1509 – João da Nova, Portuguese Galician explorer (discovered St Helena and Ascension islands), dies at 48 or 49
1594 – Thomas Kyd, English dramatist (The Spanish Tragedy), dies at 35
1864 – Victor Girardey, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at 27
1882 – Mary Todd Lincoln, American wife of Abraham Lincoln and US First Lady (1861-65), dies of a stroke at 63
2001 – Terry Gordy, American professional wrestler, dies at 40
2006 – Bob Orton, Sr., American professional wrestler (b. 1929)
2011 – Forrest Blue, American football player (b. 1944)
2012 – Jon Lord, English keyboardist and composer (Deep Purple – “Smoke On The Water”; Whitesnake), dies from a pulmonary embolism at 71
2020 – Jamie Oldaker, American session and touring drummer (Bob Seger; Leon Russell; Eric Clapton; Peter Frampton), dies at 68
2021 – Thomas Rajna, British-Hungarian pianist, and composer (Amarantha; Stop All The Clocks), dies at 92
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 15th July 2022
1411 – Johannes Parvus [Jean Petit], French theologist, dies
1751 – John Wilson, botanist, dies
1782 – Farinelli, Italian singer, dies at 77
1856 – Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81
1857 – Carl Czerny, Czech-Austrian pianist, composer (Schule der Virtuosen), and teacher, dies at 66
1885 – Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer and poet in the Galician language (‘Séculos Escuros’) (b. 1837)
1916 – Ilya Mechnikov, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist known as the “father of natural immunity” (Nobel 1908), dies of heart failure at 71
1969 – Peter Van Eyck [Götz von Eick], German actor (The Longest Day; The Wages of Fear), dies after long illness at 56
1982 – Donald Beard, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1952-56), dies
1997 – Alan Chaig, paleontologist (Carl Sagan of BBC), dies at 70
Famous Deaths for 14th July 2022
1881 – Billy the Kid [William H Bonney], American frontier outlaw, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett and dies of gunshot wounds at 21
1897 – John Franklin Farnsworth, American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at 77
1907 – William Henry Perkin, English chemist and inventor (b. 1838)
1930 – William Hare Ashley, South African cricketer (Test South Africa, 7 wkts), dies at 68
1951 – Sammy Jones, Australian cricket batsman (12 Tests; NSW, Queensland, Auckland), dies at 89
1965 – Adlai Stevenson II, American politician (US Ambassador to UN, 1961-65; Governor of Illinois, 1949-53; Democratic presidential candidate, 1952 and 1956), dies at 65
1975 – [Arthur] Zutty Singleton, American jazz drummer (Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five), dies at 77
1980 – Felix Berezin, Russian physicist and mathematician (Berezin integral), dies at 49
2000 – Meredith MacRae, American actress (b. 1944)
2005 – Joe Harnell, American musician, composer and arranger, dies at 80
Famous Deaths for 13th July 2022
1762 – James Bradley, English astronomer, 3rd Royal, discovered Earth’s nutation motion, dies at 69
1860 – John Ackersdijk, Dutch state house builder, dies at 69
1877 – Wilhelm E Freiherr von Ketteler, German bishop of Mainz, dies at 65
1889 – Carli Zoeller, German composer, dies at 49
1947 – Warwick Armstrong, cricketer (50 Tests 1901-21, 2863 runs), dies at 68
1956 – Vladimir Grigor’yevich Zakharov, Soviet-Russian composer, dies at 54
1974 – Patrick Blackett, British physicist (Nobel 1948 – nuclear reaction), dies at 76
2010 – Manohari Singh, Indian saxophonist and part of R.D. Burman’s band (b. 1931)
2015 – Gerhard Zwerenz, German writer and politician, dies at 90
2016 – Héctor Babenco, film director (Kiss of the Spider Woman), dies at 70
Famous Deaths for 12th July 2022
1429 – Jean de Gerson, French theologian (Theologica mystic), dies at 65
1441 – Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shōgun (1429-41), assassinated in evening play by the Akamatsu family at 48
1804 – Alexander Hamilton, US Founding Father and 1st Secretary of the Treasury (1789-95), killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in pistol duel near Weehawken at 49
1980 – John W Davis, President (WV State college), dies at 92
1999 – Bill Owen [William Owen Rowbotham], British actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Not So Dusty), dies from pancreatic cancer at 85
2005 – John King, Baron King of Wartnaby, British businessman and CEO of British Airways after its privatization, dies at 87
2011 – Sherwood Schwartz, American Television Writer (b. 1916)
2012 – Alimuddin, Pakistani cricket batsman (25 Tests, 2 x 100s, 7 x 50s; Rajputana, Karachi), dies at 81
2020 – Wim Suurbier, Dutch soccer right back (60 caps; Ajax 392 games) and manager (LA Heat, TB Rowdies), dies of a cerebral haemorrhage at 75
2020 – Lajos Szűcs, Hungarian soccer defender (37 caps; Ferencváros, Honvéd FC; Hungarian Footballer of the Year 1976; Olympic gold 1968), dies at 76
Famous Deaths for 11th July 2022
472 – Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire
1302 – Pierre Flote, French 1st legist/chancellor of king Philip IV, dies
1502 – Francisco de Bobadilla, Spanish soldier and second Governor of the Indies (1499-1502), dies during a storm at sea (born about 1450)
1921 – Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist and inventor, dies at 75
1944 – Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle
1953 – Oliver Campbell, American tennis player (US Open 1890-92), dies at 82
1980 – Bolesław Woytowicz, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 80
1988 – Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger, British sociologist and criminologist, dies at 91
1991 – James McCallion, Scottish actor (Coogan’s Bluff, Vera Cruz), dies of a heart attack at 72
1991 – Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered
Famous Deaths for 10th July 2022
1099 – El Cid [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Castilian nobleman and military leader and general strategist, dies at about 59
1776 – Richard Peters, English-born clergyman (b. 1704)
1838 – Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43
1909 – Flooi Du Toit, South African cricket leg-spinner (Test for South Africa 1892), dies at 40
1937 – Attilio Brugnoli, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 56
1953 – Sidney Homer, American composer, dies at 88
1983 – Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82
1987 – John H. Hammond, American music producer, talent scout, promoter, and activist, “discovered” Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson, Count Basie, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen, dies at 76
2005 – Jimmy Franklin and Bobby Younkin, airshow performers
2019 – Walt Michaels, American NFL linebacker, coach (5-time Pro Bowl; Cleveland Browns; head coach NY Jets 1977-82), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 9th July 2022
1704 – Yan Ruoqu, Chinese scholar of Qing dynasty, dies at 67
1923 – William R. Day, American diplomat and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, dies at 74
1980 – Vinicius de Moraes, Brazilian poet and lyricist, dies at 66
1988 – Anthony Holland, American actor (Break Up) who suffered from HIV/AIDS, commits suicide at 60
1990 – Brigitte D’Ortschy, German author, trnslator and Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies in Japan at 69
1992 – Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (Australian Ballet; Bolshoi Ballet), dies of AIDS related illness at 45
2005 – Rafiq Zakaria, Indian politician and Islamic religious cleric, dies at 86
2007 – Charles Lane, American actor (b. 1905)
2018 – Lord Carrington [Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington], British conservative politician, former British Foreign Secretary (1979-82) and NATO Secretary General (1984-8), dies at 99
2019 – William E. Dannemeyer, American politician who opposed LGBT rights (Rep-R-CA, 1979-93), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 8th July 2022
1949 – Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Italian composer, dies at 66
1957 – Henry Février, French composer, dies at 81
1961 – Julián Bautista, Spanish orchestral and film score composer, and conductor, dies at 60
1967 – Vivien Leigh, English actress (Gone With The Wind; A Streetcar Named Desire), dies of tuberculosis at 53
1987 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (Versos humanos), dies at 90
1996 – (James Woodie) J.W. Alexander, American gospel and soul music songwriter, singer, and producer (Sam Cooke, Lou Rawls, Solomon Burke), dies of prostate cancer at 80
2004 – Paula Danziger, American author (b. 1944)
2007 – Chandra Shekhar, Indian politician, 8th Prime Minister of India (1990-91), dies at 80
2020 – Abdelmajid Tlemçani, Tunisian soccer striker (54 caps; Espérance Sportive de Tunis), dies at 82
2021 – Sam Reed, American jazz and session saxophonist, and musical director (Uptown Theater (Philadelphia); Teddy Pendergrass), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 7th July 2022
1573 – Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, dies at 65
1663 – Thomas Baltzar, German violinist
1901 – Johanna Spyri, Swiss children’s book author (Heidi), dies at 74
1903 – José Augusto Ferreira Veiga, Viscount of Arneiro, Portuguese composer, dies at 64
1956 – Gottfried Benn, German poet and essayist, dies at 70
1965 – Bill Hitch, England cricket fast-bowler (7 Tests 1911-21), dies
1980 – Reginald Gardiner, British actor (The Flying Deuces; The Great Dictator), dies at 77
2000 – Kenny Irwin, Jr., American auto racer (USAC National Midget Champion 1996; NASCAR 87 starts), dies in a crash during practice at 30
2013 – Anna Wing, British stage and screen actress (EastEnders, 1985-88 – “Lou Beale”; Blithe Spirit), dies at 98
2016 – Rokusuke Ei, Japanese author and lyricist (Sukiyaki), dies at 83