1801 – Daniel Dal Barba, Italian composer, dies at 86
1834 – Jonathan Jennings, American politician (Governor of Indiana, 1816–1822; Congressman for Indiana, 1822–1831), dies at 50
1836 – Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45
1872 – Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84
1910 – Philippus Jacobus Hoedemaker, Dutch theologist, dies at 71
1942 – Titus Brandsma [Anno Sjoerd], Dutch Roman Catholic priest and philosopher (Dachau), dies
1977 – Gena Branscombe, Canadian pianist and composer, dies at 95
2007 – Lars Forssell, Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy (b. 1928)
2007 – John Normington, English actor (b. 1937)
2013 – J. J. Cale, American rock guitarist, dies from a heart attack at 74
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 25th July 2021
1790 – Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer, dies at 66
1864 – Clement H. Stevens, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 42
1911 – Filippo Capocci, Italian organist, and composer, dies at 71
1952 – Herbert Murrill, British organist, composer (The Song of the Birds; Carillon), and educator (Royal Academy of Music, 1933-52), dies of cancer at 43
1981 – Ian Martin, actor (Uncle Bill-O’Neills), dies at 69
1982 – Beene Dubbelboer, Dutch writer (Turfgasgenerator), dies at 76
1991 – Brian Haines, actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, It), dies at 70
2006 – Carl Brashear, first African-American U.S Navy Master Diver (b. 1931)
2008 – Tracy Hall, American inventor (b. 1919)
2020 – Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey left wing (NHL All Star 1962, 63, 64; Stanley Cup 1962, 63, 64, 67; Toronto Maple Leafs), dies from throat cancer at 83
Famous Deaths for 24th July 2021
1115 – Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)
1876 – Thomas Molleson Mudie, English composer, dies at 66
1962 – Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86
1995 – Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, filmmaker/teacher, dies at 94
1996 – Howard Vernon, Swiss actor (Love and Death, Delicatessen), dies at 82
1996 – Virginia Christine [Ricketts], American actress (Mrs Olson, Tales of Wells Fargo), dies of cardiovascular disease at 76
1997 – William J. Brennan, Jr. American Supreme Court judge (1956-90), dies at 91
2000 – Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (The Book of Alley), dies at 74
2004 – Claude André François Ballif, French composer, dies at 80
2020 – Ann Syrdal, American psychologist and computer science researcher (developed female synthetic voices at ATandT), dies at 74
Famous Deaths for 23rd July 2021
1531 – Louis de Brézé, seigneur d’Anet, Marshal of Normandy and husband of Diane de Poitiers
1568 – Don Carlos, son of Spanish King Philip II, dies at about 23
1690 – Richard Gibson, English painter of portrait miniatures and a court dwarf, dies at around 75
1923 – Charles Dupuy, French statesman, 3 times Prime Minister of France (1893, 1894-95, 1898-99), dies at 71
1924 – Frank Frost Abbott, American classical scholar, dies at 64
1961 – Esther Dale, American actress (Curly Top; The Egg and I; Ma and Pa Kettle films), dies after surgery at 75
1966 – Montgomery Clift, American actor (From Here to Eternity, Judgement at Nuremberg), dies of a heart attack at 45
1994 – Hans J Salter, Austrian-American film composer (The Wolf Man, Christmas Holiday, This Love Of Ours), dies at 98
1996 – John Corner, scientist, dies at 80
2020 – Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian politician, President of Tanzania (1995-2005), dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 22nd July 2021
1676 – Clement X [Emilio Altieri], Italian Pope (1670-76), dies at 86
1922 – John Motley Morehead III, American chemist (commercial production of calcium carbide, important for welding), dies at 67
1932 – Roosje Vos, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 71
1937 – Ted McDonald, cricketer (43 wickets for Australia), dies in car crash
1950 – Mackenzie King, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (1921-30, and 1935-48), dies of pneumonia at 75
1969 – Hammy Love, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper, played for Australia), dies
1979 – Tony “Two-Ton” Galento, American heavyweight boxer and actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 69
2000 – Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author, dies at 74
2006 – José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (b. 1965)
2011 – Linda Christian, Mexican actress (Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone), dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 21st July 2021
1793 – Bruni d’Entrecasteaux, French explorer, dies of scurvy in the Pacific at 55
1796 – Robert Burns, Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne) considered the national poet of Scotland, dies at 37
1821 – Maurice J M prince de Broglie, bishop of Ghent, dies at about 55
1928 – Ellen Alice Terry, British Shakespearean actress and director (Imperial Theatre), dies at 81
1950 – Albert Riemenschneider, American pianist, educator, musicologist, and founder of America’a oldest Bach Festiva, dies at 71
1967 – Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet (English paint box), dies at 80
1976 – Earle Combs, American MLB baseball centerfielder, 1924-35 (New York Yankees), dies at 77
1994 – John Ernest, American constructionist artist, dies at 72
1996 – John Kevin Moorhouse, test pilot, dies at 50
2005 – Long John Baldry, British blues musician (Don’t try to Lay No Boogie), dies at 64
Famous Deaths for 20th July 2021
1824 – Joan Melchior Kemper, Dutch lawyer (designed civil code law book), dies at 48
1901 – William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
1939 – Joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies
1941 – Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (b. 1867)
1951 – Abdullah Ibn Hussein, Jordan’s King (1946-51), killed in Jerusalem
1966 – Julien Carette, French actor (Sylvia and the Phantom), dies of burns at 68
1973 – Bruce Lee [Lee Yuen Kam], Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (Enter the Dragon), dies at 32
2001 – Werner Haentjes, German conductor and composer of operas and film scores, dies at 77
2007 – Bill Flemming, American journalist and sportscaster (ABC’s Wide World of Sports), dies at 80
2015 – Elio Fiorucci, Italian fashion designer, dies at 80
Famous Deaths for 19th July 2021
1742 – William Somervile, English poet (b. 1675)
1844 – Heinrich Domnich, German hornist and composer, dies at 77
1852 – Anne François Mellinet, French-Belgian general (Antwerp), dies at 83
1939 – Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (Curfew Must Not Ring) and writer, dies at 89
1994 – Nick Banton, founder of Body Positive, dies at 37
1996 – Pran Nath Chhuttani, Indian physician and teacher, dies at 81
2006 – Jack Warden [John Lebzelter Jr], American character actor (Shampoo, Heaven Can Wait, Brian’s Song), dies of heart and kidney failure at 85
2013 – Mel Smith, English comedian and author, dies from a heart attack at 60
2013 – Bert Trautmann, German footballer, dies from heart failure at 89
2019 – César Pelli, Argentine American architect (Petronas Towers), dies at 92
Famous Deaths for 18th July 2021
1566 – Bartolomé de las Casas, Spanish friar and social historian, dies at 81
1642 – Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies
1884 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829)
1898 – Emil Hartmann, organist and composer (Towards The Light), dies at 62
1952 – Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect (b. 1862)
1966 – German Germanovich Galinin, composer, dies at 44
1967 – Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazilian military leader and 26th President of Brazil (1964-67), dies at 66
1975 – Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74
1982 – Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language), dies at 85
2007 – Jerry Hadley, American opera singer, (b. 1952)
Famous Deaths for 17th July 2021
656 – Uthman ibn Affan, Third Caliph, oversaw standardization of the Qu’ran (644-56), assassinated
855 – Leo IV, Italian Pope (reigned 847-55), dies
1704 – Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer
1762 – Peter III, Emperor of Russia (1762), dies at 34
1918 – Anastasia Nikolaevna, Russian Grand Duchess, youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, executed at 17 by a group of Bolsheviks
1967 – Cyril Ring, American actor (I Wake Up Screaming, The Barber Shop), dies at 74
1978 – Thayer David, actor (Rocky, Roots, Savages), dies at 51
1979 – Doug Meintjes, South African cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies
1983 – Roosevelt Sykes, American blues and boogie-woogie pianist, and singer (The Honeydripper), dies of a heart attack at 77
2004 – Pat Roach, British professional wrestler and actor (b. 1937)