16 October Deaths

October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

385 – Fú Jiān, Chinese emperor (b. 337)
786 – Lullus, archbishop of Mainz (b. 710)
976 – Al-Hakam II, Umayyad caliph (b. 915)
1027 – Fujiwara no Kenshi, Japanese empress (b. 994)
1130 – Pedro González de Lara, Castilian magnate
1323 – Amadeus V, count of Savoy (b. 1249)
1333 – Nicholas V, antipope of Rome (b. 1260)
1438 – Anne of Gloucester, English noblewoman (b. 1383)
1355 – Louis the Child, king of Sicily (b. 1338)
1523 – Luca Signorelli, Italian painter (b. c.1450)
1553 – Lucas Cranach the Elder, German painter and engraver (b. 1472)
1555 – Hugh Latimer, English bishop and saint (b. 1487)
1555 – Nicholas Ridley, English bishop and martyr (b. 1500)
1591 – Gregory XIV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1535)
1594 – William Allen, English cardinal (b. 1532)
1621 – Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1562)
1628 – François de Malherbe, French poet and critic (b. 1555)
1649 – Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1621)
1655 – Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and theorist (b. 1591)
1660 – John Cook, English politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (b. 1608)
1679 – Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, Irish-English soldier and politician (b. 1621)
1680 – Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1609)
1730 – Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French-American explorer and politician, 3rd French Governor of Louisiana (b. 1658)
1730 – Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Greek politician, 139th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1666)
1750 – Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer (b. 1687)
1755 – Gerard Majella, Italian saint (b. 1725)
1774 – Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (b. 1750)
1791 – Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (b. 1739)
1793 – Marie Antoinette, Austrian-born queen consort of Louis XVI of France (b. 1755)
1793 – John Hunter, Scottish-English surgeon and philosopher (b. 1728)
1796 – Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (b. 1726)
1799 – Veerapandiya Kattabomman Indian activist (b. 1760)
1810 – Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian religious leader, founded the breslov hasidic group (b. 1772)
1822 – Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (b. 1724)
1877 – Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
1888 – John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
1908 – Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
1909 – Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
1913 – Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
1937 – Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
1946 – Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
1946 – Hans Frank, German lawyer, politician and war criminal (b. 1900)
1946 – Wilhelm Frick, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of the Interior (b. 1877)
1946 – Alfred Jodl, German general (b. 1890)
1946 – Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian SS officer (b. 1903)
1946 – Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal (b. 1882)
1946 – Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian architect and politician (b. 1893)
1946 – Fritz Sauckel, German sailor and politician (b. 1894)
1946 – Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian lawyer and politician, 16th Federal Chancellor of Austria (b. 1892)
1946 – Julius Streicher, German journalist and politician (b. 1887)
1946 – Joachim von Ribbentrop, German lieutenant and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany (b. 1893)
1951 – Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (b 1895)
1956 – Jules Rimet, French businessman (b. 1873)
1957 – John Anthony Sydney Ritson, English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and educator (b. 1887)
1958 – Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico (b. 1897)
1959 – Minor Hall, American drummer (b. 1897)
1959 – George Marshall, American general and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Defense, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1880)
1962 – Gaston Bachelard, French poet and philosopher (b. 1884)
1964 – Patsy Callighen, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1906)
1966 – George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)
1968 – Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (b. 1914)
1971 – Robin Boyd, Australian architect and educator, designed the Domain Park Flats (b. 1919)
1972 – Nick Begich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
1972 – Hale Boggs, American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
1972 – Leo G. Carroll, English-American actor (b. 1886)
1973 – Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (b. 1909)
1975 – Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1885)
1978 – Dan Dailey, American actor, singer, dancer, and director (b. 1913)
1979 – Johan Borgen, Norwegian author and critic (b. 1903)
1981 – Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel (b. 1915)
1981 – Eugene Eisenmann, Panamanian-American lawyer and ornithologist (b. 1906)
1982 – Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (b. 1915)
1983 – Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer and conductor (b. 1895)
1986 – Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist and pianist (b. 1921)
1989 – Walter Farley, American author and educator (b. 1915)
1989 – Scott O'Dell, American journalist and author (b. 1898)
1989 – Cornel Wilde, American actor (b. 1915)
1990 – Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1919)
1990 – Jorge Bolet, Cuban-American pianist and educator (b. 1914)
1992 – Shirley Booth, American actress and singer (b. 1898)
1996 – Jason Bernard, American actor (b. 1938)
1996 – Eric Malpass, English author (b. 1910)
1997 – Audra Lindley, American actress (b. 1918)
1997 – James A. Michener, American author and philanthropist (b. 1907)
1998 – Jon Postel, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
1999 – Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2000 – Mel Carnahan, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (b. 1934)
2000 – Rick Jason, American actor (b. 1923)
2001 – Etta Jones, American singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
2003 – Avni Arbaş, Turkish painter (b. 1919)
2003 – Stu Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)
2003 – László Papp, Hungarian boxer (b. 1926)
2004 – Pierre Salinger, American journalist and politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (b. 1925)
2006 – John Victor Murra, Ukrainian-American anthropologist and academic (b. 1916)
2006 – Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 91st President of Peru (b. 1936)
2007 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (b. 1921)
2007 – Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer-songwriter (b. 1981)
2008 – Dagmar Normet, Estonian author and translator (b. 1921)
2010 – Eyedea, American rapper and producer (b. 1981)
2010 – Barbara Billingsley, American actress (b. 1915)
2011 – Dan Wheldon, English racing driver (b. 1978)
2012 – Frank Moore Cross, American scholar and academic (b. 1921)
2012 – John A. Durkin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
2012 – Mario Gallegos, Jr., American firefighter and politician (b. 1950)
2012 – Bódog Török, Hungarian handball player and coach (b. 1923)
2012 – Eddie Yost, American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)
2013 – Govind Purushottam Deshpande, Indian playwright and academic (b. 1938)
2013 – George Hourmouziadis, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1932)
2013 – Laurel Martyn, Australian ballerina and choreographer (b. 1916)
2013 – Robert B. Rheault, American colonel (b. 1925)
2013 – Saggy Tahir, Pakistani-American lawyer and politician (b. 1944)
2014 – Ioannis Charalambopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1919)
2014 – Allen Forte, American musicologist and theorist (b. 1926)
2014 – Seppo Kuusela, Finnish basketball player and coach (b. 1934)
2014 – John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, English businessman (b. 1926)
2015 – Richard J. Cardamone, American lawyer and judge (b. 1925)
2015 – James W. Fowler, American psychologist and academic (b. 1940)
2015 – William James, Australian general and physician (b. 1930)
2015 – Vera Williams, American author and illustrator (b. 1927)
2015 – Memduh Ün, Turkish film producer, director, actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2016 – Calvin Carl "Kelly" Gotlieb, Canadian professor and computer scientist (b. 1921)
2017 – Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist and blogger (b. 1964)
2017 – Roy Dotrice, British actor (b. 1923)
2017 – John Dunsworth, Canadian actor (b. 1946)
2017 – Sean Hughes, British-born Irish stand-up comedian (b. 1965)

Source: wikipedia