21 October Deaths

Published : 21 Oct 2018, 10:33

Sahos Desk

October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

645 – Zhenzhu Khan, khan of Xueyantuo
1023 – Gero, Archbishop of Magdeburg
1096 – Walter Sans Avoir, a leader of the First Crusade
1125 – Cosmas of Prague, Bohemian priest and historian (b. 1045)
1204 – Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, English politician
1221 – Alix, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1201)
1266 – Birger Jarl, Swedish politician (b. 1210)
1314 – Geoffrey de Geneville, 1st Baron Geneville
1422 – Charles VI of France (b. 1368)
1500 – Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1442)
1505 – Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician and educator (b. 1460)
1556 – Pietro Aretino, Italian author (b. 1492)
1558 – Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (b. 1484)
1600 – Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Japanese samurai (b. 1558)
1623 – William Wade, English politician and diplomat, Lieutenant of the Tower of London (b. 1546)
1662 – Henry Lawes, English pianist and composer (b. 1595)
1687 – Edmund Waller, English poet and politician (b. 1606)
1765 – Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect (b. 1691)
1775 – Peyton Randolph, American lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Continental Congress (b. 1721)
1777 – Samuel Foote, English actor and playwright (b. 1720)
1805 – John Cooke, English captain (b. 1763)
1805 – George Duff, Scottish captain (b. 1764)
1805 – Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English admiral (b. 1758)
1821 – Dorothea Ackermann, German actress (b. 1752)
1835 – Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (b. 1775)
1872 – Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
1873 – Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
1896 – James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
1903 – Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
1904 – Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
1907 – Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
1931 – Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
1938 – Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
1940 – William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
1941 – Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)
1944 – Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)
1952 – Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (b. 1871)
1963 – Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (b. 1918)
1965 – Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (b. 1926)
1969 – Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (b. 1922)
1969 – Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1882)
1970 – Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (b. 1896)
1971 – Minnie Evans, Potawatomi leader (b. 1888)
1973 – Nasif Estéfano, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1932)
1975 – Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (b. 1887)
1977 – Ferit Tüzün, Turkish composer (b. 1929)
1978 – Anastas Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1895)
1980 – Hans Asperger, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1906)
1982 – Radka Toneff, Norwegian singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
1983 – Joseph P. Lordi, American government official (b. 1919)
1984 – François Truffaut, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
1985 – Dan White, American sergeant and politician (b. 1946)
1986 – Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (b. 1922)
1989 – Jean Image, Hungarian-French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1990 – Dany Chamoun, Lebanese engineer and politician (b. 1934)
1990 – Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1921)
1991 – Lorenc Antoni, Albanian composer, conductor, and musicologist (b. 1909)
1992 – Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher (b. 1898)
1992 – Jim Garrison, American lawyer and judge (b. 1921)
1993 – Sam Zolotow, American journalist and critic (b. 1899)
1995 – Maxene Andrews, American singer (b. 1916)
1995 – Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1919)
1995 – Nancy Graves, American sculptor and painter (b. 1939)
1995 – Shannon Hoon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1967)
1996 – Georgios Zoitakis, Greek general and politician (b. 1910)
1998 – Francis W. Sargent, American soldier and politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1915)
1999 – Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (b. 1924)
1999 – Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1939)
2003 – Louise Day Hicks, American politician (b. 1916)
2003 – Luis A. Ferré, Puerto Rican engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1904)
2003 – Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1969)
2006 – Sandy West, American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1959)
2007 – Paul Fox, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)
2010 – A. Ayyappan, Indian poet and translator (b. 1949)
2011 – Hikmet Bilâ, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1954)
2011 – Tone Pavček, Slovenian poet and author (b. 1928)
2012 – Yash Chopra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
2012 – Antoni Dobrowolski, Polish educator (b. 1904)
2012 – Jaroslav Kozlík, Czech volleyball player and educator (b. 1907)
2012 – Alf Kumalo, South African photographer and journalist (b. 1930)
2012 – George McGovern, American historian, lieutenant, and politician (b. 1922)
2013 – Bud Adams, American businessman (b. 1923)
2013 – Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1924)
2013 – Rune T. Kidde, Danish author, poet, and illustrator (b. 1957)
2013 – Colonel Robert Morris, American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1954)
2013 – Major Owens, American librarian and politician (b. 1936)
2013 – Tony Summers, Welsh swimmer (b. 1924)
2013 – Oscar Yanes, Venezuelan journalist and author (b. 1927)
2014 – Ben Bradlee, American journalist and author (b. 1921)
2014 – Nelson Bunker Hunt, American businessman (b. 1926)
2014 – Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Iranian cleric and politician, Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1931)
2014 – Edith Kawelohea McKinzie, Hawaiian genealogist, author, and hula expert (b. 1925)
2014 – Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1916)
2015 – France Bučar, Slovenian lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
2015 – Marty Ingels, American actor (b. 1936)
2015 – Norman W. Moore, English conservationist and author (b. 1923)
2015 – Sheldon Wolin, American philosopher, theorist, and academic (b. 1922)

Source: wikipedia

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