1141 – Margrave Leopold IV of Austria
1545 – John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55
1604 – Igram van Achelen, Dutch statesman (b. 1528)
1667 – Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia
1862 – James Creighton, amateur American baseball player, dies of ruptured bladder from hitting home run on Oct 14th
1959 – Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete and marathoner (Olympic gold 1928), shot to death in a cafe at 61
1982 – Maurice Gilliams, Flemish literary (Sources of Insomnia), dies at 82
1985 – Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc’er, hanged at 30
1993 – Lois Kibbee, American actress (Edge of Night), dies of a brain tumor at 71
2007 – William J. Crowe, American admiral and ambassador (b. 1925)
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 17th October 2020
1702 – Walraad the Old, count/sovereign of Nassau-Usingen, dies
1806 – Jean Jacques Dessalines, Emperor of Haiti, dies
1849 – Frederic Chopin, Polish-French pianist and composer (Concert in F Minor), dies of at 39
1979 – S J Perelman, American author, humorist and screenwriter (The New Yorker, Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 75
1979 – Karel Reiner, Czech composer, dies at 69
1992 – Herman Johannes, Indonesian professor, scientist and politician (b. 1912)
1993 – Wim van Dooren, theologist/humanist/philosopher, dies
1993 – Frank J Del Giudice, US industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77
1999 – Ralph Grey, Baron Grey of Naunton, Governor of Northern Ireland (1968-73), dies at 89
2016 – Eddie Applegate, American actor (Patty Duke Show), dies at 81
Famous Deaths for 16th October 2020
1570 – Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered
1655 – Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (b. 1591)
1796 – Victor Amadeus III of Savoy (b. 1726)
1817 – Manuel C Piar, Curacaos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies
1983 – George Liberace, American violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72
1991 – Tonny Huurdeman, singer/actress (Frills), dies
2003 – Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler and trainer, dies at 88
2006 – Valentín Paniagua Corazao, Ex President of Peru (b. 1936)
2012 – Eddie Yost, American MLB player, dies from cardiovascular disease at 86
2016 – Kigeli V, last King of Rwanda (1959-61), dies at 80
Famous Deaths for 15th October 2020
1819 – Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1744)
1838 – Letitia Elizabeth Landon, English poet (Heath’s Book of Beauty), dies at 36
1914 – Aleksander Różycki, Polish pianist, composer, and music teacher dies at 59
1937 – James Marcus, American actor (The Eagle, The Lonely Trail), dies from a heart attack at 70
1942 – Dirk Bannink, nurse/local counciller Deventer, executed
1944 – Philip Mechanicus, journalist, executed in Auschwitz-Birkenau
1945 – Pierre Laval, Prime Minister of France (1931-32 and 1935-36) and Head of Vichy France (1942-44), executed by firing squad for high treason at 62
1968 – Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), dies at 62
1981 – Philip Fotheringham-Parker, British racing driver (b. 1907)
1994 – Hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29
Famous Deaths for 14th October 2020
1610 – Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1540)
1711 – Tewoflos, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1708)
1719 – Arnold Houbraken, Dutch painter and writer, dies at 59
1909 – Gottfred Matthison-Hansen, Danish composer, dies at 76
1919 – Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrial/son of Werner, dies
1930 – Sam[uel] van Houten, lib minister (Child labor laws), dies
1993 – Bertie Clarke, cricketer (6 wkts for WI in 1939), dies
1995 – Edith Pargeter, author (Brother Cadfael), dies of a stroke at 82
1997 – Harold Robbins, salacious novelist, dies at 81
2010 – Benoît Mandelbrot, Polish-French-American mathematician (proved Zipf’s law), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 13th October 2020
1415 – Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1381)
1643 – Sweder van Haersolte, mister of Swaluwenborch/diplomat, dies at 61
1774 – Willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69
1905 – Henry Irving [John Brodribb], British Victorian actor, 1st actor to receive a knighthood (knighted 1895) and the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula, dies at 67
1909 – Francisco Ferrer, Spanish anarchist, executed
1917 – Florence La Badie, American silent film actress, dies of injuries from automobile accident at 29
1928 – Maria Feodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia, dies at 80
1950 – Ernest Haycox, American writer (b. 1899)
1981 – Nils Asther, actor (Son of Lassie, Wild Orchids), dies at 84
1989 – Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter (Ladri di Biciclette), dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 12th October 2020
1492 – Piero della Francesca, Italian painter
1666 – Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch States-General court clerk, dies at 66
1958 – Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect and painter, dies at 59
1967 – Nathaniel “Nat” Pendleton, American wrestler (Olympics 1920, Silver) and actor (The Thin Man, Reckless), dies from a heart attack at 72
1988 – Ken Murray, actor (Bill and Coo, Crooner, Half-Marriage), dies at 85
1989 – Carmen Cavallaro, American actor and pianist (Hollywood Canteen, Diamond Horseshoe), dies from prostate cancer at 76
1991 – Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky, Soviet-Russian sci-fi author (Tale of the Troika), dies at 66
1995 – Eleanor Aller, cellist, dies at 78
1997 – John Denver, American country music star (Country Boy), dies in a plane crash at 53
2013 – Eduard Martsevich, Soviet-Russian actor and People’s Artist of the RSFSR, dies at 76
Famous Deaths for 11th October 2020
1188 – Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France
1852 – Ferdinand Eisenstein, German mathematician (number theory), dies at 29
1940 – Lluís Companys, Spanish politician, 123rd President of the Generalitat of Catalonia (1933-40), shot at 58
1953 – James Earle Fraser, American sculptor (Indian Head (Buffalo) nickel), dies at 76
1958 – Johannes R. Becher, German writer and politician, dies at 67
1989 – M. King Hubbert, American geologist and geophysicist, dies at 86
1991 – Redd Foxx, American comedian (Sanford and Sons), dies of heart attack at 68
1998 – Richard Denning [Louis Denninger Jr.], American actor (An Affair to Remember, The Black Scorpion), dies from cardiac arrest at 84
2007 – Sri Chinmoy [Chinmoy Kumar Ghose], Indian guru, dies at 76
2019 – Robert Forster [Foster], American actor (Medium Cool, Jackie Brown), dies of cancer at 78
Famous Deaths for 10th October 2020
1747 – John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1674)
1791 – C F D Schubart, writer, dies
1885 – John McCloskey, 1st American cardinal and Archbishop of New York, dies at 75
1914 – Gijsbert van Tienhoven, mayor (Amsterdam)/foreign minister, dies at 73
1964 – Bedřich Havlík, Czech composer, dies at 71
1978 – Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete, politician (Rep-D-Ill; joint world record 100m, Olympic gold 4x100m relay 1936), dies of a heart attack at 68
1993 – Catherine Collard, French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46
1994 – Richard John Copeland Atkinson, archaeologist, dies at 74
2000 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1960-65, 1970-77 and 1994-2000) and 1st female head of state, dies of a heart attack at 84
2004 – Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer (Season of the Jew), dies at 72
Famous Deaths for 9th October 2020
1937 – August de Boeck, Flemish composer, dies at 72
1955 – Alice Joyce, actress (Song O’ My Heart), dies at 65
1970 – Jean Giono, French writer (Le Hussard sur le toit), dies at 75
1978 – Jacques Brel, Belgian singer, songwriter, actor, director and composer (Le Far West, Pain in the A__), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 49
1995 – Kukrit Pramoj, Thai politician (13th Prime Minister of Thailand) and scholar, dies at 84
1996 – Harvey Vernon [Chet Smith], American actor (Teen Wolf, Jasper-Carter Country), dies at 69
1996 – Alan Charles Downes, founder member of Independent Television News and cameraman, dies at 58
1997 – Arthur Tracy, American radio personality (The Street Singer), dies at 98
2007 – Enrico Banducci, American nightclub owner (b. 1922)
2014 – Jan Hooks, American comedienne and actress (SNL, Designing Women), dies of throat cancer at 57