-ni, poeta japonesa (n.

Chiyo-ni, poeta japonesa (n. 1703).

1775

Fukuda Chiyo-ni, monja budista, poetisa y pintora japonesa (n.

Fukuda Chiyo-ni, monja budista, poetisa y pintora japonesa (n. 1703).

1779

Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna, príncipe italiano (n.

Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna, príncipe italiano (n. 1723).

1780

John André

John André went to the gallows wearing his British uniform, asking only to be shot like a soldier instead of hanged like a spy. Washington refused. André had negotiated Benedict Arnold's betrayal of West Point, carrying the plans in his boot. He was 29. Both sides called him honorable.

1782

Charles Lee

Charles Lee was a British officer who joined the Continental Army and insulted everyone. Washington hated him. He was captured by the British and possibly gave them intelligence. He was exchanged. At Monmouth he retreated without orders. Washington relieved him on the field, swearing. Lee demanded a court-martial to clear his name. They suspended him instead. He died bitter in 1782. Nobody mourned him.

1783

Fernando de Solms-Braunfels, príncipe alemán (n.

Fernando de Solms-Braunfels, príncipe alemán (n. 1721).

1786

Augustus Keppel

Augustus Keppel was court-martialed in 1779 for losing a naval battle. The trial became a political circus — half of Parliament thought he was a scapegoat, the other half wanted him hanged. He was acquitted. Three years later, they made him First Lord of the Admiralty. Vindication looks like promotion.

1790

Cristiana Ana de Anhalt-Köthen, aristócrata («condesa») alemana (n.

Cristiana Ana de Anhalt-Köthen, aristócrata («condesa») alemana (n. 1726).

1791

George Gordon, aristócrata británico-escocés (n.

George Gordon, aristócrata británico-escocés (n. 1764).

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1800

Carlos José de Auersperg, aristócrata austríaco (n.

Carlos José de Auersperg, aristócrata austríaco (n. 1720).

1802

Giuseppe Millico, cantante y compositor castrato italiano (n.

Giuseppe Millico, cantante y compositor castrato italiano (n. 1737).

1803

Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams died broke. He'd organized the Boston Tea Party, signed the Declaration, and pushed Massachusetts toward revolution harder than anyone. He refused bribes, turned down profitable posts, and gave away his inheritance. Boston had to pay for his funeral.

1804

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first self-propelled vehicle in 1769 — a steam-powered tricycle that carried four tons and moved at two miles per hour. It crashed into a wall during a demonstration. He fled to Belgium after the French Revolution. His machine is still in a Paris museum.

1808

Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad, Herrscher der saudischen Dynastie

1814

Vera Petrovna Protasova, aristócrata rusa (n.

Vera Petrovna Protasova, aristócrata rusa (n. 1780).

1815

Ferdinand Anton von Ahlefeldt, dänischer Diplomat

1817

Fiódor Fiodorovich Ushakov, comandante naval ruso (n.

Fiódor Fiodorovich Ushakov, comandante naval ruso (n. 1744).

1817

Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov

Fyodor Ushakov commanded the Russian Black Sea Fleet and never lost a battle. He fought the Ottomans for a decade, winning at Tendra and Kerch. He freed Greek islands from Turkish rule. He retired to a monastery and gave his pension to the poor. The Russian Orthodox Church canonized him in 2001 — the only admiral ever made a saint. Warships usually don't lead to sainthood.

1819

Anand Rao Gaekwad, príncipe indio.

1822

Pedro Agar y Bustillo, spanischer Marineoffizier und Regent

1822

Carl Anton von Arnstedt, preußischer Gutsherr und Beamter

1823

Daniel Steibelt, pianista y compositor alemán (n.

Daniel Steibelt, pianista y compositor alemán (n. 1765).

1823

Antoine-François Callet, pintor francés (n.

Antoine-François Callet, pintor francés (n. 1741).

1826

August Immanuel Cunitz, deutscher Mediziner

1827

Antoine François Philippe Dubois-Descours de la Maisonfort, général et écrivain français (° 23 juin 1763).

1827

Louis Dubois-Descours (Antoine François Philippe Dubois-Descours de la Maisonfort), aristócrata («marqués de la Maiso…

Louis Dubois-Descours (Antoine François Philippe Dubois-Descours de la Maisonfort), aristócrata («marqués de la Maisonfort»), general de brigada y escritor francés (n. 1763).

1828

José Prudencio Padilla, almirante colombiano (n.

José Prudencio Padilla, almirante colombiano (n. 1784).

1829

Troilo Malipiero, escritor y filósofo italiano (n.

Troilo Malipiero, escritor y filósofo italiano (n. 1770).

1831

José Agostinho de Macedo, escritor y poeta portugués (n.

José Agostinho de Macedo, escritor y poeta portugués (n. 1761).

1835

Lorenzo Crico, sacerdote italiano (n.

Lorenzo Crico, sacerdote italiano (n. 1764).

1837

Costantino Munari (65), patriota y revolucionario italiano (n.

Costantino Munari (65), patriota y revolucionario italiano (n. 1772), doctor en Filosofía, Derecho Civil, Derecho Canónico y Medicina; los invasores austríacos lo encarcelaron durante 20 años debido a sus ideas sobre la Revolución francesa (1789‑1799).

1839

Anna von Baggovut, aristócrata rusa (n.

Anna von Baggovut, aristócrata rusa (n. 1760).

1841

Honorato Grimaldi, aristócrata («rey de Mónaco») francés (n.

Honorato Grimaldi, aristócrata («rey de Mónaco») francés (n. 1778).

1842

José Mariono Elízaga, mexikanischer Komponist

1842

William Ellery Channing, teólogo estadounidense (n.

William Ellery Channing, teólogo estadounidense (n. 1780).

1843

Grégoire Louis Domeny de Rienzi, geógrafo y explorador francés (n.

Grégoire Louis Domeny de Rienzi, geógrafo y explorador francés (n. 1789).

1847

Vasil Aprilov

Vasil Aprilov made his fortune as a merchant in Moscow and Odessa, then spent it building the first secular school in Bulgaria in 1835. Bulgaria was under Ottoman rule and had no modern educational system. He funded textbooks, hired teachers, and designed a curriculum. The school in Gabrovo became the model for dozens more. He bought a nation's future.

1848

Georg August Goldfuss, paleontólogo y zoólogo alemán (n.

Georg August Goldfuss, paleontólogo y zoólogo alemán (n. 1782).

1850

Josef Madersperger, österreichischer Schneidermeister und Erfinder

1850

Sarah Biffen

Sarah Biffen was born without arms or legs. She learned to paint holding a brush in her mouth. She painted miniature portraits for the British aristocracy. Queen Victoria commissioned one. Biffen charged three guineas per painting. She died in poverty at 66. Her paintings sell for thousands now.

1851

Henry Perigal Borrell, numismático británico (n.

Henry Perigal Borrell, numismático británico (n. 1795).

1852

Karel Presl, botánico checo (n.

Karel Presl, botánico checo (n. 1794).

1853

François Arago

François Arago measured the speed of light using a rotating mirror. He proved light travels faster in air than in water. He also served as Prime Minister of France for four months in 1848. He refused to swear loyalty to Napoleon III and lost his position. The speed of light stayed measured.

1853

François Jean Dominique Arago

François Arago measured the speed of light, discovered the chromosphere of the sun, and proved light is a wave. He was also a politician — he abolished slavery in French colonies in 1848 as Minister of War. He refused to swear allegiance to Napoleon III and lost his positions. He died in 1853. His name is on the Eiffel Tower with 71 other scientists. Politics interrupted his physics.

1854

Jeanne Émilie de Villeneuve, monja francesa (n.

Jeanne Émilie de Villeneuve, monja francesa (n. 1811).

1855

Johann Heinrich Walch, compositor alemán (n.

Johann Heinrich Walch, compositor alemán (n. 1775).

1858

Francisco José de Souza Suares de Andrea, general y político portugués (n.

Francisco José de Souza Suares de Andrea, general y político portugués (n. 1781).

1859

Troiano Marulli, militar y hombre de letras italiano (n.

Troiano Marulli, militar y hombre de letras italiano (n. 1774).

1860

Louis Hersent, pintor francés (n.

Louis Hersent, pintor francés (n. 1777).

1862

Giuseppe Raffo, político y empresario tunecino (n.

Giuseppe Raffo, político y empresario tunecino (n. 1795).

1863

Justinus Van der Brugghen, político belga (n.

Justinus Van der Brugghen, político belga (n. 1804).

1863

Justinus van der Brugghen, niederländischer Staatsmann

1865

Karl Klaus von der Decken, explorador alemán (n.

Karl Klaus von der Decken, explorador alemán (n. 1833).

1868

Henry Damian Juncker, obispo católico francés (n.

Henry Damian Juncker, obispo católico francés (n. 1809).

1868

François Christophe Edmond Kellermann, französischer Staatsmann und Diplomat

1872

Francis Lieber, deutsch-US-amerikanischer Jurist, Publizist, Rechts- und Staatsphilosoph

1872

Eberhard Friedrich Walcker, organista alemán (n.

Eberhard Friedrich Walcker, organista alemán (n. 1794).

1873

Friedrich Moritz von Burger, aristócrata austríaco (n.

Friedrich Moritz von Burger, aristócrata austríaco (n. 1804).

1875

Petrache Poenaru, pedagogo, inventor e ingeniero rumano (n.

Petrache Poenaru, pedagogo, inventor e ingeniero rumano (n. 1799).

1875

Giuseppe Cencetti, dramaturgo y libretista italiano (n.

Giuseppe Cencetti, dramaturgo y libretista italiano (n. 1809).

1876

Alfonso Corti, anatomista italiano (n.

Alfonso Corti, anatomista italiano (n. 1822).

1877

Erwin von Bary, explorador alemán (n.

Erwin von Bary, explorador alemán (n. 1846).

1877

Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer, botánico y patólogo alemán (n.

Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer, botánico y patólogo alemán (n. 1805).

1878

Giovanni Castrogiovanni, sacerdote italiano (n.

Giovanni Castrogiovanni, sacerdote italiano (n. 1818).

1879

Antoine Chevrier, sacerdote francés (n.

Antoine Chevrier, sacerdote francés (n. 1826).

1880

Joseph Kellaway, militar británico (n.

Joseph Kellaway, militar británico (n. 1824).

1882

August von Krempelhuber, botánico alemán (n.

August von Krempelhuber, botánico alemán (n. 1813).

1884

Jean Achard, pintor y grabador francés (n.

Jean Achard, pintor y grabador francés (n. 1807).

1886

Juvénal Viellard, político francés (n.

Juvénal Viellard, político francés (n. 1803).

1886

Juvénal Viellard, homme politique français (° 21 novembre 1803).

1887

Domenico Bartolini, cardenal e historiador italiano (n.

Domenico Bartolini, cardenal e historiador italiano (n. 1813).

1888

John Ella, englischer Geiger, Musikschriftsteller und Konzertveranstalter

1888

John Ella, violinista y director de orquesta británico (n.

John Ella, violinista y director de orquesta británico (n. 1802).

1892

Ernest Renán, escritor, filólogo, historiador de las religiones, arqueólogo y filósofo francés (n.

Ernest Renán, escritor, filólogo, historiador de las religiones, arqueólogo y filósofo francés (n. 1823), fundador del «antisemitismo erudito» en Francia.

1892

Teréz Karacs (84), escritora feminista y educadora húngara (n.

Teréz Karacs (84), escritora feminista y educadora húngara (n. 1808), activista de los derechos de la mujer.

1894

Algernon Seymour, aristócrata («14.º duque de Somerset») británico (n.

Algernon Seymour, aristócrata («14.º duque de Somerset») británico (n. 1813).

1895

Eugen Langen, ingeniero e inventor alemán (n.

Eugen Langen, ingeniero e inventor alemán (n. 1833).

1896

Mangkunegara V, gobernante indonesio (n.

Mangkunegara V, gobernante indonesio (n. 1855).

1896

Gneomar Ernst von Natzmer, preußischer Offizier und Militärschriftsteller

1896

Ludwig Lenz, deutscher Schriftsteller und Journalist

1897

Neal Dow, político y activista estadounidense (n.

Neal Dow, político y activista estadounidense (n. 1804).

1898

Marija Nikolaevna Ošanina, revolucionaria rusa (n.

Marija Nikolaevna Ošanina, revolucionaria rusa (n. 1852).

1899

Percy Pilcher, britischer Erfinder und ein Pionier der Luftfahrt

1899

Percy Pilcher, inventor británico (n.

Percy Pilcher, inventor británico (n. 1867).

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1900

Frédéric Gendre, Schweizer Jurist und Politiker

1901

Filippo Baglioni, político italiano (n.

Filippo Baglioni, político italiano (n. 1827).

1901

August Mentzendorff, deutschbaltischer Kaufmann und Ältester der Großen Gilde in Riga

1902

Johann Weitzer, empresario austríaco (n.

Johann Weitzer, empresario austríaco (n. 1832).

1903

محمد ظافر المدني، صوفي طرابلسي عثماني.

1904

Jan Monchablon, pintor francés (n.

Jan Monchablon, pintor francés (n. 1854).

1905

José-Maria de Heredia, poeta cubano expatriado en Francia (n.

José-Maria de Heredia, poeta cubano expatriado en Francia (n. 1842).

1905

DeWitt Bristol Brace, físico estadounidense (n.

DeWitt Bristol Brace, físico estadounidense (n. 1859).

1906

Raja Ravi Varma, pintor indio (n.

Raja Ravi Varma, pintor indio (n. 1848).

1907

Johann August Georg Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvar, geólogo, paleontólogo y ensayista austríaco (n.

Johann August Georg Edmund Mojsisovics von Mojsvar, geólogo, paleontólogo y ensayista austríaco (n. 1839).

1910

Enrique XXIV de Reuss-Köstritz, compositor alemán (n.

Enrique XXIV de Reuss-Köstritz, compositor alemán (n. 1855).

1910

Leberecht Arendt, deutscher Politiker

1910

Gustav Casmir, esgrimista alemán (n.

Gustav Casmir, esgrimista alemán (n. 1874).

1912

Jan Beyzym, sacerdote polaco (n.

Jan Beyzym, sacerdote polaco (n. 1850).

1913

Francesco Cucchi, patriota y político italiano (n.

Francesco Cucchi, patriota y político italiano (n. 1834).

1914

Edward Villiers, aristócrata («5.º conde de Clarendon») y político británico-inglés (n.

Edward Villiers, aristócrata («5.º conde de Clarendon») y político británico-inglés (n. 1846).

1914

Alexei Wladimirowitsch Stantschinski, russischer Komponist und Pianist

1915

Felix Martin Oberländer, deutscher Mediziner

1916

Curt A. Stark, director, actor y guionista alemán (n.

Curt A. Stark, director, actor y guionista alemán (n. 1878).

1916

Lauro Clariana Ricart, matemático, ingeniero industrial y catedrático español‑catalán (n.

Lauro Clariana Ricart, matemático, ingeniero industrial y catedrático español‑catalán (n. 1842).

1917

Eugenio Antonio Olivero, general italiano (n.

Eugenio Antonio Olivero, general italiano (n. 1834).

1918

Christian Otto Mohr, ingeniero civil alemán (n.

Christian Otto Mohr, ingeniero civil alemán (n. 1835).

1919

Victorino de la Plaza, político y abogado argentino (n.

Victorino de la Plaza, político y abogado argentino (n. 1840), presidente entre 1914 y 1916.

1919

Alfred Geist, deutsch-baltischer Pastor und evangelischer Bekenner

1920

Max Bruch

Max Bruch composed his Violin Concerto No. 1 at age 26. It became one of the most performed violin concertos ever written. He lived another 54 years and wrote two more violin concertos, three symphonies, and dozens of other works. Nobody cared. He spent his life resenting his early success. One masterpiece can ruin a career by making everything else irrelevant.

1921

Guillermo II de Wurtemberg, rey (n.

Guillermo II de Wurtemberg, rey (n. 1848).

1921

David Bispham, barítono estadounidense (n.

David Bispham, barítono estadounidense (n. 1857).

1922

Lucius F. C. Garvin, US-amerikanischer Politiker

1926

Federico Cocuzza, empresario y político italiano (n.

Federico Cocuzza, empresario y político italiano (n. 1860).

1927

Pierangelo Baratono, periodista, escritor y poeta italiano (n.

Pierangelo Baratono, periodista, escritor y poeta italiano (n. 1880).

1927

Svante Arrhenius

Svante Arrhenius calculated that doubling atmospheric CO2 would raise global temperatures by 5-6 degrees Celsius. He published this in 1896. He thought it would take 3,000 years and be beneficial—longer growing seasons for Sweden. He won the Nobel Prize for his work on electrolytes, not climate. His greenhouse effect calculations were ignored for 60 years. He died thinking he'd predicted a distant paradise, not a coming crisis.

1928

Madre María (María Loredo Otaola), ciudadana, curandera y religiosa católica hispano‑vasca expatriada en Argentina (n.

Madre María (María Loredo Otaola), ciudadana, curandera y religiosa católica hispano‑vasca expatriada en Argentina (n. 1854), venerada popularmente como «santa».

1931

Andrew Amos, futbolista británico-inglés (n.

Andrew Amos, futbolista británico-inglés (n. 1863).

1931

Georg Demmler, deutscher Architekt, Sportler und Sportfunktionär

1931

Thomas Lipton, comerciante y empresario británico-escocés (n.

Thomas Lipton, comerciante y empresario británico-escocés (n. 1848).

1931

Ambroise Gardeil, teólogo, sacerdote y predicador francés (n.

Ambroise Gardeil, teólogo, sacerdote y predicador francés (n. 1859).

1931

Jaime de Borbón, aristócrata suizo (n.

Jaime de Borbón, aristócrata suizo (n. 1870).

1932

Carl Seffner, escultor alemán (n.

Carl Seffner, escultor alemán (n. 1861).

1933

Elizabeth Thompson, pintora británica (n.

Elizabeth Thompson, pintora británica (n. 1846) de obras con tema bélico.

1934

Gustav Adolf Hugo Dahlstedt, botánico sueco (n.

Gustav Adolf Hugo Dahlstedt, botánico sueco (n. 1856).

1934

Francesco Durante, político y cirujano italiano (n.

Francesco Durante, político y cirujano italiano (n. 1844).

1935

Jules Desbois, escultor y medallista francés (n.

Jules Desbois, escultor y medallista francés (n. 1851).

1936

Wilhelm Kubitschek, historiador clásico, epigrafista, arqueólogo y numismático austríaco (n.

Wilhelm Kubitschek, historiador clásico, epigrafista, arqueólogo y numismático austríaco (n. 1858).

1936

Juho Sunila, político finlandés (n.

Juho Sunila, político finlandés (n. 1875).

1938

André Lagache, französischer Autorennfahrer

1938

Ferdinand Schrey, deutscher Mitbegründer der Stenografie

1938

Alexandru Averescu

Alexandru Averescu was Romania's top general in World War I, then prime minister three times during the chaotic interwar years. He founded his own political party, allied with whoever kept him in power. He died in 1938, just before World War II destroyed everything he'd built. He was a better general than politician. Romania needed both. He was half-useful.

1939

Félix Legueu, ginecólogo francés (n.

Félix Legueu, ginecólogo francés (n. 1863).

1940

Johan Anker, marinero noruego (n.

Johan Anker, marinero noruego (n. 1871).

1940

John Maxwell, productor de cine británico-inglés (n.

John Maxwell, productor de cine británico-inglés (n. 1877).

1940

Angelina Pirini (18), maestra italiana (n.

Angelina Pirini (18), maestra italiana (n. 1922), miembro desde niña de la institución Acción Católica, tomó votos de castidad a los 12 años; falleció de tuberculosis anal.

1941

Albin Müller, deutscher Architekt, Pädagoge und Gestalter

1941

Thomas Carrigan, actor estadounidense (n.

Thomas Carrigan, actor estadounidense (n. 1886).

1942

Carl Alstrup, actor, director y guionista danés (n.

Carl Alstrup, actor, director y guionista danés (n. 1877).

1943

Robert Nathaniel Dett, kanadischer Komponist

1943

Martial Brigouleix, fusillé par les nazis au Mont Valérien (° 24 avril 1903).

1943

Martial Brigouleix (40), ciudadano francés, partisano antinazi, fusilado por los invasores alemanes en Mont Valérien (n.

Martial Brigouleix (40), ciudadano francés, partisano antinazi, fusilado por los invasores alemanes en Mont Valérien (n. 1903).

1943

John Evans

John Evans was Premier of Tasmania for 11 months in 1904. He lost the next election. He'd been in politics for 30 years. He died at 87. Nobody remembers his premiership.

1944

Alcides Maia, escritor, periodista y político brasileño (n.

Alcides Maia, escritor, periodista y político brasileño (n. 1878).

1944

Carl Joseph Kuckhoff, deutscher Politiker

1944

Adelphe Peltre, instituteur, résistant français (° 31 mai 1915).

1944

Benjamin Fondane, filósofo y escritor rumano (n.

Benjamin Fondane, filósofo y escritor rumano (n. 1898).

1945

Hans von Soden, deutscher Theologe und Kirchenhistoriker

1945

Seisetsu Genjo (SEKI Seisetsu, 68 años), monje budista, calígrafo y pintor japonés (n.

Seisetsu Genjo (SEKI Seisetsu, 68 años), monje budista, calígrafo y pintor japonés (n. 1877). Criticado toda su vida por apoyar las masacres del ejército japonés en China: «Mostrar la máxima lealtad al emperador equivale a practicar el budismo mahayana. Esto se debe a que el budismo mahayana es idéntico a la “ley del rey”. [...] ¡Exterminemos a los diablos rojos [comunistas] tanto en Japón como en China!»; cuando a los 83 años visitó la invadida China ―los japoneses ya habían torturado y asesinado a 17.8 millones de hombres, mujeres y niños civiles―, predicó a los sobrevivientes chinos que debían aprender a perdonar y soltar.

1945

Timothy Joseph Crowley, obispo católico irlandés (n.

Timothy Joseph Crowley, obispo católico irlandés (n. 1880).

1946

Eduard Bass, tschechischer Schriftsteller, Journalist, Sänger, Schauspieler, Rezitator und Conferencier

1946

Eduard Bass (Eduard Schmidt), actor, artista de cabaret, periodista (diario Lidové Noviny) y novelista (Cirkus Humber…

Eduard Bass (Eduard Schmidt), actor, artista de cabaret, periodista (diario Lidové Noviny) y novelista (Cirkus Humberto) checo (n. 1888).

1946

Ignacy Mościcki, químico y político polaco (n.

Ignacy Mościcki, químico y político polaco (n. 1867).

1947

P. D. Ouspensky

P.D. Ouspensky studied mathematics in Moscow, then met a mystic named Gurdjieff in 1915 who convinced him the universe has more dimensions than humans can perceive. He spent 30 years trying to prove it. He wrote "In Search of the Miraculous" explaining Gurdjieff's system. He died in 1947 believing he'd failed. The book never stops selling.

1947

P. D. Ouspensky (69), esoterista, ocultista y ensayista ruso (n.

P. D. Ouspensky (69), esoterista, ocultista y ensayista ruso (n. 1878), alumno del esoterista George Gurdjieff (1867‑1949).

1948

Carlo Cánepa, político italiano (n.

Carlo Cánepa, político italiano (n. 1877).

1949

Adrienne Kroell, actriz estadounidense (n.

Adrienne Kroell, actriz estadounidense (n. 1892).

1949

Kosta Manojlović, serbischer Komponist und Musikethnologe

1950

John Francis Fitzgerald, homme politique américain (° 11 février 1863).

1950

John Francis Fitzgerald, político estadounidense (n.

John Francis Fitzgerald, político estadounidense (n. 1863).

1950

Leopold Schwarzschild, journaliste et écrivain allemand (° 7 décembre 1891).

1950

Pierre Loubat, médecin, conseiller général du canton de Gaillac, sénateur du Tarn (° 14 mars 1870).

1950

Jean-Pierre Stock, remero francés (n.

Jean-Pierre Stock, remero francés (n. 1900).

1951

« El Sargento » (Guillermo Rodríguez Martínez dit), matador péruvien (° 11 juillet 1915).

1951

Gaetano Martínez, escultor italiano (n.

Gaetano Martínez, escultor italiano (n. 1892).

1951

Hermann Pistor, deutscher Mathematiker, Physiker und Optiker, Mitbegründer der modernen Augenoptik

1952

William Gosling, futbolista británico-inglés (n.

William Gosling, futbolista británico-inglés (n. 1869).

1952

Peter Loris, banatschwäbischer Kapellmeister und Komponist

1952

Pastora Matoses, pintora francesa (n.

Pastora Matoses, pintora francesa (n. 1892).

1953

John Marin

John Marin painted watercolors of the Maine coast and New York City with such loose, energetic brushwork that critics called them unfinished. He worked fast, capturing movement over detail. Alfred Stieglitz exhibited his work for 30 years. American modernism had a painter who made cities look like storms.

1953

Émilie Busquant

Émilie Busquant sewed the first Algerian flag in her Paris apartment in 1934. She was French, an anarcho-syndicalist who'd never been to Algeria. Messali Hadj, the independence leader, asked her to make it: green and white with a red star and crescent. She stitched it by hand. Twenty-eight years later, that flag flew over an independent nation.

1953

Arthur Chichester, aristócrata («4.º barón Templemore»), político y oficial irlandés (n.

Arthur Chichester, aristócrata («4.º barón Templemore»), político y oficial irlandés (n. 1880).

1954

John Hughes, diseñador de producción y director artístico canadiense (n.

John Hughes, diseñador de producción y director artístico canadiense (n. 1882).

1955

William Orthwein

William Orthwein won silver in swimming and bronze in water polo at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics. He was 23. He never competed in another Olympics. He went back to his life. Most Olympians medal once, then stop. The Games don't define them.

1956

George Bancroft, actor estadounidense (n.

George Bancroft, actor estadounidense (n. 1882).

1957

Leda Gys, actriz italiana (n.

Leda Gys, actriz italiana (n. 1892).

1957

Luigi Ganna, ciclista de ruta y empresario italiano (n.

Luigi Ganna, ciclista de ruta y empresario italiano (n. 1883).

1958

Marie Stopes (77), paleontóloga, paleobotánica y defensora de la eugenesia y los derechos de las mujeres, catedrática…

Marie Stopes (77), paleontóloga, paleobotánica y defensora de la eugenesia y los derechos de las mujeres, catedrática y ensayista (Amor conyugal) británica (n. 1880); fundó la primera clínica de control de natalidad en el Reino Unido.

1958

Antonio Basso, general italiano (n.

Antonio Basso, general italiano (n. 1881).

1958

Charles Avery Dunning, kanadischer Politiker

1959

Jean-Pierre Duprey, poeta francés (n.

Jean-Pierre Duprey, poeta francés (n. 1930).

1959

William Guy Carr, escritor y oficial canadiense (n.

William Guy Carr, escritor y oficial canadiense (n. 1895).ç

1959

Géza de Kresz, österreich-ungarisch-kanadischer Geiger, Musikpädagoge und Komponist

1960

François Blanchy, tenista francés (n.

François Blanchy, tenista francés (n. 1886).

1960

Alfred Jäger, deutscher Ruderer

1960

Jaroslav Doubrava, tschechischer Komponist, Maler und Pädagoge

1960

Claro M. Recto, político e hispanista filipino (n.

Claro M. Recto, político e hispanista filipino (n. 1890).

1961

Edna Gladney, activista estadounidense (n.

Edna Gladney, activista estadounidense (n. 1886).

1962

Juan Francia, futbolista argentino (n.

Juan Francia, futbolista argentino (n. 1897).

1962

Karl Grune, director de cine, guionista y productor austríaco (n.

Karl Grune, director de cine, guionista y productor austríaco (n. 1890).

1962

Frank Lovejoy, actor estadounidense (n.

Frank Lovejoy, actor estadounidense (n. 1912).

1962

Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev

Boris Bukreev published 30 papers on differential equations and function theory between 1880 and 1920. He taught at Kiev University for 40 years, surviving revolution, civil war, and Stalinist purges by focusing on pure mathematics. His work on boundary value problems is still cited. He died at 103, having outlived two empires and most of his students.

1962

Heinrich Deubel, militar alemán (n.

Heinrich Deubel, militar alemán (n. 1890).

1963

Beniamino Joppolo, escritor, pintor y dramaturgo italiano (n.

Beniamino Joppolo, escritor, pintor y dramaturgo italiano (n. 1906).

1963

Imre Pozsonyi, futbolista y entrenador húngaro (n.

Imre Pozsonyi, futbolista y entrenador húngaro (n. 1882).

1964

Corinna Teresa Ubertis, escritora italiana (n.

Corinna Teresa Ubertis, escritora italiana (n. 1874).

1964

André Rousseau, französischer Automobilrennfahrer

1965

Karl Allmendinger, general alemán (n.

Karl Allmendinger, general alemán (n. 1891).

1965

Oskar Lange, economista y embajador polaco (n.

Oskar Lange, economista y embajador polaco (n. 1904).

1966

Anna Lesznai, poeta, pintora e ilustradora húngara (n.

Anna Lesznai, poeta, pintora e ilustradora húngara (n. 1885).

1966

Luis Turcios Lima, militar y luego comandante guerrillero guatemalteco; asesinado (n.

Luis Turcios Lima, militar y luego comandante guerrillero guatemalteco; asesinado (n. 1941).

1966

Jean Marchat, actor y director de teatro francés (n.

Jean Marchat, actor y director de teatro francés (n. 1902).

1967

Ercole Ercole, general, aviador y militar italiano (n.

Ercole Ercole, general, aviador y militar italiano (n. 1887).

1968

Marcel Duchamp

Marcel Duchamp put a bicycle wheel on a kitchen stool in 1913 and called it art. Then he signed a urinal, called it Fountain, and submitted it to an exhibition in 1917. The exhibition committee rejected it. He'd been on the committee. The question he was asking — 'What makes something art?' — is still being argued. He died in 1968 at 81, having spent his last decades claiming he'd quit art for chess. His studio was found full of secret work he'd been making for twenty years. He called it Étant donnés.

1968

Eberhard Ackerknecht, deutsch-schweizerischer Veterinäranatom

1969

Katharine Susannah Prichard, escritora australiana (n.

Katharine Susannah Prichard, escritora australiana (n. 1883), miembro fundadora del Partido Comunista de Australia.

1969

Arthur John Arberry, arabista e iraní británico (n.

Arthur John Arberry, arabista e iraní británico (n. 1905).

1970

Marcello Canino, ingeniero y arquitecto italiano (n.

Marcello Canino, ingeniero y arquitecto italiano (n. 1895).

1970

Charles Méré, französischer Schriftsteller

1970

Marion Fairfax, guionista, dramaturga y editora de cine estadounidense (n.

Marion Fairfax, guionista, dramaturga y editora de cine estadounidense (n. 1875).

1970

Grethe Weiser, actriz alemana (n.

Grethe Weiser, actriz alemana (n. 1903).

1970

Lucien Lemesle, französischer Automobilrennfahrer

1971

Bola de Nieve (Ignacio Villa), cantante, pianista y compositor afrocubano (n.

Bola de Nieve (Ignacio Villa), cantante, pianista y compositor afrocubano (n. 1911).

1971

Jessie Arms Botke

Jessie Arms Botke painted white cockatoos and peacocks in obsessive detail, each feather rendered with botanical precision against golden backgrounds. Critics dismissed her work as decorative. Collectors paid thousands for it. She painted birds for 50 years, never varying her style, never apologizing for beauty. Her paintings now sell for over $100,000. The critics were wrong.

1971

Walther Bullerdiek, deutscher Schauspieler, Hörspielsprecher und Komponist

1971

Pawel Schpringfeld, sowjetischer Schauspieler und Synchronsprecher

1971

Marie Lebour, bióloga marina e ilustradora científica británica (n.

Marie Lebour, bióloga marina e ilustradora científica británica (n. 1876).

1971

Richard Jackson, almirante estadounidense (n.

Richard Jackson, almirante estadounidense (n. 1866).

1971

Jenő Erdélyi, esgrimista húngaro (n.

Jenő Erdélyi, esgrimista húngaro (n. 1881).

1971

Bola de Nieve

Bola de Nieve got his stage name — 'Snowball' — because of his dark skin. It was meant as mockery. He kept it, made it famous. He played piano and sang in Havana's clubs, then toured the world. He died in Mexico City while on tour. The insult became the brand.

1972

Gert Andreae, deutscher Schauspieler

1972

Ulderico De Cesaris, militar italiano (n.

Ulderico De Cesaris, militar italiano (n. 1889).

1973

Arthur Bossler, résistant français chef des Forces françaises de l'intérieur (FFI) de La Robertsau pendant la Seconde…

Arthur Bossler, résistant français chef des Forces françaises de l'intérieur (FFI) de La Robertsau pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale (° 6 janvier 1906).

1973

Paul Hartman

Paul Hartman danced on Broadway for 15 years before television made him a household face as Emmett Clark on The Andy Griffith Show. He'd won a Tony in 1948 for Angel in the Wings. He died at 69, three years after Mayberry ended. His wife Grace was his dance partner for 40 years — they performed together until he couldn't anymore.

1973

Paavo Nurmi

Paavo Nurmi won nine Olympic gold medals and set 22 official world records in distance running. He carried a stopwatch during races, checking his splits while destroying competitors. Finland banned him from the 1932 Olympics for accepting expense money. He died wealthy, having never apologized.

1973

Juan Antonio Scasso, arquitecto uruguayo (n.

Juan Antonio Scasso, arquitecto uruguayo (n. 1892).

1974

Vasily Shukshin

Vasily Shukshin grew up in a Siberian village and worked as a laborer before getting into film school at 25. He wrote, directed, and acted in his own films about rural Soviet life. He died of a heart attack at 45 while shooting a movie. He left behind 125 short stories and eight films.

1974

Ina Seidel, deutsche Autorin

1974

Olle Zetherlund, joueur international de football suédois (° 24 août 1911).

1974

Nurul Amin, pakistanischer Politiker

1975

K. Kamaraj

K. Kamaraj never finished elementary school. He dropped out at 11 to sell newspapers. He rose to Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu anyway, then resigned in 1963 to rebuild the Congress Party from the ground up. He handpicked two prime ministers: Lal Bahadur Shastri, then Indira Gandhi. The man who couldn't read until adulthood became the kingmaker of Indian politics.

1975

K. Kamaraj, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1903)

1975

Kumaraswami Kamaraj

Kumaraswami Kamaraj left school at 11 and became Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu at 57. He never finished primary school. He joined the independence movement, went to prison six times, and after independence rebuilt Tamil Nadu's education system. He made school meals free. Enrollment doubled. Literacy rose. He gave children what he never had.

1976

James C. Auchincloss, US-amerikanischer Politiker

1976

Cesarino Branduani, escritor italiano (n.

Cesarino Branduani, escritor italiano (n. 1896).

1976

Quentin Jackson, US-amerikanischer Jazz-Posaunist

1977

Ernesto Bianco, actor argentino (n.

Ernesto Bianco, actor argentino (n. 1922).

1979

Gino Germani, sociólogo italiano (n.

Gino Germani, sociólogo italiano (n. 1911).

1979

Jean Bruchési, diplomate, historien et écrivain québécois (° 9 avril 1901).

1979

Ray Genet, US-amerikanischer Bergsteiger

1979

Hannelore Schmatz, alpinista alemana (n.

Hannelore Schmatz, alpinista alemana (n. 1940).

1979

Jean Bruchési, diplomático, historiador y escritor quebequense (n.

Jean Bruchési, diplomático, historiador y escritor quebequense (n. 1901).

1980

Lina Pagliughi, cantatrice italienne (° 27 mai 1907).

1980

Louis Daquin, director, guionista y actor francés (n.

Louis Daquin, director, guionista y actor francés (n. 1908).

1980

Álvaro Gil Varela, empresario español (n.

Álvaro Gil Varela, empresario español (n. 1905).

1980

Carlos García-Bedoya, político peruano (n.

Carlos García-Bedoya, político peruano (n. 1925).

1980

Luciano Abramo, jugador de voleibol, entrenador de voleibol y director deportivo italiano (n.

Luciano Abramo, jugador de voleibol, entrenador de voleibol y director deportivo italiano (n. 1933).

1981

Fidel LaBarba, boxeur américain (° 29 septembre 1905).

1981

Harry Golden

Harry Golden published the Carolina Israelite from a one-room office in Charlotte, writing about civil rights to 40,000 subscribers across the South. He was a Jewish immigrant from New York who'd served time for mail fraud. White segregationists read him anyway. He made them laugh first.

1981

Hazel Scott

Hazel Scott was the first Black woman to host her own television show in 1950. It lasted three months. She was blacklisted for refusing to testify against her husband to the House Un-American Activities Committee. She moved to Paris and kept performing. She came back to the U.S. in 1967. The show never came back.

1982

William Bernbach, ejecutivo publicitario estadounidense (n.

William Bernbach, ejecutivo publicitario estadounidense (n. 1911).

1982

Alice Baber, US-amerikanische Malerin

1982

Maye Brandt, modelo venezolana y ex Miss Venezuela (n.

Maye Brandt, modelo venezolana y ex Miss Venezuela (n. 1961).

1983

Rodolfo Volk, footballeur italien (° 14 janvier 1906).

1983

Kjeld Kjos, entrenador y jugador de fútbol noruego (n.

Kjeld Kjos, entrenador y jugador de fútbol noruego (n. 1905).

1984

Charlie Sien, baloncestista, entrenador de baloncesto y árbitro de baloncesto singapurense (n.

Charlie Sien, baloncestista, entrenador de baloncesto y árbitro de baloncesto singapurense (n. 1910).

1984

Harry Strom, kanadischer Politiker

1984

Paul Weyres, deutscher Motorradrennfahrer

1985

George Savalas, acteur américain (° 5 décembre 1924).

1985

Hugo Decker, deutscher Politiker

1985

Alex Möller, deutscher Politiker

1985

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson's death certificate was the first time most of the world saw AIDS listed as a cause. He'd kept his diagnosis secret for a year. He died 10 weeks after going public. His announcement shifted the conversation overnight — suddenly it wasn't just a 'gay disease,' it was killing a movie star. Visibility came at the end.

1985

Angelo Candolini, político italiano (n.

Angelo Candolini, político italiano (n. 1928).

1985

Margaret Mahler, psicoanalista húngara (n.

Margaret Mahler, psicoanalista húngara (n. 1897).

1986

Jean Carmignac, sacerdote y estudioso bíblico francés (n.

Jean Carmignac, sacerdote y estudioso bíblico francés (n. 1914).

1987

Madeleine Carroll

Madeleine Carroll was one of Alfred Hitchcock's biggest stars. Then her sister was killed in the London Blitz in 1940. Carroll quit acting and worked for the Red Cross for the rest of the war. She came back to films after, but barely. Some losses reorder everything.

1987

Peter Medawar

Peter Medawar proved that immune rejection could be overcome, making organ transplants possible. He won the Nobel Prize in 1960. He had a stroke at 54 while giving a lecture and spent his last 22 years partially paralyzed. He kept writing. The body fails. The mind continues.

1987

Russell Rouse, réalisateur et producteur américain (° 20 novembre 1913).

1988

Hamengkubuwono IX, político y gobernante indonesio (n.

Hamengkubuwono IX, político y gobernante indonesio (n. 1912).

1988

Hamengkubuwono IX

Hamengkubuwono IX was Sultan of Yogyakarta and Vice President of Indonesia. He sided with the republic during independence, offering his palace as a base when the Dutch attacked. He served as vice president for 11 years. When he died in 1988, he was buried as both a royal and a radical. He'd been both.

1988

Alec Issigonis

Alec Issigonis designed the Mini in 1959, sketching it on napkins and demanding the engine go sideways to save space. The car was 10 feet long and seated four adults. It sold 5.3 million units. He never learned to use a computer. He drew everything by hand.

1989

Cousin Joe, US-amerikanischer Blues-Musiker

1989

Aarne Viisimaa

Aarne Viisimaa was a tenor at the Estonia Theatre in Tallinn for 40 years. He performed during Soviet occupation. He sang in Estonian when the authorities wanted Russian. He also directed operas. He kept Estonian opera alive through decades when the Soviets wanted to erase it. He died the year the USSR collapsed, right before independence.

1989

Vittorio Caprioli, actor, director y guionista italiano (n.

Vittorio Caprioli, actor, director y guionista italiano (n. 1921).

1989

Paola Barbara, actriz italiana (n.

Paola Barbara, actriz italiana (n. 1912).

1990

Peter Herman Adler, böhmischer Dirigent

1990

Xosé María Díaz Castro, poeta y traductor español (n.

Xosé María Díaz Castro, poeta y traductor español (n. 1914).

1990

Ugo Ceresa, futbolista italiano (n.

Ugo Ceresa, futbolista italiano (n. 1915).

1990

Mercedes Simone, cantante de tangos y actriz argentina (n.

Mercedes Simone, cantante de tangos y actriz argentina (n. 1904).

1990

Sophie Ehrhardt, russisch-deutsche Anthropologin

1991

Hazen Argue

Hazen Argue switched from the NDP to the Liberals in 1962, one of the biggest political defections in Canadian history. His own party called him a traitor. Trudeau made him a senator. He served for 29 years. He never apologized for switching sides. He said he followed his conscience.

1991

Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople

Demetrios met with Pope John Paul II in 1987, the first meeting between the leaders of Eastern and Western Christianity in 900 years. They issued a joint declaration. They prayed together. The schism of 1054 remained. He'd spent 28 years as Patriarch trying to heal a wound older than most nations. When he died, the churches were still divided.

1991

Hazen Argue, político canadiense (n.

Hazen Argue, político canadiense (n. 1921).

1991

Maria Aurèlia Capmany, escritora y activista cultural hispano‑catalana (n.

Maria Aurèlia Capmany, escritora y activista cultural hispano‑catalana (n. 1918).

1991

Mike McCarron, baloncestista estadounidense (n.

Mike McCarron, baloncestista estadounidense (n. 1922).

1991

Roland Gööck, deutscher Redakteur, Sachbuchautor und Lektor

1992

Chuck Hawley, baloncestista y béisbol estadounidense (n.

Chuck Hawley, baloncestista y béisbol estadounidense (n. 1915).

1993

Ahmed Abdul-Malik, US-amerikanischer Jazzmusiker

1993

Fernando López Heptener, óptico, fotógrafo y cineasta español (n.

Fernando López Heptener, óptico, fotógrafo y cineasta español (n. 1902).

1993

William Berger, actor austríaco (n.

William Berger, actor austríaco (n. 1928).

1994

Harriet Nelson

Harriet Nelson played herself on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet for 14 years—435 episodes of scripted domesticity. She'd been a jazz singer with Ozzie's band in the 1930s, touring until their first son was born. The show made her America's ideal mother. She earned $2,000 per episode in 1952, more than most men made in a year.

1994

Harriet Nelson, actriz y cantante estadounidense (n.

Harriet Nelson, actriz y cantante estadounidense (n. 1909).

1995

Alessandro Rampini, futbolista italiano (n.

Alessandro Rampini, futbolista italiano (n. 1896).

1995

Helmut Degen, deutscher Komponist, Organist und Dirigent

1996

Joonas Kokkonen, compositor finlandés (n.

Joonas Kokkonen, compositor finlandés (n. 1921).

1996

Jean-Louis Bédouin, crítico literario, artista visual y poeta surrealista francés (n.

Jean-Louis Bédouin, crítico literario, artista visual y poeta surrealista francés (n. 1929).

1996

Raymond Boccard, religioso francés, Justo entre las Naciones (n.

Raymond Boccard, religioso francés, Justo entre las Naciones (n. 1904).

1996

Andrey Lukanov

Andrey Lukanov was Bulgaria's last communist prime minister and its first post-communist prime minister — an unusual double, serving twice in rapid succession during the 1989-1990 transition. He was a Communist Party reformer who understood that the system had to change and tried to manage that change from inside power. He was shot dead on his doorstep in Sofia in October 1996 at 58. The murder was almost certainly connected to the privatization of state assets in the early 1990s — a process in which organized crime and old party networks competed for control.

1996

Helmut Artzinger, deutscher Politiker

1996

Peter Joseph Brennan, homme politique américain (° 24 mai 1918).

1996

Robert Bourassa

Robert Bourassa was Quebec's premier during two separate decades, navigating the 1970 October Crisis and the failed Meech Lake Accord. He resigned in 1993 after revealing he had skin cancer. Three years later he was gone. He'd spent his career trying to keep Quebec in Canada while satisfying nationalists. Both sides showed up at his funeral.

1997

Carybé, desenhista e pintor argentino (n.

Carybé, desenhista e pintor argentino (n. 1911).

1997

Josep Serra i Estruch, escritor y promotor cinematográfico català (n.

Josep Serra i Estruch, escritor y promotor cinematográfico català (n. 1921).

1997

Esa Seeste, gimnasta finlandesa (n.

Esa Seeste, gimnasta finlandesa (n. 1913).

1997

Ladislaus Buzás, deutscher Bibliothekar

1998

Sanjaasürengiin Zorig

Sanjaasürengiin Zorig led Mongolia's democratic revolution in 1990, helped draft the new constitution, and was called the "Golden Magpie of Democracy." He was stabbed to death in his apartment in 1998, two months before becoming prime minister. The murder was never solved. Mongolia stayed democratic anyway.

1998

Olivier Gendebien

Olivier Gendebien won Le Mans four times with Ferrari, more than any driver of his era. He was a gentleman racer who kept his day job in Belgian business and only competed part-time. He won the 1961 12 Hours of Sebring driving with Phil Hill. After retiring, he lived quietly in Belgium for three decades. His Le Mans record stood until Tom Kristensen broke it in 2005.

1998

Dondi White, graffeur américain (° 7 avril 1961).

1998

Olivier Gendebien, piloto de carreras belga (n.

Olivier Gendebien, piloto de carreras belga (n. 1924).

1998

Armando Barrientos, esgrimista cubano (n.

Armando Barrientos, esgrimista cubano (n. 1906).

1998

Olin J. Eggen, astrónomo estadounidense (n.

Olin J. Eggen, astrónomo estadounidense (n. 1919).

1998

Gene Autry

Gene Autry owned the California Angels, five radio stations, and the rights to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. He'd been a singing cowboy who made 640 movies. He's the only person with five stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His estate was worth $320 million.

1998

Sanjaasürengiyn Zorig, homme politique mongol (° 20 avril 1962).

1998

Ivan Boukreïev, chanteur soviétique (° 13 janvier 1924).

1998

Jerzy Bińczycki, acteur polonais (° 6 septembre 1937).

1999

Lee Lozano, US-amerikanische Künstlerin

1999

Heinz G. Konsalik

Heinz G. Konsalik wrote 155 novels that sold 83 million copies, mostly war stories and medical dramas. He'd served in the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front and turned those years into bestsellers. He wrote in longhand, producing a book every few months for 50 years. Germans bought his books by the millions. Critics hated every one of them.

1999

Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani, teólogo albanés (n.

Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani, teólogo albanés (n. 1914).

1999

Georg Tintner, director de orquesta austríaco (n.

Georg Tintner, director de orquesta austríaco (n. 1917).

1999

Johannes Hanselmann, deutscher Landesbischof, Präsident des Lutherischen Weltbundes

1999

Michel Crippa, Schweizer Manager

1999

Claude Bessy, französischer Autor, Sänger und Musikvideoproduzent

1999

Muhammad Nāsir ad-Dīn al-Albānī, albanischer Gelehrter

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2000

David Tonkin

David Tonkin steered South Australia through a period of economic modernization as Premier from 1979 to 1982. His administration prioritized the development of the state’s natural resources, specifically the Cooper Basin gas fields, which secured long-term energy independence for the region. He died in 2000, leaving a legacy of pragmatic fiscal reform and industrial expansion.

2000

Giovanni Maria Angioy, político italiano (n.

Giovanni Maria Angioy, político italiano (n. 1909).

2001

Manny Albam, saxofonista, compositor y productor discográfico estadounidense (n.

Manny Albam, saxofonista, compositor y productor discográfico estadounidense (n. 1922).

2001

Oldřich Lajsek, pintor y diseñador checoslovaco (n.

Oldřich Lajsek, pintor y diseñador checoslovaco (n. 1925).

2001

Galina Frolowa, sowjetische Schauspielerin und Synchronsprecherin

2001

Lembit Sibul

Lembit Sibul acted in Estonian films and worked as a journalist. He was on television for decades. He died at 54. Estonia is small enough that losing one actor means losing a face everyone knew. He was on screen through the end of Soviet rule and into independence. He didn't live long enough to see what the country became.

2001

Michel Corringe, chanteur français (° 2 août 1946).

2001

Marc Gélinas, auteur-compositeur-interprète et comédien québécois (° 29 novembre 1937).

2001

Franz Biebl

Franz Biebl spent his career teaching music in Bavaria and composing on the side. His Ave Maria for double men's choir was written in 1964, performed occasionally in Germany, then discovered by Cornell University's glee club in 1970. American choirs couldn't get enough of it. He lived to hear it sung thousands of times across the U.S., this little piece he'd written for seven voices.

2002

Heinz von Foerster

Heinz von Foerster escaped Austria in 1938, became a physicist, and founded the field of second-order cybernetics—the study of how observers change what they observe. He spent 40 years at the University of Illinois. He died in 2002. He proved that objectivity is impossible. Science had to accept its own subjectivity.

2002

Norman O. Brown, escritor estadounidense (n.

Norman O. Brown, escritor estadounidense (n. 1913).

2002

Paul Sérant, journaliste, romancier et essayiste (° 19 mars 1922).

2002

Tiberiu Olah, rumänischer Komponist

2003

John Thomas Dunlop

John Dunlop was Labor Secretary under Ford for 19 months, mediating strikes and pushing workplace safety rules. He was 60. He'd spent decades as Harvard's top labor economist. He resigned and went back to teaching. He wrote 15 books, advised presidents, and died at 89. The cabinet job was a brief interruption. The research was his life. Government was the side project.

2003

Otto Günsche, militar alemán (n.

Otto Günsche, militar alemán (n. 1917), ayudante del genocida austríaco Adolf Hitler que quemó el cuerpo para que los soviéticos no pudieran apoderarse de él.

2003

Milan Bjegojević, jugador y entrenador de baloncesto yugoslavo (n.

Milan Bjegojević, jugador y entrenador de baloncesto yugoslavo (n. 1928).

2003

Gunther Philipp, actor, nadador y médico austríaco (n.

Gunther Philipp, actor, nadador y médico austríaco (n. 1918).

2004

Adolfo Philippeaux, militar y esgrimista argentino (n.

Adolfo Philippeaux, militar y esgrimista argentino (n. 1925).

2004

Roger-Edgar Gillet, peintre et graveur français (° 10 juillet 1924).

2004

Ashraf Rashid, général pakistanais (° 23 mai 1948).

2004

Jean-Claude Annoux, cantautor francés (n.

Jean-Claude Annoux, cantautor francés (n. 15 de mayo de 1939).

2004

José Fialho Gouveia, apresentador de televisão e radialista português (n.

José Fialho Gouveia, apresentador de televisão e radialista português (n. 1935).

2004

Jean-Claude Annoux, auteur-compositeur-interprète français (° 15 mai 1939).

2004

René Billères, homme politique français (° 29 août 1910).

2004

Luděk Kopřiva, tschechischer Schauspieler

2004

Bjørnar Andresen, norwegischer Jazz-Musiker

2005

Bert Eriksson

Bert Eriksson was a Swedish sailor who defected to Belgium in 1956. He became a refugee rights activist after experiencing the asylum system himself. He founded organizations helping migrants navigate Belgian bureaucracy. He worked without pay for decades. He died at 74 in Brussels, still volunteering. His funeral was attended by refugees from 30 countries.

2005

Nipsey Russell

Nipsey Russell wrote all his own rhyming couplets for Hollywood Squares and Match Game. He'd been a nightclub comic in Harlem when TV was still segregated. He appeared on game shows for 40 years. He called himself "the poet laureate of television." Nobody else did it like him.

2005

August Wilson

August Wilson dropped out of school at 15 after a teacher accused him of plagiarism because his paper was too good. He educated himself at the library. He wrote ten plays, one for each decade of the 20th century Black experience in America. Two won Pulitzers. He died of liver cancer in 2005 at 60, one play per decade of his own life.

2005

Pat Kelly, joueur de baseball américain (° 30 juillet 1944).

2005

Claude Battistella, footballeur français (° 2 janvier 1928).

2005

Claude Battistella, futbolista francés (n.

Claude Battistella, futbolista francés (n. 1928).

2005

Hamilton Camp, actor y actor de voz británico (n.

Hamilton Camp, actor y actor de voz británico (n. 1934).

2006

Paul Halmos

Paul Halmos fled Hungary in 1929, got a PhD in mathematics at Illinois, and spent 50 years writing papers that made topology readable. He invented the "tombstone" symbol — that little square that means "proof complete." Every mathematician uses it. He wrote 17 books. He said his greatest contribution was making math clearer, not discovering anything new.

2006

Tamara Dobson

Tamara Dobson stood 6'2" and became the first Black woman to lead an action franchise with Cleopatra Jones in 1973. She did her own stunts. The film made millions but Hollywood didn't know what to do with her after blaxploitation ended. She appeared in a few more films, then left acting entirely. She died of pneumonia and multiple sclerosis at 59.

2006

Helen Chenoweth-Hage

Helen Chenoweth-Hage served three terms in Congress representing Idaho, where she opposed endangered species protections and federal land management. She refused to wear a seatbelt, calling it government overreach. She died at 68 in a car crash in Nevada, thrown from her vehicle. She wasn't wearing a seatbelt. Her husband, driving, survived.

2006

Charles Carl Roberts

Charles Carl Roberts walked into an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania in 2006, sent the boys outside, and shot 10 girls, killing five. Then he shot himself. The Amish community attended his funeral. They forgave his widow publicly. The world couldn't understand it. They did it anyway.

2006

Rafaël Pividal, écrivain et philosophe français (° 1934).

2006

Anselmo Citterio, ciclista de pista italiano (n.

Anselmo Citterio, ciclista de pista italiano (n. 1927).

2006

Tamara Dobson, actriz y modelo estadounidense (n.

Tamara Dobson, actriz y modelo estadounidense (n. 1944).

2006

Timo Sarpaneva, diseñador y escultor finlandés (n.

Timo Sarpaneva, diseñador y escultor finlandés (n. 1926).

2006

Frances Bergen, modelo y actriz estadounidense (n.

Frances Bergen, modelo y actriz estadounidense (n. 1922).

2007

George Grizzard

George Grizzard was nominated for a Tony Award five times and won once. He was in 'Advise and Consent' on Broadway and in the film. He played John Adams in '1776' on stage. He did 'Law & Order' episodes and 'The Golden Girls.' He worked for 50 years and most people never learned his name. He was always the supporting actor, never the star.

2007

Francis Borelli, empresario francés (n.

Francis Borelli, empresario francés (n. 1932), presidente del equipo de fútbol PSG (París Saint‑Germain) entre 1978 y 1991, y posteriormente del AS Cannes entre 1992 y 1996.

2007

Elfi von Dassanowsky, mezzosoprano, pianista y productora cinematográfica austríaca (n.

Elfi von Dassanowsky, mezzosoprano, pianista y productora cinematográfica austríaca (n. 1924).

2007

Christopher Derrick, escritor británico (n.

Christopher Derrick, escritor británico (n. 1921).

2007

Catalina de Grecia, princesa griega (n.

Catalina de Grecia, princesa griega (n. 1913).

2007

Carmen Rossi, actriz española (n.

Carmen Rossi, actriz española (n. 1932).

2007

Soe Win, primer ministro birmano (n.

Soe Win, primer ministro birmano (n. 1947).

2007

Francis Borelli, homme d'affaires français, président du PSG de 1978 à 1991, puis de l'AS Cannes de 1992 à 1996 (° 8 …

Francis Borelli, homme d'affaires français, président du PSG de 1978 à 1991, puis de l'AS Cannes de 1992 à 1996 (° 8 avril 1932).

2007

Tawn Mastrey

Tawn Mastrey hosted morning radio in Southern California for 25 years. She died of cancer in 2007. Thousands of people heard her voice every day. Almost none of them knew what she looked like. Radio hosts vanish when they stop talking. She just stopped.

2007

Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark

Katherine was born a Greek princess in Athens, became British when she married an officer in 1947, and died stateless in 2007. Greece abolished its monarchy in 1973. Britain never recognized her title. She spent her final decades in a London flat, royal by birth but holding no passport that acknowledged it. She's buried with full honors in a country that no longer has kings.

2007

Christopher Derrick

Christopher Derrick was J.R.R. Tolkien's student at Oxford and remained his friend for decades. He wrote 15 books on Catholic theology and literary criticism. His father was a famous Chesterton scholar. He spent his life in the shadow of giants, writing clearly about things that mattered.

2007

Tex Coulter

Tex Coulter played offensive tackle for the New York Giants, then switched to the Montreal Alouettes in the CFL. At 6'5", he was one of the biggest linemen of his era. He played seven seasons, won a Grey Cup in 1949, then left football and became a successful businessman in Texas. He died at 82, having outlived most of his teammates by decades.

2007

Dan Keating

Dan Keating joined the IRA in 1918 at 16 and fought in the Irish War of Independence. He lived to 105, becoming the last surviving veteran of that conflict. He rejoined the IRA in the 1950s for the Border Campaign, was arrested, and served time at 54. He spent his final decades giving interviews about a war most of Ireland had forgotten.

2007

Tetsuo Okamoto, nadador brasileiro (n.

Tetsuo Okamoto, nadador brasileiro (n. 1932).

2007

Castro Gonzaga, ator e dublador brasileiro (n.

Castro Gonzaga, ator e dublador brasileiro (n. 1918).

2008

Choi Jin-sil

Choi Jin-sil was South Korea's highest-paid actress when she hanged herself at 39. She'd been hounded by rumors that she'd driven a fellow actor to suicide by demanding loan repayment. She hadn't — but the online harassment didn't stop. Her death sparked nationwide debate about cyberbullying. Her brother killed himself a year later. South Korea still hasn't figured out its internet culture.

2008

Marcel Hendrickx, ciclista de carretera belga (n.

Marcel Hendrickx, ciclista de carretera belga (n. 1925).

2008

Dominique Frémy, enciclopedista francés, fundador de Quid (n.

Dominique Frémy, enciclopedista francés, fundador de Quid (n. 1931).

2008

Giuliano Procacci, historiador, politólogo y político italiano (n.

Giuliano Procacci, historiador, politólogo y político italiano (n. 1926).

2008

Choi Jin-sil, modelo y actriz surcoreana (n.

Choi Jin-sil, modelo y actriz surcoreana (n. 1968).

2008

Rob Guest

Rob Guest played the Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera over 2,000 times in Australia. He was born in England, became Australian, and dominated musical theatre there for 30 years. He collapsed onstage during a performance. He died two weeks later. The show went on.

2009

Karl-Heinz Pick, deutscher Pianist, Komponist und Hochschullehrer

2009

Nat Finkelstein, US-amerikanischer Fotograf

2009

Marek Edelman, activista y político polaco (n.

Marek Edelman, activista y político polaco (n. 1919).

2009

Rolf Rüssmann, footballeur allemand (° 13 octobre 1950).

2009

Jørgen Jensen, corredor de maratón y atleta danés (n.

Jørgen Jensen, corredor de maratón y atleta danés (n. 1944).

2010

Roger Joubert, acteur et pianiste québécois d’origine française (° 29 janvier 1929).

2010

Kwa Geok Choo

Kwa Geok Choo graduated top of her law class at Cambridge in 1947 — ahead of Lee Kuan Yew, who'd been courting her since high school. She became Singapore's first woman Queen's Counsel. But she spent 64 years married to a man who built a nation, rarely appearing in public. When she died, he stopped governing. Six months later, he resigned. He'd led Singapore for half a century. Without her, he was done.

2010

Nils Hallberg, actor sueco (n.

Nils Hallberg, actor sueco (n. 1921).

2010

Wolfgang Niescher, deutscher Handballspieler und Mediziner

2011

Zakaria Zerouali, footballeur international marocain (° 24 mai 1978).

2011

Don Lapre, vendeur américain (° 19 mai 1964).

2011

Andrija Fuderer, joueur d'échecs belge (° 13 mai 1931).

2011

Efraín Recinos, arquitecto guatemalteco (n.

Efraín Recinos, arquitecto guatemalteco (n. 1928).

2011

Gilberto Guzmán, actor cómico y comediante chileno (n.

Gilberto Guzmán, actor cómico y comediante chileno (n. 1931).

2011

Rodolfo Doni, escritor y banquero italiano (n.

Rodolfo Doni, escritor y banquero italiano (n. 1919).

2011

Peter Przygodda, deutscher Filmeditor und -regisseur

2011

Peter L. Benson

Peter Benson created the concept of 'developmental assets,' a list of 40 things kids need to succeed. He founded the Search Institute in Minneapolis to study adolescent development. Schools and youth programs across the US adopted his framework. He turned child psychology into a checklist. He died at 64 while still running the institute he'd built.

2011

Piero Weiss, pianiste et musicologue italo-américain (° 26 janvier 1928).

2012

Niels Ewerbeck, deutscher Galerist, Hochschuldozent und Theaterintendant

2012

Big Jim Sullivan

Big Jim Sullivan played guitar on 750 hit records and you've never heard his name. He's on "It's Not Unusual," "Goldfinger," half the British Invasion. Session work. No credits. He made £15 per song. He played on more number ones than most bands have singles. Anonymous ubiquity.

2012

J. Philippe Rushton

J. Philippe Rushton published research claiming race determined intelligence and was fired, protested, and investigated for 30 years. He never recanted. He ran the Pioneer Fund, which funded race science research. He died of cancer at 68. His university condemned his work the day he died. His papers are still cited by white nationalists.

2012

Charles Roach

Charles Roach was a civil rights lawyer in Toronto for 50 years. He refused to become a Canadian citizen because the oath required swearing allegiance to the Queen. He argued it was discriminatory to Black immigrants. He fought the case for 20 years and lost. He practiced law as a permanent resident his entire career rather than pledge loyalty to the monarchy.

2012

Hideji Ōtaki

Hideji Ōtaki acted in over 200 Japanese films and TV shows across 60 years. He worked with Kurosawa, Ozu, and Ichikawa. He was never the lead. He was always there. Character actors work until they die. He did.

2012

Mohammed Mushaima

Mohammed Mushaima protested Bahrain's government during the Arab Spring in 2011. He was 23. Police shot him in the head with a tear gas canister. He died months later. Bahrain's uprising failed. The monarchy stayed. He's a name on a list of the dead.

2012

Marjorie Lane

Marjorie Lane sang with Kay Kyser's orchestra in 1938, recording "The Umbrella Man" and "Pussy Foot." She left the band after six months to marry. The recordings sold 200,000 copies. She never recorded again, spending 74 years as a voice people recognized but couldn't name, humming along to a song from a woman who'd stopped singing before the war.

2012

Nguyễn Chí Thiện

Nguyễn Chí Thiện spent 27 years in Vietnamese labor camps for writing poetry. He memorized 400 poems because paper wasn't allowed. After his release, he walked into the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi and requested asylum. He published his memorized poems. He lived in California until he died. His life's work existed only in his head for three decades.

2013

Jonathan Kaufer, réalisateur, scénariste et acteur américain (° 14 mars 1955).

2013

Gerhard Daum, österreichischer Architekt und Designer

2013

Shun Akiyama, crítico literario japonés (n.

Shun Akiyama, crítico literario japonés (n. 1930).

2013

Hilton A. Green, producteur et réalisateur américain (° 3 mars 1929).

2013

Frieda Adam, deutsche Gerechte unter den Völkern

2013

Eugenio Gerli, arquitecto y diseñador italiano (n.

Eugenio Gerli, arquitecto y diseñador italiano (n. 1923).

2013

Abraham Nemeth

Abraham Nemeth was blind and invented a Braille system for mathematics in 1946. Standard Braille couldn't handle equations. His system could. It's been used worldwide for 75 years. He got a PhD in math, taught for 40 years, and wrote Braille code for chemistry and computer science. He made advanced math accessible.

2013

Kaare Ørnung

Kaare Ørnung studied with Arthur Rubinstein in Paris but spent 50 years teaching piano in Oslo instead of performing. He trained three generations of Norwegian pianists at the conservatory, including Leif Ove Andsnes. His own recordings fill two albums. His students' recordings fill entire catalogs. He built a national sound by never chasing his own fame.

2013

Jonathan Kaufer

Jonathan Kaufer directed 'Soup for One' in 1982. It starred Saul Rubinek and Marcia Strassman. The film made $2 million. He directed a few more movies that nobody saw. He wrote screenplays that didn't get made. He spent 30 years in Hollywood and left almost nothing behind. He died at 57. Most directors fail like this, quietly.

2013

Herman Hugg

Herman Hugg painted and sculpted in Baltimore for 70 years. He had shows at local galleries. He never broke nationally. He kept working until he died at 92. His work is in Baltimore collections. Local artists stay local. Most do.

2013

Gottfried Fischer

Gottfried Fischer studied trauma psychology in Germany, founded a clinic for trauma victims, and spent 40 years treating people after violence. He wrote textbooks. He trained therapists. He died in 2013. Therapists don't get famous. They just see patients. He saw thousands.

2013

Benjamin Dwomoh, árbitro de fútbol ghanés (n.

Benjamin Dwomoh, árbitro de fútbol ghanés (n. 1935).

2014

Pedro Peña

Pedro Peña acted in Spanish films for 50 years. He was in 'The Good Love' and 'The Holy Innocents.' He did television and theater. He worked through Franco's dictatorship and into democracy. He was in 60 films. Most of them are forgotten now. He spent half a century acting and most of the world never heard of him.

2014

Mario Rainer Lepsius, deutscher Soziologe

2014

Frederic Tamler Sommers

Fred Sommers argued against modern symbolic logic. He thought Aristotelian logic was better. He taught philosophy at Brandeis for 40 years. He wrote 'The Logic of Natural Language' in 1982. Most philosophers ignored him. He spent his career fighting a battle he'd already lost, defending a system that had been replaced 100 years earlier.

2014

Vaughn O. Lang

Vaughn Lang flew 100 combat missions in Korea as a fighter pilot, then commanded the Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Organization during the Cold War. He oversaw development of 23 different satellite programs between 1975 and 1979. Most were classified. He died having launched machines that are still orbiting, watching things he still couldn't talk about.

2014

Robert Flower

Robert Flower played 272 games for Melbourne in the VFL, captaining the team for seven years through an era when they won 38% of their matches. He never played in a finals series. Not once. He's in the Australian Football Hall of Fame anyway, voted Melbourne's greatest player ever by fans who watched him lose with grace for 12 seasons.

2014

Fyodor Bogdanovsky, haltérophile soviétique puis russe (° 16 avril 1930).

2014

Arkady Joukovsky, historien roumain puis français et ukrainien (° 12 janvier 1922).

2014

Heinz-Horst Deichmann, deutscher Unternehmer

2014

Irmtraut Wäger, deutsche Menschenrechtlerin

2014

Fëdor Bogdanovskij, levantador de pesas soviético y posteriormente ruso (n.

Fëdor Bogdanovskij, levantador de pesas soviético y posteriormente ruso (n. 1930).

2014

André Buffière, baloncestista y entrenador francés (n.

André Buffière, baloncestista y entrenador francés (n. 1922).

2014

Eduardo Kucharski, baloncestista y entrenador hispano‑catalán de las décadas de los años 1940 y 1950 (n.

Eduardo Kucharski, baloncestista y entrenador hispano‑catalán de las décadas de los años 1940 y 1950 (n. 1925).

2014

György Lázár, político húngaro (n.

György Lázár, político húngaro (n. 1924).

2014

Pedro Peña, actor español de teatro y televisión (n.

Pedro Peña, actor español de teatro y televisión (n. 1925).

2015

Eric Arturo Delvalle

Eric Arturo Delvalle served as President of Panama for two years before Manuel Noriega had him removed in 1988. He tried to fire Noriega first. It didn't work. The military stayed loyal to Noriega. Delvalle fled. He'd learned that the title of president means nothing without the guns.

2015

Rodolfo Frigeri

Rodolfo Frigeri was Argentina's Minister of Finance for seven months in 1987 during hyperinflation that reached 3,000 percent annually. He resigned after his policies failed to stabilize the peso. He was an economist who taught at the University of Buenos Aires. He died at 72. Argentina has had 21 finance ministers since.

2015

Naim Araidi, poeta, profesor y diplomático palestino (n.

Naim Araidi, poeta, profesor y diplomático palestino (n. 1950).

2015

Franz zu Erbach-Erbach und von Wartenberg-Roth, deutscher Adelsnachkomme und Besitzer eines landesgeschichtlich und k…

Franz zu Erbach-Erbach und von Wartenberg-Roth, deutscher Adelsnachkomme und Besitzer eines landesgeschichtlich und kulturell bedeutenden Privatarchivs

2015

James Mutende

James Mutende studied animals, then economics, then entered Ugandan politics. The veterinarian-turned-economist served his country through decades of upheaval, straddling three professions most people can't master one of. He died at 53, young enough that his career switch still looked like a beginning.

2015

Coleridge Goode

Coleridge Goode played double bass for 70 years and performed until he was 100. He was born in Jamaica, moved to Glasgow to study engineering, and switched to music. He played with Stéphane Grappelli for decades. He died at 100, having outlived most of the musicians he'd recorded with. Jazz bassists keep time; he kept it for a century.

2015

Brian Friel

Brian Friel wrote Dancing at Lughnasa in 1990, a memory play about five unmarried sisters in rural Ireland. It premiered in Dublin, transferred to Broadway, and won three Tony Awards. He'd captured Irish rural life without sentimentality. He wrote 24 plays over 50 years. Ireland had a playwright who made poverty poetic without romanticizing it.

2015

Johnny Paton

Johnny Paton played 253 games for Celtic and won three league titles before becoming a coach. He managed Dundee United and scouted for Celtic for decades. He discovered players who won European trophies. He died at 91, having spent 70 years in Scottish football. He played for eight years and worked for 62 more. The scouting mattered more than the scoring.

2015

Eric Arturo Delvalle, político y empresario panameño (n.

Eric Arturo Delvalle, político y empresario panameño (n. 1937), presidente de la República de Panamá entre 1985 y 1988.

2016

Gary Reed

Gary Reed created Deadworld in 1987, a zombie comic that predated The Walking Dead by sixteen years. He self-published when nobody would take it. The series ran for decades, spawning over 100 issues across multiple publishers. Independent comics owe him more than most readers know.

2016

Neville Marriner

Neville Marriner founded the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in 1958 with no budget and a borrowed church. It became the most recorded chamber orchestra in history. He conducted the soundtrack for Amadeus without ever meeting the actors. Over 500 recordings. He was still conducting at 90.

2016

Pierre Durand, officier et cavalier au cadre noir français (° 15 décembre 1931).

2016

Mary Hesse, filósofa británica (n.

Mary Hesse, filósofa británica (n. 1924).

2016

Gordon Davidson, director estadounidense (n.

Gordon Davidson, director estadounidense (n. 1933).

2017

Luiz Carlos Cancellier de Olivo, professor, jornalista e jurista brasileiro (n.

Luiz Carlos Cancellier de Olivo, professor, jornalista e jurista brasileiro (n. 1958).

2017

Pavel Bezchasny, profesor y clérigo ruso (n.

Pavel Bezchasny, profesor y clérigo ruso (n. 1967).

2017

Evangelina Elizondo, actriz y cantante mexicana (n.

Evangelina Elizondo, actriz y cantante mexicana (n. 1929).

2017

Klaus Huber, compositor suizo (n.

Klaus Huber, compositor suizo (n. 1924).

2017

Ernst Veenemans, remero neerlandés (n.

Ernst Veenemans, remero neerlandés (n. 1940).

2017

Tom Petty

Tom Petty died on October 2, 2017, from an accidental overdose of prescribed medications — fentanyl, oxycodone, alprazolam — taken to manage pain from a fractured hip he'd been performing through on what turned out to be his final tour. He was 66. His family delayed the announcement for hours because they were hoping he might recover. He didn't. The last concert he played was three nights earlier at the Hollywood Bowl. The setlist ended with 'American Girl.'

2018

Hermenegildo Sábat (85), caricaturista antiperonista uruguayo nacionalizado argentino (n.

Hermenegildo Sábat (85), caricaturista antiperonista uruguayo nacionalizado argentino (n. 1933).

2018

Jan Adriaensens, ciclista de carretera belga (n.

Jan Adriaensens, ciclista de carretera belga (n. 1932).

2018

Geoff Emerick (72), ingeniero en sonido y productor discográfico británico-inglés (n.

Geoff Emerick (72), ingeniero en sonido y productor discográfico británico-inglés (n. 1946), ingeniero de sonido de la banda The Beatles.

2018

Wilhelmus Luxemburg (89), matemático neerlandés.

2018

Jamal Khashoggi

Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to get paperwork for his wedding. He never walked out. Turkish officials said he was killed inside. He was sixty. He'd been writing columns for The Washington Post criticizing Saudi leadership. He went to get documents and became the story instead.

2018

José Lorenzo Sartori (86), obispo católico argentino.

2018

Francisco Orrego Vicuña (76), abogado y diplomático chileno (n.

Francisco Orrego Vicuña (76), abogado y diplomático chileno (n. 1942), Premio Nacional de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales.

2019

Grazia Barcellona, patinadora artística italiana (n.

Grazia Barcellona, patinadora artística italiana (n. 1929).

2019

Kim Shattuck, cantante y guitarrista estadounidense (n.

Kim Shattuck, cantante y guitarrista estadounidense (n. 1963).

2019

Jafar Kashani, futbolista iraní (n.

Jafar Kashani, futbolista iraní (n. 1945).

2019

John Kirby, abogado estadounidense (n.

John Kirby, abogado estadounidense (n. 1939), conocido por su exitosa defensa de Nintendo contra Universal Studios sobre los derechos de autor del personaje de Donkey Kong en 1984, por la cual Nintendo nombró posteriormente al personaje de Kirby en su honor.

2019

Giovanni Alberti, italienischer Autorennfahrer

2019

Detlef Bartvogt, deutscher Brigadegeneral

2019

Giya Kancheli, compositor georgiano (n.

Giya Kancheli, compositor georgiano (n. 1935).

2019

Julie Gibson, actriz estadounidense que superó los 100 años de edad (n.

Julie Gibson, actriz estadounidense que superó los 100 años de edad (n. 1913).

2019

Corly Verlooghen, poeta surinamés (n.

Corly Verlooghen, poeta surinamés (n. 1932).

2020

Fadma Abi, cirujana y catedrática marroquí (n.

Fadma Abi, cirujana y catedrática marroquí (n. años 1950), la primera cirujana en Marruecos.

2020

Bob Gibson, beisbolista estadounidense (n.

Bob Gibson, beisbolista estadounidense (n. 1935).

2020

Sprangalang, trinidadischer Komiker

2020

Irina Slavina (née Kolebanova / Ирина Вячеславовна Мурахтаева), journaliste russe d'opposition au régime poutinien (°…

Irina Slavina (née Kolebanova / Ирина Вячеславовна Мурахтаева), journaliste russe d'opposition au régime poutinien (° 8 janvier 1973).

2020

Anne-Marie Hutchinson

Anne-Marie Hutchinson specialized in international child abduction cases, representing parents whose children were taken across borders. She handled some of Britain's most complex family law cases involving multiple jurisdictions and conflicting legal systems. She was appointed OBE in 2011 for services to family law. The cases she won brought children home.

2020

Heinz Kördell, futbolista alemán (n.

Heinz Kördell, futbolista alemán (n. 1932).

2020

Fadma Abi, chirurgienne marocaine (° ?).

2021

Michel Tubiana, avocat français un temps président de la Ligue des droits de l'homme (° 24 novembre 1952).

2021

Jack Biondolillo

Jack Biondolillo bowled 17 perfect 300 games in PBA competition and won two PBA titles in the 1960s. He was part of bowling's golden age when tournaments aired on Saturday afternoons and pros could make a living. He kept bowling into his 70s. The sport gave him 60 years.

2021

Ladislav Čepčianský, tschechoslowakischer Kanute

2021

Sebastião Tapajós, brasilianischer Gitarrist und Komponist

2021

Julio Di Palma (89), animador, locutor, recitador y actor argentino (n.

Julio Di Palma (89), animador, locutor, recitador y actor argentino (n. 1932).

2021

Jack Biondolillo, jugador estadounidense de bolos (n.

Jack Biondolillo, jugador estadounidense de bolos (n. 1940).

2022

Wolfgang Haken, matemático alemán (n.

Wolfgang Haken, matemático alemán (n. 1928).

2022

Sacheen Littlefeather

Sacheen Littlefeather walked onto the 1973 Oscars stage in Apache dress and refused Marlon Brando's Best Actor award, citing Hollywood's treatment of Native Americans. The audience booed. John Wayne had to be restrained backstage. Fifty years later, the Academy apologized to her. She died in 2022, two weeks after receiving that apology. Vindication came half a century late.

2022

André Sinédo, futbolista francés (n.

André Sinédo, futbolista francés (n. 1978).

2022

Béla Szakcsi Lakatos, ungarischer Jazzmusiker, Pianist und Komponist

2022

Manin Carabba, magistrado y profesor italiano (n.

Manin Carabba, magistrado y profesor italiano (n. 1937).

2022

Chris Harris, baloncestista británico (n.

Chris Harris, baloncestista británico (n. 1933).

2022

Éder Jofre, boxeador brasileño (n.

Éder Jofre, boxeador brasileño (n. 1936).

2023

Naoki Takashima, homme politique japonais (° 13 mai 1950).

2023

Herbert Schambeck, österreichischer Rechtswissenschaftler und Politiker

2023

Guy Briet, entrenador de fútbol francés (n.

Guy Briet, entrenador de fútbol francés (n. 1936).

2023

Geneviève Viney, professeur de droit français (° 6 juillet 1937).

2023

Francis Lee

Francis Lee scored 148 goals in 330 games for Manchester City, won the league championship, and earned 27 England caps—all while running a successful paper business on the side. After retirement, he made millions breeding racehorses. One of his horses won the Cheltenham Gold Cup. He later bought Manchester City and served as chairman. He never needed football's money.

2023

Alice Shalvi, professeure de littérature israélienne (° 16 octobre 1926).

2023

Guy Briet, entraîneur de football français (° 20 janvier 1936).

2024

Jason Cirone, jugador de hockey sobre hielo, entrenador y director deportivo canadiense (n.

Jason Cirone, jugador de hockey sobre hielo, entrenador y director deportivo canadiense (n. 1971).

2024

Daniel Pinard, sociologue, animateur de télévision, journaliste, chroniqueur et écrivain canadien (° 1942).

2024

Herman Ouseley, homme politique britannique (° 24 mars 1945).

2024

Arbogaste Mbella Ntone, chanteur camerounais (° 6 octobre 1941).

2024

Richard Woodman, britischer Autor

2024

Emily Richard, britische Schauspielerin

2024

Susie Berning

Susie Berning won the U.S. Women's Open three times in four years between 1968 and 1973, all while raising young children. She won the 1972 Open when she was six months pregnant. She played through an era when women's prize money was a fraction of men's and sponsors were scarce. She won anyway.

2024

Marissa Haque

Marissa Haque was an actress before she became a politician, starring in Indonesian soap operas in the 1980s. Born in 1962, she married a fellow actor who later became vice president. She served in parliament, navigating the intersection of celebrity and power. She died in 2024. Her career traced Indonesia's transformation from authoritarian rule to democracy.

2024

Daniel Williams, político granadino (n.

Daniel Williams, político granadino (n. 1935).

2024

Guido Carlesi, ciclista de ruta italiano (n.

Guido Carlesi, ciclista de ruta italiano (n. 1936).

2025

Dorothea von Ritter-Röhr, deutsche Psychoanalytikerin

2025

Richard Pew, US-amerikanischer Fechter und Ingenieurpsychologe

2025

Deaths

Athalaric

Michael II

Gilbert

Eberhard of Franconia

Teodoro Gabras, general bizantino.

Maudud, líder militar turco (n.

Germán de Stahleck, aristócrata alemán (n.

Ibn Quzmān (Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Quzman), poeta andalusí-cordobés (n.

Geoffrey fitz Peter, 1.

an-Nāsir li-Dīn Allāh, arabischer Kalif

Pope Urban IV

Felipe III, rey francés (n.

John of Sandford, englischer Geistlicher und Erzbischof von Dublin

Alice de Lacy (66), aristócrata («condesa de Lincoln», «condesa de Salisbury» y «par de Inglaterra») galeso-inglesa (n.

Alice de Lacy, englische Adelige

Ana de Kashin, aristócrata («princesa consorte») y monja cristiana rusa (n.

Anna von Kaschin, russische Fürstin und Heilige

Faydit d'Aigrefeuille, obispo católico francés, seudocardenal nombrado en 1383 por el antipapa francés Clemente VII.

Antonio Calvi, cardenal y obispo católico italiano (n.

Andrea Vanni, Seneser Maler und Politiker der Republik Siena

Maso degli Albizi, político y militar italiano (n.

María de Borgoña (36), aristócrata («duquesa de Saboya») francesa (n.

Heinrich Kalteisen, Erzbischof von Norwegen

Isabel de Iorque, Condessa de Essex (n.

Giovanni Arcimboldi, cardenal y arzobispo católico italiano (n.

Francisco de Borbón-Vendôme, aristócrata francés (n.

Martin Fuhrmann, deutscher Philologe, Theologe, Hochschullehrer und Gründer einer Stipendienstiftung

Bárbara de Zápolya, aristócrata húngara (n.

Johannes Murmellius, niederländischer Pädagoge, Philologe, Dichter und Humanist

Sebastiano Ferrero, aristócrata italiano (n.

Alessandro Alessandri, jurista italiano (n.

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Rutgerus Rescius Dryopolitanus (Rutger Ressen), erudito y editor griego flamenco.

Kul Sharif, político, poeta, religioso musulmán y catedrático tártaro, imán del janato de Kazán, muerto en el sitio d…

Jacquet of Mantua

Manuel de Almada, sacerdote católico português (n.

Andō Chikasue, militar japonés (n.

Bernardino Telesio, filósofo, ensayista y naturalista italiano (n.

Giovanni Alberti, obispo católico italiano (n.

Hoca Sadeddin Efendi, historiador otomano.

Ijuin Tadazane, militar japonés (n.

Carlo Sellitto, pintor barroco italiano-napolitano (n.

Frans Francken I, pintor y dibujante flamenco (n.

Ernestus Hettenbach, deutscher Physiker und Mediziner

Isaac Oliver, pintor, dibujante y miniaturista inglés (n.

Benedikt Wurzelbauer, deutscher Bildhauer und Erzgießer

Diego Sarmiento de Acuña

Torii Tadamasa, militar japonés (n.

Pierre de Bérulle

Antonio Cifra

Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese, cardenal italiano, arzobispo católico y coleccionista de arte (n.

Angelo Sala, italienischer Arzt, Wissenschaftler und Mitglied der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft

Andréi Andreievich Golitsyn, aristócrata ruso.

Francesco Cennini de' Salamandri, cardenal italiano (n.

Johann Ludwig von Pfalz-Sulzbach, schwedischer General im Dreißigjährigen Krieg

Francesco Pona, médico, filósofo, poeta y escritor italiano (n.

Paul Rotenburger, im Fürsterzbistum Salzburg und in Kärnten wirkender Orgelbauer

Jean Daret, pintor y grabador francés (n.

Panagiotis Nikousios, médico otomano (n.

George Frederick of Nassau-Siegen

Wu Sangui

Giovanni Claret, pintor italiano (n.

Andrea Mattioli, compositor y sacerdote italiano (n.

David Teniers III

David Teniers III, pintor flamenco (n.

Balthasar Bebel, deutscher lutherischer Theologe

Charles Henri de Choiseul, aristócrata y militar francés.

Tetsugyū Dōki, Mönch der Ōbaku-shū des japanischen Zen-Buddhismus

Carlo Barberini, cardenal italiano (n.

Augusto Federico de Holstein-Gottorp, príncipe alemán (n.

Anne Jules de Noailles

Ivan Mazepa

Benoît Audran, französischer Kupferstecher

Benoît Audran llamado el Viejo, grabador francés (n.

François-Timoléon de Choisy

Nicolaus Wilckens, deutscher Jurist und Archivar

Johann Moller, deutscher Lehrer, Schriftsteller und Literaturhistoriker

Johann Conrad Brunner, médecin suisse (° 16 janvier 1653).

Johann Conrad Brunner, médico suizo (n.